Seems unnecessary to me. Part of Brawl's charm is to be "Commander with rotation" and "Commander with training wheels" and "Commander, but faster and more interactive". All of that can be fulfilled with standard-legal constraints. There's no need for them to be able to ...

Hey Dirk, glad to see this life-changing thread here . I never asked over on 'Sally - what are your thoughts on Winds of Abandon in Phelddagrif? Is it too slow at sorcery speed? Too risky? Worth testing?

Allow me to beat Dirk to the punch and recommend Phelddagrif. You can read his brilliant primer here: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/781576-phelddagrif-show-weakness-to-hide-your-strength . Assuming you really wanna do Braids or stick to mo...

Contact Lucifer, Sapere Aude Unread post by Lucifer, Sapere Aude » 50 minutes ago Arcane Signet is one way to make us all buy these silly decks. Auto-include in all non-green, non-colorless commanders for sure as a near-"strictly better" Guild signet/Fellwar Stone/Coldsteel Heart/Guild Ta...

Arcane Signet is one way to make us all buy these silly decks. Auto-include in all non-green, non-colorless commanders for sure as a near-"strictly better" Guild signet / Fellwar Stone / Coldsteel Heart / Guild Talisman (the current crop of auto-includes). Chulane, Teller of Tales is my k...

If this is the Fairy Tale World with Faeries... it's a win. I hope it will have strong Celtic/European influences in the setting as Lorwyn did. Essentially more focus on human interactions with the fantasy elements, as opposed to being as foreign as Lorwyn sometimes could by lacking the human eleme...

This was an all-time favorite article for sure; really dug it. I miss being able to see comment threads on it, so thanks for starting it! I wonder if it's timely that he posted this just before a set that he's "Extremely excited for" is formally announced - perhaps there are things in Arch...

Hi Sheldon (and thread!) Some initial background - my name's Jason and I've played MTG for twenty years now. I've played EDH since shortly before the first precons. I used to play a ton with a robust playgroup in grad school; now I play much more rarely and usually with my wife, sister and brother-i...

I just hope this isnt a backdoor Lorwyn attempt (see fixed?) and so we never end up going back there. Wotc and Maro dont think we can handle a humanless plane or a non-humanoid walker. It's probably not going to be a backdoor Lorwyn, considering that Maro has confirmed that it is a new plane. As fo...

Things I expect/want/hope for: 1. More Sagas 2. Playable, powerful, and good Unicorns with a Unicorn lord. 3. Devotion returns? There's simply way too many interesting mana symbols in standard to not do it. 4. Fairy, Knight, and Wizard tribal themes 5. Monarch in Standard? 6. Witches, curses, and a ...

Things I like: More marching options; makes equipment, anthems, and 'walkers much more useful and allows any old deck to be an okay Emperor. Extended range for Emperors is powerful if built for abuse, but worthwhile and feels like how the format SHOULD work; emperors still can't target each other bu...

I really hope they shift those mechanics into colors that don't already have them as a focus. That'd make these much more interesting because if these are in their typical colors, they don't feel like they could produce anything very novel. Morph is already a well-developed strategy in Animar. I gu...

Madness : An odd choice, as there are 52 Madness cards across 5 colors, but the vast majority of them are awful in Commander. People aren't clamoring to slam Basking Rootwalla s and Reckless Wurm s and tokens off of Gisa's Bidding or slinging Fiery Temper s and Strength of Lunacy s in a 40-life for...

A site might have some information... https://www.blackfire.eu/product.php?id=33367 Themes this year seem to be based on keywords. In this case (assuming this is true) then we will get decks based on Populate, Flashback, Madness and Morph. Intriguing idea. I always assume fake until officially conf...

I run "Daretti superfriends", and have learned a few things. 1. Run as much meaningful 'walker support as you can! You may be "in the the wrong colors" for the care package but you are in the right colors to tutor for, recur, and supercharge Chandra's Regulator , Rings of Brighth...

I think if they give more aggressive reprints, the IDEA of last year ("underexplored themes") was a great one and one I'd like to see continue. I'd love to get a Snow deck and a Colorless deck. I'd love to see some under-explored tribes; Dinos, Apes, Wolves, Horses, My fear, given Core 202...

Interesting - a much more narrow but slightly cheaper Comeuppance -style effect. Generally, Comeuppance , Selfless Squire , Deflecting Palm , and Reverse Damage are better because they negate the incoming damage whereas with this you have to actually live the attack for it to be super relevant. And ...

It's almost certainly about Archery, which makes me assume that Archery has something unprecedented in its design that MaRo figures is going to make people flip their collective lids. It's probably no coincidence that he also decided to write an article clarifying Constraints and Defaults and specif...

I know that seems silly when I would play Merfolk Looter but, again, Looter isn't an auto-include (and indeed misses the cut a significant percentage of the time) and often the discard is a boon and not a drawback for Looter. Looter also always lets you see a new card and that's key. Merfolk Pooter...

Iona was good at protection - does your list already run other high-end protective cards like Avacyn, Angel of Hope ? That seems a natural fit if not. Other cards that protect you or restrict opponents at CMC 8+ are... Blazing Archon Archetype of Endurance Void Winnower Nullstone Gargoyle The Praeto...

Great survey! My thoughts: Unban : Nada. I think everything on the banlist has a good reason to be there. I miss playing with my Prophet of Kruphix , but it was also a stupid card that warped games around itself and tended to drag games to a crawl by allowing its controller to take N-1 extra turns i...

I've never played it. Would I play a card that was 1G for a 1/1 with "T: Draw a card"? Probably, but I don't know if it'd be an auto-include at the same level as Eternal Witness . It'd clearly be very good, but also very fragile and slow - I'd probably be on the lookout for a deck that rea...

Hello everyone! Excited to get my original MTGNews screename back with no numbers afterwards! New forums seem hopping!

I started learning back when Urza's Destiny and 6th edition were the New Hotness; my first ever purchase was a Urza's Saga Tournament Pack. I was purely kitchen table for a while - I didn't even understand the full rules for my first year and it was all about slamming Bravado -enhanced Rathi Dragon ...

Looking at my (or my wife's) current green decks: The Gitrog Monster : No. The deck is only two-colored, non-creature, non-land space is at a premium, and a landfall theme heavily incentivizes traditional ramp. Gahiji, Honored One : No. While this deck likes ramp, it also maindecks Bane of Progress ...