Glissa - Grim Haruspex is pretty awesome for a deck that gets value out of killing it's own creatures.
Krond - Blossoming Sands to help fix mana for the Archon.
Kaalia - Crackling Doom and Utter End make awesome new removal options, and Nomad Outpost is a sweet Triland for fixing. (Contemplating Mardu Ascendancy and Ankle Shanker)
Sydri - Utter End is great removal, and Clever Impersonator is the Superclone.
Ramirez - Treasure Cruise because it's on theme, Clever Impersonator because it's also on theme (Anne Bonny cleverly impersonated a man.)
Riku - Frontier Bivouac because it's fixing, Temur Charm because it's removal AND countermagic, Surrak Dragonclaw and Clever Impersonator because they're awesome.
Shattergang - Bloodsoaked Champion as a dude to sac and recur, Grim Haruspex to gain extra value from creature sac. (Contemplating Ugin's Nexus)
Derevi - Clever Impersonator, because it's REALLY REALLY GOOD GAIZ.
I'm also kicking around ideas for a Narset, Enlightened Master build.
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I'm debating if Riku needs See the Unwritten. Temur Ascendancy will probably replace Fires of Yavimaya in my Riku deck.
Also, Riku has been transitioning into more of an Avenger of Zendikar plus Landfall deck anyway, so I'm debating if Hardened Scales needs to go in. Might be just "win more", but it also might be a budget version of Doubling Season, and at a mana cost that doesn't fight with every other 5-mana spell in the deck.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant might find a home in The Mimeoplasm deck.
The Mimeoplasm also might try out a copy of Kheru Lich Lord, but I think the random nature might cause more problems than its worth. Sultai Ascendancy is perfect for The Mimeoplasm. That one is getting slotted right in. Sultai Charm is pretty versatile. I'll have to see if it needs to go into The Mimeoplasm. Villanious Wealth seems fun and on-theme for a steally deck. Maybe for The Mimeoplasm?
End Hostilities will slot into just about any white deck simply to stop Uril voltron deck. Thousand Winds will probably also slot into a blue deck to stop "token guy".
I ended up making a Ghave deck due to the wedge support and +1/+1 counter theme. Made Zurgo just so all those Jokulhaups effects I have lying around can all live in one place. Might make Narset and Sidisi but for now Zedruu and Mimeo survive. Testing Treasure Cruise in pretty much everything. Immediately took it out of my deck that includes Ad Nauseum, as that's a stellar anti-combo. Put a Grim Haruspex in Athreos but haven't had a chance to draw it yet. I put the charms in pretty much any wedge color deck I had. Some may come out eventually but I like riding the bandwagon for now. Need to get a Clever Impersonator (realistically, more than one) for various things. Hordeling Outburst and Goblinslide for Purph. I'm especially excited to see if the 'slide works out. Trying See the Unwritten in Azusa, but I know already that I'll always want to cast it before I get ferocious and find it underwhelming. Murderous Cut in most two-color decks with Black.
So very many changes, most of them not new cards. Every fetch land I open in limited is going to be traded for other cards I need. I've already picked up Oracle of Mul Daya and Asceticism to include in Karametra, Windbrisk Heights for most of my white decks, and several cards I need for new decks such as a City of Brass for Darien, King of Kjeldor, to name a few. Basically, I'm viewing the fetches as a way to turn one card I pick up in draft into several I need for Commander. I'll probably hold on to some of them later, but for now, the prices are up, everyone wants them, and I want other things, so the situation works great.
Building new decks around Sidisi and Narset. Sidisi will feature Villainous Wealth.
Sydri and Marchesa get fetches.
Marchesa got Grim Haruspex.
Sydri got Ugin's Nexus and I replaced Mirrorworks with Prototype Portal for a second infinite turn combo.
Roon and Brago will get Clever Impersonator.
Lazav may get Altar of the Brood if I don't end up ripping it apart to make Sidisi.
If I don't end up scuttling my Thassa "release the Kraken" Kraken/Leviathan/Octopus deck to scavenge cards for Narset, I will probably end up jamming in Pearl Lake Ancient because it can be a bit of a beater there.
