I am interested in investing some extra money into a nice MTG deckbox and playmat so I felt like it would a good opportunity to create a thread discussing the peripherals you use while playing. Did you spend a little extra $$ to add a little bling to your game? Especially interested in custom goods/artwork (even if the artwork is borrowed from another artist).
Dice & life counters
Deckboxes & playmats, Card sleeves
Cases and carry bags
Never.
Though I did find a nice old wooden box to put all my KD cards in because the originally stupid huge box isn't big enough.
nifty 3-sided die
I spend a little extra money to get a Deck Builder's Toolkit when I need a new box for holding multiple decks.
>playmat
I will never understand this. To me it just sounds like a scam. One of the greatest scams in the world considering how many get sold.
I got this Captcha wrong.
I'm about to crash for the night and lack time for pics, but if this thread is here tomorrow around 11 AM EST, I'll post some swag. I'm a big accessories fan, so I'll have some good stuff to demonstrate for the thread (dice, boxes, mats, sleeves, dice tray/tower/containers, etc).
Who makes these? The one with space for dice, minis, and pen/pencil are of interest.
Think of it this way: let's say I play at a store with hard plastic tables, and I use Anime sleeves because I'm a massive weeb who loves fucking with the normalfags in my store. So, I buy a playmat so those sleeves with lewdly drawn anime girls keep nice and clean for a longer time.
>Deck Builder's Toolkit
Fat packs are more bang for your buck in terms of content and the box is equivalent if not better.
Fat pack box is more harsh to the corners of cards due to the lid.
Toolkit box opens from the front and avoids this issue.
If you reach into the lid and take out the cardboard insert, it no longer has that problem. Took me 4 wrecked tokens before someone told me.
I am looking forward to this user. I hope this thread survives till then.
Are you joking?
I spent a year without a playmat and my sleeves became disgusting just within 2 weeks of play. I don't know why it took me so long to get one. Playmats are also great to slide the card around during play and makes the cards much easier to pick up. They are also nice to the touch and customs reflect the players personal aesthetic. On top of that, I am dealing with $50 + cards so it protects them while during sleeving etc. Gaming desks at your local store, even at home are incredibly dirty, even if they don't appear that way to the naked eye.
$20- USD oh man I wish they had a d20 verson
Where do you get a good custom mat?
Inked gaming, they just had a 40%sale so wait until another comes up. If you live in Australia the shipping sucks, I am looking for someone to bulk my order with.
If you want to go full autism, then you could get one of these Ultra Pro Satin Towers. I use them b/c they can hold a doubled-sleeved EDH deck
fug, forgot the image
Tried looking them up but still haven't found the items from OPs picture. Anyone know where they are from?
Was thinking about getting a play may, but decided that I don't play magic often enough to warrant one. Also, I don't want to be compared to the losers with half-naked women on their playmats.
Not even a favorable comparison?
Why? You're the kind of people that put all other TCG players in a bad light.
>I don't want to be compared to the losers with half-naked women on their playmats
Literally 95% of noncasual players use a mat, and only a small percentage of those are actually the stereotypical lewd anime girl playmats.
Most magic players have playmats, from the fat neck-beards to the occasional player. It comes down to looking after your cards. If you' re so worried just get a plain one. It is purely functional and you're not going to tarnish your image in front of all those people in the games store who's opinions you care about so much about. Seriously though.. Who cares?
On the plus side, the plain ultra pro are way cheaper anyway.
Since people are asking a bit about this, if you are new or thinking of purchasing a playmat here is a good guide so you don't waste your money on crap.
youtube.com
his 2nd video :
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He also reviews deckboxes, taking into consideration things like, functionality, durability and if the are any quips that may lead to card damage.
If you want something custom then head over to 'Inked Gaming'. I would appreciate if you would post the artwork you are thinking of using though, I want idea's.
I forgot to respond to you sorry. I just found them. I've never seen them before either but these are them apparently.
dailydot.com
And for those of you with Eldrazi decks... Yes, it's a deckbox
wish these were functional.
I've won about 10-11 playmate at my LGS. Only kept the Nicol bolas vs noobwalkers and traded the rest for cards. I wouldn't go back to not having a playmate.
