Magic the Gathering

[fallow citrus]

again, they did nothing

[glad peak]

Why were they hyping this up so much

[fallow citrus]

Because I think they actually were going to hit rhystic etc but got cold feet so changed it

[golden plover]

Yeah Thoracle should've fucking died honestly

[atomic harness]

"Thassa's oracle mostly is shown as enjoyed by the competitive community and doesnt show anywhere else"
"Many people love rhystic study"

[fallow citrus]

it really shouldn't have died

[atomic harness]

Gavin said these two probably arent going for a while

I dont mind thassa in cedh either yea

[golden plover]

The Thoracle thing is the same thing they said about dockside for like 3 years before killing it

[fallow citrus]

also if rhystic dies then why would we be keeping remora, smothering tithe etc

I think rhystic is annoying and can artificially lengthen games but it's whatever

[sleek ferry]

The PTW crew has been vocal that banning Thoracle would actively make CEDH worse

Especially at the tournament level

[twilit canyon]

ban thoracle to make tournaments take 2 days to finish 1 bracket

[fallow citrus]

literally

[sleek ferry]

Yeah that’s the legit argument

[fallow citrus]

wotc loves that argument so it probably is never getting banned

[atomic harness]

Yeah I dont agree with banning thassa

[fallow citrus]

see yorion etc

[atomic harness]

dwai

[glad peak]

Thassa’s is fine, there will always be a best win condition, at least this is a (generally) 2 card combo that doesn’t have in-commander support

Rhystic really dodged bans because sol ring dodged the ban let’s be honest

[fallow citrus]

idt sol ring will ever get hit it's like brainstorm in legacy

[glad peak]

Yeah, rhystic is in that category

[atomic harness]

Thank you mr mudkip

do we count breach as a 1cc

[glad peak]

No, despite what it looks like, breach requires a ton of things to go right if you want to win with 1 card

Yes, having things in grave is easy but it’s still a restriction and often early on breach is a liability

[sleek ferry]

Yeah rhystic also has the caveat of being literally unplayable in every single format not named commander

If they ban rhystic, they can’t use it to sell product

It’s the most dogshit good card ever

[glad peak]

They banned jeweled lotus tho

[sleek ferry]

That was a mistake tbf

JL should realistically come back, but I think WotC is getting cold feet on actually pulling that trigger

[golden plover]

Ehh Jewel Lotus is totally fine to stay banned ngl

It's a really uninteresting card with very few reasons to not run it

If your commander is WUBRG or whatever, sure

[vivid hatch]

Agreed

[tardy echo]

Unban biorhythm is a little silly that card literally only gets played to make the game as unenjoyable as possible

[golden plover]

I don't think unbanning it will break anything

[tardy echo]

But I guess it checks out considering they also let thoracle go

[glad peak]

It’s uninteresting but it also increases the number of cedh decks in the format

[golden plover]

But Jeweled Lotus is also not that exciting

[golden plover]

Ehh Biorhythm is totally fine because it can at least close out the game

[glad peak]

JL expands the cedh pool and I’m pretty sad those decks died (especially tevesh kraum)

[tardy echo]

I mean the card is completely fine

[golden plover]

My hot take is that [[Sway the Stars]] should've never been unbanned

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/bok/54/sway-of-the-stars

Sway of the Stars <:mana8:292901508830330880><:manau:292901508754702338><:manau:292901508754702338>

Sorcery
Each player shuffles their hand, graveyard, and all permanents they own into their library, then draws seven cards. Each player's life total becomes 7.

[golden plover]

It's not too strong

[tardy echo]

It just will literally never feel good

[golden plover]

But this accomplishes literally nothing and just drags the game out forever

There's not even a way to combo with sway

It's just a dick move

[tardy echo]

Like unbanning biorhythm is like if ygo unbanned jowgen

[vivid hatch]

The combo is having a cheap way to deal 7 to all quick

[tardy echo]

Its not really an actual concerning card competitively but it contributes nothing good to anybody’s play experience

[golden plover]

I mean you lose literally everything

[tardy echo]

The combo is drawing grapeshot with storm count 7

gg

[golden plover]

So you've gotta draw back into your way to do 7 yeah

[tardy echo]

If it was an instant it would be lit

[golden plover]

I dunno, Sway is a lame ass card and one of the few times I'd be visibily annoyed if someone played it

[tardy echo]

I mean it’s boring for sure

It’s in the same category as biorhythm for me but feels considerably less egregious about how feelsbad it is

[golden plover]

I dunno, 99% of the time if a biorythm resolves they've already won or will win next turn

If a sway resolves we're literally back to step 1

[tardy echo]

You’re at 7 life you will lose when you pass to your opponent with all their resources and a full hand

It’s just the opposite of biorhythm

Everybody else’s chances of winning goes up by an extremely notable margin

[twilit canyon]

oh shit timeless updated to restrict necro

[tardy echo]

Pogger

Necro is such a cool card so I’m almost a little sad but it is indubitably broken

[twilit canyon]

oh historic is gonna be fun fun i see

merfolk about to be a real deck in the format is my guess

[hidden ermine]

[[Ajani Nacatl Pariah]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/mh3/237/ajani-nacatl-pariah-ajani-nacatl-avenger

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior
When Ajani enters, create a 2/1 white Cat Warrior creature token.
Whenever one or more other Cats you control die, you may exile Ajani, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
His pride denied him; his brother did not.
1/2

Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
+2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Cat you control.
0: Create a 2/1 white Cat Warrior creature token. When you do, if you control a red permanent other than Ajani, he deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to any target.
−4: Each opponent chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest.
Loyalty: 3

[hidden ermine]

... huh

Why was this banned in historic?

(I havent played MTGA in ages)

[golden plover]

This card is stupid strong

There was talk about it being banned in modern because of energy

[glad peak]

Ajani is stupid lmao

[golden plover]

It didn't get the ban, but like 3 other cards did lol

[twilit canyon]

ajani is one of the best 2 drops printed

just outright

[golden plover]

I assume all of those are banned in historic too and it's still too good?

[glad peak]

Easy to flip and when flipped does literally anything you want

[twilit canyon]

nope

guide nerfed to cost 4 energy
ocelot was made a 2 drop

ajani banned now

[hidden ermine]

Huh

[twilit canyon]

this is a pre-emptive ban tho bc energy purely was unplayable and the samwise combo list was volatile

[hidden ermine]

He didnt really seem that strong to me but I guess Im a bit rusty with magic

[twilit canyon]

eldrazi dominated historic discourse

but temple ban should help along with magus and harbinger

[glad peak]

A 2 mana 2/1 + 1/2 that has upside is pretty stupid

[urban crane]

Why is it so annoying to get a Zuran orb

[twilit canyon]

the floor is a 2 mana 3/3 worth of stats

the ceiling is a grind engine and removal piece

[urban crane]

Btw secret lair drop in 3 minutes

[glad peak]

Is it gonna have lutri and biorhythm in it?

[twilit canyon]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026

[tardy echo]

Fov and Fon we are so back

[twilit canyon]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-february-9-2026#AlchemyRebalances

[tardy echo]

I didn’t realize the other 3 weren’t on arena actually not that they’d be huge

[twilit canyon]

unplayable i fear

but yeah its nice to get those 2 out and about for historic

[tardy echo]

Despair is like fine isn’t it

The other 2 though…

[twilit canyon]

ehhh

fod is fine ig

i'd add the other 3 just to have them but they would still suck

[tardy echo]

It’s just kinda weird imo to only have half a cycle

It’s not like you’re wasting actual cardboard reprinting them in fake arena sets anyways

Also as a random aside is it me or does it feel like Tarkir 3 color pairs get much more love from wotc than Alara shards do

[lusty trench]

biorythmn is unbanned
...that was banned?

