Ancestral Recall Edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-march-23-2026>NewsThe Pro Tour and Magic Spotlight Series in 2026:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-pro-tour-and-magic-spotlight-series-in-2026Metagame Mentor: The Final Four Standard Regional Championships of Early 2026:https://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-final-four-standard-regional-championships-of-early-2026>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/CONSTRUCTED RESOURCES>Current meta, complete with deck listshttps://www.mtgtop8.com/https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/>Build and share casual deckshttps://deckstats.net/https://tappedout.net/CUBE RESOURCES>Build and share Cubeshttps://cubecobra.com/landingCARD RESOURCES>Search engineshttps://scryfall.com/https://mtg.wtf/>Proxy a deck or a cube for cheaphttps://www.makeplayingcards.com/https://pastebin.com/9Xj1xLdM>Play online for freehttps://untap.in/https://dr4ft.info/>What is EDH?https://vocaroo.com/1ihc21gJLBh1>The Slop is for the Pigs. Pigs eat Slop.https://x.com/RealPokemoki/status/1972817965847617963>WotC's War Crimeshttps://pastebin.com/JRYDiAjq (OLD)https://pastebin.com/nEcKGAys (NEW)>Previously>>97760780>TQAre you Prepared for Secrets of Strixhaven spoilers?
>>97769709Post your feeling as Izzet will keep buttfucking completely your format of choice for years to come :)
>TQNo.
>>97769709Why is this commander card in a Standard set?
>>97769722This is complete ass though.
>*enables t2 kill* in ur path
>>97769749the question is, how do we fit this package into ruby storm in legacy? there's not a lot you can cut
>>97769732Why do you keep asking the question anon?
>>97769749>*scrub bad at card evaluation coming through*You must be the same guy thinking super shredder will break legacy lmao
>>97769732Who on earth is paying 6 mana for a 5/5 with ward 2 flying and draw 3 cards in commander?
>>97769769
>>97769749what's "media" in this context?
>>97769769Mtg as Smash makes the line go up more than as Tekken buddy boy
>>97769771What does this have to do with what I said? This isn't a commander card. It doesn't even fit into an infinite blink combo since you apparently have to pay 1 mana every time, so you're better off paying some cantripping cheap creature. It's clearly some blue control shit.
>why yes I'd like to pay 6 cmc to draw 3 (probably requires untapping too since the mechanic is not fully explained yet) when there's a 6 cmc draw 6 or more
>>97769775>The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
>>97769782Then explain to me why it will see play only in commander? If only because of the "target player draws a card" mode.
I wonder if they'll do a cycle with these Prepare creatures. >common Healing Salve>uncommon Giant Growth and Lightning Bolt>rare Dark Ritual>mythic Ancestral Recall
>>97769797I doubt this will see play in commander. It's a combofag format. This is a clear limited bomb and something you can put on a 60 card control or midrange deck, because you can hold up the mana for the Ancestral Recall.>cast Emeritus>get a hard to remove evasive 4 turn clock >hold 1 mana for Spell Snare or protection>if you don't need it, Ancestral RecallMeanwhile in Commander these advantages basically don't exist.
>>97769815You need only to visit edhg.
>>97769771Yet they have money to keep up the constant rotation of EDH decks
>>97769784> (probably requires untapping too since the mechanic is not fully explained yet) I don't think so since it enters prepared. I think prepared will be like monstruous, just a state the creature can be in and as long as the creature is prepared you can cast the instant part, then after you cast it the creature is no longer prepared and you need to prepare it again.
>>97769822This is an awful flicker payoff. A flicker deck wants to flicker one cheap thing infinite times to draw their whole deck; this flat out can't do that, because it's 5 mana and you need to pay further mana every time you flicker it. It's objectively worse for EDH flicker then fucking Elvish Visionary. Pic related just released, this is hot garbage, anon is stupid and retarded.
>>97769848It's not going to be in a flicker deck, but in a bracket 2 deck wanting consecrated sphinx because that card is banned in that bracket
>>97769887anon nobody plays pic related and it's literally the same result.
Doesn't look like No-Ban Modern was able to get enough numbers to become a permanent format so they switched to the next one: 2-year Standard starting at Bloomburrow.I haven't been playing any Standard lately but this one feels to me like it's gonna be a dud, most of the important cards in Standard right now come from the last couple of sets, this is just going to be current Standard with a worse manabase for specific decks.
