Magic the Gathering

[rigid scarab]

I can't help myself

What did you purchase today

[last glen]

so how good are the Jurassic World cards looking

[sleek ferry]

they're looking

[meager isle]

We only know 3 right?

If you’re making dino tribal they’re must runs probably

Jeff Goldblum card looks insultingly bad though

Oh nvm rex alpha is a keyword Commander

Saga is must run for dino, alpha looks interesting I suppose

[last glen]

new Ghalta is interesting but probably not great in Gruul dino

new Huatli looks kinda slow

Welcome to (Jurassic Park) does look pretty funny, if also slow

[rigid scarab]

Alpha is blue, can't run it in naya

[meager isle]

Yea I thought alpha was a dino tribal card but it’s its own Commander

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/448940916833648640/1156227482849136710/card-bRrw6-normal.png?ex=65143441&is=6512e2c1&hm=5f4d8c0b57521feba563c35636a864821676f2e83e33a58c2fa789243f158c76&=&width=695&height=967

Spicy, Rukarumel here can make the slivers into dinosaurs for jurassic park

[fallow citrus]

to what end

[sudden lava]

People are still cooking

[fallow citrus]

it's just slivers but like, with a worse commander

[sudden lava]

oh you arent even addressing the jurassic park card, mb

[rich bronze]

Pog I had a good purchase yesterday

A bit over $16 tho

[dense berry]

it seems like realistically you would just want to call sliver

since no other tribe has tribal payoffs like slivers do

[sudden lava]

but your slivers are already slivers

[dense berry]

but ruka isnt

and what does making slivers into elves or wizards or whatever do

compared to turning all your elf dorks into slivers

[sudden lava]

There are better payoff cards for Ruka tho

like the two that lets you vomit all of your slivers in deck onto the battlefield

[rich bronze]

Tribal decks in edh are eh

Not the format for it

like they can be good it’s just that it feels weird and inconsistent

[dense berry]

slivers are in that weird limbo in edh

where its nowhere near good enough for cedh

but casuals almost uniformly despise them

[rich bronze]

I mean food chain

First sliver decks

Are a thing in cedh

But it’s eeeeehhh

[dense berry]

thats not a sliver deck really

its just a bad food chain deck

[rich bronze]

That’s true

Also I ordered the remaining cards I need for cedh slicer

Will be pog

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/dIi8Vn3agk-8G-LMRU18Ew this list

The deck is fun but it’s okay at best by cedh standards

Viable though

[rich bronze]

The floor for food chain decks is high

So it often just doesn’t matter what flavor of it you’re playing

[dense berry]

rocco is my favorite

[polar lake]

i have decided to quit basically almost every format

and play pauper

[sleek ferry]

Not based

[waxen timber]

While pauper is very fun, due to it having a card pool that isn't designed for, sometimes it has very degenerate periods

I would suggest at least having one more format that you play so, that you can switch up when pauper gets bad

[rich bronze]

Like legacy

[zinc shard]

Good luck opponent

[dense berry]

pauper is fun but has very polarized matchups

[hidden ermine]

This weeks bottom 5 is so good

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicthecirclejerking/comments/16t16kh/bottom_5_scoring_submissions_of_the_week_from/

Ah yes, let me get living end from my deck and cast it for 2 mana

[zinc shard]

my friend have you heard of a thing called "Holding Priority"

[waxen timber]

They cast it and then you tap all of your stuff to float your mana

[zinc shard]

Just noticed in the Battle Pass the green and black rares are in the wrong spot

[merry owl]

only took 15 days to get here

[meager isle]

Rich

[polar lake]

pauper commander : D

[waxen timber]

[[LILA, HOSPITALITY HOSTESS]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/unf/170/lila-hospitality-hostess

Lila, Hospitality Hostess <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manag:292901508654301185><:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Legendary Creature — Elf Employee
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast common spells from the top of your library.
Guests you control get +1/+1.
As far as Lila was concerned, all courtesy should be common.
3/3

[sleek ferry]

So after mass testing

[polar lake]

not pauper commander legal tho

your commander has to be any uncommon creature

and the rest of the deck is all commons

[sleek ferry]

I can confirm [[decadent dragon]] is mid in standard

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/woe/223/decadent-dragon-expensive-taste

Decadent Dragon <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manar:292901508796645397><:manar:292901508796645397>

Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample
Whenever Decadent Dragon attacks, create a Treasure token.
4/4

Expensive Taste
Instant — Adventure
Exile the top two cards of target opponent's library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled.

[sleek ferry]

[polar lake]

so you can have a [[third-path icon]] as a commander

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/bro/223/third-path-iconoclast

Third Path Iconoclast <:manau:292901508754702338><:manar:292901508796645397>

Creature — Human Monk
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I merely propose expanding our toolbox."
2/1

[waxen timber]

Anything in commander is legal as long as you get people to go along with it

[polar lake]

pauper commander is its own separate format but i see what you're saying

[stark skiff]

who bought out the confetti Rhystic Study

[polar lake]

wym?

theres still some left

[sudden lava]

https://youtu.be/YX_3vtytBnM

Animal themed Commander At Home

[zinc shard]

gem day

[sleek ferry]

just got them, and wasted them on another draft

[sudden lava]

We are so close to new card reveals

[rich bronze]

Who buys this

[waxen timber]

People like pretty stuff

Like I have a shit ton of Vehicroid Ultis. Is it objectively worth it to do that?
No

But, it was worth buying to me

[rich bronze]

and then there’s me

who only buys things in the worst condition they can find

[sudden lava]

preordering my new commander deck this friday

[rich bronze]

And always haggles with the seller

[rich bronze]

whatcha getting

[sudden lava]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81xDP4gtRDL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

I'll get the villain deck some other time, I am for sure ordering timey-wimey

[rich bronze]

Nice!

[rich bronze]

But yeah I’m anti-bling for some reason

cheapest printing worst condition

[sudden lava]

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rose-Tyler-Doctor-Who-Spoiler.png

Such a cool commander

[sleek ferry]

Happy for you summer, I know how excited you’ve been for these cards

[waxen timber]

Worse condition just seems not worth it to me

Like buying off tcgplayer, often worse conditions are the same price as near mint

And when they are lower, it is often only by like a few cents

[waxen timber]

Red White is so broke in Wilds. Easy 7 wins

[stark skiff]

Picked this up today

@atomic harness

Had to get that Judge promo Arbiter lol

[dapper jacinth]

Thing in the ice very cool

I need that thing in the ice art

[sleek ferry]

Speaking of red white

Should we change anything here

[rigid scarab]

How modest

I could learn a thing or two from you

[fallow citrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hayT_UtS47A

[trail anvil]

fml I hope they extend the midweek magic event

server's down for maintenance

[sleek ferry]

I got an alt art pia nalaar from it

[lusty trench]

Apparently I need to make a nice edh deck cause all of my decks are "mean"

[glad peak]

I know a nice edh deck

Make everyone play on the same playing field, 1 spell a turn, no lands, and no draw

And if anyone counters or kills your things, go on a tirade about “the spirit of edh” or whatever

[rigid scarab]

Mudkip, did you go on Tumblr again

[fallow citrus]

pretty sure you just need to go on the edh reddit for that

[glad peak]

Nope it was an old joke post about mld boros avacyn

[rich bronze]

Any creativity gamers in chat?