[sleek ferry]

One of my finest wins yet vs burn

I had to overcome 3 novas

Songcrafter carried so hard

[past socket]

My reasoning for being anti-JLO is vibes-based and primarily out of spite for terrible people

[fallow citrus]

wait I forgot biorhythm is even funnier than I remember

imagine the etali player goes t1 etali flips it off the top

win

[zinc shard]

if you're going t1 Etali you're probably winning regardless lol

[trail anvil]

was gonna say at that point you probably have enough card advantage to nuke a city

[trail anvil]

my commanders always take a random hit in alchemy rebalances, poor kona

hopefully we do see less of val as a linear combo deck

yay wildcard day though

[fallow citrus]

yeah it's just funny though

[trail anvil]

were the wildcards already distributed?

o nvm bans go into effect tomorrow

[steady onyx]

i caved guys

lol

i bought the gale and shadowheart secret lair

frst secret lair bought

because i like bg3 a lot

and why not

https://archidekt.com/decks/19834524/shadowheart_dragons
now trying to build new shadowheart deck, kinda like the idea actually, anyone have fun idea for wincon that isnt just reanimate / rise of the dark realms hardy harr harr

cause i think thats kinda lame and maybe there is a cooler way to end games

idk

[rigid scarab]

My b&r take that matters

Thassa’s you can kinda argue ig

Rhystic has no excuse to be in the format

“People love it” is a fake argument

The only people who love it are the people who play it on the field

With that argument literally dont hit any card ever

[trail anvil]

eh it's fine as a game changer. it's an annoying card but it fits perfectly in that slot imo

[rigid scarab]

Ok so

You know how sometimes a table can blow up at a player for not using their removal spell on the obvious problem card

That kind of feeling is what Rhystic can bring out the most

And it inherently brings it out very often

With most strong cards the “hate” is usually thrown at the guy playing the card itself

Only does it get redirected when someone casts removal (AKA: A way to workaround the card) and then decides not to

Everyone gets the chance to workaround Rhystic and can decide not to every single time they cast a spell and dont pay the 1

[glad peak]

tbh this is why i'm so critical about sol ring not getting banned

if you don't ban a card that's pervasive in every deck and absurdly powerful because people love it, then what's the point

[trail anvil]

idk I feel like anyone can just not remove a problem card and watch as it festers, that doesn't seem like the strongest argument to me

[rigid scarab]

Well at the very least you didn’t show your removal spell

[glad peak]

same criticism i have for brainstorm but at least there you have options outside of "you must play brainstorm or you're at a disadvantage"

[trail anvil]

I think it's less that people love sol ring and more that it's iconic to the format and it's sunken cost fallacy with all the precon printings

[rigid scarab]

In the case of rhystic you outwardly present that you can play around it

And then don’t

[rigid scarab]

Tbf I just don’t think sol ring is rly a card that should be banned

I’m a believer in the “people can gang up on the sol ring player” argument

[trail anvil]

is this not just the same irresponsible pod that doesn't play much removal to begin with

[rigid scarab]

At least unlike Rhystic Sol Ring doesn’t outwardly punish you for trying to gang up against it

[trail anvil]

I feel like half-responsible pods either say "I'll pay the 1" or "I recognize that I'm behind on this board state and can't afford to pay the 1"

[rigid scarab]

It isn’t because the irresponsible players just get mad at the strong card and potentially the player playing the strong card

In the case of rhystic you get mad at the player not paying the 1

Whether you’re a responsible pod or not

[glad peak]

sol ring having the "people can just gang up on them" thing doesn't really help when you're 2-ish turns ahead of them because of sol ring

[trail anvil]

why are the irresponsible players getting mad at it I'm confused

wouldn't the responsible players be mad because they're paying and the irresponsible players aren't

[rigid scarab]

I mean irresponsible players as in players that don’t run enough removal

[trail anvil]

don't players that not run removal get mad at every strong threat because they can't answer it and complain it's op

[glad peak]

tbh "just run removal" doesn't really help here since no one's going to remove a sol ring even if it's the right play

[rigid scarab]

This

Isn’t about sol ring

[glad peak]

it applies to both, too often i've seen people not remove rhystic because "it's just 1 mana"

[trail anvil]

that's pretty poor reasoning, that's 1 mana x however many spells are cast in the game total

[glad peak]

tbh i'm just at the point where i just say people just play what they want, the banlist wasn't ever gonna make sense so there's no reason to try to make sense of it

[glad peak]

it is, but people will always find reasons to use removal on things other than rhystic

[trail anvil]

I think tergrid has a better argument for a ban than rhystic study tbh

I understand it's in the command zone so there's a rule 0 conversation, but I think that card is just unenjoyable both for the pilot and everyone else

[glad peak]

i've legit seen people say "why would i remove rhystic, it's just drawing cards"

usually followed up by "they still have to cast their spells"

[trail anvil]

I'm still amazed they almost considered unbanning iona really, that was my biggest takeaway from the article

[glad peak]

yeah iona's surprising

if they're so against locking people out of the game, why bring her back of all things

[trail anvil]

even beyond the initial "monocolor deck lockout" argument, even shutting down one color vs multicolor could be nasty

[glad peak]

gristlebrand i understand because he's legitimately a fun card

[trail anvil]

i.e. if there's only black for unconditional removal in a pod you can just get rid of all realistic answers to iona

[trail anvil]

yeah and proactive

just drawing out your whole deck on a reanimate target is too much lol

[glad peak]

i'm very interested in lutri

dualcaster mage in the command zone is dangerous

there's no way there aren't a bunch of layered combos and hard to counter setups with him, right?

[rigid scarab]

I think Rhystic (Tithe too) as a singular card contributes more than any card in the game to the worst way to lose in Commander, which is losing because of someone else’s mistakes and essentially them deciding that you lose

It’s why people don’t like kingmaking

Yes you can say this about any removal spell but no exciting element of the game is lost by banning Rhystic and Tithe

[trail anvil]

isn't this just stella lee basically

[rigid scarab]

Make people play like robots and they’re still in a vacuum extremely strong cards, Rhystic is one of the best cards in the format, and singlehandedly decide games at an incredibly low cost

[glad peak]

it's stella lee but with less setup with less of an easy wincon

[trail anvil]

I mean blue is the best color in the format but tithe is for a historically underrepresented color in commander

[rigid scarab]

Lutri is gonna be quite interesting yeah

[trail anvil]

so I'd argue it's nice to have for stronger brackets, hence why it's a game changer

[glad peak]

but the difference is that there are so many variants of cards lutri wants or goes infinite etb/dies with, with a bunch of variants of cards that do something on copy cast or etb

[trail anvil]

it also pairs nicely with group hug draw which I wish more cards did, tataru taru was another nice recent example

[trail anvil]

fair enough

[trail anvil]

as for rhystic idk it presents a decision tree in cedh maybe? I don't play cedh though

[glad peak]

any twinflame effect on lutri + any etb pinger is death, for example

and that's not the only combo you can have on accident

rhystic doesn't present much of a decision tree in cedh, it's either you play through it or it's a win condition

[rigid scarab]

Sets people back entire turns and draws you a bunch

With no detriment to your own gameplan

[rigid scarab]

I don’t think higher bracket players even enjoy playing with rhystic

[trail anvil]

I was talking about tithe there

[rigid scarab]