>>97769815>It's a combofag format.Bracket 4/5 are the combofag containment brackets but if you look at any deck aggregate site or ask people to post decks 90% of them will be bracket 2/3 goodstuff piles. The majority of coomanderfags are timmy's.
>>97769913Nobody plays control/boardwipe.dec in bracket 2 because muh mean deck in muh casual formatBut if you did want to build a b2 control deck you would want consecrated sphinx-like cards yes
>the next set somehow leaks into the current set at the printers
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-episode-3-asunder
>>97770041
>>97770046would
>>97769709Is this a real card?Why is the spell on the wrong side?Ancestral Recall has been power creptThe fire rises>TQDina is best girl
>>97770041>Jace turned Chandra into a terrorist loonMan I hope he stays dead
>>97769722>your format of choiceThere are no (no) izzet pauper decks
>>97770122UR terror/fae is real.A really mid tier 3 decks.
>>97770098You cast the creature, then you can cast the spell. It stops being prepared. Then you need to prepare it again. So no, it's way worse, as is every 6 mana draw three cards.
>>97770129But have you considered shitting your pants first, because this is LITERALLY ancestral recall?
>>97770129Actually, you need to prep it twice for it to be better recall card wise!
Why nobody is bitching about new mechanic not being explained on card?
It'll be a nothingburger, same as this thing once people figured out counterplay. Except this new one is way worse, 5 mana do nothing to have the privilege of casting ancestral recall lmao.
>>97770141This. It's card design made for farming reddit upboats. I hate it.
>>97770159Because it's a mythic and it's blatantly obvious how it works? It's the opposite of adventure, so the halves are flipped. First you cast as a creature, those creatures will let you in various ways exile itself to then be able to be cast as the instant or sorcery.
>1993: Ancestral Recall is 1 mana draw 3>2026: Ancestral Recall is 6 mana draw 3Damn the depowercreep is real
>>97770159You expect reminder text in mythic rares? Roru rumao how new
>>97770119Why? At least somethings fun is happening.
>>97770180Dude, they printed ANCESTRAL RECALL into StandardBut first, a word from today's sponsor.
Anyway, story. https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-episode-3-asunder>Kirol, Abigale and Sanar arrive at Titan's Grave, which isn't in the best of ways>Abigale asks Kirol if there's been any sign of Lluwen, they say they've asked but can't figure out anything because there's a lot of chaos going on>A lot of students arguing over who has rights to explore the shit that just happened and such apparently>Kirol hands Abigale a souvenir shirt for some reason, Sanar rambles on about showing up before she did, Abigale asks if they have any idea what's going on, Kirol says it's the same thing as with Lluwen, nobody's saying shit of value>Sanar says that there's no sign of Professor Fel too>Kirol mentions bumping into Kequia Akosa on the way (another 'hey read Omens of Chaos' bit), and notes that her grandfather and Ajani are friends, and that she said she wouldn't be surprised if Fel was involved somehow>Kirol comes to the simplistic conclusion of finding Jadzi, and if Fel has her, they beat him up>Abigale expresses doubt at all of that>Kirol says it's fine, they got it>And then Ajani puts a paw on their shoulder and they're like "how the fuck">Ajani doesn't explain how but you can presume he did a planeswalk there and back or some shit>Ajani says it's fine, he's here to help at any rate, and Kirol begrudgingly accepts>Ajani makes it easier to walk through the chaos, while people offer wild theories on what happened, that the archaic was actually from another plane and disguising itself, that Fel's a mastermind, that Jadzi just wanted to talk with the thing>And then there's Dina, working on a cauldron while trying to calm down the students around her>Kirol offers some help when that doesn't work out, she says it's fine, and before much more can happen, hey there's a green smoke signal, which is probably Lluwen's>They go after it, while discussing what green smoke means, because it's not one of the ones they discussed before
I like how storyanon still holds the idea that anyone actually cares about the mtg lore despite all their UB kvetching
>>97770159It's a keyword action. It'll be summarized in reminder text on common cards.
