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Kaito Shizuki
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito
At the beginning of your end step, if this entered the battlefield this turn, this phases out.
+1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.
-2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This creature can't be blocked."
-7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library."
legendofa on
11 months ago
Looking at a meta Dimir Pioneer deck, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/pioneer-rogues#paper the new Faerie Mastermind has found a place, and Kaito Shizuki and Into the Story have slots. (Links not enabled, I apologize.)
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/pioneer-mono-blue-spirits#paper has Curious Obsession and Combat Research.
Expressive Iteration got banned in Pioneer for being too efficient at creating and maintaining a hand state.
You had mentioned the mulligan rule earlier. I'm not an expert on hypergeometric calculations, but that is an accepted part of play at all levels, and goes a long way to minimizing the rate of unplayable hands. How does Shota's deck perform if you assume one mulligan on a hand with 0-1 or 5-7 lands, keeping all hands with 2-4 lands?
My thoughts of Witching Well and Opt were more to demonstrate that in particular has the ability to fix mana in hand at any budget. I didn't really make that clear in my post. If the tournament decks aren't running these cards, it's because they're running more efficient options.
Magic is absolutely a tough nut to crack, and I don't pretend to have all, or most, or any answers outside of quick searches of tournament lists and results and my own experience. The topic of balancing all the needs of your deck--mana, card draw, threats, responses--has had literal books written about it by high-level professionals, and then all the advice changes every few years. What works now might not work two years from now, and today's weird jank draft filler becomes tomorrow's top-tier combo piece.
One more thought, and this is my personal response to your earlier statement that "Most people would call you crazy if your "fun hobby " is fun 75% of the time." In baseball, if you succeed as a batter by getting on base 40% of the time, that's very notable. At the time of this writing, in the MLB, only fourteen people out of over 1,000 have an On-Base Percentage over .400, and exactly one person, Luis Arráez of the Miami Marlins, has an OBP of .500. So a 75% "fun" rate isn't necessarily grounds for craziness.
Again, if you decide you're not having fun and want to pack it in, I wish you the best of luck. If you want to stick around and chat without actually playing, please do. If you simply want to make a clean break, I hope you find the hobby that brings you lasting satisfaction and fulfillment.
griffstick on Card creation challenge
1 year ago
It doesn't matter it's just weird to see Jace with Swords
griffstick on Card creation challenge
1 year ago
I love it. The only difference I would have done is I would have made it Kaito Shizuki instead of Jace
Durahan-Brewer on
Ninjas
1 year ago
Yo ! Love seeing more Ninjas representation in decks, sweet brew friend
A suggestion would be to add some copies of Fatal Push since you're already in Dimir/UB. Fatal Push synergizes with Ninjutsu activating the Revolt requirement. Copies of Counterspell over Negate I think would be outright better for your brew too, being more U than B the UU shouldnt be hard to get over (1)U.
As for Win cons; I completely hear you. Ninjas are kinda soft in that department but there are options. Kaito Shizuki as you already have I would consider one, Mist-Syndicate Naga is an extremely sleeper card IMO, never seen something get out of control so fast. Fallen Shinobi is another option, being a fatty (5/4) it's hard to remove and can win off value from 1 connect. Albeit; it can also whiff and get nothing or sit in your hand w.o a way of getting on board.
I'm surprised to not see any copies of Ingenious Infiltrator in your brew. I would say II is genuinely the strongest Ninja printed currently in MtG. Outside of Ninja Tribe there can be other Win-Cons included; I run Faeries as my Enablers so I also run Bitterblossom as a Win-Con.
TheoryCrafter on List of Planeswalkers by Home …
1 year ago
Kaito Shizuki and The Wanderer are both from Kamigawa.
AwesomeJMS5 on Card creation challenge
1 year ago
Sherisi, Enlightened Serpent
Legendary Planeswalker - Sherisi
When ~ enters the battlefield, until your next turn, if a creature an opponent controls would deal combat damage to it, destroy that creature.
+1: If you control a Snake creature, create a 1/1 blue Serpent creature token with hexproof. If you control a Serpent, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.
-3: Draw cards equal to the number of either Snakes you control or Serpents you control, then discard a card.
-8: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control with deathtouch have Infect. Creatures you control with hexproof have Flying."
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I like my static ability of "Deathtouch" on the planeswalker for 1 turn. Make another planeswalker with a one-time-use ETB trigger, like The Wandering Emperor and Kaito Shizuki.
Pbudz75 on
Satoru Umezawa, the green ninja
2 years ago
Diversity Thanks for the comment! I replaced Training Grounds with Heartstone and as far as unblockables go I know its a tad low but there are a few flyers and Higure, the Still Wind as well as Kaito Shizuki to kinda make up for it. Though I do want to find some space for more. Once again thanks for the comment!!
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