BM BM? Bloodmoon? ...is the existence of mass artifact removal such as Vandalblast... I think modal versions are better than something like Shatterstorm - if used responsibly. I think it may be a Rule 0 discussion in some situations. Sure Alibou, Ancient Witness and Sydri, Galvanic Genius type deck...

Saturday, June 24th, 2023; Imperial Recruiter and pretty close functional twin, Recruiter of the Guard Ironically, it seems to be that each is the other color's best choice. Red wants aggression and would happily trade fragility for a higher power (e. g. Ball Lightning - which can be found by Recru...

illakunsaa wrote: ↑

11 months ago

I don't really get the flavor of flyers not being able to attack. Can't they just fly higher?

Think of it like an air defense system. Could they fly over? Yes. Can they fly through it to attack? Nope.

I like goad, and have built several decks devoted to it, but I've never had success with it. It seems like a mechanic released ten years too late. I would gladly trade Goad for a return of Provoke. . . (Which wasn't a bad mechanic - it had potential to be a great mechanic, but only apeared on bad c...

I'm so glad the RC is happy with the pervasive "If it is not cEDH then it is casual by definition" mindset in the wild. Why don't the CAG content creators actually start discussing how far the Commander environment has strayed from, even the first paragraph, of the Philosophy document. Las...

A good way to reduce the number of tutors and/or staples... is to reduce the # of colors in your deck. One reason I'm more fond of 2-c decks these days is because that I have less staples to worry about. Another way to reduce staples is to lean hard on theme. For example, 90% of my decks are Tribal...

toctheyounger wrote: ↑

11 months ago

The fact that everyone looks over the flavor text on this card is honestly a travesty.

Concur. It also needs a Mistborn - mistwraith alter (not too much to change really - blue glow and some random bones in the slime).

onering wrote: ↑

11 months ago

Cannibalize has oddball applications in decks where counters matter.

I used to use it with Kulrath Knight in 60 card tribal legacy.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Final thoughts: Even if you're playing at a public LGS <snip> An LGS with a lower power level than my meta would be unusual but I'm sure there are some out there. I never said LGS, just MTGO as previously discussed. I agree with @pokken's earlier statement ...

The Glissa machine Gun is specifically with Thornbite Staff - often recurring a sac-for-mana artifact or with either Ashnod's Altar or Krark-Clan Ironworks to sac the recurred artifact to make it "kill everything." I mean, at that point we're talking about a ~4 card combo with pretty spec...

You've never run into a Glissa, the Traitor deck? Weird! Lol I used to run Glissa the Traitor but I'm not sure what you're referring to. pinger equipment only lets you kill one creature per turn cycle generally Not just the capsule but glissa also works with Triangle of War if you want to go deep. ...

BLUF*: I feel like MtG has passed me by, and there is now no more formats for players like me (tons of theoretical formats, but none you can actually get a game playing). I've been playing since The Dark (Jun 94) and I hate to give the hobby up, but I have had 1 game that I felt good about afterwar...

Thanks all, I was just trying to answer Avacyn Believer 's question. I think you can accomplish a jank-ish meta by having the right limitations - play PDH, play set commander, play pre-modern only, etc. Otherwise power creep is probably inevitable. And that right there sums up the problem. When you ...

I really miss EDH. . . If someone asked already, please link me to the reply, otherwise I am curious why do you feel that way? BLUF*: I feel like MtG has passed me by, and there is now no more formats for players like me (tons of theoretical formats, but none you can actually get a game playing). I...

I won't say any of your analysis is wrong; but I do feel that that it is indicative of what is wrong with Commander (as opposed to what EDH was). I really miss EDH. . . Especially since Commander Killed Casual By that, I mean that on MTGO I have not seen a non-Commander Multiplayer "casual"...

I average about 15 basics per deck (regardless of CI) and refuse to go below 10. But then, I'm not playing cEDH (and have no desire to do so) so I prefer an affordable balanced manabase aver "max efficiency."

Seems like it might be good in my Exalted deck (which want to tap creatures for effect before my turn starts but after they would have been needed for blocking).

My favorite use for Academy Rector (which I only pulled off a handful of times) was deploying her (attack or block) with Sneak Attack . Usually searched for Debtors' Knell , True Conviction or Cathars' Crusade (to be followed by Rise of the Hobgoblins ). Mardu Aggro Enchantments FTW. Edit: I should ...

For the nostalgia factor, IMO, every "human" deck needs to include Márton Stromgald and Homura . I can't help much with the OP premise since my Human deck is mono-R and uses those two as swap-able Generals (where Marton is frowned upon, I put him in the 99 and put Homura in the big chair i...

I use this in my mono-Brown Karn's Golems deck - because Karn's ability means I can activate for 1 with no loss of P/T. . . That makes a significant increase in it's efficacy (instead of 8 to cast and 5 to activate it is usually 10 to cast and copy ( Mirrorworks ) and 2 to have 16/16 available on at...

I've had an Enduring Ideal deck on MODO for a long time, but it's been years since I've played it. I wanted a version that could be interactive (it's one combo backup plan is Day of the Dragons and, of course requires enough setup to have the creatures to Dracoize and a haste enchantment). It had th...

Venedrex wrote: ↑

1 year ago

So yeah, that's going to be a no from me.

I took most of the "unban X" comments to be sarcasm pointing out the hypocrisy of the RC saying "Everything's good" when we have X banned, but A, B, C, etc. are all still unbanned and equally annoying.

slightly longer: No changes. We're generally very happy with the state of Commander at the moment. We wanted to wait for the release of Aftermath to make sure there wasn't anything of concern in it, but it looks good and we're excited for all the new toys that March of the Machine has provided the ...

Like I said, it is you and your playgroup(s) that really matter in the determination. If you have no out and I'm taking infinite turns and have demonstrated a win condition, I think it's good sportsmanship and polite to scoop and shake, personally. And I think it's good sportsmanship for the combo p...

You're dead either way, but one takes a hell of a lot longer than the other. That said, I do feel really bad about playing solitaire if someone wants to stick it out because they're a stubborn ass . Thanks for the compliment. Though, I would like to note there are other reasons for playing out a ga...