legendofa on Would a spell resolve after …
3 days ago
Oriss, Samite Guardian's Grandeur ability is not retroactive. Any spells that were cast before it was activated go through, and any instant or flash spells that are cast in the time between activating and resolving also go through. The ability starts applying only once it fully resolves.
Andromedus on Hangry Bears ʕಠ_ಠʔ
3 days ago
Hey carbonsage, I had seen this but may have overlooked its potential. Its synergy with scales is undeniable, and it's very tempting to put something in that makes scales function better, since scales are this deck's hardest sell in the legacy format. On the other hand, contingent card draw isn't great, especially when it costs counters. It's a desperation play, because normally you'd just use your counters to beat down and win (that's what this deck wants to do, ultimately). Hopeful Initiate's is a much stronger counter-sac ability, synergizes incredibly with both scales and Botanical Brawler, and yet I still couldn't justify including it. On top of that, Bristly Bill, Spine Sower is already very tempting in this deck, so if I were to find a couple slots they would probably go to him. With that said, it is an interesting card, I may playtest it, probably as a 2-of (maybe 1-of). Thanks for bringing it up!
Taida on Would a spell resolve after …
3 days ago
It is quite a simple situation. Your opponent casts a spell and in response you activate the Grandeur ability of Oriss, Samite Guardian, which makes a target player unable to cast spells for the turn. Does the spell in the stack from the oponent resolve after the ability is active?
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
3 days ago
Demigod of Metaphor
Legendary Creature - Kithkin
While casting a spell that has exactly two colours, you may choose one of that spell's colours. You may pay instead of mana of that colour to cast that spell.
, : Until end of turn, creatures you control have all creature types and get +1/+1 for each of their colours.
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That was quite hard to word, I hope it works as intended.
Wild.
miracleHat on Darigaaz Stompy Ignition
3 days ago
make g/r red version of this radha
turn 1 blank (usual 6?, low %, whatever) turn 2 radha turn 3 4xramp or 4x->2x or 2x->2x or 3x -> turn 4... 4 land, t2radha, t3ramp (1-3), 6-8 mana... usual content add rits... 5drop ramp (x3?), highball end curve. lotus petal/spirit rits (2/100 with draw 7 [cannot afford lpetal])... turn 1 radha turn 2 ramp (2x -> 2x or 3x) 3rd turn 6 drop.. urabrask, fervor, sarkhan haste, tokens w/ overrun (but cannot afford dseason), g&r forces, can likely get prime sage, glimpse... also use fecundity, mana doublers with x options (not rosheen), t1--- gsz+da, see kresh excel token producers. draw, interaction, solidify snowball.
jdog1109 on The Song of Phyresis
3 days ago
If you think added ramp is more beneficial and is something you're lacking, then 100% add Myr Convert. You have the most knowledge for how this deck flows. I have yet to even finish my own iteration of this. My reasoning for Venerated Rotpriest was to balance the colors more, and also to maybe defer the inevitable mass attack for just that one turn. Like you said it will make them think twice, and also basically gives every one of your creatures an "infect ward. I also took out 2 Swamp and added Zagoth Triome, because cool 3 color. Then Strip Mine because I've been seeing some pretty crazy lands I don't even want to hear about. Lmk what you think.
Niko9 on Does EDH Need a New …
3 days ago
Discard is a really good idea, I might try to make a discard deck and see how it plays, thanks!
legendofa on Does EDH Need a New …
3 days ago
Pickup games can be tough. It's been a while since I just walked into a game store, plopped a deck down with whoever was free, and started a match. Maybe get a couple other people on board and suggest a Modern or Legacy casual brew night for your FNM spot--no tournament decks, no meta, no points, just play. Friday Evening Magic. But if the local Modern meta's super competitive and likes it that way, this probably won't work.
And on the EDH side, Stax and discard strategies love to see combo decks, if you want to force a little shake up. Or try something like a Goad deck. It's still basically high-interaction aggro, you're just making someone else do the dirty work. EDH can easily default to draw-ramp-go, but there's a counter for every strategy.
Andramalech on Westvale Atlas
3 days ago
It's a bomb of a card in decks where it can flourish. Since it's debut way back in Shadows Over Innistrad, and each passing year, I've always kept the idea in my heart that this card could be a menace in a deck built around it. I noticed your collection, Zigen and I like what I saw. Cheers!
Zigen on Westvale Atlas
3 days ago
The crazy thing is when this card first came out I went to local game store and bought everyone of them they had. It is now one of my staples in 90% of the decks I have made. along the lines of Crypt Ghast
Dark Ritual Pestilence Demon and Pestilence
Niko9 on Does EDH Need a New …
3 days ago
FormOverFunction Totally agree on your point on boardstate complexity. Even precons are just like "this triggers this, then this, then this" which I feel like isn't a bad thing, it's just rough when it happens every game. I love an insane board as much as anybody, and I can sit through those long turns every now and then, I just struggle with how it's every deck.
