I first started playing MtG in 2013 via janky kitchen-table "Modern" with my college friends. We dove into EDH around 2019 & haven't looked back since.

I aim for mid-high powered casual, & when it makes sense to, usually include at least 1 combo wincon to help close grindy games. I like to have some variance in my play & only run a couple of suboptimal tutors in my combo-y decks.

is quickly becoming my favorite 3 color combo. Red & Black have grown on me the most since I've started playing MtG, especially EDH, and are probably my favorite single colors.


Decks currently owned/played in paper:


If you want an idea of my meta check out our page Mages of Magic Meta. Deck lists may vary by account, but this is more or less a list of the commanders in the meta, and a hub to our accounts and deck lists.

You can also find me on Moxfield if you're interested.

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Said on Modern Horizons 3...

#1

Planar Nexus enters untapped & doesn't need an additional payment from another land to stick around. Nexus also has the upside of color filtering/fixing.

May 8, 2024 10:32 p.m.

My only real gripe is that I wish the use of Comic Sans & the alternating capitalizing better fit the art for this SL. I think the arts utilized are great, but feel kinda at odds tone-wise with the other details. As much as I like the arts, I wish they also had a jokey tone to them to better match the font. Hell, they even could've had Nicol Bolas in Torment of Hailfire imitating the Spongebob Meme that this is derived from. Probably a bit too on the nose lol

May 6, 2024 4:34 p.m.

The Wise Mothman is pretty nutty. I haven't played against it first hand, but I've seen quite a few gameplay videos featuring it, & without upgrades it can still snowball pretty quickly. Mothman and Mirko would make for a pretty cool pairing.

May 2, 2024 2:31 p.m.

I have a few recommendations for precons, based off my own experience playing upgraded versions of each of them. Although none of them are artifact based, I think they can serve as aggressive compliments to a deck which might be more durdley or combo-focused.

  • The Nalia de'Arnise Party PreCon is a lot of fun. I've had the deck for almost two years now, but swapped to have Burakos, Party Leader/Folk Hero as the commanders. It's a decent precon out of the box and can be pretty strong if upgraded. The nice thing is that you're bound to get new Clerics, Rogues, Warriors, & Wizards each set, so the deck has a pretty long shelf life if you decide to upgrade it.

  • I'd also recommend the Ellivere of the Wild Court precon. The deck plays fairly aggro and has a solid core of the cards you'd want for most Selesnya adjacent Enchantress strats. Similar to the last precon, I currently play it with Gylwain, Casting Director as the commander, since I think he encourages more of a go-wide strategy, compared to typical Enchantress Voltron builds.

May 1, 2024 7:59 p.m.

Said on Vessiliana...

#5

Her second game was pretty fun. The first one was basically moot, since the Gyruda player popped off before the rest of us could.

This will vary from group to group, but I don't think Vraska needs to be jammed full of kill spells, especially Fleshbag Marauder type removal. Keeping mana up for theft felt most impactful. I'm definitely looking forward to getting more games in with her, and am hoping that more gameplay videos with her will eventually hit YouTube.

May 1, 2024 11:42 a.m.

Said on Vessiliana...

#6

Thank you for checking out my Vraska deck. Figured I'd say thanks since you always make it a point to thank others. Your positivity is appreciated

May 1, 2024 2:54 a.m.

Gonti, Canny Acquisitor looks specifically at triggers involving combat damage.

Hissing Miasma would trigger an additional time from Isshin, Two Heavens as One, since he looks at Attack triggers from any permanents you control.

April 29, 2024 6:43 p.m.

L M A O. I haven't seen that in a minute.

Xenephrim, that's basically when my opponents' creatures have some kind of protective keyword

April 25, 2024 11:58 p.m.

I like the direction you have with The Millennium Calendar, which is why I mostly wanted to recommend stuff that also had Proliferate stapled onto it. The last time I played Simic +1/+1 counters was a few years ago with Eutropia the Twice-Favored at the helm of an Enchantress/Counters deck.

You and I have similar approaches, in that I also focus on what I have in binders for initial drafts before making dedicated (and pricey) upgrades. It feels good to flip through binders and mostly find what you need lol.

All that being said, looking forward to keeping tabs on your deck's development.

April 25, 2024 10:20 a.m.

Said on List of Bugs …...

#11

Thank you for following up Femme_Fatale. Everything from OTJ/OTC/BIG looks like it's showing up as legal now.

April 24, 2024 11:29 p.m.

Hello once again ShadowTheMonk. Thanks for stopping by again

April 24, 2024 9:40 p.m.

Great mana curve! I love a great curve like that lol.

The tough thing with +1/+1 Counters strats is that there's always so many good options to choose from; some a bit more meta dependent & narrow than others for sure. A few ideas for potential considerations:

  • Ripples of Potential - Board protection & proliferation, but def the priciest of the recommendations

  • Mutational Advantage - A more narrow Heroic Intervention that can also proliferate.

  • Ravenous Slime - I've played this in a few counters decks, especially since I play in a meta with a decent frequency of Aristocrats & Reanimator decks. Def a more meta dependent option, but one that can get huge pretty quick.

  • Wave Goodbye - Should be fairly asymmetrical most of the time.

April 24, 2024 1:01 p.m.

Thanks for checking back in Profet93, and no worries. Emergence Zone is great! I have it in a couple of other decks that can surprise with Flash out of the colors you'd expect it.

I could likely swap Orchard or a basic. I feel like I tend to see Green and Black frequently enough that I haven't been lacking for colors via Orchard in the past.

April 23, 2024 7:32 p.m.

Thanks for linking the deck, Formless0209. I skimmed it a bit a few days ago, but didn't read it in as much detail as I could have; mostly because I felt like our approaches were kind of different. I'll give it another look.

April 23, 2024 5:04 p.m.

You somehow managed to post a blank comment, Formless0209, which is kind of impressive. Maybe it was a link that didn't work or post?

April 23, 2024 4:35 p.m.

Thank you for the suggestion Formless0209, a couple of other folks have also suggested it.

I used to play Longbow in an early version of my old Prosper deck, but swapped it out of there for something more synergistic. I think Longbow has a higher ceiling in this deck than Prosper for sure. My personal preference is that I don't really play with equipment much beyond Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, & Skullclamp.

I def have Longbow in mind, especially as I get some more IRL games in with the deck & continue to evaluate the removal options.

I hadn't really considered either of the Vraska PWs that you suggested. My primary meta is pretty aggro, so PWs don't see much play. I'll keep them in mind though.

Any suggestions for cuts?

April 23, 2024 2:29 p.m.

Said on List of Bugs …...

#19

It looks like the OTJ/OTC cards are still being marked as not legal in any formats, or at least for EDH.

April 22, 2024 12:51 p.m.

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