ContraMundi on Can Ulalek copy it's own …
1 day ago
As far as I m aware that clause was put there because a lot of Eldrazi have cast triggers which won t trigger when you copy it. But the second part of teh text is a failsafe so also those cast triggers will be copied.
Crow_Umbra on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …
2 days ago
Thank you for checking out the deck, legendofa, it's the successor to my Windgrace & Prosper decks.
When I first put together G-G&S, most of the decks I saw were Ninjutsu focused. I def got the sense that they were a means of doing Ninjutsu without the reputation of Yuriko & OG Satoru; both of which I've played against numerous times in my playgroups.
RyuuRage on Assassin's Creed
2 days ago
Am I alone in thinking that this deck should have a plethora of devoid eldrazi creatures in it?
They would only be able to be blocked by artifact creatures since there is no possible way for a creature to share a color.
legendofa on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …
2 days ago
Crow_Umbra I'm sure there's a few really good ways the build could go, ninjutsu was just my first thought. Your Ognis deck actually sparked the idea for that "partner" pairing.
Crow_Umbra on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …
2 days ago
legendofa, I run both Goro-Goro and Satoru, & Ognis, the Dragon's Lash as commanders. I play G-G&S more as quick aggro/self-bouncing threats, & don't use any Ninjutsu.
Both decks share a few overlapping cards, but they could make for a fun partnership.
legendofa on WOTC announcement - All Commanders …
2 days ago
Just thought of Goro-Goro and Satoru + Ognis, the Dragon's Lash. Attack with haste, make treasures, ninjutsu down something scary, make dragons. Probably not going to pull it together, so I'll put the idea out there if anyone is looking for something fast and chaotic.
K4nkato on Tinkerbell says “No”
2 days ago
Weekly Results…
Simic Value Brew?: ✅✅
Dredge: ✅✅
Jeskai Ephemerate: ✅✅
UNDEFEATED!! Ponder flipped a losing game into a winning one by shuffling a bad draw away vs Jeskai :)
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Sakaizokan, Ravenous Colony
Legendary Creature - Insect Wall
Defender
When Sakaizokan enters the battlefield, create X 1/1 red insect creature tokens named Fire Ant. They have ": This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
Whenever you are attacked, Sakaizokan deals X damage divided as you choose among attacking creatures equal to the number of insects you control.
6/6
Dragonlair Spider, Hornet Queen, Hornet Nest, Ant Queen, Beacon of Creation, Carrion, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Amzu, Swarm's Hunger, Izoni, Thousand-Eyed, Living Hive, Broodhatch Nantuko, Nest of Scarabs, Xira, the Golden Sting
I mean are you kidding me? And this isn't even all of them, and not even all of the best ones in these colors. Not to mention all of the all of the black punishment effects, all of the red ETB damage effects or all of the green propagation effects.
Your challenge is to make another interesting Commander, and showcase several cards that would be in their deck starting precon deck.
Remember this is a precon deck, so cards should largely be between $1 and $3 each, with maybe two or three $10 max cards.
And if you look, yes I did adhere to my own rule with Beacon of Creation, Grist, the Hunger Tide and Amzu, Swarm's Hunger being the expensive ones in the list.
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
It's too late to edit, but Nahiri is obviously a Kor, not a human.
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Nahiri, Stoneforge Apprentice
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a colorless nonland card, reveal it and put it into your hand, then shuffle.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control a colorless permanent with mana value 6 or greater, exile ~, then return her to the battlefield transformed.
1/2
Nahiri, Loyal Heart's Fury
Legendary Planeswalker - Nahiri (CI:RW)
+1 Create a 1/1 white Kor creature token. You may attach an equipment you control to it.
-2 You may put an Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield. If you do, exile up to one target permanent until that card leaves the battlefield.
-7 Search your library for a colorless permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. It gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
5
Create a Gruul or Jund pillowfort.
keizerbuns on Is kicker considered a part …
2 days ago
Is kicker considered a part of the casted spells mana cost, and can cards that help reduce the cost of or help pay for the cost of a spell be used to pay for the kicker costs?
