Stardragon on Empower Walkers

1 hour ago

So I like the empower Jace mechanic so it got me thinking on what the other empower tokens could look like. Here are my takes on what some of the other token walkers could look like

Chandra: -2 deal 2 to target creature or planeswalker -3 Discard a card draw a card

Liliana: -2 target player did cards a card -4 destroy target creature or planeswalker

Garruk: -2 Target creature fights another creature -4 create a 2/2 green beast with trample

Ajani: -1 gain 2 life, -4 create a 2/2 white cat creature token with lifeline

Elespeth: -2 create a 1/1 white soldier token -3: Target creature or planeswalker gain protection from a color until the end of the turn

Ugin: -3: Add -5: manifest the top card of your library

Sorin: -3 each opponent loses 2 life you gain 2 life -4 create a 1/1 black or white vampire token with lifeline or deathtouch (not such which yet)

What are your guys thoughts on my ideas and what would you change or which walker would you add? (I honestly forget which walkers are still walkers and which are sparkless now)

wallisface on Why Has WotC Not Reprinted …

1 hour ago

There can be multiple reasons for not making a reprint:

1. The cards rules are outdated/complicated. Many old cards have confusing or off-putting card text, even when using the oracle text. In almost all pre-constructed products like commander decks, wotc is trying to cater for the more casual player, so adding this text-mess complicates the product for no gain

2. The card might be too expensive. With pre-constructed product, Wotc try to avoid selling a product that has its contents too overvalued compared to its price-point, as this just ends up causing all kinds of scalping issues.

3. The card might be too cheap/worthless. For special guest cards within sealed product, wotc wants these to at least feel special/sort-after. Even the cheap cards in these slots are cards that are usually played regularly in different formats. A cheap card that nobody plays isn’t helpful

4. The card might have no cohesion. With pre-constructed product, the deck needs to make sense and function. Adding in random nonsense for the sake of it undermines the product.

5. There’s no demand. Wotc can only reprint so much in a year, so they have to prioritise what they think needs to be reprinted.

6. The card exhibits old design philosophies the company no longer wants to encourage. Martyr's Cause is not going to be a fun card for 99% of players and is against the companies current design approach.

7. The card is a trap for new players. Claws of Gix is going to ruin many new players experiences that think lifegain is good (for the record, I do think they’ll reprint this card one day, as some older formats can abuse it, but more likely as a special guest card where newer players are less-likely to get their hands on it and do stupid things).

8. As you’ve already eluded to, the card could be unbalanced - either by being too weak for 2026, or too strong (or, just creating toxic gameplay that wotc doesn’t want happening).

Wotc has no requirement to reprint specific cards. They’ll reprint what they want to, and the community with either be happy or sad as-appropriate.

Lame_Duck on Finding a home for Emrakul, …

3 hours ago

OK, I can see it; cast Emrakul, untap your lands, equip Emrakul with Fishing Pole and make a Fish token every turn until your opponent surrenders and then you go and watch Shrek together.

Lame_Duck on Erase Everything

8 hours ago

I'm kind of skeptical about Harmonized Trio becoming prepared in a deck with only 10 creatures, especially since tapping The Mindskinner instead of attacking with it is kind of a waste. I'd replace the Trio with something evasive to have a better chance of casting Kitsune's Technique for it's sneak cost; Spectral Sailor or Most Decrepit Old Bird, maybe, for cheap creatures that still have some value if you draw them in the late-game.

Mortlocke updated The Underworld Slayer

9 hours ago

Custom Tokens!

Belfore on Wayta enrage non-combo need card …

10 hours ago

Card Draw Guardian Project, Toski, Bearer of Secrets, Recycle, Keen Sense (get a little overboard with Brash Taunter), and Rishkar's Expertise

For Funsies Pariah, Pariah's Shield, and Arcbond

liking Brash Taunter and not using Stuffy Doll

Responses for removal / counterspells Veil of Summer, Gaea's Herald, Gaea's Herald (since car draw issue), Chimil, the Inner Sun, Frenzied Baloth, Dragonlord Dromoka(make them do it on their turn), Leyline of Lifeforce, Prowling Serpopard, Rhythm of the Wild

Just a quick list of options

BotaNickill on Squirrel Giruul

11 hours ago

Right? Pretty crazy! Thanks for the Upvotes!

Icbrgr on Hebrew 1:14

13 hours ago

Christus rex +1

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge

19 hours ago

Bonepile Necrosaurus

Creature - Zombie Dinosaur

Trample, Deathtouch

Dredge 4

6/5

The deader, the better.

What would this creature's rarity be? Uncommon to Mythic would all seem fine.

Create another card whose rarity would be hard to assign.

DashJovis2 on Darklight Zombie Combo

22 hours ago

Buried alive is normally great in Phoenix, IMO, there's just not space if you're playing the aristocrats combo. Like Thoughtseize it's a card I would run in a Yorion version of this build if Yorion was still legal, but your 60 maindeck are basically all engine pieces in this build.

You'd run Witherbloom Charm over Accursed Marauder if you wanted to try it, you'd gain some points against maindeck Saga packages notably, may try it tomorrow. I just like Maurader personally, because it kills 2 things by itself and plays well with the 1 drops. But if you're seeing a lot of Saga or maindeck hate cards otherwise Witherbloom Charm may just be better.

Buried Alive is definitely going to be a staple in Phoenix decks, this is just a combo deck slotting in Phoenixes more than a Phoenix deck slotting in a Combo. I quickly built Rakdos and Mono-Black today, just to see what they might look like, and Buried Alive is great if Phoenix is your main gameplan.