Oh tithe

[glad peak]

tithe is 50/50, it's not played in a lot of decks anymore

[trail anvil]

idk I just don't have a visceral reaction to it as much as you do. like I've seen people feed the rhystic player a number of times but I feel like it hasn't gone super unchecked in my pods

the most common reaction I see is a slight slowdown due to paying the 1 then ganging up on the rhystic player after

[rigid scarab]

The most common reaction see is a player proudly declaring they’re never paying the 1

Then being shocked at how many cards the rhystic player has

From what I see it’s a very common sentiment at tables

[trail anvil]

ngl it sounds like you play with some dumb people lol

[rigid scarab]

And I don’t think that’s very enjoyable

[glad peak]

tbh youtubers really popularized the whole "i will never pay your taxes" bit to the detriment of players

[rigid scarab]

Mfs think they’re evading taxes when they just caused the apocalypse

[rigid scarab]

I mean it’s not like those players don’t exist

Or don’t take up a very sizeable chunk of the playerbase

I think it’s important to recognise that these players exist and not write off their feelings and contributions to tables

Especially towards a card that doesn’t really make the format healthier objectively speaking

[atomic harness]

hummina hummina

@fallow citrus 👀

No "thought" cards either

interesting

[subtle sierra]

[subtle sierra]

why tf would you destroy a land here

[fallow citrus]

crazy but ig the deck doesn't need them rly

[vivid hatch]

Mailday

My 8th RuFoil ZEN Mesa

[golden plover]

https://x.com/SaffronOlive/status/2021222773561934137

Saffron Olive (@SaffronOlive)

Seems like the odds of a Harry Potter Universes Beyond set just shot up significantly. https://t.co/U0T3Jva7KH

X · Feb 10, 2026, 2:00 PM

This cannot be a good idea

This would actually kill the game for a bunch of players

Hell, I'd probably quit over this set

All the talk of inclusion and caring for everyone goes out the window the second that set drops

[subtle sierra]

the mold is coming...

[trail anvil]

yeah that's an actual UB to complain about

[golden plover]

They've gotta know that's a crazy awful idea, right?

Like a 4th of their playerbase is not straight

[trail anvil]

well she's both not homophobic and also transphobic but yeah

[golden plover]

I mean I'm not trans but I care about trans people

And I don't want anyone to give money to her

[trail anvil]

yeah

[golden plover]

Although I guess the cost analysis is being ran on if it's worth it to kill off their game to a lot of communities for that sweet Harry Potter money

[glad peak]

They probably determined “more Harry Potter fans than trans people” and sent that out

Even if trans people wouldn’t be the only ones offended

[lusty trench]

"I cast Kingsley shacklebolt"
"I cast cho chang"
"I cast seamus finnigan, pyrotechnics expert"

[golden plover]

They'll make a couple random background characters people of color so they can pretend Rowling didn't do... That with the names

[lusty trench]

Biggest question: would they include house elves or goblins

[golden plover]

Oh god they totally would have to figure out how they'd depict goblins and elves

[trail anvil]

beating kinnan after they rip crazy ❤️

[golden plover]

But they'd probably just put 1-2 on background cards lol

[lusty trench]

How do you get around dobby as a whole

Like he's a reasonably popular character but everything around him is just awful

[golden plover]

I mean they'd probably test the waters with a secret lair first

That's still too far imo

[lusty trench]

Other thing: what race do they make hermione

[golden plover]

What race is her actor for the new show

[lusty trench]

Because if theyre going but what rowling has said, she should be black and people will be mad, if they go by the books and make her white, rowling is a hypocrite (shocker)

[golden plover]

She's mixed now it seems

Remember they're using the new actors so that Rowling doesn't have to split money with the old ones she hates

[trail anvil]

I don't think they'd want to return anyways, at least the main cast

[golden plover]

They all basically said fuck off lol

They hate her too

[subtle sierra]

wait there is a new hp show?

[glad peak]

The implications of malfoy calling Hermione a mudblood becomes even more disturbing if she was black the entire time

[golden plover]

Yup, rebooting it for some reason

[subtle sierra]

some reason

it's money

[golden plover]

Well the reason being that Warner Bros wants money

[subtle sierra]

it always is

ye

[golden plover]

And JK Rowling wants money

And she won't have to split it with the main three or Chris Columbus now

They're all outspoken about hating her

[subtle sierra]

she needs more money for her underground mold colony

[golden plover]

And so if they remake it, she can put new actors on everything and not have to share with them

[tardy echo]

Does wotc know that they have strixhaven

[subtle sierra]

no

[golden plover]

Strixhaven doesn't have the same mass market appeal

In universe sets don't sell as well

And they clearly tried to make Strixhaven their Harry Potter

It's popular with magic players, but that's not as big of an audience

Okay they did say that they're not making one, but that "currently" is doing a lot of heavy lifting

[subtle sierra]

this sounds so sus

[golden plover]

Yeah I don't trust that "currently"

Would've been a lot better to just go "hey we DO NOT plan to use HP in magic, full stop"

But I imagine that even if internally WoTC doesn't want to do it, they might be told by Hasbro they have to if it's gonna make them money

[trail anvil]

crafted an ajani at the last second, hopefully that wildcard goes through 🤞

it did

bans are live y'all

[zinc shard]

game's taking forever to gather local files

[trail anvil]

I think cause a lot of people are logging in at once

[glad peak]

I still remember when they said they would never use AI and then immediately released an ad using AI

Well, wording was slightly different so technically they weren’t outside their promise

[golden plover]

They said ai images and technically that's only happened on one card

So I guess they sorta are accurate

Presumably they did realize that Ruwen Liu used AI as the Aang promo was pulled

This card doesn't have an official printing anywhere, likely because of the artist

[glad peak]

It was from the murders secret lair ad where people found it was AI, no?

Technically they were right because it’s not a card

[golden plover]

Yeah that was technically not on a card and then they pulled the ad

This card's art is likely at least partially ai influenced tho

[sleek ferry]

wasn't the exact wording that they wouldn't support AI imaging on cards specifically, but promo material was fair game?

[golden plover]

The artist openly talks about using ai in all her works and has her own AI training company

So Toph violates the promise either way

But presumably they realized that later, as again, the Aang got pulled

But provided she's the only time it happens, it's fair to say that they realized it and likely won't allow AI on cards

[sudden lava]

WOTC wont, they wont let the mold spread to their cards

[golden plover]

See my concern is that they might in a year or two when the new show comes out

[glad peak]

I fully expect in a year or so people will start saying to separate the art from the artist thing again

[subtle sierra]

the problem is that the art already contains so many issues

[golden plover]

Yeah true. Kingsley Shacklebolt

And the werewolf thing

And goblins

[sudden lava]

The name they gave to that one chinese character (Not repeating it)

[golden plover]

Oh right, how could I forget about Cho Chang

Technically there's a second Asian character but she turned into a snake (which is also kinda racist)

[glad peak]

Obviously it has issues but people will then argue that they like it in aggregate so it’s fine or something

I swear it happens every time

[golden plover]

People constantly already go "it's okay, Harry Potter was my childhood"

[twilit canyon]

they should just print slurs on magic cards it'd get the same message across

[sudden lava]

Something to note brought up in another server
"Also, keep in mind that in the press releases of all of these partnerships, the only one that mentions WotC is KPop Demon Hunters"

So we should be safe from the mold

[twilit canyon]

where is this faith in wotc coming from

[glad peak]

For now

[golden plover]

I do want to trust WoTC and I believe that they have no intent to print HP cards at this time. But they also always backtrack shit they say anyways

Remember there was "no plans for UB to enter constructed formats" 3 years ago

The second the money talks they'll flip on these plans and boom Harry Potter set

[sudden lava]

OH

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1371350916242079805/1470798618150830162/image0.jpg?ex=698c9b74&is=698b49f4&hm=5cbf2e11749a95a039814112d8157c67314a6e71391f57f42ce4e1a8975275c3

[golden plover]

Yeah I already posted that screenshot

The word "currently" does a lot of heavy lifting there

[glad peak]

For now

[twilit canyon]

2027 "harry potter is coming to standard!"