Empty the Pits considering I do some self milling it seems like a really interesting finisher. Its a little awkward still in several ways but its an instant speed token spawner that I can potentially flash back in this deck. It works well with big mana and it works well with big graveyards of which this deck operates on. I am optimistic at the moment but annoyed that the tokens come in tapped...
Lovisa
/shakes fists at bw warriors! So much annoyance that they somehow like skipped red getting warriors and made it a thing for black / white. I have some hope yet for the next few sets of Kahns yet but something tells me that I will continue being trolled by wizards for the rest of this block.
Anafenza
new deck using a lot of new cards as well as a new legend. It looks like fun and the more I look at the commander the more interesting I find them. Is Anafenza a guy or girl out of curiosity? Someone told me that they were female but the image looks more male to me offhand but its really tough to tell either way to be honest.
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Anafenza
new deck using a lot of new cards as well as a new legend. It looks like fun and the more I look at the commander the more interesting I find them. Is Anafenza a guy or girl out of curiosity? Someone told me that they were female but the image looks more male to me offhand but its really tough to tell either way to be honest.
Anafenza, the khan of the Abzan, rides into battle atop a heavy chariot pulled by her two prized ibex. She directs battle from the front lines, her soldiers always able to see her leading the charge, and her elite guard of aven warriors always at her side.
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I think it's nice that they don't make it "less ambiguous." There are already too many fantasy women in impractical armor, you know?
Yea I dont mind them being realistic but there is very little to her art or name to distinguish her as a female. It is likely due to how busy the artwork is though as well as being a bit further back in the frame that is affecting it as well though.
I digress though, this is getting a bit off the original topic. I was actually surprised to see as many cards I was interested in considering I had no decks constructed of the wedge colors at the time. Seeing three cards that are going into three of my existing decks was impressive.
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Mimeoplasm: Sultai Ascendancy over Careful Consideration. Want to try Villainous Wealth for fun, its just hard to find a spot in all the reanimator shenanigans. Opulent Palace is auto-included.
Yea I dont mind them being realistic but there is very little to her art or name to distinguish her as a female. It is likely due to how busy the artwork is though as well as being a bit further back in the frame that is affecting it as well though.
I digress though, this is getting a bit off the original topic. I was actually surprised to see as many cards I was interested in considering I had no decks constructed of the wedge colors at the time. Seeing three cards that are going into three of my existing decks was impressive.
Even in the larger image in that article I linked, she's pretty ambiguous. Nothing wrong with that, but it was a toss-up without pronouns being used in her description.
I was also fairly surprised at the number of things I liked out of this set, considering it's relatively low power level. I like that a lot of them are narrower role players. Something like Ride Down isn't splashy, but it's very capable of getting the final points of damage through to someone. There's still a lot of new potential for blowout plays, but they take a little more work than something like Tooth and Nail and I like that a lot.
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"You know that a conjurer gets no credit once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all." - Sherlock Holmes
Mostly I'm taking out stuff in Tariel to make room for Crackling Doom and Nomad Outpost. Considering making space for Clever Impersonator. Not sure yet though. The rest of my KTK wishlist goes into my Modern deck.
I don't feel like typing up a loong list here, but surprisingly one of my most significant additions was Warden of the Eye, for USA Superfriends. Not many things in those colors regrow planeswalkers. Duneblast also seems ideal for Karador, heheh.
]Another Wizards fanboy wants to glorify everything they do. Why can't you see that the game has gotten nothing but worse since the 1940's? At least in the 1800's we had spells that actually did something. I remember in 1492 when I first opened a pack of Alpha under the dim light of my oil lantern, I was at least inspired to travel to a new undiscovered land.!
And finally, most obviously, Anafenza, the Foremost will be getting a lot of goodies as I am making a counter-based Abzan aggro in the combination...
