I'd think Stop Cold is pretty bad... for 4 mana, it can remove a creature... untill they get enchantment removal, or a bounce spell. why not just exile the card instead with Winds of Abandon or something similar. It's for getting rid of commanders in a semi-permanent fashion, either because we deem...

Sometimes it really blows my mind that CA engines this strong aren't good enough for modern commander.

I have a foil Russian one if anyone is interested btw xD

Winter moon is the nonbasic hate that we need, but I suspect not the kind people want as it's comparatively soft - much softer than B2B or winter orb. But it'll probably get played in decks that were already eschewing nonbasics for the red nonbasic hate. As long as you're already eschewing good util...

I think people are overrating cultist. Aside from DD, which sucks in eldrazi commander decks anyway, are there worthwhile synergies? agh I really dislike gravekill being thrown into these board wipes for free... or rather I think Shadows' Verdict type-implementation which just blasts a subset of ca...

Obviously, Imposing Grandeur is pretty much guaranteed to be better for you than your opponents, and often it will be card DISADVANTAGE for you're opponents. But again, you've got plenty of strong draw options that don't run the risk of aiding your opponents. Lmao I somehow forgot my opponents also...

Final Act gives us another way to remove poison counters, when paired with Sudden Substitution or Hive Mind. Everything else is symmetrical so control doesn't really matter.

darrenhabib fair enough. Make sure you're counting cyclers etc though - I think we must have more than you're counting. Also don't forget the surveil land off a fetch can dump another cmc into the grave if we have a mana free. Though I think another big factor is that, barring a few choice cards an...

As a utility land enthusiast I'm very into Urza's Cave. wight of the reliquary just seems absurd. Turning creatures into lands on its own would be really strong, but it hits nonbasics? AND it has a cost discount on KotR? Friend of mine saw a leak of null elemental blast and thought it cost 1 instead...

The deck is looking sweet. Thanks! With the instant/sorcery cost reducers, if you look at cards that are probably going to be cast for free ( Fierce Guardianship , Submerge , etc) and those that you are cycling then your actual targets are only 20. There are 23 cards that can leverage Sapphire Meda...

*Annihilator is an inherently brutally unfun mechanic. Values of 1 or 2 are painful, but manageable, but 4+ can be back-breaking, and a lot of the eldrazi that see play also come with indestructible, and are themselves huge threats, so not only are you getting set further and further behind, your o...

Updated list: Commander (1) 1 Eris, Roar of the Storm Value Engines (16) 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality 1 Stella Lee, Wild Card 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight 1 Archmage Emeritus 1 Roaming Throne 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch 1 Invasion of Arcavios 1 Arcane Bomba...

I imagine it will be meta-dependent, but my guess would be that you do as much damage with the general itself as with the dragons. If that's the case, I think the deck has horribly failed in its goal. I guess we'll see. I feel like having so many instants makes it potentially better. I don't follow...

added Case of the Ransacked Lab - forgot about that one. I think in this sort of shell, I'd try to fit in a haste granter like Expedite . Cheap cantrip for a double spell turn, and ideally from an empty board you could afford a cheap Eris, expedite to make a dragon and swing in for 5, and still be a...

Been making cuts and additions to the instants/sorceries stuff, but more interesting is the consideration of value engines to include. Current top considerations: Draw/board value 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality 1 Stella Lee, Wild Card 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver 1 Teferi's Ageless Insigh...

Honestly, I'm not even sure if I can identify why, but my interest in every eldrazi is zero. It's like they all have a big sign that says "this card isn't for you".

I just picked up my arabian Hurr Jackal . I suggest you all do the same. Hurr Jackal combo winter is coming...and it's going to be a long night. Jokes aside (I can't believe I paid $8 NZD for that stupid card xD) while lookout is definitely very strong, I think most decks won't really have the suppo...

It's a solid card, though it's not quite as good as I think it reads. Non-destroy removal is pretty common, and sitting with 3 mana up is awkward. Eventually you just want to fire it off rather than hold up the mana, and then you're wide open to get blown out. So I don't think I'd run it in hardly a...

Old printings will still be worth money. Hard to say. I'm sure most old cards would be worth something, but there's still a pretty wide range. Birds of Paradise is a very popular card - current price for the revised edition is $15. They'd have to reprint duals a lot before revised duals were that c...

I will not rest until there is a printing of each card out there for less than a $20! I will say, setting aside cards like the ABUR duals (because I do think legacy and vintage players have legitimate reasons to complain about the prices on those killing their formats), I don't think they should ev...

Just use proxies if it's important to you. I love old expensive cards. I think they add some really cool texture to the game that doesn't exist in any other, at least not in the same way as magic. They're like ancient relics of the past, real indiana jones %$#% at your local card store. When I tell ...

Sooooo is kindred a new form of tribal, or is all tribal just retconned to be kindred now? The latter. All existing tribal cards are kindred (I think that's been true for a bit but now it'll actually be printed on cards). Not sure how many people were actually bothered by the word tribal but w/e, i...

darrenhabib Dunadain I think you're right that I've got too many high-mv cards. As nice as the strixhaven discard-for-treasure cards look at face value, not getting the card back + being almost uncastable on the front side make them pretty unimpressive on reflection. I don't think I want to go tooo...

Wow, this guy is still highly rated. Can't say I get it. He's so boring. 2 life per turn is borderline irrelevant except for triggers. Wasn't the fallout from this card (and Elspeth, Knight-Errant ) the reason they created the Emblem mechanic? Starting with DarkAscension Sorin? Koth of the Hammer ha...

Spellslinger is a tough archetype to make enjoyable - for most spellslinger commanders, the default objective is to build towards a big non-deterministic combo turn when you draw a bunch of cards and cast a million spells for triggers, and generally bore the table to tears. It also tends to be a ver...