I've have Saheeli's Artistry in my Sydri Vehicle deck, and have really liked it there. I like that the target for each can be the same if it is an artifact (or animated) creature. Nothing like making two copies of an animated Spine of Ish Sah ...Though the more common targets ( Cloud Key , Jhoira's ...

... But the fact that Tajic did not save himself made the deck more clunky than necessary trying to include ways to save him too... Enter Rem Karolus. He does everything I wanted Tajic to do and more... Keep in mind that Rem also does not prevent damage to himself. If a spell would deal damage to y...

I have a 60-card Griffin tribal deck that I originally built at the Visions pre-release when I pulled two Griffin Canyons and Zuberi (in those days, a small set pre-release was three packs of the first set and three of the new set - Sealed only, I don't think draft existed yet), and that is probably...

you also need to pay 2 colorless on each subsequent turn, which is what ruins it. That and the fact that it can only be activated once per turn. I had it in the maybe-board for my mono-brown, but went with Book of Rass instead. Even at 6 to cast (before cost reduction), the ability to use it when I...

4/5 Player Solitaire is (or should be) very much a Rule 0 Discussion. When talking pre-game, I like to ask "how long is your average turn 5?" and "how long is your average player-killing/game-winning turn?" I feel these two questions, if answered honestly, give a decent idea of h...

The latest deck it got dropped from was Emry, Lurker of the Loch untap. Unwinding Clock is in the list and I still didn't want it. Depending on how artifact/permanent heavy your build is, I've replaced this with Bottled Cloister in two of my artifact decks and been happier. And the game where the G...

I would say that for most of the decks that run it, it is either a trap or "win more" inclusion. However, the deck themes that *need* this effect (such as Werewolf Tribal that need to consistently cast one and only one spell per turn) really have no substitute. As per your examples, most (...

@RxPhantom I believe you have an impostor What happened???? OP must've been deleted. I started a thread with the same title a couple months ago. Right after I posted in the thread, I also reported the post so the mods could check if it was a known/suspected BOT or a previously banned account. I gue...

Wow, De ja voodoo! So, is this RxPhantom under a new name? Or possibly a spambot that copied that post from June to get past the account creation process so they can start the spam?

Storvald, Frost Giant Jarl I haven't seen many decks utilizes Storvald's second trigger that shrinks creatures, I'm hoping to find more methods to utilize it. For example, using Tims like Prodigal Sorcerer . Blue has a good number of Tims who could snipe the new 1/1s. Even without Storvald on board...

I think Salt is an essential ingredient in cooking. Proper seasoning is one of the most fundamental aspects of the culinary arts. Too little salt, and the dish falls flat; too much salt and it becomes unpalatable. And I think all of the above applies to land destruction and other "Rule 0" ...

I, too, base my removal/sweeper selection on the deck concept/general/strategy. I also tend to prefer flexibility over cost, and theme over function. For example, one of my "ManLands" decks, Estrid , runs things like Planar Collapse , Planar Outburst , and Winds of Rath for sweepers, and t...

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2 years ago

I like how it says "you may". If you go that way, obviously Wonder and Brawn work to your advantage. Otherwise it's still a land.

If you do want to animate Ari, Power Conduit also comes in handy...

The third idea is a draw-go deck where I do almost everything on instant speed only. I'm going back and forth on whether I should go Simic with Awakening[card], [card]Seedborn Muse , Leyline of Anticipation and Vedalken Orrery ish cards (assemble your own Prophet of Kruphix package) or go with Nymr...

Unfortunately I keep trying to remember. It was so cool, but dang it I can't recite it all from memory. I wonder if it's still on my laptop. Probably not but I was storing a lot of images back then. Might be worth looking into. And you have the thread posts to give you an idea of what DTG the file ...

Hmm. Can we shrink it down to be more appropriate for a signature image please? It's both long and tall, at least on mobile. It was ~750x150 px. I reduced the height to 100px (with proportional shortening of length, so final size is 526x100px) Dread_Statuary_Banner_100.jpg If that is still too larg...

Whoa, that's a sick remix. And that thread down memory lane, I never found that in my searching so thanks for that. Is there a way you can make the font lighter (or add a 1px stroke around it since they blend in too much to the background)? Version 2 - Lighten 10%, added text shadow. Dread_Statuary...

I do not believe it was from a quiz. I'm 90% positive it was a custom created image. But it had the same dimensions of the other images. The text was over the image, centered in place. the 1 was to the top left, I believe. I suppose a recreation would work, if I could remember the text description....

I will use guildmages That is 3 more for each deck The xxy and xyy spells... I should pick them up. Here's some data on the cycles. Read as: Cycle - Blocks or sets they appeared (Note multiple sets/blocks are not always reprints - as Niv shows. Cycles such as Guild Leaders were in three blocks, but...

Have you thought about including any of the other cycles? Not just signets , cluestones , charms and others that have the guild name included in the card name - but some of the other (less known) cycles - like the "unbalanced" cycle (mana cost XXY/XYY like Invoke the Firemind ) or Hybrid r...

And I need your help. My image searching techniques don't seem to pull up anything useful, presumably with algorithms changed or whatever else one an think of, but I miss my old colorless personality type image. It was custom, and I remember the text "at your best you are unfeeling and at your...

Not sure if he's hidden enough, but I really like Kamahl, Fist of Krosa . . . Someone's Cabal Coffers threatening to end the game? You can collude with others to animate and then use any old creature removal on it. I really like Kamahl's versatility. That's why I like pairing Kamahl with Krosan Vor...

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2 years ago

Man all that phasing stuff reminds me of teferis veil. Man I loved that card in enchantress to dodge sweepers

Awesome. I use Teferi's Veil as a gambit in my Karona, False God avatar deck, especially when I don't want to share or the opponent is running a lot of sac effects to remove Karona.

Something I've noticed about the sorts of decks I have fun playing recently is that I really like having what I would call a mini-objective. I'm still sorting out my thoughts on the idea and am curious what other people think about it. <snip> I think another important distinction is that, while you...

I like that non-EDH formats can get some fuel that doesn't have to compete with EDH audiences. I miss Tribal Legacy, Star, Rainbow Stairwell, Emperor, 5 Moons, etc. et. al. Unfortunately I play primarily (only? - last Paper game was 2017) on MTGO where WotC has decided we can't play those formats an...