MTG Salvation

Eye of the Storm wins more games by concession than any other card i know. This card is by the most ridiculous thing to keep track of in mtg

reminds me of Ancient Mew. Prety

whats the problem? why does everything have to be perfectly symmetrical all the time?

Mistakes are the only thing making competitive play interesting. Balance is boring .

I never understood quick kills. If you want the game to be over so quickly than why are you playing. We will just scoop to you and start another game without that person. I have become enlightened recently about losing I'm Commander . In that I don't really care anymore. Just go to the next game. I vowed never to be that poor sport. every group seems to have at least one. We have one and it's hard to play with him because he makes it uncomfortable. Winning is more fun when you have to work for it. The combos listed in the OP aren't fun for me so I don't play them and I encourage others to do the same.

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A deck isn't competitive. A player is competitive. And with that you can find out if they are or not by asking them with words

Its an interesting way to put it but I guess I do have some issue with it. When deckbuilding, the player who built it will come out in some ways too. If someone builds a cutthroat combo deck and hands it to me, I dont have a lot of ways to play this cutthroat combo deck outside of combo. I guess I can chose not to execute those combos but you might not be able to really play that deck in much of any other way.

Following my original logic. A deck built by a competitive player is by proxy a competitive deck.but ONLY by that proxy. You as a person playing that deck isn't competitive unless you wanted it to be. (Thus my original point). Thus making the deck competitive. Hand it to 10 years old new to the game and it won't be competitive. Hand it to LSV with and incentive to win ( eg live or die) than it's competitive.

A deck isn't competitive. A player is competitive. And with that you can find out if they are or not by asking them with words

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I want to like Demon of Dark Schemes for this type of deck, but i just seem's too durdly. Any thoughts on that?

too much work for the benefit. its not like there is ALWAYS a Craterhoof Behemoth waiting for you in a GY somewhere.

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Hard questione: is it possibile to build this deck with decent budget options? I love this list, but a lot of cards, like Yawgmoth's Will, Mana Vault or Phyrexian Tower, are a pain for my wallet Thank you very much!

Deck is very budget friendly. None of the essential pieces are above $10. The cards you mentioned are easily replaceable and I have a vault of different cards you can select form on the Primer. The closest replacement for Yawg would probably be Living Death in terms of a blow out turn.


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deck update for Kaladesh

i took some time to revisit some old cards and groom through all the blocks since Khans. Land count was slightly bumped at the sacrfice of mana rocks. With another b/w fast land from Kaladesh the early mana fixing this deck needs is consistent enough to run utility lands.

Removed

meekstone - meta call. not needed as much lately
elspeth, knight errant - lets be honest this card has been outclassed for a while I have only been running it because its my favorite Plansewalker and looks pretty. It has a new home now
twilight drover - another outclassed card. its benefit is redundant
spirit bonds - has been crap recently . idk i hate paying mana for 1/1s and i am making way for better cards
Orzhov Guildgate - outclassed by temple of silence and was the next land to cut. mana has been smooth lately and hard CIPT lands are slowly becoming obsolete due to power creep
everflowing chalice - cutting on rocks for utility land. i just hate this card even though it goes well with Blood Funnel. i need color
Orzhov Basilica - bounce lands seem to suck every day. always hate it when i draw it. works well with Bojuka bog but thats about it

Added

Concealed Courtyard - great land for this deck. need double black the first two turns and 2 white by turn 3. this helps to achieve that goal
Pious Evangel - i didnt like this card at first but its a Soul Warden and a Blood Artist. the ability is super easy to work and sacs ANY permanent at instant speed. fetchable with Recruiter too
Recruiter of the Guard -Creature tutors for almost any other creature in our deck and interacts with all the creature cards like Nim Deathmantle, Altars, and Teysas first ability etc.
Blood Funnel - Hidden jank that i have been testing lately and love. speeds up the going off turn with Carnival of Souls and what not. the drawback is secretly a great sac outlet which this deck makes good use of although i will admit sucks when your behind. But so are lots of cards.
Mirror Entity - I stopped playing this a while ago but Recruiter of the guard inspired me to bring it back .its ability is too unique to ignore and does a lot of neat tricks.Also is a Human.Sliver and Zombie
Geier Reach Sanitarium - Subtle way to discard a big card from my hand for reanimation. The interaction is needed very little so having it on a land and using Zombie Infestation is just fine
Westvale Abbey - Meta call for my PG teching sideboard against me. Also i like the art


enjoy!

Non vintage tier win

Swamp ornothopter memnite hatred, culling the weak, dark ritual swamp


Essentially I casted hatred turn 2 on my memnite paying 39 life killed opp than died to plant token on another players turn

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No card amde of cardboard should have value near that price

The beauty of capitalism is that they can!

I played a Storm Crow once and the whole table scooped

I mean how much of difference is it really?? If someone is cunning enough to discern a small difference in the middle of a game than let them have there little advantage. There's probably like one person out there crafty enough .

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Am I the only one disappointed in the red gearhulk? Got downvoted to death on reddit for saying it's bad.

I did the math and in my decks the trigger does about 7 damage on average, and those decks have high curves.

6 mana for basically a vanilla 6/6, mill yourself 3 cards, and 7 damage to target player? Decidedly mediocre, no?

There will be times when you can use the threat of explosion to coerce the draw 3 cards out of a player with low life, which is hilarious, but I'm pretty sure the vast majority of times this guy is just burn to the face. And like all punisher cards, it can't go to the face when you actually need it to.

I think it's worth testing in Kalemne.

Initially yeah if your looking the average its bad. in a format where things like top are legal. it can be manipulated to be very deadly. 40 is a lot yeah but its not THAT much. So i agree on the testing

Master of Cruelties comes to mind when thinking of super nasty rakdos creatures

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Forgive my ignorance but what do you mean when you say its about flavor. I'm somewhat new to magic so I'm still learning terms haha

by flavor I mean sticking to a theme. If i want to build say build a deck about Bears. i run Bear cards and spells with forest,salmon etc regardless of what the cards actually do. Because i'm building on the theme not on the mechanics.