Someone gave me 3 packs for my birthday last year. Total realized value ~$1.50. Singles all the way. I have purchased maybe 4 packs in the past 3 years. Still have them unopened. Might use them for a commander night door prize one day. On the flip side, my buddy bought a pack on a whim to reach a cr...

If WotC hadn't ditched MSRP, this would ring more truly, but it's hard to be accessible when the precons with valuable chase cards inflate to over $100 in price themselves. Very true. But most of the hyper inflated ones have been UB products, outside of the current Dino precon. There are many playa...

Zur the Enchanter still busted Rafiq of the Many not so much The Mimeoplasm "who?" Uril, the Miststalker , nope Kaalia of the Vast , pretty good still Animar, Soul of Elements still busted Karador, Ghost Chieftain , fair but playable Riku of Two Reflections trash Sharuum the Hegemon holdi...

*Not pointed at anyone in this thread* I don't think anyone has a problem with the Preconstructed decks. My opinion is those are what make the game so accessible, not the $40+ chase mythics that push the sale of packs. powercreep is not designed to increase accessibility to the game, it's designed t...

Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker never "got there" for me. Whenever she was out, the extra scry, or treasure, or card didn't push me ahead or feel worth the slot. I have seen an online game that was turbo-ing through The Undercity and Hama was going better there. But when I'm typically doing Phan...

A cheaper (2-3 mana) version of Polluted Bonds that only pings for nonbasic land drops would be good. Here we go. A 3 mana Polluted Bonds triggering off non-basics could add some real pain to those greedy rampers like myself :grin: Good for aristocrat decks want to do the life drain plan and don't ...

RCotD topic this week was Fetchlands. Some love them, like me, some hate them. Most everyone agrees they are rediculously powerful enablers for many strategies and synergies. With land destruction soft-banned by the social contract, and strong hosers heavily frowned upon as well. How do we balance t...

ISBPathfinder heavily agree. Mostly on the better deck building, but it did highly incentivize green, blue, and white for the reasons mentioned. Now decks can be ALL-IN on commander, commonly with "draw a card" stapled on it, and just put foot on gas all game. (Pantlaza, Etali, etc). Very...

I remember the time of Primeval Titan and it was slogfest ETB magic where turns often were well into double digets before ending. Back then commander tuck made it hard to be half as fast not to mention that clones used to kill commanders as well as spawn more primeval titans. Ah, the good ole' days...

Monstrous Onslaught looks like a playable card. Never noticed it before. But I don't have any commanders over 5 power, so that may be why. I seem to like go-wide better than go-tall.

I have Rescuer on my radar as one of the few ways to protect an Enchantment from targeted removal. My secret commander is an enchantment, and they are quite a pain to get out of the graveyard, and nigh impossible to get back from exile. So protecting my non-commander linch pin is paramount. It has n...

EDH'er from 2009 reporting in... I was happier when sets were released in a 3-set block, standard was a robust and supported format, and wizards designed for 60 card, 20 life, constructed. Decks were slower, and games were long, but you know we didn't care a lick. You could play over costed draft ch...

Best land cycle in commander. Defines entire archetypes and monopolizes game play when running the "full suite". I only play on-color fetches in my 3 and 4 color decks for flavor reasons. Titania uses all the off-color fetches because I couldn't play any in monogreen otherwise. Shout out t...

Quick update and a bit of discussion around a few card choices. OUT Angel of Serenity >> IN Morbid Opportunist Angel of serenity has been in the deck a LONG time, and has been power crept out now. Also my avg. mana value is high and I need more card draw in the list. So this swap does everything I w...

duducrash I looked at my list and am short on card draw, so Opportunist comes in first. My white cards are starting to dwindle with Angel coming out, but Elk is waiting for something to under perform. I'm currently torn between Elk and Yavimaya Grainger . Grainger doesn't require mana to activate w...

I've found when Sefris is left on the table for several turn cycles, the engine really gets humming and can be difficult to disrupt. Even when looping generic big flyers with some value. Now, point a little disruption his way and you can slow me down long enough to get ahead. Funny thing is, only on...

+1 to everything in the above post. Also having a small handful of instant/sorceries that are part of your win package shouldn't be a big detractor when you can play Eternal Witness , Timeless Witness , and Skullwinder . If you mill Living Death , just cast E-wit from the graveyard with Karador, get...

Unban Primeval Titan when??? Sorry, everyone else was doing it. I'd take a Gifts unban to, but PrimeTime is my dream. The ban list is a touchy subject, but we haven't seen anything useful unbanned in years, and we know power creep and product releases are ramped up to 11 these days. Glad to see the ...

Mookie just reminded me of my favorite win condition that is non-infinite. Usually doesn't win on the spot, but self mill + Living Death is probably my most common way of wining. Getting back a field full of fatties that all affect the board in some way will clear all problem permanents, clear all ...

Meren sounds like exactly what you want to do. Do your playgroup a favor, leave out Spore Frog and Protean Hulk

There are 3 of us with Karador decks in the decklist subforum. Each with different variations of aristocrats, control, or reanimator. Might be worth a look. Things that "Win the game on the spot" but aren't infinite in nature lead you in a few particular directions. Here are some that come...

Speaking of honorary commanders, Rocco helps facilitate my enchantment commander Wild Pair deck. Link in sig. I have tried Scion of the Ur-Dragon twice, but tutor in command zones just lead to repetitive gameplay. Rocco being only present to help dig for Wild Pair means he's usually only cast once p...

Looking for some discussion on a couple topics as I ponder ways to boost my instant count and increase synergy within the deck. 1. Kylox's Voltstrider : This looks like an interesting card, but my creature count is low, so the primary method of crewing with either by collecting evidence or tapping K...

I had Refuge in my [sym=r][sym=u][sym=g] deck since the moment it was printed. Maybe activated it 3 times in all those years. It just never ended up pulling it's weight for me. I don't play much [sym=u][sym=g] these days so it doesn't get much love. Now granddad Winding Canyons has done a little wor...

Trouble in Pairs looks great, but I think Tocasia's Welcome is one of the best card draw permanents in white right now. I have been using it to great effect and seem to want more copies for more decks the closer I look at them. White typically has a lot of small creatures ETB'ing regularly and it d...