In particular I'm curious about how Eldrazi Temple works with Wastescape Battlemage. If I declare intent to pay the kicker costs for Battlemage as I'm casting it, can I use Eldrazi Temple's second mana ability to help pay for the colorless man portion of its kicker cost?
Thanks in advance!
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Why Have There Been So …
2 days ago
That's obviously objectively correct. She's not an enabler, she's a payoff. But what she does by this is she basically unlocks a truckload of defensive effects that mostly couldn't be used at all without her helming the deck. The closest comparison for the strategy could be Rhoda, Geist Avenger and Timin, Youthful Geist. Timin taps down things and Rhoda benefits from it, but the pair is rather weak compared to Hylda. Timin is the enabler, but he needs to be expensive manawise to not be restrictive.
Let's imagine Hylda had an Opposition effect on herself. Her triggered ability had to be a lot weaker so she couldn't go "pseudo infinite" with herself, and then the deck would be very different. You'd propably play a go-wide strategy relying on Hylda to make room for big attacks. That's not a defensive play style.
This is quite a long comment already. The most important part is this:
What she does is she unlocks a truckload of defensive effects that mostly couldn't be used at all without her payoff ability. That way, while her ability is a payoff, her effect on the cards she plays is she enables them to be played. As such, she enables defensive play and thus definitely can be called a defensive card.
wallisface on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
In addition to the excellent points legendofa already made, anti-countermagic cards exist like Veil of Summer, Carnage Tyrant, Cavern of Souls etc.
Of course playing smartly/strategically, as already mentioned above, gives countermagic a rough time - but failing that there are these cards available for a blunter-approach.
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2 days ago
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Alearin on Treasure, Dwarves, and Dragon's; OH …
2 days ago
Hi. Thanks for the comments on my desk Magda of the Maskwood [[Guide]] Updated for MKC. I was checking your build of Magda out and saw some cards that I think might fit your build.
- Ingenious Artillerist - Every time one or more artifacts enter the battlefield under your control you burn everyone's faces for the number of artifacts. This seems like it would quickly get grow to a ton of damage with your damage boosting cards. If nothing else it can be a backup to Reckless Fireweaver.
- Spiteful Repossession - With damage boosters out this can turn being slightly behind in land to a huge windfall of treasures. If each opponent has 1 more land then you and you have one damage doubler out you would deal 2 damage to each opponent and make 6 treasure.
- Magmatic Force - Every upkeep, including your opponents, do 3 damage minimum to whatever you want. With your damage boosters it will often be more. Burn their face or that annoying value creature that never attacks. If you have Magmatic Galleon and/or Spiteful Banditry out you can also get so treasure for more Magda triggers.
- Descent into Avernus - Generates increasingly large amounts of treasure tokens for the board; however, I would say you are best positioned to use them. Besides given treasures to your opponents it is also a bit dangerous cause the damage it deals applies to you as well. If nothing else this will accelerate your games by increasing the mana available and lowering life totals.
legendofa on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
Red and green deal with counterspells by outpacing them. Red in particular tends to use high speed and redundancy to its advantage. If one spell gets countered, two others that do the same thing are right behind them. Green can recycle spells and has a good selection of "can't be countered" spells. Most counterspells are 1-for-1 removal, and simply casting more spells than the blue player can counter is a valid way to get around them.
As a more advanced version of this, bluffing, counter baiting, and sequencing can help key spells avoid being countered. These are difficult skills to master, but important in high-end competition.
DemonDragonJ on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
legendofa, I certainly understand that, but how should red and green, the enemy colors of blue, be able to deal with counterspells, in that case?
Also, I very much believe that both Worldfire and Bearer of the Heavens are color pie breaks (I shall forgive Obliterate and Decree of Annihilation due to their ages), so I definitely can see your perspective, on this matter.
Alearin on Magda of the Maskwood [[Guide]] …
2 days ago
Saljen, your deck Treasure, Dwarves, and Dragon's; OH MY! definitely takes Magda, Brazen Outlaw in a different direction, with it focus on damage doublers/triplers and ping damage but not using infinite combos to do it. Biggest downside I could see is none of the doublers/triplers are directly searchable by Magda.
