Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Set Review As I've said, I did create this thread for the express purpose to making set reviews in relation to my suite of decks easier and that I may or may not do it for any given set depending on my available time. Overall Flavor/Lore Review Kamigawa is special to me, bein...

"There is no such thing as a stereotypical evil being in this world. In a vacuum, all beings are ordinary by nature, looking out for themselves. But tempt them and they may suddenly change. That is what is so terrifying about the living. The only me is me. Are you sure the only you is you?&quo...

Well, a mild case of tradition versus modern is also simmering within my own mindscape. Old Kamigawa will always have a special place in my heart, being the plane where I started the game with. It's been over 17 years over here (and millennia in-lore), I fully understand why the story moved as it di...

"The universal law is survival of the fittest. The weak are naturally eliminated by selection. They are destined to lie beneath the boots of the strong. If that angers you, overcome your deficits." https://imgur.com/akLCl6C.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Th...

Replying to both pokken and Dirk generally (too lazy to quote and answer each comment specifically): I think it boils down to each of our individual building habits. I don't build 4C (and my 5C deck has its own quirks to not qualify under this scheme) so my rankings were heavily biased on how I buil...

Ryusei, the Falling Star has been a star in my Kaalia deck for a while now and I like to see that you are making a deck around him. I wanted to point out that we actually have some redundancy to Repercussion in Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer . I probably have other things to comment on, but...

"All tales conclude, all bonds dissolve. Infinite matter will always evolve. Just pray for mercy at your time of death. Be glad you existed, enjoy your last breath." https://imgur.com/BAPP0Zn.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Theme Analysis Decklist Card Choic...

Here's my rough gauge of priority rankings, within the context of a 3-colored deck, followed by a 2-colored one (past some point are lands I won't consider for 3c but will for 2c because 2c decks can't run multiples of the same cycle and have to dip to a larger pool of duals). I have a very high pri...

"The rules are simple - if you live, you win. If you die, you lose. If you don't fight, you cannot win." https://imgur.com/DLw9GnO.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Theme Analysis Decklist Card Choices Piloting the Deck Combo Strategies Closing Flavor Introduc...

"Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest. White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test. Black the beast descends from shadows. Yellow beauty burns gold." https://imgur.com/IeEykPr.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Them...

"Avantheim, home to keepers of the world's archives, captial of all that is arcane. But purpose eludes its citizens and now they seek the answers to what mere knowledge cannot solve." https://imgur.com/eXosQt4.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Theme Analysis D...

"Scathing eyes ask that we be symmetrical, one-sided and easily processed. Yet every misshapen spark's unseen beauty is greater than its would-be judgment." https://imgur.com/jovl4Ak.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analysis Theme Analysis Decklist Card Choices Piloti...

And my first deck thread is up . There's probably a dozen wording errors (I didn't exactly proofread everything and just went ahead with it since the content was already done) and another two dozen coding errors in there (because I honestly didn't learn much aside from the basics from the overarchi...

"Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. I know the road is unforgiving, he told me so, but I gave my word. Ah, how far away the ideal world." https://imgur.com/YbFJxhW.jpg . Introduction Disclaimers Deck History Commander Analy...

The image links don't seem to work. Sorry about, the threads don't actually exist yet and I promptly forgot to put up the plan going forward. Thanks for pointing it out, I've edited in another disclaimer. I set this thread out early so I have some time to test around with the BBCodes, expect the fi...

Nine months ago we had a hearty discussion about premiers and the state of the forum format. That got me to finally buckle down and start writing guides for my decks (before that I did attempt to, but they were often written a quarter through before being thrown out the window). Today, I present the...

https://imgur.com/qtjldSq.jpg . Introduction Why write Re:Commanders? Quirks of Re:Commanders Guides General Personal MTG History The Beginnings of Re:Commanders The Color Conundrum The Re:Commanders Color Balance Formula The Archetype Divisions The Re:Commanders Vision Flavoring Closing Afterword ...

Original Ulamog and Kozilek are like the epitome of "removal check" (I mean the reason original Emrakul was banned was because it had protection and a Time Walk attached, making the removal check window way too small to be fair). Annihilator (4) is unfun, yes, but without the absurd protec...

That's why I don't even bother trading. Show up somewhere to play and the first thing I hear is "trades?" from three different people that no doubt are looking to under rate my cards and overrate their own. So I just buy singles from my LGS or TCGPlayer. And I'd encourage everyone else to...

I can't even begin to describe how relieving it is that there's nothing for me this release. At last, a month of rest before the perpetual hype train winds up again. Even on the surface-level, I could only skim out 11 cards I might want from AFR and if I looked closer at those cards, they're all au...

I opened an extended-art (nonfoil) one from my Collector box, contemplated making deals with it in order to get a foil (non-EA) one, but never really got around it because I almost never played the game for the past year plus due to obvious circumstances. I didn't even put it in any deck yet partly ...

I couldn't help but notice that the Collector Packs for MH2 has ZERO slots for opening a regular-border rare/mythic in foil, something that all previous Collector Boosters (Commander Legends included) always had. Quite the sneaky move considering this is the set with the fetchland reprints. My tinfo...

I'm getting the "Sheldon went to play EDH at the GP and is shocked to see the diversity of power when you meet randoms at the LGS" vibes from this, with regards to it specifically being Sheldon giving this throwaway comment. At the same time though, I trust the committee as a whole to keep...

Let's just say I'm thankful that "The List" let me acquire a foil cheaper than even the original nonfoil. Helix Pinnacle was like the first card I thought of when I was thinking of alternate wincons for my creature-cardless Freyalise deck, so I didn't have to solely rely on token beatdown,...

Wow I return here briefly, wanted to comment on the faction thread, ended up with a grandfather story reminiscing about my favorite lore of MTG past. But that also definitively concluded that my personal "golden age" of Magic Lore started with Kamigawa (when I started playing) and ended wh...