matvone on Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH
1 day ago
I run this deck with a few tweaks. I find that I can usually get infinite ETB triggers faster than infinite angels, so I added recruitment of the guard as an extra tutor for Leonin Relic-Warder and swapped Goblin Bombardment for Impact Tremors. I also rely more on etb triggers than attack damage, so I swapped Ancient Copper for Bogardan Hellkite and Gisela for Ancient Red Dragon when animating WGD.
DemonDragonJ on Why are Worldly Tutor and …
1 day ago
WotC regards Mystical Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Demonic Tutor, and Vampiric Tutor as "game changers" in EDH/commander, but does not consider Worldly Tutor or Gamble, the red and green cards in that cycle (not including Demonic Tutor) to be game changers, as well, so I am wondering why they have that opinion. My best presumption is that Gamble is too unreliable to be a game changer and that searching one's library specifically for a creature card is far more commonplace, and, thus, less impactful, than is searching one's library specifically for an artifact, enchantment, instant, or sorcery card.
What does everyone else say, about this subject? Why are Gamble and Worldly Tutor not considered to be game changers in EDH?
DemonDragonJ on Should I Put Genesis Ultimatum …
1 day ago
I would like to put Genesis Ultimatum into my Progenitus EDH deck, because that deck has a rather high mana curve, and the ultimatum would certainly help with putting the more expensive permanents in that deck onto the battlefield, but I am not certain what card that I should remove to make room for it; both Cruel Ultimatum and Ruinous Ultimatum are too awesome to remove, but Titanic Ultimatum does not seem to be as necessary, especially when I already have Pathbreaker Ibex in that deck.
What does everyone else say, about this subject? Should I put Genesis Ultimatum into my Progenitus deck, and, if so, which card should I remove, to make room, for it? Thank you, very much.
DemonDragonJ on Light and Shadow
1 day ago
I have replaced the two copies of Deathbringer Liege in this deck with two copies of Indulging Patrician, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 2.81 to 2.69, since the liege was simply a flying beater, while the patrician actually has a useful ability.
DemonDragonJ on All Creatures Great and Small
1 day ago
I dearly would like to put Eladamri, Korvecdal into this deck, but I cannot make room, for him, and I already have copies of him in two other decks, so that is not a major issue, for me.
DemonDragonJ on All Creatures Great and Small
1 day ago
I have replaced Parallel Lives and Thought Vessel with Bloom Tender and Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.60 to 3.58, since I believe that the creatures are a better match for this deck, and two cards that increase the number of tokens that this deck generates are more than sufficient, for its purposes.
osirisbray on Looking for Serra's Sanctum
1 day ago
Looking for Serra's sanctum. Have sheoldred the apocalypse, regular dominaria as well as a phyrexian print and a double masters foil force of negation to trade and cash for the balance.
DemonDragonJ on Reap what is Sown
1 day ago
I have replaced Soul Search with Severance Priest, which did increased the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.79 to 3.81, but that is an acceptable increase, because I believe that the priest is an excellent card, for this deck; I also would like to put Felothar, dawn of the Abzan into this deck, but I am not certain if I can remove any cards to make room, for her, unfortunately.
DemonDragonJ on Elemental Storm
1 day ago
I have replaced Regrowth with Auroral Procession, because the newer card is an instant.
DemonDragonJ on Should I Put the New …
1 day ago
I definitely appreciate the advice that everyone here has provided, but Elspeth, Storm Slayer is certain to be expensive, monetarily, so I may wait to purchase a copy of her, especially since I am currently building a new deck, but I shall certainly keep her in mind, and thank you, again.
DemonDragonJ on Spike Breeder or Twilight Drover?
1 day ago
I currently have a copy of Spike Breeder in my Sigarda, Host of Herons EDH deck, but I am considering replacing it with Twilight Drover, but I first would like to ask everyone here for advice, about that.
Twilight Drover has a lower casting cost than does Spike Breeder, and, while its activated ability is slightly more expensive than is that of Spike Breeder, it generates two tokens when activated, and those tokens have flying, which is very nice; the drover does not have the ability to place +1/+1 counters on other creatures, but this deck has more than sufficient methods of doing that, so that likely is not a major issue.
What does everyone else say, about this? Should I replace Spike Breeder with Twilight Drover, in my Sigarda deck?
DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Parallel Lives …
1 day ago
Icbrgr, that does make sense, but I then thought that putting her into that deck would raise its mana curve, and I am seeking to lower the mana curve, so why not put either Eladamri, Korvecdal or Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds into that deck, instead, as they would lower its mana curve (and I already have two cards that double the amount of tokens that it can generate anyway)?
