Ohhhh, yeah that is the skulk mechanic. I had barely made my wraiths ring bearers out of the Sauron deck and they already had menace anyway so I didn't pick up on that. Huh. Still feels like it's making Virtus an even higher priority target, but yeah it's probably valid. I think Infiltration Lens is...

Thursday, June 29th, 2023; Cloudstone Curio



No, that's not a combo card,of course not.............

Perhaps it's a visit later card?

Now we're getting somewhere. What do these get us? I think Infiltration Lens is solid. It's a real dilemma with a Quietus Spike trigger versus giving up a draw2 and that makes for an interesting play since each mode we're typically happy with. On Gorm, does he "become blocked" more than on...

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023; The Archetype Cycle!

Yeah, monument is I'd argue the best of these anthems. It's not type or colour locked, and it even adds evasion + protection. Anything that makes my sacred mesa|ath stay relevant is a nice tool to me.

Looks like skeleton key and DRS are confirmed. For today let's put @toctheyounger and the other new entrant, @gsgfdf.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023; Eldrazi Monument

I think DRS is a pretty easy yay card. I'd be interested to read the potential arguments against it though, if they exist.

Ranger of Eos ----> Esper Sentinel c'mon guys it's not a difficult line.

Sentinel
Mom
Step Mom
creepy drunk uncle larry
Inspector/wayfarer

And that's just in white.

Sunday is always a bit of a slow day for this. I don't see any hard yays but I think with simple extrapolation we can safely assume Skeleton Key is confirmed.

Let's put @Dunharrow and @aliciaofthevast on the clock.

I'll cobble together the list with the lands latre on this evening after work.

Monday, June 26th, 2023; Ranger of Eos

Ohhhh. I didn't think about it with Time Sieve, that's an interesting application.

Fwiw, I really wasn't a fan of how the last iteration went with picking cards for each category of effect. So let's go back to before that but know that we have to be responsible and pick important function cards that may not be bombs. Last time we had like 7 cool slots and that was kinda a bummer.

Huh. Yeah playing this on t2 is quite the threat and not at all unreasonable given the colours. I'm also quite tickled at the idea of the skulk key having a role.

More than anything, I think people are annoyed that Green is 'secondary' for treasure. I'm glad I don't see this card with people comboing it with Marrionette Master, or Mana Barbs or whatever. I don't think it's broken - I think it doesn't have any fun applications. Man, how cool would this be if ...

Seems we've got our theme direction then. Let's start off with the boring vegetables first, and get that out of the way. Ramp suite, should be hitting 12 slots (please chime in if the numbers are too skewed either direction). Let's start by putting a new entrant on the clock, TheGildedGoose alongsid...

Sunday, June 25th, 2023; Bootleggers' Stash



Remember Capenna, when everyone was convinced this 6mv mana banking engine was gonna be the death of the format? How's that working for them

So Virtus and Gorm have clearly been settled on.

1) Is it worth using Umori, the Collector in the companion slot?
2) What are we aiming to do with these two?

Saturday, June 24th, 2023; Imperial Recruiter and pretty close functional twin, Recruiter of the Guard

You wanna protect yourself with that huh? Well ok fine my dragons were killing you with burn damage and not by attacking you anyway > : ( I don't have an exact count of how many times I've stopped a The Ur-Dragon / Kaalia of the Vast / Bruna, Light of Alabaster deck with Sandwurm Convergence, but t...

I asked ChatGPT what it thinks of the decklist created here, here's what they said; Based on the decklist you provided, it appears to be a well-rounded and synergistic deck with a good mix of creatures, spells, and mana base. The inclusion of partner commanders, Nikara, Lair Scavenger and Yannik, Sc...

Hm, we just build a partner deck, not sure, if I'm really interested. I am interested in. Virtus and Gorm. It looks like a great pair for exploring "The ring Tempts you". But this could be a direction! A Nazgul build! Probably mire a gimmick than great, though. I was just happy to spin th...

Yeah, I noticed that with the backgrounds, if I randomly pull a background commander, it leads to a lot of respins because the options only narrowly make sense in specific cases, or it's the few broadly applicable options. Kodama looks better if it's not limited to mono- G since that colour has no i...

Saturday, June 23rd, 2023; Sandwurm Convergence