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May 18, 2018Boyachi posted a message on A Brief History of Dominaria's ThallidsVery surprising lore! I really had no idea about it and it was an entertaining post. Thank you!Posted in: Articles
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Mar 16, 2018Boyachi posted a message on All Sets Are Good: Saviors of KamigawaMeasure of Wickedness is a superfun multiplayer EDH card. It forces action to take place be it sorceries and instants or changes to the boardstate. Fun times.Posted in: Articles
I'm surprised more Golgari counter decks don't run Maga as a finisher.
Lastly, Eternal Dominion, especially Forked or Twincasted on the original casting means multiple Epic triggers. -
Feb 19, 2018Boyachi posted a message on The Role of Ecosystems in Fantasy WorldbuildingSweet article! Two thumbs up!Posted in: Articles
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Oct 31, 2017Boyachi posted a message on The 13 Scariest Pieces of Magic ArtI agree with your selections. Living Wall is has not been trumped in...whatever creepiness it is doing. The Fallen is up there with the old-school scariness, but I have a special place for Chains of Mephistopheles, what with the third horn and the sinister eyes that seem to be looking directly at you.Posted in: Articles
There has only been one card that jump-scared me when I opened a pack of cards: Rotting Fensnake. I made it my laptop background for class so if I jump straight to the desktop I can hear the reactions of the people that were looking at my screen. -
Aug 15, 2017Boyachi posted a message on Commander 2017 DigestMairsil, the Pretender doesn't need to worry about using the abilities only once with proper setup. First off you already mentioned Aetherling (or better yet Deadeye Navigator) which can reset Mairsil for non-tap abilities. After that you need something as simple as Crimson Mage to grant haste to reuse those tap abilities. Finish it off with a Gilded Lotus and you have infinite Mairsil abilities each turn (and mana, but I mean, nothing new with Gilded Lotus) .Posted in: Articles
Also Shifty Doppelganger is actually looking like it could be star (support) material! Maybe!
I'm glad to see a shout-out going to Bounty Hunter and the Myojins! You did your research and it shows! -
Apr 3, 2017Boyachi posted a message on MTG Salvation Deck Builder Coming SoonMove over, Tappedout.net, you have competition!Posted in: Articles
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The Facebook commander group is rather good at responding, but typically it is better to ask what cards go well with a commander/build and then supply your color/budget.
Most people won't look at your decklist. It isn't simply because they are lazy (though it is some of that and that they don't want to spend the time looking at what you already have). It is the fact that usually people will just post the decklist and say, "I am trying to build this, help!".
The problem with this approach is that there is no correct way to make the perfect deck and it is highly subjective. The art of building a commander deck is not like trying to draw a horse and then comparing it to a photograph of the best horse at show this year, it is more akin to abstract art. There are all sorts of things that could possibly be going on. Perhaps the person wants to keep running this card be cause the old nice guy at the book shop gave it to him. Perhaps the point is that all the artwork contains stairs. Perhaps Someone is trying to make a Voltron deck with an Azusa, Lost but Seeking. An outsider with limited information is like Clippy from Office 95: we can say "hey it looks like you are trying to do XYZ" but more often than not we are not 100 at the meat of what you are trying to get your deck to do. That is also often an issue with the person creating the deck, they just want the deck to do something well but they are not sure or don't care what, just as long as it somehow wins at their table. Some people want to know the cEDH options. Other people don't want to hear about obvious things like Sol Rings or Command Towers (though some people might not even know about these cards, the responders have no real idea).
This is why I more often than not when I am stuck with a current deck's iteration check what other people have already done.
There are a lot of decks to look at on this site, as well as at Tapped Out and MTGgoldfish, though that pales in comparison to EDREC.
I don't stop there though, I look for build types and what people use for similar commanders, I heavily use Youtube too.
After getting all that, I take everything I found, factor in my budget as well as the cards I already have on hand, and then I make my deck an amalgamation of all the things I liked that I found (and can afford).
It doesn't hurt to know what cards exist out there either. Using Gatherer's advanced search or Scryfall's I can look for key words or phrases for things I want more of in my deck. When I started playing, it was easy to spend a weekend and learn all the cards...there are a lot more out there now, but knowing things exist and watching posts like "card of the day that you might not know about" will keep you in the loop with lesser known tech that can really be a boon.
Lastly spoilers (shown on this site for example) are not just good for playing Standard (I mean honestly it is necessary to know your draft options if you want to stand a chance these days). Knowing what is coming out will tell you what you can add to your deck as well as what you need to worry about/plan for when it is coming at you across the table next month.
That being said, you can always also peruse this forum's archives if you are using an older, more established commander.
So if you are going to post a decklist, don't just post a decklist. Tell us what power level you would like it to be (helps if you tell us what power level you think it is now), whether you want it to be cEDH or not, what you are married to (ex: must it be this commander? must it be this archetype? Is there a theme? Are you telling a story? Must it be by a specific artist or cards from a certain year?), and your budget. What is easiest is if you ask us non-open-ended questions: should I do A or B? I feel like Card X isn't quite working with ______, any suggestions for substitutions? How can I deal with Cyclonic Rift when it is played against my deck?
Akroma, Angel of Wrath (original printing, as Vigilance was not a keyword yet).Okay this one isn't as wordy as others, but it does require the reader to know what all of those things mean within the context of the game.
But also, this is dumb. Like “I’d make fun of you if you bought this dumb”...I’m ordering this on the 3rd...aren’t I...just checked, I am. YOU FINALLY GOT ME WotC!
The white cards look neat, though I’m unsure if practice for greatness should be uncommon or rare, I’d need to see the play testing data. The reason I’m leaning towards uncommon
due to the counter being added post combat.
Scroll Rack and Brainstorm seem like great adds (if you have the budget for the former).
I find it odd that this card gets almost no use when there are some many people running bounce lands especially in red.
Please let me know if I should be going through a different avenue to get things fixed with the deck builder functionality on this site.
On a side note:
In the database 'Essence Symbiote' is listed as Essence Symbiont
Horde of notions commander deck.
Sneak in Maelstrom wanderer.
Flash in Niambi, bouncing MW.
Discard MW to draw two cards and then use HoN to recast it from the graveyard.
Profit.
Did you know there are 27 legal legendary elementals at this point?
Just saying.
EDIT: It looks like the color identity is currently green instead of Red.
I was under that assumption due to the wording of the errata on Infinite Reflection. Thank you for clarifying.
It will be easier to relay to my playgroup.