I run Brutal Hordechief in three Mardu decks (Zurgo, Alesha and Queen Marchesa) and in Saskia, and it is always strong. The attack-based life swing is not insignificant, and being able to force inopportune blocks, and let some attackers through unscathed, can be a wonderful thing. "Yeah, all yo...

Many of the mythic ones I am bringing in in place of lands and just assuming I play them as a land more than half the time. Its only going to be when I draw them late or am land flooded that I will consider casting them as spells. I often avoid putting in a lot of 6+ mana spells in my list but if y...

Some good choices here. For me, Teferi's Ageless Insight has been even better than I'd guessed it would be. Obviously you have to play it in the right deck, but there are so many decks these days that provide lots of card draw for doing what the commander does that there are an awful lot of "ri...

@JWK I think that the mythic spell / lands are reasonable. I think maybe the white one is the only one that I really can't see myself ever being happy casting the spell part of it but the others I have seen several decks where having a land that I can choose to come in untapped that produces colore...

This set has a lot of pretty cool stuff. There's also stuff that probably won't be good in our format. The Party mechanic, for example, seems unlikely to be a thing outside maybe a few strong cards finding their way into Morophon All-Tribe Changeling decks. It should be interesting in limited, thoug...

I have never played this card, and I don't think I've ever seen it played. I do like the interaction with Eldrazi Monument, but it's awfully slow to actually do anything.

Interesting card. Not sure I will ever play it, but good to be reminded of its existence.

I had forgotten about this card. Looks like it might potentially be good in lower-powered Kenrith builds, but that is true of an awful lot of cards.

Echoing others' comments, I like this card in theory, but in practice it has always been really mediocre. Even in decks when it should be good (Meren, for example), I have always found it to be pretty bad, as it isn't good or effective enough at what it does to be played over probably a dozen other ...

Over the years, I've occasionally used Sever the Bloodline to deal with token swarms, and it once really ruined the day of a Relentless Rats player, but I think I've used it most often as a recurrable way to deal with annoying Theros gods, who back in the day seemed to show up in about 3/4 of the de...

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3 years ago

Well, Scute Swarm goes quite handily into most Ashaya lists, I imagine. If nothing else, it's absurd ramp.

That card makes me chuckle. It's not actually good, but it's pretty fun.

Akiri, Fearless Voyager I like more every time I look at her. I love that the ability is stronger in commander (for having multiple opponents to attack) without specifying commander on it. I love that boros finally got an equipment commander (I know Tiana, Ship's Caretaker exists but (1) she's bett...

Skyclave Shadowcat is another mildly interesting card. I can't think of many other repeatable triggered draw engines at uncommon. It is extremely conditional (you need a consistent source of +1/+1 counters), but it is interesting. Looks to be pretty darn good in Marchesa, but that's true of a lot o...

I use Imperial Recruiter in two decks. If I had more copies, I'd probably use it in a couple decks, but it's nowhere near an auto-include. I use Recruiter of the Guard in four decks. I have a couple copies which aren't being used right now, Definitely not auto-include. One of my decks - Alesha - inc...

I could literally cry over Moraug, Fury of Akoum . It's been a while since there's been much excitement in the world of mono-red warriors. Boundless Realms + this guy should end a whole lot of games. Heck, with a moderately good board state,Skyshroud Claim or playing and breaking a fetch with this ...