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this build has a bit more lenience with aven mindcensor
and brazen borrower
but its still a thing that happens
aven can cause failed to finds right if the tutor doesnt line up
yes
it cant fail to find demonic tutor or whatnot
but if they are finding specific cards
uhh but stopping the non demonic ones sound cool yeah
yep
but in any case
when boards get gummed up
thrasios comes in
and starts using his activated ability
and drawing a bunch of cards for free
real
you ideally wanna play out your dorks
protect your board state
stop wincons
unless u just have the combo cards
in which case, you develop your board innocently
then just pop off
devoted druid + swift reconfig
oh of note
even if combo gets stopped I can still play for value right?
swift reconfigt is actually very good as just generic removal
yes
big scary commander on board threatening to beat u down?
make it a vehicle with crew 5
wtf swift is insane
u always have assassins trophy or brazen borrower to put the reconfig into the grave to eventually get back with journey and/or revival
and yeah
reconfig also doesnt... kill the commander
so
no going back to command zone
also kenrith 
they just lose them for example
yeah kenriths transformation is an option that does the same
i didnt include it in the list as-is cus i dont think its super necessary?
sure
in the mean time
actually
if ur cutting carpet for budget until u can afford it
id probably run a land over it

carpet is kind of a land
30 lands sound nice
so replace it in kind
Only thing I'd consider changing is the lack of Boseiju
And Otawara
Oh nvm
They exist in the Consider
yes
lol
@atomic harness all the lands in the considering part of the deck are basically must-runs
the true duals are unrealistic to get ahold of as is gaea's cradle however
so the replacement for those are, imo
painlands
yo dark confidant actually real??
I'd run Serra Ascendant, Grand Abolisher, Notion Thief, and Seedboemrn Muse over Bob
Imp Seal is just not a widely distributed card
Yeah i like abolisher more than bob
dem tutor and vamp tutor are much better and cheaper
hell id run enlightened tutor way and in this deck, worldly tutor before seal
Only printings in portal 3 kingdoms and double masters 2022 makes imperial seal stupid money
Yep
Not sure about Wordly Tutor before Imp Seal but yes to all the others
Oh right
Ren
Force of Will is cracked
it is for sure but I might just settle for FoN
I guess not hitting creatures is kinda annoying yh
0 mana counterspells do be the big good
what about pact?
its not just the not hitting creatures
its also the fact that fow can be used for free on your turn
fon cannot
OH yea
Pact kills you if someone popped off too soon
pact is also mandatory
then u dont cast it
But yes it's still busted
its bad manners and not optimal
Yup
If someone miraculously gets a turn one or zero win going and your only stopgap is Pact, you don't die for it
I was trying to say pact also isn't a fow replacement, not that pact is bad cause pact has saved my ass too many rimes
Just shuffle up and get going
especially in tnt
Yeah that looks hot
this spell is downright broken in this deck
and in any deck where ur commander can come down insanely early
its also the reason u can run mox amber
normally bad in other commander decks
bc thrasios can just say hi t1 sometimes (lotus petal)
it can then provide ug
the 1st things id upgrade for this deck when u can
is getting [[mana crypt]]
and [[chrome mox]]
replacing fellwar stone and your least favorite interaction or value spell
like if ur not a fan of march of swirling mist
or rest in peace maindeck
hmm I like those
maindeck rip is actually a bit tough on some of your own wincons
i only included maindeck rip cus its very powerful and decently budget
i doubt u would be willing to drop mox diamond money
nop
but that would be the only thing id replace signet with
chrome mox and crypt are "reasonable" expensive cards
cus they go in every deck
mox diamond is also a "goes in everything" card
but its reserved list
shits never getting a meaningful reprint ever again
and its in high demand for edh and legacy
is null rod also reserved list
and collector ouphe
Gn caster 
yea i can help ren with tnt cards and such

Yuh I'll just dick around w burza in the lower power pods in the meantime
while I go learn this
yea for sure
the most important acquisitions to make early on
is your core cards
realistically, lands are the most core cards
so get the mana base first
then dick around with the spells
but
bc u have an edh deck already
u can focus on getting upgrades for it that can fit into this
like u got an esper sentinel right?
and a fish?