>>97770159because there's only one intuitive way to understand the card, they're not going to break the reserve list by printing ancestral recall but better so we can assume you can only cast the instant if the creature is in play and it's "prepared"
>>97770253>Kirol gets stuck in thorns, and their souvenir shirt is in danger of getting torn off>Ajani tries to help but that shit's stuck fast and that shirt sucks>Kirol does have a spare, but it's meant to be a gift for Lluwen and yadda yadda>While the group's all trying to help free Kirol, a masked figure silently approaches from behind, and before anybody notices, they're all knocked unconscious by magic>Ajani wakes up to, of all people, Chandra, with his arms bound but not his legs>Chandra's surrounded by cloaked and masked figures, and Ajani wonders what the fuck she's even doing here>And Ajani notices that Chandra is, for once in her life, weirdly still and unenergetic and in pain maybe>He asks why she's doing this, she says something's going wrong, she's the only one who can stop it, and she has to make sure Ajani isn't 'compromised'>Ajani asks what she's on about, Chandra reassures him the kids are safe>Indeed, Ajani looks around and amist the masked group, the students are there, including Lluwen and Tam, not hurt or held>Ajani asks who the masked ones are, Lluwen quickly says they're the Oriq before one of them elbows him>Chandra claims they're not the Oriq anymore, they're the Shattered now>Ajani asks how Chandra can trust them given the Oriq tried to kill everybody, Chandra says she knows they're not part of all this, they just want to learn>She explains she can't tell him everything yet, because she can't be sure if she can trust him>Ajani asks "Hey what would Nissa think of you allying yourself with these people" and she punches him in the gut>It doesn't do much, because Ajani>Chandra explains further that these are the ones who broke off from the Oriq when the decision was made to attack the school, they're not part of that group really>Apparently they're pyromancers, this group, and she found them while trying to track Jace down>Ajani goes "okay, but why attack us, or me specifically"
>>97770280>they're not going to break the reserve list by printing ancestral recall but betterTechnically they can as strictly better cards dont break the rule, but they know they're better off leaving ancestral to the past and using it and the other power 9 as marketingIf anything they should make a contract from below 2.0 that exiles the top card instead of anteing it
This is a good candidate for a boob edit. she has choker. Draining another woman's essence through the mouth and vagina.
>>97770309>the levitating magic trick: the magician balances the damsel on his dick
>>97770309Weird ass shoes
>>97769709I hate how they keep printing cards that mechanically look the same but operate completely differently. Adventures, omen and now whatever this is. Looks like omen to me, I'll just cast the ancestral recall side and shuffle the card back into my deck.
>>97770309she is qt no need for massive tits
>>97770309why did they make dina's face ugly
>>97770331What species is she?
>>97770269I appreciate it. Let him post. It at least provides another avenue of discussion in the midst of everyone misevaluating new cards.
>>97770299>The student group approaches, pointing out that Chandra should be willing to offer Ajani a chance too>Chandra takes a breath and goes "Okay, fine", and explains things>For one, Jace is alive, she knows this>On Avishkar, he did something to her head and apparently she might have died if Elspeth hadn't been there to help>She's STILL feeling after-effects, headaches, visions of faces she's never seen, herself doing things she'd never do, and it's getting worse every day>Ajani goes "Look, I saw him on Tarkir, he exploded" and Chandra gets annoyed that he's not trusting her>In the midst of their argument, the ground shakes once more, and Ajani asks what Jace could possibly be doing on Arcavios, and she says he's manipulating the archaics probably>And on cue, that massive archaic arrives, and it's looking right at them>Chandra's first instinct is to set it on fire, but Ajani tackles her and goes "Look I can't let you hurt it before we know what's going on">Lluwen points out Jadzi is in the archaic's hand>Chandra does a fire-jet-backflip thing to get out from underneath Ajani, tells the Shattered to keep the students busy while she handles Ajani>Ajani internally goes "alright, she wants a fight, I'll keep her occupied">Ajani does pretty quickly knock Chandra over, and while she's recovering, tries to talk some sense, asking what attacking the archaic now would even accomplish>But Chandra's response is to summon a massive fucking fireball and fling it at the archaic, and it makes a horrible sound in response>Ajani empathises with that pained noise, and it sounds like the archaic's asking "why">Then the archaic brings its hand down on the group and splits the ground apart
>>97770353Most of you assholes don't discuss it anyway. I'm posting for myself if anybody.
