materpillar wrote: ↑

4 hours ago

I was thinking Mnemonic Deluge targeting Surge to Victory.

a part of me is a bit more amused at Surge to Victory copying Mnemonic Deluge and then every whack casting 3 copies of something :D

I think in general we (read: those of us aiming to curve 1-2-3-Varina) should be playing closer to an aggro profile of lands because we have so many early game plays so I haven't added the black surveil lands yet. I'm thinking about if I retune this deck removing all but field and crypt as tap lands...

Yeah I feel like cranking out free time warps and extra combat steps and stuff is pretty well trodden ground I'd like to avoid at this point, but it's always there. I kinda like the idea of setting 4-5 attackers up and craterhoofing the board with some kinda ridiculousnes. maybe Soulfire Eruption fr...

I'm not sure when I'll get around to updating the OP, but here's the power level powerdown cuts: Cuts 1 constant mists 1 demonic tutor 1 phyrexian altar 1 the mending of dominaria 1 vampiric tutor 1 entomb 1 nether traitor 1 ancient greenwarden 1 undergrowth recon 1 finale of devastation Adds 1 Tale...

that's a deceptively strong legend at uncommon. Nobody will want to block so you can piggy back combat damage triggers to force blocks, or simply play sac outlets and draw a crapload of cards off swinging blindly with tokens. Even just bashing with recursive creatures is good value. Then it provides...

I noticed most of the decklists I have seen run maybe 8 card advantage and about 35 lands. Have you noticed any inconsistencies? I can only speak for myself but my build is very consistent at hitting 2 zombies then Varina, and starting the digging there on turn 4. My "make sure I hit my lands'...

My original thinking was a high instant-sorcery Aragorn, King of Gondor themed around Glamdring but not sure I can quite get my head around what to do or how spellslingery I want. Aragorn's ability to jam through damage is really good but it's a lot of work to spellsling and make enough bodies for s...

But it's important to remember Varina's trigger never gives you more than it takes Minor quibble but for me anyway I am usually pretty close to parity with any Varina trigger; some cards are significantly better in the bin, and some cards are fine in the bin. I've won games blasting for 10 with Var...

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The old bordered foil promo dig through time is frigging sweeeeeeet


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I guess I am just going to annoy you guys with questions but here goes. How do you decide with how many creatures to attack? Since most of the zombies are low cmc I find there is danger in just straight up looting in the grave. Do you attack with 1-2 creature every turn or just go full value and at...

I...struggle to imagine the world in which I would play that card. In a ten turn game where you cast it on turn 2 and then trigger cmdr every turn you get like 15 drain. And that is living the absolute dream. The typical is going to be topdecking and wishing it was something that did anything. :D I ...

Can we think of any cards that give this kind of stupid effect along with some pump? I'm not having any luck, and I'm also struggling with super powerful hits for this outside of just comboing with Seize the Day or something. :D

Some of my fear is that for some reason a lot of people don't see an issue with Thassa's Oracle as a wincon. I don't know why that is but I have seen a hell of a lot of her since printing without ever building a cEDH deck myself. From a optimized to the teeth point I don't know what the next best l...

Quick swap from a last minute trade with a buddy a couple weeks ago. IN Ledger Shredder >> OUT Errant, Street Artist I may regret this since Errant is a pretty cool little creature, and is one of the cheapest ways for me to get extra copies out of spells, but I only get the copies when Kalamax is a...

Yea cutting oracle doubles the cost of the wincon and opens it up to more disruption. Even if you kill the best self mill effects there are still a lot of cards out there that very efficiently do it its just that those are hand and feet better. But like, how hard is it to move from those two to doi...

If it were me I would hit Tainted Pact, Demonic Consultation, and Thassa's Oracle because I don't think the game is any better for having any of them in the format. It still leaves the lab man wincon and jace but it doubles the cost to play the wincon and takes it off of being an ETB. I'd be ok wit...

I had a wort deck for a while back in the day. The issue I always had with it was the mana cost made it really hard to get her out and then get to untap. So you had to ramp to like 8-10 to have any payoff in my meta which basically spammed sweepers. Only real reliable wins were storm or combos and s...

cheonice wrote: ↑

2 days ago

I think there is a case for Creeping Bloodsucker, if we drain ourselves too much via Phyrexian Arena et al.

I am pretty sure you can find something better than that -- Twilight Prophet in the OP is a good example.

I just cannot bring myself to spend that much for a Rot Hulk when it'll be $2 if it was printed in an actual set. It's annoying. So I wait for it to be reprinted in a commander deck or something.

This is assuming no mulligans, yes. That's not really something that is feasible to calculate, so I suppose you can take those numbers as a lower bound. At a high level I'd assume it's closer to 50%.. Because: 1) people are vastly less likely to mulligan hands with sol rings 2) people are vastly mo...

damens wrote: ↑

3 days ago

probably running a few too many lands but will have to test it out and see

pretty unlikely. Commander players are incredibly greedy about land counts and more than 40 is probably correct in more decks than people think :D

Didn't someone do the math on how often a t1 ring actually happens? I haven't seen one in a few years myself. EDHREC says it's in 84% of decks, which converts into about a 25% chance of it being in at least one player's opening hand (or first card drawn). I'll note that if Mana Crypt were also play...

only makes colorless mana