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X Hope of Ghirapur Swordpile W Ghosty Blinky Anafenza U Nezahal- Big, Blue and HERE! B Gonti Can Afford It R Etali, Primal 'Whatjusthappened?' G Polukranos Wants More Mana WU The Exalted Vizier Temmet WB Home, Athreos WR Basandra, Recursive Aggression WG Karametra, Momma of Lands UB Wrexial Eats Your Brains UR Arjun, the Mad Flame UG The Fable of Prime Speaker BR Hellbent, Malfegor Style BG Jarad, Death is Served RG Running Thromok WUB Varina and ALL the Zombies WUBYennett, the Odd Pain-Train WUR Zedruu the Furyhearted WUG Arcades' Strategy, Shmategy, Sausage and Spam WBR A Case of Mathas' Persistent F*ckery WBRLicia's League of Legendary Lifegain Layabouts WBG The Karador Advantage PackageWRG Gahiji Rattlesnake Collection UBR Jeleva... does... things UBG Damia's Just Deserts URG Yasova's Has More Power Than Sense BRG Wasitora, Bad Kitty WUBRBreya, Eggs, Breya'd Eggs WUBG Tymna and Kydele, Extended Borrowing WURG Kynaios and Tiro, Landfall Impersonations WBRG Saskia Pet Card EnchantressUBRG Yidris of the Chi-Ting Corporation WUBRG Tazri's Amazing Allies
Khans gave us a lot of cool cards and a whole slew of new ideas.
As far as existing decks go, I only have two currently built in paper. Damia, Sage of Stone replaced only Phyrexian Metamorph with Clever Impersonator. Without an artifact tutor, metamorph's only quality was that I could cast it for 3, which is still great, but I love the ability to now clone ~ANYTHING~
Mindswipe, Disdainful Stroke, and Clever Impersonator will be in every deck that can play them. Other than that, I don't really care much for anything in this set (already had the fetches).
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Not counting fetches...
Glissa - Grim Haruspex is pretty awesome for a deck that gets value out of killing it's own creatures.
Krond - Blossoming Sands to help fix mana for the Archon.
Kaalia - Crackling Doom and Utter End make awesome new removal options, and Nomad Outpost is a sweet Triland for fixing. (Contemplating Mardu Ascendancy and Ankle Shanker)
Sydri - Utter End is great removal, and Clever Impersonator is the Superclone.
Ramirez - Treasure Cruise because it's on theme, Clever Impersonator because it's also on theme (Anne Bonny cleverly impersonated a man.)
Riku - Frontier Bivouac because it's fixing, Temur Charm because it's removal AND countermagic, Surrak Dragonclaw and Clever Impersonator because they're awesome.
Shattergang - Bloodsoaked Champion as a dude to sac and recur, Grim Haruspex to gain extra value from creature sac. (Contemplating Ugin's Nexus)
Derevi - Clever Impersonator, because it's REALLY REALLY GOOD GAIZ.
I'm also kicking around ideas for a Narset, Enlightened Master build.
Currently Piloting:
EDH
BGGlissa, The Traitor - Recursion (Primer)
WBRKaalia of The Vast
URGRiku of Two Reflections
WUBSydri, Galvanic Genius
UBRamirez DePietro
GWKrond, The Dawn-Clad
GWUDerevi, Empyrial Tactician
RGOmnath, Locus of Rage
Modern
UG Infect
Karador has an Utter End to replace Beast Within, A promo Siege Rhiino to replace Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Sandsteppe Citadel.
Every black sacrifice/stax/recursion deck ever will get a Grim Haruspex.
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Temur Ascendancy will probably replace Fires of Yavimaya in my Riku deck.
Also, Riku has been transitioning into more of an Avenger of Zendikar plus Landfall deck anyway, so I'm debating if Hardened Scales needs to go in. Might be just "win more", but it also might be a budget version of Doubling Season, and at a mana cost that doesn't fight with every other 5-mana spell in the deck.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant might find a home in The Mimeoplasm deck.
The Mimeoplasm also might try out a copy of Kheru Lich Lord, but I think the random nature might cause more problems than its worth.
Sultai Ascendancy is perfect for The Mimeoplasm. That one is getting slotted right in.
Sultai Charm is pretty versatile. I'll have to see if it needs to go into The Mimeoplasm.
Villanious Wealth seems fun and on-theme for a steally deck. Maybe for The Mimeoplasm?
