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by BeneTleilax
5 days ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Nezumi Graverobber

I thought the technique of the day was to empty the yard, then use his ability on the first binned card after it was empty. . . Yep, or if you wanted to be really technical, exile their yard when they cast an instant/sorcery, then Nezumi that when it resolves. I find Doctor Who to be one of the wor...
by BeneTleilax
6 days ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Nezumi Graverobber

I think part of Nezumi Graverobber's fall is that games play much more efficiently than they did 10 years ago. I'm more likely to run Heap Doll or Soul-Guide Lantern as dedicated hate than something like this. I remember Tormods Crypt and Bog being used to flip him. His first side was always medioc...
by BeneTleilax
1 week ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

There's enough 1/1s for one with deathtouch and upside now I reckon that the archetype just needs a G/B general to scoop them all up. But yeah, I don't imagine I'll be seeing much of Tinybones in the zone himself.
by BeneTleilax
1 week ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

The spoiler images aren't displaying on mobile, where can I find them?
by BeneTleilax
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Was WotC's embrace of Commander a good thing?
Replies: 35
Views: 906

Re: Was WotC's embrace of Commander a good thing?

I think this was a net negative for EDH, but a positive for MtG on the whole. The Pod/Twin bans, and Modern since, not to mention how they manage Standard, have shown that WotC will prioritize sales over format health: the independent RC is the only reason EDH has avoided rotation-by-banning. As ann...
by BeneTleilax
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: STATE OF THE FORMAT 2024
Replies: 38
Views: 896

Re: STATE OF THE FORMAT 2024

For once I agree with Dirk. The new team seems more pragmatic and less personalistic. I hope they unban Gifts.
by BeneTleilax
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Flotsam is random junk floating in the ocean, and jetsam is random junk jettisoned from boats. "Flotsam and jetsam" is thus a term for random manmade junk that washes up on the beach.
by BeneTleilax
4 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Hallowed Burial

This has definitely fallen since the tuck rule change, but it's still solid. I think Farewell is the new gold standard now though.
by BeneTleilax
5 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497417

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

RxPhantom wrote:
5 months ago
I need some book recommendations. I'm reading my sixth Bosch novel and after that I'm gonna switch gears to something else. Perhaps something in the fantasy or horror spheres, but I'm open to almost anything.
China Mieville's great
by BeneTleilax
5 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

It's amazing how much they feel like someone's custom card designs from ~2010, down to the screenshot-looking art.
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Grand Master of Flowers

Yeah, I'd put this in the bad-but-playable camp. It's not worth running but if someone especially likes it for whatever reason, they're not gonna be substantially hurt by sticking it in a deck. I feel like that niche contributes substantially to the diversity of decks.
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Do we know yet what Map tokens do?
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might is some sweet design. I'm typically not drawn to the "make burn work in EDH" commanders, and this one is no different but whole transform into a land when it dies, and transform it back if you meet certain conditions is really cool. I hope this will be a full 5 ...
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Contests & Games
Topic: The Unusual Creature Type Combination Game
Replies: 128
Views: 6876

Re: The Unusual Creature Type Combination Game

Warped Stinger 3
Creature-Eldrazi Scorpion
Emerge 4B
Deathtouch
When Warped Stinger enters the battlefield, if it emerged, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Within the moon, Emrakul dreams of molting shells and cracking flesh.
2/2

-Germ Warrior
-Slith Dragon
-Zubera Shaman
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Oriq Loremage

Yeah, this has enough potential to set up combos I will absolutely try to kill it before the turn cycles, and most people I play with agree. Repeatable tutors are spooky.
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Pearl Lake Ancient

One of the classic control finishers. Outclassed of late by Nezahal, Primal Tide, but I've seen in obnoxious simic landfall piles to enable that.
by BeneTleilax
6 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Daring Apprentice

Having to tap to counter that spell makes it a lot less useful, even if it is a hard counter. I've seen this in U/B/x or U/W/x reanimator decks that try to play permission with it, but it needs some kind of haste-enabler for that. There are enough good tap-and-sac creatures though that abusing them...
by BeneTleilax
7 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Who wants to talk about spite scooping?
Replies: 94
Views: 4559

Re: Who wants to talk about spite scooping?

Personally, I think the politics are more interesting when theft effects are contingent on the other player surviving. There's an Ixhel deck in my meta that played like a big "get along" shirt, trying to keep everyone in the game until it got a critical mass of stuff and could take everyon...
by BeneTleilax
7 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Goldbug, Humanity's Ally

These feel weird and hack. They read ugly, they look bad, and they play awkwardly. I don't get why they made the cards based on a childrens' cartoon some of the most fiddly generals this side of competitive Breya, because no-one has a good time while the guy who only watches childrens' shows flips t...
by BeneTleilax
7 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046182

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Perish

These also tend to create "targets of convenience" where if, say, the blue player is ahead of the table, but someone in Gx has a decent board, the player who draws this tends to fire it off anyways for card advantage. So while they can be good, I find them irksome.
by BeneTleilax
7 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497417

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

This is what I was referring to earlier with the format acceleration; cEDH trickle-down is very real and fundamentally corrosive to the format's original intent. See, but I explicitly said that wasn't the case. It wasn't that casual players started cribbing tricks from the cEDH tables to play casua...
by BeneTleilax
7 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497417

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

Just my own anecdote: there was a dedicated cEDH group at a store I used to go regularly, and if anything I saw the opposite dynamic. The cEDH players tended to be a bit more regular in attendance, but kept pretty much to themselves. With a couple of them, they seemed to have a bit of a superiority ...
by BeneTleilax
8 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Avacyn Believer wrote:
8 months ago
Looking at the Doctor Who cards, I am now wondering why Wizards had to make their own version of LotR characters but used TV appearance of all the Dr Who characters.
Dr. Who is first and foremost a TV show, LotR is first and foremost a series of novels.
by BeneTleilax
8 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638594

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

On the new Smothering Tithe , there is a reference to 'The Goose Mother', which seems like a likely card name. I believe we already have its art, from Maro's teaser https://assetsio.reedpopcdn.com/magic-the-gathering-sdcc-maro-teaser-goose-hydra.png?width=1200&height=1200&fit=bounds&qua...

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