Just no bhystic
both of them are here
Most of the counterspells I have also go in here
do u have any shock lands in esper colors?
Ahh no
there u go
watery grave and hallowed fountain
they can both go into ur current deck
and would also go in this
adarkar wastes, cave of koilos, city of brass, clearwater pathway, deserted beach, exotic orchard, hallowed fountain, hengegate pathway, mana confluence, morphic pool, shattered sanctum, shipwreck marsh, snow island, underground river, watery grave
all of them are decent to good lands u can be running in ur deck right now
drannith magistrate, aven mindcensor, ledger shredder, phantasmal image, brazen borrower, opposition agent
u can run all of those too
ranger-captain as well
demonic tutor, diabolic intent, praetor's grasp, dark ritual, swords to plowshares, vampiric tutor, dovin's veto, lim-dul's vault, ad nauseam
u can be running these in your current deck too
as well as swift reconfig
so u can be upgrading ur current deck with cards u will be running in other decks too
I have veto and swords ye 
gonna look for configuration
can I carry most of these over? Aside from maybe spell pierce unless im memeing
Invasion of Alara WUBRG
Battle - Siege (Rare)
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two nonland cards with mana value 4 or less. You may cast one of them without paying its mana cost. Put one of them in your hand. Then, put the rest exiled cards under your library in a random order.
Counters: 7
//
Awaken the Maelstrom
Sorcery
~ is all colors.
Target player draws two cards. You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield. Create a token copy of target permanent you control. Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two or three target creatures you control. Destroy target permanent an opponent controls.
sorry to interrupt but it's time for 5c battle
Yeah drown came up because I needed to kill something instead of countering it
Yh can drop that
u wanna be hating on them
this deck is really good at abusing [[an offer you cant refuse]]
I do want that one and swan song and theyd be nice to have here
what are those treasure gonna do with stony silence and/or collector ouphe in play?
swan is part of a combo here so yeah
its a priority grab when u can
uhh just look at all the instants and sorceries and match what u have
ya sounds good
if flusterstorm isnt good in your meta or if you dont wanna fork over the 30$ for it
spell pierce is fine in its place
though spell pierce does get worse in midrange ad naus lists like this
jesus
mucho texto
im personally a huge fan of minor misstep but it is a card that gets much worse outside of cedh
granted
you, yourself
would be running a cedh deck
I can get one oo
even powered down
its still cedh into high power which should be fine
but it sounds like the main table is into powerful stuff anyhow
Yeah the main table is rly strong
ledger shredder is a total house btw
the one guy has mana vault demon thoracle breach sdt bolas citadel like 5 tutors gamble etc
ledger sounds nice
yh
card is absurd
it dissuades opponents from playing out a bunch of spells
and rewards u for doing just that
and he attacks for tymna

yeah and it even can pop lands 
mystic remora?
that flip is game winning
I have magical fish yh
was scrolled up, oops
np
its a mix of all the ultimatums
so yea it better be game-winning
ok to be precise
all the alara ultimatums
ah didn't realize, idt I played with those ultimatums before
I think the grixis one was the standout of all of them
but either way, I'm guessing that'll fit right into 5c atraxa? 
im not sure
etb draw 2 for 5 mana play 1 of 2 instantly sounds pretty solid sure
but the back side is p impossible for 5c atraxa to flip into
i think id rather do the 2 mana gruul battle
i saw a dogshit siege rhino deck on mtgazone a bit ago
i decided to say
no
that cannot stand
and brewed this
and its been performing decent
got a fat fucking goyf
fattest goyf ive seen in a hot minute
Invasion of Xerex 2WU
Battle - siege
4 defences
When Invasion of Xerex enters the battlefield, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand.
//
creature - angel knight
Flying
~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
my spicy abzan brew can wait for reveals
this feels very strong, no?
pile on looks like it'll be solid meta
vorinclex backside is like a timmy's dream
omen hawker is some really fun design
Ozolith, Shattered Spire - 1G
Legendary Artifact (Rare)
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be placed on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
1G, Tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or artifact you control. Activate only as sorcery.
