Warped Devotion seems like a great include for Bolas if you are using bounce spells. I think if you have a bunch of ways to force people to mass discard and you have a couple good payoffs for it, then bounces are good. I will say that bounce spells can shine in a deck with wheels that either force ...

So I used to purchase a lot more sealed product, but now I have to say i only purchase singles unless I'm drafting and even then, someone is going to have to twist my arm. The most recent sealed product I purchased was 4 packs of baldurs gate. I think the most valuable card I pulled was a list card:...

When I first saw Koma, Cosmos Serpent i felt like I finally had a simic commander I could get behind. He stokes my stubbornly persistant desire to build around battlecruiser commanders. He can't be countered, has built in protection, and can control the board fairly efficiently. The tokens he makes ...

There a couple of creatures that can act as graveyard hate. I like Agent of Erebos . But I also slot in Crop Rotation to get Bojuka Bog since it's simply one of the best grave hate cards available. I have some land sac/recursion synergies in my list so I can sometimes get multiple uses from it. I ha...

Gorillajay Threat assessment is important for a control deck. Don't go Force of Willing people's Sol Ring s. Knowing the cards that will significantly hinder your own chances of winning is important and probably just comes from experience. Obviously, you are going to want to protect your commander....

Gorillajay I think you have a pretty solid starting point there. Because you don't have the reserve list cards, I might swap in a couple of imitations. The draw 7s are pretty helpful. Time Spiral is my go to grave hate spell. So I would consider something like Time Reversal , Echo of Eons or Day's ...

These are great! Any insight on what cards you have on the chopping block while you tried some of these (Deflecting Swat/Wild Ricochet , Invoke Calamity, March, Act etc...? Not necessarily. I like my decks to have flexibility from game to game. There are so many viable cards now that it doesn't mat...

I'm surprised to not see Expressive Iteration here. That card is the real deal. It's kind of boring, but a quick ctrl+f revealed no discussion of it, so I was just curious to see what you thought of it. It's not technically draw, so it doesn't trigger Niv, but it's still an excellent card draw spel...

Great call outs! I felt the same about robe, I liked that it has wizard sybergy with niv, but no other creatures in the deck with it feels bad. Also last question: Is the deck list in the primer up to date? I noticed in a recent comment you said you don't play gilded lotus anymore but I saw it in t...

@RowanKeltizar great primer, I love the deck. Do you have updates planned from the new commander legends set that just released? I'm currently evaluating making this type of deck or Dirks Pheldagriff deck. They're both creature less and control-ish which is what I was looking for. Thanks! It's a fu...

Um, they done did it. Imperial Seal will be mine . Everything else in the set could be reprints of Homelands and I would be okay with it. Now I have to decide if I actually want to slot it into a deck. I've always thought Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor were objectively the best black tutors. I th...

Altight folks, I'm out. This deck's final record: 2/15. Probably my worst deck in the last 3 years. The sad part is that I really did try to get this deck rolling, and it just refused to come together. When I lost, it felt like I always had 3 cards in my hand, 2 lands and a spell that did nothing. ...

Good points. I will do a search for cards in these colors with native blitz costs and cost reduction. However, I think just vanilla beat sticks or cards that have no other functionality in the deck except to cantrip themselves don't seem like solid enough picks. But I'm sure there are some good ones...

Adjusting my mana curve is going to be the biggest change to the deck I think. I have a lot of efficient 1-3 cmc creatures that don't get any benefit from my new commander. Staples like Eternal Witness tend to feel bad to draw into since I can't blitz them. Running 4cmc versions of a lot of my 3 dro...

There are so many options for this deck now it's a bit overwhelming. Generally, I want to keep my curve fairly low to the ground to increase the chances of say casting my 4cmc creatures for just 2 or even 1 mana. I think steering away from 6cmc and greater for the most part is probably wise since I ...

For a long time I've been waiting for a more suitable commander for this deck I think we finally got it. Henzie "Toolbox" Torre does everything I want it to for a low cost enabler in the command zone. Haste, card draw, cost reduction, and a sac outlet!? Am I behind the art and flavor of th...

Well, we didn't get as many demons as I was expecting from New Capenna. Still there are some cards worth mentioning. Smuggler's Share Really? Every white deck ever is going to want this including this one. Industrial Advancement I think this card has a lot of potential to be great in this deck. Whic...

Wow, what a set for artifacts. Big surprise for me, but I think there are quite a few cards to talk about. New triomes will all go in of course. I will likely take out of the vivid lands for these. Cycling is a fairly decent upgrade in this slot. Bootleggers' Stash lets get the big one out of the wa...

I've been working a lot so haven't had a ton of spare time to update things or even purchase new cards for that matter. That said, New Capenna definitely has piqued my interest. An Offer You Can't Refuse - this is clearly a strong counterspell and most likely will make it into the deck. I can even c...

Hmm, in my meta games rarely go past turn 10 and freqently are over before that. We all play some combo here and there so there is a chance one of us could combo out early. Lethal combat damage can happen as early as turn 4 or 5. An exception to that was when a new player came to the table with an e...

This is one of my favorite decks. You gotta have that high density of angels, demons, and dragons to get consistent value from her triggers. I run about 27 fetchable creatures. And yes, Scroll Rack can be very good here. You can go several directions with her. I chose to go etb/reanimator. She's a d...

Yes, the new triomes look absolutely amazing. Really glad to get these. The borderless treatments are gorgeous and will fit right in to my Atraxa deck. I think I will finally be able to have mostly gold bordered lands in there. Will be swapping out some of the Vivid lands for these. Topdecking lands...

Oop, Dominate only has one target. Nvm still not good here lol

Cranial Plating is a true classic in my mind. It's absolutely crushing in my artifacts only atraxa build and I often tutor for it with my limited tutors if I can. Notably it doesn't boost the creature's toughness like Nettlecyst but the ability to equip at instant speed is fantastic if you are tryi...

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned is the definition of a busted commander. It's a bit weird because it makes bad cards good which I like, but at the same time, this can be a absolutely disgusting with already good cards. I do worry about how dependant on your commander a deck like this can be. However, you prob...