I'm old, so there are cards I've slotted into decks that many players have never even heard of. Uktabi Wildcats (44 decks): Since it's outside the Modern cardpool and never made much of a splash, the cats - whose best home is in mono-Green - are oft overlooked. Waiting in the Weeds (97 decks): A com...

The reason I did not PM the Judges/Players with the comments was to illustrate how some things can be overlooked, both during design, as well as during review. WotC has let typos slip through and forgotten that an Artifact Creature should have both types showing when printed. These are the kind of m...

This is constructive criticism for future judging, and is in no way meant to change the scores from Round 1. Icarii's card: "Gore-Breather Vampire can't be blocked by players with 10 or less life." needs to be changed. Players do not block creatures. To have this work, the card should read...

Mindless Amalgam [sym=B] Creature — Horror (M) Mindless Amalgam gets -X/-X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. Hellbent — At the beginning of your end step, return Mindless Amalgam from your graveyard to the battlefield if you have no cards in hand. A sentient convergence of murderous int...

Thoughtsifter UR
Creature — Weird (U)
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When Thoughtsifter dies, you draw cards equal to its power, then discard cards equal to its toughness.
1/1

This is the list I run normally for Bo1. Creatures (16) 4 Footlight Fiend 4 Scorch Spitter 2 Tin Street Dodger 4 Chandra's Spitfire 2 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell Spells (12) 4 Shock 4 Lava Coil 4 Light Up the Stage Nonland Permanents (12) 4 Cavalcade of Calamity 3 Mask of Immolation 3 Chandra, Acolyt...

Since you're going the WB Knight route, you might consider Knights' Charge to grant some reach against Mono Red, and Wintermoor Commander for defense. Also, run a full grip of Mortify. Worthy Knight is meant to reward a Go Wide strategy in Selesnya or Naya Knights, which you can't take advantage of ...

As those on Arena may be aware, WotC is apparently using this particular community to try and shake down what the next best Standard decks will be post-rotation with a "Win Every Card in Standard" contest. All you have to do is string together 12 wins without losing more than once in Bo1 m...

We've gone from a Sorcery, to a Sorcery, to this (just ignore the banned, colorshifted elephant in this group). Maybe now it'll be considered playable.

The low cost (CMC <= 3) enablers we've seen so far to make use of the "second card drawn" theme in this set are: Opt and Tome Raider in Blue Forever Young and Foulmire Knight in Black Merchant of the Vale in Red Edgewall Inkeeper in Green, in combination with Adventure cards The Royal Scio...

Returning a permanent you control to its owner's hand is well within the white color pie. It is blue that gets to bounce your opponent's stuff too: Aegis Automaton Alley Evasion Emancipation Angel Kor Skyfisher Which is why I specifically referenced Rescue - Usher to Safety is a way to save/reset p...

{Hyperbolic Statement Incoming} So, Rescue was so good in Dominaria, they decided it would be better in White and tacked it on to Shepherd of the Flock ? This has only been on a mono White card once before ( Narrow Escape ). Bounce is supposed to be the domain of Blue. Since Green had been overtakin...

Narcomoeba, meet Forever Young, your newest best friend for BUG Dredge.

I am somewhat disappointed that Torbran was singled out from the other triple color Legends. Linden, Gadwick, Ayara, and Yorvo can all be cast for three colored mana, I imagine it would have been far too strong at 3 CMC, but WotC must have wanted a stronger effect than War Jaya . The Standard implic...

Cavalcade of Calamity decks just got reach for finishing against lifegain. Shock becomes Galvanic Blast , Chandra's Pyrohelix is a double Lightning Bolt. Judith. Mayhem Devil. And all your red creatures effectively get +2/+0. I think this fits in the category of "4-drop that can win you the ga...

From Deafening Silence 's flavor text, the white Uncommon 3CC Knight might be Syr Tasdale, due to the mention of Ardenvale . It seems unlikely that the name would belong to the Green Uncommon Knight (that's more likely to be Syr Grenphire based on Fell the Pheasant ). Black's second Mythic is likely...

I think Feather just found her new favorite toy to kill attacking creatures with.

Pyrrhic Victory [sym=p][sym=p] Legendary Instant (M) ([sym=p] can be paid with either [sym=c] or 2 life.) Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Target opponent wins the game. I may die, but you still lose. I...

Theory: the reason wotc didn't show the packaging for premium throne of eldraine packs is that the art on the pack is a reprint. My theory is that Stone Forge Mystic is that reprint. It makes total sense flavorfully (and likely mechanically) since the set involves Arthurian legend. the card is like...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the card that this can fetch that none of the Onslaught/Zendikar fetches can: Wastes . While there are other ways of searching out a Wastes, almost all have the land come in tapped ( Evolving Wilds and most spells). Grow from the Ashes is one of the few exceptions,...

[mention]NinjaCaterpie[/mention]: How does Raganai get onto the battlefield? Mu Gevt, Living Caldera UR Legendary Creature — Leviathan (M) Islandwalk, slumbering 6 Whenever you are dealt noncombat damage, remove a slumber counter from Mu Gevt, Living Caldera. [sym=T]: Add UR . Mu Gevt deals 1 damage...

Nescient Lottery BR Sorcery (C) Choose a creature at random, then destroy that creature. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.) The game where first prize is dead...

I'm tired, and I have an errand to run, so I'm letting Momir handle the judging for me. Subject 16: Your Hydradile is a color hoser that might emerge unscathed when a fight is triggered due to the protection. mellifluoresce: Your submission was dead on arrival. chetoos: Grounded Faeires never made m...

Hogaak and Lattice. War Karn without the lock makes it a much more reasonable deck to play against.

Planning to begin reviews around 15:00 EDT today to give a 48 hour submission window.