#mxkale - vol. 2

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glacial crystal
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yeah

zenith wedge
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I'd won the previous game though, so it balanced

glacial crystal
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Tru

zenith wedge
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I sort of want to build all the mono-uncommons from SOS

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Maybe not Orysa

forest plover
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trickery may not always get you the result you want, but it's almost always fun and Neat ™

zenith wedge
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I have had better results than not with it.

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But yeah, I just thought the terastodon was very funny

zenith wedge
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I'm definitely getting stuck in too many deck ideas

zenith wedge
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Yes, this is a bracket 1 deck built around the paradigm spells

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And yes I know that the gamble is probably one of the cuts

zenith wedge
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I had an opponent call Sanar a treasure demon in my 2hg (I'm exhausted)

glacial crystal
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treasure demon for sure

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he do be lookin p demonic

zenith wedge
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I got stuck on 3 lands and he kept me able to play

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That sort of thing

glacial crystal
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yeah i mean he's good at that for sure

zenith wedge
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I am amused that I opened more copies of Shadrix than Mica

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I got 3 Shadrix and 1 Mica

zenith wedge
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So, different question. Should I be writing primers for my decks?

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Or no because they're never complicated enough or finished enough

glacial crystal
worn schooner
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I don’t think it’s super necessary

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(And realistically, how many people are reading it)

glacial crystal
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It's a lot of work and a primer that doesn't get updated super often can be detrimental to others.

worn schooner
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Generously, I’d guess 10% of the people looking at decklists take time to even open the primer

zenith wedge
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I dunno, I just have a lot of people who look at my decks and go "I don't know how to read decks so I don't know what your deck is doing"

glacial crystal
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if you feel like doing it, i would probably suggest just doing a quick writeup of mulligans, tutor targets, and how you win, and call it good there rather than going super in-depth

jovial nova
# zenith wedge So, different question. Should I be writing primers for my decks?

My advice is that if you feel your writing brings a perspective you wish you saw more, you should put it out there. Primers are a part of the memetic conversation that surrounds decks, so its a way to influence the culture IMO. If thats something you want to do, then I think its worth it, they dont all need to be 15 pages long either.

glacial crystal
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I think it's also reasonable that if you get the same questions every time you show someone a list, you might want to write the answers to those down in a short primer

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just for your own sanity

jovial nova
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Yeah for sure

glacial crystal
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i personally love answering the same questions about the decks i play over and over because i love the decks a lot but for people who aren't me you might not enjoy that experience

jovial nova
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Though thats probably fake news, since my experience is that content/writing drives more questions towards you lmao

zenith wedge
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I mean, yes, but I'd rather actually get feedback from lists than just frustrate people by them opening, looking and giving the TLDR meme response as their eyes glaze over from being unable to read my deck.

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Because that's what I'd definitely characterize it as

glacial crystal
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yeah that can be a bit frustrating as well

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especially if you're looking for help or suggestions, it can really suck because other people are not inside your brain

zenith wedge
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I'm going to work on one of the Izzet lists this weekend.

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I think

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[[rootha mastering]] and [[sanar|sos]] are the shortlist

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Creature — Orc Sorcerer
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, create an X/X blue and red Elemental creature token with flying and haste, where X is the greatest mana value among instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
"The great thrill of perfection is that we'll always be chasing it."
3/4

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Legendary Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
Sanar enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
manat: Create a Treasure token. Activate only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
0/4

Wild Idea mana3manaumanar
Sorcery
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

zenith wedge
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Sanar is still shaping up as a combo metaphor for mixed adhd

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Rootha is going to be a rework of Ashling

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I like Ashling but she's just not feeling like she's doing anything special?

forest plover
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I love ashling as a support piece

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in the zone she's just a vineyard 🤷‍♂️

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I'm building [[muddle the ever changing]]

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter Shapeshifter
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Muddle becomes a copy of up to one target nonlegendary creature you control until end of turn, except it has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
3/3

last totem
zenith wedge
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My husband took the Muddle from the deck for Alania

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[[Alania, Divergent]]

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Creature — Otter Wizard
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's the first instant spell, the first sorcery spell, or the first Otter spell other than Alania you've cast this turn, you may have target opponent draw a card. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"Why would I chase the storm? Does a cloud chase the rain? Does the sun chase the light?"
3/5

zenith wedge
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I'm ok with that because I pointed out the interaction with [[stormsplitter]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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How many myriad do you want on it?

