My first commander, and still one of my favorites. It actually ended up being surprisingly easy to avoid making it a combo deck, but required strict adherence to A) not running ways to turn dudes into mana and B) avoiding tutoring. But it also helped that I was running in local playgroups, and thus ...

These cards are eyesores. I didn't care one way or another about Stranger Things previously; now I have the desire to actively avoid it. It's like ads on YouTube or whatever: By and large I don't are what the actual products are, but the moment it starts messing with things (especially something I ...

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2 years ago

or Dominaria next year

Would it be far fetched to expect Dustin as possible new rendition of Tawnos for The Brothers War?

Wrong colors, so unlikely.

Notably, the second ability doesn't even require *self* mill, any sort of mill at all can trigger it. The clue tokens potientially pair well with mill of the Teferi's Tutelage variety, and stuff like Memory Erosion can potientially cause this to trigger every turn. Obviously has the risk of enabling...

One fringe benefit here is that if your in a janky meta you can play it's friends, Bogbrew witch and festering newt. The witch searches up both the cauldron and the newt, and the newt gives something -4/-4 when it dies if the witch is out. Which is extremely mediocre, and asks you to spend 10BBB to...

I like this. It's 1 mana value and generates CA. No it doesn't. Not on its own. Unless you mean gaining 1 life, which can be used for more profitable engines . But I don't think you meant that. Or maybe you meant Grave Pact -like cards? It depends on what you're sacrificing. Yes, if you're only sac...

Mizzium Mortars|gk1 I actually like this card a lot! Considering the base stats and curves of my meta, i rarely worry about the few creatures that survive it. The upside of an untouched board is just far more important. Going more into detail, only 27% (323/1.198) of legal commanders get to live th...

One thing with Solemnity that I would want to be careful with is paying attention to what your opponents play to ensure you don't accidentally hand *them* a combo win. As you note, stuff like undying and persist go instantly infinite with a free sac outlet, and cards like Glacial Chasm can provide a...

I wish this used the Thief of Sanity template (with or without the ability to spend mana) over the current one. Having your virtual card advantage be dependent on keeping a 1/3 alive is rough.

Don't recall seeing it mentioned, but in Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor 's art, it's a voodoo doll of our favorite unlucky dude from Flame Blitz . lulz Is lynde the woman in the Innistrad midnight hunt trailer? If so, i think she is going to be playing a bit more of a role in the story. The woman in the...

Flashback, hideaway, rebound, suspend, miracle, I think madness, what else? I mean, this sounds really good with a bunch of black cards, but wrong color. Also wrong color? Panglacial Wurm Hey, Idol of Endurance exists. Future Sight and similar effects would also trigger Vega, which is neat.

Looking at the current top 10 commanders of the past 2 years... Korvold, Fae-Cursed King - obnoxiously strong card, but not banworthy Kenrith, the Returned King - will likely be filling Golos's shoes as the new default 5C commander, but much easier to interact with. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice - totall...

I'm actually surprised that so many known Commander personalities have come out against the ban, including the guys from the Command Zone and Commander's Quarters. This ban seems like a no-brainer slam dunk. The CZ's video was maddening. It comes from an option of thinking Golos was never problemat...

*looks at Tatyova* Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth is a card that deserves a mana value of 5. Losing the non-token clause from your card draw death triggers is *huge*. Maybe if they were treasure tokens, sure. But you're paying 2 per clue to get some use out of them in UB, which is not super famous for cop...

*looks at Tatyova*

Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth is a card that deserves a mana value of 5. Losing the non-token clause from your card draw death triggers is *huge*.

I'm not sure if these mechanics will return in Crimson Vow, but decayed has a great feel to it. I'd love to see an aura or instant granting it (like Undying Evil ) for offensive purposes. Not sure if that breaks color pie since red hates on blocking. Maybe a commander-product-only RB card that give...

If you don't want to abanon it entirely, Pyroclasm type wipes synergize particularly well with him: He survives, thanks to 3 toughness, and everyone else's stuff takes 3 thanks to his third ability. And as mentioned above, anything that specifies "without flying" such as Earthquake works w...

I like that Moonsilver Key can also find artifacts with mana doubling abilities, such as Extraplanar Lens , Caged Sun and Doubling Cube . Makes it a very useful card for mono-coloured and colourless decks, if they decide to run these effects. No it can't, not sure about Doubling cube but the other ...

In the decks this is intended for, it very frequently gets into "my team is unlockable" territory *fast*. I'll also note that the 3 mana cost makes it very easy to explode out of "nowhere" and drop this and an army in a can in the same turn. The biggest downside is that it can ge...

I think Ludevic, Necrogenius is more interesting than he's being given credit for. The first, easy to miss part is that his front half enables his ability. A cheap 2 drop commander that mills every turn enables some neat strategies by itself in blue black. That said, the obvious selling point is the...

Are they really going to print "whenever ~ would be put into the graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead" on literally every disturb card instead of just making it part of how the ability works? I hope they at least have one or two that break the mold by either being safe to recast repe...

Are werewolves jund now? Are we gonna get a Jund werewolf legend? Because they're a centerpiece of the set, they're branching werewolves out a touch. There's going to be 3 black werewolves (since werewolves were originally in black), and singular "cameo" werewolves in white and blue ( Bru...

Why? STP and Path are both options in white, as is Generous Gift. The first two are cheaper and more permanent removal, the third has more flexibility, and all three hit this guy. Being able to be either even or odd and dealing with indestructible stuff with no side effects (no ramp, no lifegain). ...

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2 years ago

Secondly, this forms a Wild Pair with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.

No it doesn't.

6 + 5 = 11. 4 + 7 = 11.

It wasn't a regular occurrence, but it did happen. Primarily when playtesting. Why would you playtest a competitive deck and actively decide to use non-sanctioned rules? If you're not playtesting your sideboard in a deck with wishes, you aren't actually playtesting your deck. Likley because they we...