Maybe another solution would be, if wizards just made more precons that weren't a combo finish. Maybe more decks that had zero finish in mind, they just have a fun playstyle. It's just crazy to me that there is such a big card pool but battlecruiser is so pushed in commander sets that it's the only strategy in the wild.
I don't know, it is what it is. I still bring aggro to FNM, and I'm okay with never winning, but it's just this weird thing where ramping in to game ending combos is the thing, and it impacts the whole table so much. If even one player is doing it, then we are all doing it, either ganging up on one person or essentially doing nothing because the game will just end randomly. And if 3-4 players are doing it, then it's not a game, it's just a race.
I guess in the end, I just wish there was more effective interaction in casual EDH, but I don't see how that happens when the playstyle of ramp to combo is where it is.
Niko9 on Does EDH Need a New …
3 days ago
legendofa Canadian Highlander seems like a good option, yeah kind of like that, but yeah maybe playing around with other formats is an option. I guess I'm just kind of in a weird space where I'm a casual player but I'm having less and less fun with the casual format, and I'm not really sure where I fit in when I go to FNM.
Maybe it's just a me thing? The barrier for a competitive 60 card deck is too high, and I struggle to sit through the first 5-7 turns of EDH where not much is happening and people are playing games on their phone, and at FNM these are the two groups.
It's all not a problem with my playgroup, we have great games : ) It's just when I try to play with other people. Like, magic used to feel like a language I shared with people, now it's like I don't speak it anymore.
KBgamer on Grixis Wizards
3 days ago
asdf1231 That is a fair critique, and I've made adjustments with the following changes
Cut: 1 mountain, Flash Photography, Relm's Sketching
Added: Crackle with Power, Torment of Hailfire, and Exsanguinate
NV_1980 on I'm Zirilan, And These Are …
3 days ago
Your reasoning for including Fury of the Horde is sound. I'll make a note to try it out at some point in the pods I frequent. If it performs as well as you say, I'll consider adding it to the base-list you see above. I'm not going to include Gamble; too many bad experiences with this card.
Andramalech on Westvale Atlas
3 days ago
Zigen you are found amongst friends, singing the praises of your favor. Westvale Abbey Flip GOAT status!
Murrow on Eldrazi Tron (Pauper Edition)
3 days ago
Balaam__ thanks so much! Yeah I went barebones and tried to build without too much influence from existing models. It's too easy to get trapped in 'tradition' that way and I may have ended up with a barely edited Fangren Marauder build if I wasn't careful, I have before lol. Or one of those Ulamog's Crusher eldrazi decks you mentioned. Neither of which really have any legs in my opinon. Anyways, I'm still tinkering with it, but I like how it's looking and how it feels at the moment anyways.
Balaam__ on Eldrazi Tron (Pauper Edition)
3 days ago
Nice to see a Pauper Eldrazi Tron list without Ulamog's Crusher. Kind of bored of seeing him everywhere, so this sets your list apart. Nicely done, +1
SufferFromEDHD on I'm Zirilan, And These Are …
3 days ago
I'm gonna push back on Fury of the Horde. It's a surprise game ending silver bullet. For example, going alphabetically take the first 4 dragons in your list. They all have combat step triggers. You have multiple ways of untapping Zirilan and you are running the best enchantments for cheating creatures too. Now you can tap out and win a turn earlier!
I missed it first time around but Gamble might be worthy of a spot.
Reaxetion on Card creation challenge
3 days ago
Figure of Plunder
Creature - Kithkin
: This creature becomes a Kithkin Scout with base power and toughness 2/2
: If this creature is a Scout, it becomes a Kithkin Pirate with base power and toughness 4/4
: If this creature is a Pirate, it becomes a Kithkin Pirate Nobel with base power and toughness 8/8 with Menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many tapped treasure tokens."
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Create a commander for all these fun Figures.
NebaCanEzzar on Forces of the Imperium (War …
3 days ago
This deck single handedly got me back into collecting physical cards, only wish I bought all four at once.
WarHawk55 on Wizzardrix (Kwain, Itinerant Meddler)
3 days ago
How is the deck doing in 2025? Im wanting to build it, and your "nicer" approach also feels refreshing. I dont have budget for all the expensive cards, but will probably just replace them with cheaper options. Thank you for putting it together!
Jaathik on List of Bugs and Feature …
4 days ago
The 9th edition art (which is the default) for Thought Courier appears to be missing.
MilesHiles on Breya's Artificial World
4 days ago
Looks fun! Reminds me of what my Breya deck used to look like, too. If you wanted to trim some fat off of it, you could probably do without Blinkmoth Urn in favor of a card like Padeem, Consul of Innovation. Protects your board, draws you cards and doesn't give your opponents any potential advantage.
