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How would you rank Shredded Sails against Fire Prophecy or Thunderbolt?

I would rank Shredded Sails higher than both. In an all commons EDH deck I would at least test Shredded Sails in the Shattering Pulse slot whereas I think there are better burn options than both Fire Prophecy and Thunderbolt.

The full spoiler for Ikoria is up and while there's not much that stands out to me, I thought I would discuss a few cards that I find interesting.


Shredded Sails - a slightly more limited Abrade but I still think it's playable. I don't know if it would replace Shattering Pulse but I think it's a possible alternative. The buyback on Shattering Pulse has always felt win-more to me and having more options for the same cost at least makes Shredded Sails a consideration.

Survivors' Bond - a potential 2-for-1 in the right deck.

Fire Prophecy - this seems like interesting design space even though the card itself is somewhat limited. Hopefully we'll see more along these lines in the future.

Honorable Mentions: the new art for the gain lands, Evolving Wilds, and Anticipate are good. I enjoyed the overall look and feel of the world of Ikoria even if it didn't result in a lot of playables for Paper EDH.

What does everyone else think?

The Ikoria Mechanics article states you can only have up to one chosen companion each game.

Looks like a good start. I'll be curious to hear how it plays out once you've had an opportunity to get in some games.

Of note I'm only counting 98 cards excluding Alesha. 44 creatures, 19 non-creature spells, and 35 lands. Also Ashnod's Altar is 3 mana so Shred Memory cannot transmute for it sadly. Still a good inclusion.

Alesha is a commander I've been brainstorming an all common version for a while now. Here's what I have thus far. Note that it's all theory crafting at this point and needs further playtesting. Cards like Arcane Signet, Ash Barrens, and Path of Ancestry push it over your price limit but I'm sure you could replace those with Fellwar Stone, Nomad Outpost, or similar cards. Staple uncommons like Buried Alive and Skullclamp would also be nice additions if you can find a way to fit them into your budget.




Here's the list via Deckstats for full mana breakdowns, goldfishing, and pricing. Hope this helps. Good luck!

I feel like Thrill of Possibility and Merchant of the Vale may be worthwhile in some decks as well. An instant speed Tormenting Voice seems decent. Merchant reminds me a bit of Insolent Neonate. I always wanted to try to make a deck built around Alesha work and both of these seem like good fits in a deck like that.

Mystic Sanctuary looks promising.
Land - Island
This enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other islands.
When this enters the battlefield untapped you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to the top of your library.

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Thank you Funky D for the decklist.

How is what you are playing with now working for you? What is your typical to-go win condition? Where do you run into problems? What type of decks are you normally playing against? You have a lot of counter magic for a multiplayer EDH deck. How's all that working for you?

Some immediate suggestions include:
Disallow over Tale's End
Future Sight instead of Precognition Field
Rain of Revelation, Foresee, or Deep Analysis seem better than Sift.

I would try to find room for staples like:

• Preordain
  
• Merchant Scroll
  
• Muddle the Mixture
  
• Faerie Trickery
  

Some of your counter magic might be what I cut for those. Rewind, Unwind, Overwhelming Intellect, & Overwhelming Denial.

Additionally, while I really like Brainstorm (and think you should keep it) you have no means of shuffling your deck after casting it which is kinda bad. If you want to keep it I would suggest adding a few more cards that search your library to help optimize it.

Good luck!

I like it but I don't know if it has a place yet in the current meta. Feels too slow and/or win-more. Somewhere in the future if Pauper gets more utility sac lands, or permanents that allow you to sacrifice lands, it might have a better application. Still planning on picking up a few when it comes out.

Pulse of Murasa and Weather the Storm are probably the best life gain options you don't already have listed. If you want to go all-in on Gates, Saruli Gatekeepers might be another option.

How's Spark Harvest been working out?

From Daily MTG today.

Pauper will soon be an official format for paper events and tournament support.

Per the article:

The Wizards Event Reporter will allow Pauper format events to be sanctioned at local stores and for large tournaments.

Gatherer will officially support searching by Pauper legality on July 9.

The definition of Pauper legality is expanding to include any card with a common printing in any paper or digital set. If the card is listed as a common on Gatherer from any set, it is legal in Pauper. This will add cards to the format that were not previously legal on Magic Online.

3 Additional cards will be added to the Pauper's banned list including:

• Hymn to Tourach
  
• Sinkhole
  
• High Tide
  

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I'm excited by the news. Kudos to everyone who has been an evangelist for this format!

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Official announcement from Twitch.

Tolarian Community College has a video regarding the news plus additional info.

Just so everyone is aware MTG Salvation will continue to be online and accessible after July 8th but will be under new management. You can read more here. I believe some of the mods & admins were developing a new site prior to this new owner/manager coming about and they are committed to seeing it through so some may be leaving to focus on that site.

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MTGSALVATION IS SHUTTING DOWN.. What a sad day.. I super loved talking about this deck and all the help you gave me with crafting this deck.. Better get any last chatter about this deck before it shuts down.. Sad day for pauper COA.

The site will remain in read-only mode after the close date (July 8th) and several of the mods are working on another site for future discussions. So all hope is not lost. Stay tuned.


//UPDATE: MTG Salvation will be live and accessible after July 8th to all but under new management. Read here for details.

No need to bump. This is the only new post for this sub forum in 2019.