Set Review [br] Commander Masters There is not much to talk about in this set. The main set is all reprints and I've listed a few that are either reprints of cards in the deck, or could be in the deck. Though there are more reprints that are good for Boros decks. From the new cards in the commander...

Yeah I suppose it does leave room for creativity. I was just curious so I could build more Angel-Voltron decks

I know I am bit late to the news but Battle at the Helvault is the most beautiful thing I've seen in this new set

So I've just discovered that Commander Masters draft booster is featuring new Avacyn art, and I am wondering if anyone has seen it on a card spoiler somewhere? I know it won't be the first time that Wizards had cool art on the promotional material and not on the cards, but here is hoping :) the boos...

Ah, that is a shame. I hoped there was some mention of them in the old stories perhaps. Thank you.

What do you think about Taunt from the Rampart , I tought of your deck when I first saw it, it clears blockers, deals a bunch of damage hopefully and in some scenarios will be "time walky" To be perfectly honest, I tend to skim over sorceries and instances if they don't draw cards because...

Set Review [br] Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth This set presented me with a dilemma, mainly concerning The Ring Tempts You mechanic. It is flavourful for the set that it is presented in, but I struggle to justify using it in this deck. This is a themed deck and I want to consider cards no...

TheAmericanSpirit Thanks for the suggestion but not looking to change the commander. I'll keep Rielle in mind though because she sure looks like a spell-slinging-Voltron. I can see that the general approach of other players using Eruth, Tormented Prophet is to completely disregard your hand... It i...

While looking up lore for Jenara, Asura of War , I saw on the MTG wiki that she is one of seven Asura, but quick search through the wiki didn't offer anything about the other six Angels. So far I've only found lore about Asha. I am not familiar with lore pre-Shadows Over Innistrad, so curious if the...

Hi, looking for some help with an Eruth spell slinging deck [sym=r][sym=u]. I've originally built it as a budget deck ($25 challenge with friends) and it turned out to be a lot of fun to play, so I've tried to upgrade it but struggling to find a wincon. My main playstyle is Voltron, I have little ex...

It is odd to read how often people just scoop online lol my only experience with that was meeting a person who scooped every time you tried to mill or control his cards

Interesting to see how your deck developed. I've been thinking about Magic myself for some type because I really like his card art and concept. Though I am leaning more towards maximising the damage output and have the deck focus around dealing more and more damage to everyone each turn. I am curiou...

I am starting to think you could graph the use of tutors on a curve that goes up and then down, like when you start playing you think they are great so you add more and more, till you realize it's more fun to play without them so you play less and less :rofl: Seems to be the natural progression of m...

I will say I find Goad a *lot* less annoying than Grave Pact .dec or Wrath of God .dec or god forbid Control Magic .dec. So true! Goad is like so low on the list of annoying mechanics. Do people find Odric, Master Tactician to be as annoying as goad? It forces the opponent to block how you want the...

So you'll probably end up playing the same cards most of the time. So you might not have linear wincon, but you will still have some repetitiveness in gameplay. Fair point. I can't say for sure if it'll bother me, but at this time I want to say not because the deck is already very limited on intera...

My best experience playing against goad was with the already mentioned Thantis, the Warweaver . It is not goad exactly, but it forces everyone to attack, and at least it gives players the option to attack you, which then benefits you. Which I think is better than goad, because people will go out of ...

Finally been able to catch up with the replies. Thanks for the input everyone. I started this with one deck in mind, but it got me thinking about other decks too :) There seems to be some common approaches - tutor for a specific combo, a toolbox approach, and don't take too much time searching or kn...

Thanks for the replies! Some good points were raised and I will have to spend some time evaluating it against the deck and how I want to play it. The downside is that sometimes I feel like I'm spending a long time drawing cards fishing I can relate to this. The deck works how I want it to work but i...

I am currently facing a dilemma if to add more tutor effects to a deck where I am already searching my library almost every other turn (at least feels that way). It would arguably make the deck "better" because this would add more ways to find answers when they are needed, but I am not con...

Rigerously following this constraint means that an example line of play is tap Ally Encampment for which can only be used to cast an Ally Amoeboid Changeling which only cost because it's a Dragon. Also, because I just cast a Spirit, Elder Pine of Jukai triggers. Then, since a Scarecrow entered the ...

Hm, fair enough, thanks for explaining @Treamayne. I can't say I have much experience playing online, I never enjoyed the experience but I think that the online environment is more prone to reflect the changes in Commander that you describe, than playing in person because online everyone has access ...

Interesting topic. I agree that setting the right expectations is important. When I play a casual deck I definitely do not enjoy facing someone who is hyper stax or control, but when I use my "competitive" deck I want to see what people can throw against it and how my deck can perform. The...

Oh that is a lot of discission I will try to catch up on at a later time :o I just want to respond to the original post for now. Good post, it feels like something I've come across in my own deck building, though never really put into words as such. The "do something" to me kind of also tr...

It's worth roughly $50,000 and it's horrendously bad. Got a decklist? :rofl: A final few questions if I may before I jump in. Others have covered it quite well. I'll only emphasize that communication is key. Because of my job I have to travel fairly often and find myself playing different groups in...

Good questions! 1) Is there an advantage by simply knowing what colour another player will play with? For example if I find someone is going to play a red deck, should that be a sign that I shouldn't play my white deck? Are some colours better countered by others? In Commander it's more about the de...