Metroid_Hybrid on Pre Pioneer

1 day ago

I only now noticed that you guys said that the proposed format capped at (M13).. But I still think that my proposed changes, along with the full(er) "Modern" card pool would be the better way to go...

Metroid_Hybrid on Pre Pioneer

1 day ago

I have also speculated on this very idea several years ago, and I've come to propose a pair of changes that would go a long way to prevent the meta from instantaneously, and permanently, turning into a snapshot of the "Modern" meta, circa immediately pre-(M15).

The first one is more subtle....

• Ban any-and-all "Timeshifted"(TSP) cards that didn't otherwise recieve a legitimate, pre-(M15), Modern-legal reprint.

This is mainly to establish the integrity of a (8ED)-through-(BNG); "pure-Modern"/"post-Legacy"/"pre-(M15)" format alongside the (4ED)-through-(SCG); "pre-Modern" format, and the inevitable revival of the "Frontier"/"post-Modern"/"post-(M15)" format..

It will also help keep Fish from getting out of hand...

The second change is a little more radical...

That is, to borrow a page from the "Pioneer" format and...

• Ban Fetch-lands!!!

This one/singular change would have more of an indisputably positive benefit for the hypothetical format than literally anything else!

Think about it: the "Modern" format has NEVER known a time without the "enemy" Fetch-lands from O.G Zendikar(ZEN)...

These two changes would go a long way to promoting a truly-healthy "Modern" format, for arguably the first time ever...

This would also open a dialog concerning the existing ban-list as well...

Coward_Token on Edge of Eternities Previews

1 day ago

Wooo, we can finally talk about Moonlit Meditation! Elsha, Threefold Master can make you bleed a bunch of mana rocks! Tombstone Stairwell makes a bunch of short-lived Sad Robots each turn!

What ideas do you have?

psionictemplar on What Happened to TCG Player …

1 day ago

I would guess that it has something to do with their relocating but this is only speculation on my part.

Balaam__ on Legacy Graveyard Knights

1 day ago

Haakon is an awesome card, and very fun to build around.

Balaam__ on Spaghetti and Beatdowns

1 day ago

@Mortlocke I’ve heard tell of Insatiable Appetite leading to such Morbid Hunger.

Mortlocke on Spaghetti and Beatdowns

1 day ago

Balaam__,

I got my start with the game back in '01 and played type 2 til' Darksteel came and ruined everything. I still haven't forgiven Arcbound Ravager. I was there when the old magics were written and Commander was still a grassroots thing. It was my younger friends that sucked me into the format. If you ever want to jam out with a precon, i'm always down to play on Spelltable - when my little boy is down for sleep that is. When he was three he ate a magic card - i've never let him around cards I cared about since.

legendofa on Mark Rosewater's Opinion of Trample

1 day ago

Personally, I consider trample to be more similar to abilities like first strike or deathtouch than to actual evasion. Sure, the point of evasion is to get combat damage through, and trample does end up at that point. But the process of getting there involves completely different decisions and patterns than flying or shadow or whatever. Evasion is binary and qualitative--can it be blocked, yes or no. After that point, the decisions start. Other combat abilities are nonlinear and quantitative--is it a good idea to attack into these potential blockers, what will happen if I block with this or that, etc.

Evasion says "This can't be blocked except under special circumstances." First strike, deathtouch, etc. say "This can be blocked, but you'll have to make choices." And I think the actual usage of trample is closer to the second group than the first.

legendofa on Card creation challenge

1 day ago

Microbiology

Enchantment

Germ creatures you control get +0/+1 and have undying.

Whenever a nontoken Fungus you control dies, create two 1/1 green Fungus creature tokens.

Create a card representing your favorite sports team, or wild.

Balaam__ on Genie Island

1 day ago

There are quite a few of my favorite cards here.

Balaam__ on Spaghetti and Beatdowns

1 day ago

Thanks Mortlocke, and don’t mind this old man in a rocking chair waggling his cane at formats he doesn’t understand as they walk past his front porch. I wish I could get more into Commander, but I simply don’t have the skill set to be able to design anything worthwhile.