Kinda facinatingI hate LITERALLY and i mean LITERALLY every decision wotc took in last decade. Wow. There is literally not a single positive move they made in my eyes.
>>97770352dryad
>>97770331
>>97770363>Most of you assholes don't discuss it anyway. I'm posting for myself if anybody.Thats because last bits of lore were total shit, WHEN ARE WE GETTING ACTUALLY NEW VILLAIN? Like ACTUALLY NEW FRESH VILLAIN?
>>97770354So he made a planar chaos in her brain.
>>97770377I can't remember if it was Secrets of Strixhaven or Reality Fracture, but one of these sets is supposed to make proper introductions for the BBEG of the next arc after Metronome.
>>97770384Or she's connected to her alternate self somehow because even Jace doesn't really understand the full extent of what he's doing or his agony beam was sort of an early test or it just connected them a bit more closely than others.
>>97770377>WHEN ARE WE GETTING ACTUALLY NEW VILLAIN? Like ACTUALLY NEW FRESH VILLAIN?That would require they have blocks to actually tell a story which maro has explicitly said will never happen again
>>97770390I mean it's Jace, we know this. Whether it'll be Jace 'til the end of Reality Fracture is another question, and if they'll keep him a villain after is doubtful, but hey.
>>97770331>weird, darkly humourous and tea obsessedCringe and gay.
>>97770365A broken clock is right twice a day, and they made brackets and final fantssy UB, i'll give them that
>>97770415She probably is both of those things as well.
I am literally willing to pay for Ronald McDonald avatar in arena. Hope someone in wotc sees this post
My LGS completely stopped trying to gather TMNT draft since nobody ever signed up for this shit.WE WON UB HATER BROS
>>97770442Mcdonald's food tokens in happy meals is what wotc would really like
>>97770446Your blind hatred only made your LGS suffer you absolute moron
>>97770415She's definitely into Killian so at least she's into guys.
>>97770452There is stuff to buy other than packs
Where spoilers for the new Lorwyn set
>>97770462Then your lgs is better off being a cafe for nerds where the income generator is food and renting tables
>>97770465https://scryfall.com/sets/ecl
>>97770305Remaking a lot of the ante shit as simmetrical exile and cast would be neat.
>>97770452You can run drafts that aren't heckin tmnt.
>>97770415>>97770431so she's british
>>97770515Assuming they still have boxes of the set you like that isThe lgs has to buy the latest product from wotc and wotc earns regardless if the product actually gets bought by the player; this is why wotc stil profited from spiderman
>>97770527>of the set you like Anything actually MTG.>The lgs has to buy the latest product They don't. They could buy lorwyn. Then Strixhaven next month.
>>97770415she's poison obsessed
>>97769917>Doesn't look like No-Ban Modern was able to get enough numbers to become a permanent formathope they at least use the data they got to make some unbans in modernnumbers in pic are how many times each card showed up in a challenge top8
>>97770546>Anything actually MTG.Lol>They don't.They actually have to if they care about their wpn status, and if they dont they're better off being a cafe for nerds
What B3-4 EDH decks do people here have the most fun playing?I have an esper astral slide and a Círdan politics deck on hand, want to print out a third to bring to my LGS but I want to find something that is both fun to play and play against, currently considering Ragost food.
>>97770481>what are singles
>>97770612>esper astral slide>politics deck>ragostThose are B2 decks, you will be stomped if you go higherAlso /edhg/ is thataway
>>97770622Clearly not those dubs
>>97770309I agree with you and actually I have already started some rough outlines (that being said, I read this story during my lunch break, it may take a while to complete).Rest assured I actually pay attention to UW release art as it comes.
>>97770622You can sell singles without having a physical store fyi, ask yourself why they even bother with the rent
>>97770624I've played them before in B4 and done just fine
>the goodChandra is back and she isn't doing plot-irrelevant shit like entering a race.>the badIt is clearly Jace controlling her the entire time.
>>97770640You dont know a real B4 deck
>>97770452If a LGS is in danger of going under because one set flops it's not long for this world anyway.
>>97770645Why is it bad?
>>97770653Your little boycott isnt hurting wotc is the point
>>97770664We don't like Jace here.
>>97770634You're retarded. I'm not going to buy TMNT nor is anyone else local and my LGS will still be the healthiest within a 100mi radius. Deal with it
>>97770671Yeah but mind control is ripe for r34 fanart.
