I have replaced Crystal Ball with Loran of the Third Path, because directly drawing a card is usually better than scrying, she requires no additional investment of mana after her initial cost, she can destroy a permanent, and she provides an additional creature for this deck, which focuses heavily on combat.

FormOverFunction, how does that help with power creep?

sergiodelrio, among those cards, Reckoner Bankbuster simply does not interest me; Darksteel Reactor is a very nice card, but is too slow, and does nothing until its ability triggers; Vraska, Betrayal's Sting would raise the mana curve of my deck too much; and I actually very much would like to put Magistrate's Scepter in that deck, but it costs 4 mana to put one charge counter on it, so it is too expensive.

Given that I just put Zameck Guildmage into that deck, providing both an additional mana sink and an additional source of card advantage, I think that Empowered Autogenerator is very appealing, but I would like to receive further feedback from other users, before I make a decision, on that matter.

sergiodelrio, that is a very good suggestion, so I shall keep her in mind; thank you, very much.

I have a copy of Otherworld Atlas in my Atraxa, Praetors' Voice EDH deck, but I am contemplating replacing it with another card, since other users here have said that that card is not a good card, so I would like to ask for advice on what card should replace it.

My first choice was Mindless Automaton, because of how excellent that creature would be, in this deck, but that would be one less card that would synergize with Flux Channeler, so I am also considering Empowered Autogenerator, since that card obviously would be amazing in this deck, although it does enter the battlefield tapped, which I feel is competently necessary, since, even with a Doubling Season, on the battlefield, its controller cannot regain the mana that they spent on it, immediately. I also am considering Tome of Legends, which does require mana to activate, but has amazing synergy with that deck.

What does everyone else say about this? What card should I put into my Atraxa deck, in place of Otherworld Atlas?

Soul Warden is an iconic card, to the point that other creatures with its ability are compared to it or regarded as variations of it, but I have noticed that recent variations of Soul Warden typically trigger only when creatures enter the battlefield under their controller's control, not when creatures enter the battlefield under the control of their controller's opponents, with that ability being somewhat rarer, recently, so I wonder why that is, as I feel that it is a perfectly valid strategy to benefit from one's opponents' actions.

What does everyone else say about this? Why is it that recent variations of Soul Warden trigger only from their own controller's creatures, and rarely from their opponent's creatures?

I have replaced Metastatic Evangel with Zameck Guildmage, since I feel that this deck does not contain a sufficient amount of creatures to justify the former, and making that change provides both another mana sink and another source of card advantage, and also improves the balance between colors in this deck (or, at least between three of the four colors in this deck).

I have four planeswalkers in my Elsha of the Infinite EDH deck, three of whom are in the deck specifically for their emblems, so I believe that Staff of Compleation would help with those planeswalkers accumulating sufficient loyalty to generate their emblems; what does everyone else say about that?

I have replaced Temple Bell with Staff of Compleation, since the latter card is more versatile and benefits only me.

I have replaced Temple Bell with Staff of Compleation, since the latter card is more versatile and benefits only me.

I have replaced Temple Bell with Staff of Compleation, since the latter card is more versatile and benefits only me.

I have replaced Temple Bell with Staff of Compleation, since the latter card is more versatile and benefits only me.

I have replaced Temple Bell with Staff of Compleation, since the latter card is more versatile and benefits only me.

wallisface, yes, that makes sense, since I replaced The Immortal Sun with cards that were very different from it.

Noire_Samhain, Caerwyn, both of those explanations make sense.

wallisface, each of my decks definitely has sources of card advantage that suit that deck's theme, but I chose Temple Bell because EDH was still a relatively new format at the time that I built many of my deck, and it seemed to eb a good card, to me, for the reasons that I have previously mentioned, but I hope that you can appreciate the fact that I now am asking for cards with which to replace it, as that shows that I have realized that Temple Bell may not be the best card for every deck; do you recall that I previously had a copy of The Immortal Sun in the majority of my EDH decks, and I replaced those copies with cards that better suited those decks? I am now doing the same with Temple Bell, as well.

DarkKiridon, I have several cards in mind for replacing Otherworld Atlas, so I shall make a separate thread to discuss that topic.

wallisface, that certainly makes sense, so what about Loran of the Third Path as a replacement for Temple Bell? She is less expensive than is Archivist, has higher power, has a triggered ability, and benefits only a single opponent, which allows her controller to gain favors with other players.

Also, the three decks that I mentioned in my previous post can easily make use of Staff of Compleation, since two of them have a strong focus on +1/+1 counters and my Liesa deck weaponizes gaining life.

Several years ago, in the early to mid 2000's, a manufacturer was developing a new video game console called the Ouya, which, according to their claims, would be completely different from any other console that was released around that time and revolutionize video gaming, but, for all of that hype, the Ouya fizzled out very quickly, made no real impact, and is now largely forgotten, so I wonder why it failed.

For those here who are experts in video gaming history, how would the Ouya have revolutionized video gaming, if it had succeeded, and why did it fail? I certainly would be interested to hear everyone's responses, to this subject.

This year is the 40th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the most popular media franchises in the western world. Although the franchise is best-known for its various television and film adaptations, it actually began as an underground comic series, written and illustrated by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and the original comics were fairly dark, compared to the much lighter tones of the various adaptations, as the creators were parodying various trends and tropes that were popular in American comics, at that time, most notably with the franchise's word salad title and the turtles themselves being named after famous painters and inventors from the Renaissance.

The creative and unusual nature of the comic made it very popular with underground audiences, which eventually led to a television series in 1987, which, in turn led to it becoming a massively popular franchise, although the creators continued to write the comics for many years, until they eventually sold the franchise to Nickelodeon, who have certainly made the most of that acquisition by producing further movies and television series.

Naturally, as with any popular franchise, numerous other franchises attempted to emulate the success of TMNT, leading to many other animated series that featured anthropomorphic non-human animals as its main characters, but none of them ever achieved the same level of fame and cultural impact as did the original, and have largely been forgotten, today.

I fully expect that either Nickelodeon or the original creators of the franchise shall do something to commemorate this momentous milestone, as it would be most unfortunate to not do so; what does everyone else say about this? How do you feel about this year being the 40th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

What does everyone here think about Archivist? Four mana for a 1/1 creature with no protection is rather risky, but it requires no additional investment of mana, can be used as an instant, and can be used repeatedly, and benefits only its controller.

wallisface, what criteria should I use to search for those cards on Scryfall?

RiotRunner789, several of my decks could actually use Staff of Compleation, such as my Jenara, Asura of War EDH deck, my Marath, Will of the Wild *f-etch* EDH deck, and my Liesa, Shroud of Dusk EDH deck, all of which have sufficient amounts of lifegain to be able to pay the costs of the abilities of the staff and all of which could actually benefit from the proliferate ability. Unfortunately, my Liesa deck is the only deck of mine that can gain life reliably enough to justify the inclusion of Well of Lost Dreams, and I definitely like Idol of Oblivion, but the only deck of mine in which that card would be reliable is my Ghired, Conclave Exile EDH deck, and I am not certain what card I would remove from that deck, to make room for the idol.

DarkKiridon, I am almost afraid to ask, but why do you dislike Otherworld Atlas?