Mortlocke on Spaghetti and Beatdowns

1 day ago

After reading that deck title this is all I can think about. Sadly, I am one of the Commander obsessed, but I can appreciate an interesting Modern deck from time to time. +1 from me.

SaberTech on Why is Archenemy Not Popular?

2 days ago

I don't mind Archenemy but I think that, with Commander being as popular as it is, people get the Archenemy style of game experience often enough already. There are plenty of times where one player jumps ahead with their value engines and the rest of the table has to fight together to catch up.

Archenemy establishing who the most threatening person is right off the bat is an interesting way to do things for a game or two but I think that it gets a bit stale compared to the more chaotic aspects of a Commander game. It's a fun thing to pull out if your group or LGS is doing some sort of gauntlet of different game challenges though.

For the Archenemy format to really work I think that it requires a few additional ground rules. No infinite combos and the "heroes" should not coordinate decks. Infinite combos ruin the attrition-style personality of Archenemy game play where the heroes try to whittle down the archenemy's inflated life total and the archenemy tries to knock out the heroes one-by-one. The heroes using coordinated decks lets them divide up specialized party roles where one is always holding a hand of counterspells, another can focus on aggro, and a third can run removal while setting up engines to take over the late game. Coordinated decks further reduce the variety in game play experience.

GamingUnicorn96 on Kesita The Cultivator EDH

2 days ago

NV_1980 thank you for all the suggestions, I appreciate it, I'll definitely see if I can fit some of them in the deck!

plakjekaas on Mark Rosewater's Opinion of Trample

2 days ago

The actual question was about trample compared to other evasion mechanics. Flying works before blockers, landwalk works before blockers, trample is the only one that still needs attention after blockers are declared, which makes it stand out among other forms of evasion. The fact that that's the case is more an unintended effect of exactly "How else would trample possibly work?" than that it's an intended choice in design.

It does not say that the way trample works is bugged.

CommanderNeyo on Colors Are For Suckers

2 days ago

Have you considered Springleaf Drum and/or Relic of Legends? I know you already have Paradise Mantle, but they act as a sort of backup plan for ramp if you don't draw it (and can tap other creatures for mana as well).

Scarlet_Belvedere on Tameshi's Castle [Final Form]

2 days ago

Upvoted for the name alone. Love me some Takeshi's Castle.

Epicurus on Card creation challenge

2 days ago

It Is the Rabbit!

Instant

Multikicker

You may cast this spell only during combat

Target creature you control with base power and toughness 1/1 gains First Strike, Deathtouch, Indestructible and Hexproof until end turn. Destroy up to one target attacking creature for each time this spell was Kicked.

I believe we skipped a repeat of the challenge "Create a card that supports two Tribes, but from different angles!"

NV_1980 on Excruciate

2 days ago

This is great stuff! I'd really try to go overboard with draw based on hitting opponents. That definitely means cards like Bident of Thassa and Enduring Curiosity. Other fun cards I'd recommend would include more fun unblockables (when combined with Tetsuko) like Mist-Syndicate Naga, Mistblade Shinobi, Thousand-Faced Shadow and Veteran Ice Climber.

Morvagor on Agrus Aggro

2 days ago

There are 2 Path to Exile. I know it is a deck from 2023, but did you make any changes?

Barnie22 on Magic: the Gaythering

2 days ago

This deck is a delight <3 Me and my sister are both queer and we regularly joke that basically all of our planeswalkers are LGBT in some way to find out that multiple of them actually are? Wonderful!!

NV_1980 on For Love of Clouds

2 days ago

Love your commitment to Cloud, though I am curious as to why his Buster Sword is not in here. Is this because you're still looking for one or because it's too expensive?