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Because Muddle adds myriad as a copiable value right? and it should be able to copy copies and add more myriads

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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I got to work on 3 separate izzet decks this weekend

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Oh @worthy marsh tagging you on this because you have River as a deck, are there cards from SOS/SOC you're putting in the deck?

worthy marsh
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Flow State was one, I hadn’t looked closely at the other Prismari cards for her yet

zenith wedge
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Flow state I added. I also added Sanar.

worthy marsh
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[[advanced reconstruction]] is one I could see trying out

torpid pewterBOT
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Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of your first main phase, mill a card, then exile a card from your graveyard at random. You may play the exiled card this turn.
mana1manar: Level 2
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
mana1manar: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost mana2 less to cast.

zenith wedge
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I was looking at it

worthy marsh
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Because milling off the top won’t interfere with our draws

And with a bunch of tuck cards from GY on the bottom of our library cards it triggers level 2

zenith wedge
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But I didn't know about the price.

worthy marsh
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Oh and [[Harmonized Trio]]

torpid pewterBOT
worthy marsh
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Repeatable draw from the bottom and put back on top

zenith wedge
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I hadn't thought about them and I probably should have

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[[flashback]] and [[garrison excavator]] also were on my list

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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Excavator I don't know if I love at 4 though

worthy marsh
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Yea that’s not a lot of value for the incidental tuck

zenith wedge
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I am trying [[wan shi tong, all-knowing]] but it has a tuck on etb

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit
Flying
When Wan Shi Tong enters, target nonland permanent's owner puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.
Whenever one or more cards are put into a library from anywhere, create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens with "This token can't block or be blocked by non-Spirit creatures."
4/4

zenith wedge
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But 2 bodies vs 1 for ascend is a big difference

zenith wedge
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I know I should still just go hivemind+pacts

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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It's still goldfishing t6-t8 for wins somehow

urban flare
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YAY, big mana curve

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Oh I love it

zenith wedge
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I know it can be better, this is a functional first draft

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[[Lavaleaper]] + [[resonating lute]] = my basics tap for 3 for instants/sorceries

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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But when I talk about things I think could be better, like, the elementals in the top end

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I would appreciate feedback from people though, there are points in the gameplan that feel vulnerable, mainly around t4ish

urban flare
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I can look a little later today

zenith wedge
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That is a request open to anyone too

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checking something [[nyxbloom ancient]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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OK, so it's at least more fragile than ancient and slightly more expensive, but non-g having a setup that gets you 3 mana per land is a lot

urban flare
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mhmm

zenith wedge
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I also had an idea for [[Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist]] last night, speaking of mono-colored deck ideas

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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Eldrazi spawn/scions

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They sac themselves

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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Curious on whether people think the vibes are too oppressive

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I worry because it's fundamentally a combo list

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And I think they may vibes read as quirky on face value and cause a feel-bad even if I say it's a combo list

forest plover
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I have not had time 🤣

zenith wedge
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LOL

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It really isn't goldfishing as irresponsible, but I also built it in a way to potentially be able to make 3 mana from basic lands

zenith wedge
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But I look forward to any feedback if you do have the time to look

worn schooner
zenith wedge
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@worn schooner is anyone using leaper+lute there?

worn schooner
zenith wedge
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[[lavaleaper]] [[resonating lute]] = your basics tap for 3 for instant/sorcery spells

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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3 is a lot without access to green

worn schooner
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True, but that mana is restricted

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Not a huge fan of that

zenith wedge
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It depends on what you're casting

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For Rootha or if you're running a [[dragonstorm]] list?

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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You can't just rely on having rituals in non-green

worn schooner
# forest plover What are veggies decks?

Me and CollateralKaos have been toying with them for a while - we use some commander that functions as a 2 mana dork in the cz so we can cast spells like [[explosive vegetation]] t3 and start dropping bombs every turn from t4 on. Been chatting about them in #1495855498484777131

torpid pewterBOT
forest plover
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Oh nice

worn schooner
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It’s been one of my favorite decks to play for a hot minute. It’s like mainlining Eáu de Timmy

zenith wedge
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Well, playing through Rootha with husband, and I think it's probably b4

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Because the extra combats + wipes make it play a lot like I'm chaining extra turns

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I'm OK with that, so I'm not disappointed. I also talked about it like I do about b4 decks

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So I need to tighten it up some

zenith wedge
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@glacial crystal I'd honestly appreciate feedback on that front

glacial crystal
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hi im pell

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i can look in a little bit, i kinda just got into the groove writing the primer for the first time today

zenith wedge
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Doesn't need to be right away

zenith wedge
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I've updated Rootha with potential upgrades in the sideboard as well as a brief outline of how it wins and the current goldfishing rate.

glacial crystal
zenith wedge
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After goldfishing the deck, playing games with my husband and talking about it with him, it's clear that the deck needs to move to b4, which it is closer to than it would read.

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It already goldfishes between t6-t8 really reliably, which has it on the border on that metric

glacial crystal
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right i read that, but what are the actual goals here, you said you need to tighten it up but what is wrong with it

zenith wedge
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That it definitely tends to the t8 end and I'm concerned that I might be more glass cannon than I want

glacial crystal
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oh that's easy to fix, if we're b4 we can speed things up as much as you want

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why is rootha a sorcerer SCGbigsad

zenith wedge
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Because WotC decided we need challenges

glacial crystal
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that actually makes a lot of my suggestions a lot worse, i was going to suggest things like [[flame of anor]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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but you can't even run this

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1 mode on flame is really bad, and we're very low on creatures, let alone wizards, etc.

zenith wedge
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There are 7 wizards, but yeah that's low to count on the modes

glacial crystal
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so if we're looking at speeding up the deck, the thing i would consider first is how we're generating mana

