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Á-propos of Commander issues: how's this for an environment with no (other) explicit "Vengeance" synergies (and no Phoenix tribal, obviously) but a traditionally Riptidean high volume of playing creatures from the Graveyard? Syrix, Carrier of the Flame

It will always be baffling to me how EDH is the format through which people are introduced to the game now. I have no qualms about why it's attractive to people, but it seems just so intimidating to learn. The game is already complex to teach (so much so you need to plan the training journey...

It's interesting to think that while it's actually strictly worse than 3/1 unblockable for {1}{B}{B}, the fact that it gives the opponent an option to make a mistake makes it seem better.

Yeah, sorry, my bad. I should have checked all the posts before publication. Even then, notice how different discussion is on the same set!

Day 32 Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) 34th Magic expansion, released on February 4th, 2005 165 cards Design: Mike Elliott, Randy Bueheler Mechanics: Ninjutsu, Offering, ki counters Second in the Kamigawa block, this set is notorious for arguably the most powerful (non-creature) Equipment, the...

The Classic vs. The hot new toy vs. An underappreciated gem(???) Twinned Vision See the Truth

Skill Borrower So this card exists. I've talked of topdeck-stacking trinkets, but I need help coming up with abilities you want to copy. Ideally they should be cheap and synergize with the rest of the deck somehow. So far I only came up with Scourglass and Bloodfire Colossus as sweepers...

Let's gather some incidental token support here! Sorry if the power band is too wide. Large threats: Knight-Errant of Eos Venerated Loxodon Martyr's Soul Removal with good rate and Polymorph shenanigans: Stoke the Flames Fireflux Squad Profit from tokens dying by going tall and tying it to...

I don't mean to be harsh, but, IMO, the current list is missing most of the charm of the original conceit. I believe that Magic's engine is good enough that you don't have to chase synergy in curating an environement to end up with a collection of card that produces fun and deep games. Very...

Tithing Blade Grim Bauble Lich's Relic Scepter of Fugue My Precious Barbed Bloodletter Poet's Quill Which of these pass the vibe check, power being sufficiently low? How many are you including, and does that number change based on the presence of explicit artifact support in Black?

Some great finds for sure! But some of the more fantasy/whimsical art doesn't really suit the vibes. Patron of the Arts and Essence Channeler look the most jarring to me, but then again, maybe it's just me. Satyrs look out of place at first, but have just enough support to be plausible, that's a...

Cool to see more and more flavour-based cubes on Riptide! Breaking singleton for a couple cards only is very cool and gets the theme across well. You could oversupport {U} {G}, and all these very heavily Black cards suggest playing Mono-Black specifically. Such color imbalance sounds exciting...

Thank you for reanimating the thread, ravnic Something that would be a good habit for the forum to keep (the Artifact and Sacrifice threads could also use some discussion). The Scarcity of Miracles After watching the coverage of Legacy GP 2018 Richmond, where lots of Miracles got played, I...

Idk, it's a pretty common brooch design ("Lover's Eye"). Not that it isn't recontextualized well here! Sadly, Magic isn't going for freaky designs anymore, it's just not marketable for the audience that gets wider and wider. The result is that we are visiting a school the second time in a year...

I feel this is perfect for so many cubes. Makes me want to build a new one. It also isn't stupid or passé like the majority of "mirrored legends" revealed so far.