Good friends with Paradox Haze (and similar) for multiple upkeeps. Note: things will phase-in on their next turn (so targeting the player to your left means their stuff is only phased out on your turn) so you can set up politics like targeting Opponent B to make them vulnerable to an attack by Oppon...

Oh, it's obvious that the best thing to "cheat" into play from the graveyard is Haakon, Stromgald Scourge (and it's the only way) since he'll let you continue to cast from the yard (in the right deck). Seriously though, the "best" thing is the thing you find fun and that makes an...

That is just without support though and as a two mana repeatable token maker, it looks pretty amazing for a token or weenie deck. The lifegain is surprisingly easy to turn on and toxic adds a nice back up plan for life gain. It also gives you a token even if your board got wiped last turn so you ca...

Saturday, March 4th, 2023; Tradewind Rider|g02 Tradewind Rider|slc Wow, that's a fugly version. Replacement: https://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=4738&type=card I too remember (and loved) the Rider when he was new (and was sad when Tidespout Tyrant pushed him out of mos...

I just wish Goad was a mini version of a Vow - no buffs, but also no forced attack. And I would rather see Provoke return as a method of dealing with utility weenies in the red zone. I briefly tried Marisi, Breaker of the Coil at the head of my Cat deck, but it was too much animosity for too little ...

At 7 CMC, Zendikar Resurgent is a bit of a win-more/combo card; but oh can it be fun. I run this in Gahiji, Honored One Beasts, since the average CMC for creatures is 6. It's also important to note that the extra mana is "washed," which can be good or bad. If you really need Snow mana - th...

You could also consider the Sneak Attack route to lower the cost of the initial attacker that will be bounced by the ninja. Sneak attack an ETB trigger value and/or evasive critter, Ninja swap on the attack. Repeat as necessary. For going wide, you could also consider leveraging Reflections of Littj...

In my experience, when I see Burgeoning in EDH, Storm Cauldron will soon follow. . . For one, I'm running Thawing Glaciers This is the other time I recall seeing Burgeoning , to include one game where the player dropped: T1 Burgeoning Thawing Glaciers on my turn T2 Amulet of Vigor Granted, he admitt...

While I love me some Death Pits (Grixis ping of death, anyone) this is one board-control I never felt the urge to build. If there was ever a [sym=b] equiv of Bosh (Colorless with [sym=b] CI General) I may change my mind, 'cause a Colorless deck seems the way to go with Spreading Plague (removal will...

Wasn't Tomb of Urami used alongside Balance in 60-card back in the day?

Definitely one of the better anthems in the right deck. Was fun in a creatureless enchantress build focusing on things like Sigil of the Empty Throne , Felidar Retreat , Fable of Wolf and Owl , etc. Oh, the decks of yesterdecade. . . I suspect many players would adjust their mental math. Especially ...

I've had a number of Hazezon Tamar decks on MTGO over the decaades (token, Warriors, Enchantress, etc.) but my favorite one to pilot was Hazezon Manlands. The animated land theme reinforced his trigger, and his tokens helps provide defense When Manlands Attack^TM.

It was fun.

In my experience, Coffin Queen's greatest value in EDH has been as a rattlesnake. E. g.

Opp A: E-Wit returning Muse
Me: Take control of Muse
> untap and exile Muse

I especially liked her in Dimir Wizards with Thousand-Year Elixir and similar effects.

The Mending of Dominaria can trigger fast with proper set-up. I've had 8+ lands ETB when it triggers Chapter 3 (Field - only one Tormod trigger). If you are already running any of the play-lands-from-graveyard cards, adding Burgeoning can provide a steady supply of zombies. Non-land: Academy Ruins ...

I tried breaking parity on this in my Kaseto, Orochi Archmage snake deck. . .
. . . unfortunately, I broke parity with Manabond and Storm Cauldron (and Sasaya to break Storm Cauldron Parity).

There's just no way to make Storm Cauldron fun.

@TheGildedGoose wait, why doesn't that work? Lol this thread is making me feel dumb. Well, I guess it's "just" an 8/8 for 3 that draws you a card on attacks and is goaded. Seems okay though. I'm guessing you mean this: Phyrexian Soulgorger in Jon Irenicus, Shattered One , for one. And it'...

Other than that... Enduring Renewal seems like a cool card, but in practice it has such harsh restrictions on it that it's only useful to combo with. Real shame, if you ask me. Not a fan of combo in EDH, myself. In anything shy of cEDH, my experience is that it has this really annoying tendency to ...

I'm kind of a picky dickhead now that I think about it. While it's possible that you may be. . . I don't want to feign laughter at your lame jokes, walk on eggshells because you throw a tantrum when someone interacts with your board, etc. ^^ That would not be the reason why, as that is entirely rea...

I'd love to build Tariel, Reckoner of Souls , because the effect is cool and I love multi-colour angels and the card has so much theme; but the casting cost is waaaaaaay too high for what the card does, and she doesn't even have haste. So unless you are playing in a friendly pod, at most you gonna ...

In my experience, you are, if anything, understating the importance. I have not had a regular playgroup since 2016 (paper) and since 2015ish (MTGO - which is why I was trying to build an MTGO clan of people with whom I can expect to enjoy games). I feel the lack. I would even posit that I have not h...

All infect is a threat, proliferate without poison is a durdle (a fun durdle, but still a durdle). I say this as somebody with five "proliferate" decks and not one poison card amongst them. I am curious, how so? I've always seen Proliferate as quite useful in decks that my opponents playe...

Tbh I fear proliferate more than I fear infect. Infect still generally needs to deal combat damage, with few exceptions, which means you can block it, or at least kill it. Dying to having one poison counter and then someone triple casts a Brokers Confluence or something is way lamer imo. But do you...

@Treamayne I wasn't clear. I know the rule has always been a flat 10 since the very beginning, but the notion that it should be modified to be half of starting life for formats with non-20 starting life totals was never a point of discussion before Infect, and I believe it would still not be an iss...

Dash was a Mardu mechanic and "activates" from hand-though it is more of an alternate casting cost (it still pairs very well with things like Mirror March, Flameshadow Conjuring, etc. )

If Infect had never existed, then there would be nothing wrong with poison at all right now, it's just Infect that created this concept that Poison should be half of Life. It has been 10 poison counters to lose since poison was first introduced with Marsh Viper released in The Dark. However, that w...