What does everyone think about Strix Serenade? I think it's worse than Swan Song but it IS another one mana Counterspell and that ain't nothing.

See Dirk, if you never learn how to actually play the game well. Then you don't have to deal with trying to find a deck weak enough to not win against your play group like you and I. Sometimes I envy them. In theory the problem can be solved with sufficient narcotics Anytime I start winning too muc...

I hesitate to question your methods, but is cutting Scapeshift really the right answer? It's 4 mana army with fields or the commander and imho you'll get a lot more action out of it than BoP. Early you can sit on it or use it to mass crop rotate and late it's total bananas.

Phyrexian Altar would probably be insane here with the amount of tokens multiple fields will make. EDIT: Vesuva is another field and Mox Diamond might be nice too to occasionally fast-track the dredging. Oh, and how about Manabond ? It's a little tricky but it could play well with multiple cyclers ...

The card is super solid but the shroud can be annoying. When I was playing Sythis Aura Aggro, this was one of the worst creatures to get early because it can't suit up to punch face. In a more traditional enchantress deck this is best-in-class though.

The main thing holding this guy back is his inability to shoot at anything but the dome. If he could be a nigh-unkillable source of crearute removal, then he'd have a lot more utility

I kinda like cards that Incentivize playing fewer colors, but this one is too easy to play around to be all that effective.

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2 weeks ago

Also, Sauron's helmet looks really stupid.

I agree and it's been bothering me for a while now. It looks stupid top-heavy and the neck strain must be enormous.

Honestly i'm really liking the jund theme being the jund shard. I have alway loved it, both tematically and mechanically. Too bad jund commander are kinda bad or boring and doesn't reflect the shard. Even the new ones we are getting in this deck are incredibly boring and don't really fit the jund t...

This card is and always has been sweet. Its competitive glory days are long gone, but not a shred of coolness has been lost to time.

This card kills you if someone else has a Smothering Tithe. That is one hell of a format-specific drawback.

In a world where Gisa, Glorious Resurrector does all the same things but for free, I can't imagine ever playing this card outside of a thematic dedication to Snow.

@pokken I'd write this clown off. They're suffering from a particularly vile lack of self-awareness. My diagnosis: it's terminal.

@xardas Get over yourself.

I'm just kinda lurking on this thread but Jesus, xardas . Pokken's right, you should chill. I can respect no sugarcoating, but IMO you are overestimating the value of your opinion to a degree of parody. Either way, kindly stay out of any decklist threads of mine if this is how you offer criticism. P...

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1 month ago

I thought I'd remembered another Portal Mage variant but I can't seem to remember it :D

Portal Manipulator?

I'm cool with largely meaningless status symbols. You drive a Benz to work, I drive a Toyota, we both get there all the same. In the context of commander, these are like driving a Maserati and that's just fine for those who care that much. It IS killing Legacy and Vintage though. In those formats, h...

I dig this guy as a control commander. 2 life/turn adds up to a comfy buffer over time and the fact that it never requires you to cast it for that value is really quite nice. It also plays really well with Humility , but ymmv depending on the meta. EDIT: I never get why this guy is so popular. maybe...

I can't read any of these. Can someone with better eyes/resolution tell me what any of these MH3 generals do?

Tuesday, April 23rd 2024; Sovereigns of Lost Alara Sovereigns of Lost Alara It,s kinda expensive, but it gets value quickly and doesn't ask a whole lot for the trouble. If you're in UWX auras I think you can do a lot worse with your tutors than this. EDIT: What bugs me is that these clowns don't fl...

I say put Prisoner's Dilemma or Truth or Consequences under it! It's game time, %$#%!

Hey, ya'll hear that the WOTC President tendered her resignation? Crazy. Turns out overprinting cards, designing terrible cards, lowering the quality of cards, and overseeing the absolute debacle of Magic 30th anniversary isn't good for long-term career longevity. I wish I had faith that -- somehow...

Damn this is expensive. You can outright steal things for less mana and no life with a swath of cards. If you replaced Casualty with Retrace and cut the CMC in half, maybe this would have some legs, but the era of random 6 mana "value" plays is long gone.

The Acolyte is solid. It's a touch slower than Skyshroud Claim but the explosive mana generation it provides make it a solid role-player in green-centric ramp decks. It also feeds itself in a way, giving you the mana to build a board to make even more mana. I dig it.

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1 month ago

Friday, April 5th 2024; Sen Triplets

One upside of powercreep is that someday I may get to actually play this card without getting immediately dogpiled for doing so. I think it's still far away, but someday....

I like Ezrim. He's nothing special, but he has access to some nice options and fuels himself upfront. I think he's probably a deceptively good voltron control commander simply because he hits all the important boxes without being busted enough to attract undue attention. Just let your bog-standard a...