Looking for any and all sideboard change suggestions

Meta is tron heavy so I’m on 3 boseiju but I might go down to 2 since drawing a second one feels bad

[copper pecan]

just went 7-0 in brothers war draft

rule one of brothers war: draft as many copies of [[take flight]] as you can

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/bro/65/take-flight

Take Flight <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manau:292901508754702338>

Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying and "Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card."
Though neither brother cared to admit it, flying the ancient thopter was their last happy moment together.

[rich bronze]

Nice

[sudden lava]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lDiNarf764&ab_channel=TheCommandZone

[rigid scarab]

I loved the part where Jimmy's Commander did stuff

[zinc shard]

ah yes my favorite commander, ||Bolas's Citadel||

[zinc shard]

1000 IQ

[waxen timber]

They have one white mana open so, they could draw into Healing Salve

[sudden lava]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/where-to-find-magic-the-gathering-doctor-who-previews

Soon

[lusty trench]

Less gooo

[rich bronze]

Pioneer players what doing

Top 7 most popular archetypes all under 50% winrate at big pio event

[waxen timber]

The winrates are lower for top decks cause a lot of people play them, including bad people

I feel like top cut conversion is a lot more useful as a metric

[golden plover]

Yeah pretty much

[rich bronze]

Yes but this is insane

that doesn’t happen for ALL 7 top decks

Imagine this with Yugioh

[waxen timber]

I wouldn't be suprised if the data was similar for the European YCS that just happened

[sleek ferry]

With Yugioh it would probably look the same if not worse for the top decks. Outside of very specific events where a certain deck has a ridiculous conversion rate, I doubt most top decks break 50% win rate in Swiss

[trail anvil]

yeah I've personally played vs people that have lost to my shit deck because they had no idea how to play their good deck

[fallow citrus]

murktide is the prime example of this

amazing deck that people will misplay to a loss

[twilit canyon]

ton of bad murktide pilots

[fallow citrus]

yeah this is why I would never really play it

you need to understand your deck really well but also have at least a basic understanding of everything else to pilot it perfectly

I really need to play more on mtgo tbh

[twilit canyon]

you need a lot more than a basic understanding of the other decks for murktide right now

[fallow citrus]

quite possibly true

[sleek ferry]

Interesting, would that make murktide the highest skill ceiling deck?

[fallow citrus]

I think the highest skill ceiling might be the uh

uwx control deck that's floating around right now

because of how many threats there are in the meta right now it's really hard for control to keep up

but murktide is definitely up there

I remember hearing like "you could make the wrong play in murktide turn 3 and lose because of it on turn 9" sort of talk about the deck in the past though

[twilit canyon]

murktide is up there yeah

[twilit canyon]

tbh its from turn 1

lol

play the wrong 1 mana play and u can lose the game

[fallow citrus]

yeah it could be at any point of the game I just made one up

[waxen timber]

This is going to be my latest EDH deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/SSOwvNpyAkmUfZkQHPAGwQ

The idea of the deck is that it is only cards that I've drafted from WOE. I'm excited to test it out cause I have no idea how it will do.

Talion is a pretty busted commander so, it might be able to just carry the deck.

[trail anvil]

I still can't get over how uwx looks like uwu but with an eye missing

[sleek ferry]

Imagine getting out spellslinged while on mono blue

[trail anvil]

I wouldn't really call mono u a spell slinging deck but pop off queen

[waxen timber]

I always think of mono blue as a tempo deck that has curosity on a monster and like 7 counter spells

And Izzet as a spellslinging deck like phoenix who just uses a million spells in a turn

[trail anvil]

in standard it's more djinn, tolarian terror and probably sleep cursed fae at this point? with a bunch of counter spells

some protection spells, some bounce spells and march of swirling mist if you want to spend more than 4 rare+ wildcards

[rich bronze]

Anyway

Boros heroic is super cool

Love the deck

Costs pennies, too

[sleek ferry]

there's definitely a shell for jund to work in standard

[sleek ferry]

So this is kind of the shell I was talking about

Questing druid, dreadknight, little red riding hood

I tried decadent dragon but he just felt bad to play

Idk if you guys noticed too, WoE has made games more grindy

[rich bronze]

People play standard?

[sleek ferry]

most played format

[rich bronze]

wha

I assumed that was modern, then edh

then legacy or pio

[golden plover]

It's definitely EDH first

Standard is the most played arena format tho

[sleek ferry]

Yeah I don’t count edh for obvious reasons

But standard rn is a blast

Granted, it’s still early format

[hidden ermine]

Blink being a saga was expected

Also huh

Thats a weird formatting

Gallifrey Falls//No More is cute

[sudden lava]

wtf decaying timeloop is INSANE

[sudden lava]

also absolutely loving these, especially Run for your Life and timeywimey

https://tenor.com/view/eccleston-rose-doctor-doctorwho-gif-4906438

[meager isle]

4 mana seems a bit steep

[sudden lava]

dont forget, this is in the deck that wants you casting stuff from places other then hand. At least it's only a one side wheel

[rich bronze]

Man

Agatha’s cauldron

Really had to make scales even more difficult to learn

[fallow citrus]

makes it better too though

[stark skiff]

Some small foil pickups

@rigid scarab @atomic harness

[lusty trench]

I thought those were creases for a sec

[stark skiff]

lol

[sudden lava]

so yeah this was revealed

Nice Rukarumel support

[lusty trench]

This feels extremely weak, flavourful, but damn they couldn't of made this like 4 mana?

[sudden lava]

Just says "Doctor" not the doctor

[hidden ermine]

Cute card, but yeah, not very strong

[sudden lava]

so Rukarumel can use it as another cute wincon that probably wont go off otherwise

[fallow citrus]

all of these are commander cards right

[sudden lava]

yes

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot_20231002-223032-400x559.jpg

Mad about this, iconic line but it cant be used in all the decks

pesky green color interferes

blast from the past doesnt have red, timeywimey doesnt have green

[meager isle]

still tagging renren

[trail anvil]

no banlist all access historic is coming back as an event

they're most likely banning channel for it so you don't have to specifically build around it now

[last glen]

no banlist
banning

[trail anvil]

well, mostly no banlist

[twilit canyon]

lol

[fiery orchid]

@sleek ferry ok I did the 1 billion tutorials

Have 5 mythic rare tickets and 10 rare tickets what's a good source for decks so I don't waste them?