Zigen on EDH NecroPotentence
4 days ago
DreadKhan I like those suggestions a lot thank you! I am not apposed to Esper at all. I do however like other ideas that I have not thought of. like using Elixir of Immortality over Feldon's Cane I know I have one, have to find it in one of my other decks to drop in this one. As well as the others that you mentioned are amazing and I will have to find/get those. I kinda have a small budget for cards so the others that are above $10 ill have to proxy (shh I know) until I can sneak them into an order :-D
Gift of Doom is going to be a fist buy for this... btw all the cards in the current deck is what I have in my boxes.
So again DreadKhan thank you very much for the suggestions!
Asder on Card creation challenge
4 days ago
Figure of Lore
Creature - Kithkin
: This creature becomes a Kithkin Druid with base power and toughness 2/2
: If this creature is a Druid, it becomes a Shapeshifter with Changeling (this creature has every creature type) and base power and toughness 3/3.
: If this creature has every creature type, it becomes a Shapeshifter with base power and toughness 6/6 and "Each creature you control is every creature type."
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Create figure kithkin that features "pirate" as one of the creature types it gets as it levels up
DreadKhan on Misery in Weasel Form
4 days ago
I find Rite of the Raging Storm does a lot of work in a Chaos type deck, it also makes sure opponents have some defenses up (or they're going to get swamped by 5/1 Trample tokens), extra good with some kind of Goad effect.
My all time favorite Chaos effect is probably Thieves' Auction, this is extra good if you run cards that don't care about who controls them, they'll go last and odds are someone else will get stuck with it, and the effects continue! You get to pick first, so you'll always get the best thing.
Static Orb is one of the crazier Stax pieces, and it's got huge synergy with your Commander IMHO because you don't need mana to cheat out your next crazy effect, just to swing! You could also try Winter Orb, but Static Orb changes the game FAR more (fwiw both out is also great for obvious reasons). Not many people remember Smoke at this point, but it's a reasonably strong effect. Silent Arbiter would be pretty funny with your Commander, you're much harder to swarm AND nobody can block your Commander!
I'm not sure if you enjoying sharing your fun, but I've had a blast using Allure of the Unknown, usually I give the player who's behind a free spell, this is especially useful if you're using spells/effects that are symmetrical.
Oh, since this list should mulligan INCREDIBLY well, how about Winds of Change? If you play this turn one before everyone else goes then you will have DRAMATICALLY changed the game without having risked much yourself, since you simply need 2 more mana to cast your Commander, one of them Black.
capwner on Westvale Atlas
4 days ago
@Andra I like the flute overall it's a versatile defensive card, I like maindeck needle as well in a saga deck since a lot of times you can cheese people with that and turn off their fetches :) I'd say try to fit the 4th saga? More Kozi commands? Those are both strong cards that power Westvale especially if you add an Expedition map to find Westvale off of saga. Finally, I think you need some Not of this World action in the board to protect your big scary from Solitude :)
FauxFaux on Card creation challenge
4 days ago
Figure of Allegory
Creature - Kithkin
: This creature becomes a Kithkin Wizard with base power and toughness 2/2.
: If this creature is a Wizard, it becomes an Kithkin Archon and gains Flying with base power and toughness 3/3.
: If this creature is an Archon, it becomes a Kithkin Avatar with base power and toughness 6/6, and gains "Whenever an opponent casts a spell that targets a permanent you control, that permanent gains Ward: until the end of the turn. This ability triggers only twice each turn." and "Whenever you draw a card, you may reveal it. If you do, you may gain 2 life."
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Try to make one that is !
Asder on Card creation challenge
4 days ago
Figure of Authority
Creature - Kithkin
: This creature becomes a Kithkin Advisor with base power and toughness 2/2
: If this creature is an Advisor, it gains lifelink and becomes a Kithkin Noble with base power and toughness 3/4
: If this creature is a Noble, it becomes a Kithkin Avatar with base power and toughness 7/7 and "Spells your opponents cast cost more to cast" and "Creatures your opponents control enter tapped."
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Lets see
Profet93 on Rule the Galaxy [Kaervek, the …
4 days ago
Understood, thank you for taking the time to explain your thought process and swaps. Get this updated deck into some games and see how it runs, what you need, what you're lacking, etc.... Looking forward to seeing how the deck progresses
NV_1980 on I'm Zirilan, And These Are …
4 days ago
Thank you for the upvote SufferFromEDHD, and your suggestions of course. I like Fault Line the most, but currently don't own one and it's difficult to come by where I come from. The lands you're suggesting seem fun too, though I'm trying to limit lands that enter tapped in this deck. Fury of the Horde would make more sense in a deck that focuses on additional attacks/phases per turn; not really this deck's thing. Grid and Glory I will remain sideboard options, which will be added in certain counter-heavy pods.