NV_1980 on Kesita The Cultivator EDH

2 days ago

Looks nice. Some ideas worth considering:

• Aqueous Form: cheap to cast and makes something straight up unblockable; very useful for a commander.
• Archon of Sun's Grace: powerful token generator in a deck with this much enchantment casting.
• Combat Research: cheap to cast, provides draw and on Tuvasa it also provides a p/t enhancement and some ward.
• Daybreak Coronet: fullfilling this card's requirement is easy in this deck, and it's so much bang for your buck.
• Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  ^Flip: strong creature that can come back as a strong aura.
• Sphere of Safety: excellent protection against attacks in an enchantment-focused deck. Becomes completely ridiculous when combined with Enchanted Evening.
• Spirit Mantle: cheap anti-creature protection.
• Strong Back: essentially a much better version of Ancestral Mask.
• Well Rested: extremely useful for a creature you regularly attack with (or tap for other reasons).

NV_1980 on Gyruda, Doom of Clones

2 days ago

Interesting build. Some more mana sources would do you some good though, as the average mana cost of spells in your deck is relatively high. Some ideas on this would be Coldsteel Heart, Fellwar Stone and/or Thran Dynamo. Next to the Animate Dead spell you've already included, I would recommend to add Dance of the Dead as well; it's almost as good.

Andromedus on Hangry Bears ʕಠ_ಠʔ

2 days ago

artcwolf22 I think you've found a way :) there are actually a few, but yes they all involve at least two elvish spirit guides. Probably the easiest one is: T1: toss two ESGs to put out a Scythecat, put out a fetch land and crack it, Scythecat now has two counters, use that land to put out a Hardened Scales, pass.

T2: put down a second fetchland, the cat gets two more counters (total 4), then crack it, the cat doubles to 8 counters then gets one more off the scales (total 9) making him 11/11, drop Urdnan with our two lands, the cat gets two more counters (13/13) and swings with double-strike for 26 trample damage.

Notably this only requires 7 cards, and OUaT lets us dig for one of them, but yeah, still not super likely. There aren't many 'fair' decks that can win t2 at all though :D

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

2 days ago

Crow_Umbra thank you for the upvote, cheers!

DemonDragonJ on Utopian Prosperity

2 days ago

I have replaced Blind Obedience and Rhystic StudyGC with Simic Ascendancy and Shapers of Nature, which helped to improve the balance of colors in this deck, and also reduced the nukber of game changers that it contains, because, as great as the previous cards were, I have decided that this deck is not a control deck, despite the fact that it contains both white and blue among its colors, so I am emphasizing this deck's focus on +1/+1 counters, instead.

DemonDragonJ on Mark Rosewater's Opinion of Trample

2 days ago

In this post, Mark Rosewater stated that he believes that it is a bug that trample applies after blockers have been declared, and I do not agree with him, about that, because how else should trample function?

What does everyone else say, about this? Do you agree with Mark Rosewater on this matter, and, if you do, how would you revise trample as a mechanic? I certainly am interested to hear what everyone else has to say, on this subject.

DemonDragonJ on What Happened to TCG Player …

2 days ago

On this past weekend, I placed an order on TCG player for the first time in over a month, and I noticed that TCGPlayer direct was not available, so I am wondering why that is the case, since that feature was a very nice one, and I am very displeased to see that it is not currently available.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Do you know why TCGPlayer direct is not currently available?

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

2 days ago

Chino90 confidently, yes. It is, in my opinion. The number of times in my playtesting where that made/broke a game was three times, where I drew a second Urza's Saga for my turn two. I agree, it could happen to matter.

It's a feels bad moment, but that happened so rarely I'm just not worried about it, because when I am playing the Saga first and it matters, that's when I had my toolbox and another set of spells swapped into the deck.

I've gone back and forth thinking about the applicability, but having it has helped me (statistically) more than it has hurt me (in play testing).

In my heart, I'm looking to add exactly 1 copy of Mishra's Bauble to ensure, truly, as you described, I never hit a dead draw. But otherwise..

..i kinda think the list is air tight. Swapping any of the 3 to 4 copy cards in the list for any 1 of my SB artifacts is how I intend to run the deck. I guess it's easy to overlook when you're essentially dueling with yourself each time and choosing which one-of is gonna be mainline this time.

Tons of food for thought there.

