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by onering
12 hours ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Aether Rift [scd]
Replies: 11
Views: 245

Re: Aether Rift [scd]

Madness also works against this because a lot of madness cards aren't creatures, which limits the hits, and if you choose to exile madness creatures to be able to cast them then you can't get the opportunity to free fast them. Basically, why not run a discard outlet you can control and which also ac...
by onering
1 week ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Unreleased and New Card Discussion
Replies: 9398
Views: 638710

Re: Unreleased and New Card Discussion

I gotta be honest, I'm not feeling the cowboy setting at all. This, New Capenna, and even the last Ravnica set with its goofy old timey detectives just seem to much like Un sets in terms of their setting.
by onering
1 week ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Grave-Shell Scarab

Yeah, I could definitely see it playing well in Henzie, 5 mana to attack with a 4/4 haste and draw 2 cards (one from blitz the other from sac) and then dredge it to repeat. Unfortunately, the dredge to repeat costs you a draw so you really only see one extra card per turn. If you've cast Henzie a fe...
by onering
2 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Ruhan, a breakdown
Replies: 3
Views: 161

Re: Ruhan, a breakdown

I've built Thantis before myself, and in terms of forcing attacks Thantis is better at it. In the Ruhan deck I have to find the cards that force attacks. There's a fair number of them so it's not really a problem, but it's not in the CZ like with Thantis. Playing the Ruhan deck, it's less all in on ...
by onering
2 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Ruhan, a breakdown
Replies: 3
Views: 161

Ruhan, a breakdown

Ruhan of the Fomori Infamous giant of poor threat assessment, Ruhan is one divisive chonker. In a vacuum, lets be honest, he sucks. Ruhan does, however, have a lot of interesting aspects once you break him down that serve as inspirations for decks, so I'll start with his features and then move into...
by onering
2 weeks ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Mangara Mono White Control
Replies: 3
Views: 97

Re: Mangara Mono White Control

Nice suggestions on cards. I actually used to run the Knight of the White Orchid style cards but cut them over time. I have Keeper in there because he can repeatedly find lands if one of my opponents is ramping a lot, but the other ones surprisingly didn't pull their weight. The curve of this deck i...
by onering
2 weeks ago
Forum: Decklists
Topic: Mangara Mono White Control
Replies: 3
Views: 97

Mangara Mono White Control

Creatures (34) 1 Walking Ballista 1 Esper Sentinel 1 Serra Ascendant 1 Weathered Wayfarer 1 Archivist of Ogma 1 Drannith Magistrate 1 Husbringer 1 Oreskos Explorer 1 Kataki, War's Wage 1 Leonin Arbiter 1 Remorseful Cleric 1 Selfless Spirit 1 Stoneforge Mystic 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Adeline...
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: How do you approach deck building?
Replies: 13
Views: 260

Re: How do you approach deck building?

pokken wrote:
3 weeks ago
onering wrote:
3 weeks ago
I tested a number of commanders before settling on Mangara
as an aside do you have this deck online anywhere? I spent some time brewing Mangara and would be interested!
At some point I'll post it here. My decks tend to stay in flux as I swap in new stuff.
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: How do you approach deck building?
Replies: 13
Views: 260

Re: How do you approach deck building?

First thing I do is figure out what I want to do with the deck. Why am I building this deck? What experience do I want, how do I want it to play, how is it supposed to win, what is the overall strategy? Maybe I'm building it because I want to use a specific commander, maybe I'm building it because I...
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Voice of Resurgence

Tandris, at her cost with this ability, would have been a fairly neat but not OP commander, while this creature with her ability instead would have been a fair support card.