[glad peak]

No idea if they already made their roadmap for 2 years from now when we expect HP reboot to come out

[golden plover]

I mean, they bumped back Lorwyn

They can move sets around

But I know a lot of people say a lot of things will kill the game

I think Harry Potter is unironically the closest to doing that tho

It'd be one of the best selling sets of all time, but it'd also kill their community

[sleek ferry]

tbf it's not WOTC's decision at the end of the day

if Hasbro says, we're doing an HP crossover

WOTC can't actually say no

[golden plover]

Yeah that's the problem

I'm sure WoTC doesn't wanna do it

[sleek ferry]

100%

[golden plover]

But if Hasbro says they're doing Harry Potter, it happens and the community dies

Like I don't even really feel like that one is exaggerating too much

[sleek ferry]

You can say what you want about WOTC, but everything we know about the people that work there, they 100% care about the game and the community

[golden plover]

It's the most out of touch set they could do and the community would be ruined

This past weekend we donated $750,000 to trans lifeline

There would be a MASSIVE backlash to HP

[sleek ferry]

But let's see what happens. I think from the beginning, the biggest fear with UB was that, it being too successful, would result in IP's actually wanting to partner with Hasbro, with the intent of getting some sort of MTG collab

Especially when MTG is the only thing keeping Hasbro remotely afloat

[zinc shard]

This gon be gewd

[golden plover]

I mean, I'm fine with some UB at this point. But like the line is 100% HP

[sleek ferry]

holy, this pack might be the best one I've ever seen

[past socket]

Ruwen Liu did do non-AI art. the controversy was started by someone bringing up the AI company. Not like there was evidence of use

[golden plover]

The second they announce a Harry Potter card I'm quitting

[sleek ferry]

I'm ngl, I might pass up Black Lotus

[past socket]

Not defending potential use of AI, awful if they did, just noting a detail

[golden plover]

Yeah the whole thing around her is funky and it's entirely possible the other card has zero AI used. But they did cancel her promo Aang

[zinc shard]

what would you take ooc? Im still learning

[golden plover]

Which would lend evidence to them presumably knowing that there's some ai involvement on her part

Honestly Tamiyo, Fastbond, and Lotus are all valid

P1P1 I think it's Lotus

[sleek ferry]

It would be super hard for me to pass up Tamiyo

[golden plover]

But Tamiyo is fair too

Lotus just doesn't lock you into any colors

[sleek ferry]

Drafting strats vary from person to person

[golden plover]

My only concern is Tamiyo and then you're stuck in blue when the cards dictate Boros

[sleek ferry]

I'm usually someone that likes drafting fetches whenever I can

[golden plover]

I'm not saying Tamiyo is wrong

[glad peak]

p1p1 is lotus

[sleek ferry]

but this pack, I would be forced to Tamiyo

[golden plover]

But I just think you take lotus p1p1 every time

[glad peak]

even though i love drafting lands first

[golden plover]

Because again, if you're in Boros or Golgari or something Tamiyo won't make the cut

[glad peak]

actually league and actual cube are different

just take lotus and try to do boros aggro lol

[golden plover]

Boros aggro is the best thing you can do yeah

[zinc shard]

Here's where im at so far

[sudden lava]

No magic schools besides strixhaven also means wizard101 UB is out the question. But its fine as long as the mold stays away

[zinc shard]

Ok Booster Tutor is the objectively wrong choice... Buuuuuut

[sleek ferry]

I think this in itself is my biggest fear when it comes to p1p1 lotus

[twilit canyon]

?

booster tutor is actually the best choi-

hmmmm

hymn is there

suplex is solid enough too

hmmm i may still take it over this whole pack (booster tutor)

[twilit canyon]

p1p1 lotus is the worst feeling p1p1 power 9 outside of maybe twister

[golden plover]

Is the choice not Bob?

[sleek ferry]

I'm high key taking kurrak or booster tutor given what he's got

[twilit canyon]

yes? no?

[sleek ferry]

t1 Kurrak is surely just game winning

[twilit canyon]

bob is just awk with cryptic and snuff out int he list

there are so many good cards at higher mvs in vintage cube

[golden plover]

Yeah true. I do still think the call is Bob

[twilit canyon]

and lotus encourages you into those

[golden plover]

But I can see the argument for booster tutor

[twilit canyon]

batterskull may end up a playable in the deck too

[zinc shard]

it came back

[golden plover]

Kurruk isn't bad either tho

[twilit canyon]

okay bob is the pick there at least. though i may play hymn over it even

[golden plover]

With Lotus there's a slight argument for citadel

[twilit canyon]

ehh

[golden plover]

But I'd be hesitant for it

[twilit canyon]

yes... but again similar deal + no life gain and no tinker rn

[golden plover]

I wouldn't be mad to play citadel but I'm also not dying to do it

[sleek ferry]

nah do kurruk for sure, pinnacle would have been nice if you had some artifact bombs in the first pack

[golden plover]

Pinnacle is cool, but he's missing a color

[golden plover]

I do think the call is between Kurruk and Bob

Sapphire easy

[twilit canyon]

lol

[golden plover]

There's no argument for anything else

[sleek ferry]

hold on there

fabled

is right there

[golden plover]

He's not in red

[twilit canyon]

lol??

[golden plover]

A p3 red splash is fine

[twilit canyon]

fable is a psychotic p2p1

i love fable

[golden plover]

But it's 100% sapphire

That's an in color mox

[twilit canyon]

but he got cryptic + bob

daze + scolding are enough to get sapphire

[golden plover]

Snap pick

[twilit canyon]

just be ready to go into white

[golden plover]

Any mox is generally correct as is

[twilit canyon]

nah there are times you dont take a mox

[zinc shard]

ye picked up a few dual lands

[twilit canyon]

ie: mox pearl/emerald sometimes dont go

but

yeah u generally go mox

if i was already in red, i may take fable

[golden plover]

Yeah there's absolutely times you don't grab a mox

But most of the time you just snag mox on sight

Especially on p3 in color

[sleek ferry]

I think my big issue is, his lack of actual ways to win the game rn

given what he's shown us

[twilit canyon]

wym

cryptic command

snapcaster

[golden plover]

Yeah there's a lot of value here

[twilit canyon]

psycho win cons to bore the opponent to death is the key

[golden plover]

The win is valuing them out

There's also LoTV

With enough removal and protection she's a wincon when unchecked

[twilit canyon]

add batterskull

[twilit canyon]

t2 batterskill

[golden plover]

Oh yeah this is totally fine

[twilit canyon]

this deck cant play hym

hymn

unfort

or daze honestly...

[golden plover]

Cut 6 cards, add batterskull but this isn't bad

[twilit canyon]

daze, hymn can go

[golden plover]

March can probably go too?

