I remember way back when having heartstone in my sliver queen deck that also ran stuff like ashnod's altar . 'cuz you know, you never know when you need to get an infinite number of slivers with some number of abilities. It's not all so bad though; the symmetric nature of it doesn't always even mean...

It should work with blink effects, right? seems like it should be good. Has the potential to be outright busted in some decks, id imagine.

That being said, i don't think i've ever owned more than 1.

Actually, couldn't there be some sort of subformat 'handicap'? i.e. if you're playing a tiny leaders vs a table of normal EDH decks, then maybe you could get a 8 card starting hand. Maybe if you're on a pauper build, you can start with 45 life instead. That way, players wouldn't need to feel bad for...

yea it was oathbreaker. It wasn't narset + a wheel on the command zone though, it was narset and transmute artifact. It was a turbo teferi's puzzle box build with some number of stax lite and some number of wheels. It seemed strong, but it was far from unbeatable. In that format though (when it was ...

There was, once upon a time, an anecdote about someone who ran something called the " great wall combo". I don't recall exactly what it entailed, but i remember it included jackal pup , great wall , possibly donate ? and i don't remember past that bit. It was the brainchild of the crew of...

Maybe it's worth (for those peeps who have a hard time defining their terms) making "for funsies" or "test" half-games to be a thing. So if you're gonna argue about defining terms for more than an arbitrary amount of time, say 1-2 mins, just siddown, shuffle up, play like 2-4 tur...

There was, once upon a time, an anecdote about someone who ran something called the " great wall combo". I don't recall exactly what it entailed, but i remember it included jackal pup , great wall , possibly donate ? and i don't remember past that bit. It was the brainchild of the crew of ...

haha you mean run it closer to a TES list? I managed to make a BRu list once with wishclaw talisman (instead of IT), and splashing the echo of eons . t'was good, but a bit unreliable. Having played a bit more, i've come down to the conclusion that painter isn't a combo deck that you'd wanna go as fa...

Though i can definitely see how a turn 1 play of misty rainforest into badlands into salvage drone can seem extremely scary (with lord of tresserhorn as boss). I do find it scary when my opponent fetches an impossible dual off his fetch, and then uses it to generate the wrong color of mana :laugh: ...

I gotta say that i've never given it too much thought. In general, i riffle shuffle some number of times (i don't count), and then i let my opponent(s) shuffle. Most of the time, they just cut it once. I dont think i've ever had the pleasure of having 2 2-card combos in the opener 2 games in a row t...

I'm wondering how often sheldon himself actually brings up the rule 0 talk (or other people to him) pregame? To be honest, i'm all for the idea of being as flexible as possible. If anyone comes to me asking if they can have iona as their general, i wouldn't be the one to say no (at least if the desc...

the 1 more cmc works with yuriko, for extra damage? casting from the yard is pretty useful though. can snapcaster the beacon (and as part of the resolution it shuffles back in, i think). Though nexus of fate can be used as an 'out' against painter/grindstone (if your playgroup has those kinda player...

To be honest, i don't play EDH to be spikey. That's what legacy is for. You don't have to believe me, but it is what it is. My best/strongest deck is a rakdos the defiler suicide aggro deck. it's not exactly the upper echelons of power (though it is extremely fun to play). And hey.. i can accept tha...

Yea, it's not great. In a weird way, even stroke of genius is better just 'cuz you're able to say "stroke you for 100".

Ive no idea what the power level was way back then, but I'm not sure it's good enough to fit into any of my (horribly badly built) decks.

Ahh gotcha. Seems like ive never seen a tuned leovold deck then. Im still finding it weirdly hard to comprehend how oppressive the guy is, and i guess ill never really find out. WizardMN Heh, yea, now that you write it up that way, it does sound pretty douchey. Wasn't my intention to come off that w...

Well, i sure don't play EDH expecting to win (in a 4 player game and everything else equal, there's a 1 in 4 chance ill actually win)! Unfortunately, my only copy of lich is stuck in my cube. I'm not sure if ill get around to finding one more, but as of now, this project is on hold. Gonna sketch up ...

For purely 'fun' (and silly), yomiji, who bars the way is great. ramp with flagstones of trokaire , do silly things like lieutenant kirtar loops and even stuff like smokestack becomes great! Otherwise, i don't think i've run any other mono white general outside of teshar. It's a good combo deck, but...

'tis a shame it says NON-land cards. I think more often than not, i'd name 0, and it wiping out a good number of tokens!

On the other hand, it's gotta be a while since i've run void. I didn't even realised they'd preprinted it! The ability sounded familiar, but the card itself looked weird.

I'm not 100% sure about the points taken up (i understand them, of course). Believe me when i say that i'm not trying to do a "hot take" or anything like that. it just feels more like a "I saw him wreck a game once, and i'll never be the same again" sorta banning. Especially if, ...

So I was chatting with my local playgroup recently, and we came about with a new 'tweak' on this idea as a banlist. (based loosely upon warhammer 'points' system). So it goes like this. Each card has a certain number of points attributed to it, and your decks can scale up/down depending on what your...

So i was trying to make a viable "advisors-tribal-stompy" build, with all those 'unplayable' cards like bloodbond march work. So invariably, i went for the persistent petitioners deck. But since i needed U for the petitioners, and BG for bloodbond march, i needed a BUG general. and the onl...

I can also see a space/niche for a "vintage" EDH. Think the entire cardpool of Magic (minus un- cards and conspiracies... but yes to ante- cards), and have at it. Sure, UB would be amazing, but it'd be great for those crazies who'd be wanna orb-flip-loop their opponent to smithereens, or c...

Mirror universe seems to work well with lich, no? Kill a player, draw tonnes of cards? Also, the sac permanents clause is a trigger. It can be stopped with stuff like time stop and that artifact that ends the turn. Also, a well timed stifle could stop a lot of saccing. Also, does anyone think donate...

It looks pretty unplayable in my eyes, but then again, I'm one of those few edh players who actively don't play green. So what do I know.

The can't be attacked clause seems good, but the 5/5 clause seems nice in a lower powered meta.

Oloro is the only life gain guy I could think of right now. Good idea? Bad idea?