Recent content by Brad

Probably will be all ten. Just your wheel if there's only five for some reason.

I was so nervous that the GU one would be pushed as hell because WotC loves doing that. Still think a white and/or red one will be fucking trash, ruining the chance to run the whole cycle. This has been bothering me for a while and I think that most of the community misuses the term, so I'm not...

Tribal Flames at home. Same... I'm really liking the hybrid density so far. Interestingly, hybrids can support Vivid as well as monocolor decks. Might be able to make a cube that plays with color a bit. Nice set so far. Passing the vibe check for a change.

Reduced List Added 3 sets of Shocklands Removed all Slivers Removed all rituals Removed all storm spells Removed Perilous Research + Hatching Plans Slashed multicolor cards by ~20x with bias to level colors out a bit and to preserve archetypes Cut a lot of the tutors and other narrow Project X...

Era Appropriate Aggression Something that stands out to me is the tools to hate on aggro: wrath of god faith's fetters loxodon hierarch lightning helix The most iconic sweeper of all time was legal. Fetters "kills" your guy plus undoes an attack or burn spell. Hierarch is practically a 3-for-1...

Slowest Standard deck 2026.

I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna pump my own guys and kill my opponent!!

Cube? I made this thread in cube blogs, but I'm not sure it'll ever be a cube. If it were to be a cube, I want to think about some ways we can do it. Condense the format We have like a 5900 card cube. First, we cut the storm stuff because we know that doesn't work in cube. Then cut some of the...

% First number will be %age of c=(color) and the second will be of c:(color). Making the distinction because the multicolor section is so heavy {W} c=w 382, c:w 1420 cards 1 drops: 16.23%, 4.37% 2 drops: 14.14%, 7.68% Sweeper: 28.01%, 7.54% Spot removal: 20.16%, 20.85% Ok. I thought this was a...

I dunnoooo. It was a top card in a Faeries meta few months after this. I'd hate to get it Spellstutter Sprited, too. Some evidence to back that up: 3 TarmoRack in the Spain Nationals top 8. Somewhat similar plan.

Absentees and Ramblings Cards that stood out to me as being underplayed. White and black cards got underplayed in general, so there's quite a few of those here. Also cards that I have thoughts on. glorious anthem jotun grunt ronom unicorn serra avenger I think all of these could have seen some...

Top Cards part 3 8. Dark Confidant 132 copies One of the sweetest cards ever. Extremely strong in a low curve deck, but very vulnerable as a one toughness creature. Can generate a lot of value, but takes time to do so, unlike many of today's top cards. As stated earlier, it's nearly 17% of all...

Top Cards part 2 19. Demonfire 68 copies Fireball with upside. Popular in control where the long games and Signets could turn this into a Murder or potentially an uncounterable Door to Nothingness. 18. Momentary Blink 71 copies Was the namesake of a top deck. Blink creatures for value and/or to...

Top Cards In case you skipped the first post, these numbers are being compared to a 5900 card format. Here's the cards with 50+ copies (that I noticed). 28. birds of paradise 53 copies Probably the best fixer of all time. The only surprise here is that it's so low on the list. I think Signets...

Combo Decks 14% Project X 5.1% essence warden saffi eriksdotter crypt champion Saffi in play or yard. Play Crypt Champion with no red. Those two target each other back and forth. Essence Warden triggers infinite times. The deck always runs 4 Birds of Paradise for ramp and fixing plus 3-4 Chord...