[sleek ferry]

cut wrath of god, ultima is the better wipe, and you don't need to double up on wipes

[twilit canyon]

wrath + march can go

[glad peak]

i always love hymn

[golden plover]

I dunno, I'd almost rather wrath than ultima

[twilit canyon]

wrath march daze gtg for sure

[golden plover]

But there's an argument for either

[twilit canyon]

i'd wrath over ultima if it wasnt for this deck having a single arti

(and batterskull but you plan around that)

[sleek ferry]

ultima ending the turn could also be relevant, but idr what dying effects we care about, if any

[twilit canyon]

hymn is fun but probably uncastable

this deck? none

[sleek ferry]

nah vs the field

[golden plover]

Ultimata ending the turn isn't super relevant in arena cube

Unless theyve got a curiosity or something ig

[twilit canyon]

the cube has more than vintage cube

well

it has an alt list

also cut a land and send it

[golden plover]

Oh speaking of cubes time for a p1p1 of mine

[sleek ferry]

spoken like a true red player

[twilit canyon]

mox + lotus you dont need 17 lands

your curve also ends at 3 for the most relevant spells

i could argue to 15 lands

[zinc shard]

Alright here's what i got:
Creatures, Planeswalkers, Card Advantage, Counterspells, Removal, Board Wipe, Lands/Mana Artifacts

[glad peak]

yeah i suggest moving 1-1 mox and lands usually

[golden plover]

Oh cubecobra is down smh

[sleek ferry]

Alright time to finish working on my Selesnya token deck for Standard

[zinc shard]

Evil Laughter

[subtle sierra]

i love free wins on ranked

[golden plover]

Wait until he hits you with [[Battle of Wits]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/m13/44/battle-of-wits

Battle of Wits <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manau:292901508754702338><:manau:292901508754702338>

Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 200 or more cards in your library, you win the game.
There is no loftier ambition than the pursuit of knowledge.

[golden plover]

Then you'll feel REAL dumb

[sleek ferry]

daily reminder that [[sygg, wanderwine wisdom]] is underrated af

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/ecl/76/sygg-wanderwine-wisdom-sygg-wanderbrine-shield

Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manau:292901508754702338>

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Sygg can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature enters or transforms into Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom, target creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, draw a card" until end of turn.
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay . If you do, transform Sygg.
2/2

Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
Sygg can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature transforms into Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield, target creature you control gains protection from each color until your next turn.
At the beginning of your first main phase, you may pay . If you do, transform Sygg.
2/2

[golden plover]

What's the P1P1?

[sleek ferry]

I'm taking the Mox

[golden plover]

Yeah it's almost certainly the mox

[[Custodi Peacekeeper]] is funny tho

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/14/custodi-peacekeeper

Custodi Peacekeeper <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Creature — Human Cleric
Reveal this card as you draft it and note how many cards you've drafted this draft round, including this card.
, : Tap target creature with power less than or equal to the highest number you noted for cards named Custodi Peacekeeper.
2/3

[golden plover]

Oh wait it only taps for 1

[trail anvil]

kavaero who

nice early gg nerd

[vivid hatch]

They’d be pretty much obligated to, in the spirit of maximizing shareholder value

Frankly, if I were working at WOtC I would be pushing for a Harry Potter UB hard, if the IP owners would be willing to offer an attractive price

Not because I personally want to see a Harry Potter UB - I don’t - but because it would rival LOtR sales wise, with the outcry being more limited than you’d think

[golden plover]

Just lost to a Dimir mirror because they were running Ty Lee and Boomerang Basics. What are we doing here man???

It mattered because it hit Planeswalkers where Bounce Off doesn't

[tardy echo]

I mean basics is actually a lit card lol

Ty Lee is crazy though

Floodpit drowner choppelganger

[steady onyx]

drowner my GOAT

bro mr cake

hru

[zinc shard]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/companion-app-update-magic-player-profiles

[subtle sierra]

thank you mtga

[last glen]

#1282483234835529759 crossover outta nowhere

[fallow citrus]

me when the steps are three

[golden plover]

This is statistically near impossible

[golden plover]

Odds of > 4:
08.27%

Assuming we only draw on the draw step, which had to happen that game, this should literally never happen

[golden plover]

I love that bad lessons players don't realize that even through multiple Beastbinder, there is a window where they can use their monument

[sudden lava]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HA-eO5yW4AEcdj5?format=jpg&name=large

[golden plover]

Just played against a Sultai list that got double deceit into Kavero both games. That feels unwinnable

[trail anvil]

depends on the deck and the topdecks, it's definitely a strong start though

[zinc shard]

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

[golden plover]

What the fuck is this

[subtle sierra]

defend the bite down elf hydra

[golden plover]

It won the game because I couldn't remove their hydra when they had 37 protection spells

Ya know, Goldvein Hydra isn't bannable or anything, but he really should've cost XGG

Vigilance, Trample, and Haste for 1 is crazy. Not to mention the fact that he can't be traded with cleanly

He's not a problem or anything but he's my new pet hate card

[subtle sierra]

oh no speak of the devil

[golden plover]

Lmao your turn to get ran over

Wait why is he a 1/1

[subtle sierra]

because my opponent is stupid

it ate shit to lightning helix

[golden plover]

Yeah you never wanna play that for less than 3 or so

A 3/3 with haste, vigilance, trample, and refund feels tough to deal with

A 1/1 with all of that doesn't

[subtle sierra]

i'm just testing 5 color control because fuck it

so i die to aggro due to bad lands anyway

all your removal costing 1 more is rough

[golden plover]

Huh that Rakdos monument deck is weird. Feels way too gambling tho

They also run moonshadow. Which continues to prove that moonshadow is fraudulent

[sudden lava]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/where-to-find-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-previews

Tuesday is debut
Wednesday for precon
Thursday is full card reveals including team-up

[hidden ermine]

Manument to Endurance

[lusty trench]

Just calcify it

[vivid hatch]

👀 snapped this up today

[twilit canyon]

we have olympic rep before a major tournament win

[sudden lava]

My haul for today

[sudden lava]

More leaks have entered the stack

including a commander precon leak

That makes 5, one more and we can roll a d6 to determine secondary commander

[stark skiff]

Who’s that on the Technique

[sudden lava]

Donatello

[stark skiff]

I meant the bow tie guy lmao

[sudden lava]

No clue

[stark skiff]

Some new pickups for my valentines @atomic harness

[past socket]

WARK

[sudden lava]

good thing for the blue card on the left there isnt a card that makes a lot of turtles in one bur
OH, wait.

[trail anvil]

undersupported creature types really ate this set

[atomic harness]

Good job son

[quiet edge]

Just learned that Mitsuhiro Arita actually did Magic card artwork for a drop, or whatever they called it

Which sounds really cool.

[sudden lava]

ngl I hope we get another leak the days before debut stream

[quiet edge]

I'm just waitning on whenever that Monster Hunter series they ended up scrapping is going to be

I'd play the hell out of a deck that features Magnamalo

[steady onyx]

what is that sol ring from?? it SLAPS

[stark skiff]

Through the Wormhole Secret Lair. Galaxy Foil. The whole set is nice.