Cycling 2
interesting color hoser boardwipe
if you run different colored creatures that's really nice as a one sided board wipe
Vorinclex kinda stinky
Kaldhiem is a hard one to judge
What a cool idea for a plane
Seems like a 4th dimensional plane
Oh I like this
I'm not a huge fan of the this spell can't be copied when you could make it so the spell name checks itself
But ig they're worried about loops
Y'all posted sheoldred?
why is there a plane called Xerox
So they can buff vintage staple deck xerox of course
xerex is the surrealism plane
wait, grand evolution's third ability would trigger vorinclex right?
Creature - Human soldier
Vigilance
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a battle, copy that ability. You can choose new targets for this copy. This ability only triggers once per turn.
Anti synergy
hope you werent planning on using smaller tokens to defeat it
at least the backside seems nice for a spell slinger deck
👀
Sheoldred do be good
Guess the world tree is no more after all
So there goes any interplanar travel theories
The Mercadia and Regath Battles curve into each other
I want to play the sheoldred badly
This shit is getting banned, easy
I mean its better than autumns veil
But autumns veil was unplayable and the worst in its cycle by far
It's better than Autumn but not sure if it's good enough to get banned
I’m saying it’s much closer to autumn veil than veil of summer
Biggest reason is the card draw
That being said, seeing this in hammer is going to be annoying
hammer already uses a similar spell so idk how many more copies they will run
It’s slightly better than blacksmith’s skill (technically the +2/+2 is almost negligible) so I think they’ll at least try a couple
Oh wait surge is worse than I thought, I thought it also gave indestructible
that flavor here is neat ngl
can't compleat something that doesn't have any fresh flesh to replace with metal
that's a cool sultai commander
well that sure is unique creature type combination
tbf, it's a monkey on an ancient turtle
ape strong together with dinosaur turtle
facts
This is real good
Tfw my battles can't battle

God sends me his strongest battles. They cannot attack or block.
unironically they should just have this board be a regular part of the client from now on
oh is this the april fools board lol
"Sol rings" 

Holy shit
holy
simply one of the best defensive cs ever printed
ex fuckin scuse me?
surprised they put a number on that at all, guess you need to let a Titan of industry resolve
its below rate vs everything but red and gree
n
but thats what makes it very defensive
counter spells usually aren't amazing vs red too
yep
so its a great card in some very specific scenarios
but in this scenarios
its insane
blue elemental blast
I hate it
what is this
april fools
the game board is a crummy game board with snacks and damaged card backs and all
its from a pack opening
Oh I just realized it doesn't have "instant or sorcery" or anything like that
Bedh?
bad edh?
Damn this feels strong

Edh today was actually kinda fun
played w my lower power leveled pod friends from a diff group, we had a blast
won two lost three, not bad 
lots of grind and interaction, everyone got to do their thing
Played vs kameez / obscura value midrange
Ezuri claw of progress aggro
Ixhel scion of atraxa - toxic/infect
Faldorn slightly upgraded precon
That seems like a very pushed boardwipe
soldiers can kill you long before you land this, especially with thalia
not to mention stuff like depopulate isn't seeing that much play
[[depopulate]]
Yeah honestly after depopulate and meathook im kinda desensitized
exile over destroy is strongish though for sure
1 mana for exile instead of kill is ok
also you only get one bunger, and it costs 2 so it's fine
Ya card is good 
exile is probably relevant vs corpse appraiser et al in the long run
Welp I got banned from playing slicer in my playgroup
Even though I played one without stax, equipment, or auras
Just removal
This guy?
Yep
Wait why
hes both hard to kill and closes games quick
he comes in swinging for 6, then goes to another player to swing for 6, then again for 6 etc etc
you need to develop a board to block him cus u cant sack him
when built in a stax list, he pops off
Yep, and since the deck itself was an old toralf deck, I had nothing but removal
I might start adding stax and some shroud/unblockable equipment too
slicer singlehandedly makes a cedh mono-red stax list feel great
cus he just does win
in a sense, think of slicer as 5 mana deal 6 -> 12 -> 18 -> 24 over the course of a turn cycle
any black or green deck on ad naus and/or sylvan library hates that and hes breaking parity on those attacks bc goad means he cant ever swing into you
One card I randomly found in a box of mine was [[errantry]]
It’s funne with slicer
basically a stax piece in creature heavy pods in a roundabout way that breaks parity on its own
NOO
I wonder what the art is from
shadowverse
Ah, that makes sense
everyone keeps telling me i should narrate audiobooks.