Bookrook on How to Lose Friends and …
1 day ago
Nice build! Why are you playing Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, and Myriad Landscape with no basic lands?
LunchBox1211 on Card creation challenge
1 day ago
Proof of Devotion
Enchantment
Flash.
When Test of Devotion enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature. Each player who did gains life equal to that creature's mana value and scries equal to its toughness.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature. If they do, they gain 6 life and scry 1. If they do not, they discard a card and lose 4 life.
I debated adding in something about you drawing a card when you sacrifice something, since I wanted to keep this mono-white. Anyways, as for a challenge, make a Dragon Angel.
Goldberserkerdragon on How to Lose Friends and …
1 day ago
Haha I always go to the 'all decks' tab and see what a user's got. Instead of just arbitrarily upvoting an advertised one :P. And i upvoted this deck in particular as I saw the similarities. Not 13 land similar (which, I'd love to hear what's going on there). But yeah back at ya, see anything interesting in my builds, feel free to snag the ideas!
- Cheers
KongMing on How to Lose Friends and …
1 day ago
Goldberserkerdragon How did you find this deck? I thought I archived it, lol.
Your current Grand Arbiter build uses a lot of the same synergies as this one, feel free to steal any you want. (I'm also polishing up a WU Control deck that I'm planning on releasing in a couple weeks once I've resettled after the move.)
Tsukimi on Card creation challenge
1 day ago
Aglecaea, Mother of Nyx
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Indestructible
As long as your Devotion to black and blue is less than seven, ~ is not a creature.
Enchantment creatures you control have flying and Undying.
Whenever an Enchantment creature enters for the first time each turn, draw a card.
Whenever you draw three or more cards during another player's turn, exile target creature an opponent controls, and they create a 1/1 blue and black Nightmare Enchantment Creature token.
3/7
"Nyx's grief for its children during the Phyrexian Invasion manifested into Aglecaea, and many turned gods fell at her hands."
Create a white card that encourages everyone at the table to sacrifice creatures.
Andramalech on The Princess and the Frog
1 day ago
It just takes time and practice. don't forget that there is a play-testing function within the site! Good luck.
Mana dorks, ramp, and draw a card.
Explore,Nature's Lore,Farseek,Rampant Growth,Kodama of the West Tree,Sakura-Tribe Elder,Three Visits,Thirsting Roots, etc.
Consider lowering your 6 costs to about 4 total in the deck.
Consider lowering your 5 costs to about 7 total in the deck.
Consider lowering your 4 costs to about 9 total in your deck.
It's all about scaling, and when you effectively use ramp to push your late game, you do those things faster, and more consistently. the newly printed Abzan Monument is a cool example of how to consistently grab what you need if you do in fact want to keep casting those big costing spells. In order to do that, you must consistently ramp.
You mentioned that this was your first build all on your own so that was why I thought to give some feedback, I wish you the best of luck! +1
Icbrgr on Dragonstorm Precons
1 day ago
I was looking at decklists and just doing some price shopping for the new Commander Precon decks and i noticed that one deck was being sold at a noticeably higher price than the others Temur Roar
Does anyone know why this is? is it a theme/community favorite over the other decks or is there some sort of value in this precon deck?
legendofa on Completed Tibalt
1 day ago
Did the planeswalker's ult get cut off at the start? I'm not sure what the intent of "Exiles all permanent they own into their library" is.
The first two abilities look pretty good. In playtesting, I'd keep an eye on that emblem, but it's probably okay.
Another point to keep an eye on is the Sinful Delight timing. I don't think it would be unreasonable to restrict it to sorcery-speed, especially with the interaction with Tormenting Fun, but I might be too cautious here.
RandomPoem on take this :)
1 day ago
1x Swiftwater Cliffs 1x Temple of Enlightenment 1x Temple of Epiphany 1x Temple of Triumph 1x Tranquil Cove 1x Wind-Scarred Crag
hyalopterouslemur on Ziatora, abusing dinosaurs Help!
1 day ago
Have you thought about Greater Good for a card draw effect? Disciple of Bolas can also work. So there are a few options for card draw.
On the mana front, I'd add in Nature's Lore and Skyshroud Claim. Don't know what I'd take out, though.
I would suggest getting rid of the reveal lands, though. Just replace them with the Blood Crypt
cycle of lands, a.k.a. shocks (because they Shock you), if you have them. If not, maybe the Sulfurous Springs cycle of lands, called pain lands.
hyalopterouslemur on Need help removing cards that …
1 day ago
Well, first, you'll need more mana ramp, removal, and card draw, so write that down.
Secondly, I would see things like Kin-Tree Warden as kind of, why? Creatures that just attack and block aren't really that good in EDH; they have to affect the board in other ways?