Just saying, winning playmates sounds a little like human trafficking
Just feed them a healthy diet of modern jank to keep them happy.
>plain red playmat
As stated above, makes picking the cards up easier and keeps cards cleaner.
>Pikachu sleeves from Gamestop
Drafting sleeves. I don't really do anything with Magic except limited formats.
>No mention of Tolarian Community College in sight
The professor has a thorough series of product review videos, covering everythy accessory you can think of.
youtube.com
He's a little...eccentric about his product reviews. But I've definitely enjoyed them.
I did mention him. He does a great job.
Bumping for this
I like using playmats, deck boxes etc from events that I actually went to. Right now I'm using the Delver of Secrets mat and box from GP Seattle for my Legacy stuff.
Hey anons, I'm up and around. Thanks for keeping the faith alive! Gimme a sec and I'll start dumping pics of interesting stuff I've got laying about. I'll probably start with some of the cooler dice and then move on to containers, etc.
Here's the most interesting of my dice collection, all tough to find pieces (some of the more interesting stuff hasn't come in yet, sorry). From left to right, front to back:
A d6 of italian marble with red pips
3d6 made of Vesuvan Lava
5d4 Magic Missile d4s (they count from 2-5)
2 glow in the dark AKO II dice
2 normal AKO II dice
2 AKO I dice in gunmetal grey
Behind the AKO IIs are a pair of Cubble dice
2 barrel d4's from Philolabs
A barrel d6 and a similar cube d6 from Philolabs
3d6 normal cube d6s from Philolabs
4 bakolite d6s from 1955
4 animal bone d6s, provenance unclear
If you want close ups on anything, just ask. The playmat is from GP Las Vegas, for Modern Masters 1.
Dice containers/trays/towers. As you can see, I'm a big fan of Wyrmwood Gaming (they know me by name on sight at cons and have gotten me a unique piece or two in the past). Again, left to right, front to back:
The square boxes are Hero Vaults. The greenish one is Lignum Vitae, the brown is Cherry. Both are inscribed, Lignum Vitae with the quote from the first Judge Vindicate, Cherry with my favorite quote from my favorite villian in any game (Irenicus from BG2).
The dice next to them is a set I forgot about, a picture jasper polyhedral set. It's pretty beautiful and fun to roll, but gotta roll on something soft as jasper shatters easily.
The black and brown long cases behind the Hero Vaults are dice vaults. The brown one is Lacewood, the black is Gabon Ebony. The Ebony vault holds my BattleTech movement dice right now, that's what all those d6s are.
The tray in the back is made of Bolivian Rosewood and matches a deckbox you'll see later. I mostly use it for D&D for my players to roll in (they roll off table all the time).
The tower, tray, and vault on the back right are made out of a beautiful red wood called Padauk and is my personal dice tower during D&D or BattleTech. It is magnetic and collapses into its tray, which has a strap to hold it all together.
Somehow, that flipped over. Corrected.
Deckboxes and a dice accessory I forgot about.
The cup is a 50s Milton Bradley accessory (I forget the game). Got it at Goodwill for 2 bucks, great pickup.
The left box is an Ultra-Pro Pro Tower. Sturdy, spacious, very nice. Only downside is that it's physically really fucking big so it's hard to carry around.
The right box is a Legion Elder Dragon Vault. A little more space than the Pro Tower, more water resistant, better material, comparable price. 12/10 would recommend.
Playmat is a design from Inked Playmats. Artist is DokiMats. It's great for teaching new players with.
One more pic, then I'll be around to take questions/commentary/insults.
The really good deckbox. This is a custom Wyrmwood piece made out of Bolivian Rosewood. The window and the rivets are custom. It holds my pride and joy, my Kozilek EDH deck. Full disclosure, the deck costs more than most of my cars have.
That's all I've got folks. I've got more normal dice/mats/cards laying about. I didn't even think of sleeves, but I've got a few cool sleeves laying about somewhere too if anyone cares.
One last pic, of the box holding a deck.
Post deck, you homo.
Was a gift.
Fits 2 ManaFlip boxes perfectly with extra room for dice/pencil/paper/draftsleeves.
I've kind of retired it as I've only been playing EDH lately and those are double sleeved in satin towers and two won't fit in it.
