I used to stare at this card for hours trying to figure out how to get it working with Jokulhaups as a wincon. I tried for a time with my white Weenie, 'geddon and CoP:A to make it work but this egg was always like painting a giant target on my forehead.
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
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Oh... now I remember why this combo was a PITA to pull off. Dropping both Dingus and any MLD on the same turn was hard.
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
So the surprise would be that you kill yourself? Nice.
Riku of Two Reflections - Copy, then copy again | Shattergang Brothers - Token Sac&Recur | Gahiji, Honored One - Multiple attack steps | Karametra, God of Harvests - Landfall, Creaturefall, Shroud | Ruhan of the Fomori - Stop hitting yourself | Zurgo Helmsmasher - Equipment&Wraths | Crosis, the Purger - Dragon Tribal Reanimator | Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - No stax, just tap and untap fun | Anafenza, the Foremost - Enduring Ideal Enchantress | Sharuum, the Hegemon - Sphinx Tribal Control | Noyan Dar - Spellslinger | The Mimeoplasm - Counterpalooza
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Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
So the surprise would be that you kill yourself? Nice.
Not to sound snarky, but it sounds like you would be. That's kind of the point. Try Rain of Filth and your choice of MLD as one example.
Low converted mana cost, omni-tribal, easily tutorable, mana sink, mass sac outlet, combo piece, format staple win condition. Did I miss anything?
I had never thought of using it for 0 to dodge a Merciless Eviction or the like. Clever.
I was seriously about to ask WTH you were talking about, and then I was like, "Ooohhh...!"
As for the egg, it was once a thing I suppose. A 'funsie' thing...a little...maybe...
Okay okay, maybe we only ever thought of using it with Ankh of Mishra and perhaps Manabarbs back in the day, but yeah; getting this to work with any reliability was hard back in the day, and I don't believe things have changed enough. I could be wrong; there's more LD out there now, and plenty of ways to cheat it into play, but I too can't see it working well enough to justify all that hoop-jumping.
I was seriously about to ask WTH you were talking about, and then I was like, "Ooohhh...!"
As for the egg, it was once a thing I suppose. A 'funsie' thing...a little...maybe...
Okay okay, maybe we only ever thought of using it with Ankh of Mishra and perhaps Manabarbs back in the day, but yeah; getting this to work with any reliability was hard back in the day, and I don't believe things have changed enough. I could be wrong; there's more LD out there now, and plenty of ways to cheat it into play, but I too can't see it working well enough to justify all that hoop-jumping.
Yeah tstorm said it was a mass sac outlet an I was confused and then it hit me.
the dingus egg was one of those rares i got back then where i couldn't really get why it was even a card. felt ripped off when someone else opened a shivan dragon.
But yea, with all those fetch-lands, it can sort of have a place, maybe? its probably just going to sit there making incidental damage, but i doubt it's really all that worth it outside of a funky theme deck.
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
So the surprise would be that you kill yourself? Nice.
Not to sound snarky, but it sounds like you would be. That's kind of the point. Try Rain of Filth and your choice of MLD as one example.
I don't get it. Why do you want to sacrifice your own lands with Dingus Egg in play?
Riku of Two Reflections - Copy, then copy again | Shattergang Brothers - Token Sac&Recur | Gahiji, Honored One - Multiple attack steps | Karametra, God of Harvests - Landfall, Creaturefall, Shroud | Ruhan of the Fomori - Stop hitting yourself | Zurgo Helmsmasher - Equipment&Wraths | Crosis, the Purger - Dragon Tribal Reanimator | Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - No stax, just tap and untap fun | Anafenza, the Foremost - Enduring Ideal Enchantress | Sharuum, the Hegemon - Sphinx Tribal Control | Noyan Dar - Spellslinger | The Mimeoplasm - Counterpalooza
Lists can be found here.
Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
So the surprise would be that you kill yourself? Nice.
Not to sound snarky, but it sounds like you would be. That's kind of the point. Try Rain of Filth and your choice of MLD as one example.
I don't get it. Why do you want to sacrifice your own lands with Dingus Egg in play?
Because your running Repay in Kind?
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I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
So the surprise would be that you kill yourself? Nice.
Not to sound snarky, but it sounds like you would be. That's kind of the point. Try Rain of Filth and your choice of MLD as one example.
I don't get it. Why do you want to sacrifice your own lands with Dingus Egg in play?
