Recent content by LadyMapi

I think looking at Brazen Bluff as a way to potentially cheat out really big spells isn't really how you should look at the spell? Like yeah, sure, that's one use case, but your 720 has a ton of threatening 4+ mana noncreature cards that would be great to bluff with. I'm sure the Thousand Moons...

I think the only Beam Me Up card that strikes me as really overcosted is Energize and that's mostly because I'm so used to Peel from Reality and the like costing {1}{U} (and being instants - I get why they're only putting the keyword on Sorceries, but c'mon). All of the Jund beam cards look...

Gwyndala, the Progeny This seems like a really interesting signal for something, but I'm not sure what.

Yeah, a lot of cards feel like they're very conservatively costed outside of stuff like Deanna... who I suspect is more of a matter of WotC trying to figure out how cheap they have to make that effect before people will want to play with it outside of limited. Oh hey, they are making this a...

I kinda doubt this is going to be a cycle, but I kinda like the idea of this being a cycle? I do wish the ability cost {2}{R}{R} like Ramunap Ruins instead of {4}{R} like Blighted Step, but whatever. This, on the other hand, is just kinda baffling to me. The impression I've gotten from the...

That said, I like this guy as a "fair" reanimator target:

The thing is that that space exists... just go talk to people about Standard, any eternal format, or EDH. To be less flip, the reason why you might be seeing a disproportionate number of people trying to shut down conversation about UB cards probably has less to do with immaturity on the part...

Odd question, but... what's your favorite way to kill yourself in Magic? I've got it in my head that a cube where you're trying to lose before your opponent can is cool, but my brain's stuck on damage, and I'd like some more variety (some representative cards that point towards stuff I'm...

Shout out to Sneaky Snacker which is an honorary Phoenix with a surprising amount of play to it.

My suspicion is that it's less intimidating. A new player who just got into EDH can just kinda sit off in a corner and durdle because they aren't villain's sole focus and they don't have to worry about any deck adjustment until they feel ready (vs. 1v1 Magic where sideboarding is an integral...

For whatever reason, I find Star Trek to be way more charming as a UB set than I expected. It's not even like I'm a Trekkie - I've seen a few episodes of Lower Decks and the first J. J. Abrams movie and that's pretty much it. But anyway, cards - none of the draft archetypes really stand out to...

One of the cool things about designing a cube is that you get to realize that a card can be good and bad at the same time. From a winning the game perspective (which is the one that playing Magic trains you to take), a 3/1 unblockable is 100% strictly better because there isn't much...

I was browsing Scryfall, and I came across this little fellow that seems fantastic for a bar cube (or other format where having a bunch of throwaway creatures to feed to edicts is uncommon): Ogre Marauder I don't have a good place to test it right now, but on paper the play patterns it opens...

I feel like the slith with a cheap evasion+card advantage trigger is probably the right choice to cut. Granted, I'd also argue that creatures that reliably can't be blocked don't really engage in combat - Basim is effectively the following in a deck that can reliably trigger its first ability...

Clearly what they need to do is make them DFCs that you put into your graveyard transformed.