Partner is an interesting mechanic. It will be limited to the fifteen partners, but sounds like there will be a lot of deckbuilding fun mixing and matching them.
Atraxa is going to be a popular Super Friends commander. I'm thinking of switching to her myself, adding white would be a godsend.
I will always oppose this concept. I was very against the one situation where they built planeswalkers to be commanders but at least then they built with that in mind. Planeswalkers as commanders is far less interactive and harder to kill / remove as there is not that much removal for planeswalkers out there and most of it is any permanent or all non-land permenant removal.
The idea of planeswalkers as commanders in my mind is a very toxic idea. I would agree to it if life totals were 20 (aka I could just murder the player instead). Planeswalkers as a commander also extends your overall life as a player because they are soaking attacks that would otherwise hit you. There are just too many unfortunate things that turn the game into durdle control with planeswalkers as commanders so I would be against seeing it ever again to be honest.
This is the most compelling argument against planeswalkers, in my opinion. Making EDH games even longer would probably not be very healthy for the format. Without adjusting the life totals (or something similar) it might get out of hand. I can already imagine 4 player games with 4 Planeswalker generals taking forever.
You already have a ton of ramp (though you need to cut 25 cards obviously). I'd be hesitant to go below 38 lands with a control oriented deck like Super friends.
The deck's actual power level isn't the issue, it is the perceived power level.
Do you play at your LGS with strangers and random people all the time? Then Zur will draw a lot of hate.
Do you play casually with friends? Then he might be fine, if your friends are aware of Zur's reputation then they will probably also target him first, at least for a few games until they see more of how the deck plays.
Still reading, but this an excellent story. We get Ajani, Tamiyo, modern Kamigawa. They mention Narset, and they even call back to specific events in Agents of Artifice.
I used to do the former, but I realized it was a terrible waste of money and started making actual lists to buy the cards I need.
In college I would sometimes buy over 100 cards for a deck I already had half built. Back then it was considerably cheaper, of course, but it was still a waste.
Also, Cryo, I think I just sent you an MTGO Thalia?
I hope not. I don't play mtgo anymore. My pucatrade name and avatar is the same, so there shouldn't be any mystery who I am.
Must have been somebody else then, the name was spelled slightly different, but similar to some of your alternate accounts that pop up when you forget your password.
Based on this, I assume all four legendaries in each deck will be foil.
Atraxa is going to be a popular Super Friends commander. I'm thinking of switching to her myself, adding white would be a godsend.
This is the most compelling argument against planeswalkers, in my opinion. Making EDH games even longer would probably not be very healthy for the format. Without adjusting the life totals (or something similar) it might get out of hand. I can already imagine 4 player games with 4 Planeswalker generals taking forever.
With some bans I think they could work.
Do you play at your LGS with strangers and random people all the time? Then Zur will draw a lot of hate.
Do you play casually with friends? Then he might be fine, if your friends are aware of Zur's reputation then they will probably also target him first, at least for a few games until they see more of how the deck plays.
In college I would sometimes buy over 100 cards for a deck I already had half built. Back then it was considerably cheaper, of course, but it was still a waste.
I do, thanks if you send anything.
Must have been somebody else then, the name was spelled slightly different, but similar to some of your alternate accounts that pop up when you forget your password.
Also, Cryo, I think I just sent you an MTGO Thalia?
It was actually pictured four times, at least when I first saw the article.