You could argue that it can prevent certain attacks like Trample or Annihilator but I mean that is very casual play stuff. Dress Down prevents way more than enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities, trample, & annihilator. It may not be able to stop activated abilities—though it can prevent t...

Mechanically, this is my favorite card from MH2. (I'm meh on the art & flavor.) I look forward to play with it. Like folks have said, it always at least cycles & has a lot of potential to stop combo & other powerful plays from opponents.

Now that the full set is out, here are the cards I'm interested in. I'm not sure I'll be able to afford everything. Esper Sentinel : I want a copy for various cEDH decks. Seems pretty strong. Out of Time : As a sweeper for my creatureless Estrid, the Masked enchantments-matter list. Resurgent Belief...

& Dauthi Voidwalker may well be up there with Opposition Agent & Hullbreacher . The fact that you can cash it in to cast any nonpermanent spell anyone has cast since it's been on the battlefield (or before, in some cases) is huge. I agree with you that Voidwalker is exceedingly powerful. An...

As far as cEDH goes, Profane Tutor may end up having more of an impact than anything from CMR thanks to its interaction with Codie, Vociferous Codex . This allows Codie decks to consistently tutor for Ad Nauseam , possibly making them the best Turbo-Naus option out there. & Dauthi Voidwalker may...

For Modern Horizons 2 they threw caution to the wind & decided print tons of simple pushed cards that fans have been dreaming of for ages. I'm not sure how to feel about it. On the one hand, I want many of these high-power options for my EDH decks. On the other, I'm concerned about how this will...

I'd support banned as commander returning if it just allows us to play Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary & Braids, Cabal Minion in the 99. I don't like the idea of a bunch of newly banned commanders.

Over my many years in EDH, I've never once seen someone refuse to play with a person using playtest cards. I've heard folks grumble about it on occasion, but that's it. The main LGS I played at before the pandemic hit ran EDH tournaments for small prizes. Nominally, this meant real cards only. Even ...

I don't like the prospect of Universes Beyond coming into EDH games. At the same time, I don't know how it's much worse than the status quo. Coherent aesthetics appeal to me. Magic as a whole has always been lacking in this regard. Some cards are serious, while others are silly. Genres & styles ...

I'm annoyed about the inevitable high-powered EDH staples from Universes Beyond that everyone will be running. However, MTG aesthetics already clash internally & a lot of the flavor you see at the average table makes no sense, so I guess it's whatever. I already exclude various staples from my m...

As you can see, I'm rather fond of this card. Suddenly Unfulfilled Desires is $16.78 market. What gives? It's only vaguely playable in EDH. I've struggled to slot it into decks despite my aesthetic appreciation. (Two of my forty-plus lists currently run it.) I guess the spike is part of an overall r...

Sigrid, God-Favored looks solid for my Ephara, God of the Polis deck. It avoids blink effect to minimize nonbos with Containment Priest, as well as to avoid redundancy with other decks that have blink themes, so I don't want Glorious Protector.

I've hardly played so far during the pandemic, but I keep intending to & try to maintain various lists. A little while back I decided to shift my Scion of the Ur-Dragon deck over to The Ur-Dragon to reduce shuffling. I'm most excited for Kaldheim pickups there: Goldspan Dragon , Immersturm Preda...

One I learned about from a Reddit post is Kodama of the East Tree & Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith. Together they produce infinite landfall & Rocks with Gruul Turf or Guildless Commons. You can use the Kodama trigger from the Rock entering to put the bounceland back down.

Hi folks! This thread is about the new partner possibilities Commander Legends opens up. I don't plan on building many (if any) of these, but plenty of exciting pairings exist that I want to note. Krark the Thumbless & Sakashima of a Thousand Faces : This gets you double Krarks & thus Krark ...

Do they believe hatebears are fun for casual play or are they intentionally making competitive cards? I'm confused. I love hatebears in cEDH & similar, but denying basic resources like drawing cards can feel awful in friendly games. I'm not sure what to think. Both this & Opposition Agent pr...

I'm excited to use Ghen with Parallax Wave . The trick is to activate Wave five times & then sacrifice it while holding priority. This way you exile five creatures & they don't come back. You can cast Ghen on turn three, Wave on turn four, & then do the above during your upkeep with the ...

This is an era where people believe they need Reserve List cards just to function in EDH, so we can safely assume that most people aren't trying to play the game for fun and/or "responsibly". They just want the thrill of beat down. I saw a mix back when I was playing in person before the ...

Jeweled Lotus reminds me of my belief that even the real Black Lotus is fine for casual EDH if used responsibly. If you're running a commander like Eron the Relentless in a theme deck, by all means play both of those Lotuses & Mox Ruby . No problem. If you beat me by cracking Black Lotus to reg...

Opposition Agent is going to be a pain to handle in a webcam game. I'm not looking forward to that. However, I do appreciate hating on searching. I intentionally minimize or exclude search and shuffle effects in some of casual decks because of how much time shuffling takes. Perhaps more people will ...

That Hydra seems awful to me too. I guess it's ok in a dedicated tribal deck. My build of Rosheen isn't interested. I've started brainstorm a Ghen list I'm liking it so far. The synergy with Parallax Wave is sweet, being able to sacrifice with activations on the stack to permanently exile creatures.

I'm thrilled by Yurlok bringing back mana burn. I doubt I'll build a deck around the card because I already have two Jund lists I'm happy with, but I'm glad mana burn has finally returned to the game! I hope to play against Yurlok. Ghen, on the other hand, is more tempting as I'm not super attached...

Negan discourse with potentially triggering content: Comparisons with MTG villains like Yawgmoth & Bolos raise the issue of just how horrific a lot of what the game depicts is if you stop & think. Magic has casually included torture & joked about it since the early days. See Torture|HML ...

My LGS owner and I were talking the other day about it and saying how unfortunate for Wizards it was that Commander Legends has already been slated for release so shortly after this SL. It'd be the perfect place to retcon them into a set on the back end and pretend it was meant to happen that way t...

But that's really a completely separate issue from the Walking Dead Secret Lair. I don't see how this distinction matters in practice today. What I care about is how much it costs me to acquire the cards I want for my decks. The TWD Secret Lair cards are far cheaper than many high-powered EDH stapl...