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rootha's mana2manaumanar which says to me we should probably be on Desperate and Pyretic Ritual

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and probably also [[open the omenpaths]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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So far I'm currently getting her out on t3

glacial crystal
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by contrast I don't think we don't need stuff like seething song, although Irencrag Feat could be good if we have good 7s

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since she doesn't care about casting a lot of spells, just a big one

zenith wedge
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I do have mana boosters in this too

glacial crystal
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because Rootha doesn't have a number she cares about, she just wants any instant/sorcery

zenith wedge
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On the sideboard [[nivix guildmage]] can combo with [[rapturous moment]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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Just because that's a weird newer combo

glacial crystal
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that's a really solid combo you can run

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i actually think that's probably worth running, mostly because rapturous is solid enough on its own and we want discounters

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because while this deck wants high MV, it does not care if you paid it

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im so sorry to be the pell to say this but [[goblin electromancer]] and [[ral monsoon mage]] and at LEAST ruby medallion are probably on the docket

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost mana1 less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell during your turn, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Ral deals 1 damage to you. If you win the flip, you may exile Ral. If you do, return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
1/3

Ral, Leyline Prodigy
Legendary Planeswalker — Ral
Ral enters with an additional loyalty counter on him for each instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn.
+1: Until your next turn, instant and sorcery spells you cast cost mana1 less to cast.
−2: Ral deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets. Draw a card if you control a blue permanent other than Ral.
−8: Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may cast instant and sorcery spells from among them this turn without paying their mana costs.
Loyalty: 2

glacial crystal
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because they're simply too good at discounting spells

zenith wedge
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One of my wins last night was t7 cast treasure cruise for 2 + [[breath of fury]] getting the loop of 8/8s was just nice

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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yep, breath of fury's a good combo for this

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kinda godo hosty

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oh

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[[Baral, Chief of Compliance]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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shocking nobody this guy still really good

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forgot him

zenith wedge
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in general I am trying to keep toughness higher, Ashling provides enough mana/selection that she felt safer but I wasn't sure if 3 toughness + the discount was enough

glacial crystal
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another weird thing you could play is [[Font of Magic]], not because you plan to cast Rootha from the cz multiple times, but because it's a harder-to-stop electromancer

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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I have disliked font a lot every time I've read it somehow

glacial crystal
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it's not what i'd call incredible

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i will be 100%

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but the baseline is 4 mana to discount all instants and sorceries by 1 for what will usually be the rest of the game

zenith wedge
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I'd rather run [[mindsplice apparatus]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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that's an option as well

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but more likely to just get blown up incidentally

zenith wedge
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Yeah, it's the unfortunate one

glacial crystal
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oh

zenith wedge
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[[rowan, scholar of sparks]] is one I've thought about but also fragile

glacial crystal
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hey mxkale

torpid pewterBOT
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Legendary Planeswalker — Rowan
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost mana1 less to cast.
+1: Rowan deals 1 damage to each opponent. If you've drawn three or more cards this turn, she deals 3 damage to each opponent instead.
−4: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay mana2. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy."
Loyalty: 2

Will, Scholar of Frost mana4manau
Legendary Planeswalker — Will
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost mana1 less to cast.
+1: Up to one target creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until your next turn.
−3: Draw two cards.
−7: Exile up to five target permanents. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.
Loyalty: 4

glacial crystal
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[[longshot rebel]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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3/3 gamer

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weird creature type for the deck, but it's a solid discounter that gives a little bit of extra reach

zenith wedge
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Longshot discounting all noncreatures is better though also still can die

glacial crystal
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alternatively you could just go with the plan of "my discounters are cheap but low p/t" and grab stormcatch mentor

zenith wedge
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[[colorstorm stallion]] having pseudo-prowess felt like it may make it more stable

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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well good news

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[[stormcatch mentor]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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this one has prowess

zenith wedge
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1 is too low

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It being a 1/1

glacial crystal
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yeah

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the other suggestion had was possibly thunderclap drake, but that's a 2/1

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but it does copy a spell

zenith wedge
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[[dirgur focusmage]] is the lower cost option I have currently

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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yeah

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was rying to avoid the ones you already have haha

zenith wedge
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I thought about [[thryx, the sudden]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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we also for sure need some extra draw

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and here's one that solves both issues?

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[[case of the ransacked lab]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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you are PROBABLY not flipping this

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being clear

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but if you do, you're literally never running out of cards again

zenith wedge
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Or I could just do [[artist's talent]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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you could, it doesn't provide card advantage since you're not on breach or anything but it does provide selection

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easier to flip but much higher upfront cost to get the discount

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either way i'd be on at least 3 or more discounters over what you've already got

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and i would for sure include that cool ass combo to make infinite mana

zenith wedge
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[[haughty djinn]] is a beater with 4 toughness

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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I have a copy of [[magnus the red]] somewhere

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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But that seems winmore

glacial crystal
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for sure

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the thing with magnus is he doesn't actually get you started

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he only comes in when you've already done the thing, somewhat, and says "let me put my name on the group project too"

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and what he does is good but i think you can do better

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haughty djinn is probably fine enough, i like my discounters cheap but you have goals that aren't mine

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i would still probably be on baral though if you're worried about toughness

zenith wedge
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It's a combination of probably wanting defenses and running, I think 7 things that sort of count as wipes

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(in order I'm seeing in decklist): sunderflock, BA, chain reaction, ITE, Artistic Process, splatter technique, ashling's command

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I think Ral>Baral>thunderclap>Stormcatch

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For my rating of 2-drop reducers

glacial crystal
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i think ral and baral are probably good enough

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wait

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you didn't rate electromancer!