Andramalech on Demon Fox, armed for war, …
1 day ago
Oh now this was quite lovely to see. There's a plentiful mix of cards both old and new here. I get the feeling and emotion evicted from seeing them all put into one pile, there's like.. a really significant charm to this deck. I liked what I saw from the old-school Taigam love with Budget One Punch but I couldn't refrain here- this is F@#$%ing awesome what you've done. I mean cards like Fountain Watch which are lost to the eons are just.. true treasures in my opinion.
Baby_Yoda on The Princess and the Frog
1 day ago
Thank you for those recommendations! This was actually my first attempt at building a deck all by myself, so I kind of knew it wasn’t great. lol I will try to get those cards you recommended added to it!
Apoptosis on Smile all the way
1 day ago
In: Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate (a solid recursion option), Ali from Cairo (this is a ripcord to pull when you're looking at lethal, I've found myself in this position a few times and since this deck is very good at dialing up answers, I've slotted good 'ol Ali into the deck, Callous Bloodmage (this is a needed answer for decks that also rely on graveyard recursion), Carrion Feeder (I needed a creature based sac-oulet, which would be easier to tutor and would allow infinite combos), Dolmen Gate (chose over Legion's Initiative and Reconnaissance -both of which I love and are good alternatives -I'm testing out the gate to see which one I like more), Goblin Bombardment (free sac outlet, can go infinite), Pinnacle Monk Flip (back into the main and out from the maybe; the one game I didn't have it I found the game stretching with lots of juicy targets accumulating in the graveyard and no way to get them back; I like options), Swamp (up to 5 total, better hitting land drops), Viscera Seer (another more optimal free sac-outlet).
Out: Aether Vial (I love this card and it's done good work mid-game, but I think there is better value), Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit (I decided to remove the infinite combo with Murderous Redcap for more resiliency and interaction potential), Baton of Morale (I really want to showcase the power of banding and think this could be a good way to direct damage to the creatures you want to die/recur, but am testing Dolmen Gate as an alternative way to do it), Cauldron of Souls (good for ETB recursion and wraths but I wanted to bring down the CMC, tough call), Claws of Gix (replaced for better options), Denethor, Ruling Steward (better options), Legion's Initiative (I love this card and it lets me get an extra ETB trigger, but am trying Dolmen Gate as an alternative), Murderous Redcap (took out the infinite damage trigger with Anafeza), Sword of Light and Shadow (I really like swords, but felt there are better options).
Goldberserkerdragon on The Big Black Succ
1 day ago
Hey SniperFrog (cool name)! Nice insight and recs! I do try my best with keeping up with sets, I'm aware of them all at least. But it's hard doing that when you're building a deck from the last set and a new set drops and who has time for all these sets?... Anyway, I believe I just pulled a polluted cistern last night at my LGS, so that's funny. May have to add upon further review! The hound is legit, need to scoop. Not sure what could be swapped atm.
However, as I have built and rebuilt and tweaked and tuned Konrad more times than I can count over the past 5/6 years, he's always wanted to do what he's doing now I feel. A lot of people use the "good cards" in reference to Pitiless or Gravecrawler combos and Cabal and Bloodchief, but I always found those too "precious" or fragile if you will while ALSO having a gattling gun, Konrad, chillin' abroad. Konrad is generally seen as a threat, not a kill on sight, but near it. So any piece i can put in where it's almost an insurance policy is really good for Konrad. Going to block and kill my creatures? Good. Going to take the damage? Good. Going to board wipe with Konrad on the field? Good. Going to phase him/exile him/shuffle him? Good... respond with milling, respond with sacrifice, respond with a vamp tutor and grab Kozilek and mill everyone and return all ours back, etc., etc.
To answer the Cabal question--eff that card. A land that doesn't tap for mana?!?!? Get out of here. And we need TWO mana to get mana out of it?? AND we have to have more swamps than we already have bc CABAL IS ALWAYS IN HAND EARLY GAME. Not to mention, you have to almost always pair it with Urborg and it's just meh. You want mana in a mono colored deck? Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx.
SniperFrog on The Big Black Succ
1 day ago
This deck is sick. I love, love, love to see decks that have been tuned/played over several years and this one does not disappoint.
I feel like you've been keeping up with the newer sets, but I figure there's a chance you may have missed some of these, so I will make suggestions regardless.
Polluted Cistern / Dim Oubliette seems pretty good here, and I like Snarling Gorehound as well. Not sure you have enough synergy with the dog, though. It can be hard to tell with that sort of thing, sometimes. I noticed you're off Cabal Coffers and I was curious to hear why. Personally, I think it's a bit overrated in multicolored decks, but it's always been strong in my mono black builds.
