FauxFaux on Card creation challenge

32 minutes ago

Well, tiny lore drop:

• Svogthos, the Restless Tomb was shattered during the Phyrexian Invasion by Realmbreaker from the then Compleated Vraska.

• The Sisters of Stone Death, namely three Gorgons by the names of Ludmilla, Lexya and Lydya, the latter two were killed by Savra, Queen of the Golgari, and Ludmilla is presumed dead, although not confirmed.

• Both Savra, Queen of the Golgari and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, sister Savra was killed by Szadek, Lord of Secrets then her body possessed by the spirit of Svogthir, the Golgari Parun (founder), then smooshed by Experiment Kraj. Brother Jarad was first killed by Lyzolda, the Blood Witch, then necromanced back into his corpse to then be killed by Vraska, with the help of Jarga, a troll, Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, and Xeddick, another Kraul.

• Vraska, Golgari Queen is obviously off and romping about the multiverse with Jace Beleren and Loot, the Key to Everything. So she's not really in command at the moment. Matter of fact, following the Phyrexian Invasion, pretty much every former Golgari leader denounced her as their leader, as during the Invasion, the Golgari were the first Compleated Guild to rampage across the surface, so they were summarily punished and ostracized from Ravnica.

And so, that leaves us, after all those wordy words, to the only real appropriate options...

Svogthos, Splintered Tomb

Legendary Land - Swamp Forest

Whenever ~ enters, mill 5.

At the beginning of your endstep, if there are 4 or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may exile ~ and return it to the battlefield transformed.

, Mill 2: Add .

"Svogthos, shattered in twain by the Phyrexian upshoot, acts now as the only solace for the disgraced Golgari Swarm. None but the Swarm gather there, dutifully attempting to retain the crypt's former visage."

Izoni, Heir to the Swarm ()

Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman

Whenever ~ enters or a land is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you create a 1/1 Black and Green Insect creature Token. This ability triggers once each turn.

, Tap any number of untapped Insects or Spiders you control: Return target creature with mana value equal to or less than the amount of creatures tapped this way from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature becomes a Plant Zombie instead of its other types.

"Vraska is gone and has betrayed the Swarm. It deserves one willing to foster and nurture the betrayed. Not one who uses it as a mere title."

4/4

Sorry for the Lore Dump, but challenge is to redo this challenge, but for another guild! Perhaps Dimir? or Rakdos?

Venturub on Mono-White Control Clerics

46 minutes ago

First of all, thank you, Andromedus and Xtough, for coming here, taking the time to write a comment, and sharing tips. It means a lot, and I’m sincerely grateful.

Regarding your suggestions Andromedus: I’ve been back and forth with the Moxes and the Vial. I started the deck with four Chrome Moxes, then cut them, added them again, and have now removed them. I’m still uncertain. Most Taxes run Vial to help dodge counterspells, play through Ethersworn Canonist’s restriction, and give a kind of “flash” line to creatures (e.g., Leonin Relic-Warder). I understand your point, but the advantages of Vial are hard to ignore. I’ll keep experimenting with the Moxes, though.

Regarding your suggestions Xtough: excellent catch. I had misread Angel of Destiny as legendary. It isn’t. Linvala is, though (SB). And Karakas may also be useful to bounce back opponents’ legendary creatures. What do you think?

Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback and for helping me refine the list. I look forward to your further thoughts and suggestions. With appreciation, cheers and best regards.

Balaam__ on The Wind in the Willows

1 hour ago

@legendofa updated. Just picked my go-to artworks for now to make the necessary changes; will worry about aesthetics later. Huge thanks, that little mouse fellow was just what this needed. My only worry now is that since I’ve opened the door to , there’s about a million other directions this could be pulled in. I think I like how it plays so I’m not necessarily interested in fundamentally altering it, but it’s enticing. Lots of +1 counters and buffs is definitely the other path I’d take it. Thanks again, as always.

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Mortlocke on The Song of Phyresis

2 hours ago

Venum,

Sorry to spam but I finally remembered why I cut Defense of the Heart - it's hit or miss and more often than not it misses hard. Let me explain, so in my playgroup poison generally gets focused down on early in the game. With DotH on the field everyone immediately bands together because they already know that either two praetors or Blightsteel Colossus is hitting the board. Sure, I can maybe get rid of one or two players but more often than not I just get dealt with. In short - I cut it because of the bad politics Defense of the Heart brought.

schwarzette on Vizier of the Menagerie works …

3 hours ago

Does the (You may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast creature spells) on Vizier of the Menagerie work on Animar, Soul of Elements generic mana counters thingy? Like if i have lets say 10 counters on Animar already and have Vizier on the battlefield as well. Would that make me be able to cast creatures with colored mana for free as well?

grqdient on Colossal Control

3 hours ago

Hi, I just discovered this deck and others you've made and I'd love to invite you to our discord server where we are playtesting with this idea and really seeing what the format offers! You've got some great insights and I'd love to chat with you in person!

https://discord.gg/4s3Tt27mbe

grqdient on Unrestricted Vintage, an MTG Experiment

3 hours ago

Hi, I just discovered this deck and others you've made and I'd love to invite you to our discord server where we are playtesting with this idea and really seeing what the format offers! You've got some great insights and I'd love to chat with you in person!

https://discord.gg/4s3Tt27mbe

Stardragon on Custom set help

6 hours ago

DreadKhan I don't think any of really fit the creepy crawly theme I'm going for (bats really don't either tbh I'm think of changing them to what idk yet).

And I've made alot of devil support over the years as it's one of my favorites tribes that had so much potential to be a fun chaotic tribe that they wasted on making them yet another aristocratic theme. But I do think imps need more love they're an even older tribe with no love and I already have a theme for them. A mix of Simulacrum and Imp's Mischief

Last_Laugh on The Trial of the Doctor

6 hours ago

Just a heads up, but you have a couple cards I spotted that don't work with the 6th Dr. due to rules technicalities. Adrix and Nev, Twincasters and Bennie Bracks, Zoologist. Tokens that are the result of copying a permanent spell aren't "created" and won't trigger the above cards. It's rule 111.12 if you feel like checking it out.

Esika's Chariot is a nice copy effect that you don't run.

Galadriel, Light of Valinor is worth running too. She's sooooo gross in multiples.

Aefinn on +1/+1 Counter EDH

8 hours ago

Gyre Sage seems like an obvious addition to utilize x manacosts