>>97770674>he thinks i'm shilling tmntI pity the lgs stuck with patrons like you lol
>>97770664I think I'm one of the few people who genuinely likes Chandra as a character when she isn't shoehorned into dumbass plot points. I was hoping that the interactions between her and Liliana in early Kaladesh were going somewhere in a kind of "bad angel over your shoulder" way but they dropped all of that for the useless Nissa garbage. For the record, I was a fan of Jace finally manning up and nutting in his gorgon waifu's pussy every day but they are just turning him into Urza 2.0 "we aren't going to be morally grey this time" edition.
>>97770698>"not shilling tmnt">makes these posts>>97770665>>97770481>>97770452
>>97770645Probably not a direct control more just lingering psychic damage fucking her up by making her think a bit more like Jace would (the whole "Only I can do this" thing is very Jace).
>>97770723Where did i say you should like UB there, schizo?
>>97769769MeIt goes in my bant "play the game of magic" deckIt's incredible the amount of edh games you can win by just putting some fliers on the board, drawing cards and playing removal
I did not draft TMNT
>>97770767>im not shilling tmnt but if you dont go buy tmnt RIGHT NOW then you're KILLING your lgs you Nazi chud
>>97770815>WE WON UB HATER BROS>no you're not for a myriad of reasons, you're not stopping the tide and you're only hurting your lgs>AAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE STOP SHILLING TMNTlol
>>97770807fpbp
I drafted TMNT like 30 timesIt was pretty good.
I drafted TMNT once.I did not care for it.
I don't draft
>>97770309>>97770331>>97770370God I love dryad women
I drafted spiderman one that shit stank like poop
>>97770835>what are singles>NOOOOOO YOU CANT BUY SINGLES YOU SHOULD BUY OFF EBAY INSTEAD OF BUYING FROM YOUR LGS NO NO NO NO NO STOP KILLING MY NARRATIVE YOU HAVE TO BUY TMNT RIGHT NOW!!!!! BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT PLEASE BUY TMNTmaro.....
>>97769822>rest in peace in pissCan't into words.>retarded overhyped statementCan't into Magic.
im so glad AI is here to save us from ugly DEI cards
>>97770906>point out that the lgs is indeed better off being an online seller if their income comes from singles, rent for brick and mortar is a waste>noooo you must be maro!!Kekw
My mental illness has convinced me to make a set themed around Mount and Blade ButterlordThe set currently has 55 Legendary Lands all named after the different settlements in the game some of which are given the Snow or Desert subtypes as well.
>>97770609>They actually have to if they care about their wpn statusNo.
>>97770959>t. not a shop owner
I drafted tmnt onceon forgeit was pretty shit
>>97770919AI somehow manages to outshit the japanoids in same face. Fucking gay, choom.
PlayDandanhttps://pastebin.com/KCJQ1TkF
>>97770985>hurr ur no da shop owns>*isn't one either*Fuck off faggot.
>>97770999It’s designed for pick two drafts.
Ritualposting to help you and yours manifest good pulls and price crashes
>>97771021Unlike you i'm aware of the relationship between wotc and the lgs, why do you think the latter got screwed over by wotc selling to walmart
>>97771061>t. not a shop owner
>>97771075>t. walmart
>>97770955I.. I refuse to believe you came up with 55 unique effects for lands
>>97770046Manhands
In the age of AI we cant even get decent fake spoilers
>>97770041bigger...
>>97771019Just say you prefer niggers anon
>>97770955Could be cool if those lands switch ownership on certain conditions being met (contested warzone or something, I recall it was from scars). Could even make for a neat shared deck style format.
>>97770919Ah yes i love seeing mar a lago plastic surgery faces on my magic women, this truly is the best solution to DEI bullshit
>>97771129*Dwarf hands.
>>97771230>he doesnt find white women attractivegay or brown?doesnt matter, go back to the desert caves you came from
>>97771129It's just a tie in to the next Street Fighter UB
>>97769709Boo
>>97771101I'm Sam Walton. You caught me.
>>97771230I'm taking that solution until the final solution.