[subtle sierra]

i have encountered the ultimate timmy

[trail anvil]

I respect it, just wanting to smash as hard as possible

[subtle sierra]

they were smashed by removal turbo

[trail anvil]

such is the life of a timmy

should've been running more protection, skill issue tbh

[golden plover]

I toyed with the idea of this at one point, but it was more [[Ancient One]] turbo

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/lci/222/the-ancient-one

The Ancient One <:manau:292901508754702338><:manab:292901508872273920>

Legendary Creature — Spirit God
Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.
8/8

[golden plover]

This was the list I was trying

[sleek ferry]

Harmonizer jump scare

[trail anvil]

monogreen
imagine not having an answer for that outta nowhere kill 😎

[golden plover]

They're doing the pride event again

The important question for this, now that Lutri is unbanned, is what deck I build to represent mine and my boyfriend's fursonas lol

He's obviously Lutri. Do I go with Phelia or Pakko

Phelia is the correct dog type, but if I pick Pakko I can also keep most of the deck the same and make a proxy of Halden for him

[twilit canyon]

lutri would have worked alot nicer with phelia but ig pakko is just better

[zinc shard]

https://youtu.be/CwNazt4eSao?si=_1sEE5OIyTHV_NyY

[subtle sierra]

they don't know how to publish videos properly

the video is 2 days old but was privated

[zinc shard]

its from todays MTG Arena Announcements

[subtle sierra]

i know

doesn't change the fact youtube says 2 days ago

[golden plover]

Maybe the solution is two decks. Haldan and Pakko and Phelia and Lutri

Force him to learn magic to play one easy

[zinc shard]

ayo wtf

ez

[golden plover]

Lutri just goes infinite with every copy spell, yeah?

[glad peak]

[[lutri, the spellchaser]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/iko/227/lutri-the-spellchaser

Lutri, the Spellchaser <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manaur:292901509010817024><:manaur:292901509010817024>

Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter
Companion — Each nonland card in your starting deck has a different name. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for as a sorcery.)
Flash
When Lutri enters, if you cast it, copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
3/2

[glad peak]

Not really, unless you mean stuff like reverb

[golden plover]

I was thinking ireniclus' duplication and similar

[trail anvil]

how many copy instants/sorceries are there that make it nonlegendary

[golden plover]

Remind me again, how do choice spells work with copying?

[golden plover]

There's at least 4

[glad peak]

If the “if you would cast it” didnt exist, it would’ve been so peam

[golden plover]

But I'm planning to combo off with Orvar too

[golden plover]

WAIT GODDAMIT

[glad peak]

You didn’t read it till now too? I was so sad by it 🥲

[golden plover]

GOD DAMMIT

I was thinking Lutri won off [[Ashling's Command]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/ecl/205/ashlings-command

Ashling's Command <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manau:292901508754702338><:manar:292901508796645397>

Kindred Instant — Elemental
Choose two —
• Create a token that's a copy of target Elemental you control.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Ashling's Command deals 2 damage to each creature target player controls.
• Target player creates two Treasure tokens.

[glad peak]

Yeah I wish

[golden plover]

Okay Lutri sucks then

How the fuck does he win the game

Imma swap Lutri for Alania

[trail anvil]

oof

[past socket]

Hell yeah Izzet! What the fuck is a linear combo!?

[tardy echo]

He doesn’t that’s why they unbanned him smiley

[zinc shard]

here we go again

[atomic harness]

Wow those are cracked

[twilit canyon]

its tomb

snap pick

[glad peak]

Is there a reverb that can target copies?

I can’t remember

[zinc shard]

Ended up with a reanimator/show and tell deck

ez

3 ppl in a row with Black Lotus

[trail anvil]

I wonder when they're actually going to ban ajani and tamiyo in regular brawl queue tbh

I think I said this before but the fact that they're banned for a competitive brawl event but not the regular queue is crazy to me

[sleek ferry]

Songcrafter continues being an mvp for this deck

Like, songcrafter randomly getting you a well timed spell pierce or lightning bolt, wins the game so hard

[golden plover]

Suffering from success. I also drafted Emrakul and Ulamog but they don't synergize with Sneak Attack

[golden plover]

Yeah t4 elder gargaroth with Kaldra Compleat is unwinnable for them. Note they had a bahamut

T3

This deck fucks

[golden plover]

Never fucking mind I guess

[sudden lava]

https://i.redd.it/k8gjfeku82kg1.png

youtube ad revealed one of the treatments (Base art is a commander precon card)

[subtle sierra]

go into ranked
match into guy nickname Hubris, the Ambitious
johnny player avatar
plays 2 lands
misses land drop, forfeits
g2 i mull to 5 thinking this might be a hard game
opp plays 2 lands
misses land drop, forfeits
?????????????

thank you for reading my greengraypost

[sleek ferry]

I too quit when I gamble on keeping only 2 lands

[subtle sierra]

idt it was even that bad considering it was orzhov something

if this was control you'll draw mazemind eventually

[sleek ferry]

even then, that 3rd landrop makes or breaks a lot of decks

[subtle sierra]

ig fair but

just mull bro

it's one of the things i had to learn when starting to play

just mulligan you'll be fine(-ish)

[sudden lava]

LMAO

All the cards that are "Look gaming words!" are golgari

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1371350916242079805/1473379944087290038/image.png?ex=6995ff80&is=6994ae00&hm=c9caa2cd34dc9be432d07034aefcbf26edf177dce3483db32f66e8fe52a3f79b&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=477&height=507

They knew

https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/0/a08b8ff8-13e4-46e7-b028-d055e4548f6a.jpg?1673914943

[golden plover]

Ninja Pizza is a cool cube card with a terrible name

Let's give it up for the lame ass UB bonus sheet being used for the 5th time

[subtle sierra]

it's just a rip from a comic

wow

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1371350916242079805/1473395245969571890/en_yQy1univ1Y.png?ex=69960dc0&is=6994bc40&hm=ef271466566bcd57b408685ea39004dfb3d6d05f1a38b4e4f9e9bc9685e5ffac&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=579&height=809

B1 Iroh "Pizza" Master got a pizza for the 99

💖

(Yeah I had a dumb idea about building Iroh as a pizza themed food deck)

[golden plover]

The monkey's paw curls

"Reprint the surveils"
You get one of them, but it's on the TMNT bonus sheet and look bad

[zinc shard]

Giving the news crew a "channel" ability is genius

[sudden lava]

So news vans deal more damage then news helicopters I see

[zinc shard]

Naw it's not the van, it's the people in the van

[sudden lava]

oh true, that makes it even funnier

[stark skiff]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/raphaels-jitte

whats this garbo

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/252175743512084480/1473392383436521472/en_ac6MJ5cFiG.webp?ex=69960b16&is=6994b996&hm=81cfafc814e9bc70c87de578177c1717ca5836dd774a98cc768ec9e2d266494b&=&format=webp&width=389&height=544

[lusty trench]

Contender for worst card art

[stark skiff]

neat reprint

[fallow citrus]

god I hate all of these cards

[golden plover]

Looking like spiderman 2 up in here

[past socket]

I think Spider-Man was just an outlier due to some behind the scenes issues. But maintaining the agenda and all that

[golden plover]

I dunno, this looks exactly like spiderman to me

Might have 3-4 cards that impact any real formats, 80% commander cards too lost in the sauce to really feel like much of anything

Since when was there a yellow one

[stark skiff]

for like a decade now

[sudden lava]

Jenika

[golden plover]

Oh weird this is literally the only card she's on

This is a Graggle Simpson, y'all can't convince me she's real

[sudden lava]

Nah there is another iirc

just only art so far

yep found it

granted I dont think we've seen art of her as a creature, but yeah she has a technique

Funny enough, from what I could find she was originally human

[glad peak]

Oh yeah that one

[tardy echo]

wtf they made turtles woke

[copper pecan]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/948945461597831218/1473503112928034908/image-60.png?ex=69967236&is=699520b6&hm=ad6e9dfe5cf1748930bfed76d293a698b3bfb748087992d782975ac048b5ffb5&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=666&height=930

[sudden lava]

Oh just noticed this is from the commander precon

@golden plover found creature art for Jennika

[zinc shard]

this artwork raises more questions then answers

[glad peak]

Bad Apple?

https://tenor.com/view/bad-apple-manu-touhou-gif-21182229

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1371350916242079805/1473538998604664994/image.png?ex=699693a2&is=69954222&hm=78defa2a59887847140f84d2e6534f06d41e06a969d55a2a2be212eb36fe6db4&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=808&height=797

If the opponents B or C have 25 life or less before the shredder tokens damage them, thats lethal

as they go from (for the 25 example 25 to 15 (10 regular damage) then 15 -> 7 -> 3 -> 1 -> 0

[golden plover]

https://preview.redd.it/1e57rhdbd7kg1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=029ddea4126568edd23894cc781270173cf740de

Why is negate in the limited?

