Thada and Praetor's Grasp are also fun with Mishra. Play all the good stuff in your deck, (Wurmcoil, Blightsteel, etc), then steal one from your opponent, and get yours for free!
Recently, while going through a random stack of cards, I found a Skyshaper. Not something I had ever heard about, nor do I know where I even got it..
But, it's been nothing short of amazing in my Glissa, the Traitor deck. I have some heavy hitters, but the deck tends to lack in the flying department, other than a few guys. This solves that problem, and is easily recurred and cast again with Glissa in play!
I could see it being a decent Sun Titan target as well.
Throw in any card with an effect like Urza's Armor, and you actually survive the poison.
Note: Only works properly the first time a player sees this particular combo. However, every time after that, playing either Fire Marshal or Exoskeleton makes players soil their drawers trying to remove them before things explode.
[edit] Also, Ib Halfheart is a house when run correctly.
Isperia: Sphinx/Thopter tribal. Since those tribes are quite small, it also packs plenty of control. Considering cutting thopters in favor of more control.
Dralnu: Zombies. Sort of.. I really want a Grim-grin for this deck, or maybe Thrax. Likely won't stay together for very long.
Thrun: Voltron, with a splash of Landfall. Swings with 40+ Baloth Woodcrashers quite often.
Glissa, the Traitor: Reanimater, with a Mindslaver lock combo just in case.
Darien: My first EDH deck! Plenty of ways to hurt myself, or generate tokens. Anthems everywhere.
Mishra: Science themed, soft-lock deck. Uses no real tutors, only transmute cards. Love the flavor.
Ib Halfheart: Started as a deck to house Skirk Fire Marshal + Grafted Exoskeleton combo. Is now also able to generate a screaming wall of (sometimes exploding) goblins.
Plus a couple that are missing a few cards, or manabases..
I also have fairly small, girly hands. (and I'm a guy! D: )
However, I can riffle shuffle a fully sleeved 99 card deck like butter. All it took was some time to get used to it. Just keep trying!
On a side note; I feel like I'm going to mangle a 60 card deck now. All that force I apply riffling 99 cards almost daily..
I know there's some weird things Mishra, Artificer Prodigy can do, but wouldn't he also make for an ok general if you just used him to get free shuffles out of all your artifacts? That must be usable somehow.
I use the shuffle to do great things with Future Sight/Magus of the Future.
Not art related, but MTG nightmare fuel none the less..
This past year at Anime Central, one of the guys in the Magic room mentioned playing Magic in a hot tub on occasion.
He pulled out a large 1000 card box, which turned out to be his Cube.
In it, were Power, Duals, and lots of money. All triple sleeved.
I asked about the hot tub comment, and he said to test the waterproofing of the triple sleeve setup, he had sleeved some Duals, tossed them in his bath tub and filled the tub. Then drained it entirely before pulling the cards out of the tub.
The first sleeve was the only thing wet. Didn't even make it to the second, so the cards were perfectly fine.
Not sure on why anyone would wanna even think about doing that, but I don't think I've ever cringed quite that hard at anything Magic related before. D:
The only place I can think of that had official +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters were some of the older Magic comic books. But since those came out about 15 years ago, I'd look at Ebay. If not there, maybe search internet stores like Troll and Toad or StarCity. They may have them under gaming accessories or something.
Are those Magic comics actually worth anything?
I just remembered a local shop has a few, still sealed with various cardboard counters. Thought about getting them, if only for the poison counters, to use during Scars block events.
Trading Post is my absolute favorite card. It does everything! Recursion for my precious artifacts, life gain in a pinch, card draw, and the cutest little goats! It creates its own engines, and fuels others!
Also, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy with Magus of the Future/Future Sight is pretty bonkers, so long as you have plenty of artifacts to topdeck and play, allowing another shuffle.
Thada and Praetor's Grasp are also fun with Mishra. Play all the good stuff in your deck, (Wurmcoil, Blightsteel, etc), then steal one from your opponent, and get yours for free!
But, it's been nothing short of amazing in my Glissa, the Traitor deck. I have some heavy hitters, but the deck tends to lack in the flying department, other than a few guys. This solves that problem, and is easily recurred and cast again with Glissa in play!
I could see it being a decent Sun Titan target as well.
I'm up to 263 of them. Which is only 41 less than SCG has in stock at the time of this posting!
Skirk Fire Marshal + Grafted Exoskeleton + Five untapped goblins. Bam. 10 poison to everyone.
Throw in any card with an effect like Urza's Armor, and you actually survive the poison.
Note: Only works properly the first time a player sees this particular combo. However, every time after that, playing either Fire Marshal or Exoskeleton makes players soil their drawers trying to remove them before things explode.
[edit] Also, Ib Halfheart is a house when run correctly.
He can block creatures with Shadow.
Isperia: Sphinx/Thopter tribal. Since those tribes are quite small, it also packs plenty of control. Considering cutting thopters in favor of more control.
Dralnu: Zombies. Sort of.. I really want a Grim-grin for this deck, or maybe Thrax. Likely won't stay together for very long.
Thrun: Voltron, with a splash of Landfall. Swings with 40+ Baloth Woodcrashers quite often.
Glissa, the Traitor: Reanimater, with a Mindslaver lock combo just in case.
Darien: My first EDH deck! Plenty of ways to hurt myself, or generate tokens. Anthems everywhere.
Mishra: Science themed, soft-lock deck. Uses no real tutors, only transmute cards. Love the flavor.
Ib Halfheart: Started as a deck to house Skirk Fire Marshal + Grafted Exoskeleton combo. Is now also able to generate a screaming wall of (sometimes exploding) goblins.
Plus a couple that are missing a few cards, or manabases..
However, I can riffle shuffle a fully sleeved 99 card deck like butter. All it took was some time to get used to it. Just keep trying!
On a side note; I feel like I'm going to mangle a 60 card deck now. All that force I apply riffling 99 cards almost daily..
I use the shuffle to do great things with Future Sight/Magus of the Future.
Check it out here.
This past year at Anime Central, one of the guys in the Magic room mentioned playing Magic in a hot tub on occasion.
He pulled out a large 1000 card box, which turned out to be his Cube.
In it, were Power, Duals, and lots of money. All triple sleeved.
I asked about the hot tub comment, and he said to test the waterproofing of the triple sleeve setup, he had sleeved some Duals, tossed them in his bath tub and filled the tub. Then drained it entirely before pulling the cards out of the tub.
The first sleeve was the only thing wet. Didn't even make it to the second, so the cards were perfectly fine.
Not sure on why anyone would wanna even think about doing that, but I don't think I've ever cringed quite that hard at anything Magic related before. D:
Are those Magic comics actually worth anything?
I just remembered a local shop has a few, still sealed with various cardboard counters. Thought about getting them, if only for the poison counters, to use during Scars block events.
..never got around to buying them though.