Huge Mono Black enjoyer. +2 if I could. lol
HydraOoze on Hail Hydra V.4
1 day ago
Goldvein Hydra and Hydroid Krasis are some good hydras to consider.
DrummerGarrett on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - …
1 day ago
Swap out Steel Overseer, Didn't realize it was artifact creatures only so not effective enough.
Tsukimi on Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
1 day ago
I'd definitely recommend including some treasure synergy! Each treasure you use is a permanent sac'd that will boost Carmen. Grim Hireling is usually better is decks that go a bit wide, but even if you hit two players I'd say it's already returned your investment. Smothering Tithe, Treasure Vault, and Pitiless Plunderer, and Warren Soultrader come to mind. There are also cards that give everyone at the table treasures, clues, food, etc. which synergize really well with Carmen.
Stardragon on Completed Tibalt
2 days ago
As a Tibalt fan I always felt gypped that we never got a completed card for him when we a got card for every other completed walker (that we know of) so I fixed that problem. His +1 is a token generator that can eventually hate on life gain, with an updated Chaos Warp for his -3 and a more powerful Warp World for his ultimate. Nothing special but I feel it fits him plus a jund devil commander to go with him
I couldn't find artwork of him completed except from [[]] so just image him completed. Also he's meant to have the compled ability like all completed walkers have but MTG.design's template would let fit it in, so just imagine it also says Completed ( can be paid with , , or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
Your typical Aristocrats Jund Commander but also a wheel commander in there as well
SefTheReject on Bloody Frenzy
2 days ago
Have you seen Qarsi Revenant? I think this will replace a lot nighthawks & scavengers.
legendofa on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
One Olympian god who never got Theros-ized is Hermes. Add in some light shades of Aeolus for fun, and we get
Mypras, God of Travel
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue and red is less than seven, Mypras isn’t a creature.
Creatures you control have flying and haste.
5/5
Create a new God for Theros.
NoNeedToBragoBoutIt on Zada - Goblin Grinder
2 days ago
Thanks for your input, KongMing!
I am very hesitant, when it comes to excess damage tech, since its payoff would have to be greater than losing my existing board. Goblin Negotiation would require me to have a buff already to trade up and keep Zada, Hedron Grinder, because otherwise at X=2 i would trade in my 1/1s for fresh 1/1s of the same amount. Hell to Pay is a little akward. Trading in a board for tons of tapped treasures at sorcery speed means i would need to survive until my next turn without blockers, but will likely win then. Bottle-Cap Blast is less risky, since i can blast it off EOT before my turn. But 5 mana is a lot for a deck that's built around curving out aggressively.
I might have to test run the package, but i'm not too optimistic.
When it comes to Krark, the Thumbless, i did run him for a few months, but once you go off, i found him to be too tedious to resolve in Paper. He's likely a lot better, if you have a less storm-ish approach that resolves more around single spells like Audacious Swap, Fiery Gambit or as in my build Daring Discovery.
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Varci, God of Hope
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Flash
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Varci isn't a creature.
When Varci enters, if it was cast, your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. This ability can only resolve once per game. If it has already resolved, draw five cards instead.
4/7
Since we got new Spirit Dragons to replace the Elder Dragons on Tarkir, how about a nice lineup to replace some of the Gods on Theros?
Apparently the only two gods to have survived the Phyrexian invasion are Kruphix (who was able to see the Phyrexian invasion across the horizons), and Aetheos (who basically hid in the underworld)
Idk how true that is, but it's what I read online
hiddengibbons on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Proliferating Pandemic
Enchantment - Phyrexian
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a plague counter on ~.
All creatures get -x/-x where x is the number of plague counters on ~.
Repeat challenge
Bread-and-Butter-EDH on Rakdos, the Muscle Theft/Sacrifice (Help …
2 days ago
Just some words of advice. I’ve made a lot of decks like these where the possibility for doing multiple archetypes exist and you get spread into too many directions. FOCUS ON ONE. Do only steal opponents creatures and sac them. Or do standard Rakdos aristocrats type deck. Choose one and focus on that. The deck will feel MUCH smoother if you do it that way. I promise!
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Roilfire
Enchantment
When this permanent enters, add four .
Whenever a land enters, it deals 3 damage to its controller.
Whenever a land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an amount of equal to the amount of mana that land produced.
Players can't spend red Mana to pay for generic mana costs.
A player losing unspent mana causes that player to lose that much life.
Create another big enchantment in another colour.
hiddengibbons on Card creation challenge
2 days ago
Wild Cards
Enchantment
All cards are every card type at all times.
…and chaos ensued
Create another one of those wacky red game breaking enchantments