[sleek ferry]

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/standard#paper

You can sort by format to see the best performing decks

And just YouTube said decks to see how they play

[fiery orchid]

Which format is best to start with?

[sleek ferry]

I recommend you start with standard, it’s the best for learning the game

Then you can branch off to explorer/alchemy and historic last

[rigid scarab]

Need getting into magic

[sleek ferry]

with my teaching he'll be better than me in 3 months

[rigid scarab]

But will he be better than me

[sleek ferry]

.....

[rigid scarab]

Well

[sleek ferry]

you might be the worst player here

in 2 tcg's

that's talent

[rigid scarab]

I can get mythic explorer

I just dont wanna

I can reach 1 gazillion rated on DB

I just dont wanna

I have rakdos midrange

That means Im a good player

Because I have a good deck

I can show you

[fallow citrus]

does all access mean what I think it does

[trail anvil]

yes all cards are completely free to use, you don't have to craft anything

ignore if it ever asks you to craft cause you can submit a deck list with grayed out cards

[sleek ferry]

damn they banned channel? that was my favorite card smh

[fallow citrus]

pog! time to redownload arena for a lil bit

[lusty trench]

????

[fallow citrus]

what

[lusty trench]

I'm assuming this doesn't mean you can have 3 commanders right?

[fallow citrus]

no

it means you can use it with rory or with a doctor

[lusty trench]

It's just kind of odd to see a card with double partner, the etb tutor is nice and flavourful though

[golden plover]

Wait does that not work that way?

Since Rory is also a companion

[lusty trench]

I think since partner and doctors companion mentioned allowing a second commander means it doesn't apply a third

[golden plover]

Apparently we don't have a proper ruling until release notes

https://preview.redd.it/4mh4af4gl0sb1.png?auto=webp&s=48cfc30d38b2d6577a22ca69c7362fff429750cc

Wait this seems insane

[lusty trench]

Ayo what

[golden plover]

New Cedh staple 100%

I'm a big [[Angel's Grace]] Defender

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/4/angels-grace

Angel's Grace <:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Instant
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
You can't lose the game this turn and your opponents can't win the game this turn. Until end of turn, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

[golden plover]

But this says "the combo player loses the game"

Wait you can [[Isocron Scepter]] it

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/264/isochron-scepter

Isochron Scepter <:mana2:292901509060886528>

Artifact
Imprint — When Isochron Scepter enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
, : You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

[golden plover]

No one can ever win the game

[lusty trench]

Also got to have a way to untap the scepter but yeah

[golden plover]

That's not hard

Plenty of ways to do it if you wanna make the game neverending

[sudden lava]

omg these reveals are so good

[sudden lava]

It doesnt, but Rory is confirmed blue/white

from the weekly mtg video

so if you hypothetically wanna leave The Doctor aside and make a Rory+Amy jesakai deck, go for it

If not, she can tutor out her husband with partner anyways ^-^

https://youtu.be/KvKsNKrZJ20

more reveals here (Including a bunch of the blast from the past ones and paradox power stuff)

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Clara-Oswald-400x559.jpg

here's your fill a color companion, all doctors have a triggered ability for her to double up

[lusty trench]

Talisman reprints

[trail anvil]

damn that's hot

one sided nuke

[sudden lava]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhg10MVAG0

[sudden lava]

https://youtu.be/pjqfQ103PFs

very epic moment

[lusty trench]

Something something prosper

[sudden lava]

reprint wedding ring

[lusty trench]

That's Rory and Amy's right?

[sudden lava]

yup

at least I think it is?

[hidden ermine]

Yes

[sudden lava]

hold on

Ha, it deals enough damage to aoe wipe Daleks

[golden plover]

Weird this one isn't fuse

[sudden lava]

third art should be with the Prof reveal (?)

[hidden ermine]

Nah it makes sense, its meant to contrast

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/448940916833648640/1158835231449677925/centurion.webp?ex=651db0e9&is=651c5f69&hm=003703066f49b1a7ee333fb49b4e889334349bdfce1eb809a86f2d2b143bcbe7&=&width=692&height=967

[lusty trench]

He's ass

[sudden lava]

shows up, gets sent forward in time but leaves a clue token

then his wife can bring him back

well, bring him back quicker

[golden plover]

Why would I wanna pay 2 mana for that

[lusty trench]

WE COULD USE WHALES GUYS

[sudden lava]

🐋 Whale moment

[fallow citrus]

mfw I could pay 1 mana to make a crab and do this instead

[sudden lava]

at least Rory has haste

[fallow citrus]

he does not

[sudden lava]

"It gains suspend"

[fallow citrus]

didn't need to ping me for that

[sudden lava]

so yeah, he has haste. But like doesnt make him good

At least 11th can chuck him into exile with 2 counters so Amy can remove them

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/c8a6bf2971sb1.jpg

Huh, interesting

Not sure why it has that last restriction though

[zinc shard]

its pretty strong removal for 5 mana.

[hidden ermine]

At that cost you can exile stuff

But yeah, its decent as a way to lock down commanders

Since you cant just put them back in the commander zone

https://i.redd.it/umidw7s571sb1.jpg

Cute

I will say, regardless of if these cards are good or not

Its nice to see them have such strong flavour

[sleek ferry]

Mtg usually does flavor fine, sometimes the flavor is just boring

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/srsr8fa001sb1.png

Affinity for Daleks is not what I expected

https://i.redd.it/duv9hbnse1sb1.png

Obligatory @last glen ping

[last glen]

not gruul colors so not what I'd normally play
but it looks... servicable?

what does suspend do

also is this standard/pioneer legal

[twilit canyon]

nope

suspend is

[last glen]

grumble

[twilit canyon]

you exile the card from hand and place time counters equal to the suspend

each upkeep, you remove a time counter

on the last counter removed, you cast it for no mana

[last glen]

hmm
paying five for flying haste 2/2s starting on your next turn
feels very slow

[fallow citrus]

so you basically get 4 turns to generate a dino

[twilit canyon]

so for this, you suspend it for 4 turns and 1 less mana to get 4 2/2 flying haste dinos

[lusty trench]

Mh1 lands

[twilit canyon]

and of course u still get the big dino at the end

[zinc shard]

nice

[fallow citrus]

me when the canyon has been baked in the sun

[rigid scarab]

Kid

[twilit canyon]

its 5 mana for 15/15 worth of stats

[rigid scarab]

Not every dinosaur slots into a tribal deck

[last glen]

you can't stop me

dinosaur tribal all the time

[fallow citrus]

I can't wait to see which of these cards are legacy playable

[last glen]

also it's literally tribal support

[fallow citrus]

https://youtu.be/uGb0_qwvkf8?si=W88kPQlpEqNT3HYT

yoo minotaur tribal

[rigid scarab]

Just because

It says dinosaurs

Does not mean

[lusty trench]

It also counts if you time travel

[rigid scarab]

It's for dinosaurs

[lusty trench]

So that's cool

[twilit canyon]

sure

tho in the end it isnt very good

[lusty trench]

I like how they've made these type of effects unable to whiff

[fallow citrus]

just let someone enjoy their cards

[twilit canyon]

its fine to enjoy it tho idt meta was expecting much out of it

[last glen]

sadge it's not even in the formats I play

[twilit canyon]

it will be fun to use in commander at least

[hidden ermine]

This seems decent?