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😠

urban flare
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Its last

zenith wedge
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Yeah, it's after Stormcatch obviously. I think my brain pulled it from thoughts on this after WotC also left it out of the deck

urban flare
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There’s 5 of these things and one has to be last…

zenith wedge
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I already feel bad not having [[moltencore maestro]] in this but it's not a storm deck

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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And it doesn't play well with free cast

glacial crystal
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yeah that one cares about spending mana

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we aint wanna do that

zenith wedge
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I have setups where I'm making 3 mana per basic for instants/sorceries but that's not guaranteed

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And more often than not that's probably just a crackle with power attempt

glacial crystal
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we can make it higher hahahahAHAHAHA

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high tide

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speaking of, you've got a lot of space M

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you're on 40 lands

zenith wedge
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39

glacial crystal
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*39

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we can shave at LEAST 4 off of that number

zenith wedge
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I'd need to pump draw a lot more and/or grab rhystic

glacial crystal
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correct

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you honestly don't need rhystic here

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you do not use the cards that well, as stupid as it sounds

zenith wedge
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LOL

glacial crystal
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rhystic is at its best when:

  1. cards are cheap
  2. more than one person has rhystic
zenith wedge
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No, it doesn't sound stupid

glacial crystal
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if you aren't in those situations you dont need it

zenith wedge
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But I'm already drawing 2-4 cards per turn after t4/t5

glacial crystal
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which is why i suggested Case

zenith wedge
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But I am also really only at most double spelling

glacial crystal
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yeah

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now notably, we can run cheaper spells in this deck

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it feels wrong, i am aware

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there is nothing here that says we can't run efficient cards too

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she only cares about the highest MV, and only on your turn

zenith wedge
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I'm not that precious about this as I feel you might think I am 😅

glacial crystal
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it is time for pell's favorite game: What's That Rate, where we determine the actual rate spells have for mana vs effect

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oh i was not going to be kind on this

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i am taking a hacksaw to this if you ask me for advice

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that's what im good at and im not gonna pretend otherwise

zenith wedge
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Yep

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And why I asked

glacial crystal
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alright let's start with sorceries because i think these are worse than your instants

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no offense meant here, but you included a lot of things in sorceries that i think we can do better on

zenith wedge
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None taken

glacial crystal
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Crackle with Power is 5 mana deal 5 damage to 1 creature, but have you considered [[Shellshock]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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Crackle goes to face

glacial crystal
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that's 5 mana deal 5 damage to face

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i forgot, it's actually 1 target

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[[lightning axe]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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[[crackle with power]]

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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yeah, the fact that you get 1 target for this if x=1 is really rough

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and the rate does not get better with more mana spent

zenith wedge
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It's a card I'm only casting if x=3 at minimum

glacial crystal
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that's fair, it's an exsanguinate but you need to be paying 11 mana

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if we include an infinite mana combo, having an outlet for it is fine

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im just saying the rate on this card otherwise is Not Good

zenith wedge
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Rapturous or mana geyser are the big infusions

glacial crystal
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yeah

zenith wedge
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Or if I do the 3 mana basic taps

glacial crystal
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i would personally not include this without a way to make x=8

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i think popping everyone for 15 is nice but it does nothing if nobody's dying from it

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just a consideration, i'd run the vizix guildmage thing if you're on this, or some other infinite mana combo like hullbreaker loops

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and otherwise i think there are better ways to pressure opponents

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one thing i like about b4 is that any turn, someone could cast a spell that just kills us from hand

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and being able to participate in that is really nice

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moving past Crackle since I think I've driven the point home enough

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Rousing Refrain, no real notes, this does eventually just generate 5ish mana every 3 turns

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it's a little slow but we care about the MV of our rituals, this is a 5MV spell you can cast for 2, it's fine

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it absolutely WILL telegraph when you're going off though

zenith wedge
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Kindle the inner flame is one I'm less sure on.