for real though, new vid tomorrow.
bruh i thought this was real and now i'm disappointed
always doubt everything you see today
found a cedh player at my lgs today
he was a baral player
nobody plays cedh so we 1v1'd for a bit
kinda funny since both our commanders are banned in 1v1
April Fools, get baited

limited demon
yep
thats just unfair in limited what
on cmc dude with evasion that blocks good and it can cheat its mana and if you do instead of it costing something in return it just makes all your dudes on curve have evasion
if this didnt have convoke or the associated ability i would still easily take a 3/4 flying vigilance for 4 in draft
this is a power cube level bomb
Holy shit that should be like 2 more mana what
I guess we found our bomb rare
imagine in power cube you go like t1 volcanic island ragavan memnite
t2 island convoke this guy
or t1 ragavan black lotus convoke this guy

Guys do I build Anhelo or Kess, this is for more of a lower power pod
counterpoint: you really wanted 2 more creatures to get flying?
I mean, I guess if you've got 4 creatures it feels fairer
i think no matter how you're playing this its bare minimum worth it
4cmc 3/4 vigilance flier is on tempo threat as is
if you convoke one guy (most likely scenario) its evasion on your bear and a 3/4 flier vigilance on turn 3
ridiculous
also any 1cmc dudes you have are free on the turn you're dropping it
trying to remember the name of an artifact
I remember it was double sided, an equipment, and gave tokens to my opponent
wait found it
that's some pretty fun flavor, never used this card tho
yeah I imagine they want you to use this with incubator tokens but no keyword is rough
kinda wish they'd at least give this menace
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2023 mtg design issues
card has activated ability
triggered ability
and on tempo p/t for its mana cost
but it doesn't have keywords

not to even get into the fact that the activated ability is a sac outlet and the triggered ability floats against removal
but not itself. it cant eat itself.
idt its a design issue i think its a good design it just feels weaker cus we have been seeing so many insane cards in the past that by comparison this feels weaker
speaking of
That's going into Ghen
Wow I both love and hate this
that certainly is a floodgate, wow
It's even on rate
hot
This card is solid
this one fucks
if phyrexians get a lot of death triggers then I'd be way more on board; I understand a growing threat, sac outlet and float is decent but rn with all the exiling there's a bit of a vulnerability
oh gosh thats going to be annoying
the other way to look at it is as the out to the exile effects for everything else in your curve
The Processors doesn't read to me like a good card unless Phyreixan Tribal matters
Even then, if it gets exiled your entire deck/value gets deleted
I have a lot of reservations regarding it because we have seen much better cards with similar stats and effects
[[Woe Strider]]
Creature — Horror
When Woe Strider enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1.
Escape—

, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Woe Strider escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.
3/2
Processor can only eat Phyrexians is the big issue with it
If there aren't enough Phyrexians worth playing then it doesn't matter how on-rate or aggro it is compared to Strider, it gets hosed hard by exile removal and it does not synergize with non-phyrexian sacrifice
are we really into dies to swords to plowshares
Yes especially when Standard has a really powerful one mana exile spell
and is widely played in two strong archetypes
The bigger concern is entirely that this just doesn't do anything if your deck has no other good Phyrexians that want to die
my mindset is mostly limited
In limited this will be an archetype-dependent bomb for sure
nah i think its great no matter how you slice it
But this set is huge so it'll be tough to guarantee exact archetypes in limited
It gets much worse with no fodder for the sack
id imagine the incubate mechanic is gonna be prominent across the color pie
Woe Strider in THB limited was absurdly good for the sacrifice deck there. In this format... we will see.
