Balaam__
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Andramalech says... #2
Balaam__ the guitar was riffing in my ears within mere moments of starting to read this comment.
Can I really be mad..? I did this to myself, and everyone else here on the site.
March 24, 2025 8:32 p.m.
Hey Andramalech.
I made a cup of tea and tried to figure out how to embed a YouTube video link. It took a lot longer than I expected and was quite frustrating (my tea actually went cold). The fact it was raining all morning didn’t help lift my spirits either; the window was clouded over and I couldn’t see outside. I began to wonder why I even bothered getting out of bed today. I started getting more and more frustrated, but then I remembered the instructions you posted on my wall and it reminded me it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad.
March 24, 2025 8:21 p.m. Edited.
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Hey Andramalech.
I made a cup of tea and tried to figure out how to embed a YouTube video link. It took a lot longer than I expected and was quite frustrating (my tea actually went cold). The fact it was raining all morning didn’t help lift my spirits either; the window was clouded over and I couldn’t see outside. I began to wonder why I even bothered getting out of bed today. I started getting more and more frustrated, but then I remembered the instructions you posted on my wall and it reminded me it’s not so bad, it’s not so bad.
March 24, 2025 8:21 p.m. Edited.
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Doom & Bloom...
#7
Seeing my name caught me by surprise; I had to laugh aloud. I spent the entire time up to that point wracking my mind trying to figure out where the quotations in the description were taken from. I still don’t know. I’m not musically inclined, and they seem like they could be song lyrics? Whatever the case, this looks like my kind of deck—some fringe creature flying mostly under people’s radar with a solid ability to capitalize on. Good stuff! +1
March 23, 2025 11:53 a.m.
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Atarka's Atacka...
#9
Who’d you have to bribe at Wizards to get a one mana multibolt? +1
March 19, 2025 7 p.m.
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You're looking at …...
#10
Favorite category: “Should I be Worried?” XD
March 16, 2025 9:26 a.m.
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help with this …...
#11
It’s very difficult, if not impossible, to build a deck that does a whole lot of different things extremely well. Most decks with high win rates only focus on one or two things. My advice would be to scale back your expectations and build from there, or else focus on pairs of ideas that were already designed to work well together (goblins/sacrifice triggers, fairies/disruption etc).
March 15, 2025 3:32 p.m.
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Boros 43 Lands.dec...
#12
“Scroll Rack and Land Tax is old school value.” That made me all teary eyed
March 14, 2025 8:17 p.m.
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Obby’s Mono Black …...
#13
I’m not too familiar with EDH, but I love decks that stray far from what’s considered ‘normal’. Very interested in the mono and ones you mentioned are in the pipeline.
March 14, 2025 6:29 p.m.
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THE BRAVE DO …...
#14
As an avid trophy hunter completionist, I can confirm: The Brave Do Not Fear The Grave; we only fear bad trophy lists. Great build, +1!
March 14, 2025 3:54 p.m.
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Faeries Unleashed...
#15
Oh wow is Brazen Borrower really that cheap now? I need to grab a few. Last time I checked it was $12+. Anyway, yeah it’s a faerie staple so I’ll join those saying ‘run it’.
March 13, 2025 2:57 p.m.
@Sliverguy420 thanks for the clarification. I must be getting rusty—I thought just now it would count toward the cost of all 3 colors, but I looked it up and you are indeed correct in that it does not work that way. Second guessing myself, I reread my deck description and it seems I did know that at the point I built this, so it appears I’m regressing, ha.
Thanks again to everyone contributing, I do value any and all input. I have other decks in the works and some older ones which I think are worth revisiting more than this one, so idk when I’ll ever get to overhauling this.
March 12, 2025 10:17 p.m.
@kamarupa quick question about Naya Hushblade, can I sack her if I have a second in play? I’m still fidgety on certain specifics in this game. Since Behemoth's Herald just says “sacrifice a red, green and white creature…” my instinct says yes because I’m not “targeting” Naya Hushblade—but this game has some obtuse, illogical rationale every now and again so it might turn out to be a No. Thoughts?
March 12, 2025 9:34 p.m.
kamarupa it is pretty old, it’s probably in need of revision regardless. Quite a few relevant cards would have released in subsequent sets, so there’s probably a few branches the deck could split off into. As for Game 2, I only play multiple games per set with decks I build to win (or at least try to win with). Something like this was only ever really a thought experiment. That said, if it can be made more playable, why not right?
March 12, 2025 9:13 p.m.
@kamarupa you might very well be right, but this was a fairly old project so I’ll have to take a good close look at it to see what exactly my thought process may have been (also, some of the cards suggested didn’t exist at this point, ha).
My initial thoughts are mixed. I like the recursive ability built into Hall of Heliod's Generosity, but its main function of tapping for is pretty useless.
Interaction is obviously good, but this will never be competitive in any sense of the word so I’m guessing I was leaning heavily into speed to try and stay ahead of anything onerous. So the mana dorks—they’re there for ramp yes but also so I wouldn’t have to sack Behemoth's Herald to its own tutor function (Godsire isn’t Legendary, so theoretically if you could get two out then all the better). So throwing an Arbor Elf away at that stage is better value than losing the Herald and missing out on two Godsires…es. Of course, that’s probably unlikely since it would require two copies of Figure of Destiny in play simultaneously, so maybe your idea is for the best after all.
March 12, 2025 8:44 p.m.
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Scoundrels, Swindlers & …...
#20
Nice build. Reminds me of Obi-Wan’s assessment of the Cantina in Star Wars: “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
There’s definitely room for fine tuning the manabase; I can only presume you aren’t running fetches or duals for cost reasons. If that’s the case, I’d definitely tag this as Budget, you’ll probably get more views that way. Competently built Legacy decks under $50 aren’t exactly common, so this stands out.
March 12, 2025 6:21 p.m.
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Andramalech says... #1
If not for how prolific an audiophile I am with modern music, I might very well have been caught off guard by the joke. Always great sharing a laugh with you. :)
March 24, 2025 8:50 p.m.