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To jump ahead

glacial crystal
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i just don't think you have creatures worth copying that much, but you can copy lavaleaper with flashback and that's based

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if you're unsure about it we're for sure cutting it then

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that's how we do here

zenith wedge
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I just wanted to highlight it

glacial crystal
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that's important though

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if you're not sure about it, going into cuts, we for sure should not be on it

zenith wedge
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[[will of the temur]] has played great though, fwiw

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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well yeah because it's 6 mana make a 4/4 draw 4 cards

zenith wedge
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At minimum if Rootha is out anyway

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But I made a copy of my husband's [[tocasia's welcome]] which was fun

torpid pewterBOT
glacial crystal
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yeah

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i think ill-timed is for sure going to blow up your own board but this might be the one and only time i say that card's kinda solid

zenith wedge
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No, that card has actually felt great, and it's low enough I can cast it before even trying to establish a board

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It's part of the reason that higher toughness has mattered though to try and sculpt a discard to not wipe my stuff

glacial crystal
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yeah

zenith wedge
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and the discard is a may

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The highest it can hit for is 12, which is just shy of BA

glacial crystal
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i think rite of replication is probably not great here overall but it do be making 5 copies for 9 mana

zenith wedge
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It also can make copies of opponents' creatures

glacial crystal
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the thing that is a little rough is like, the best thing to clone for you is generally lavaleaper

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but paying 9 mana means you probably aren't getting immediate use out of it

zenith wedge
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It depends, colorstorm, redoubled, crafter, tanufel, junk winder

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eddymurk

glacial crystal
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right but a lot of those are cards, and cards are not our main hangup

zenith wedge
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[[tanufel rimespeaker]]

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glacial crystal
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because we only cast 1 or 2 spells a turn, it's less valuable to have a lot of copies of something that draws cards

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especially since we're not on free countermagic, or really countermagic at all

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we kinda only need to draw 3ish cards a turn to keep pace, right?

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so 5 copies of something that draws a card, especially if we already have one, seems overkill compared to something like maybe [[irenicus's vile]]

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zenith wedge
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I've seen a few that are irenicus + mirrorform for copies of rootha

glacial crystal
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since this will let you use a second copy of your commander, Sanar, or the legendary discounters

zenith wedge
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[[mirrorform]]

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glacial crystal
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yeah, not a bad plan, you then make N 6/6 elementals with flying and haste

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which seeems like a very reasonable way to win

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i also think irenicus's is just a better card overall than rite of replication in a gameplan where you're not doing that

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mirrorform can be a little dead in hand, though

zenith wedge
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Which has been my problem

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[[nanogene conversion]]

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zenith wedge
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it doesn't have the downside of giving opponents rootha

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because they don't get the spell trigger

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And it stops their stuff from flying

glacial crystal
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that's another solid option, although it could be weird to actually play with

zenith wedge
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The problem is what's the boardstate I need for it to work

glacial crystal
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i would say make the simpler swap of the clone, we see if we need more ways to win (i doubt it) and revisit?

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i dont think this deck really has that much of an issue converting a boardstate into a win

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so more ways to do that seem less valuable to me

zenith wedge
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Yeah

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It's more realizing that it doesn't have the downside that I"ve seen nanogene have in other decks that have tried to use it

glacial crystal
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yeah fair enough

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continuing down, Artistic Process is fine, the rate is kinda not great and i would compare it to [[fiery confluence]] but not bad enough not to include it

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zenith wedge
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Process being able to make a separate elemental is the important mode

glacial crystal
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i like that it doesn't hit your stuff and it makes a dude

zenith wedge
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for breath of fury

glacial crystal
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not saying to run confluence, i'm saying i think it's probably about the same

zenith wedge
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Yeah, I'm just explaining the math of why I went with it

glacial crystal
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ye

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it's fine, no real notes there

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baral's expertise is next and i do need to get out my hacksaw on this one

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we actually don't have that many things we can cast off of this

zenith wedge
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Breath needs you to have at least one creature that will get through on the board and a trigger to make an elemental on the start of combat

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I have 26 hits for Baral

glacial crystal
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are they all actual hits for baral though

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all of your artifacts, 2 of your enchants (although i think you probably don't want to use this to freecast breath of fury)

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chain reaction is an atrocious baral's hit

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ill-timed is not great off of it for similar reasons, not as bad as chain reaction though

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kindle, for everything i've said, is a good baral hit

zenith wedge
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Freecasting breath is actually a reasonable cast with it

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As long as I already have another flyer on the board that can hit + rootha

glacial crystal
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yeah, the concern is just going down 2 cards to do it, but it's probably fine too

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you do need to actually have a way to remove flyers

zenith wedge
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Rootha being 4 means I can bounce her if I need an additional target or resetting a rock

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But rock reset is one of the worst options

glacial crystal
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just looking at noncreatures, i'm counting 11, maybe 12 hits

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because a lot of these are "legal to cast" but not something you ever want to throw down off of baral's

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fwiw most of your creatures 4 or below are fine to put in

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again i probably wouldnt use it to put in lavaleaper having paid extra mana, because you wanna get the benefit of that immediately

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it's fine, we've got like 20ish solid hits, i think you can maybe do better but not better enough that it's worth getting rid of

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and as we go through that number will probably go up because i stay out here trimming mana value

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-# please hold while i lay facedown and contemplate my continued existence mirpray

zenith wedge
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Candlekeep is one I look at

zenith wedge
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I'm making changes on there and then will make final changes in the other list

zenith wedge
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[[season of the bold]] that's what should be in here

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Sorcery
Choose up to five manap worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once.
manap — Create a tapped Treasure token.
manapmanap — Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play them.
manapmanapmanap — Until the end of your next turn, whenever you cast a spell, Season of the Bold deals 2 damage to up to one target creature.

glacial crystal
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yes

zenith wedge
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The one funny thing of the Rootha list is that of the various online checkers 2/3 of them gave it a rating of being bracket 1 and the last said bracket 3.