I think Incubate will play a lot weaker than it seems. I am not putting a ton of stock into it yet until I see enough commons and uncommon synergy with the mechanic
It can create easy two for ones but is it meaningful two for ones? Magic has definitely hit a point where you can create two for ones with some cards but the advantage is not enough to overcome the card quality you are playing against
I felt this a lot in ONE limited
i guess time will tell but i expect incubate to be a quanity + quality mechanic
there will be lots of incubate Phyrexians
probably lower statline
because floating 3/3 token is pretty good
incubate itself looks strong as a mechanic cause removal-resistant creatures have historically been really nice, but incubate cards themselves so far have seemed pretty underwhelming usually
You said it kommers
actually I think I'm judging the strength of phyrexian tribal a little too early 
crawling chorus is 2 sac triggers for whatever that's worth
oh idc about draft really, but if you say so
in constructed idk
i really cant see why u would wanna do phyrexian tribal
as with all things
play quality over synergy
I've glossed over the typeline in the past and I've done the same with soldiers, just wanna look at it again
soldiers had a much more clear push
and it was a case of getting quality
example: thalia
I think the bigger problem is if this set doesn't lift them up then phyrexians are donezo after
yes and thats why i think they are giving edh kiddies the pieces for a casual phyrexian tribal deck
but itll be hard to justify running most of the phyrexian cards outside of the best ones
I kinda like how these tribal cards at least feel kinda different
Too often tribes are just “anthem buff creature and random things that buff tribe’s stats”
yea at least they have some variety
variety doesnt overcome the possible shortcomings but its cool
That being said I don’t like how this tribe is looking
go grandma
oh so that's the creature that returned from a super old set that maro hinted at
also looking through I see some high quality cards that might need a bit more glue than something like seedcore (although that'd really support a 3c/maybe 4c or even 5c? mana base)
the new elesh norn and the phyrexian lord that grants menace look pretty decent from the new set, glissa, gix, skrelv, fleshgorger are all decent from before
maybe you could even use evolving adaptive as a bungus 
sheoldred
and that yes
good card kiddo

7 mana for a 4/4 that draws 1 is fine 
maybe in the last millenia
for that many draws probably not, but it didn't need to be 5 mana
ig at 4 or whatever it tested op in draft lol
i'll be pretty surprised if this doesn't see play
Nahiri's Warfcraft - 1RR
Sorcery (Rare)
Target one creature, planeswalker or battle. Nahiri's Warcraft deals 5 damage to it. Look at X cards on top of your library. X equals the number of extra damage points dealt by this. You may exile one of those cards. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in random order. This turn, you may play the exiled card.
Abominable Sleep (?)
Instant
Convoke
Target up to 2 creatures. Tap them. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove a stun counter from it instead.)
Thats ... really weird colour-wise
Since when do blue or white get -1/-1 effects
herbology instructor
treefolk druid
etb gain 3 life
6 p/b transform as sorcery only
invoker of
treefolk druid phyrexian
when transformed, targer creature opponent controls gets -0/-x until end of turn where x is the power of invoker if
Front: Freewheeling Nezumi (?)
Creature - Samurai Rat
Menace
When Freewheeling Nezumi enters the battlefield, each player mills three cards.
5 generic mana, one white or pay 2 life: Transform Freewheeling Nezumi. Activate only as a sorcery.
Back: Wheel of Loathsome Flesh (?)
Creature - Phyrexian Rat
Menace
When this creature transforms into ~, put target permanent card with mana value 2 or less from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
It’s budget questing beast
I would run it in red over the other 4 drops we have tbh
4 mana 4/4 with trample and haste and can boost itself
I mean in mono-red you get the one that does burn damage on attack and idk if Id replace that
And outside of mono-red I dont think red/X decks are lacking in good 4-drops?
this doesnt replace raiju
and yea boros has emperor, rakdos has sheoldred
rg lacks but rg is a meme
izzet doesnt want a 4 drop
Didn't Izzet also just get a new phoenix
bruh that jackle seems fucking insane in limited
brightreaper thallid seems like a fun guy
mudcreep noooooo 
MUDCREEP NO DON'T DRINK THE FUNNY OIL 
holy shit double prowess creature lmao
I mean all I'm saying is
in standard with have mentor, swifty, now this
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Ayy Ephara
3 mana 4/4 that draws and has life link? Sounds great
pretty solid card
all the monocolored gods are dead?
this will affect theros's trout population
sounds like it
compleated trout
though iirc we had heard that 4 gods on theros died/compleated
Well ... we dont know wtf happens then
we know at least heliod is killed by kaya
Yeah heliod is dead (which she ... could do?)