I don't use TappedOut, so I'll get you a few pics. One sec.
Lands and Alters. If it looks foil, it is. Only non-foil land non-altered land is Dark Depths.
Everything else. Only non-foils that have a foil are Sol Ring (black border, Portuguese), Top, Grim Monolith, Metalworker, Rings of Brighthearth, and Karn.
Sleeves are KMC hyper mattes in dark blue. Entire deck is double-sleeved (fucking obviously). Where possible, judge foils have been acquired. It's not done, but it's close. I have a Workshop and a Tabernacle inbound (based eBay).
Shit is pimp. Thanks for sharing, user.
Sure thing, fellow user. Anything specific you'd like to see? Deck's right next to my computer.
Nah, I just felt blueballed since you mentioned the deck but didn't show it off. Congrats on the workshop and the tabernacle. Makes me wish I could play my moxen and library in EDH.
Library of Alexandria could be unbanned safely I think, it wouldn't actually go into that many decks (full hand sizes of exactly 7 are hard to maintain in EDH). I'd love to acquire one for Kozilek, that'd be so fabulous.
I don't play any Magic, but I do a lot of board gaming and a simple $20 dice tray is the best investment I've ever made.
Never again do I have to deal with dice falling off the table, knocking pieces aside, or landing crooked.
>Space Odyssey Basalt Monolith alter
my comrade of heavy pigment, that is sweet.
So basically you're confirming that you have absolutely no clue about competitive Magic, gotcha.
You just don't unban Library.
Just don't even fucking think about it.
>people only post dice trays, novelty dice, dice towers, dice canisters, dice bags, dice holders, dice rollers, dice dinners, dice dildos and dice-shaped dick boxes
Where are the GM grimoires for sheets of dead characters and finished campaigns, the hourglasses for time-keeping, the abaci for points tracking, the serving trolleys with inlaid, removable wooden bowls for serving rustic soups and sauces, the overwrought roulettes and other non-dice tools for randomizing in silly manners, the gaming tables with electronic enhancements, the speakers hidden within old brass horns, the crazy-ass under-table tap-systems for dispensing cold water right on the spot or beer if you're some kind of filthy infidel, the kerosene lamps for deep dark ambient dungeon lighting, the elaborate quills for marking newly bought permanent traits for characters, the coasters?
You know, the big, ostentatious and useless knickknacks that make you realize your GM has autism.
Does no one like using stupid toys in their games anymore?
I fucking hate those fucking captchas so fucking much.
>not forcing recaptcha v1
your own fault unless you're on mobile, kouhai
at work so I can't leave a detailed response but I admire your commitment. Hope you are around later, I may some questions about those nifty die.
Is that the Luxor on temple of the false gods?
You're damn right it's sweet. Made by a guy at GenCon for me, Paul Bielaczyc (seriously). If you're there, track him down and get some alters done. He did every alter there except for the Forge.
I said EDH only.
I'm poor and can't afford a home with those sort of nice things (which I would mostly have, because I *am* GM autism). I have plans for when I get my own place, finally. Living with family is awful.
I'm here, though I'm mostly playing XCOM tonight, so I might not be too observant. I'll check in every few hours though.
You're fucking right it is. The Luxor is my favorite casino in Vegas..
Even in EDH.
Nice, I went their a lot as a kid, and I loved the ancient egypt stuff they had
Nah, I've played with it once in EDH. It was alright. Good, obviously, but keeping exactly 7 cards is tricky, since you often have to deploy multiple responses. It's not like unbanning GrizzyB or Emracool, both of which are insane disasters. It's also harder to get than critters.
I'd hazard a guess that it would be a moderately safe unban. If it proved to be too warping (and I'm unconvinced it would), they could just reban it. This is all speculative though, since they'll never consider it anyway.
I love that Dark Crystal Powerstone.
It's pretty sick, though I'm replacing it now that EMA has released a foil Powerstone. It'll go into one of my other artifact EDH decks.
Keeping it sweet and simple
>jasper dice
I didn't know I could get this erect
Right? They're pretty nice. Kickstarter has some sweet stuff.
Hey user, I'm out for the night again. If you think of anything, post it here overnight and I'll respond in the morning.