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And I get why they said those but it's interesting wtih the division

zenith wedge
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[[Narod the beige flower]] I'm overly tempted by this

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jovial nova
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Affinity commander?

forest plover
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Hunted X are insane here

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Alt casting costs

zenith wedge
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Reanimation too

jovial nova
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Warp blink shenans as well

zenith wedge
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Warp are often pretty similar cost to mv

jovial nova
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[[quantum riddler]]

torpid pewterBOT
zenith wedge
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Yeah, so it goes from 4->5

jovial nova
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Oh thats true

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lmao

zenith wedge
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[[Abuelo's awakening]] [[ghost vacuum]] stuff is also interesting

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zenith wedge
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Can do abuelo x [[omniscience]]

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jovial nova
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Honestly when I mentioned the blink warp stuff I was kind of imagining a whole goryo's vengeance package alongside it

zenith wedge
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nod

jovial nova
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You've reminded me I was supposed to be brewing omni-acerak combo

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I wonder if [[scion of draco]] is worth.

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zenith wedge
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I don't know

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It's always going to be reanimated I think

jovial nova
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Yeah I think so

zenith wedge
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Or [[Hasheton]]

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No card found for “Hasheton”

jovial nova
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But beign castable is nice, and a 12/12 flying "your commander has hexproof" seems considerable

zenith wedge
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[[Hashaton]]

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jovial nova
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All three of the keywords seem great for that commander actually

zenith wedge
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If I can discard with that out it's a 12 lifelink

jovial nova
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True

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So true

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That actually seems sweet

zenith wedge
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[[Chromium, the mutable]] also funny

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zenith wedge
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Yes, base is a 7 mana 7/7 but becomes a creature with unblockable that will still do 7

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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Also yes, I'm still working on my white whale of mono-g spirits

zenith wedge
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Commandees I brought tonight:
[[Hans Eriksson]]
[[Neyith of the Dire Hunt]]
[[Rootha, mastering the moment]]
[[Sanar, unfinished genius]]

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Legendary Creature — Human Scout
Whenever Hans Eriksson attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield tapped and attacking defending player or a planeswalker they control. Otherwise, put that card into your hand. When you put a creature card onto the battlefield this way, it fights Hans Eriksson.
"Nothing could ruin such a fine day, Saffi."
1/4

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Legendary Creature — Orc Sorcerer
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, create an X/X blue and red Elemental creature token with flying and haste, where X is the greatest mana value among instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
"The great thrill of perfection is that we'll always be chasing it."
3/4

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Legendary Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
Sanar enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
manat: Create a Treasure token. Activate only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
0/4

Wild Idea mana3manaumanar
Sorcery
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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Rootha won, had a very good game with her where I had to use [[complete the circuit]] and [[chain reaction]] during the Dihada player's upkeep to remove Alesha

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zenith wedge
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I was able to win through [[haze of rage]] after he gained 120 life in an alpha strike to take out the person playing Mass of Mysteries

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zenith wedge
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Gdi

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The enchantment

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[[Breath of fury]]

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zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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@lunar maple I started poking around with the Tellah idea and realized that self-sac counterspell creatures are a way to build in protection

lunar maple
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That makes sense

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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I honestly started considering a B3ish Rog/Thras build using [[breakthrough]] and coco the other day

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zenith wedge
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[[break out|mkm]]

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Sorcery
Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them. If that card has mana value 2 or less, you may put it onto the battlefield and it gains haste until end of turn. If you didn't put the revealed card onto the battlefield this way, put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
"Hey, kiddo. Your ride's here."

zenith wedge
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Just a peak "dangerous little guys" deck

urban flare
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Seems good

zenith wedge
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It's a weird card, it finally started showing up in decks over the weekend

zenith wedge
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I got most of my monthly quota of wins last night because I won 2/3 games. Almost won the third as well.

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Also I don't feel like I lost because I got to teach people things about Affinity

zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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The closest I can think is just a lot of other commanders came out without many clear upgrades for them

zenith wedge
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jovial nova
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land

zenith wedge
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I have 35 land

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Why would I cut a land for a landfall card?

jovial nova
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I just always say land

forest plover
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forest plover
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overall list is very sick, I wanna try something like it myself

zenith wedge
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So, Rootha was made by adjusting the Ashling list I did with part of the precon.

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Those 3 help cast [[sunderflock]]

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zenith wedge
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Which won't bounce Rootha's tokens

zenith wedge
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I'm having a weird thing where, I brought 3 decks with me tonight that are all bracket 3, and I think they're pretty close together overall. But my husband thinks they're wildly different

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And I'm not sure how I feel about that

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Because it means either his or my power estimations is really out of whack

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And he puts them in that order of power, highest to lowest

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Do other people in here generally agree with him on that?