Rest we didnt even know were compleated
kaya is running non-destruction enchantment removal clearly
I mean how Heliod got out in the first place is also a big question mark
Tbh what they did with Heliod in general was just ... not good
i think its reasonable to assume that the phyrexian invaders landed and knowing the threat, he was let out by erebos
they just didnt expect ajani to come trying to compleat the gods themselves
I guess that makes sense
But still, the fact that heliods first actual appearance in the story (I believe? I know they were in his temple earlier, but I dont think heliod himself appears) is him getting killed by Kaya in a single line is just
Why
Hell the entire Theros story feels so pointless in retrospect
it's really weird that calix never showed up again after that
... wait who?
Oh the artificial walker
Whose colours are more in line with the goddess of fates domain than her own
calix is the walker she made
she didnt make him a walker but the latent spark ignited
Wait he has Xenagos' spark?
Im not even gonna question that
klothys made calix out of the remains of xenagos
At this point theyve retconned how the spark works so many times
There used to be general rules
yea but that was pre-mending for sure
cus nowdays we have too many different sparks
Nah they didnt start messing with how sparks work til ...
Well the first retcon came with Dominaria
Then we had the chinese-inspired plane walker with the dog
After that they just keep retconning it
Normally when someone dies and you make something out of their remains the spark is gone
Hell thats hwat happened with Venser
karn getting urza's spark didnt make any sense to their own lore
So that ... doesnt make sense but whatever
Theyre not keeping their lore consistent anymore
sera's realm and latent spark powered the weatherlight to planeswalk
Pretty sure no spark was involved in the Weatherlight
it was iirc
i had just read tidbits that the reason the weatherlight could planeswalk was bc of serra's spark or power from her realm
its the reason serra speaks to elspeth in the recent story cus she was still "around" after they rescued the powerstone from the weatherlight b4 it was compleated
I think youre confusing that with its powersource being a powerstone charged with what remained of Serras realm
yes and the realm kept serra's spark too
its the reason we have serra speak with elspeth
idt it can be called a retcon but rather an explanation to what even powered the powerstone
Nah its a retcon, Ill explain why in a bit
The big issue is that Serras realm collapsing and Serra dying were quite a fair bit apart in both time and distance
Serra didnt die there, she died on Dominaria
The powerstone was just powered by the white mana that made up Serras realm
yea of course
that being said
the weatherlight was present to become the legacy weapon
and was present in dominaria when they destroyed yawgmoth with it
i think it can be reasoned as well that a pre-mending walker making a realm that shits out angels across the multiverse might mean she could have left bits of her spark to weave the realm
if not had outright put it on there
its flimsy though i agree
but it further poses the "issue" of inconsistency with sparks since the inception
Im pretty sure sparks were individable back then, so it definitely wasnt intended
But as I said, they keep changing how the spark works
ITs also why I have no confidence the desparked walkers will stay desparked for good
Except Karn
I can see Karn staying this way
the only consistent rule (sometimes) is them being unable to bring organics with them
in the early early stories sparks weren't even a thing and any sufficiently powerful wizard could planeswalk if they knew the spell to do so
Yeah but thats early installment weirdness
But yeah, other consistent rules were
"Sparks lost cant be regained"
"You cant give your spark away without dying, since its part of your soul"
And "Sparks are lost with death"
Though that one might have to do with passing on too
fwiw i think the unique sparks to each walker is good
elspeth kept her spark because theros's afterlife is a physical place you can go to, if she died anywhere else she wouldn't still have it
Since reanimation in magics lore is ... weird
I think having unique sparks is fine
And hell, that wouldnt specifically contradict established lore
i can see it being the case that elspeth's spark itself is able to be revived/spark again
probs again cus theros
But I dont like that losing your spark lost a lot of its significance
but in general her latest "death" also had her re-spark
Just because they wanted to retcon Teferi
Which is so weird especially because I feel like they ... dotn really use Teferi all that well?