End Hostilities will slot into just about any white deck simply to stop Uril voltron deck.
Thousand Winds will probably also slot into a blue deck to stop "token guy".
Also, there are lots of new decks I want to build.
I really want to get my Tariel, Reckoner of Souls built. And the new toys RWB picked up make me want to even more: Crackling Doom, Butcher of the Horde.
A fair amount of pauper stuff too. Common lands, Treasure Cruise. A few raid guys for Maw of the Obzedat, and Bitter Revelation as another Black draw spell.
Draft my Peasant Cube.
Sydri and Marchesa get fetches.
Marchesa got Grim Haruspex.
Sydri got Ugin's Nexus and I replaced Mirrorworks with Prototype Portal for a second infinite turn combo.
Roon and Brago will get Clever Impersonator.
Lazav may get Altar of the Brood if I don't end up ripping it apart to make Sidisi.
If I don't end up scuttling my Thassa "release the Kraken" Kraken/Leviathan/Octopus deck to scavenge cards for Narset, I will probably end up jamming in Pearl Lake Ancient because it can be a bit of a beater there.
Roon of the Pod People (Roon of the Hidden Realm)
Sydri, Super Genius (Sydri, Galvanic Genius)
Marchesa, the Black Rose
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
Retired:
Grimgrin's Corpse-Beats (Grimgrin, Corpse-Born) | Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge | Varolz, the Scar-Striped (1v1) | Glissa, the Traitor
Oooh, nice idea with the Ripper. I might have to consider that for my Rakdos deck.
Jaya - Tormenting Voice is an easy add, Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker is a definite possibility
Patron of the Moon - Pearl Lake Ancient, Treasure Cruise, probably Dig Through Time and Clever Impersonator
Dralnu - Treasure Cruise, probably Dig Through Time and Murderous Cut
Jasmine Boreal - Nothing this time around. It's not much of an enchantment set.
In general, cards I'm looking forward to using:
Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, Quiet Contemplation, Ride Down, Ankle Shanker, Deflecting Palm, Clever Impersonator, Grim Haruspex, Bloodsoaked Champion various Ascendancies and Charms, and a few others. Some of them are in tricky color combos, so they'll have to wait until I feel like building around one of those generals.
Sucks that Ripper is "target" instead of "each," but I guess that would be too good for an uncommon with a mana-less morph cost.
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nothing, unfortunately mono white didnt get much from this.
Toshiro
Lovisa
/shakes fists at bw warriors! So much annoyance that they somehow like skipped red getting warriors and made it a thing for black / white. I have some hope yet for the next few sets of Kahns yet but something tells me that I will continue being trolled by wizards for the rest of this block.
Omnath
no changes
Anafenza
new deck using a lot of new cards as well as a new legend. It looks like fun and the more I look at the commander the more interesting I find them. Is Anafenza a guy or girl out of curiosity? Someone told me that they were female but the image looks more male to me offhand but its really tough to tell either way to be honest.
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Thanks for clarifying. I really wish Wizards would be less ambiguous in their art as well as names.
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Yea I dont mind them being realistic but there is very little to her art or name to distinguish her as a female. It is likely due to how busy the artwork is though as well as being a bit further back in the frame that is affecting it as well though.
I digress though, this is getting a bit off the original topic. I was actually surprised to see as many cards I was interested in considering I had no decks constructed of the wedge colors at the time. Seeing three cards that are going into three of my existing decks was impressive.
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Vorel: Hardened Scales
Xenagos: Maybe See the Unwritten? Unsure on this one.
Mimeoplasm: Sultai Ascendancy over Careful Consideration. Want to try Villainous Wealth for fun, its just hard to find a spot in all the reanimator shenanigans. Opulent Palace is auto-included.
Rakdos: No changes
Aurelia: Deflecting Palm over Dawn Charm
Marath: No changes. May try Hooded Hydra.
Grimgrin: No changes
I think that's everything.
