The backup wheel you discard while using your other more cost-effective wheel effect, I guess? Let's face it, as a beater it's just outright underwhelming given the choices we already have and considering the cost of using it, the importance lies in how easily you can pitch it to the graveyard for i...

I think we're all on the same page here - the mana symbol is intrinsically tied to the mechanic-word "Extort" itself, regardless of whether there is reminder text or not. We always need to pay (W/B) when Extort in involved, just like we can tap a land for U as long as there is "Island...

"But Matt, how you gonna cast a multicolored card in a monocolored deck???? Flavor?? Hello???" I can already do that with Gonti in Sidisi, Undead Vizier for example. Also, as ISBPathfinder points out, that's literally hybrid mana's intended use. Actually, that's not my issue - my issue is...

The appeal of Commander decks to me personally just keeps dropping year after year, although that's majorly my own fault since I want foils, but at the same time it's hard to be excited for them when the only foil cards are the Commanders (which is further compressed by the fact I already locked-in ...

I would rather see Balance unbanned than see a return of Sylvan Primordial . I actually can't think of any other card that I supported a ban for as much as I did the banning of primordial. I honestly don't really foresee a future where I can support unbanning primordial. I had to live through super...

The problem with the reanimator argument is that it compares mechanical design intent (how the rules of the game allow a card to be played) with strategic design intent (how a card is expected to be played within the rules of the game). And there is plenty of precedent for the rules of Commander bo...

I am aware that there is like a 99% chance that it will never change. I am aware how the RC is against changing this. I am not asking for reanimator to have access to all colors it was just an off the top of my head suggestion that could maybe allow hybrid mana in. Honestly, I think most of the rul...

Not yet, but I'm sure we can work something out. As for tagging, my only concern with that is since it's all one dropdown box, you would be looking at a list over 900 long. Fair point, I've not created a thread here yet, but I can imagine the dropdown list. Is it technically possible to have a sepa...

My stance on Hybrid basically boils down to "Until you can Doom Blade / Ultimate Price a Divinity of Pride cast by a mono- W deck, I stand by the current status quo". As far as I mechanically see it, Hybrids are basically still multicolored cards, just with more flexible casting costs and ...

I've been passing by on occasion and I'm actually wondering... Is there a Commander Decklist Database over here, or a function that emulates it? One of the best things was simply being able to view all threads of a given Commander in a single page / listing (and pure search usually yields a lot of e...

Perhaps it was the wording (and I actually hope I'm wrong), but wasn't it implied the Ancillary slot of boosters would only come in non-foil? I'm already distraught thinking of having to wait for a year or two before the Judge Foil Signet is churned out, only for it to command Foil Command Tower val...

It's always great to see articles where you go on the thought exercise routes, it does display the directions you think regarding the subject matter, which makes for a good comparison with the constant discussions and opinions on said subjects in forums and other social media outlets. Of course, thi...

I actually like the Collector Boosters - it's basically a "Masters Edition" of the regular booster set it's released along-with. A whole lot more gimmicks and foils because unlike the "Masters Series", it essentially uses the same R&D team of the set it's derived from (plus A...

I've not worked on a decklist thread myself, but I maintain Excel Spreadsheets in both sorts for all my 8 decks and let's put it this way: Lists by functions become vastly more useful when you understand how a deck works and the prioritizing list of each function, because when I try to weed out spec...

Unfortunately, that's just how the market works in the game (or in general, actually). If you want to "future-proof" budget decks, then you need to take the moving goalposts into account. A card which is cheap(er) because it got reprinted in a Standard set is almost definitely a price spik...

Been out of the loop for a while, if my post history back at Salvation was any indicator. While I'm still generally phased out from the game at the moment, I decided to just create an account here first to inherit the name, if nothing else. Don't expect much (or anything at all) from me for quite so...