>>97770253Literal who, literal who, literal who, and a boring ass cat nobody has EVER given a shit about.Basri and Wandering Emperor were desparked for nothing. It’s no wonder that nobody cares about the story when the characters forced into the front are the most lame ass boring donut steels with zero personality.
>>97771105>I.. I refuse to believe you came up with 55 unique effects for landsCorrect, I did not. most of them are mechanically identical and they all take up uncommon slots so the format has infinite Mana fixing. >>97771198The current idea is that certain Legendary creatures will be allowed to gain control of Towns when they deal combat Damage to a player, and then there is a big flashy WUBRG Mythic Coalition Victory that wins you the game if you control more than 25 Towns (Which is half of the map prior to War-Sails being added.
>>97771278>Basri and Wandering EmperorWho
>>97769709>just spent $650 on esper blink for modern and now i gotta buy a playset of this soon to be $50 cardJUST FUCK MY SHIT UP SENPAI
>>97771388>now i gotta buy a playset of this soon to be $50 cardanon that's a 5 mana card that doesn't do anything the turn it entersit's literally unplayable in modern, it's probably unplayable in standard too
>>97770578The funniest thing about this is that the strongest cards are almost all enables for broken FIRE garbage, while the weaker or unplayable ones have little to no synergy with FIRE.
>>97771413It will replace riddler in blink decks, the extra mana cost is worth it when it draws more, is a better body and the decks can re-prepare it pretty easily by feeding psychic frog which it already wants to do anyway
>97770452This is bait but whatever, I’ll bite>you’re only making your LGS sufferOkay, and? If the cards suck ass to play with I’m not going to use what limited free time I have “supporting my lgs” despite the fact that I wouldn’t be having fun. I would rather the place close down than be forced to sit there for 4 hours a week doing something I actively dislike
>>97771193Nah, they all got the sameface, too.
>>97771469>the extra mana cost is worth it when it draws moreI can't tell if you're trolling or you really don't play modern, it's 5 fucking mana, most modern games are played on 4 lands or less, what you're saying is beyond absurd
>>97771248You are poisoned by hollywood plastic surgeons lmao you don't know what a naturally beautiful white woman looks like anymore
>>97771388>he pays for his cardboard
>>97771470Fair enough, just dont claim it's hurting wotc let's not get carried away is all
>>97771512I pay so that wotc can continue with UB correct
Why does everyone assume Prepared is just akin to "charge counter" mechanic.What if its "when prepared creature dies you may exile it, than cast spell from exile at anytime"?Why do you assume shit.
>>97771564Because the ancestral recall fucko comes in Prepared and has the ability to prepare itself again. That only makes sense if it's akin to a charge counter.
any way I LOVE mechanics that are not tracked with ANYTHING so it adds to the book keeping in paper only!
>the perfect batman mechanic has arrivedPrep time? That's just being Prepared.
With enough time to prepare Batman can kill God.
>>97771738OMG FOR REAL?!
>>97771743For real
>>97770122UR skred
>>97771859Meta percentage and tier status?
>>97771814>shooting a gunThat’s not Batman
>>977718762% and still playable considering you have izzet colors
>ancestral recall in standard>it's also a creatureman, you fags really are not prepared for this shit
>>97771907You're just playing worse Terror, anon.
>>97771933you're playing worse terror but with access to pyroblast and lightning boltand it actually wins against U terror
>>97771928It's fundamentally just a creature with "Exhaust U - Draw three cards." You're paying 6 to draw 3, and we can all recognize that this is hot garbage. Just because a card has a power 9 name doesn't mean it's good. Mox Jasper is completely fucking worthless.
>>97771940Yes, an in exchange for these two somewhat decent cards, you lose access to the beating heart of your fucking deck, the thing that makes it the top dog of the format; its unparalleled consistency. Note how you didn't even mention Skred, the thing that gives your deck ITS NAME, as a draw of playing it.
>>97771945It goes into a reanimator deck. abracadabra, poof, draw 3 cards.Split cards are trash design. Bonecrusher is the best one
>>97771945>cori steel cutter is weak>vivi sucks and is too slowshut the fuck up retard
I'm the only one who feels this new Strixhaven set is uninspired shit? Mechanics smell like DFT garbage again...
