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@capwner No I haven’t, that’s what really caught my eye. I never even saw the card before. I love the older sets and vastly prefer them to the newer stuff WotC has been printing, but even so there are some gaps in my knowledge and cards I’m unfamiliar with. This was one of them, but I like what you’ve done with it.
Part of me wants to throw it in a Legacy deck with some sort of recursion, maybe a build abusing Snapcaster Mage for repeat castings. Might have to go , but then again there’s plenty of artifacts and creatures that can cough up some to pay the kicker. Anyway, great stuff you put together.
Edit-recursion not revision. Typo
Double Edit—oh no! Flashback might not let me pay the kicker, I’m not sure. I’d have to double check that. In any case there’s other ways to return the card to hand to abuse it, Snapcaster might not be the ideal solution.
October 2, 2026 9:39 p.m. Edited.
Thanks for the vote big B. Have you ever played with that Strength of Night card before? I just stumbled on it, seems like a rather balaamy card and also the best overrun in pauper?
October 2, 2026 12:09 p.m.
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@capwner No I haven’t, that’s what really caught my eye. I never even saw the card before. I love the older sets and vastly prefer them to the newer stuff WotC has been printing, but even so there are some gaps in my knowledge and cards I’m unfamiliar with. This was one of them, but I like what you’ve done with it.
Part of me wants to throw it in a Legacy deck with some sort of recursion, maybe a build abusing Snapcaster Mage for repeat castings. Might have to go , but then again there’s plenty of artifacts and creatures that can cough up some to pay the kicker. Anyway, great stuff you put together.
Edit-recursion not revision. Typo
Double Edit—oh no! Flashback might not let me pay the kicker, I’m not sure. I’d have to double check that. In any case there’s other ways to return the card to hand to abuse it, Snapcaster might not be the ideal solution.
October 2, 2026 9:39 p.m. Edited.
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Looks solid. Think it’s worth running a Witch's Cottage or two?
October 2, 2026 6:21 p.m.
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Ballistic Damage...
#3
It’s pricey, but Inventors' Fair would work wonders here.
September 26, 2026 4:36 p.m.
It appears I have a secret admirer lol. Thank you, dear sir or madam, whoever you are. I suppose I should return the favor and recommend some decks I found interesting.
•Metroid_Hybrid has a nifty Mono Burn deck Everything Burns... I really liked
•Squee_Spirit_Guide made an Azor's Elocutors deck called Filibuster I liked so much I made a worse version of it
•legendofa built a bunch of my personal favorites, but I really liked the idea behind Technically still blockable and want more people to give it a look
September 23, 2026 3:29 p.m.
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#5
If it were me, I’d drop one Nosepicker Witch for the fish. You’ll have 3 natural draws plus 2 from Vedalken Aethermage, and multiples don’t really stack or anything like that. While it could always be exiled, you shouldn’t need more than one angler as you can easily retrieve it from the graveyard if necessary. I also wouldn’t cut down your harassment/removal suite of cards, I think that’s well balanced.
September 21, 2026 6:30 p.m.
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#6
I like this. I’ve tried to build around Thoughtpicker Witch myself but could only get a very janky infinite combo Legacy build with tissue paper defenses up and running. You’ve got a good base here, but what you really need is a bomb. How about Gurmag Angler? You’ll have plenty of non-creature spells and such in the graveyard to reduce his cost even if you’re returning creatures to hand to fuel the main engine.
September 21, 2026 5:49 p.m.
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capwner says... #1
Flashback does work with kicker, the former is an alternate cost and the latter additional so they play nicely :) I had never seen the card either before a couple weeks ago searching for changeling tech. If ur gonna try to brew it I will keep my eyes peeled! And thanks for the very nice words, I much enjoy your contributions here as well :)
October 2, 2026 9:59 p.m. Edited.