Does every freakin' card need 10 different versions!? Normal, normal foil, retro, retro foil, borderless, borderless foil, borderless etched foil, sparkling, mesmerizing etched flaming foil...

It's very annoying looking at cards on TCGPlayer.

The whole point is that it's thought of as a prisoners dilemma but it isn't really. In a true dilemma you have a reasonable idea of the outcome and it doesn't get progressively worse when each person defects. And it doesn't necessarily get better for you to defect. another important difference is y...

Yeah and the floor of Rhystic Study is being archenemy for 3 mana. So lower floor. Having a card you don't want to cast yet is significantly better than playing a card that you can't defend and dying because of it :D I've found that to rarely be the case (auto-archenemy for the rest of the game/unt...

"not good in most scenarios" isn't an argument it's a value judgment :D -- The floor is way lower a- it's one sided sphere of resistance that makes you the target :D The floor of Skullclamp is you have an artifact and no creatures, or no creatures with low enough toughness to die on equip...

Collective resistance is amazing. Only 3 mana, you can chose 3 modes, or you can escalate it. We're at the point where the artifact/enchantment removal package for a green deck may be collective resistance , Archdruid's Charm , and Boseiju, Who Endures and Nature's Claim gets cut. 3 modes is 4 mana...

This doesn't have that pesky word "another" so can it target itself with the death trigger to send it to the top of library? Sometimes that's a downside. I've had games where I had nothing in my yard that I wanted to draw, but was force to put one on top instead of drawing into something ...

I get hating it for being obnoxious, or not loving it as a late game draw, but the arguments otherwise just don't hold up. The only other argument I made is that it has a lower ceiling than synergistic draw--costing more mana doesn't mean anything if you win :D Umm... This card is not good in most ...

I think it's fine to spend more mana depending on the deck; I just threw out 12 as a number for whatever reason but I'm more on stuff like: - skullclamp where I'm in control and gonna draw a bajillion cards - splendid reclamation where I'll both draw and ramp - genesis wave where I'll end the game ...

It's just bad right after a board wipe.

Shadow of the Second Sun basically feels like an auto-include for a lot of blue decks. It essentially pays for itself with the extra untap step as long as you play it on Main Phase 1. I haven't seen Sphinx of the Second Sun much. This is cheaper and more resilient, but it's still a lot of mana for ...

We also got a new tutor zombie at a lower CMC than Sidisi. Grim Servant.

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Shadow of the Second Sun basically feels like an auto-include for a lot of blue decks. It essentially pays for itself with the extra untap step as long as you play it on Main Phase 1. I haven't seen Sphinx of the Second Sun much. This is cheaper and more resilient, but it's still a lot of mana for ...

Tuesday, May 21st 2024; Mycosynth Golem Mycosynth Golem I keep wanting to play this somewhere, but it's just asking too much. Osgir would be the most likely deck for me at the moment, which currently runs 13 artifact creatures, and 36 other artifacts. There's a good chance this thing is cheap or fr...

That is what I expected. I however, am playing other cycling cards with little additional value besides a relevant body so if it's budget I might give it a try. Yeah, I'd basically rather have Mulldrifter most of the time just for the synergy with other pieces of the deck. I do think the LotR [sym=...

@yeti1069 what do you think of Nulldrifter here? It doesn't work with Reveillark , but I generally don't find myself pointing Seffris triggers at Mulldrifter after evoking. Annihilator 1 is not all that impressive, but same Evoke cost with a body 2x the size and Annihilator 1 might make it a decent...

Saturday, May 18th 2024; Black Market Connections Black Market Connections Is this really the best? Sure getting a Carnival of Souls trigger is good and two life for a card is an okay rate but you can't just bolt yourself every turn for a lotus petal + cantrip. I'd argue a Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff +...

I'll tell you what. I hate the "if a ______ ability would trigger, that ability triggers an aditional time" It was cool with Panharmonicon if was crushing in Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines , but now its just common, its everywhere, every set. I agree. There are 22 'triggers trigger again'...

Got some games in with some of the cards I've added. Skyhunter Strike Force was solid as a cheap Overrun. Note: since it gives melee to the creatures, so Harmonic Prodigy will double the trigger on any attacking shamans or wizards (Ghired, mostly). Outcaster Trailblazer was great! I drew it on a tur...

Here's where I step in. Hot Take: Time Walk isn't actually a good card on it's own. It's a two mana draw a card. It gets good based on other complications on the board (combat applications, planeswalker activations, misc activated or triggered abilities) et al. Just because a card is "Power 9&...

What about commander back-up in Repercussion?

If you have the choice between playing something an having an opponent draw a card, or playing nothing, the latter is often not the more beneficial decision for you. Do you turn Rhystic Study into an opposing Time Walk ? The higher the power you're playing at, the riskier not paying becomes. If you...

If you have the choice between playing something an having an opponent draw a card, or playing nothing, the latter is often not the more beneficial decision for you. Do you turn Rhystic Study into an opposing Time Walk ? The higher the power you're playing at, the riskier not paying becomes. If you'...

It is very, very difficult to know if you are actually increasing your odds of winning by defecting. And you shouldn't defect just to "play your cards" if it isn't actually helping you win. People have a massive bias toward taking actions in games even if it doesn't move the needle. Think...

Regarding "draw philosophy" I care less about volume of draw and more about quality of draw. I would choose to see three and draw one over drawing two in most situations. I also consider adding a useful card (zombie, flashback spell, etc) to my grave as card advantage. Varina provides tha...

Squandered Resources / Seasons Past // Aftermath Analyst is a pretty compact combo made up of all pretty strong cards (and goes easily infinite with 7+ lands, then presumably dredges more). Although this might be a little swing for the fences :D -- but if we're avoiding instant wins, well, don't do...