Tl;DR: I made an assumption about my deck and it's sideboard where one would always choose whichever of the 3 artifacts they wanted for mainboard, prior to the duel, in place of any 1 copy of a card in the list that was not as helpful for playstyle, matchup, etc.

I.e., I tend to take out 1 copy of March of Burgeoning Life before pretty much anything else, in favor of the Shadowspear first.

Chino90 i also believe you could try play testing too! I'd be curious what others discover upon trying out my arrangements.

Thanks for returning to the list, and don't forget to upvote this literal primordial soup!

SniperFrog on Hiding cards from analytics

2 days ago

You edit CMC and Mana Cost in the Live Deck Editor Page. Scroll to the card you want to edit, click on it, then click the little wrench to access the menu where you can edit these values.

I have screenshots, but images need a hyperlink, which I'm not making any new accounts to upload and get them to work. I can send them to you if you need them.

Chino90 on Cosmic Charybdis

2 days ago

Is it worth 4 copies of Urza´s saga in the mainboard just to search for the artifacts in the sideboard?

Ghool on Y'shtola and her machinations

2 days ago

It seems like there's not enough sorceries and instants to trigger the kitty. I'm not sure my build is "Amazing" but it may give you some ideas if you want to check it out.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/aww-pretty-kitty/

artcwolf22 on Hangry Bears ʕಠ_ಠʔ

2 days ago

I'm going to take a guess at your t2 win god hand:

• (3 card, 2 mana) on turn 1 Scythcat cub + elvish spirit guide + colored land.

• (2 cards, 1 mana) get another Hardened scale off elvish spirit guide.

• (1 card, 2 mana) for more optimal plays, cast urdnan using t1 land and spirit guide. Put 1+1 counter on cub, making it a 2+2.

• (1 card: fetchland) Use one fetchland for 2 scythcat cub triggers. Adding 2 +1/+1 counters on first, making it a 2+4.

• go to combat. If using urdnan, crack fetchland to double cub to 2+8+1 = l7 double strike trample for game.

You just need 8 perfect cards. 1 cub, 1 hardened scales, 2 fetchlands, 3 spirit guides, and 1 urdann.

Warjac on List of Bugs and Feature …

2 days ago

Feature Request: Instead of just showing decks by name and author with the mana wheel perhaps we can use the chosen image of the deck with the mana wheel in the bottom corner of the image.

ThePenguinMilitia on Green Eggs and Slam [PRIMER]

2 days ago

pie

xjewgambitx on Card creation challenge

2 days ago

Normandy SR-2

Legendary Artifact- Vehicle

Crew 2

Flying, Ward

When Normandy SR-2 enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature cards from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

As long as Normandy SR-2 is crewed, creatures you control have hexproof and can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or less.

3/5

Create a card based on the rabbit from Monty Python (either Monty Python and the Holy Grail or Monty Python Spamalot)

Swebb87 on Sagas?!?? Yojimbo & Lilysplash mentor

2 days ago

Thanks both massively appreciated the answers. Completely makes sense about the only as a sorcery bit of text on Lilysplash. Great to know in general!!

nawj on Braids, Unbanned

2 days ago

I made a French EDH deck of Braids years ago that I optimized for getting the most sac fodder per mana. It was a fun project even though I didn't play it very often. A lot of what I had in there is in your deck, but some stuff I also used was: 2for1: Blood Fountain Flayer Husk Nested Shambler Shambling Ghast 2for2: Carrier Thrall Dire Fleet Hoarder Doomed Dissenter Myr Sire 3for2: Servo Schematic

For some unconventional token generators, I also used The Underworld Cookbook, Forsworn Paladin and Cryptbreaker. As a gravehate option I ran a copy of Rotten Reunion for the incidental token it creates.

Balaam__ on Cosmic Charybdis

2 days ago

Just read through it, probably as you wrote that lol. Yes this is quite nice!

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

2 days ago

Balaam__ I feel confident in the description now. I hope it lives up to your standards, and that the deck playstyle is easy to navigate. Looking forward to your feedback. Cheers!

edit: literally within seconds of posting this comment, you upvoted. I'm cackling.

