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by tstorm823
10 hours ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

Have a rules and interactions question for the folks here. Assuming I control a Mirage Mirror , Restless Spire and some enchantment. What would be the end result of activating the abilities in this way: (Top of stack, resolves first) - (Mirage Mirror ability targeting Restless Spire) - (Mirage Mirr...
by tstorm823
6 days ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

ThatOneGuyJesse wrote:
6 days ago
Also, I've been busy compiling all the combos this deck can play into 1 big list: https://archidekt.com/decks/7097071/
If you'd like to see, be sure to view as Grid, and group by Categories (Multiple): image.png
That's super neat! I got a good laugh at "how are these not 3-card combos?"
by tstorm823
4 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

You assess that the current power level based on available information for the players is such that the dealmade players are each now less threatening than the player who didn't participate in the deal. Who do you target? If it's the dealmaking players, then aren't you misplaying? And if it's the n...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

Do you keep targeting them, even though the scales are now equal? Okay, let's say you do that - you've gotta target someone if you want to win, usually, might as well be them. Okay, so you do that for a second and now they're at 24% and player D is now at 27% because you haven't been targeting him....
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

If the degree to which you increase your threat assessment against dealmakers is proportional to the advantage those players get from said dealmaking, then wouldn't that dealmaking, at worst, equal out and be strategically neutral? Not if it's a 4 player game, and you put 2 players on notice every ...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

I feel like your position has shifted from "I logically threat assess dealmaking players as being bigger threats and thus target them more frequently" into "I dislike dealmaking because I don't like the play experience it creates, and so I'm socially engineering my meta against dealm...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

I don't think it's a huge factor in most games though. And in my experience, while certainly I've played against people who refuse to make any deals, the vast majority of players are at least willing to do some dealmaking. So I feel like you'll be targeting most people...which kinda just means you'...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

I don't think "being on the record for selling out the table" counts for anything whatsoever. There is distinct strategic value in eliminating players who would collude. When a table becomes 2v1v1 instead of a free-for-all, it is almost never going to be correct for the ones to target eac...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

-When people are playing at typical-commander-player level (i.e. pretty bad) defector is an element of chaos (at best) or accelerationist stupidity (at worst). Bad gameplay experience. I might phrase this differently, but conceptually I agree. -When people are playing more intelligently, but using ...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: SCD: Humble Defector
Replies: 56
Views: 991

Re: SCD: Humble Defector

This thread is kind of amazing, DirkGently . Humble Defector is everything you think politics is, and it's precisely the sort of politicking I hate, and yet here we are. How many times have we had the argument about whether dealmaking is good or bad strategy, and now you've got an entire thread dedi...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

Think Struggle for Project Purity will be replacing Font of Mythos ? Not for me. A lot of the games I get to play are 1v1, probably like 1/3 of the time. And then some games are 3 people, more than 4 is super rare, and the card will do less if opponents die. So for me, I'd expect that to average ou...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16697
Views: 1046444

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Fumiko the Lowblood

Fumiko is a niche effect, as you want it in a deck that both wants the table to go aggro and also can keep the attacks away from itself,but when you have that kind of deck, this in the conversation for the best effect of its kind (I'm also an Angel's Trumpet fan).
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497848

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

I'm pretty shameless buying singles for Zedruu. Otherwise, a couple bucks is about right, and I'd rather trade whenever possible.
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

Ryujin76 wrote:
1 month ago
tstorm823 wrote:
1 month ago
The most Zedruu-y cards in green and black I think are Recycle and Null Profusion.
Wanna shoutout my boy Infernal Sovereign as well. Mirrorweave him and you'll start melting.
I was unaware of that card.
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

The most Zedruu-y cards in green and black I think are Recycle and Null Profusion.
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16697
Views: 1046444

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Fulminator Mage

DirkGently wrote:
1 month ago
@tstorm823 Sidewinders? They bury themselves in the sand to hide so they can ambush prey.
I like it!
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16697
Views: 1046444

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Heroic Intervention

I really like Heroic Intervention as a card. Stuff that rattlesnakes sweeper decks (turning their sweeper into a wincon for you) are a really fun play pattern overall. I find it a little unfortunate that they tend to reward counterspells as a control mechanic, but such is life. Imma be picky here, ...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

Sefir wrote:
1 month ago
I also happen to own a gorgeous altered art one, so there's that as well.......
Can't argue with that reasoning.
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497848

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

RxPhantom wrote:
1 month ago
Check out this real thought I had the other day: "What a stupid looking baby!"

I'm not proud of it.
That is not a proud thing to think. All babies are stupid and ugly, why pick on that one?
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Rules and Philosophy
Topic: Topical Discussion of the Official Multiplayer Ban List
Replies: 194
Views: 54598

Re: Topical Discussion of the Official Multiplayer Ban List

Looking at the list, I would move Emrakul, the Aeons Torn down to "might be unbanned someday", the other Eldrazi titans aren't really ruining the format, and I think Emrakul's banning happened in part because it was a prerelease promo, everyone got one, and it could go into any deck. I don...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

If I remember my morph rules correctly, people shouldn't be able to kill it in response either. Correct. Or at least, to get specific, the first time they can respond is when the donate ability is on the stack, so it doesn't matter if they kill it then because it's happening anyway. Dragonlover Sid...
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9405
Views: 639149

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

DirkGently wrote:
1 month ago
This feels like it could be an "I am Spartacus" moment xD
I mean, it is a forum of Magic players. Lol
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9405
Views: 639149

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

yeti1069 wrote:
1 month ago
It's neither productive, nor interesting.
I am also neither productive nor interesting!
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

I've banked perfectly fair Magosi counters a couple times, but it is definitely there to launder the Chance for Glory turn.
by tstorm823
1 month ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time
Replies: 839
Views: 132336

Re: Zedruu the Greatest of All Time

Ryujin76 wrote:
1 month ago
I wonder if I can get away with cutting a land for land tax, but maybe thats being too greedy.
Land Tax is so good, that may genuinely be a responsible decision.

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