MTG Salvation

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain is pleased.

I thought it was pretty good. For once, it looks like there are actual things at stake!

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We like being able to play cards we like for as long as we like, to run and tweak decks over years, and not to be forced to drop cards or decks just because the calendar says we have to.

Ah. Yeah, I'm more of a "variety is the spice" player. Running the same deck for literal years sounds like a bore, to me!

It isn't really the same after years though, at least all mine aren't. New themes, tightening or loosening, new sets introducing new ideas etc etc.

Not a judge, but I believe after damage is resolved, then you can cast the "free" spell. If they counter the spell, you don't get the free cast.

Please let this problem last longer than a set. Jace being out of the public eye would make it more interesting when he came back, and would make Ixalan a more interesting plane.

I think they will keep it simple and do allied colors with more partners. Partner commanders were a success, and each one they print makes the others more viable.

The biggest problem with combo is that it can be relatively anti-climatic. With combat damage, usually it comes in chunks, heightening the tension of the game.

So how could combo do this? Let's say there's an infinite combo that wins the game on the spot, but takes 3 cards. If two of the cards are on the table, it can heighten tension in a good way, as players are scrambling to find an answer card to survive. However, if the same player goes infinite, then drops all 3 cards and "just wins", it's less exciting.

Wins through combat damage can be unexciting too. Splinter Twin + Deceiver Exarch in the same turn? Boring. Tooth and Nail for Avenger of Zendikar + Craterhoof? Boring.

It's more about whether the game ends out of nowhere or not, than the method used to achieve it. However, combo far more often ends the game out of nowhere than non-combo does.

My Ghave deck is my longest, as I have had it pretty much since the precon came out in 2011. My Ephara deck is my second, as it was a Venser the Sojourner deck before that. (My friends and I played a 60 card walker as commander format.) That has slowly become more of a uw control deck. Those are the only two decks I had for quite a while. I dont think I built my third until probably two or three years ago when I built Nekusar and Shu Yun. I have built a few others since, but they rarely get taken out and are more for borrowing. I am currently building Sidisi, as I wanted a mill deck in my rotation.

Once I build a deck, I tend to keep it together as I have a story I like to tell with all my decks. (Ghave is a bunch of cultists bringing to life evil plant monsters, Ephara is a future dystopia, Nekusar is a lvl 20, 9th level evil chaotic wizard, Shu Yun is Goku etc etc.) If a deck isnt working or isnt fun (like Shu Yun), I usually just go for theme and make it more of a "how much theme can I pack into this" deck.

I cant wait to see the legendary creatures that I will convince my friends to allow me to play in EDH. Maybe a full silver bordered deck even?

This isnt a commander product. They can't just randomly throw some three color card into a set, especially when the Grixis wedge is the highlight because of Bolas. One Esper card in the set would be awkward from a design standpoint, and it would also make the card nearly worthless everywhere but EDH. Limited is a thing.

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I think this fits the challenge, as I was going for a cow trickster god, which has never been done before to my knowledge.

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If the Gatewatch falters and the Planeswalkers fail, the curtain will fall on the age of heroes—and rise on the infinite reign of Nicol Bolas."

And this here is exactly why Bolas can't possibly win, or the rest of Magic will just be a series of postcard sets called 'Bolas visits Ixalan', 'Bolas visits Innistrad', 'Bolas visits Kaladesh' etc., each featuring a PW card called 'Bolas - God of [plane]', with art depicting him laughing maniacly against an assortment of backgrounds.

Come on, Reg, you know you belong in a cell.

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As a long time player (1994) who's been out of Standard since RTR, I can honestly say that there has been nothing in the sets since RTR that has made me even remotely want to return to playing Standard Magic.

Kaladesh is no different.

Where are powerful spell effects? Are players such babies now that they can't handle getting permanents removed or countered easily?

Magic the "creaturing" in full effect. I'll come back when standard can handle cards like "Wrath of God", "Counterspell" and "Pox".

I guess this is good bye then. You will be missed.

You have Ashnod's Altar in the deck. Put in a few tutors just to get the Altar and any creature or enchantment. Combo out on the decks giving you a headache. You can make infinite saprolings with the Altar, Ghave, and your choice of Cathars' Crusade, Juniper Order Ranger, Ivy Lane Denizen, Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, or Death's Presence. A bunch of others, too.

Do it during your opponent's end step and then attack into their flyers. Or use Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat. Or use an 100/100 saproling with Altar of Dementia.

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This also seems folly. You don't always want a 4 cmc general.

You mean four-color? Yeah, you can use two colors, albeit only enemy colors, or three colors. This is actually cool because it shows three-color pairings don't always have to focus on the same color, e.g. GWU is not Bant. A GWU deck can "feel" more green or blue, or hell, it can be something like Derevi tokens and be the polar opposite of exalted. For instance, I know I want white with Tana, the Bloodsower for Cathars' Crusade shenanigans, and I have six lovely white Commanders to choose from.

Or you can use four-color.

I'm enjoying the Diabolic Tutor reprint. I like the new art and flavor.

Can we call this one Ripley? I'm calling this one Ripley.

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Was checking the stream and I had a random thought: Lupine Prototype is a damn fine Pilot.

So Ludevic had a dream of a Car piloting wolf cyborg.

Won't forgive them so soon for killing the Eldrazi the way they did >: