XenaGod was the first thing that I thought of when I read the title. It is probably the "right" choice, per say, but thinking about which deck I might want to face, my choices would be Gallia or Samut. Gallia would help you reload, and there is often someone with shields down. I like when ...

First off thank you for typing up the game report. It was a lot of fun to read and remember. I have really been missing playing EDH in person. I have thought of rebuilding my Chromium deck using only cards printed prior to 2007. It was a different world back then. I do have a Dakkon Blackblade again...

Wow, for forever I thought Meloku was female. But it clearly says "he" in the flavor text.

I loved playing a 1xMeloku in control decks in standard. I used to run him in just about every Ux deck 10 years ago. I haven't seen him in anything for probably 4-5 years though.

I run this in my Karador deck, thinning for three cards is pretty sweet. I did have it in Meren before I added W to remake Karador. I agree it doesn't go in every G deck any more though.

On a new card note - I've wanted a Unicorn Commander for a long time, but now that we have Emiel the Blessed I must confess myself...disappointed. Mostly I guess I'm disappointed in the lack of good unicorns to actually go tribal though - as a better and easier to use Eldrazi Displacer that starts ...

Was this just simply a case of an opponent who is a sore loser? Maybe. But I try not to just throw away people's emotional experiences because of that possibility. If someone has a bad time playing with me I want to at least reflect on it even if I don't ultimately agree. QFT! Maybe because of the ...

Personally, I wish they would not have the partner with part, and let you run Krav with Vial-Smasher if you want. I get that it would make some more powerful but really doubt they would reach Griselbrand or Rofellos levels of crazy.

I just picked up the precon, and changed about 15ish cards, I think I am going with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death cause I can't seem to leave things dead. I had an Alesha deck a few years ago, but it didn't get played much (at the time I had 50ish decks). I partially built it to play against my sons, ...

I got my Year of the Rat within 2 weeks, but that is all the experience I have. I should have got more than one, but I will probably just pick up a few more Ink-Eyes.

I do wanna say that I deeply appreciate the fact that there's simultaneous "This didn't do nearly enough to hurt companion" and "this is going to nerf companion out of competitive play-ability completely" takes going around. It goes to show how hard this stuff is to evaluate. Wh...

Makes me sad that I opened a few companions. I will likely by zero boosters now, as I only wanted a few specific things but it is fun to crack a pack on occasion. The companions went from quirky to terrible pretty quick.

The trade off for playing an "under-powered" color is that you avoid color screw. Now in a slower game you have the opportunity to draw out of color screw, sometimes. I have definitely played games were I was stuck at 2 lands until turn 8, and was largely ignored because of that, then sudd...

If anyone thinks secret lair was anything other than a trial balloon to see if they could get away with selling singles direct, they're kidding themselves :) I am sure Wizards would much rather print the number of cards people want (e.g. 10 copies of Polluted Delta for every 1 copy of Ajani's Pride...

Just as soon as this hit page 2, they announce another bundle of drops.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/a ... 2020-05-25

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4 years ago

This makes me want to build this deck... I mean you kinda had be at that Master Splinter alter.

Probably more than anything it falls under the "It's in the precon" bias. It could also be that some people just don't think much about their mana base either. They lose and it is because of some Eldrazi or Craterhoof, not that they have 10 taplands and 7 colorless utility lands so they ar...

The thing that makes me really doubt the fetches in Commander legends is that it seems like such a good place to print the rest of the battlebond land cycle. But who knows, they have been letting cycles go for a long time lately. I think Battlebond did well enough they may be saving those for Battl...

Definitely should have just bought singles, went through my collection and it now has about 80 cards. Now I need to just figure out what I need. Probably a Sensei's Divining Top to help control top of my library, but other than that I am at a loss. I'll post the rest of the stuff in a bit if anybody...

Hello All, So I picked up two of the C20 decks already and decided I wanted to make the Temur deck with the Goodest Boy ( Pako, Arcane Retriever ) and that other guy. I pulled out what I didn't think really worked and I ended up with 15 cards + land. So now I need to decide what to add in. I want to...

So, it seems like this discussion is somewhat moot. Even if you did get it to a perfect mana ratio a new set will come out, our you will pick up an upgrade etc. and unless it is Nekrataal to Ravenous Chupacabra type of adjustment, you are likely messing with your ratios even if it is a tiny fraction.

So I have definitely been thinking about this topic for a while... Most of my commanders are chosen for other reasons, but they all generate significant value which could be turned into cards I guess. The only one that I don't think really does so is Dakkon Blackblade , he is literally just a beatst...

For the longest time I was trying to make Balustrade Spy work with maybe labman, but decided it would either have to win turn 1 or just lose. Either way not very fun to play with/against.

I tend to keep it close to 38, unless there is a significant reason. I do build in some mana sinks in case I get flooded, but overall I would rather draw an extra land or two versus have nothing to do the whole game 'cause I got stuck at 3 lands.

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This is pro-G propaganda, pretending they don't have enough toys so they can steal from Esper. I expected better from you Jason!

I have often lost while holding a Hero's Downfall with only 1B open a few too many times. I know a lot of people think cmc doesn't matter in EDH, and I am not saying you have to have an average cmc of 2 or anything, but sometimes running Ravenous Chupacabra vs. Noxious Gearhulk isn't just a budget ...