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by Hawk
17 hours ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

the paul bunyan riff was what finally broke my spirit on this set, I really, really hate it :D What, it wasn't the Archangel of Tithes in a cowboy hat with a gun? For real though, the Paul Bunyan isn't even a magic take on the card really - it's just a gender swapped Paul Bunyan. Bonny Pall, Clearc...
by Hawk
21 hours ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Phelddagrif: Show Weakness to Hide Your Strength
Replies: 418
Views: 65613

Re: Phelddagrif: Show Weakness to Hide Your Strength

For Final Showdown - I haven't been more excited about a spell in a long time. Clearly not "strictly better" than a Rout or Cyclonic Rift but I've opined at length about just how key instant speed is on our wraths and the flexibility to use this as a Dress Down , upgrade it to be a Rout th...
by Hawk
1 day ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Yeah, I think Insatiable Avarice is mostly only good in mono-black, and mostly worse than Demonic Tutor , Read the Bones , and Vampiric Tutor for digging/tutoring purposes. It is better than Ancient Craving / Ambition's Cost (again, in mono-B) and Beseech the Queen , Diabolic Tutor , Grim Tutor / Cr...
by Hawk
2 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Overwhelming Stampede

Have lost to this card as recently as last weekend. Craterhoof Behemoth is clearly the end-all, be-all of this effect and other cards like Finale of Devastation , Return of the Wildspeaker , Pathbreaker Ibex , and End-Raze Forerunners have definitely put pressure on this card, but don't discount the...
by Hawk
2 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Plague Engineer

Engineered Plague is one of my all-time favorite cards, and having a full four in the sideboard for my best every tournament (a small Wyoming "Mox of Box" tournament that was "Type 1" right around Lorwyn's launch) was critical in smacking down all the white weenie and goblin pla...
by Hawk
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Secret Lair "Sheldon's Spellbook"
Replies: 27
Views: 955

Re: Secret Lair "Sheldon's Spellbook"

The value on this product is off the chain. 1 Teferi's Protection 1 Command Tower 1 Sol Ring 1 Ruhan of the Fomori 1 Inkshield 1 Greater Good 1 Eladamri's Vineyard Note this is a first new card face printing for Vineyard, and a first time in foil printing for Vineyard, Ruhan and Inkshield on top of ...
by Hawk
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - River Kelpie

Great card in Sevinne, the Chronoclasm , one of the best - nothing brings more of a smile to my face than drawing four cards off a flashed-back Sevinne's Reclamation (one for casting the Reclamation, three more for the two copies of Reclamation bringing back a pile of lands and dorks). But you do ne...
by Hawk
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Cliffside Rescuer

I tend to find that the tap really holds Cliffside Rescuer back. She's come in a few precons, and is always a swift cut for me. A 2/2 Vigilance with that ability is great, but having to live a turn cycle is a bummer compared to the competition ( Selfless Savior , Selfless Spirit , Benevolent Bodygua...
by Hawk
1 month ago
Forum: Cube Lists
Topic: The Cube of Many Things: D&D Themed Commander Cube
Replies: 1
Views: 60

Re: The Cube of Many Things: D&D Themed Commander Cube

Importing the list over from Cube Cobra is work and a WIP, but playing with it here's some off-the-cuff observations and places I'd love some thoughts! I'm not sure 600 is enough for sufficient variance in a draft where you're going to normally see 480 of the cards. It feels like it should be enough...
by Hawk
1 month ago
Forum: Cube Lists
Topic: The Cube of Many Things: D&D Themed Commander Cube
Replies: 1
Views: 60

The Cube of Many Things: D&D Themed Commander Cube

Some of the most fun I had was the Battle for Baldur's Gate Limited environment. I loved the tension of trying to draft good cards and stay open to find a commander to play those cards, and the lower-powered battlecruisery format was just a blast, with a lot of synergy. So, I've built a cube that I'...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Helpwanted] Building an Astarion deck for my sister
Replies: 10
Views: 622

Re: [Helpwanted] Building an Astarion deck for my sister

The first place I'd take a gander is that mana base. You did a good job avoiding Silent Clearing and Caves of Koilos (which tend to infuriate new players), but I think you've still got simultaneously too few lands (this is a new player deck with a commander that costs 6) and too many lands that EtB...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Helpwanted] Building an Astarion deck for my sister
Replies: 10
Views: 622