Dragons Maze was such a a mistake of a set.
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Krosan Restorer

She's absurdly good in decks that can support her. If you regularly can get 7 cards in your yard, then even just untapping three basics is a solid rate, and she becomes bonkers once you start untapping multiple lands that produce multiple mana each. One important thing about this class of cards more...
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Pariah

Keep in mind that it's also useable as a removal spells that can be recurred with Sun Titan. Enchant an opponents important creature, deal yourself damage to kill it, attack with Sunny Tits, get it back on something else you want to kill.
by onering
3 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Pariah

Pariah enables Charmin soft locks, which are completely fair. My favorite goofy interaction though is to combo Pariah with a creature that has the Jackal Pup effect, then give it indestructible. With no other intervention it draws the game. If you've got a Sanguine Bond out or give it lifeline thoug...
by onering
4 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Gandalf the White

WOTC put the most iconic wizard of all time into a game about playing as a wizard, took SIX PASSES at him and every single one is a forgettable snooze fest. The fact that there are six of them make it so much worse, but I've ranted about this subject before so I'll stop myself there. 👎👎 There was a...
by onering
4 weeks ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Capricious Efreet

It's slow, but fun. You can easily make the permanent you own be something you don't care about using or something you would benefit from getting destroyed. iMO it's too slow for a 75% meta, but it's good for more casual metas, where these odd effects can really shine and create great games. I'd rea...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Brainstorming: Winning with Grouphug
Replies: 7
Views: 208

Re: Brainstorming: Winning with Grouphug

I have a Grixis group hug deck that does well (Vial Smasher and Ludevic), and I've seen the 4 color group hug guy do well. Group hug that actually tries to win does so a couple ways. First, it doesn't hand out all kinds of resources, it picks one or two kinds of resources to hand out and avoids hand...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Kasla, the Broken Halo

Unlike her, she's a unique way to do a commander focused on a keyword. She does have the basic "do x, draw a card" but that's only part of her design. She herself having convoke and a solid combination of stars and keywords means she benefits from running the tokens/weenies you'd want to r...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Necrotic Hex

I'd rank Dead of winter above DCU all day. It's 3 mana and fairly easy to just run a bunch of snow lands to make it do what you need to do when you need it to. Tegwylls Scouring is worth the extra mana, not only does it leave you with three faeries it lets you cast it with flash in the right decks. ...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Trouble in Pairs - SCD
Replies: 23
Views: 424

Re: Trouble in Pairs - SCD

I think the flavor is that the caster has ensorcelled some of the less savory elements in the oppositions employ, so that when two of them get together without anyone else they steal stuff for the caster. Dirks right, it's dumb. My bigger problem is the art though, it sucks, and unfortunately it's a...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Rules and Philosophy
Topic: The One Ring
Replies: 62
Views: 2420

Re: The One Ring

I don't care about cEDH and it's health, at all. I care about the card's impact in casual, and on mtgo it's everywhere. When it's played, the game immediately becomes about the Ring. It either comes down early and just takes over from the jump or it lands in conjunction with a board reset and takes ...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Trouble in Pairs - SCD
Replies: 23
Views: 424

Re: Trouble in Pairs - SCD

Awesome card, full stop. For mono white or Boros it's great. I've had a lot of success with Mangara as a commander for mono white, he draws a solid amount of cards and lets mono white control actually perform. A big part of his value comes from being always accessible, but this is harder to remove, ...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Necrotic Hex

How is Deadly Cover Up phenomenal? It's 5 mana day of judgement. It's not bad, but it's definitely behind Toxic Deluge, Damnation, and Mutilate (in most decks), and that's just off the top of my head. There's a bunch of spells that cost one more and are either situationally much better or which prov...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: Secret Lair "Sheldon's Spellbook"
Replies: 27
Views: 955

Re: Secret Lair "Sheldon's Spellbook"

Might be the first one I actually buy
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Helm of the Host

It's really good, it's just not really good everywhere. The baseline is that it's an expensive clone, but an expensive clone that pretty much needs to be immediately answered. It's 9 mana, but really being split in two does matter because you can split it over two turns, and more importantly each si...
by onering
1 month ago
Forum: Commander
Topic: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Leonin Shikari
Replies: 16689
Views: 1046237

Re: [mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Heroic Intervention

God I love that Phasing came back. Thank you white. Anyway Heroic is the gold standard, possibly surpassed only by Teferi's Intervention (though depending on your use Heroic is better, for instance you can cast it then wipe the board to alpha strike).

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