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Skios posted a message on God-Eternal OketraWelp, any deck with this at the helm will want a Whitemane Lion.Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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FlossedBeaver posted a message on Commander 2018 themes and artThose of you who claim to know what Magic players want or don’t want - without any hard evidence, research, or apparent fact-finding of any kind - could you please clue me in to some winning lottery numbers? Because personally, I’m at least as enamored with the idea of (another) legendary spider as I am some Old ‘Walkers, but I’m not part of the vocal minority so I must be wrong.Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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SecretInfiltrator posted a message on Commander 2018 themes and artPosted in: The Rumor MillQuote from Spaz350 »Quote from CasualCalamity1 »Someone over on reddit pointed out that the Knight artwork bears some visual resemblance to General Varchild: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/8yefze/c18_spoiler_general_varchild/ (hope this has not been mentioned already and it is ok to post the link)
Holy crap. There are a LOT of connections there.
Really cool if true, love it.
After skimming the link I've found an image that points out how the two are each wielding a sword (different to each other except in the color scheme which is common among all swords) and the fact that they have symbols in such likely places as their shield and on their horse armor with the symbols clearly being distinct from each other.
I entirely fail to see the connections.
Quote from ilovesaprolings »Really? Tell me how many non-humanoid tricolor legends they put in a standard set during the past years.
Muldrotha in Dominaria
Gishath and Zacama in Ixalan
and then... oh right, nothing until Alara. Frigging 2008.
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Empathogen posted a message on Commander 2018 themes and artPosted in: The Rumor MillQuote from soramaro »I really don't think moth girl is a PW, but honestly it'd be pretty neat if she was. She'd make a good kid PW (unlike Domri).
She would look kind of hilarious,
with her face barely poking into frame,
and almost her entire body obscured by her ability text.
Quote from vandertroll »I'll be mildly annoyed if they don't reprint Sensei's Divining Top in a deck that the top of your library matters.
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cyberium_neo posted a message on Guilds of Ravnica AureliaHere it is, had to scroll down almost indefinitely.Posted in: The Rumor Mill
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Hermes_ posted a message on [[Official]] Unreleased and New Card DiscussionPosted in: Commander (EDH)Quote from Taleran »Just because you have a Dragon doesn't mean you have to swing with it every turn you potentially could
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Gutterstorm posted a message on [C17] Traverse the OutlandsOmnath, Locus of Rage gives this card four thumbs up.Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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hippohugger posted a message on Most Hated MTG Villain?Mark Rosewater and the concept of blue manaPosted in: Magic Storyline -
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Darksamus posted a message on Fraying Sanity Diário PlaninautaFun with Traumatize.Posted in: The Rumor Mill -
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FirstSwordOfBant posted a message on Neheb, the EternalAlso looks neat for Hidetsugu - activate the ogre, skip combat, gain mana to clear the table with Comet StormPosted in: The Rumor Mill - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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PS, I'm the guy who commented on your Ur-Dragon deck around a year ago mentioning that I'd just started reading Gardens of the Moon. Well, I'm halfway through The Bonehunters now. I'm loving this series. Keep up the Malazan decks!
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Only 4 mana if you've got the ol' Ur-Dragon sitting in your command zone.
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Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you like it.
The thing about Torture is that our commander does the same thing to anyone for one more mana. I can see how Torture would be very good with Hapatra, but why spend a precious card slot on something our commander already does?
I can see Pestilence effects being pretty good with the right cards, including Everlasting Torment, but I think, until there are more cards printed that say "damage is dealt in -1/-1 counters," our best bet for doing something similar will be including creatures that can deal damage to many things at once and granting them Wither. Right now, I'm thinking things like Pestilence Demon (the original but in creature form) and Hammerfist Giant. Yeah, Mikaeus is definitely worth a slot, I just haven't mustered the will power to spend $20 on another copy of him yet. He also concerns me with his mana cost - we've got a big top end and not a whole lot of ramp. My concern is that Guys like Mikaeus, Demon of Dark Schemes, Midnight Banshee, Sheoldred, etc, will get stuck in our hand for far longer than want we want. And yeah, Siege Dragon's fun, but I'd sooner take his older brother, Balefire Dragon.
Edit - Just realized that Siege Dragon doesn't need to connect to do damage. Huh, never realized that. He might be up for inclusion.
I've got a couple policies on combos. I try to stay away from infinite combos as much as I can because pressing the "I win" button just isn't much fun for anyone at the table. I do really enjoy the semi-infinite combos though, but I won't spend extra card slots for tutors to get said combo. Complete linearity in a commander deck just doesn't appeal much to me. So, if I find cards or there are new cards printed that support the Sneak Attack combo that also synergize with other parts of the deck, I will gladly include them, but I won't lean in on one specific combo.
Smooth, John, smooth. But seriously, Nest of Scarabs is nuts in this deck. I can't wait for the day I have it on the field and cast Black Sun's Zenith for 10.