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Like, I think Kotis is really explosive, but I don't know that it's good

zenith wedge
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Updated Kotis, I realized it was really out of date.

zenith wedge
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Kotis won but through a very silly way

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I had [[tifa lockhart]] out, opponent on [[hope estheim]] milled 13 lands

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zenith wedge
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Milled me for that many

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I lucked out and found aftermath analyst

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My husband had [[Dueling grounds]] out

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zenith wedge
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Tifa deleted them from 170 life...

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My husband killed the other opponent and I got him on the Crack back with 3 landfall triggers

zenith wedge
hot plank
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Like intended one

zenith wedge
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"A deck that works based on my knowledge of zada and feather decks"?

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I wasn't going goblins just because I just did a goblin storm deck with Sanar

hot plank
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definitely has the autoincludes of zada

Personally I'm not huge on a lot of rocks in zada and prefer creautre dorks like sunset strikemaster and even [[pallidium myr]] over arcane sig and thought vessel
Eldritch Immunity is a good protection piece but there aren't that many colorless sources of mana available in the deck
Personally I prefer [[zoyowa's justice]] to chaos warp because it benefits Zada more, and is slightly less expensive.
Leyline of resonance is just one extra copy and if it isnt in your opening hand you probably will never cast it
instead of/in addition to impact tremors, I highly recommend [[weftstalker ardent]] since it cares about artifacts and creatures, and is a creature itself.
totally a solid deck though 🙂

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Instant
The owner of target artifact or creature with mana value 1 or greater shuffles it into their library. Then that player discovers X, where X is its mana value. (They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. They cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into their hand. They put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

zenith wedge
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Yeah, I'm not sold on all of them either in terms of rocks. Tablet of discovery is just really really good

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So many people run thought vessel though

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Thoughts on breech in Zada?

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[[magmablood archaic]] is one that I think is interesting that I wasn't seeing people including

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hot plank
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I just dont see myself casting magmablood

zenith wedge
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I just thought it was interesting (the archaic)

jovial nova
hot plank
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Vessel is good if you aren't running breach and dont win on your turn after drawing 15 cards

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Underworld Breach enables Zada so hard. Especially her best card witch's mark

jovial nova
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I think zada is usually winning if shes going off and I dont love 2 mana rocks in zada either

hot plank
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usually, yes, but it is easy to brick

zenith wedge
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There's also [[dawning archaic]] that might be easier to get for free than not

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hot plank
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especially without a lot of decent rate creature makers

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if you're top decking 7 with 15 card draw/impulse draw spells in your deck (one which you already used), it is very possible you just... dont get another

jovial nova
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Which is why i would rather be on another draw spell instead of a rock usually

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Or a ritual to extend the line

zenith wedge
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[[eldritch immunity]] was another card I didn't see a lot of people using, but it seemed really flexible

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zenith wedge
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Can let you push damage through or escape damage effects

jovial nova
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Eldritch immunity is great and I can never cast it when I need

zenith wedge
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The other thing though is trying to fit in graveyard hate

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Unless it's just racing it

hot plank
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16 is the amount of card draw/impulse draw i run because the rest arent good enough

hot plank
zenith wedge
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Yeah, I thought about including [[emberheart challenger]]

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hot plank
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Im more of a [[evendo brushrazer]] or even [[professional facebreaker]]

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zenith wedge
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I'm not buying or floating another facebreaker atm

hot plank
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Fair

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I run pfb for many reasons

zenith wedge
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The mouse was because it's additional draw when it gets targeted by the zada spell copy

hot plank
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Yeah

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Pfb is mostly for the treasures but gets you out of a jam if you have a ton of treasures and no draw

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Me omw to use the bottom text of PFB (nobody does this)

zenith wedge
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Yeah, I just only have 3 4 of them and floated one into Jaws recently

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My store doesn't allow proxies

zenith wedge
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The one thing is Zada has a lot in common, in some ways with my Ripley Vance list

zenith wedge
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Just pulling this here @forest meteor so the thing that got me excited about the idea of Arnyn with the Eldrazi was realizing the interaction with [[petrified hamlet]] and being able to make my swamps all tap for colorless

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forest meteor
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Oh, smart

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I didnt notice that

hot plank
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"Unless theyre mana abilities"

Wotc hates me

zenith wedge
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It's really cool though that it can stop channel lands

hot plank
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That is cool

zenith wedge
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It's being used in Amulet TItan for that reason

hot plank
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It cant stop gaeas 🙁

zenith wedge
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No

hot plank
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Booo

zenith wedge
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It can stop stripmine, maze of ith, etc.

hot plank
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Yea

zenith wedge
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But it's sort of a weird interesting ramp option for any like, really big mana mono-colored deck

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Because there are effects that double up mana generation for colorless

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That they made for Eldrazi

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A very weird mld option for B with [[break the ice]] though

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zenith wedge
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... omg I just realized [[captain kirk, boldly going]] may be the best scroll rack, brainstorm commander ever...

