My first thought for him was a RBx build, with Karn, Silver Golem and Dark Prophecy effects; to turn the treasures into draw effects when needed. If you have an anthem effect, you can cascade the first activation by making a creature, sacking for the 1 mana to make the next treasure a creature and s...

Online research =/= "Netdecking" One is learning about the game, cards, interactions, etc. The other lifting at least >50% of a complete decklist And while I agree with most of what has been said so far, the one point I wanted to address is what I think some of the root causes of the bad r...

I say play the Generals you like.

I still have Karn, Silver Golem, Xira Arien, Zuberi, Golden Feather, Lord of Tresserhorn, etc.

All for fun and fun for all...

WizardMN wrote: ↑

4 years ago

To be fair, some of this is the logistics of playing on a rectangular table where the people on the ends can't see the people on the other end.

Yes, I would guess venue makes a difference. I'm used to 5 player games on a round cafeteria table, not a square or rectangular table.

Agree, practicing with a deck is important. Knowing what you are planning to do, or what options you have to work toward is also important. What I didn't see mentioned above, but also think merits consideration: Pre-game discussion. Before drawing the opening hand, the group should discuss some poss...

Boldwyr Intimidator is essentially inefficient evasion. Assuming sufficient mana (or all your creatures are warriors), it can turn all of an opponent's creatures into cowards and let you alpha strike. This is, however, pretty mana-intensive - not only do you need to pay 5 mana for Intimidator in th...

Thank you @cryogen for putting this together again.

Question 2...Note: list shortened to only include responses greater than 1%

You noted that question 2 was shortened, was that also done for Question 26? I could have sworn I answered Tribal, but it doesn't show in the results.

I run this in Sygg, River Cutthroat , where either option is good for me. Discarding the creature means less blockers; paying the life turns Sygg on for the turn. I also like pairing it with Sweep Away effects (Is that creature double-cost, pay-6-life good?) I could also see it being better in decks...

Claws of Gix has been considered in some of my lifegain focused decks (with Well of Lost Dreams it becomes 2, sac sumthin: gain 1 life, draw) but unless you realy need a lot of outlets or you are all in on lifegain - gaining life is one of he least useful sac outlet versions. I think the design int...

Looking for the different approaches I can take, and also for some ideas for specific generals. Please nothing that is super combo or tutor orientated, but more convoluted or jankier combos can be considered I'll swing the other way with some possibly more obscure ideas: Inalla, Archmage Ritualist ...

kraus911 wrote: ↑

4 years ago

... Pokken I agree with you on Sword of the Animist as well. I'd rather get the lands out of my deck and onto the battlefield than have a field of rocks that feed a Bane of Progress...

I also think Explorer's Scope is under appreciated, especially with any ToD manipulation...

My ramp is determined by (roughly in order): - Theme/subtheme (e.g. Everflowing Chalice in a proliferate deck, Golgari Keyrune in my Insect deck, Borderposts in the landfall deck) - Versatility (what does it do besides ramp) (e.g. Mind Stone vertical cycle if I need the draw and don't mind C, but Cl...

I use Toothy, Imaginary Friend as the commander of my Mono-U Illusion deck. Don't have much use for Pir, Imaginative Rascal though. Mostly, I'm just sad/annoyed that none of the "partner's with" pairs ever share a creature type, and none of the pairs (this one included) are interesting eno...

I miss our friday games on modo. Those were fun. Wish I could join your cam games too, but 1) I don't have a cam and 2) my internet is not strong enough to connect this way. Stupid dsl. I've been on a few Fridays, but not usually until 2130-220 EDT, and I rarely see anybody but darrenhabib there. I...

Playing online is weird. So much of EDH is politics and talking, but it is mostly silent when playing with randoms. Plus there is always one person playing a CEDH deck and one playing a deck that is maybe a 4 (if I am being generous) on the powerscale. Not that enjoyable. But I am sure, well, hopin...

Sheldon wrote: ↑

4 years ago

Looks like audio-only is not currently in the plans. Hopefully we'll revisit the idea at some point.

Thank you for the follow-up. Will these be posted through the official site as well? If so, when/if there are transcripts, I'll them available at that time.

I feel like morality is not situation dependent. If I don't want "it" in a casual multi-player game, I don't want it when that game is down to two players. I do play targeted land destruction (of course), but looping that option, breaking out MLD, or other options that I find distasteful w...

What I have been goldfishing lately: - Updates to Progenitus Hydra Proliferate deck - Updates to Karona, False God Avatar Tibal - Updates to Halfdane Shapeshifter Tribal (really difficult to goldfish, except to get a feel for the flow of draw, removal, etc.) - New Estrid, the Masked Manland deck (fe...

Will there be text transcripts for those of us that read content rather than stream?

Wow, I'm surprised that Cyclonic Rift is the highest ban-request card right now. I mean, I personally hate the card from a design standpoint, but I never expected it to beat the calls on Crypt and Sol Ring. I'm really impressed. I don't find it all that shocking, at least from a casual standpoint. ...

Still, it may be possible to add a bit more direction / focus to the phase. Maybe something like 'nominate 3 cards to cut, the next person to post chooses one of those to actually cut and nominates 3 more'? I'm not entirely sure whether that is more or less work than adding votes for cuts one at a ...

Final ratios and weights: |Color|Card Count|Weight Count|Weight Multiplier|Land Count| |:----|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--: |White|21|28|1.34|16| |Blue|10|13|1.30|15| |Black|12|13|1.09|15| |Red|20|28|1.40|15| |Green|19|21|1.11|16| *Where Weight Multiplier is the ratio of total costs in a color to the number o...

Can I nominate Cascading Cataracts? Yes, but the point is moot. We have finished the cuts. Day 35 Deck Complete Thank you to everybody that participated, especially Outcryqq and Sinis whose steady input made finishing possible. If anybody has any alibis or final adjustments, please reply in thread....

Thanks for putting this together. Unfortunately, all of the changes I would like to see rest at WotC, not with the RC/CAG. I voted infect for 20, but that's because I believe that all of the life based "things" should have errata to make them match the new template (e.g. Torgaar, Famine In...

Day 34 Now voting to cut: Land Changes : I have nominated 29 Lands to use in voting for cuts. We now only need 2 votes for each cut. 16 Lands need to be cut. Each day, participants may vote for up to 4 lands to cut. 3 Creature(s) 5 from among Enchantments, Artifacts, and Planeswalkers 1 from among ...