From Scott: https://twitter.com/ScottLarabee/status/1700637294225690997?t=Gx8PMizLg6QSz3C7imDb5Q&s=19 (Reposting this to correct the location) Sheldon's family is trying to collect tributes for Sheldon in a single location. If you could please post your tributes at https://t.co/zrsCx9YTKR it wou...

Sunday, September 10th, 2023; Display of Power Display of Power How often is this really more than Chef's Kiss or Reverberate ? About half of the time, as I have seen it, since the most common use I have seen so-far is Player A casts <spell> Control Player B counters said <spell>, Player A (sometim...

Are you considering only spells, or are creature abilities also an option? My favorite old school version of the effect is Ovinomancer - which when paired with a haste effect (I like Thousand-Year Elixir ) allows you to cast then tap for a sheep in response to his ETB trigger returning him to hand i...

I'm sorry for the delayed response. I had a number of things to do this weekend that kept me away from the computer, However, I also wanted to try thinking of a way to say what I felt needed to be said without giving offense. I feel the best I can do is to provide feedback and hope you will receive ...

I feel like most of the arguments being advanced fall into one of these categories, and I just don't know if anyone is ever going to convince someone else to switch psychographics -- it's kinda just how your brain is wired and/or how you've experienced mtg in the past. I can't speak to Dirk's motiv...

lol no worries. I'm not going to read any of the spoiler tags because I don't want to be spoiled :teach: I did glimpse a mention of a cheap ebook while cleaning up formatting, however I'm in a 100% audiobook phase since I can listen to them during my job, and I'm too much of a cheapskate for audibl...

I strongly believe this is primarily a problem of communication, not that we're from different planets. Really? Ad Hominem? I expect better of you. What is it with this thread? It seems like I can't say anything without someone reading offense into it. Your statement implied, to me, that you though...

BLUF*: Thank you for providing definitions, I can now re-read your previous posts with the correct context in mind. I do not think our beliefs are a disparate as first impression would imply. Semantic rabbit holes are the worst. Agree to disagree. This is fascinating . Treamayne is putting up one he...

I'm just using a reductio ad absurdum argument structure. That structure can not apply when the reduced element is not compatible with the arguement from which it was reduced. You said, essentially, that wanting even "some degree of competition" was specific to me - implying that, for a s...

I honestly do not think that's true - at least, not for the vast vast majority. Emphasis on "some". If someone literally didn't need ANY competition to enjoy playing, then why not goldfish their decks at the same table as their friends? I know that might come off as hyperbolic but it's a ...

Would the game be equally enjoyable if your opponents never played any cards? If their entire deck was basic lands with The Prismatic Piper as commander? This kind of absurd oversimplification implies you don't really want to understand. You want to mock anybody with a different outlook or opinion ...

I don't mind discussing this if you really want to understand. However: Would the game be equally enjoyable if your opponents never played any cards? If their entire deck was basic lands with The Prismatic Piper as commander? This kind of absurd oversimplification implies you don't really want to un...

Most people are not playing to win, they're playing their cards And playing to spend time with friends. Lemme back up here. ... the way forward for this format. That is a whole lot of fiction to derive from a simple statement. I'm sorry I was unclear, please allow me to try rephrasing for clarity: ...

I really don't care what your stance on spite scooping is but everybody does it. Even the ones who say that they don't. The only difference between people who openly spite spite scoop and "scoop only as a sorcery" crowd is that spite scoopers are honest about it. No, not everybody does it...

pokken wrote: ↑

9 months ago

Most people are not playing to win, they're playing their cards

And playing to spend time with friends.

I've always been of the mindset that scooping is always a bad thing. When you sit down to a game, you have committed to "playing a game of EDH" not "playing until I feel like quitting." So I don't scoop. However, I realize I am a very small minority (possibly a minority of 1) and...

I play Spark Double in my mono-U Toothy, Imaginary Friend Illusion deck. It can be silly good, but it is usually just silly.

Scorched Ruins is fun to use but needs Trace of Abundance or some other protection, or it becomes the default target for any/every Ghost Quarter effect. A meta where something like this lasts a few turns cycles but would never be used for stupid combos (<cough> Palinchron <cough>) is the type of me...

Friday, August 18th, 2023; Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist https://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=626440&type=card FTFY (the autolink gave you the crap picture) Removal Magnet since people don't like attacking and blocking restrictions. However, I find it fun playing fairly -...

Does anyone else remember the days of "Ban Serra Ascendant"? https://a.pinatafarm.com/620x465/b3e17199ab/pepperidge-farms-remembers.jpg Design-wise, we can see that WotC has shifted away from referencing specific life totals due to the growth of Commander - Righteous Valkyrie and Path of ...

Korean basics, where possible. Snow if I expect somebody to sandbag an Extraplanar Lens.
Otherwise on-theme. E.G. Vampires gets all Crimson Hunt Full Art, Illusions gets 28 different islands (wackier is better), etc.

Thursday, August 10th, 2023; Mages' Contest and in a very similar vein, Illicit Auction A fairly blatent example of a 1:1 card that does not translate well to multiplayer, since (barring extreme circumstances) only the caster and the Contest player's bids matter. Now, if a new version had the high ...

Welcome to the Forums Brand new to the forum. Looking for some tips or tricks. A friend dragged me into edh after being away from the game for years. Bought a few precons to learn, started replacing cards in precons, and just built my first precon from scratch. The commander is Rocco. I have synergy...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023; Triangle of War Tell me to fight, without saying the word fight. FWIW, it appears it has been errata'd to be a fight effect. It's not even the first - IIRC that distinction belongs to Arena (of the Harper Prism "collection"). Fight mechanics were around for a lo...

Hermes_ wrote: ↑

10 months ago

figure out a way to make that angel a land and put the counter on it

Or, make a land an Angel. . .