Riku of Two Reflections - Copy, then copy again | Shattergang Brothers - Token Sac&Recur | Gahiji, Honored One - Multiple attack steps | Karametra, God of Harvests - Landfall, Creaturefall, Shroud | Ruhan of the Fomori - Stop hitting yourself | Zurgo Helmsmasher - Equipment&Wraths | Crosis, the Purger - Dragon Tribal Reanimator | Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - No stax, just tap and untap fun | Anafenza, the Foremost - Enduring Ideal Enchantress | Sharuum, the Hegemon - Sphinx Tribal Control | Noyan Dar - Spellslinger | The Mimeoplasm - Counterpalooza
Lists can be found here.
Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
definitely way more efficient than just running, idk, blood celebrant or lich or whatever.
Oh sure, those do it in one shot, but do they have the word Dingus in their name?
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
If I played slivers, I'd play this. Flash is my favorite thing, I always appreciate more of it. I wish there was this except for every spell, by which I mean every spell for every player.
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If I played slivers, I'd play this. Flash is my favorite thing, I always appreciate more of it. I wish there was this except for every spell, by which I mean every spell for every player.
It is an automatic card for slivers. Turns them all into combat tricks. With overlord and this, you can essentially cast any Sliver from your library at instant speed.
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Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Whether its blue players countering your spells, red players burning you out, or combo, if you have a problem with an aspect of Magic's gameplay, you can fix it!
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
Riku of Two Reflections - Copy, then copy again | Shattergang Brothers - Token Sac&Recur | Gahiji, Honored One - Multiple attack steps | Karametra, God of Harvests - Landfall, Creaturefall, Shroud | Ruhan of the Fomori - Stop hitting yourself | Zurgo Helmsmasher - Equipment&Wraths | Crosis, the Purger - Dragon Tribal Reanimator | Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - No stax, just tap and untap fun | Anafenza, the Foremost - Enduring Ideal Enchantress | Sharuum, the Hegemon - Sphinx Tribal Control | Noyan Dar - Spellslinger | The Mimeoplasm - Counterpalooza
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Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
Riku of Two Reflections - Copy, then copy again | Shattergang Brothers - Token Sac&Recur | Gahiji, Honored One - Multiple attack steps | Karametra, God of Harvests - Landfall, Creaturefall, Shroud | Ruhan of the Fomori - Stop hitting yourself | Zurgo Helmsmasher - Equipment&Wraths | Crosis, the Purger - Dragon Tribal Reanimator | Derevi, Empyrial Tactician - No stax, just tap and untap fun | Anafenza, the Foremost - Enduring Ideal Enchantress | Sharuum, the Hegemon - Sphinx Tribal Control | Noyan Dar - Spellslinger | The Mimeoplasm - Counterpalooza
Lists can be found here.
Still convinced the guy on Beseech the Queen is wearing a Mitra-type hat. Wake up sheeple!
To be fair, some are used even in non sliver decks (Like Necrotic Sliver)
Well, yeah. Not sure if that speaks for or against Slivers as EDH archetype though.
Well not sure about all, but back in 2011 when i first started splaying EDH, any deck running bout black and white would use Necrotic sliver. (at least in my meta) It is a good niche card.
To be fair, some are used even in non sliver decks (Like Necrotic Sliver)
Well, yeah. Not sure if that speaks for or against Slivers as EDH archetype though.
Well not sure about all, but back in 2011 when i first started splaying EDH, any deck running bout black and white would use Necrotic sliver. (at least in my meta) It is a good niche card.
That said, Quick sliver is only good in Slivers.
I play Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver in the same deck. No reclamation sage, since Harmonic Sliver is pretty much a better choice 99% of the time since I have Necrotic Sliver in the deck. I have never played slivers since including these cards in my deck, but I suspect it would help me more than my opponent.
To be fair, some are used even in non sliver decks (Like Necrotic Sliver)
Well, yeah. Not sure if that speaks for or against Slivers as EDH archetype though.
Well not sure about all, but back in 2011 when i first started splaying EDH, any deck running bout black and white would use Necrotic sliver. (at least in my meta) It is a good niche card.
That said, Quick sliver is only good in Slivers.
I play Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver in the same deck. No reclamation sage, since Harmonic Sliver is pretty much a better choice 99% of the time since I have Necrotic Sliver in the deck. I have never played slivers since including these cards in my deck, but I suspect it would help me more than my opponent.