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Legendary Creature — Human Officer
Vigilance
Spacecraft creatures you control get +3/+3.
Whenever Captain Kirk enters or attacks, search your library and/or graveyard for a basic land card or a card named Starship Enterprise, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
3/4

zenith wedge
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Because he's and/or for the search it means you can attack with him, get something from the GY and still shuffle

forest meteor
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When did that get spoiled?

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[[!starship enterprise]]

torpid pewterBOT
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No card found for “starship enterprise”

zenith wedge
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Yesterday

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Basically WotC has it in a trade show display

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So even though it's not been "released" to people it's counted as spoiled because WotC is using it in displays

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I think it was a few days before but yesterday was when it was sourced and Scryfall added it

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At the Licensing Expo

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Just the first sourced one I found with a google

zenith wedge
last totem
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I don’t have a landfall deck in paper, but I throw in [[scapeshift]] into a lot of brews I make

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zenith wedge
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So, this deck is a landfall deck but it's far more about resetting the top of your library

last totem
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Ah so scapeshift wouldn’t help then?

zenith wedge
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I don't think so as much

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So, cards like [[brainstorm]] or [[scroll rack]] have the problem of not necessarily finding you lands

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zenith wedge
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With Kirk, you can attack and shuffle

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Or flicker

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And it undoes the "scroll rack lock"

last totem
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Is it alright if I suggest other cards?

zenith wedge
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But you don't have to "search‐search"your library just declare fail to find and shuffle

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You can! I just was explaining more because it will just look like a landfall deck

last totem
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Tbh I was asking cause I know I’ve sounded…kinda stupid in the past

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And wasn’t sure if you’d want to hear anything I’d have to say

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Anyway [[Jaheria’s respite]]
[[open the way]]
[[new horizons]] (I think that’s the card I’m remembering)

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last totem
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New horizons was not

zenith wedge
last totem
zenith wedge
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Like, it's more like a lack of experience than anything else, and you have a reason for your suggestions.

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and it also gives me insight on why people don't understand my decks because of how my brain is

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So they're useful

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My brain also messes up sometimes and I just read a card really wrong.

last totem
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…my thoughts were more about the spiteful Dr Who comments I’ve made in the past

zenith wedge
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Ahhh

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I've seen worse

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I've been a fan of Doctor Who for over 40 years now, I've definitely seen worse statements

last totem
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…worse?!? I felt horrible after what I said about the show

zenith wedge
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Yeah, definitely worse

last totem
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Well that’s depressing

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At least I can stop feeling guilty over it now though

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Also [[horizon explorer]] is probably what I was thinking of earlier

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zenith wedge
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Breakthrough update on the [[mog moogle warrior]] deck. I've worked out what each of the dances are. Working out what the triggered spells are now

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Legendary Creature — Moogle Warrior
Lifelink
Dance — At the beginning of your end step, each player may discard a card. Each player who discarded a card this way draws a card. If a creature card was discarded this way, you create a 1/2 white Moogle creature token with lifelink. Then if a noncreature card was discarded this way, put a +1/+1 counter on each Moogle you control.
1/2

zenith wedge
hot plank
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Wdym what each of the dances are

zenith wedge
hot plank
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Ah

zenith wedge
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So, part of the thing with Dance is you pick a dance, go into it, and each has 4 spells it can cast

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You're then casting a random one from those 4 for the rest of the combat

zenith wedge
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So, the dances are all recurrable somehow or create a lot of card advantage

zenith wedge
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I still need to update it post TLA

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Because I have Airbender's ascension to put in at minimum

zenith wedge
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I really feel like this moogle deck is never going to be satisfying somehow

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And my brain keeps going to think about other decks like the Neutrinos or Arnyn

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Or Aziza

zenith wedge
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Oh, I need to finish Arnyn for tomorrow

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Because it's June and I want to bring a non-WRX deck tomorrow

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[[arnyn]]

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zenith wedge
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I have a feeling for the first draft, so I don't go crazy from trying to finish the list, I'm going to go with the "Avg EDHRec B4 and make changes as needed"

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Like I don't have [[contamination]]

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zenith wedge
zenith wedge
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I want feedback on how unfun this feels.

zenith wedge
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I need to figure out how to source an [[earthcraft]] so I don't pay a ton

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jovial nova
zenith wedge
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No, there's a seller on tcg player who's got a heavy play copy for 120 something

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I was looking at that

jovial nova
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Theres a mp English version on cardtrader for 112, and a sp japanese copy for 108. I shouldn't have looked (a japanese earthcraft is kind of a dream card for me)

zenith wedge
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I'm trying to decide if her combos will be effectively unplayable

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[[The unstoppable squirrel]]

torpid pewterBOT
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No card found for “The unstoppable squirrel”

zenith wedge
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[[The unbeatable]]

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Legendary Creature — Squirrel Human Hero
Do You Like Squirrels? — Whenever The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl enters or attacks, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
I LOVE Squirrels! — mana1managmanagmanag: Create X 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is the number of Squirrels you control.
"We're here to eat nuts and kick butts!"
4/4

jovial nova
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This seems playable

zenith wedge
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She is, but I mean will I do it once and then people go "ehh" even for like b4