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

3 days ago

Commander_Olim and KBK7101, thanks for the upvotes, cheers!

KingOriMoonstone on Burn Me, Like One of …

3 days ago

Gonna work on land balance when I finish the other 60. What are some swaps I can do in my maybes? Anything I just didn't include, but absolutely should?

Help me out~!

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

3 days ago

legendofa could not for the life of me remember Cling to Dust, so I super appreciate that commentary. Gaining 3 life from the exile and potentially scaling this at 4 mana again makes it very consistent, and very interesting in my opinion. Way less likely to use the Whip of Erebos because of mana value concerns.

For now, I'm gonna leave it maybeboard until I can test play it later today. I was thinking CTD would likely be in the same spot as Scavenging Ooze.

I greatly appreciate the commentary, don't forget to upvote if you believe in my space boogeyman!

FormOverFunction on Why is Archenemy Not Popular?

3 days ago

I like mtg variants as a general rule. Mtg is such a complex game that it provides a LOT of avenues to approach it, and that’s really interesting to me. I really only play commander any more, so all of this is coming from that perspective. Planechase is not something I usually jump at the opportunity to play because it falls just short of what I think it could be. My thinking is that it’s regular magic with a dose of disruptive influence added, which I feel is something the normal commander decks should be doing already (and I take every opportunity to do so). If planechase was just a little more focused on the planes it would hit bigger. Archenemy is closer to the mark, and (though I’ve never done it) conspiracy is close too, but I feel like they’re still falling short. It’s going to change when they try to make more of an rpg-style game that uses decks as the functional piece rather than dice. The old shandalaar video game was close to this as well, as you made your character/deck as you played, but I think that was also a little off the mark (though still EXTREMELY enjoyable). I think when they realize that D&D and MtG are the peanut butter and chocolate that people love, we’ll end up with a peanut butter cup of a game that will hit pretty hard. I’m looking forward to it.

legendofa on Cosmic Charybdis

3 days ago

If burn/RDW/heavy aggro is a consistent problem, would something like Cling to Dust (choice of life gain or draw) or Whip of Erebos (lifelink + recursion) help?

Coward_Token on In the Grip of the …

3 days ago

Gigadrowse

tetsuothecat on Scion of the Ur-Dragon: Every. …

3 days ago

I used to run scion from the early days of commander out until right before the pandemic then retired it. So couldnt help but give my two cents :) great work!

Reanimate could help IMO or something along the 'cheap single target recursion' line of cards and a Show and Tell because what you drop should be much better than whatever they have... especially if its a Dracogenesis. These would be the big suggestions.

Something I used to be fond of was See Beyond and/or just Frantic Search, however, I was a bit deeper into the reanimate game I think for strategy. The first was useful to ensure I was able to put something back into the deck if needed, the other for a free draw 2, pitch 2.

Herd Heirloom could be useful, trample on a rock is interesting. Steely Resolve helped me a lot for protection and it doesn't look like you're targeting your own stuff too much. I would also suggest Despark as part of your removal package as this game gravitates HARD at 4 CMC or Grasp of Fate because why take from 1 person at 3 mana when you can take from everyone at 3 mana, but that depends on your meta.

Andramalech on Cosmic Charybdis

3 days ago

Chino90 I appreciate you checking out the list and providing some feedback.

• Doomsday won't be used because of legality reasons, but just to illustrate the whole in that, it doesn't provide the goyf with Trample.

• Valentin, Dean of the Vein  ^Flip exiles your opponents stuff. Not your own, so while full of utility and providing a body in response, it doesn't start my game plan on the right foot.

• Leyline of the Void is efficient if you can self mill fast enough, but that creates a list built to combo and prioritize the exiling/milling in the deck. If that's the case, we miss the fundamental goal of the deck- to swing out with a Trample gifted Cosmogoyf. I have some dialogue detailing this in the deck description.

Lastly I wanted to express gratitude for your recommendation and thank you for stopping by. I look forward to seeing you on other lists in the future.