Thursday, February 17th, 2022; Overburden Overburden Overburden has the problem that a lot of "stax" cards do, which is that you think it's gonna hurt the ramp-happy green player, but in reality they're probably best-equipped to mitigate the disadvantage and run away with the game. There'...

My lists in general tend to skew to 35+ creatures and even I look at Nikya a little side-eyed. On the one hand, being a one-sided Mana Flare on a body is strong, and I believe she's the cheapest option for that. But Regal Behemoth is a single mana more and provides card advantage to boot, plus doesn...

I feel like boros, rakdos and orzhov are still significantly worse than azorius from a power level perspective unless you're trying to combo, because the interaction and card selection suite in UW is just so good. But I'm super biased toward having Mana Drain and Unexpectedly Absent level answers, ...

5 mana for a self-only clone is an awful lot these days when you've got stuff like Mirror Image and especially Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore and the sheer amount of bonus you can get on a 4 mana clone. The self-bounce is interesting, especially as it's faster than Sakashima the Impostor 's EOT ...

I have decent hopes for Tameshi, Reality Architect and Shorikai, Genesis Engine, as they both play in some new and interesting space. I worry though that if they do succeed, it'll solely be via embracing griefy, unpopular strategies like Stax. Shorikai is great for a creatureless or creature-light ...

Part of the problem is that if you're playing W/U, ostensibly half your cards are white and that means your deck is probably sub-par. Have you ever looked at the white cards in a W/U deck and thought "You know, I could forgo these and just play Simic"? I agree largely with what @Hawk wrot...

There's been some discussion lately about the UW Precons, and how there have been three of them in the past twelve months and they've been among the worst value for precons. This also came up in a reddit thread talking about the relative lack of three-color commanders last year and how three color c...

This could have easily been a white card and been another feather in the cap of white draw, which doesn't have many feathers. Several ways to draw off of instant and sorceries in blue that don't require mana to cash in. Though this could have some extra value making artifact tokens. Not sure how ma...

We'd already put a bunch of work into getting Nexus set up at that point, and decided we were better off trying to forge our own fates with full control than sticking around in what would amount to the same situation Salvation had been in since the initial Curse sale. The same situation, but not th...

Also, I have to ask to those of you still active here; How active is MTGNexus? whenever I search MTG related questions I always get directed to MTGSalvation, but I've heard they're in some weird state where they should've been shut down, but they're somehow still operating? I'm completely new here ...

Monday, February 7th, 2022; Intimidation Intimidation Well, that's certainly an effect. 5 mana seems a bit steep for something that's pretty narrow like this, especially given Cover of Darkness does something similar for 2 mana if you're in tribal. But at least it's triple black so it feeds devotio...

I like it as a Superfriends wincon that doesn't just depend on windmill slamming Doubling Season/Vorinclex/Deepglow Skate and ultimating stupid walkers and doing stupid things with a Tamiyo emblem or something. If you're playing a "fair" superfriends build he can help protect your walkers ...

Sometimes you just want to windmill a 6+ mana counterspell that just totally wrecks someone's day - Spelljack , Aethersnatch , Overwhelming Intellect , Time Stop , Gather Specimens , etc. It might not be the competitive play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun and powerful in a battlercruiser type m...

The problem with Thassa's Oracle is that it makes a large number of combos into instant wins without requiring a large number of other cards. It used to be things like Protean Hulk, Hermit Druid, Doomsday, Underworld Breach, and similar compact win combos would each require multiple specific cards i...

I voted "Roughly Current Length" which was the relevant text to me. I think it is looking pretty good. But I may add about a dozen cards or so if I could. Mainly those already mentioned like Expropriate , Thassa's Oracle , Armageddon , and other things like these. But I would be more sele...

2/3/22 Rareswatch Update (last updated 3:35 pm central): Since the last updated we've added the following rares and mythic: Shigeki Green March Kotose (ninja frame #1) Thundering Raiju (unknown rare) Mindlink Mech (unknown rare) Ogre-Head Helmet (unknown rare) Spring-Leaf Avenger (ninja frame #2) Ex...

As of noon central today, I think we can pin down some information on almost every missing rare/mythic. Mythics 16/18: We know we're missing a mythic saga The last mythic is likely mono-red given that red has only the Dragon for mono mythics thus far. Rares 44/59: 1. Shigeki (Green snake with channe...

Spellbinder + Savage Beating was the classic combo - the cards even came out in the same set. Being restricted to instants means that this can't hit the majority of extra combat or time magic cards, besides the aformentioned Savage Beating and Nexus of Fate . Also I think Response // Resurgence migh...

Hey, Was using the dual lands guide tool the other day, since it is kinda tough nowadays do find all the lands that colours have access to. I noticed that the tool didn't include the Dreamroot Cascade cycle yet (from Crimson Vow and Midnight Hunt). Will these be added? LaHistorica, Those haven't be...

This seems good for exactly one thing: telegraphing that you plan on sinking 35 life into a Torment of Hailfire so the blue player can hold up a counter spell for it. I'm pretty sure that doesn't even work, when you're paying an alternate cost instead of the mana cost of an X spell, the X is always...

It's a card with a high ceiling and a decent floor, but ultimately at five mana it's generally not as impactful as you'd hope. Value goes up if you're playing at a table where several people are packing Cradle, Nykthos, Coffers, etc, but even in those cases it's often too slow to keep them from goin...

Silverglade Pathfinder is one of those cards that would have really excited me in 2010, but these days feels like it just doesn't do enough. Repeated Rampant Growth is a strong ability, but having to discard a card each time is a pretty steep cost and makes this card neutral each activation. Maybe i...

Sisay is one of those cards that seems like she could be interesting until you sit down to actually play her and then she's just the same boring %$#% every game because that's how tutor commanders work. I've mused on making Sisay Shrines (too obvious), some kind of 0-card OTK combo with Mana-moose (...

Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant continues the theme of Praetors being totally reasonable cards. I see nothing wrong with this whatsoever. Nope! On the flip side, Boseiju, Who Endures looks quite nice. Uncounterable Assassin's Trophy -lite is sweet. Ramping your opponent is obviously a significant dow...

I'm a fan of the White Catch-up Ramp with lands that set you back on land count without completely stunting your mana development - stuff like Boros Garrison , Lotus Field , Lotus Vale , Scorched Ruins . (I had a particularly spectacular opener on last week's stream where I went turn two Flagstones ...