I thought the point of foundations was to prevent useless limited slots by keeping some of the staples around

Hey not the worst negate art at least

That's this one

[copper pecan]

it's a good card for limited

[golden plover]

Is it? Counterspells are almost always bottom tier picks

[atomic harness]

can we talk about that commander's plate

um

[golden plover]

There's obviously some exceptions but counterspells are typically just grabbed to fill slots

[golden plover]

I'm not convinced the artist has ever seen a pizza before and it looks gross

[steady onyx]

hi mr renren

[atomic harness]

Hello

[steady onyx]

i bought a new deck mr renren

spend 100$

😭

https://archidekt.com/decks/19502749/control_in_commander

its 120 cards

with a yorion board

:)

when will our legendary comander game with thugs and bio be @atomic harness ?

[sudden lava]

sale on arena right now

[sleek ferry]

Harmonizer really just shits all over azorius

it's kinda funny

[sudden lava]

https://youtu.be/mZFN_YxpDpU

[sudden lava]

https://x.com/wizards_magic/status/2023464950518202614

Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic)

Squen and Cragg's side hustle went worse than expected... Tune in tomorrow at 10am PT for the #MTGxTMNT Debut stream on https://t.co/nUzYF5lf0v.

▶ Play video

X · Feb 16, 2026, 6:30 PM

can someone make a gif of the packing facility part?

[sudden lava]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/579106856400846861/1473751989572735108/VideoToGif_GIF.gif

got the gif, lets gooooo

[glad peak]

very accurate depiction of a packing facility

[subtle sierra]

ossification

❤️

[golden plover]

Just had a match where I only saw a restless reef and Requiting Hex of theirs G1, (wrongly) assumed it was Excruciatiator, boarded in my hate, and found out it was Reanimator. Guess what deck the hate also hits pretty hard

[subtle sierra]

i mean

technically excruciator is reanimator

just different

i side the same thing into both in control

both decks also lack 2 cost spells so that's also convenient to side out snare

[golden plover]

Yeah I board out snare, 2 spyglass, and 2 bitter triumph on them

Board in betrayal, soul guide, a disdainful stroke, and 3rd tidebinder

[subtle sierra]

i side out 2 seam rip 2 snare 2 doj for 3 rip 2 tishana 1 disdainful

rip is funny into excruciator cause they lack enchantment removal

[golden plover]

Yeah they also can't hit walkers

So if I stick a Kaito they're struggling to find a bitter triumph or lose

[zinc shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq102tK_CV8

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-commander-decklist

Notable reprints:
Vigot - $16
City of Brass - $22
Spire Garden - $19
Undergrowth Stadium - $10

[sudden lava]

THEY REPRINTED BATTLEBOND LANDS, IN A PRECON?!?!

(Only 2 )

[zinc shard]

gotta save the other ones for future Multiverse precons

[sudden lava]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1371350916242079805/1473758828993708144/image.png?ex=6997605d&is=69960edd&hm=9217096d3b236efb1bf953f2ec15bab7d60e919ca55cb629627e0b23bccf82ee

the art on this card is so silly

[zinc shard]

[[Urban Evolution]]

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https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/355/urban-evolution

Urban Evolution <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manag:292901508654301185><:manau:292901508754702338>

Sorcery
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
As the Simic released more of their krasis experiments, they required new habitats, always at the expense of the locals.

[sudden lava]

urban evolution but for 1 less mana and the land enters tapped

[zinc shard]

how the fuck

[sleek ferry]

[[vigot]]

[lost widget]

No card found for “vigot”

[subtle sierra]

it's vigor

[sleek ferry]

Sigh

That sounds so much less interesting than Vigot

[subtle sierra]

when are we getting Bigot

[sleek ferry]

Marvel set for sure

[sudden lava]

they replaced the thrives with more battlebond lands

🙂

probably idk

[past socket]

I hope this reprinting of the Battlebond lands continues

Should’ve been done more ages ago but I’m not gonna let perfect be the enemy of good

City of Brass too looks amazing!

Apparently by the same person who did the art for the awesomeness that is [[!Topiary Stomper]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/261/topiary-stomper

Topiary Stomper

[sudden lava]

love this reprint

[fallow citrus]

lmfaoo
https://fixupx.com/i/status/2024190384801206774

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Quoting mRichi (@mRichi)
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︀︀Dejad de meterme en eventos de commander para vuestro beneficio de promo, niveles etc
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FixupX · Feb 18, 2026, 6:32 PM

[subtle sierra]

did he found he was "playing" in a lot of tourneys?

[fallow citrus]

yep

store signing him up to inflate their numbers

[copper pecan]

finally, a magic card depicting people playing magic

[past socket]

Oh shit I didn’t notice that, that’s so cool

[fallow citrus]

https://x.com/i/status/2024180775633977844

TogoresMTG 🦈 Daily YouTube videos (@TogoresMTG)

Now with update MTG Companion app you can see all events you have played.
Registered against my will in dozens of 80+ players events in a store of my city for years.
This 👻 events started and ended immediately. Some of them being at 23:00 😴
Someone else outside Madrid?

X · Feb 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

amazing

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/579106856400846861/1473786550327316723/image.png?ex=69977a2f&is=699628af&hm=0db551c373044a212cf95c95ed33cc496f891c5f38181b5cc242ad7ca43efaa4&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=384&height=532

cute treasure token

[past socket]

the raccoon statue treasure token from Bloomburrow has a worthy opponent

[knotty ferry]

[[invoked carotenoid]]

[lost widget]

No card found for “invoked carotenoid”

[knotty ferry]

[[invoked carytoid]]

[lost widget]

No card found for “invoked carytoid”

[past socket]

[[Invoked Caryatid]] ?

[lost widget]

No card found for “Invoked Caryatid”

[knotty ferry]

something like that yeah

[tardy echo]

[[ilysian caryatid]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/297/ilysian-caryatid

Ilysian Caryatid <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manag:292901508654301185>

Creature — Plant
: Add one mana of any color. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, add two mana of any one color instead.
Those who die as heroes are permitted to dwell in Ilysia, a protected realm of the Underworld as tranquil and vibrant as the rest is bleak.
1/1

[tardy echo]

gg

[knotty ferry]

[[cloud strife]]

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/fca/42/najeela-the-blade-blossom

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manar:292901508796645397>

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever a Warrior attacks, you may have its controller create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token that's tapped and attacking.
: Untap all attacking creatures. They gain trample, lifelink, and haste until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Activate only during combat.
3/2

[golden plover]

Dammit accidentally ordered a mismatched set

And the full art looks awful

Time to try and offload it for a regular one

[zinc shard]

"Hey what if we colorshifted Gala Greeters, and remove the best ability on Gala Greeters?"