>>97771967>It goes into a reanimator deck. abracadabra, poof, draw 3 cardsPaying 4 mana for Zombify, then 1 more mana to draw 3...?That's your goal here? Not putting fucking Valgavoth or Terror of the Peaks in the board to win the damned game on the spot? That's your reanimation target? The draw 3 creature? You're going to spend a card to mill or discard it, then another to put it on the board, to... get a middling flier and three cards?What the fuck kind of reanimate deck are you people fucking playing?
>>97771976just like the last in-universe set...
>>97771971If Steel Cutter and Vivi were 6 mana to even do anything I would say yes they were hot garbage
>>97771967>what is brazen borrower
>>97771982Bro UB is so cool bro!!! Im convinced they are pushing UB sets making UW sets shit
>>97771945>>97771980you reanimate it with superior spiderman after the opponent has been milled out with doomsday excruciator and make the opponent draw instead of you
Honestly, i am so done with this gameYou're not even playing the gameYou're just playing wincon and not even asking questions
play planarstandard
>>97772015as if there is any joy left in playing any card game anon
>>97772004>playing a BBBBBB card then a 2UB card to reanimate a card you played earlier to make your enemy draw (this doesn't even kill them right away because Excruciator leaves SIX cards)?????????
playdifferentgame
>>97772015And you discover this now anon? Lmao at you.
>>97772015>you're not even playing the game, you're [doing thing that is playing the game]
>>97772023nigger do I really have to explain you how UB doomsday wins?
>>97772004And why would you do it that way instead of the multiple better options?
>>97772039By milling the enemy to no cards. If you've milled the enemy to no cards, you've won, why do you care about making them draw? They will die next upkeep. If you need them to die right now, why not pic related for 2 mana instead of 5 mana?
>>97772038>playing the game*for youyeah, look im so hecking card palyer i cast unga bodungo for 4 mana and when it summons in the coliseums it gives your opponent a wet willy and is forced to pay 5 gobillion dinar and it special summons 50 tokens for each card your opponent owns and then he is forced to give them to you lol i am amazing choice maker!
>>97772066
mtgniggas bitched so much about ygo their game became just another version of it
>>97769775the writer meant "medium" but is functionally illiterate
>>97772093except executing combos in ygo is really fun meanwhile mtg combos are so boring combo players ask the opponent to concede because they hate playing their own deck
>>97772028There isn't a better card game>b-b-but-I'm sorry
>>97772120For you maybe i'm having a blast with Master Duels and Shadowverse
>>97772112>except executing combos in ygo is really funlmao yeah 20 minutes of linear no interaction solitare on turn 1 is really fun, especially for the opponent! Ask me how I know you're brown.>>97772124It's okay that you have lower standards for japanese things, anon, most people do.
combos in ygo are just autistically long and you have to be mentally ill to find any real enjoyment there that you might as well just stay in your room and play by yourselfin mtg you just play FIRE card that does everything for you and snowballs so hard the opponent either has the response or scoops because no matter what he can't keep up with you casting another threat that HAS to be respondedcard games now are made by piggies for even fatter piggies
>>97771893it's the perfect plan. nobody expects the batgun
>>97769709I thought this was a bad meme. Some shitty custom card. What the fuck do you mean they're actually reprinting Ancestral Recall?
>>97772120Hear me outWhat ifJUST WHAT IFYou try playing a NON card game?
>>97772028name one (1) game that has instant speed interaction like the stack and a main resource system that is limited to 1 a turnpro tip: you can't
>hate what card games have become?>just consume another genre of games suffering from the same exact design philosophy of removing any kind of agency from the player to deliver the "experience™">if they're not that they're just slop and shovelware made by actual retards>and no amount of well intended feedback will ever get the piggies to stop squealing about their oats
>>97772146Are those cards that move around? Interesting.
i had a game on arena and they guy literally spent 20 minutes making tokens as if he's actually doing anything after the 10th tokenthat is the ""audience"" of subhumans this game wants to reach
>>97772124both are SHITE dude wtf
>>97772184Sliver tokens would have killed them all within a single turn.
>>97772146>ElinMoshi moshi? Based department??
>>97772124>turn 1 meta abusers even in low rank comp>there is no real story to anything in ygo outside the anime.>half assed attempt with stuff like sky striker ace to copy MTG’s set arcsI dont regret coming back. Slivers are great and intelligent creatures. The japanese can’t comprehend them.
