If I had to make a guess, a double cycle of Verge lands wouldn't actually add that much value to the game. It might be slightly easier to splash into a deck than the other way around thanks to Blazemire Verge, but there are plenty of options to make up the difference in every format, and a deck that uses more than a light splash of a second (or maybe third) color would probably just use the best available dual lands. I don't think adding a reverse cycle would really let anything new develop or adapt.

words120 This is where I ended up. Let me know what you think.

Foxigami It looks like most of your suggestions are centered more around creatures dying, which this deck isn't as good at. I like the Toxic Deluge--that one will make it in.

The Vampire approach looks really good. It's probably not going to fit into this deck, but can you please tag me when you're ready to show off your brew? It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun, and Vampires are probably my favorite major type.

Foxigami Thanks for the suggestions! I don't have time to go through all of them right now, but I'll check them all out when I get a chance.

I will say this deck is pretty tuned to where I want it, but I'm always open to suggestions.

Masked Phantom

Creature - Illusion Rogue

Haste

Masked Phantom can't be blocked.

: Masked Phantom deals 1 damage to any target.

: Return Masked Phantom to its owner's hand.

3/1

I'm making Illusion the type. The aesthetic I'm aiming for is a combination of the Phantom of the Opera (another classic Universal monster), Spring-Heeled Jack, and anything that randomly disappears when you try to find it--mysterious little well-stocked shops that are there one day and gone the next that nobody's ever heard of, that sort of thing.

Anyway, keep the cycle going. Boros and Simic to go. Inspirations could be gargoyles, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or whatever you want that fits.

Those were going to be a couple other points, especially ramp and color fixing. Even going up to 30¢ a card, there's only 18 cards that cost less than three mana. Ramp and mana fixing are pretty much nonexistent--there's some weird stuff like Commodore Guff, but nothing for general use. Preston Garvey, Minuteman is pretty much it, and that's three colors on five mana.

Still, with a $20 budget, I think I'm making some headway. It's still heavy on the goodstuff, but I think it's starting to come together.

Got a question. Cards like Grim Flayer have prints across different rarities. Are you looking for only cards with a mythic rare print, or cards that have only had mythic rare prints?

Wrestle Down

Instant

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. If the creature you don't control survives, tap it and put a stun counter on it.

Create a statue.

Yeah, I did the same math, and that 17-cent restriction was too tight. Those commanders I mentioned, Tazri and Garth, are the only two generalist five-color legendary creatures that even came close to fitting, and only 52 cards work at all. Even loosening to twenty cents a card only gets 83 different cards.

The other two main options, General Tazri and Azlask, the Swelling Scourge, have deck building requirements that make them barely one step above vanillas. Kasla, the Broken Halo is the only other mythic rare Ally under 30¢, and the 30¢ colorless creature options are Heart of Kiran (kinda) and Oblivion Sower. Again, that's almost double the average card price.

And the commander has to be five colors in the $10 mythic deck. Even in three colors, there aren't enough cards in any color combination to fill the deck. Temur has 23 cards, Naya and Bant each have 20 cards, and it goes down from there. Four-color options are all too expensive.

On top of General Tazri and Azlask not doing anything, a lot of the cards that fit the requirements don't do much--that's why it's just five-color stuff. It's mostly legendary creatures from here. Admiral Beckett Brass only supports Dire Fleet Ravager and Admiral Brass, Unsinkable, and Clavileno, First of the Blessed only supports himself.

More to come later.

Heroes' Legacy

Legendary Enchantment

Whenever a legendary creature you control dies, if it doesn't have the same as another card exiled by this card, exile it.

, Sacrifice Heroes' Legacy: Search your library for any number of legendary creature cards with total mana value equal to or less than the total mana value of cards exiled by this card and put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Dominaria has the best possible defense against apocalyptic magic: the gathering of heroes and saviors that steps forth every time.

Kinda forced the flavor text there, but it was worth it.

Create a card that cares about the colors of permanents in play or in a graveyard or something.

The $10 Mythics deck is harder to make than I thought it would be, and I might have to ask for a $20 budget. Everything I've tried so far (mostly Tazri, Beacon of Unity and Garth One-Eye) keeps ending up as five-color goodstuff, except it's not good so it's just five-color stuff.

It's still a really good challenge, and I'm having fun trying it. I'm just not sure I can complete it in a way that I'm satisfied with for $10.

If you're interested, I can give you a summary. If you really have nothing better to do, I can give you a full rundown. But I'm afraid I'm at the edge of conceding defeat to this challenge.

With an infinite draw engine, you could set Syr Elenora, the Discerning's power to anything you wanted =< the number of cards in your library, but you still need to do something with that power, maybe make her unblockable. Otherwise, she'll get chump blocked all day. Also, make sure you don't accidentally deck yourself out.

How often do you transform Rona or see graveyard hate? Pestilence effects work with the back side to give you an out for your reanimation targets if people start spamming Bojuka Bog or whatever.

Femme_Fatale I don't know if this would be part of the May bracket update, but Cataclysm and Balance* effects don't seem to be captured in the "choose some, sac the rest" section, along with Razia's Purification. Pox might also have a slightly different syntax. This deck is getting a Bracket 3 recommendation, with "You have no mass land denial cards".

*Balance itself is banned, but Balancing Act and Magus of the Balance are still options.

Leo, Lost in Time

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

First strike, vigilance

Whenever Leo, Lost in Time deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and put a stun counter on it.

3/3

I actually haven't used Leo yet. My last character died a heroic death, but is about to reveal some deep secrets from before his death. So Leo's career is about to start with a bang--literally, as he falls from the sky after spending multiple decades lost and insane.

I'm going to switch up the challenge. Create a ninja.

Crow_Umbra Thanks for the good words!

I just tried updating the deck, and it looks like Furious Forebear is still messed up. But it'll get fixed sooner or later.

words120 I appreciate the freedom on the land base. After a quick skim, I'm not sure there even are 40 mythic rare lands that interact at all.

Huh. I was working on a bunch of decks yesterday and manually bracketed them.

capwner You should be able to just not choose a bracket. It's a button on the deck editing page, so it's more opt-in than opt-out. I'm not sure if there's a way to de-bracket once you've selected a bracket, though.

Mortlocke I'll see if I can carve out some time and let you know. Thanks for the offer!