MTG Salvation

Hm. Flicker shenanigans and now you finally have a gates commander???

Oh man. This is EXACTLY the deck I wanted from JEskai EDH. YEARS I've wanted this.

Quote from mondu_the_fat »

Good uncommon. Very disappointing as a rare.

Is it still?

While I get where you're coming from, I would be more disappointed if they actually DID kill him. What, he's an immortal dragon he thinks of nearly EVERYTHING, and Gideon can just... stab him? THAT would be the bigger letdown, imo. This nicely ties in his failure to kill Ugin- the one mistake he's made- to ultimately be his downfall. Regardless how WotC does or does not treat it's villains... imprisonment fits Bolas better than death, in this case.

...yeah, okay, I can definitely work with this.

This, Thing in the Ice...unthawed maws deck?

Opponent can have blockers
Opponent can have something that prevents you from attacking
Opponent can have something that prevents damage from attacking creatures
Opponent can have something that prevents all damage
Opponent can destroy attacking creatures before they can deal damage
Opponent can have something that prevents loss of game from 0 life

And there are far more things that do the above than which would stop that player from losing due to having no deck.

Also, it's useful for self-mill if you're playing Dredge and/or Delve strategy, or reanimator, or anything else that plays out of the graveyard.

So here are your options:

1. Create four 2/2 Citizens.
2. Create three 2/2 Citizens and return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
3. Create three 2/2 Citizens and proliferate.
4. Create three 2/2 Citizens and gain 4 life.
5. Create two 2/2 Citizens and return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.
6. Create two 2/2 Citizens, return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, and proliferate.
7. Create two 2/2 Citizens, return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, and gain 4 life.
8. Create two 2/2 Citizens and proliferate twice.
9. Create two 2/2 Citizens, proliferate, and gain 4 life.
10. Create two 2/2 Citizens and gain 8 life.
11. Create a 2/2 Citizen and return three permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.
12. Create a 2/2 Citizen, return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand, and proliferate.
13. Create a 2/2 Citizen, return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand, and gain 4 life.
14. Create a 2/2 Citizen, return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, and proliferate twice.
15. Create a 2/2 Citizen, return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, proliferate, and gain 4 life.
16. Create a 2/2 Citizen, return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, and gain 8 life.
17. Create a 2/2 Citizen and proliferate three times.
18. Create a 2/2 Citizen, proliferate twice, and gain 4 life.
19. Create a 2/2 Citizen, proliferate, and gain 8 life.
20. Create a 2/2 Citizen and gain 12 life.
21. Return four permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.
22. Return three permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand and proliferate.
23. Return three permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand and gain 4 life.
24. Return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand and proliferate twice.
25. Return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand, proliferate, and gain 4 life.
26. Return two permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand and gain 8 life.
27. Return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand and proliferate three times.
28. Return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, proliferate twice, and gain 4 life.
29. Return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand, proliferate, and gain 8 life.
30. Return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand and gain 12 life.
31. Proliferate four times.
32. Proliferate three times and gain 4 life.
33. Proliferate twice and gain 8 life.
34. Proliferate and gain 12 life.
35. Gain 16 life.

For people who like versatile cards, this is a dream come true.

Hey, lots of franchises avoid killing off villains. Not just to keep them around in the future, but it allows for a way to put the good guys on a sliding scale of heroism from hero to antihero to the most evil variety of villain.

Then again, I can't see Liliana refusing to kill.

I have a hunch they were trying for "fate worse than death" here. Bolas dies, at worst, he gets reincarnated without his memories of "glory". Now, he doesn't even have that release.

I will admit that at the beginning, I expected his end to be sealed in the core of Ravnica, with Mat'Selesnya keeping him contained. Of course, I expected him to be planning to enslave the Utmungr (whom I think Mat'Selesnya is a renegade from).

Note, by the way, that Thanos didn't die in the original Infinity War comic. So whether he dies in the Endgame film is...uncertain.

Quote from Kenaron316 »

If your game plan begins with "Ramp to 12 lands" I remind you that your opponent may have won by that time, or have a board state where the trick that follows isn't impressive enough.

Can confirm by trying to make AdamSandler.deck* work. (Ramp out and kick Josu Vess, Lich Knight)





(Because he comes with eight crazy knights.)

I never said that it is a high winrate play, only a fun one. If you want to just win, play RDW, tempo blue or some heavy meta control deck. That said, there is going to be a stompy deck that utilizes Rhythm of the Wild, Ulharg, and Rhonas (probably tier 2).

I love the "optimal number of limbs" part, because my immediate thought went to tree limbs. Then I realized, "Oh. Right. Simic."

reprocess on a cost efficient body is nice. I love how this card works with mayhem devil in standard, also.

Reprocess with a body. It's okay, but it doesn't feel overpowered.

(Well, you can't sacrifice Hatching Plans with Reprocess, so there's that.)