Think we're saying the same thing, Dirk.

It depends on the method you're using to evaluate badness - typically I focus on its use in a vacuum, with no intentional synergy. Like I imagine if I was drafting a normal set and had to play it. So there's some random chance you might end up with some artifact synergies, but I think the number of...

Sunday, June 16th 2024; Rishkar, Peema Renegade



One of my fave mana dorks. So useful and explosive, you realize just how many things will turn into mana accelerants once you play this.

Karoos are pretty rad tbh. I've definitely enjoyed them immensely specifically in Thawing Glaciers decks. I believe nicol bolas|chr may have used them with Halimar Depths and Bojuka Bog too, back in those days. Gosh that was so long ago it seems like. 10/10 would recommend. And before some yahoo com...

Old Magic was so weird and I kinda love it for that. No matter how awful this is (and it's definitely bad lmfao). Nostalgically I guess we can look at this as the first draft of this effect? Back when R&D had no idea how to cost the effect. ...Geez, at $36 you can't even make it the target of an...

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Go simple. My go-to starter style deck is Stonebrow, Krosan Hero. It's pretty straight forward but also rewarding when you bring the heavy meat to the table. It even rewards you for finding ways to get all the trample and go as tall as possible.

Friday, June 14th 2024; Dawnbreak Reclaimer Dawnbreak Reclaimer Maybe I should try this in Kaalia. It'd be a way for me to broker deals with my commander. It reads pretty reasonably, and gives you full control of if they'll come back or not so an opponent can't pull a fast one on you and change thei...

Don't forget that it finds removal too. Song of the Dryads and Imprisoned in the Moon come to mind, but Gelid Shackles and Swift Reconfiguration aren't bad at all.

I mean, yeah, I was trying to force Mishra's Workshop in order to t1 3sphere and earn all the free punches to the face from the table. Though I'm moving away from that in the redesign for 2024. Including two different manabases with more attention towards the more budget-conscious players that woul...

Teaser alert of the future to come! My "mythic five drop cycle".

I usually used this for Animate Dead , Dance of the Dead , and Necromancy Mark of Fury . There's probably some kind of combo you can piece together there. If the context is "when I'm building a budget deck" then maybe make that clear? Because it sounds like you're saying $25 for craterhoof...

Thursday, June 13th 2024; Three Dreams



#PowerOf3 ah ha. Not but really maybe I get one of these and get a Charmed inspired alter of it.

Lately I've started playing Garruk Wildspeaker again as a more casual cheaper overrun that has some mid game utility. It's been fine. Killed some dudes with zombie overruns :D For some reason people are disinclined to expect me to -4 him the turn after he comes down, thinking I want to durdle, and ...

Sure. But, like, for a $24.50 differential, I'll make that concession lol.

I went ahead and incorporated that how-to in regards to the baseline into the main primer. I guess the next step will be the main list. As alluded to the in RCotD thread, I'm very confident Arena of Glory is a Kaalia hit forever and ever. Really is a second bandit lord and i never even imagined we'd...

I find it interesting that Balefire Dragon sees a fair amount of play, but Incinerator of the Guilty sees almost none despite being cheaper and having an extra keyword. I suppose people are risk-averse and don't want to exile their graveyard, or are worried about not having enough fuel? It's not th...

Damn it here I am about to go to sleep and I just had to check this thread. I had to reread arena and damn if I'm not adding that to my shopping list. The way it can reliably come in untapped is a game changer.i wouldn't mind having it side by side with bandit lord honestly. The fact you can just h...

Wednesday, June 12th 2024; End-Raze Forerunners End-Raze Forerunners "Mom, can we have Craterhoof Behemoth ?" "We have Craterhoof Behemoth at home." The Craterhoof Behemoth at home:' But no srsly, who has $35 for a random g mythic? End-Raze will do the same thing honestly for und...

Damn it here I am about to go to sleep and I just had to check this thread. I had to reread arena and damn if I'm not adding that to my shopping list. The way it can reliably come in untapped is a game changer.i wouldn't mind having it side by side with bandit lord honestly.

Outside of Kaalia , how good is this actually? Do you run Arena of Glory in your deck? If so, it'll probably Plague Wind someone and then demand removal. That sounds pretty good to me, but Nevinyrral's Disk conversation implied 7 mana was too much for a Wrath of God . Personally, I think this card ...

Wow, sounds like I've matured a lot over the last decade plus of play... That's a good thing, play for fun of the game, not to win at any cost :grin: I am looking forward to building Kaalia when I am back from tour, couple of months to go though :pensive: Armed forces, right? Thank you for your ser...

Tuesday, June 11th 2024; Balefire Dragon



Outside of Kaalia, how good is this actually?

I don't really agree. 7-8 is way too slow in this economy when you need a sweep. Obviously you play them out of necessity, but they can't be how you rely on staving off the early rush. Selective Obliteration is pretty reasonable at 5 even if it does miss mono-colour decks. But it is an exile and the...

Yeah, I learned some time ago that if you build to hardcorre prison strats, that just gets you uninvited and others start throwing books at your head >_> You can lean into it yeah, but how many games i.e. how often will you get to play with your cards if you make a table miserable. I can view stax l...