[twilit canyon]

oh no commander

[hidden ermine]

Like a funny way to sometimes cheat out big stuff

[twilit canyon]

im sure u could

yea

build to hit a big spell guaranteed

[lusty trench]

Two mana clone

[twilit canyon]

oh shit finally

its been ages

[hidden ermine]

Vanishing 3 is a touch rough tho

[twilit canyon]

last 2 mana clone was phantasmal image iirc

[twilit canyon]

thats fine

[lusty trench]

You just want the etb

[twilit canyon]

we ending the game before then

[fallow citrus]

https://youtu.be/OHoJPjtfq2o?si=9PFc9KLG-FTgjbDz

pog

[lusty trench]

Storm is back

[golden plover]

Time Travel.
Storm.
Is funny

[hidden ermine]

Ok the top 5 custommagic cards is mostly meh as most weeks are but

https://i.redd.it/iecqdhk08erb1.jpg

I actually like this card

Its surprisingly well designed for an obvious joke

[fallow citrus]

oh that is neat

[sudden lava]

sucks you cant use her out of the box 😦

as a commander

[zinc shard]

Bootleg Midnight Clock

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/d4cttq2av1sb1.jpg

Fun with blinks

[sudden lava]

crash titantic, reap life insurance of passengers

even if its by running into a 1/1 bird

[sudden lava]

https://preview.redd.it/hz9akk43j2sb1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a95014104efc2741487334e935bbb86c12a74071

I get why it does it based off the toughness

[copper pecan]

the thiccness

[fallow citrus]

boutta make my [[tree of perdition]] into a bunch of goons

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/emn/109/tree-of-perdition

Tree of Perdition <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manab:292901508872273920>

Creature — Plant
Defender
: Exchange target opponent's life total with Tree of Perdition's toughness.
There will be no absolution.
0/13

[sudden lava]

yup, these creatures are literally born from fat

[sleek ferry]

https://youtu.be/OHoJPjtfq2o?si=dPZIEedztonxRUBM

[fallow citrus]

smh repost

good video though

[sleek ferry]

Oh shit I didn’t see mb

[fallow citrus]

any cardmarket post is a good one

which is funny bc like

ygo cardmarket videos kind of suck?

and the mtg ones are insane

[sleek ferry]

Yeah, me and Ren talked about this, but it’s prob just a creative thing tbh

Carl writes all the mtg stuff

Well most of it

[fallow citrus]

I mean it feels like more than just that

but how could you not just even copy the mtg ideas

what decks are best full power, here's a tourney etc

there's just nothing there

[sudden lava]

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Wilfred-Mott-400x559.png

ooh they made Wilfred a card

[sleek ferry]

Ehhh, then people would just be like “you’re copying mtg blah blah blah”. I think they try to focus more on appealing towards the community at large by bringing in content creators

Issue is, Yugioh content creators are cringe

Or at least the most popular ones

[fallow citrus]

yeah I guess you arent wrong

[copper pecan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/16z872s/maro_on_ub_selectiveness_wizards_has_turned_down/

i know one of the ones they turned down was binding of isaac but i wonder what the other ones were

i wouldn't be surprised if they were planning to do harry potter at some point but it fell through when rowling went insane

[stark skiff]

Probably smaller IPs

[hidden ermine]

Wait BoI?

How do we know they turned it down

And do we know why?

[sleek ferry]

Them turning down Harry Potter is pretty based

[copper pecan]

edmund mcmillan said he approached them about a secret lair and they said no

they didn't tell him why but i feel like it's probably because the game is about naked children shitting and crying

[hidden ermine]

Makes sense

[copper pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/948945461597831218/1158968888797700167/16963900999991936017721459873509.jpg?ex=651e2d63&is=651cdbe3&hm=20df1979c33146c16b36a1a8a80302b60ee19f3a2ce66c3ed5ca60ea503db5be&=&width=500&height=348

finally we can planeswalk to italy

[trail anvil]

why'd they make a bastille song into a plane? seems silly

[sudden lava]

we can also planeswalk to a scottish girl's house

https://preview.redd.it/uhe510422trb1.png?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5e18b274cd96debca00731065f3ed74d0f57cbe6

[zinc shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1iv7pbetgw

[sleek ferry]

Aren’t these type of spells usually reserved for white?

[twilit canyon]

nope its blue too

[lusty trench]

Nah that's exiling, allowing them to cast it from exile and making cards with the same name cost more

This is completely different

[zinc shard]

So is it possible for this spell to just ... do nothing?

[twilit canyon]

yes

[hidden ermine]

Yep

Im surprised the foretell cost is that high

[lusty trench]

It should've just been a single blue mana

[zinc shard]

This looks fun

AYO!?

[sleek ferry]

Oh nice

These dr who decks are high key better than the commander masters ones lol

They probably knew that more than half the mtg demographic has never watched a doctor who episode in their life

[hidden ermine]

Oh me is pretty nice

... ok I dont know how likely it is

But I really hope we get Harriet Jones, Prime Minister in one of the who decks

[trail anvil]

nice

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/09m0c073o7sb1.jpg

Why

Of all the episodes

Why this one

[sudden lava]

Temur commander tax evading counter matters commander

wow

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Flaming-Tyrannosaurus-Dr-Who-Spoiler-400x559.webp

[last glen]

poggers
dinosaur

[sudden lava]

If it wasnt for the WHO in the corner and the word paradox, I'd assume this is from ixalan

The Edgin gamers must be excited for all this foretell support

[rich bronze]

4-0 at LGS with a 5C BTL Beanstalk pile I made

Fun times

( modern )

[fallow citrus]

oh that sounds cool

beanstalk seems to have crept its way into formats quite nicely

[twilit canyon]

2 mana draw + draw for evokes and leyline binding is gas

somewhat weak to obm but the decks running it dont fear obm too much

[zinc shard]

Arena anniversary rewards

[trail anvil]

wait it's just a random MUL mythic for the card? dang

[zinc shard]

well apparently its supposed to be Kenrith, but i already had 4 so it gives you a random Mythic

also I already had that Kenrith style so the game just said screw you you only get 3 rewards