As for your suggestions:
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Range Rover
Creature - Plant Ranger (Rare)
Desertwalk
When Range Rover enters the battlefield, distribute a total number of +1/+1 and / or -1/-1 counters equal to the number of deserts in play among all creatures.
3/3
So if you control 5 Deserts and your opponent has 2 Deserts you could distribute up to seven +1/+1 or seven -1/-1 counters as you see fit, or any mix in-between such as three +1/+1 and four -1/-1
So you know how in Modern Horizons 3 we are returning to the realm of flipwalkers? Legendary creatures who transform back into Planeswalkers?
Make one for Nahiri.
ContraMundi on Interaction between Manabond & Sire …
2 days ago
Hi, I was wondering if I can still use the Manabond effect and play all my lands if there is a Sire Of Insanity on the field?
Or does that not work because beginning of the end step is before the discard phase?
The phases are unclear to me here.
Thank you!
legendofa on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
Because, at least in Mark Rosewater 's view (and he really is the one in charge of this stuff), black, red, and green shouldn't get counterspells at all, at any level of niche-ness or utility. The linked post specifically covers black counterspells, but the same reasoning applies.
Just as colors have a handful of things they excel at, they should have a handful of things they can't do. There's some discussion on the boundary between "should only be able to do very inefficiently and only on rare occasions" and "shouldn't be able to do at all," and I admit to coming down on both sides on a case-by-case basis. But the intent is to keep the colors distinct and balanced at some level, so that no single color can do everything.
RiotRunner789 on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
No, as long as they stay within certain boundaries. Green has a good history of countering activated abilities.
Dash Hopes is a bit out there, but the life loss is on theme.
All the red counter spells are all anti-blue or pure chaos.
I enjoy a nonue counterspell that are narrow in scope and fit their color. Other colors should have more ability to affect spells on the stack rather than everything else.
markbeloit on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Spines, Roving Gunman
Legendary Planeswalker - Spines
+1: Spines, Roving Gunman deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't attack or block until your next turn.
-1: Search your library for a land card. If that card is a Desert, put it onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
-3: Destroy target permanent.
3
Wild
DemonDragonJ on Modern Horizons 3
2 days ago
Coward_Token, I fully agree with that, and, on that subject, I am very glad that Warren Soultrader has no restrictions, but I do fear that it could easily be overpowered.
Also, why is it that Xavier Sal, Infested Captain has restrictions on his abilities, but Cayth, Famed Mechanist does not? What makes them so different from each other?
DemonDragonJ on How Are Red, Black, and …
2 days ago
In this post, Mark Rosewater states that red, black, and green counterspells break the color pie, but I fail to see how that is the case, since those counterspells are so narrow and conditional that they are useful only in very niche circumstances.
What does everyone else say about this? Why are red, black, and green counterspells color pie breaks?
Hitscan_Dan on Can a tap target creature …
2 days ago
An opponent declares a creature as an attack against me. When i receive priority i cast a creature spell with flash like Gandalf the White to block. Can my opponent then cast a tap target creature spell like Take into Custody before i get the chance to declare my creature as a blocker?
Lord_of_Lords on List of Bugs and Feature …
2 days ago
I'm not sure. In my Faerie Deck's mana base, I have 13 slow black and 12 fast black vs. 14 slow blue and 11 fast blue (I think Castle Vantress is also in the wrong?). It was the same numbers for both before I added Waterlogged Teachings Flip.
Gidgetimer on Gitrog, Ravenous ride and MDFC
2 days ago
Front has 1 black triangle. Back has 2 white triangles.
vvlilpup76vv on Tiamat Dragon Drop
2 days ago
Just looking for help streamlining this deck. it's mainly a budget deck with a couple lucky pulls from over the years i've kept. (Avacyn and doubling season).
DemonDragonJ on Why Have There Been So …
2 days ago
seshiro_of_the_orochi, Hylda is an amazing creature, but she does not actually provide a way to tap creatures on her own, in the same way that Archangel of Thune synergizes with herself.
Femme_Fatale on List of Bugs and Feature …
2 days ago
Lord_of_Lords: As in it's not marked as slow? (Which it wasn't and is now.)
