The noble card never returns to the commander zone. Once played it is treated like any other card, going to the graveyard after being cast if instant or sorcery, or after being destroyed if a permanent.

So you would hae no reason to have a tax as it can never return.

Alrighty, thanks.

Here's my first shot at a Noble deck: Burning Sickness

I radically changed my UG deck into Overbeing in name only and added a new deck, Speedpost.

It seems to me like the Noble format has died out. There is too much room for hyper aggressive combo decks in the format, and unless you are willing to drop $320 for 4 force of wills and have them take up all your uncommon slots, there is no reason to play this in any kind of competitive setting because you are going to die by turn 2.

I disagree. In my community we have a lot of noble players and the number is growing. If you put creativity into decks and use cards that have fallen out of the public eye you can build decks that are cheap and still get the job done. One of the most competitive decks I use is only $30, and most are only around $20. I admit you can make (expensive) hyper aggressive decks that win in the first few turns but that is true in most formats. At its heart this format is about flavorful and inexpensive decks and it's still very much alive.

I really have to disagree as well, I've found that even Mill can be viable. In fact Noble Archivist, my own mill project, has proven to be quite a good deck.

For the War! and My Glyph Brings All the Beasts to the Yard are my most recent nobles decks!

Currently tweaking Xathrid Smashing. Not used to Golgari colors :P

Hrm, time for me to make some new decks I guess :D

wait is Dark Ritual legal?????? at 4???????????? thats to insane

I believe it is. Hey, you still have to draw it to use it!

FYI, i like the website (especially the way it shows decks), although why is there a picture of somebody with a cat (it is really cute though...)?

@blackbaki: Make up a deck and show it ;) I made one in which I use it 4 times and it isn't that broken... it's good, but not too good. Look: Mean Squad

I herd u liek set reviews, so I wrote a Noble-centric set review for Gatecrash. Here it is! http://www.noblemtg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1467

Go read it instead of doing work or school or whatever. Be a slacker. Peer pressure! There's also a contest in there for those who read carefully. I'd like to make this a recurring column for each new set, so your feedback is important to me. Enjoy!

Fight Club!

My first attempt at a noble deck

Also should Goblin Charbelcher be banned? its pretty much game ending and if you have it as the noble it can be used in pretty much any low mana goblin deck then suddenly game

what are you talking about m12fox? man holding cat?

2 more Nobles: Majestic Soul Stealing Swans and Shattering Dreams

And my entry to graft's magical and mysterious contest: Raise an Army, Win a War!

Awesome job on the review btw! Looks great, reads great! Perhaps you could include more combos that can be created with cards from previous sets (like the one on Hold the Gates) those are fun to read.

made 2 noble decks (that i think are very noble) and they are noble Boros in standard and noble Boros in legacy

@RogueArtificer

For Time Sieve first things that come to mind are: Disciple of the Vault , Myr Servitor , Myr Sire , Myr Retriever , Genesis Chamber , and Skeleton Shard . I dabbled with an artifact reanimate deck awhile back! Also Thopter Assembly works beautifully but it is rare.

My latest idea, based on grafts gift...The Noblemans Choice of Arms

Right now I'm building a monoblue ninja deck, and a monowhite samurai deck in this format out of the old kamigawa cards I wasn't using. I'll be sure to upload the decklists here once I'm finished!

Once these decks are finished, I intend them to work like duel decks so I can introduce more people to this format.

Noblemen: Takeno, Samurai General and Higure, the Still Wind

A lot of the guys in my meta are of the "I would love to build a commander deck, but I just don't have the cash..." so I think this format is perfect for us. Thank you!

Props to all of you guys and your amazing format! My decc is The Noble Hero

I finished the first iterations of my decks!

Ninja vs Samurai - Ninja and Ninja vs Samurai - Samurai

Please tell me what you think. =]

Well, my little Gatecrash contest is over. Check to see if you are a winner here (spoiler, if you entered the contest, you are a winner!)