MuzzioU XenagosGR NahiriW GitrogGB MarathGRW MarchesaUBR JenaraGUW KarlovBW TazriWUBRG
Retired: RakdosBR
I was also fairly surprised at the number of things I liked out of this set, considering it's relatively low power level. I like that a lot of them are narrower role players. Something like Ride Down isn't splashy, but it's very capable of getting the final points of damage through to someone. There's still a lot of new potential for blowout plays, but they take a little more work than something like Tooth and Nail and I like that a lot.
Teneb, the Harvester is getting Sandsteppe Citadel, Windswept Heath, Abzan Charm, Duneblast and Siege Rhino
I'm making a brand new Narfet, Enlightened Master deck.
Treasure Cruise for Grand Arbiter Augustin IV mostly because a few of the white or blue things that I'd have tried ended up in the new Narfet deck.
UAzami, Locus of All KnowledgeU
BMarrow-Gnawer, Crime Lord of ComboB
WBRTariel, Hellraiser StaxWBR
Annul is really good in EDH
EDH Decks
Daretti, Scrap Savant
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Phelddagrif
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Bladewing the Risen
The extra "a" means quality.
Isamaru, Hound of Konda: Suspension Field, Kill Shot (somewhat efficient removal to a deck filled to the brim with white removal)
Jalira, Master Polymorphist: Stubborn Denial, Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time (a degree of delve-abuse in a deck that doesn't otherwise care of it's grave; counterspell.dec that also happens to have a frequency of big sphinxes)
Daxos of Meletis: Jeskai Elder, Quiet Contemplation (low-cost equipment aggro)
Teysa, Orzhov Scion: Empty the Pits, Brave the Sands (tokens, preferably lot of them; these fit the idea fairly well)
Brion Stoutarm: Ride Down (I steal your creature, then make it hurt you AND destroy whatever you chump blocked with so I can fling the thing I stole...)
Saffi Eriksdotter: Dragon Throne of Tarkir (the deck has been in need of decent, repeatable power/trample enabler)
Wrexial, the Risen Deep: Bitter Revelation, Necropolis Fiend (self-mill, often with a lot of 'chaff' in graveyard)
Prime Speaker Zegana: Embodiment of Spring, Clever Impersonator (the deck is mostly based around playing creatures so I can play more creatures so I can play MORE creatures...)
Mogis, God of Slaughter: Howl of the Horde (how does that double-copied Din of the Fireherd taste like?)
Pharika, God of Affliction: Hooded Hydra (snakesss....)
Dromar, the Banisher: Pearl Lake Ancient, Quiet Contenplation, Murderous Cut, Utter End (delay game until I put a leviathan on table and nothing happens to it because I said so)
Zedruu the Greathearted: Jeskai Charm, Jeskai Ascendancy, Flying Crane Technique, Howl of the Horde, Timely Hordemate, Jeskai Banner, Mystic Monastery, Deflecting Palm (A Zedruu aggro with a subtheme of 'eye for an eye'-defense. Fun.)
Oros, the Avenger: Crackling Doom, Mardu Banner, Nomad Outpost (not much for the control-manarock-lifeleech, heh)
Marath, Will of the Wild: Howl of the Horde, Hardened Scales, Hooded Hydra (it's Naya big-mana, these three were kind of no-brainers to add)
Damia, Sage of Stone: Sultai Charm, Villainous Wealth, Empty the Pits, Stubborn Denial, Opulent Palace (land and graveyard based end-game token-control... yeah, a chunk of goodies)
Intet, the Dreamer: Temur Ascendancy, Temur Charm, See the Unwritten, Frontier Bivouac (deck based on cheating things to play from my library...)
And finally, most obviously, Anafenza, the Foremost will be getting a lot of goodies as I am making a counter-based Abzan aggro in the combination...
As far as existing decks go, I only have two currently built in paper. Damia, Sage of Stone replaced only Phyrexian Metamorph with Clever Impersonator. Without an artifact tutor, metamorph's only quality was that I could cast it for 3, which is still great, but I love the ability to now clone ~ANYTHING~
My other deck is a 5 color Sunforger deck, and I was estatic to pull Utter End replacing Mortify.
[Semi-Competitive] GWUB "NO" GWUB 89%
Thrasios and Tymna aggro-control voltron-combo
"No machinations, no puppet strings, no plots. Just pure, sweeping death."
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