Chino90 on Gitrog, Ravenous ride and MDFC
2 days ago
Thank you very much for the answer! How do I know which one is the front face of the MDFC?
DreadKhan on Increase dwarf enegry to maximum!
2 days ago
Not sure if I'm missing something, but Sram, Senior Edificer seems good in here. Battlemage's Bracers can double your Commander's ability, Haste might come up idk. Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion can add an extra counter each time you add a counter. Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain will probably draw you some cards if you resolve her. Shorikai, Genesis Engine is more card draw to consider, it also makes pilots that can drive your vehicles if you're desperate.
If you can find anything that lets you put -1/-1 counters on opponent's stuff it would be very useful with your Proliferate abilities, Contagion Engine is a good example of what I mean, this starts small but fairly quickly will wipe out everything your opponents control. Choking Fumes could be an interesting surprise, especially if you can proliferate a few times after the spell resolves, possibly turning an attack against you into a bloodbath. Retribution would normally be pretty bad, but here you for sure kill one of the two creatures right away, and the other one will die quickly enough due to Proliferate.
It's a bit 'weird', but if you get out Nin, the Pain Artist out with your Commander you can pay 2UR to ping your Commander for 2 (which won't kill them) and draw 2 cards, that seems like an interesting floor. In a pinch you can remove a creature an opponent controls. If you have a bigger creature you can draw more, the price is surprisingly low since it can cost you no other resources.
I always love decks with Dwarves, such an underappreciated tribe! I have a soft spot for Dwarven Miner and Dwarven Blastminer, two very similar cards that can cripple some decks, I have essentially eliminated an otherwise problematic player by just resolving a Dwarf and locking them out of non-Basics for a measly 2R per turn.
Cool deck!
Balaam__ on Mardu Death's Shadow
2 days ago
I like the general playstyle of this one, you should update it
Gidgetimer on Gitrog, Ravenous ride and MDFC
2 days ago
You will not be able to put the back face lands into the battlefield off of The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride.
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride allows you to "put land cards from your hand onto the battlefield" not "play lands". The difference between the wording is slight, but important.
In all zones except the stack and the battlefield MDFCs only have the characteristics of their front face. MDFCs like Disciple of Freyalise Flip can not be put onto the battlefield from The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride's ability. MDFCs that are lands on both sides allow you to only put the front face in off of The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride (Darkbore Pathway Flip could be put into play, but Slitherbore Pathway Flip could not).
If an effect were allowing you to play lands from somewhere besides your hand, or allowing you to play extra lands then you can put any face of a MDFC that is a land into the battlefield.
griffstick on Blue tribe/typal commander deck
2 days ago
Mono blue Morfolk seems like it would fit in with the rest. I like seshiro_of_the_orochi's suggestion with using Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign but I think that it's a grade above the rest. It would likely be the best deck with its flying big bodies and unlimited card draw.
legendofa on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Sam Spines
Legendary Planeswalker - Spines
+2 Sam Spines deals 2 damage to any target. Destroy up to one target artifact.
+1 Target Desert becomes a 2/2 green Plant Elemental creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
-4 Sam Spines deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures or planeswalkers.
3
Same challenge. You can either use Sam Spines, or create a new Cactusfolk planeswalker.
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Peer into the Void
Legendary Enchantment
Whenever you Cascade for the first time each turn, you may instead cast a card that that costs up to mana more.
I sat, looking into the void, the void looked back. Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice. “Don't go back to sleep."
Quote is from Here. It isn't my cup of tea in terms of writing or story telling, but it had a nice quote I could borrow from for the purposes of the card.
So by making it cost MV7, it triggers Zhulodok, Void Gorger.
Basically what this means is, if you cast an Ulamog's Crusher, instead of being able to Cascade into something MV 7 or less, you could cast another MV 8, or even an MV 9 card such as Void Winnower.
The catch is that this only works on the first instance of Cascade each turn.
So now that Outlaws of Thunder Junction have introduced us to the whimsy of Cactusfolk, make their first Planeswalker.
BakingIsPunk13 on A Taste of the Divine
2 days ago
Nixilis2336 Thats right! The Summoning plays in my head everytime I look at Shilgengar