There are a few slivers that have value outside of Sliver decks. Hivelord and Queen are the big ones. Hibernation Sliver has combo applications similar to cavern harpy. Plague Sliver is actually pretty solid in aggressive black or B/X decks as a curve topper. It's almost strictly better than Juzam Djinn because if you run into a slivers deck it gets a bunch of extra boosts AND smashes them for a bunch of life loss. I run it in Sygg alongside the Djinn as one of only 5 four drops, and it does good work. It's also a nice consideration for Hivelord goodstuff or control, as the life loss is a small price to pay for a second indestructible 5/5 on the field. Oh, there's also mistform Sliver as a cheap addition to blue tribal decks struggling to find enough members of the tribe.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Yeah this card is pretty bad. Even if you have a geddon to follow it up with, why not just play price of progress or something?
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
Because Pice of Progress wasn't around when this card and Armageddon was a force to be reckoned with.
I used to stare at this card for hours trying to figure out how to get it working with Jokulhaups as a wincon. I tried for a time with my white Weenie, 'geddon and CoP:A to make it work but this egg was always like painting a giant target on my forehead.
I think it would be an interesting card to try and play again. Especially as a surprise in a deck that likes sending its own lands to the graveyard. No one would expect it.
Edit:
Oh... now I remember why this combo was a PITA to pull off. Dropping both Dingus and any MLD on the same turn was hard.
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Not to sound snarky, but it sounds like you would be. That's kind of the point. Try Rain of Filth and your choice of MLD as one example.
I was seriously about to ask WTH you were talking about, and then I was like, "Ooohhh...!"
As for the egg, it was once a thing I suppose. A 'funsie' thing...a little...maybe...
Okay okay, maybe we only ever thought of using it with Ankh of Mishra and perhaps Manabarbs back in the day, but yeah; getting this to work with any reliability was hard back in the day, and I don't believe things have changed enough. I could be wrong; there's more LD out there now, and plenty of ways to cheat it into play, but I too can't see it working well enough to justify all that hoop-jumping.
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2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
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Yeah tstorm said it was a mass sac outlet an I was confused and then it hit me.
But yea, with all those fetch-lands, it can sort of have a place, maybe? its probably just going to sit there making incidental damage, but i doubt it's really all that worth it outside of a funky theme deck.
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Because your running Repay in Kind?
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EDH decks: 1. RGWMayael's Big BeatsRETIRED!
2. BUWMerieke Ri Berit and the 40 Thieves
3. URNiv's Wheeling and Dealing!
4. BURThe Walking Dead
5. GWSisay's Legends of Tomorrow
6. RWBRise of Markov
7. GElvez and stuffz(W)
8. RCrush your enemies(W)
9. BSign right here...(W)
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
Oh sure, those do it in one shot, but do they have the word Dingus in their name?
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It can help Bloodchief Ascension come online, but there are better ways of doing that.
All that said, I do like Ankh of Mishra, Zo-Zu the Punisher, and Tunnel Ignus, all of which work on the other side of the land=damage equation.
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If I played slivers, I'd play this. Flash is my favorite thing, I always appreciate more of it. I wish there was this except for every spell, by which I mean every spell for every player.
It is an automatic card for slivers. Turns them all into combat tricks. With overlord and this, you can essentially cast any Sliver from your library at instant speed.
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To be fair, some are used even in non sliver decks (Like Necrotic Sliver)
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Well not sure about all, but back in 2011 when i first started splaying EDH, any deck running bout black and white would use Necrotic sliver. (at least in my meta) It is a good niche card.
That said, Quick sliver is only good in Slivers.
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I play Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver in the same deck. No reclamation sage, since Harmonic Sliver is pretty much a better choice 99% of the time since I have Necrotic Sliver in the deck. I have never played slivers since including these cards in my deck, but I suspect it would help me more than my opponent.
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13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
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There are a few slivers that have value outside of Sliver decks. Hivelord and Queen are the big ones. Hibernation Sliver has combo applications similar to cavern harpy. Plague Sliver is actually pretty solid in aggressive black or B/X decks as a curve topper. It's almost strictly better than Juzam Djinn because if you run into a slivers deck it gets a bunch of extra boosts AND smashes them for a bunch of life loss. I run it in Sygg alongside the Djinn as one of only 5 four drops, and it does good work. It's also a nice consideration for Hivelord goodstuff or control, as the life loss is a small price to pay for a second indestructible 5/5 on the field. Oh, there's also mistform Sliver as a cheap addition to blue tribal decks struggling to find enough members of the tribe.
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Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
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