Maybe it's a semantic quibble over "reasonable." The problem as you present it here - that it's difficult to determine if a specific in-game action increases or decreases your chances of winning - applies to virtually all forms of interaction and card draw, though. It's true, moreso than ...

I'm pretty off it tbh. Counterspells are a necessary evil - they're the only solution to certain types of threats - but those card types aren't usually those kinds of threats. There are obviously exceptions like thoracle and hoof but I don't see hoof coming down quickly enough that 1v2 mana is a big...

This is part of why I hate tuning and instead just start building a new deck.

I'll finish the decklist in a hurry, tell myself "it's fine, I'll see how it plays and then move stuff around" and then 9 times out of 10 I don't bother. Just apply lessons learned to the next build.

Alright, I had been working on my solidarity grixis build, but the RCotD convinced me to revisit this bad boy instead. Looking back through my previous decklists I do think this is one of the strongest (or at least the strongest potential) in a stealthy way - obviously child of alara is strong, but ...

Why does it read "at the beginning", then finish with "after this phase" when it could simply read, at the "end of your postcombat main phase there is an additional beginning phase"? Why trigger at the start and payoff at the end, when it could simply trigger at the en...

Finally updated to completed decklist. Worked decently, though mid power level.

arna kennerud looks pretty disgusting. Copied swords anyone? It kinda reads more like a Mana Reflection + Phyrexian Arena since you get the mana on your turn for creatures and sorceries. Which sounds pretty good in that context. I almost think the complexity of "beginning phase" is turnin...

In general, I would say that the Kaldheim MDFC gods are designed as an answer to the legend rule. Most legends are poor to draw in multiples - if you play a second one, it will just die. Wotc in 1993: I have a cool idea for a downside mechanic - unique creatures, whose downside is that there can on...

I hate the design of basically all the Kaldheim gods. In theory they sound cool. In practice, they all feel like I have to read two books before the game even starts. Then, I have to guess which book is actually relevant. With a few exceptions, I think you could treat them as two separate cards and...

See Dirk, if you never learn how to actually play the game well. Then you don't have to deal with trying to find a deck weak enough to not win against your play group like you and I. Sometimes I envy them. In theory the problem can be solved with sufficient narcotics, but unfortunately I do need to...

More silly nonsense from my playgroup- Had a newcomer last night. I didn't have a set-commander deck with me so I kept switching through decks trying to find something that didn't win. Won with Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds , won with Eris, Roar of the Storm , won with the Stella Lee, Wild Card precon...

What I find funny about Cosima is how it seems like the majority of people build around the absolutely god-awful back half of the card, instead of the pretty-dang-strong front half. The issue with the back half...well, one of them...is that in mono-blue it's pretty hard to enable playing multiple la...

Kozilek looks waaay less obnoxious than ulamog or emmy. Honestly pretty weak by modern standards. Sure it's a lot of power/toughness but it has minimal immediate impact and it costs 9. Anyway I hate big dumb stuff so this weak design gets an A+ from me, more like this please. Flare of duplication s...

Yuck, a ubiquitous combo piece. May it die in a fire.

Dunadain wrote: ↑

3 days ago

I did give it a thumbs up Dirk, Geeze.

I can't follow your inscrutable grading scale, I only understand opinions if they're filtered through the aesthetics of classic 1960s westerns.

It's an interesting question, how much life a card is worth. Depends a lot on how strong the deck is, of course. The stronger the deck, the more life the card is worth. That said, anyone who thinks 2 life is too much is out of their gourd. 1 mana per card is banned for life, on cards that costs twic...

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5 days ago

ew, old

Age has its benefits. Such as buying all the reserved list cards back when they were affordable.

Sad, I haven't failed a wordling in over 150 iirc I went to fix your streak but I see the device swap worked. You didn't finish the fifth game you started (#480), and you you lost #539 and #544. Since then you've played 230 games (out of 257) and haven't lost one. That's impressive. Thank you, than...

...I suppose 'T1 mana dork → T2 Eladamri → T3 any other creature' lets you cheat out an Eldrazi or other fatty. Not consistent, but certainly scary when it works. Seems reasonably consistent to me. There are 7 1mv mana dorks by my count. All you need after that point is 2 forests, another cheap cre...

Okay somehow I didn't realize until just now the staggering coincidence which is that today is actually my birthday xD

I'm 36 btw

In theory it's a fair bit of tempo over three turns, but it's slow and has a ton of deckbuilding and setup cost to really pay you off, plus it's pretty telegraphed. And sagas are unlikely to synergize with the rest of your deck if you're doing some sort of voltron thing, which is what this seems to ...

@Hermes_ I'd say boo, but honestly I've never seen anyone play either of those things in commander (except me, playing Ambassador Blorpityblorpbloop lmao) so whatever.

Strange, it works for me: Magic: The Wordling #801 5️⃣7️⃣ <http://nxs.wf/mtgword> 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whoa, that's weird - entering "simon" on my PC worked fine. But on my phone (ios) it did not. Wonder why there's a discrepa...

darrenhabib right, I forgot to mention thrasios. Thrasios does have a bit of a rep but he's a solid choice to play draw-go here. Partner options in red are kinda meh though, probably vial smasher just to get black? I might hate niv too much to play it lol. I think I've heard he is true cEDH as well...

"Simon" from Simon, Wild Magic Sorcerer is supposed to be the left word today, however it shows up as red and so cannot be entered. See pic for proof. Must be using a different dictionary for finding words vs verifying words to input? Sad, I haven't failed a wordling in over 150 iirc 😭 IMG...

Been playing in a new meta recently, and there's a pretty significant amount of combo going on. I'm not a huge fan of combo, but I figure it might be a good idea to have at least one deck to match the meta. (basically: I got wrecked trying to play fair aggro decks this week, so screw it we ball) Any...