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I first became acquainted with Magic: The Gathering during Alpha set. After that initial foray where I was introduced by a neighbor to the game, I didn’t play again until the Tempest block. Then I took a long, 20 year hiatus until 2019 when another neighbor reinvigorated my desire to play by urging me to buy some Dominaria and Core 19 packs for a friendly draft. Since then I’ve found myself addicted to deck building.

I prefer traditional formats like Vintage/Legacy/Modern/Standard/Pauper as opposed to this zany, newfangled “Commander” format all the kids are raving about.

I lean toward the / end of the color spectrum; preferred hubs are Reanimator and any type of build that uses uncommon or otherwise off the wall strategies or win-cons.

God I miss the old artwork and flavor text from the older expansions; some of the new stuff is half decent but it doesn’t hold a candle to the gorgeous art of cards like those found in the Arabian Nights expansion or Mirage block. And then there’s the classical literary quotes on cards like Repentant Blacksmith, Juzam Djinn, Hammerheim, Karakas, Pendelhaven, Revelation...the list goes on! I weep softly when I realize just how lackluster today’s MtG sets are in this respect, by comparison. But, I digress.

Feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have on any of my decks; all upvotes are much appreciated as well.

Thanks for the upvotes on my vampire decks!

April 17, 2024 2:57 p.m.

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#1

Ah, ok I see where you’re going now. This might be an interesting build for pauper; normally pinning all hopes to a single card isn’t a wise idea, as most other formats have Surgical Extraction type spells to nuke the whole strategy, but as far as I know nothing like that exists in Pauper.

April 23, 2024 2:40 p.m.

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Maybe I’m missing something here, but I’m not seeing a wincon of any kind—no creatures in the mainboard, no direct damage spells, no alternate wincon as far as I can tell.

April 23, 2024 12:03 p.m.

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Either what Gidgetimer said, or perhaps because of the word “bigoted” just above it. I don’t think anyone could object to how you used it in your description, but the word itself may be flagged.

April 20, 2024 8:27 p.m.

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#4

Seeing so many Tempest and Mirage block cards with all their fantastic artwork together in one place is a delight

April 20, 2024 8:08 p.m.

Ha, I remember that old commercial. Neat build, +1

April 10, 2024 12:31 p.m.

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#6

Very solid build. Nothing fancy, nothing too flashy, but it puts in the work. +1

April 10, 2024 11:44 a.m.

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#7

Had to create a new Oldschool folder for this. Totally worth it. +1

April 7, 2024 5:13 p.m.

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#8

I think this looks very solid considering working within the budget allotment. You have most of the important pieces, namely the lords and the utility Merfolk, so that frees up slots otherwise devoted to countermagic and the like.

Without altering the budget and wading into the deeper end of the expensive cardpool like the examples DreadKhan mentioned, there isn’t a whole lot more you can do without completely shifting strategies (not that you should, Aether Vial lords is viable and performs well).

April 5, 2024 7:06 p.m.

@Rotz Appreciate the kind words, and I can lend what paltry, feeble knowledge I’ve amassed free of charge, but I wouldn’t consider myself anything close to an expert.

April 5, 2024 7:01 p.m.

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Finished Decks 117
Prototype Decks 7
Drafts 0
Playing since Tempest
Points 1005
Avg. deck rating 22.65
T/O Rank 15
Helper Rank 16
Favorite formats Modern, Pauper, Legacy, Vintage
Suppressed formats Brawl, Historic, Commander / EDH, Pauper EDH, Commander: Rule 0, Canadian Highlander, Highlander, Duel Commander, Leviathan, 1v1 Commander, Pre-release, Penny Dreadful, Heirloom, Hero, Noble, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Block Constructed, Arena, MTGO, Magic Duels, Unformat
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Venues Tales of Adventure
Joined 4 years