[trail anvil]

ic

well hey, 5k exp

[stark skiff]

Picked these up finally

[trail anvil]

feels so satisfying after losing a game to major flood lmao

last one I managed to draw 10 fuckin mountains

[golden plover]

Something about the doctor who art feels really off to me

I'm not sure why, but it feels way more b-team "custom card deviant art" art than usual

It's probably the fact that it's mostly not standard MTG artists, but also it feels like it's a lot more style diversity and stuff that looks weird to be all in the same set

I think the fact that half of it is just painted stills from the show doesn't help either

[lusty trench]

I'm not sure why some of it is so funky

Worst part is it's usually the humans that look off

[golden plover]

It's weird because like half of it is just painted stills from the show and the other half looks like something they found on DA and slapped on a custom card

Like the art direction for this set feels really... bad?

https://preview.redd.it/zmtx4dgcq7sb1.png?auto=webp&s=5f976623cf063402466916efe42f7128cde8a3cb

Painted still

(Also a new typeline in black border that feels unnecessary)

https://preview.redd.it/exw34z4cg7sb1.png?auto=webp&s=81c3cdf111726dca38ec65269eec7894c4b5dbb3

Deviant art ass art

[lusty trench]

He looks like Robert Downey jr

[hidden ermine]

Yeah the art is admitively the weak spot of this set

Which is a real shame

[lusty trench]

grasp of fate at rare

odd but sure

[golden plover]

https://preview.redd.it/hx8kvnelg7sb1.png?auto=webp&s=54be1d9724901e333f8f18c205e182cb6d05641d

The art direction in this one is really off

Like it's an entirely different style

Tbh I'm also just not a fan of "real actor but painted" on an MTG card

Like Chris Pines doesn't look like he's his DND character

He's just "Chris Pines, but Izzet"

[lusty trench]

Oh I found out why that is btw

I was in hmv, saw figures of the characters from the film

The art on the boxes was the MTG card art

[golden plover]

Oh lmao so it wasn't even new art

[golden plover]

Oh wtf it literally is

[lusty trench]

1 to 1

[golden plover]

Damn and they were SL arts too

That's lazy as hell

[trail anvil]

I feel like for most UB cards they just do something that's pretty close to the original art

which doesn't always translate well to magic art lol

unrelated but hopefully maybe getting into commander soon, got an ixhel precon and gonna do some cheap upgrades on it for now

sunfall seems extremely cheap considering how control is moderately present in standard

but then again I guess not many people are playing paper standard anyways

[lusty trench]

Fun ass deck

[trail anvil]

seems like it, rn thinking of adding sunfall, skrelv, skrelv's hive, mirrex and grafted butcher

[sleek ferry]

yeah, sunfall is free

I run it as a 1 of in boros. it also just ftk's selesnya

[trail anvil]

I'm sure, gets through normal boardwipe protections and creates a massive token

[sudden lava]

I like this

speaking of, relevant plane

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/-iE9PO7iJwI47ZgAGd5e5BfZyGPCUAGe5O-ba6otlQE/https/media.wizards.com/2023/who_j8Ey2y77EWDz/en_cfcdbf0942.png?width=1385&height=967

[copper pecan]

reading this made my head hurt

[sudden lava]

why?

the card is very simple

[copper pecan]

it really isn't

[sudden lava]

What part confuses you?

[golden plover]

Wait what the fuck

Does that start before you play it

That's so weird

[sudden lava]

Whenever you planeswalk to it or during the first upkeep of the game (Aka if you start with this as the first plane in planechase) every player chooses mode A: They may play an additional land during their turns or mode B: Creatures they control have +2/+0 and Haste
On chaos ensuing everyone's options are swapped to the other

[sudden lava]

In case you start out with it

[golden plover]

That's not very clear at all

[sudden lava]

It's how planechase works, you dont planeswalk to the first plane you start out on

[golden plover]

I got that much, but it's still a weird card

[sudden lava]

the "when the game begins" only matters for that 1-40ish chance

[hidden ermine]

Yeah ngl this is pretty clear to me

[fallow citrus]

real murktide moment
https://reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/s/LxWEdxAutB

[lusty trench]

New infinite mana sink

[sudden lava]

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Dalek-Intensive-Care.jpg

[glad peak]

So a friend of mine basically fused oathbreaker’s commander system (allowing legendary creatures/planeswalkers + spell) and modern with 4 of limits + 60 card decks

Honestly not a bad modern variant but uh

He really thinks any interaction spell turns the deck into control (hardened scales is control because ballista)

[fallow citrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxX12AIwqk

[rich bronze]

unabn post\

[sudden lava]

they fly now

[hidden ermine]

Ooh

Thats neat flavour

[meager isle]

How do they pick best decks?

[fallow citrus]

first part of the description

I imagine the community voted based on what had the highest meta share at the time or the most oppressive feeling deck

[hidden ermine]

I suspect the actual answer is KCI overall, but I doubt they have anyone who can play KCI

[meager isle]

Smh no one remembers kaldheim

[polar lake]

i want to do something stupid

climb to mythic using a deck with only commons

[zinc shard]

that sounds very stupid. good luck

[copper pecan]

interesting card for cube

[sudden lava]

https://preview.redd.it/o51t7j6gnhsb1.jpg?width=507&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=464492b3e2a6755c8092c37e3350da038109f0b4

Definitely a bias towards cybermen/daleks but not complaining

[polar lake]

what format tho

[zinc shard]

Standards probably your best bet

[polar lake]

im doing it in historic and im 1-0 rn

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/0kx7so3bkesb1.png

I actually like this art quite a lot

[fallow citrus]

interesting gameplay too

[polar lake]

oooh

[sudden lava]

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cult-of-Skaro-Doctor-Who-Spoiler-400x559.png

https://www.magicspoiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cyber-Conversion-Doctor-Who-Spoiler-400x559.png

So you wanna remove a commander without it going to the command zone temporarily?

And also, new Dalek grixis commander

[fallow citrus]

god I remember those episodes, they were great

[lusty trench]

I have looked at blast from the past

man they really decided to arbitrarily kneecap this list

Most expensive card is like heroic intervention

[sudden lava]

we getting a shuffle up and play episode today

https://youtu.be/_5gqXG_PPjk?t=670 mentioned in Prof's video (timeskipped to the part)

[hidden ermine]

Oh, hes the seventh doctor

Neat

[sudden lava]

so in around 3 hours from now

[meager isle]

If I ever wanted to start watching

Do I just start from ep 1?

[sudden lava]

Depends how you define episode 1. My recommendation is the episode titled "Rose" for first episode which is episode 1 of the 2005 onward era

But that suggestion does skip the first 8 doctors

[meager isle]

Well episode 1 season 1 I meant

[sudden lava]

Yes, that would be season 1 episode 1 of the 2005 era

[meager isle]

Oh there’s multiple season 1s?

