Yeah I have been playing for a while and I realize there are things I can do. The whole countermagic play patterns are just kinda frustrating to me right now. The amount of derping I have to do to decks to deal with the every couple games someone %$#% my might up with too much blue for a casual pod...

well this should make @DirkGently slightly happy or at least less grumpy https://www.thegamer.com/magic-the-gathering-mtg-wilds-of-eldraine-walking-dead-secret-lair-reprints/ Almost three years after they were first sold exclusively through Secret Lair, the Walking Dead cards will receive versions ...

Hour of Devastation comes to mind :P Also I fully support venturing into the potato bracket. Matched lower power EDH is very fun. Yeah, one idea I've had bouncing around was making some casual fairly budget EDH "precons" to play agaisn't each other with throwback cards and a lower power l...

There is Rilsa Rael, Kingpin . It's not a "Choose a Background" legend but it works for an Initiative focused deck, if you want that color combo. I find my deck to be a lot of fun at least. I just want an initiative-enabling commander to pair with Noble Heritage for mid/low power games. M...

So many good choices... hmmm, I'll take the Hamburger Sandwich, but the Boston Lunch sounds so good too.

I especially like the sound of some apple pie and coffee. Well, I don't drink coffee but I know I would like it if I tried it.

Darth Vader [sym=2][sym=b][sym=r] Legendary Artifact Creature — Sith Warrior (M) Menace Ward—Pay 3 life. Whenever Darth Vader enters the battlefield or attacks, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, draw a card. 4/4 Stormtrooper [sym=w][sym=b] Creature — Human Soldier (U) Squad [sym=2] (As an ad...

I... do not understand.

But something tells me I'm not supposed to.

Whatever Dirk said above, I disagree with, I'm not going to read it though because then I will say something specific, then he will respond, then I will respond, and so on for eternity. I'm also very confident that I could refute his arguments, and that he can refute my arguments refuting his argume...

Poll based on discussion earlier.

I fully expect the outcome to be a resounding yes.

This is so I can end my feud with Dirk lol. Consider it a peace offering.

Bit of a non-sequitur. Adding one more tutor doesn't make much impact on the overall consistency available in the format, but we're not talking about unbanning demonic tutor (in an alternate reality where it was banned). We're talking about adding another particularly unique tutor that can enable s...

Well, I wouldn't say I'm freaking out. Also insidious dreams requires you to discard cards and puts the cards on top of your library, which is far worse than putting them into your hand. Also, both of these cards are instant. Which means you do them on the end step and then win the game on your act...

Also, from a non combo perspective, why do we want casual players having another tool to eliminate the fun singleton nature of the format. All tutors do is make games more stale, whether you grab a combo or just some bleh value engine or more casual win condition. Isn't one of the number one compla...

@Venedrex I don't really get why you'd put gifts into the same bucket as cards that do something inherently. Gbrand will generally win the game, sure. But a tutor is only as good as the targets. Tutoring into consult oracle is obnoxious, sure, but someone playing that deck is going to build a deck ...

I mean like Intuition is already legal. And in the case of Gris, Krrik can easily win t1. It's not like we're stopping fast wins, they're already here. Tbh even Vilis is bordering on as good as Gris. I mean Intuition is also a cool 163 dollars. Which might explain why I've never seen it played onli...

T1 : Swamp, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet. T2: Swamp, do whatever you feel like. T3: Use dark ritual, Play Grisel, put most of deck into hand T4: Win game. Thanks I'm good. :P In all seriousness though, I don't understand why people want more oops I win cards in the format. Gifts ungiven is a recipe for o...

Well, more people could play aggro-storm enchantress like I do, but i suppose we can't all be so refined and cultured. I can't build Sythis, Harvest's Hand because I already tore apart the first deck I ever made years ago for being repetitive and time consuming Tatyova, Benthic Druid . Draw a card,...

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is nice but I have mixed feelings about it. My issue is like...why is enchantress all graveyard or storm themed? Like can we not think of anything else? :P Well, more people could play aggro-storm enchantress like I do, but i suppose we can't all be so refined and cultured....

Really hoping the secondary commander in the Abzan deck is cool, hoping to maybe build it instead.

Urban Decay [sym=b][sym=g] Enchantment — (U) At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill a card. [sym=1][sym=b][sym=g]: Exile a card from your graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. Otherwise, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. The wreckage...

I feel that seems like a desperate attempt to save a format nobody really wanted to played anymore. In between Kaladesh and now, we have had our fair share of formats that weren't great to put it lightly. Covid basically then gave people a reason to not play paper standard. I mean I guess it is a g...

If Fable of the Meta Breaker doesn't get banned in the next couple of weeks, I'm not playing Rakdos: The Format. You ban fable and invoke despair, then we'll talk about me playing Standard. Until then, enjoy the stalest meta since Oko. And yes, I know that it is "balanced." Yeah but its ba...

Well, we got some new cards. Eldrazi cascade Enchantment reanimator Sliver encore Planeswalker Planeswalker Planeswalker, I heard you like planeswalker. I'm a little on the fence about the abzan legend, it seems cool and all, but I almost wish it was more generic enchantments matter. I feel like mak...

Null Charm
Instant — (R)
Choose one —

• Destroy target enchantment. You lose 1 life.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. You lose 2 life.
• Destroy target creature with mana value 1 or less. You lose 3 life.

Every form of magic holds the possibility to unravel.

And thanks for the laugh you gave me with the stroked text! For those who might not know, Leo is the abbreviation of my real first name, and I have absolutely no problem with anybody here calling me that, that's my name! I have no problem with it being known publicly, that's who I am! People in rea...

Let's define some terms and math out the set a bit. My personal assumption for a focus color is that the a larger number of cards in that faction will be in that color. Let's arbitrarily say this is in a 10:5:5 ratio, and ignore any gold cards. These are just 'monocolor with watermark' cards. | |[s...