[trail anvil]

still a decent tool at 2 mana tho, especially for food decks

paying mana for life normally wouldn't be amazing but food synergies and other rectangle synergies are nice

[gritty nest]

Also make it legendary so you can’t get multiple greeters on board

[copper pecan]

this is where i watched my parents die raphael

[trail anvil]

cowabummer

[stark skiff]

endless feet @atomic harness

[trail anvil]

this scales super hard with token doublers

goes brazy with three blind mice too

[stark skiff]

yea aside from the punny name its actually really dope. Squad being on it also crazyt

[trail anvil]

the name is a pun?

[stark skiff]

if you like an endless foot assault

[tardy echo]

Tbf gala greeters without the best part is still a pretty decent card

[trail anvil]

plus an extra power and food synergies

[glad peak]

Ayo wtf?

[tardy echo]

Holy welcome back to standard second sunrise

Or is that the commander set logo

Please say it’s not I need a fun standard card here

Classes are cool but I need morrrrrre

[sudden lava]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/448940916833648640/1473846831468511232/image.png?ex=6997b253&is=699660d3&hm=c3fd090959df9ac4b607167b3db4a866c32016c1b586f5d501e95a5674731c25&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1128&height=279

dumb combo deck

extremely budget

[trail anvil]

sorry fam

standard set logo is the turtle face

[glad peak]

Sneak attack into dump your hand into continue?

[tardy echo]

Fuck OFF

[lusty trench]

Cool standard designs, No commander here

Cool standard designs? No, commander here!

[glad peak]

It’s the same issue every set

[urban crane]

Second time this happened the elf Lotr one had one aswell

[golden plover]

Oh my God they did the pigeon again

[subtle sierra]

[golden plover]

Not beating the spiderman 2 allegations when they put the same fucking card in the set

[subtle sierra]

No no you see

This isn't a 1/1

This is a 0/2

Big difference

Also why is this uncommon

[lusty trench]

Pigeon over performed at common in spiderman limited

[glad peak]

So it can block the pigeon in block draft and live, duh

They really brought back blocks but in the worst way possible

[steady onyx]

but like 0/2and 1/1 huge diff tbf

like HUGE

[lusty trench]

Over correction prolly

[steady onyx]

yeah

but like w.e

[golden plover]

Holy shit there's SEVEN versions of each turtle in the main set

Maybe an IP doesn't work when you have to do seven versions of each character

If you count the commander versions it's 10

[glad peak]

They can do the same with kpop demon hunters now and no one will bat an eyean eye

[steady onyx]

GOING UP UP UP AND NOW WERE GOLDEN

https://giphy.com/gifs/netflix-rumi-huntrix-ZsftO9vgLABZtcH5be

[glad peak]

Be prepared for a variant for each member with each of the song names next to them

[golden plover]

That's how we make a full set lol

[trail anvil]

surely this was just hasbro pushing them to do this property cause who actually asked for tmnt in current year

the card designs have been better than Spider-Man again not a high bar but the flavor ain't it

[sudden lava]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-zoey-kpop-demon-hunters-approved-netflix-gif-14157226056982792460

[twilit canyon]

tmnt is... nostalgic ig?

this set doesnt seem horrible but as u said its beating spider-man

but that bar is in hell

[glad peak]

maybe after the new york block we can get a korea block

[trail anvil]

squid game, bts sets

[trail anvil]

I mean it wasn't long ago I found out there was a ton of content with this between all the comics and shows

did we really need this many cards for each turtle and so many non turtle cards referencing pizza

[trail anvil]

... isn't this just a card already?

[[poison dart frog]] ah it's in the opposite order

[lost widget]

https://scryfall.com/card/lci/207/poison-dart-frog

Poison Dart Frog <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manag:292901508654301185>

Creature — Frog
Reach
: Add one mana of any color.
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
"Bright as any dinosaur—and just as with other great hunters, its colors are a warning." —Huatli
1/1

[trail anvil]

that's a lot better

[copper pecan]

idk who this is but i love his design

[subtle sierra]

why is he a spirit

???????????

[hidden ermine]

I mean he is carrying alcohol in the art

[copper pecan]

why aren't you a spirit?

[trail anvil]

he's about to be

[subtle sierra]

i don't wanna die yet

i'm pretty happy with living rn

maybe in like 70 years

i'm sure komi can arrange it

[golden plover]

Why would you echo of eons here

[trail anvil]

okay, date set! have fun

[golden plover]

You very clearly had game

[trail anvil]

what format is this, cube?

[golden plover]

Yeah arena cube

[urban crane]

Curious when wel get power rangers ub

Or peak ub peppa pig

[tardy echo]

Peppa pig UB might make me an investor bro

[lusty trench]

Artist does art for tmnt regularly

He just decided to phone this one the fuck out ig

[golden plover]

How many treatments does this set have

[tardy echo]

Wow. Wotc put oppression in standard.

[golden plover]

Wait what

[sleek ferry]

Oh look, yet another spell that ftk’s cub decks

[tardy echo]

I wonder if we’ll get a class for her too

[golden plover]

Nah we don't have room

[trail anvil]

bouncing a creature to avoid the board wipe is a smart design though

and reuse an etb

[tardy echo]

Wdym?

[copper pecan]

all the classes are rares and all of them have been revealed

[tardy echo]

Also idk if it ever got posted here but there’s a shredder technique that’s 3 mana destroy creature or enchantment sneak is B

Err

Just black

Fixed

[tardy echo]

Are classes always only rare though? Her technique is the only from the turtles that’s uncommon and not rare

They have printed uncommon classes before

Unless there has been actual confirmation that we’ve gotten all the classes that I didn’t see

[copper pecan]

no but the ones in this set are just a cycle at rare

iirc they said so in one of the design articles

[tardy echo]

Ah unfort

Well I actually don’t gaf that much I didn’t even know there was a yellow turtle until this week I just like classes

[copper pecan]

the black one seems really good

[[ninja teen]]

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https://scryfall.com/card/tmt/67/ninja-teen

Ninja Teen <:mana2:292901509060886528><:manab:292901508872273920>

Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
: Level 2
Creatures you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
: Level 3
Creature cards in your graveyard have sneak .
You may cast creature spells from your graveyard using their sneak abilities.

[copper pecan]

i'm definitely gonna run it in my sephiroth brawl deck

[sudden lava]

Helped teach a newer magic player today
they were on WUBRG eldrazi 💀

[sleek ferry]

There’s actually a lot of solid cards in this set

[copper pecan]

yeah i've been pleasently surprised by this set

[zinc shard]

im in the same boat. Friend was learning, and netdecked a Codie deck

[sleek ferry]

The Leonardo that has sneak for W can reset you aven interrupters/aang

[copper pecan]

it's a lot better than the spiderman one. i know the bar is in hell but still

[sudden lava]

they gave the precon bond lands, city of brass, even fabled passage

granted only 2 of the bond lands, but thats 2 more then other modern precons

[past socket]

I hope they keep it up!

[sudden lava]

Please be a pattern yeah , strixhaven plz have the other bond lands (4 more reprinted, plus another print of the golgari)

[tardy echo]

Surely at that point you’d just be playing pixie

I like a lot of the cards in this set I just wish they found more stuff to do than 7 cards for each turtle

[sleek ferry]

Pixie doesn’t get +1/+0 for every creature on the field

And I play kurruk as a finisher

So I’m always going wide

[tardy echo]

Sure I guess

Just feels a little unnecessary to me

[sleek ferry]

Except irl where I have a perfect six pack and perfect quads

[tardy echo]