Yeah I'm not feeling this set. Some interesting things sure but because of all the powerstone mechanics in it it warped the ability/cost of things.

I will say I'm glad they didnt lump any of the powerstone mechanics into just one color like they have done to some artifact synergies in the past.

I really like the design of fortified beachhead and hope it's a cycle. I like it, but when I think soldier, I think w/r more than w/u. That said they could have made the ability 4 tap +1 rather than 5 tap +1 and not broken the card in standard. I might be misjudging this because of power stones tho...

Thats a lot of group hate two different ways. This deck may have to tighten the token production to mass zombies or goblins to fight through such a meta since those are the only tribes that spam tokens. Which I get isnt the way the deck wants to behave. I say play a few more games when possible, to ...

Obliterator is too black hungry for a overall blue deck.

My first question would be what was the meta like overall. What commanders saw play and what strategies were at the table?

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Oof that was a skim I regret. I should have known better.

If I never see overwhelming splendor again it will be too soon

Yeah, was not exaggerating for comedy here on how bad the article was.

Top ten underutilized cards

Other than the honorable mentions the entire list is mostly what I call high CC Jank. Portent is interesting but the rest of the list feels like they asked the gatherer to give a random card. Uyo and Kaho are so very fringe playable.

Now heres a good add on question, by CC how costly a wrath effect should be? 4cc is about the old standard being there in Wrath of God but where should it top out?

I really HATE that they make secret lair with basic lands. Dont get me wrong the art is great for its whimsy, its just the cost per one of these if it turns out to be desirable......just cheeses me off.

I always kinda like the Spellshock Mindcrank combo. If you're going red/black also has excellent hand control options. Price of Glory is always fun as well. Boil and Boiling Seas is also possible if they are decently island heavy. As well red has creatures that can cast things out of the yard like b...

honestly red is more Fork . White and black have counterspells but are very conditional. Red has anti blue conterspells which make it narrow in the application and they also arent many of them. You may want to try a stax or death and taxes variant with Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Vryn Wingmare and o...

When I see Child of alara I always just kill it. Sure, it wraths the field but better now than when THEY decide or when the table gets more developed and the continual adding of 2 to the CC never hurt me. On wraths it honestly varies in the amount I play but yeah min two is good especially if they a...

such a ugh card. even in commander locking out 2 mana sources just to flash in a spell seems so bad.

DirkGently I can definitely see where in Sonnies edge could be off putting considering the overall themes it evoked. Dunharrow The uncanny valley parts and many of the segments are using a technique called rotoscope where you film the actors and animate over them. Some studios can get it really don...

TheAmericanSpirit Dirk is just picky honestly many of his c shows are really good its just probably he has read/watched alot of sci-fi and has high standards. Sonnys edge and both three robots are much higher in my list, though I will say the commentary on three robots is more of a personal taste t...

For me foils have never been desirable since they always costed double to triple back in the day. Then add in the whole cannot use them in major tournaments cause all foils from all eras curl. Admittedly the current generation are really horrible on that merit than the ones back in the day. Personal...

I'm actually kinda surprised you don't have Anger in here for haste orDragon Tempest nothing is better than hasty dragons. Lathliss, Dragon Queen Leyline Tyrant Moraug, Fury of Akoum all seem like interesting cards but up to you if you wanna see them squeezed in or not.

How do you feel about Dread ? I haven't tested it, but I think it's a bit expensive for what it does and is too anti-synergistic with the volume of board wipes I run. No Mercy is effective because it's difficult for many decks to remove and dodges my wipes, but honestly, it's a card I'm becoming le...

How do you feel about Dread ?

Anybody know a good place to discuss Modern? There is some talk here but not many people are really interested in it on this forum. Speaking of Sally: I remember the modern section being quite active and it seems they are still alive and kicking there. No clue whether it's good quality discussion t...

Anybody know a good place to discuss Modern? There is some talk here but not many people are really interested in it on this forum.

I still think you should put in Zariel, but Lolith is definitely a good choice as well. The changes seem like they really improved the deck. I would take out Cabal Stronghold since you only have 10 swamps and Urborg doesn't change the lands in play to basic swamps but just swamps as per the gatherer...

considering I suck at sealed or that all the times I get seated with people that are not technically a team but have sealed strategies of 4 players in the pod. Or if were talking sealed sealed my freaking luck in that respect tanks lower than draft in that I barely get anything good to construct my ...

Doubt it goes too far down either since so far they confirmed they are doing two print runs. They of course could add more but those are so far the only two.

120 rares and 39 mythics confirmed atm. Yeah I'm going to single this and let the whales buy the packs cause the statistics of cards even with 2 rares and 2 foils guaranteed make trying to get any of the really good mythics horrible. Actually almost worse than regular packs in a intuitive way rather...