[sudden lava]

Yes, Doctor Who has been running for a long time. First 8 is classic who, and 2005 onward was the reboot of the show and is very much suggested for newcomers

[meager isle]

I know dr who is decades old

I just didn’t know how doctors were separated

Ah okay it was rebooted

Alright thanks I’ll start with that then

[sudden lava]

You're welcome, the bonus of starting with Rose is you get to start with one of the most iconic companions with the best story arcs 💖 I hope you enjoy

https://tenor.com/view/rose-tyler-rosetyler-flirty-cute-gif-5289616

[subtle sierra]

yeah rose is the place to start

[hidden ermine]

Well reboot is mildly inaccurate

Its still part of the same continuity

But yeah just start with the 9th doctor

Classic who was less sequential and we dont have all episodes anymore

Plus its like, 60s and 70s television, so you can imagine what it looked like

[fallow citrus]

unironically that could literally be impossible

some of the very old episodes are just.. gone

old bbc moment

[hidden ermine]

The first 3 episodes are still around thankfully

[sudden lava]

As UNO said, same continuity

Luckily you wont miss any important story stuff by starting with 2005 era because the very important bits get brought back up.

[hidden ermine]

Pretty much

Most of the old continuity that matters is old villains returning, but you get the basic explanation on them in the new show as well

God I am still sad we didnt get Harriet Jones, Prime Minister as a card

[glad peak]

What do I play Vs a guy who staunchly believes blue shouldn’t be a color that exists

What sort of full greed pile without blue exists

[sleek ferry]

What streaming service even has dr who?

[hidden ermine]

Based

Prime I believe

[sleek ferry]

I’ll check when I get home, I need a new show for when I’m cooking dinner

[glad peak]

Actually there’s a bunch never mind

[sleek ferry]

I’ll give Dr who a chance

[glad peak]

Time to play Dommy mommies or roggy poggy (actual deck names) :^)

Any breach combo pile with card advantage engine works

[sleek ferry]

Is domain anything seeing play in pioneer/modern?

[glad peak]

Modern

[meager isle]

My goodness it’s an annoying deck in modern

[glad peak]

[[tribal flames]] and [[territorial kavu]] are quite good with turn 2 5 Basic land types

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/132/tribal-flames

Tribal Flames <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manar:292901508796645397>

Sorcery
Domain — Tribal Flames deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
"Fire is the universal language." —Jhoira, master artificer

https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/216/territorial-kavu

Territorial Kavu <:manar:292901508796645397><:manag:292901508654301185>

Creature — Kavu
Domain — Territorial Kavu's power and toughness are each equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Whenever Territorial Kavu attacks, choose one —
• Discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
• Exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
*/*

[meager isle]

2 mana dome face for 5

[fallow citrus]

yeah domain zoo is a pog deck

[glad peak]

And there’s scion which is sometimes played sometimes not

[fallow citrus]

me with my t2 5/5 that loots

[glad peak]

Just play with counterspells if you want to be more stable vs combo or cascade if you want to be more greedy and also have some protection

[fallow citrus]

also stubby d and reprieve are fun cards

[zinc shard]

https://youtu.be/g2-m4AtUL_8?si=AmIcZsUcn1Kxyu24

premieres in about an hour

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/orw3u1puvlsb1.png

[hidden ermine]

Ok so the professor is the seventh, Gavin Verhey is the 10th, Carmen Klomparens is the thirteenth, but which one is Teferi Magic

Oh upcoming fifteenth doctor

Gotcha

[zinc shard]

idk anything about Dr. Who but I might pick up the Villains deck, looks fun

[hidden ermine]

I might pick up Timey-Wimey or the villains deck

[zinc shard]

the Paradox deck looks fun too

[hidden ermine]

How much do the decks cost, does anyone know?

[lusty trench]

Pick up timey wimey purely for the everybody lives

[lusty trench]

You're looking at 45 for most decks and like

50 for timey wimey

[hidden ermine]

I already have Teferis Protection

Id pick them up based on characters/playstyle

Sadly Timey-Wimey doesnt have Harriet Jones, Prime Minister

[glad peak]

Time to make a deck only revolving around isochron scepter, clones to it, and everybody lives

[hidden ermine]

https://i.redd.it/czt1jw11xlsb1.png

Oh this is ... actually really nice art for this card

[glad peak]

The win condition is that everyone draws to death on their draw steps

[sudden lava]

Disney+ is getting it soon

and I think Amazon has some episodes?

Yeah Doctor Who is on Amazon to

All the way from Rose up to the latest

including specials

[stark skiff]

This is neat for Dimir.

[sudden lava]

this episode was SO GOOD!

[sudden lava]

try 70

Amazon charged me even more, it was 76 when I preordered

before tax

[zinc shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaHrUrwNyuw

[twilit canyon]

https://magic.gg/news/historic-metagame-breakdown-for-arena-championship-4

almost looks like a healthy

meta

issue: about 34.3% of the meta is not on black

[trail anvil]

run karn, turn off ring and fetch your own 😎

[twilit canyon]

that is the mono green plan

[trail anvil]

using the end on karn or kethis sounds hilarious btw

[twilit canyon]

it is yes

big reason it has caught on

[sudden lava]

https://cards.scryfall.io/large/front/5/d/5d537988-13ab-4b36-8bbd-0d7abf796f26.jpg?1696540900

funny enough, easy card to reprint later

Just need a set with Karn in the lore

[meager isle]

If only she had trample

Or they?

What is the lore behind this card getting massive lol

[sudden lava]

I dont know like anything about them

[hidden ermine]

Beats me

[stark skiff]

Todays purchases

[rigid scarab]

Cyber-Controller

ETB wincon in the command zone?

[glad peak]

Pretty good but what’re some UB infinite mana generators in 1-2 cards?

