MTG Salvation

Banning fast mana also slows down combo decks because they can't use that as a crutch to outpace the rest of the table.
Banning the cheapest costed tutors is like the prior as they need the requisite mana and without fast mana the tutors come out slower.
Banning the most egregious combo enablers (like Paradox Engine for example getting banned) means decks can't rely on it and have to resort to less powerful combos as a result.

You don't ban everything, you ban the things that allow the game to spiral out too fast. If you want a slower paced format, you ban the cards that are too efficient and too fast. Letting them sit and fester within the format is just like letting an infected injury go unattended and hoping it just sorts itself out. That people be acting like:



Paradox Engine getting banned is a step in the right direction as it will lead to more healthy types of decks. If you want to see a more casual format, you need the banlist to help enforce that. Without that enforcement, people will do what they want, and only be stopped by intervention of other players, and if its the same tired song and dance about how this person should change up their deck and not included whatever busted card they used because its unbanned, mayhaps its not the individual in question who is at fault. As by all rules within the format, they are correctly behaving and following them. If you feel this is against the spirit of the format, then you are letting this very same spirit become infected by more and more egregious cards that are anything but casual and again as reflected by the "this is fine" meme.

Paradox Engine and Iona, Shield of Emeria got banned? Painter's Servant got unbanned? Somebody pick up the phone because I called it!

Now when do we get portable hole?

4x squadron hawk calling forth giant angel that then makes hawks indestructible. Seems fair.

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I don't usually think Core Sets have flavor. M19 did because it was just before Bolas's finale. And Origins did. But mostly Core Sets don't.

Maro in regardes to coresets;
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/metamorphosis-2-0-2017-06-12

The set will have some story relevance, but more in a "filling in information of the past about relevant characters" way than telling a piece of the "present-day" story.

So, basically, more like retcon. Not necessarily bad, but you're more likely to notice when it's bad than when it's good. Sounds alright. Looks like we're getting Chandra, then, but who else?

A retcon is when they change something that was previously established. Not when they tell us details about things we kind of knew but not very well. That is called storytelling.

Chandra originally had no backstory and wore the iconic armor she always does.
Later on revealed she hailed from an unknown and nameless plane that wasn't Regatha.
Chandra's pyromancy abilities caused soldiers to burn down her village and family.
Chandra fled to Regatha and studied with the monks at Keral Keep Monastery.
She trained with Mother Luti at the monastery.
Chandra's home plane was later revealed to be Indian Aetherpunk world of Kaladesh, she stuck out like a sore thumb since both parents are Indian.
Also revealed later was that she was to be executed before escaping to Regatha.
Also revealed later was that Chandra's mother is actually alive.
Chandra and Gideon had a romantic relationship.
Revealed later that Mother Luti was actually Jaya Ballard.
Revealed later that Gideon instead saw Chandra as a sibling than a romantic partner.
Now revealed she at some point in her life used a 'regulator' for her magic before becoming her adult self, but what happened to the regulator is unknown as it doesn't appear on her normal armor.
Now revealed she is actually a very prodigious summoner of elementals in addition to her known pyromancy rather than just a pyromancer who only shoots gouts of flames, however these summoning talents are neglected prior to this in her lore.

Chandra's backstory is several layers of Retroactive Continuity or "retconning" as its also known. Where they revised the backstory over and over and over. She gives the formerly amnesiac Jace a run for his money.

Spicy set is spicy

OMG

PROTECTION

IS BACK

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And yet its only banned in commander, specifically multiplayer commander. Apparently vintage, 93/94 magic, and duel commander have no problem with it and keep it restricted (1-of). I even remember when it was in standard, both against it and with it.

By this logic we should unban Emrakul, Griselbrand, prime titan and likely half of the banlist

No, those are foolish unbannings. Also: Association Fallacy, Either-Or-Fallacy, Non-Sequitur (Formal Fallacy).

Abzan (WBG) Elves

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Seems like a positive change, but I do not want this in Commander, people will just mull nonstop till they get their combo pieces.

Wouldn't that just be a bigger tell to the rest of the table to be prepared for combotown?

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Somebody pick up the phone because I called it!

Sheldon: creates multiplayer format with 40 life, fast mana, under costed tutours with expectancy that nobody does anything aside from playing creatures and pass turn.

Players: creates efficient game plan to - gasp - complete the game objective. which is to win the game, in an efficient manner such that they don't lose to the other guy you didn't eliminate.

Sheldon:

Gorin the Brazen? Maybe a cousin to Norin the Wary?