It almost feels like he exists just to have a time mage
But like, you could have a new time-magic using planeswalker
from what i read tho teferi's spark was in flux anyways. the bigger question is why jhoira was the one who had it tbh
The way it was written way back was that he just lost it
after going back thru dominaria's story then, it makes little sense
he gave it up to close a rift
Yeah
why did she have it
But they wanted Teferi back so something something "Oh hey Jhoira has it"
why was it not "teferi, you must find your spark again"
I feel that was just a disservice to Teferi
As was undoing his last bit of character development and turning him into just another quipper
But hey at least he fared better than Jaya who just got axed for shock value tbqh
Which sucks because Jaya was cool but she just didnt get to do much
i was fine with jaya dying
if she had done more
if they knew she was gonna be dying soon... why not toss her into more stories beforehand?
like why?
midnight hunt? send jaya in too
crimson vow?
^Yeah
Idk this just feels mishandled to me
Like they wanted to tell a grand scope narrative without actually reserving the time for it
Hell unironically I wish they had like multiple sets for the invasion, one per key plane that gets invaded
Wait
Are the angels of Capenna related to Serra?
But
Their halo repels the Phyrexians
How the fuck did Serras realm fall to Phyrexia
might be a unique situation to the plane of new capenna
rather than serra's realm
on the flipside: yawgmoth's phyrexians might have been way more powerful and resistant to the halo
Battle - Siege
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pyrulea 
huge buffs for ninjas
also urabrask
I wanna say that that looks really good?
Like the only concern ig is that it doesnt do anything on turn 4 when you play it
But if you get to untap with it, or play it with mana open
You get some nasty stuff you can do
The flip is fine I think. Just that the front is better.
Wdym, the flip side is good too?
Its a boardwipe (-ish) that also ramps up into a Past in Flames that you also get to ping and get 1 red mana off
holy shit some of these buffs are nuts
moon circuit hacker was already super good
hes really strong
the backside is a suped up past in flames
1st good urabrask
and the last
ayo that urabrask flips on its 3 so you get to storm off that turn hard
feels like i should ping my sister
ik shes on a date with her wife but storm cards are like her thinh
@clever sun peep this dipshit
geeze
Urabrask, some cantrips, and storm stuff
burn everything to the ground
who the fuck is "gav beleren"
Jaces dad
Jace's long lost dade
I think
I wonder if this one is as worth it given it's a one-use thing, but those are some pretty decent effects
standard brawl is kinda fun too actually
seems bolas had contingency for his lazotep soldiers getting used by others
also this card is insanely gas
christ this card goes hard as hell
disinformation campaign + grave setup + that backside
this card is definitely a lot better than it reads
any deck that can flip it consistently and cares about reanimation is gonna love it
this might be the 2nd or 3rd best battle
what would you say is the best, gruul?
yep
2 mana gruul battle is nuts
it enables creativity (in multiple formats)
and helps become an alternate wincon for the deck that it sorely lacks at times
especially when ppl exile ur traditional wincons
either way i think urabrask is the best card in the set so far
by a lot
see I would've gone with one of the color hate cards like surge of salvation, but in whichever format can abuse him I'm sure urabrask is actually bonkers
so much stuff feels hard to evaluate, especially since we don't know how easy or not it'll be to flip battles
knight lord
this is a pretty nasty enabler
urabrask will have various formats where he will he incredibly potent in
legacy, edh, modern, historic for example
the color hosers are all solid but are pretty balanced
I'm mostly thinking in terms of standard since that's the only format I know well enough lol
but yeah I can see him going crazy with a ton of decks
in standard he has some cards to work with
play with fire, reckless impulse
blazing crescendo
ancient grudge
Chat should I enter a locals
They're hosting an Oathbreaker event for a Gaea's Cradle 
Do it
Play ral expansion//explosion with all the mana rocks and counters 
Easiest deck I can think of rn if we talk about moving cards you own from commander staples to oathbreaker
Loses to rule of law effects but who’s gonna be playing that at locals people think will be casual (but has a sweet sweet payout)
Is it still 20 life?
Also do you have the free counterspells?
If not, you can probably play burn, it’s decent even in 4 player and probably consistent enough in 1v1
new knight lord made me look at all the knights
I then concluded that it ia not worth it yet
wonder how phyrexian tribal will look now
kind of tempted to see if it'd be fine in standard
you'd need orzhov colours at the very least for censor and the lord
then ig it's whatever third colour you choose to splash

oh good news btw aeri I found a pod that's just right my power level alongside my friend who's new to bagic
The two lads we found do have cedh decks but they also have a lot of casual decks so we just had a great time all around
ooh nice
Kameez/Faldorn, Ezuri/Phylath
My friend is on Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
and ofc im on the man the myth the legend himself
most of our games were p good and everyone had a good shot at winning, lots of decent back and forth. The decks were pretty synergistic too
Our fun kind of got soiled when Claw of Progress guy had to bounce and some cedh dude joined us, but ah well
agent into windfall into tainted pact into thoracle 
funnily enough he wasnt supposed to win that game, Starting from turn 2 onwards I was bashing him in the face
but my friend was very new and didnt kill him when he could've. He has now learned a very important lesson.
sounds like a good time overall then, pretty much the ideal commander experience

Yeah my friend asked if I could find more ppl around that power level
he's p good at ygo and plays competitively, but wanted a more casual magic experience
so not a fan of the whole thoracle, dockside, mana vault big boy "I win with these 2 cards" stuff
just like me fr fr
which side is right, mister saltdust
Nyaruhodo
Damn , I want to play commander with Ren

A small LGS in my area just got the glowup of a lifetime
I know its getting good when it draws in foreigners
They're selling sidewinders now
Which is like
My favourite deck box
Btw
This is like the best rulings channel I’ve ever seen in any tcg https://youtube.com/shorts/RQ9RsXP9pQA?feature=share
Relevant comprehensive rules
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the trigger event occurs, the ability checks whether the stated condition is true. The ability triggers
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Long enough that it explains the ruling, but short enough that I don’t feel like I’m wasting my time watching a rulings video
Oh I saw it in shorts recently. pretty cool channel
this is the kinda stuff I wish yugioh ruling vids were
straight simple and too the point
So that's what will of the Planeswalkers means
Damn
There's 0 value in the Naya deck
Literally only 1 $5+ reprint
No because they can't reprint good mikaeus, he's $40
Also sad to see we STILL aren't getting reprints of the guardianship cycle
I'm sorry what I though he was like 20
Commander masters material pope
He's like $30 rn
He's been $20 and $40 prior
also does this mean planechase is officially just back
Yeah, each deck comes with 5 new and 5 old planechase cards
that's cool
Dunno why they refuse to put a shock in them instead or something other than shocks being $20
Temple is one of the worst lands
reprint ancient tomb cowards
I'd love to see ancient tomb in things
Reprint jeska’s will (again)
But it's the RL
Honestly, Jeska's will would be sick too
The reprint didn't do much to the price
THE LORE
But they can't put too much value in them, gotta have the same dud reprints
Oh shit nice
The alt commander is a team up
And kind of a meh one
tbh the only reason you would put temple in a precon is to teach players the card is cheeks
There's definitely a couple cards that go infinite with it, yeah
They include temple to teach you to cut shitty cards
Although Gavin has said before temple is his favorite land, so he probably argues for it
Huh you can build your own Heliod with [[The Red Terror]]
when people complain about green power level in standard so you power creep consider 
(obviously not 1 to 1 but damn dude)
1 more card for the urborg lhurgoyf pile
its way worse than consider
forcing the mill and only grabbing permanents from the 2 milled cards is tough
oh it's permanents 
Lmao
TRIP WIRE FINALLY REAL
OMG
😮 NEW BABY ART!
cute little pest friend
so for 1 more mana then a bear, you get to look at top 5 for a land or double-faced card (Battle for instance) to add to hand, bot deck the rest
village rites stay winning
Man I really wish these big story moments didn't end up on commons, but it's a nice card
think this could see play as a side vs less creature heavy decks?
Elenda got to keep her type line for the sake of tribal
Also, the phyrexian team up
[[Moira, Urborg Haunt]] and [[Teshar]] got compleated
Multiple cards match “Teshar”, can you be more specific?
[[Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle]]
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