Aside from drama scepter

[rigid scarab]

Basalt Power Artifact

[glad peak]

Oh right any basalt combo works here too

[rigid scarab]

Grand Architect Pili Pala

[glad peak]

Architect pila is kind of meh so probably not that one

[rigid scarab]

Technically Oona works as well

But Oona is an activated

As an infinite mana wincon in command zone

Also needs a lot more colored mana

[glad peak]

Trying to make control work with no card advantage in command zone is rough too

Maybe just basalt combos + drama scepter and a ton of tutors/wipes/draw engines which is normal for UB

[rigid scarab]

Essentially just goodstuff control until you draw one of your infinites

[twilit canyon]

kinda nice tbh

[copper pecan]

nice

[fallow citrus]

that is p cool

has food synergies too so you don't even need to attack

[copper pecan]

probably gonna run this in heliod in hbrawl

[fallow citrus]

not that a 5/5 first striker needs to worry about bad trades

[golden plover]

5/5 first strike lifelink for 5 with upside is wild

[copper pecan]

baneslayer exists

and wasn't good even in standard last time it was in

this is probably fine

[golden plover]

Baneslayer is pretty much a French vanilla

And was also the best card in the game at one point but fair

I doubt this would be the best card in the game or anything but that is a crazy statline

[granite badge]

how easy is it to get 5 mana in alchemy

[twilit canyon]

yea 5/5 for 5 with first strike lifelink and it draws a card

its usually drawing itself if it attacks but u can manipulate life gain to be specific

[copper pecan]

not super hard

[twilit canyon]

if there is a concern its that removal is plentiful

[copper pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/948945461597831218/1160273515845521500/reayf1p60tsb1.webp?ex=65340feb&is=65219aeb&hm=2f8fcf57a894f6812d23bf3adf3d3ea32f9ecd18d5e746f7d7f088a7b66101c8&=&width=508&height=662

yo we got an out to the one ring now

[golden plover]

Wait why don't these have anything to do with each other? They're just unrelated effects

[copper pecan]

they're all hybrid

[golden plover]

Yeah but like the three little pigs should be related in effects

[twilit canyon]

thats quite an effect

lol

[[seven dwarves]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/eld/141/seven-dwarves

Seven Dwarves <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manar:292901508796645397>

Creature — Dwarf
Seven Dwarves gets +1/+1 for each other creature named Seven Dwarves you control.
A deck can have up to seven cards named Seven Dwarves.
"The gleam of rubies and my brothers and sisters by my side . . . what more could I want?" —Brognold the Third
2/2

[twilit canyon]

okay they were 2 drops

they turn into 2 mana 2/2s that buff the next ones and cantrip

[fallow citrus]

me when I conjure slave labour to the top of my deck

pretty neat card though

[twilit canyon]

too bad they feed obm

[hidden ermine]

Why are they put on the top of the deck then shuffled?

[fallow citrus]

nicer wording I guess?

[copper pecan]

because they need to go somewhere before they can be shuffled into the deck

[trail anvil]

[[toralf's disciple]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/ymid/44/toralfs-disciple

Toralf's Disciple <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manar:292901508796645397>

Creature — Human Warrior
Haste
Whenever Toralf's Disciple attacks, conjure four cards named Lightning Bolt into your library, then shuffle.
3/3

[copper pecan]

oh weird

[trail anvil]

maybe there's a new alchemy card that prevents you from shuffling

[golden plover]

Honestly just trim it down to "shuffle 7 seven dwarves" into your deck

[copper pecan]

https://preview.redd.it/ywoe-steady-tortoise-v0-xs8otijmxtsb1.png?auto=webp&s=16e12e9bf780973ef3f1cbeb9a8bf1c6db4e640c

https://preview.redd.it/ywoe-outfitted-jouster-v0-3e2okwfdytsb1.png?width=384&format=png&auto=webp&s=1943e13a882c792d69bd79065ef94580c5728b78

[granite badge]

this is cute

[copper pecan]

i really like the tortoise

[granite badge]

I think the jouster becomes a 6/6 with Trample?

pretty good for 4 mana

[copper pecan]

yeah but if it gets damaged you lose one of the equips

i feel like it probably isn't strong enough

[fallow citrus]

I feel like it's designed kind of for an equip deck

alternatively like

if the format had some 0 cost artifacts like paradise mantle or stuff like lightning greaves to throw on the dude

it might be better

[granite badge]

I do think its a nice flavor win at least

[clever sun]

It doesn't seem to be a human

It's just a Knight

Interesting

[copper pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/636013795507961892/1160364051029823529/hex.png?ex=6534643c&is=6521ef3c&hm=565f4273ac8d3b7a2914fd03cab85f671b2bf13397394a1f17d5ff66c7f5af89&=&width=342&height=477

they made a card for kellan's dog but it's really bad

[twilit canyon]

it plays fetch

this is cute but yeah oh my god its so mid

[hidden ermine]

It doesnt seem that bad?

Are there not a lot of good instant adventures?

[twilit canyon]

not many in alchemy

some decent ones

the issue is that it also just requires a lot of timing issues

[hidden ermine]

Really?

I guess this has no evasion which is an issue

[copper pecan]

it needs bigger stats

[twilit canyon]

that and/or evasion

menace, trample

flying is unrealistic

[hidden ermine]

Yeah that makes sense

[trail anvil]

why does it need to be an instant adventure? you could tuck it away after you attack with a sorcery speed adventure to dodge boardwipes then bring it back when you want to attack again

I kinda wish the exile was optional but otherwise it seems worth trying

wish it started at 2/2 though, or at least 2/1

[twilit canyon]

instants would give it protection

lets the dog fly outside the kill spells

[hidden ermine]

Ye

Basically turn every adventure instant into a heroic intervention (ish)

The lack of evasion does hurt it though now that I think about it

Is there anything that perpetually gives flying or trample?

[glad peak]

Welp how do I convince someone that just because a deck has some removal spells does not make it a control deck

Because now it’s getting to a point where they’re saying any deck with ballista and/or lightning bolt are control decks

[twilit canyon]

spin it on them

if a control deck has creatures it must be an aggressive deck

[glad peak]

True

If I kill you through damage then I’m aggro

[trail anvil]

ah yes monored my favorite control deck

[glad peak]

Hardened scales is an oppressive control deck plz ban

[fallow citrus]

it's life total control

[meager isle]

Wait what deck isn’t a control deck then?

[trail anvil]

ayo this looks fun as hell?

also a card to go with the 3 pigs

they're really trying to make boar tribal

[twilit canyon]

neat

[twilit canyon]

this ones fun

wish heir had haste tho

[glad peak]

According to them, enchantress auras

Even though they got mad they can’t deal with a 3/3 and said they needed removal

[zinc shard]

3 mana exile at instant speed seems good enough on its own, the enchatment is a big upside

[trail anvil]

yeah at least on the 3 mana dragon ability

[copper pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/948945461597831218/1160696921011265646/image0.jpg?ex=65359a3e&is=6523253e&hm=c22c20a26073a7e3aa614c8eaf25cd61989f1c84d8ef199f9af4f18f82f7c824&=&width=422&height=662

this will be very relevant in historic in the future

[fallow citrus]

isn't this like uhh

[[thran portal]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/259/thran-portal

Thran Portal

Land — Gate
Thran Portal enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
As Thran Portal enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type.
Thran Portal is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Mana abilities of Thran Portal cost an additional 1 life to activate.

[fallow citrus]

nevermind

there's one like it I'm sure

I just forgor

[copper pecan]

[[forgotten crossroads]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/ymid/63/forsaken-crossroads

Forsaken Crossroads

Land
Forsaken Crossroads enters the battlefield tapped.
As Forsaken Crossroads enters the battlefield, choose a color.
When Forsaken Crossroads enters the battlefield, scry 1. If you weren't the starting player, you may untap Forsaken Crossroads instead.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.