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Knight of the Reliquary younger brother.

card is fine, but I don't really see this being played over big brother anywhere both are legal, really.

Except this card costs 1 instead of 3, is only 1 color instead of 2, and lets you sacrifice ANY land to tutor instead of specifically a forest or plains...

Kind of big differences there...

I believe there is a custom Zombie token in the making, simply titled "You're breathtaking".

T1 Mountain + Orcish Lumberjack down to 5 Cards

T2 Draw a land, play Forest + Tap for 2 + Sac Forest for 3 Mana = Cavalier of Flame = down to 4 Cards

T3 Draw a land, play Forest tap for 2, play Altar of Dementia, Sac for 3 = Seismic Assault = Discard the rest(2Cards) of your hand which will be hopefully lands and attack with everything = 10 Damage
Use Altar of Dementia sac Cavalier of Flame target yourself mill 6 more lands into your graveyard and deal 11 damage

End of Turn 21 Damage

That would have been the straight forward solution imo.

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I've been running this pair with my playgroup since they allow it. The original idea came from playing Firesong and Sunspeaker. I personally run cheap equipment, auras, and cantrips to synergize with the two.

There is a bit of balance with the two. Ronan can prevent a land from untapping, but he doesn't tap the land by himself. Cara meanwhile can return useful and cheap spells, but they are always 3rd from the top card which delays it from being used again.

So for example if I were to cast Niveous Wisps, Ronan can freeze a land, tap it and make it white with wisps, then draw a card from wisps, after that I deal combat damage with Cara which allows me to pick any card even the wisps, which places it third from the top of my library.

Just felt like I would share this to see if anyone would be interested. If its not to your playstyle that is understandable.

Ronan, Windpeaks Philospher 1R
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Ally (MR)
Whenever you cast a spell, ~ freezes target land. (Freezing a permanent causes it to not untap during their controller's next untap step.)
Partners with Cara of the White Forest
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Cara of the White Forest 1W
Legendary Creature - Elf Soldier Ally (MR)
~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 4 or greater.
Whenever ~ deals damage to an opponent or planeswalker, return target card in your graveyard and place it third from the top of your deck.
Partners with Ronan, Windpeaks Philospher
2/2

If we're keywording the Frost Titan ability (which isn't red), why not just use the imperative? "freeze target land"

I do like how you've shown that skulk and daunt are in fact very knobby abilities.

It's actually not the frost Titan ability, it doesn't tap the land. It's the ability that WotC has been toying with for red since shadows over innistrad. It's been on a few cards, just mostly limited chaff and not in enough numbers to get a critical mass.

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I've been running this pair with my playgroup since they allow it. The original idea came from playing Firesong and Sunspeaker. I personally run cheap equipment, auras, and cantrips to synergize with the two.

There is a bit of balance with the two. Ronan can prevent a land from untapping, but he doesn't tap the land by himself. Cara meanwhile can return useful and cheap spells, but they are always 3rd from the top card which delays it from being used again.

So for example if I were to cast Niveous Wisps, Ronan can freeze a land, tap it and make it white with wisps, then draw a card from wisps, after that I deal combat damage with Cara which allows me to pick any card even the wisps, which places it third from the top of my library.

Just felt like I would share this to see if anyone would be interested. If its not to your playstyle that is understandable.

Ronan, Windpeaks Philospher 1R
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Ally (MR)
Whenever you cast a spell, ~ freezes target land. (Freezing a permanent causes it to not untap during their controller's next untap step.)
Partners with Cara of the White Forest
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Cara of the White Forest 1W
Legendary Creature - Elf Soldier Ally (MR)
~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 4 or greater.
Whenever ~ deals damage to an opponent or planeswalker, return target card in your graveyard and place it third from the top of your deck.
Partners with Ronan, Windpeaks Philospher
2/2

If we're keywording the Frost Titan ability (which isn't red), why not just use the imperative? "freeze target land"

I do like how you've shown that skulk and daunt are in fact very knobby abilities.

While we're doing custom cards that can address these issues:

Quietfire, Jeskai Ascetic. 2RW

Legendary Creature- Efreet Monk

Defender, Vigilance

At the beginning of you upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your turn.

Whenever you cast a card from exile, creatures with defender lose defender and get +X/+X and vigilance until end of turn, where X is the spells converted Mana cost.

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It's a build around with defenders, but it can be built other ways as well, as it generates ca and attacks well it can head up good stuff, or it can play voltron.