Re: [Helpwanted] Building an Astarion deck for my sister

The first place I'd take a gander is that mana base. You did a good job avoiding Silent Clearing and Caves of Koilos (which tend to infuriate new players), but I think you've still got simultaneously too few lands (this is a new player deck with a commander that costs 6) and too many lands that EtB ...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

I was super pumped for Assemble the Players at first, but thinking about it more it's probably a dud for most decks. Looking at my two whitest weeniest decks (Heliod and Lurrus), Heliod runs 30 creatures but only 23 that can be played off the top with Assemble. Lurrus fairs a bit better with 29 crea...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

Typed Surveil lands are kind of wild. Honestly think people are kind of underselling them. You can run a singleton in your deck, and turn any fetch land into card selection. I'm not saying they're the next shockland or anything, but I think they are closer to triomes than temples (though i think th...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Exterminatus

We're discussing Poison/Dragon Legendary Pokemon now? Oh wait wrong word, but it is what my brain first read. Universes Beyond, man. Adding one extra mana to remove indestructible seems pretty reasonable at first blush, but realistically, Planar Cleansing wasn't really good enough to begin with. Yea...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

I've found very few treatments to be enjoyable (I do like the Eldraine "storybook" frames and really don't think anything else has come close) but the dossier ones are particularly jarring, and I dread the Wanted Poster or Playing Card treatments we're likely to get in Thunder Junction. Bu...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Volcanic Torrent

I've never played this but probably underrate it - was playing with the Doctor Who decks recently and got totally blown the eff out by Impending Flux as well as watched someone draw a ton of cards off of Surge of Brilliance . I find these cards related in that my normal read on them is that they're ...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

The trick with dredge according to MaRo isn't that it allows for non-traditional gameplay (although it sure doesn't help that decks exist with no lands and only a plan to Dredge), but that the levers on it are pretty hard to manage from a development standpoint. - The mana cost of the spell matters ...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9402
Views: 639057

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

2008 was a year for Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide, and Shards of Alara. That gives us the following mechanics as potentials: - Prowl , which feels like a slamdunk for a detective set on a one-off card. - Evoke didn't first appear in 2008, but it did last appear in Standard in 2008. Not impossibl...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Shivan Harvest

Yeah hard to add more - I too have had this on the maybeboard for a few decks like Kresh the Bloodbraided or Korvold, Fae-Cursed King aristocrats, but it has all those issues. The rate is mostly good, but... - If I care about a sac outlet, I typically need those to be 0-mana and this loses out to Go...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Luxior, Giada's Gift

I wonder if anyone has ever killed a player in a game of commander by swinging in with an equipped Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded ... Dang it, now I have to add this to Daretti Superfriends to try... real talk, I think this card is fine. Outside of the stupid Druid tricks, it seems best in a deck that's...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Zedruu the Greathearted

Man, did we want Ruhan of the Fomori and Zedruu the Greathearted 's first types switched. I wish we lived in a world where we got a control Giants Zedruu as a giant and an aggro American Minotaurs deck with Ruhan, but at the time it made sense to have an aggro giant for Lorwyn Giants to splash blue...
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Organic Extinction

Like with Hour of Reckoning this costs too much if you aren't ludicrously far ahead, making it a bit win-more even in decks that can leverage it. Admittedly, it is much easier for this to be "10 mana win the game" than it is for Reckoning to be "7 mana win the game", but even so....
by Hawk
2 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Replies: 7774
Views: 497791

Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread

Off-topic in that I don't know where else to post it, but I was just too amused by how the game turned out. Got to play a game over the weekend of three precons (1-8th Doctors, 13th Doctor, and the Galadriel precon) versus Tuvasa the Sunlit that was also a Planechase game. Long game, lots of words, ...
by Hawk
3 months ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Samwise the Stouthearted
Replies: 16695
Views: 1046396

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - The Court of the Monarch

These are all sorta medium - turns out gaining the monarchy without a body to immediately defend it isn't quite as good. I will say I probably should actively seek a copy of Court of Ardenvale for my Quintorius, Field Historian deck though; card seems fairly sick. Get monarchy into the game, I often...

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