Practically Mint

This weblog documents my efforts to build a Magic deck out of destroyed cards and the story behind each card.

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Cards 110, 111 and 112: Bluer than Blue

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This Jace, Architecht of Thought comes from Matti Hämäläinen, a prominent player in Tampere. These cards were given to me by other...
Friday, 1 July 2016

Card 109: Introducing the Chew Test

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This card was sent to me by Jouni Saikkonen, a local player here in Jyväskylä. Many thanks to him! This Swift Warkite has been t...
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Cards 103 to 108: Baby Snacks and annoucing The Cube

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Last weekend was the time for Porocon and the Finnish Nationals as its main event. I met Juha Ihonen there, who has had the honour of pr...

Cards 93 to 102: Legitimate Merchandise

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The above cards and a couple of dozen more arrived via mail from kanslerioikein, who we remember from the previous singles bin finds . T...

Cards 91 and 92: Treasures from the opposite side of the globe

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I'm back! I was vacationing in Croatia for a week and then headed to Helsinki for  Porocon  when I got back to Finland. In the me...
Thursday, 28 April 2016

Cards 89 and 90: Dark Discoveries

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Today's additions all come from previous contributors. The Tormented hero is from Ville-Veikko Vähäaho, who is also responsible fo...
Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Cards 87 and 88: Reading and Spying

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These cards were sent by Sampsa Nylund, who has also sent some cards earlier. Thank you again! Today's envelope came from Sampa Nylu...
Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Cards 83 to 86: Swallowed Soldier and Defective Promotions

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This Anafenza, the Foremost was left at my local game store by Lassi Ahlberg, a local L1 Judge who took his judge exam in the same event I...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Cards 76-82: Practically Mint Prerelease

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The pre-release was a three-fold success for me. Firstly, because Shadows over Innistrad seems to be a very nice format for limited. I can...
Monday, 28 March 2016

Cards 68 to 75: Sedimentary Basics

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Ilkka Siiki brought me a huge pile of worn basic lands when we were playing Cube at my place. Thank you! We spoke briefly about how hard...
Saturday, 19 March 2016

Cards 64 to 67: Foils for Science

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The above cards were brought to me by Panu Karppinen, a highly competetive player here in Jyväskylä who also happens to like foils and ...
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Friday, 18 March 2016

Cards 61, 62 and 63: Reflexes of Kozilek

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These cards were found buried under the collection of Ilkka Siiki, when he was making an inventory of his cards for selling. This Inqu...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Cards 59 and 60: Crushed Eye and Bruma

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The two Frozen Shades are from Kake and the Unblinking Bleb is from Marde, both notorious players in Tampere. The Unblinking Bleb has ex...
Friday, 11 March 2016

Card 58: Voice of Korea

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This very rare Korean Voice of Resurgence is a contribution from Hannu Vallin, one of the gentlemen behind  Poromagia . I have got yet a...
Sunday, 6 March 2016

Card 57: Daggered Cloak

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This Cloak of Confusion was given to me during FNM by Topias Paasonen, a local player and one of my neighbours. This Dark Ritual was m...
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Saturday, 27 February 2016

Cards 55 and 56: Rustling Specter and Mud Plains

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The Plains is from Joonas Himmanen and the very special Hypnotic Specter is from Pekka Ahonen. Thank you, gentlemen! I got these cards d...

Cards 51 to 54: Worn Goods

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All of the above cards were sent by user Jamu from  mtgsuomi . Thanks! The pictured batch of cards arrived in the mail a few days ag...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Card 50: Swidden Plateau

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This Plateau is the second card sent to me by redditor  Zombiesquisher . I owe him a huge debt of gratitude for this and the  Sword of R...
Thursday, 18 February 2016

Cards ??: Recycled Gold

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This time we have a slightly problematic batch of cards to deal with. The Food Chain pictured on the top row came from alias Prote from...
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Saturday, 6 February 2016

Card 49: Mirror Damage

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Jaakko Vuorela found the pair of the previously seen Wolf-Skull Shaman. Thank you! The Rhox and Dimensional Breach are from Jukka Jääs...
Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Cards 44-48: Borderline Benchers

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Dear readers, please help me figure out where the line between bad enough for Wear 'n' Tear and a playable card goes! ...

Cards 40, 41, 42 and 43: Oulu Ruins Everything

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When I came home yesterday, I found a mysterious envelope from the northern city of Oulu in my mailbox. The Magic players of Oulu ar...

Cards 38 and 39: Collegial Veterans

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These practically mint  cards were given to me by a fellow student Otto Ikäheimonen at the Department of Physics. Thank you! The Practic...
Saturday, 30 January 2016

Cards 34-37: FNM Spoils

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These three cards were donated by Jaakko Vuorela. The Aetherling is from Ville-Veikko Vähäaho and the Sunstrikers are from Antti Koson...
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Card 33: Rainstorm Kolaghan

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This practically mint  Kolaghan was sent by redditor  strionic_resonator . Many thanks to him, and everyone else on reddit! This Kolagha...
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