MTG Salvation

There is no Raven Man. They had art for the Raven Man in Uncharted Realms. Where is Raven Man!?

Anything that only has a standard life is worth getting rid of now, imo. Most of the Gods, Nythos, Xenagos and such might have bottomed out or have a life in Commander and may be worth holding on to. Some of it I may off and try to pick up because of specs, so you'll see may see me listed twice. Anyways, my plan:

Theros
Dump: Temples, Caryatids, Stormbreath, Ashiok, Hero's Downfall, Polukranos, Fleecemane Lion, Nykthos.
Keep: The Gods, Thoughtseize, Ashen Rider, Prophet of Kruphix
Unsure/May pick-up later: Nykthos, Master of Waves, Anger of the Gods, Elspeth(?)

Born of the Gods
Dump: Temples, Kiora, Hero fo Iroas, Brimaz
Keep: Gods, Courser
Unsure/May pick-up later: Brimaz

Journey into Nyx
Dump: Temples, Ajani, Mana Confluence
Keep: The Gods, Eidolon of the Great Revel,
Unsure/May pick-up later: Ajani, Manaconfluence

M15:
Dump: Nissa, Rabblemaster, Pain Lands, Stokes, Perilous Vault, Waste Not
Keep: Sliver Hive, Sliver Hivelord, Urborg, Chros of Calling, most of the PWs.
Unsure/May pick-up later: Nissa, Garruk, Waste Not, Hornet Queen

Commander has damn-near died at my shop. We've started our first Commander League since the rule change and noone signed up, which is odd since we've had at least a dozen people per league, if not more. The handful of people I've talked to cited the rule change and how it makes the compeitive nature of the League miserable, especially with Prossh, Animar, and Kaalia players around. I'm not sure if the rule change alone was responsible for the exodus of EDH players from my LGS, but it's become hard even starting a casual game. It's a shame; Commander's my favorite format.

I keep seeing people throw the term "casual format" around, but the effect feels lost on me. Maybe it's because I associate "casual" with "kitchen table", and I believe hard-rules to be for the benefit of the LGS and more serious players.

I'm a Kaalia player and I don't like the change. My playgroup runs tucks; They're necessary with Prossh, Mikaeus (Unhallowed), Azami, Derevi, Animar, and of course, Kaalia running around. Some Commanders are too oppressive, and tucking them is a nice answer to their seemingly masturbatory playstyle.

It just feels silly; I don't know. "Because losing repeatedly to Food Chain Prossh, MoM Azami, and two-card 'oops I went infinite' Mikaeus is more fun than losing my commander". Meh.

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Hm, so what about Mob Rule? That's a rare...

Guy at my LGS opened one last night; it didn't have the watermark.

Oi! I've been looking for a more interactive deck after coming off of a mostly control/pillow-fort Oloro and decided to up Brago. Playing a list similar to apocalypse31's for about a week now, swapping Karn, Mana Crypt, Monolith, Mana Leak, and Force of Will with some less expensive counterspells and a couple token generators.

How do you guys tend to win games? While I can often control the game well I have troubles closing it; commander damage isn't quick enough and the only viable means I've found to beating on an opponent is slowly taking them out one at a time. The "quickest" win I've found is a ramp into Brago and dropping one of the Rishadan pirates Turn 4/5.

My ability to police the board's pretty good. Taking care of global threats and shutting down most infinites is a political tact I've been using to avoid hate on my board, but it's mostly been a losing race.

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For what it's worth, do you have a link?

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/2exoi7/saw_this_on_promotional_material_at_my_lgs/

You can find it here:
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/frf-cig-en

I guess we were waiting for them on the Mothership posts and forgot to look on the Card Image Gallery.

@Ruzhyo I would definitely suggest moving Soldier of the Pantheon and Imposing Sovereign to your sideboard. They seem too situational to be mainboard imo. Instead put Anax and Cymede and Chained to the Rocks mainboard. Also you may want to consider running Ethereal Armor, it is a powerhouse in my deck, but that's probably because I run 18 enchantments mainboard, haha

I managed to get my first 4-0 at my FNM out of 24 people with this list:



Round 1: Golgari Desecration Demon (2-1)
Round 2: Selesnya Aggro (2-0)
Round 3: 3/5 color Slivers (2-1)
Round 4: Gruul Devotion (2-0)

I plan to put in Rootborn Defenses instead of Celestial Flare in my SB.