[twilit canyon]

this is a good card

[copper pecan]

this seems like a great card

[trail anvil]

wait this enters untapped no matter what after turn 3

that's actually so good

[copper pecan]

i kinda love this

[zinc shard]

Oh my god thats adorable!

[twilit canyon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1093236154175848610/1160763151827087390/f383403d-34a6-4ff0-b7fc-2801d2c7cb5d.png?ex=6535d7ed&is=652362ed&hm=ba6b4af2c85970a03096a6e1ea613d533baf122921ae9b33aa4153cc0181a82e&

[zinc shard]

The spellbook

[twilit canyon]

this is actually kind of crazy

what

2 mana ice a creature and scry 3

i guess its only once

but thats still huge utility on a land

[trail anvil]

yeah this looks actually super nice for control

a land that doubles as early stall

also bruh you play muldrotha and this is how you build it? smh

[fallow citrus]

lovh larent isn't even legendary so you could play 2 or 3 and do that effect multiple times

[lusty trench]

Ayo that's pretty damn good

[sleek ferry]

Fuck why couldn’t we get something similar to this in the main set

This would have gone a long way in making izzet standard viable

[twilit canyon]

cus they didnt want izzet to be viable in standard

also yea this card is really strong

though i wish it had some sort of evasion

[fallow citrus]

Cool video for anyone interested in this space

https://youtu.be/FFtjIUzZZZc?si=LuUCDjqZxXA01rOa

[twilit canyon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/919025705839370282/1160995764533731359/image.png?ex=6536b090&is=65243b90&hm=81ae2a47192aa5b254b62d2d62e5718b0ac98f8110e2b57763dba597d10d1695&

fixed

ring may be still too good

obm is fixed though

[sleek ferry]

Why not? It’s been long enough since izzet dragons for us to get another izzet standard deck

[twilit canyon]

simply they didnt want an izzet deck to be good

[sleek ferry]

Rather than just a new flavor of black + x

Granted, golgari is super fun

[lusty trench]

Apparently new news on the 30th edition of mtg

Artists weren't paid even if they owned the rights

[zinc shard]

man this just gets better and better

[sudden lava]

😦 digital exclusive otter

[sudden lava]

https://youtu.be/a1Ydsyk8o2A

[golden plover]

They didn't pay any artists or their families at all lmao

Rush's family wasn't even told it happened

[lusty trench]

Jesus

[golden plover]

Rush only made the most iconic art in the game

You'd think they would have given his family something

In other fun news, they short stocked the Dr Who stuff too

So unless you're buying through Amazon, check with your distributor because they're cancelling orders and apparently LGSes got a lot less stock than expected

[zinc shard]

Ixalan leak

Looks like it's from the commander deck

[lusty trench]

Did someone say memory issues

[meager isle]

Only once per turn

How balanced

[golden plover]

Oh yeah this is definitely memory issues

Weird that it changes type and graveyard effect on a card that's physical only

On the bright side he seems bad

But playing against him is gonna be annoying

[fallow citrus]

just like

put a counter on the creatures

a dice or anything

[golden plover]

I mean, that works, but dice are gonna make things confusing

Little printed "demon" counters or whatever would work

I just wish the card itself assigned a counter

[sudden lava]

yeah that's the face commander

https://media.wizards.com/2023/images/daily/en_JBRYmYZLfZU.png

or one of them? different art on the box but same guy

probably just the face commander

[rich bronze]

What plays closest to modern scales

In ygo

in y’all’s opinion

[twilit canyon]

spright i guess

[hidden ermine]

Theres not really an equivalent tbh?

Ygo doesnt really have archetypes that focus on pumping up stats due to how the game works

[glad peak]

A deck that destroys its own cards to get material to do utility stuff sort of applies

So I guess unchained

[stark skiff]

havent really followed. Which Who deck seems like the best one to pick up and play with out of the box?

[zinc shard]

Idk The Professor hasn't posted his video yet /j

If you're looking strictly for value Masters of Evil is best, but the real answer is whicever deck looks the most fun for you

[sudden lava]

Do you want the one with the most out of box commanders?

If so, Blast From the Past has a LOT of combinations

[stark skiff]

I was eyeing the evil one but it seems to have like a scattered strategy on first glance lol

[stark skiff]

Didn’t really think of this. Was just looking for something to buy and play with like minimal upgrades lol. Everyone keeps talking about Timey.

[sudden lava]

timeywimey is also pretty cool, but here's the math on how many combinations of commanders the Blast from The Past precon gives

that's over a month of being able to play a different commander(s) for the precon each day

[lusty trench]

https://reddit.com/r/magicTCG/s/lhNDiFOdRp

Ah victory

[golden plover]

Lmao nice

"We need aftermath to show the results of the story"
Doesn't show the results of the story, starts a new random story, makes a set no one wants. Set bombs
"We didn't need it woops"

See I think Aftermath could have done better if it ACTUALLY did what it said it did

If it showed the results of the phyrexian storyline and wasn't just 60 random cards and "woops desparked walkers"

[trail anvil]

some people talked about interesting but underpowered cards and I feel like it was neither interesting nor powerful

[waxen timber]

They could have at least put in cool reprints.

The packs just felt like dogshit to open cause there was like 3 good cards in the whole set and the packs were smaller

[copper pecan]

i feel like the biggest reason it sold badly was because it had fewer cards per pack than a normal set but still costed the same

even people who don't know anything about the set's power level are gonna think that sounds unappealing

[golden plover]

That definitely didn't help, yeah

[merry owl]

[copper pecan]

"shocks don't work well in 3 color mana bases because you're more likely to get color screwed than being a turn behind" how does this make shocks not work well

shocks make you less likely to get color screwed and don't make you lose tempo

[dense berry]

r/cedh level deckbuilding advice

[twilit canyon]

at least in cedh u can justify it bc ur key turns are turns 1-4 maybe 5 and u may not even make land drops for all of them

and with access to true duals

u can just lose 1 life

even then a ton of lists especially 3c choose to play shocks

[dense berry]

fetches + shocks are a broken combo

or fetches + duals

lands entering tapped in general is always a no no its just some formats have shitty enough landbases and soft enough curves to allow enough leeway for them

[stark skiff]

Picked these up

[modern minnow]

i barely get colour screwed just playing a fetch dual mana base idk about anyone else

[rich bronze]

Has this person heard of like… the modern format?

Oh, specifically talking about edh. Still nonsense - you have great colour fixing options.

[rich bronze]

I mean true duals would help too

More targets in general helps

[fallow citrus]

lmfao

this video length

https://youtu.be/RnlY4XYarFM?si=YUvH7Faw80E7WBwK