plakjekaas on How have your EDH games …

4 minutes ago

I played a The Unagi of Kyoshi Island deck. An opponent playing the new Lorwyn Elementals precon evoked a Maelstrom Wanderer out for cheap. Cascades ensue, silly board stuff happens, I had a Thing in the Ice  ^Flip with two counters remaining on my battlefield. As soon as the Elemental player tried moving to combat, I used Reenact the Crime on his evoked (so sacrificed) Maelstrom Wanderer, spinning into Arcane Denial allowing me to counter my own Wanderer ànd flip my Awoken Horror  ^Flip to bounce the board, then cascade the second time into Teferi's Tutelage to capitalize on the 3 cards Arcane Denial will draw me the next upkeep.

Quite the interruption to the the Elemental combat plans.

FauxFaux on Card creation challenge

2 hours ago

Repetitive Reptile

Creature - Lizard

Offspring: , Offspring:

Whenever ~ enters, each player mills a card for each Lizard you control.

If a player would mill one or more cards, that player mills that many cards plus one instead.

2/3

"There's something about the fauna here on Xerex...I swear I have passed the same creature multiple times..."

Repeat Asder's challenge!

TheVectornaut on King of the Skull Servants

2 hours ago

As a fellow enjoyer of Grass Looking Greener (mostly Lightsworn but also some Zombie/Vampires, PK+Paleos, and Skull Servants), I do think the idea is interesting. You're always going to be in a bit of a battle between thematic consistency and power level. For instance, a grave-counting creature like Wight of Precinct Six or Nighthowler would fit the idea of King growing with more guys in the yard, but they would also be disappointingly weak right now since you don't have a lot of mass self-mill at the moment (Stitcher's Supplier and Overlord of the Balemurk are the first things that comes to my mind). On the subject of getting what you want in the GY, it probably is best to have a few more ways of getting specific targets buried at least. With Entomb off the table in modern, I could see Unmarked Grave being the best cheap option instead of or in addition to Buried Alive. This only negatively affects Maha who I already think is worse than reanimator staples like Archon of Cruelty or Sire Of Insanity. Fewer legendaries also makes Persist a great choice. There's also Lively Dirge if you want to stick to the low mana value plan and can afford to pay more mana. Finally, I'm partial to Burning-Rune Demon as a way to extend into more reanimations while being a reasonable threat in its own right. I think it would be cool to run more skeletons for the theme too, although most aren't that helpful. Cards like Reassembling Skeleton or Persistent Specimen could be sac fodder to a Victimize or Hell's Caretaker. Another one that I know can be good in black reanimator is Emperor of Bones, although he has some unfortunate anti-synergy with other cards in the deck like Twilight Diviner. Death Baron is always an option if you find the Corpses of the Lost backup plan doesn't have enough oomph.

Some final notes: It may be more consistent to focus on just the Xu-Ifit negated reanimations. That would involve going up to 4 Death's Shadow and adding in some similar options like Moonshadow or Yargle and Multani. The EDHRec page for Varolz, the Scar-Striped could be a place to start. That all said, having the more powerful effects of non-negated creatures may still be worth the inconsistency of the two plans not always meshing whan you need them to. You do want to have the best options available in either case though. My first cut suggestions would be Gloom Sower, Avatar of Woe, Inkwell Leviathan, and lastly Maha, Its Feathers Night. Finally, I second cutting some lands and would suggest Bitter Triumph as a replacement for Cast Down that comes with a Cabal Therapy option built-in.

legendofa on What do you want more …

3 hours ago

wallisface I think the problem here is that people are using Commander to teach the game, which in my opinion is a really bad idea. Pretty much every point of confusion there is because people are using an advanced-level, very complicated and deep format to teach the basics and fundamentals--what colors mean, how cards interact, how damage works, strategy overviews, etc.

People should learn with a simple, casual 60 x 4 deck before trying Commander. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's appropriate for new players. WotC has dropped most of the product lines designed for intro-level, but I would use Jumpstart over Commander as a teaching tool every time.

I'm going to defend commander damage, though. It's one of the main things keeping and viable in the format, especially together. Without it, Voltron would virtually disappear as a strategy, and aggro in general would be cut way down. If a group doesn't track it, I assume that's because they don't have any aggro decks in their group. And this is coming from a player who just ignores the combat step half the time.

theNeroTurtle on "Suspended" from School - Competitive

4 hours ago

capwner, in English?... (edit: LOL just clicked in the brain. Mass Land destruction). Whomp whomp.

Nicklaffy2302 on Pestilence-Fog Abzan Midrange

4 hours ago

capwner Thanks so much for the suggestions! The Gates idea is interesting, but it makes me a bit nervous since the manabase already feels pretty fragile with three colors. I’ve gone back and forth on Guardian of the Guildpact a lot. It’s obviously fantastic with Pestilence, and you might be right that having a hard-to-kill finisher would help close games. My hesitation is mostly curve space and trying to keep the deck focused on ETB-value creatures, but I’m definitely open to testing a copy or two.

Rappaccini on Yusri Has Full Hands

5 hours ago

Yusri is one of my favorite commanders. I like cards like Venser's Journal and Tablet of the Guilds to offset some of the damage I do to myself with my commander. Also, I have it focused a little differently, with a decent number of wheel effects so if I hit five heads (as you say, always go 5) or have a lot of mana from Tavern Scoundrel, I can refill my hand pretty reliably. Game Plan is my personal favorite since it helps me get clunky access to my graveyard, plus an opportunity for some politics. Moreover, with Howl of the Horde and Scrawling Crawler out, I can often end the game in a single turn if my hand size is large enough by casting a Windfall.

Coughlincohen on Perpetual Doomsday Machine

6 hours ago

Crypt Incursion is kind of horrible, actually. This deck isn't going to win against graveyard decks with 1 copy of Crype Incursion. You should play Commune with Evil for card selection and lifegain. This deck doesn't need Isolation Cell you should play another win condition like Reanimate

capwner on U, Ulasht, Ulashte me (PreDH)

6 hours ago

Never heard of PreDH, that's pretty awesome! I used to play Ulasht, he's/it's super cool and I am a fan of the janky fungus cards used to combo with it. A few recs that worked well for me in that deck:

Mana Echoes - just goes wild with mana

Ivy Lane Denizen - replaces counters on your ulasht and can go infinite

Goblin Sharpshooter - another good thing to equip with Basilisk Collar, also synergizes well as you are saccing your saprolings

Earthcraft makes a ton of mana and you even have Squirrel Nest already, or are you avoiding inf combos on purpose? EDIT oh earthcraft is crazy expensive now I don't remember it being quite so much XD

Wort, the Raidmother always felt great for the big boost to Ulasht count and ability to conspire say a GSZ to pull out multiple combo pieces

and I remember cards like Heroic Intervention being pretty important because the deck was so creature reliant and I even used Wrap in Vigor and Fresh Meat because green prot spells suck

Our decks look pretty different, I think yours is more midrangey and chill/casual with more cool on-flavor cards and less combo, which is totally valid! However if you are looking for a boost you could possibly consider a few of these. +1 for the cool oldschool format and commander