First, I was visiting Mark Poole's webpage. And I found the biggest flashback from my early days of playing-
The April Fool's Island from the 1994 Duelist.
I about crapped my pants. Seriously. I had utterly and wholly forgotten.
I attempted to find the original article on-line and came up empty. From what I could recall, WoTC was saying that there was mistake in the A/B/U naming of Island and it should have been called Islands. (notice plural) However, due to the catch they could only print it in limit number of Arabian Nights packs. I believe a riff on the AN Mountain.
The important part here is- that image was AMAZING to me at the time. I wanted the card to be real. Really did. Now to find it as a print from Mark Poole- welp, I know what I want for my birthday. That and a Counterspell print of course.
Sigh.
Second part- I was looking over my old DeckBox trades. And trade #483325 from May of 2017 was a bit of a kick in the pants. Why? First, it was my first international trade attempt to Canada. Second, the first set of cards was never received by the trader. I learned the hard way about tracking trades over certain values. It happens. Lastly, it was because of what I traded for that stands out: 4 Beta Island. Back when I was trying to get my playset of beta lands for drafting with. Ya know, cause I am crazy.
Well- I have no clue what I sent the second time... however, it equaled the same value of cards from the first trade. Deckbox retroactively applies values to cards, so you can't see what the values were at the time, but what they are NOW.
And before you lose your s__t. I found the conversation from the exchange interesting-
Yeah- I got 2 Alpha Island and 2 Beta Island for that pile. Well two piles, and I would have done it again.
There have been trades that I have done which I lost out on rising values, or unexpected values, but for the most part- I think this trade keeps me in the black for a while.
