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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Big Apple Highlander | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Freeform | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Price of Progress
Instant
Price of Progress deals 2 damage to each player for each nonbasic land they control.
2000AD on
Browbeat Burn
1 month ago
BenniatorCongrats on scoring the Scrolls for that price! Envious but always love to hear someone got on the train at a good time for things like that. I understand your POV on it, and you ultimately know the deck better than I, so I defer to your knowledge there. I only had a couple instances where I thought: "Well, I'm empty ... sure wouldn't mind a Cursed Scroll and a top-deck Fireblast right now" lol. Tempest was the first set I actively started buying, so I've got lots of fond memories of THAT one-two punch!
Speaking of ... tell me if you've ever heard this old urban legend: A player had an empty hand and a Scroll on the table with their opponent down to 6 life. Upon drawing, he finds only a Mountain, but instead of naming it - he acts 100% as if he has drawn a Fireblast instead. Supposedly, as the legend goes, he activates the Scroll, holding up the Mountain with the back of the card facing his opponent, and says: "I'll Cursed Scroll you, naming Fireblast." His opponent, knowing that combination means it's curtains and he's finished, scoops up his cards without actually LOOKING to see if the named card is indeed what the Scroll player is indeed holding. Further, the Scroll player was said to have never revealed this bluff to the opponent, relying instead on the concession to seal the deal.
I'm curious to see who else has heard this.
I personally am a HUGE fan of Price of Progress in any matchup where nonbasic lands are nearly the whole of the law...and Premodern is definitely a lot like Legacy and Vintage in that way. I currently hang out, for the most part, playing a format called 93/94 Oldschool, but your deck here is 100% made up of cards that were in Standard (then called "Type 2") when I was a much younger man and playing weekly down at FNM events, etc. I was quite enamored to see Browbeat getting some love - myself and one other person I know are the only two people I have ever seen touting it as useful. Most folks I talk to are dismissive of it, so kudos for having what I call "the extra brain cells" to appreciate it! It's one of those "Sophie's Choice" sorta things in the right hands ... draw 3, which you don't want this deck or a deck full of haste creatres/burn to be doing...or take 5 to the face. Neither of them are great options lol.
DreadKhan on Self Damage
1 month ago
If you want a big one time discount maybe Price of Progress? Obviously you'd need to run it with lots of non-Basics yourself, but as an added upside it's a single spell that can end games for only 1R. If you have some evasive attackers like Dauthi Voidwalker you can try Hatred, this can kill a problem player and net an epic discount (so you can win via an X spell).
Technically you could try stuff like Ad Nauseam and Peer into the Abyss to both lose a ton of life and draw a ton of cards right away, so you can maximize the ability. I could be wrong, but I feel like most 'life for cards' stuff is good with Rowan, so if Naus or Peer is too good maybe Parker Luck or Keen Duelist type stuff will give a more relevant discount?
Balaam__ on
Mono Red
2 months ago
Looks good. Certainly better than my first deck. Price of Progress is an interesting choice, I bet it performs well in Legacy; Non-basics are omnipresent.
VladMarkov on
First
11 months ago
I reckon, what the deck really needs, is lots of cheap spells that can be cast on every player's turn, to get the most value out of the flurry mechanic. The game plan should be to cast Shiko and Narset, Unified on turn 4, prepare the board beforehand, and then spam small, damage-dealing spells that can easily be brought back with tricks like Underworld Breach, Lier, Disciple of the Drowned, or by recasting copies with Narset, Enlightened Exile.
You could then replace draw-discard effects with more "pure" card draw options like Treasure Cruise (if you have a lot of cards in your graveyard), Quick Study or flexible draw like Flame of Anor.
The main gameplay should revolve around cheap, repeatable spells, but there can also be some utility from the Magecraft mechanic. Most importantly, the deck should keep continuous pressure on opponents by dealing large amounts of damage through copying small spells.
Must have: Path to Exile, Cyclonic Rift
Useful: Cori Mountain Stalwart, Devoted Duelist, Monk of the Open Hand, Ashling, Flame Dancer, Jori En, Ruin Diver, Ledger Shredder, Smoldering Egg Flip, Burst Lightning, Electrolyze, Virtue of Courage, Fire / Ice, Galvanic Blast, Heartflame Duelist, Ionize, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Helix, Lightning Strike, Magma Jet, Parch, Play with Fire, Punishing Fire, Risk Factor, Sacred Fire, Searing Spear, Shock, Skullcrack, Thunderbolt, Wild Slash
Possible: Taigam, Master Opportunist, Breeches, the Blastmaker, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy, Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield, Storm of Saruman, Turn / Burn, Price of Progress, Finale of Promise, Increasing Vengeance, Frolicking Familiar, Molten Influence, Slaying Fire, Wizard's Lightning,
MtgHarmacist on Punishing Spells
1 year ago
I’m building a Myra the Magnificent attractions deck where I want it to trigger punishing cards instead of your typical extra turn build. So far I have Acidic Soil Price of Progress. Prisoner's Dilemma Molten Psyche. Spells in my deck will be copied and not cast so do not want x spells. Any other cards like these you can suggest. Thank you for any insight. Here is my brainstorm list so far. Tons of cuts to make deck list here
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