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Isn’t everything that’s a dragon a joy to you by definition? ;)

Purphoros, Kobolds, and Phyrexian Walkers ;)

You play every two months?! I’m jealous XD

In the Netherlands you have to be 18 years old for all three of these. Mulldrifter has to wait another year, but the other two are good. Goblin Piledriver has been good for a number of years actually :) Huh… this year is actually the 10 year anniversary of the legal limit for drinking being...

I… actually also ran the Goggles back then :)

Honestly, losing Cruel Ultimatum was my biggest regret when I switched to my current color wheel :D Recasting Cruel Ultimatum with Kess, Dissident Mage is just magic.

Gaseous Form means you have an expensive Fog Bank at the cost of a card in hand, whereas the bounce means you have an unkillable creature. Dodging any and all removal is definitely a lot stronger than being able to trade blows in combat without consequences (on either side of the battlefield)...

This is waaay more powerful then an uncommon finisher, I feel. The stats are kinda mid for the cost, but still impactful. There is no way to recoup the card disadvantage, but it offers so many options and it is basically, that I don’t think you can get away with this if you’re shooting for...

I still trade when I get the opportunity, but since I have a disposable income nowadays, unlike 20 years ago, I often just buy the cards I want through MagicCardMarket. Many of the players in my playgroup have been playing for over 15-20 years, and are in a similar place.

It's me! I'm your host, Svaldan! I've been here... the whole time! Those are all AI-generated images made "by me" with MidJourney. Ooh, good one, I forgot about that!

If your Azorius decks play for the long game, Irrigated Farmland might seem better, unless they are mana hungry, and don’t want to cycle a land away. In that case go with Azorius Chancery, I mean Restless Anchorage, I mean Meticulous Archive. Seriously though, it’s entirely valid to break up...

Between the more aggressive reprint policy, larger print runs, Arena, and casual Commander taking over from Standard as the most popular format, Magic has never been cheaper as a hobby. Maybe not for the experienced players who knew when to buy and sell, or for those who could go infinite on...

Yes, this is correct, and it has nothing to do with investors. Nobody buys a board game, or a book, or a DVD, expecting to get their money back. Magic is a hobby that costs money, just like other hobby’s. The expectation should be that you lose money.

I only support five guilds, and the resulting five three-color combinations. Monocolored decks seldomly appear, but 4- or 5-Color Green does sometimes appear. So say that there are 11 different colors you could end up in, out of those 7 play either black or white, so 7/11 * 8 ≈ 5 players on...

I’m not calling anyone an EVIL investor, I just believe that you shouldn’t view Magic as an investment (unless you are buying cards from the reserved list). It’s speculation at best, and there is no guarantee you will get your money back if you buy a Magic card (again, excepting reserved list...

Yeah, MtG is not a stock. I get that cards hold some value, but for my part they can and should reprint everything into the ground to temper the cost of playing Magic. It’s expensive enough as is, I don’t give a hoot about investors. (And yes. Everybody who complains that their cards are worth...

Note that in general I’m a fan of slightly pushing the envelope, rather than play it safe. Players will come to you if they feel your custom designs are too strong, but if they are too weak they will just quietly ignore them. Planar Cleansing is definitely a lot more impactful than a Day of...

Yes and no. Obviously paying 3+7 mana isn’t great for a Vindicate, but the same is true for a Day of Judgment. The problem is that you are also paying for the mana rock itself, and paying 3 mana for something without immediate impact is already a big ask. (After all, what is a mana rock but a...

Making the cost colorless could work, but it also means the effect can't be pushed as much. Worth exploring though. The Wall of Hope summoning mana rock could easily be colorless, for example, as life gain is already well within the purview of colorless mana rocks (see Pristine Talisman, for...

Let me be the one to defend the Secret Lairs then. Ever since they stopped printing new cards in them, these are purely cosmetic items. Everybody can simply ignore them, and they will be none the worse off. However, all these extra pimped printings drive down the price of the normal printings...