What are people's opinions on Signets?
I added them (Replacing Keyrunes) to increase the power level a little & provide really strong colour fixing (Allowing for more 3 colour decks)
However I've found that nobody really picks them up unless they are already in that signet's guild colours. They're a slam dunk if you are in the right colours - but otherwise they just end up as the last 5 picks or so.
Why would you need to run Sphinx's Revelation as you are already drawing off Swans and gaining life from Soulfire? And you are relying on multiple Fellwar Stones to access all this blue mana? What if no one is playing blue? You are just drawing dead cards.
I like Thought Vessel for holding onto the massive amount of cards draw from Swans. I also like Brave The Elements for protection from removal for your creatures + protecting them from your own board wipes if need be.
Good points being made - I did forget quite a few abilities when I was making the poll so forgive me.
I guess I didn't really consider indestructible too much simply because - like Slave said - its generally paired with a high costed, low power creatures.
I'm surprised people aren't rating unblockable very high - I've always found it pretty useful in my meta where there can be a lot of semi-stalematey board states where everyone is waiting for a board wipe or something.
What are you playing for its unblockabiliy? I get playing things like Thassa, God of the Sea, Whispersilk Cloak, or Rogue's Passage, but I think they prove how lackluster the ability is. People play these cards knowing that unblockable is a useful rider: Thassa for scry, Whispersilk for Shroud [and it really isn't great], and the Passage to get more use out of your lands and mise some games. I have played the first and the last outside of limited, but, and maybe I am underating it, I have never played Whispersilk outside of limited, even though it seems solid.
Probably Aetherling is my favourite unblockable go-to creature - but now that you mention it I don't really use many other unblockables - at least ones off the top of my head.
Good points being made - I did forget quite a few abilities when I was making the poll so forgive me.
I guess I didn't really consider indestructible too much simply because - like Slave said - its generally paired with a high costed, low power creatures.
I'm surprised people aren't rating unblockable very high - I've always found it pretty useful in my meta where there can be a lot of semi-stalematey board states where everyone is waiting for a board wipe or something.
I'm not sure if this has been said before but I really liked when you had a list of maybe 15 staple cards in that colour for multiplayer. It's like the ultimate TL:DR to the guides which I found quite good.
So basically a list of the "best N cards in the color under Y dollars" or something similar?
Agree with this. Something like top 10 under $5 and then maybe 5 more that are still under $10 or however it works out. If you are paying more than $10 for a card in MP, I think you value smashing your opponents at all cost over enjoying time spent together. Unless budget isn't a consideration for the entire group or you play proxy.
I generally stick to the budget of $100.00 per deck. That will often mean I have a few $10 cards in each one but I try and keep the power level of all my decks roughly equal. Expensive cards don't always have to be oppressive, try-hard cards which destroy cheaper decks. They can simply be popular cards for an older set.
I'm not sure if this has been said before but I really liked when you had a list of maybe 15 staple cards in that colour for multiplayer. It's like the ultimate TL:DR to the guides which I found quite good.
I like this deck but I was thinking you could take out Tezzeret's Gambit and put in Momentous Fall for insane card draw. I also really love sticking Ulvenwald Tracker in almost every creature based green deck.
EDIT: Also Champion of Lambholt can be extremely powerful giving your creatures semi-unblockable.
I'm at 2 life and my opponent attacks with a 4/4 trample creature. I block with a 2/2 lifelink creature. What happens?
I'm at 2 life and my opponent attacks with 2 2/2s and I block one of them with a 2/2 lifelink creature. What happens?
I'm not talking about your combo decks which win nearly every time, or decks where you just cram in the strongest cards for their CMC.
I want to know what decks you like to play to have fun + that are reasonably strong but not oppressive.
My new favourite deck is my silly werewolf deck where I just try and bust out as many as possible and attack everyone.
My other favourites are Lighthouse Chronologist and B/U Mill which both pretty much function as time bomb decks where if I can outlast 2-3 friends I win. Rarely happens but I love it.
How about you?
I personally consider this to be a must-have staple since there's literally no other card in the game that brings such a stupidly powerful + uninteractive combination of keywords together for such a low cost (cards and mana wise). I don't really care who/what/where/when/how/why you slap on it but insofar as your deck is looking to Voltron up a creature and smash in the Red Zone this is easily one of the strongest finishers in the game. Obviously the card needs support and only works with a relatively small subset of cards (hence why it's not getting an A) but let me assure you that this card is going to be miserable to play against.
In regards to Elusive Tormentor/Insidious Mist. I would consider that last point to be a mark against the card. It really common in my experience for one player to drop a big threat and immediately a 1v1v1v1 becomes a 3v1 until that player is subdued. Multiplayer games are often a matter of smacking down the tallest poppy. A card as uninteractive and straight up frustrating to play against as this one in my experience paint a big target on whoever is playing it. Also not sure if its powerful enough for the ganging-up not to matter. A strong card - just one that I will likely never play.
I added them (Replacing Keyrunes) to increase the power level a little & provide really strong colour fixing (Allowing for more 3 colour decks)
However I've found that nobody really picks them up unless they are already in that signet's guild colours. They're a slam dunk if you are in the right colours - but otherwise they just end up as the last 5 picks or so.
Probably Aetherling is my favourite unblockable go-to creature - but now that you mention it I don't really use many other unblockables - at least ones off the top of my head.
I guess I didn't really consider indestructible too much simply because - like Slave said - its generally paired with a high costed, low power creatures.
I'm surprised people aren't rating unblockable very high - I've always found it pretty useful in my meta where there can be a lot of semi-stalematey board states where everyone is waiting for a board wipe or something.
Flying is a close second though as in my meta people don't really counter it too well.
Yeah exactly.
I generally stick to the budget of $100.00 per deck. That will often mean I have a few $10 cards in each one but I try and keep the power level of all my decks roughly equal. Expensive cards don't always have to be oppressive, try-hard cards which destroy cheaper decks. They can simply be popular cards for an older set.
EDIT: Also Champion of Lambholt can be extremely powerful giving your creatures semi-unblockable.
I'm at 2 life and my opponent attacks with a 4/4 trample creature. I block with a 2/2 lifelink creature. What happens?
I'm at 2 life and my opponent attacks with 2 2/2s and I block one of them with a 2/2 lifelink creature. What happens?
Thanks, much appreciated
I want to know what decks you like to play to have fun + that are reasonably strong but not oppressive.
My new favourite deck is my silly werewolf deck where I just try and bust out as many as possible and attack everyone.
My other favourites are Lighthouse Chronologist and B/U Mill which both pretty much function as time bomb decks where if I can outlast 2-3 friends I win. Rarely happens but I love it.
How about you?
In regards to Elusive Tormentor/Insidious Mist. I would consider that last point to be a mark against the card. It really common in my experience for one player to drop a big threat and immediately a 1v1v1v1 becomes a 3v1 until that player is subdued. Multiplayer games are often a matter of smacking down the tallest poppy. A card as uninteractive and straight up frustrating to play against as this one in my experience paint a big target on whoever is playing it. Also not sure if its powerful enough for the ganging-up not to matter. A strong card - just one that I will likely never play.