The problem I have with a card like this is it doesn't feel stronger than some of the other mono or 2 color 5 CMC variants.
- Dragonlord Ojutai
- Ao, the Dawn Sky
- Thragtusk
- Thundermaw Hellkite
Drawing a card on ETB/ Attack really doesn't feel that worth it.
On the other hand, I feel Maelstrom Wanderer is not really a commander novelty toy, but an important for the ramp archetype. Its haste (attacks into planeswalker), double cascade (plays around counter spells/ potentially sweepers), and overall value (plays around spot removal) has been incredibly important for ramp decks.
Its tri color really hasn't been a problem as I've found 80% of these ramp decks can support the colors anyways with off color talisman, rainbow lands/ dorks.
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CatParty posted a message on [[Pauper]] The Pauper Cube Discussion Thread (Commons Only)The joy of a pauper cube, for me, is being able to always come home from a prerelease with cards to add to my cube. Pauper Cube mimics in many ways a limited environment, since common cards usually make up the bulk of one's limited deck. A pauper cube is a place to cheaply construct a representation of your favorite affordable cards to play with through the ages. It's fun to see what old commons make the cut for cube, and what new commons do to change the environment. Pauper Cubes are also quite versatile and allow a great variety of cubes to be shaped around such a simple stipulation. Some people like a powered pauper cube - that's fine. It means you're always trying to find which commons have been pushed *just enough* so that they're always "strictly better" than other cards. Other Pauper cubes are focused around synergies - it's fun to construct archetypes through affordable cards. Some people like Pauper Cubes because they naturally restrict the complexity of the cards involved. It makes playing Magic feel like the old days when cards did less things. Some people like pauper cubes that run thirty Relentless Rats or ten Rune Snags.Posted in: Pauper & Peasant Discussion
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Zephyr Scarlet posted a message on [[Pauper]] The Pauper Cube Discussion Thread (Commons Only)Posted in: Pauper & Peasant DiscussionQuote from SaltMaster 5000 »I don't understand the point of reaching consensus. If you want to min max everything and play the same few dozen cards as everyone else, why not play constructed?
I get the feeling that none of you guys actually like Pauper, you just can't afford a Vintage cube and don't like looking at proxies. If you want to max out on power just go all the way, why stick with commons?
Even if you don't want to minmax reaching a consensus is pretty useful, as if you're beginning you can either build a maximum power cube by knowing what are the essentials, or build a depowered cube with crap cards by cutting bombs right away. You also get to know what cards are actually useful and which ones look good in paper but have poor execution, because a curated limited environment is important for cube now matter which 360 you run (you don't want to have a full powered black section but everything else with mediocre power level for example).
About the second part, I'm not sure if you're trolling or actually serious. I have a Vintage cube with proxies for the most expensive cards (that actually look good, and can pass as the real thing as long as they're sleeved, so looks are a non-issue) and it's a completely different beast from Pauper, both from gameplay perspective and the actual power of the cards. By that logic, why play a tier 1 deck in any format, because if you wanted power you would go play Shops in Vintage, right? -
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Humphrey posted a message on [[Pauper]] The "Evaluate Everything" Projectdecrease all ratings by one level and youre good to goPosted in: Pauper & Peasant Discussion
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I think the danger of sophistry runs high here. If they make a Roman set its going to center around EMPIRE in some way obviously.
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https://scryfall.com/search?q=s:2xm r:c new:rarity
Abrade, Alabaster Mage, Bone Picker, Conclave Naturalist, Crib Swap, Everflowing Chalice, Frogify, Myr Retriever et al
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Part of why it doesn't hit friendly creatures might be that it would be misleading by seeming to imply that phasing counts as "blinking". You could save a creature about to die with phasing but not re-trigger etbs or abilities conditioned on etb. Still, that can actually be a pretty effective ability (many years ago Blinking Spirit was considered a very good card)
Other than that point I agree with your assessments. Its easy to fixate on cheap removal and forget exactly how oppressive creatures like the Elder Gargaroth (or Baneslayer) can be if they stick for even a short period of time -- not to mention that a goodly number of decks can barely kill it.
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Sad to see you go. Like most hobbies or even most things in general, you kinda have to compartmentalize the parts you enjoy from the corruption, greed, graft (and often FAR worse -- bet your ass Hasbro is as murderous as they come when it suits them both at home and abroad) of the people, organizations, structures and overall system behind those things.
Indignation isn't the answer anyway -- at bottom the same slimy vultures have their hand in virtually every pot and you still gotta eat and otherwise provide for yourself despite all objections. Letting it wear on you on an individual level is mainly tilting at windmills and its primary purpose is "doing something" in times when it seems hopeless that anything can legitimately be done.
As a guy who's spent years pounding the streets I can tell you that these are interesting times and definitely not the moment to be overcome by depression or cynicism.
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If you're saying a NET outlay of $30,000 per month, I think there are zero people doing that. Anyone putting up that much on Magic is trying to turn a buck.
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Gotta agree with this. Insane case of sending mixed messages and also a very alarming precedent for anything they have planned for the future. Especially since the official comapny line is that Companions are polarizing as opposed to universally loathed.
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Here is one:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/gimme-hand-2010-08-13
Ctrl+F "Draw #2" to get straight to the right subsection if you are lazy
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A +2/+3 aura that rampant growths is better than Wood Elves IMO. Especially since it avoids the "removal in response" trap of auras.
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take the checklist from scryfall or gatherer and paste the appropriate column from any speadsheet app..10 seconds maybe?