>>97772146Oh I am playing a lot of non-card games, but there's a certain something to flicking cardboard around. Faeria was a good digital alternative but that died sadly, and everything else is just trying to be Hearthstone or is just generally dogshit.
>>97772124>sloppoverse shutting down his own game because people don't want to play piggyverse2 and went backthat card "game" was another fucking cancerbahamut was a game ender until he rotated, towards the end the game became unbearable and now in tittyverse2 the game is just another ygoIt's just insane that every game developer keeps making the same design mistakes over and over again
Obligatory Reminder (tm)
>graphschizo is here
>>97769842>I don't think so since it enters prepared. I think prepared will be like monstruous, just a state the creature can be in and as long as the creature is prepared you can cast the instant part, then after you cast it the creature is no longer prepared and you need to prepare it again.It's a fucking charge counter.It's literally>"Remove a charge counter from this creature: {do thing}"It's a charge counter.
>>97772124>shadowverse 2That game that deleted and ignored all Shadowverse 1 collection progress? hhaha
I bought 4 copies of a TMNT card, it's over, I've already become a slop-eating pig...
>>97772265
I play the physical version of Shadowverse, wish it had more players
>Working on Butterlord set>Realize I misscounted>There are actually 56 Towns in the gameAnd just like that I went insane because now I have to arbitrarily decide to make one of these a City of Brass so that way none of the cycles are incomplete... That or Taleworlds can hurry up and add another 4 towns to the game
>>97772280does it have instants? is also is it a non-leader/hero aka commander focused? forgot to mention that since riftbound would fit in my other post
>>97772468No instants.No leader/commander focus. You choose a 'class' but that is more like color since you can only play cards from your class and neutral cards.
>>97772508Well that's ass. Hardcoded colors are ass. It's basically just playing Commander but gayer. Having freedom to put whatever in your deck is great part of the fun of Magic.
what are your favorite mechanics, /mtg/?mine are:exertsuspectpreparedring temptsascendmonstrosityrenownexhaustall abilities not marked with anything btw! hecking awesome
Which is the best Strixhaven class?
>>97772554>all abilities not marked with anythingwhy do i need a mark to know whether or not i have ten permanents on the board?
>>97772554kickerhorsemanship
>>97772508aw hell naw that's just as bad thenthe stack is the most alluring part of magic and the ability to deck build any amalgamation you wish while being limited to a strict resourse per turn
>>97772554day night bros...
>>97772544What you are describing is Yugioh.Games that do not have a hardcoded mana system with color restrictions need some sort of way to limit options or else they become the same goodstuff decks with little variation.If you have friends you can disregard the class rule and agree to play whatever cards you want.
>>97772580which one?
>>97772554offspringsuspend/impendingmiracle
>>97772554stun
>>97772554I unironically enjoyed OG strixhaven learn. It was super good and interesting in draft but completely worthless in constructed.
>>97772554Manifest/Manifest dreadMorph/DisguiseForetell/PlotDay night/The other Day nightInitiative/DungeonI LOVE when they take old mechanic and make almost an identical one with different name instead of reusing the existing one!
>>97772668>Foretell/PlotThey're not remotely the same mechanic, though.
>>97770354Okay, so Chandra left home to become a cult leader and is trying to kill ancient kaiju from the future. For what purpose?
>>97772668>[Mechanic] is ass>they fix it and make a version that is more playable and fun>this is bad somehow>they should just stick to using bad mechanicsmanifest dread was great in DSK limited btw
>>97772680ForgotCascade/Discover
>>97772696I agree, FIRE design rocks!
I wish limited fags would fuck off, they are sloppers bar none
>>97772668Why would they continue with shitty broken mechanics when they could do it right? The new manifest and morph do the job better for the intended goals. The old day/night had issues people were complaining about for years. Initiative and dungeon both suck, you're right on that one. Cascade is notoriously broken and inflexible, discover is way better.
Could midrange exist if all creatures were balanced?
>>97770665>I did not purchase this product because it was bad>YOUR BOYCOTT AGAINST WOTC IS GOING TO KILL YOUR LGS!Deranged behavior. On the off-chance you're not just a soulless golem shill, consider seeking professional help.
>>97772728All 3 iterations of morph sucked and the only time manifest did anything was when it could cheat out Omniscience. As it turns out a Grizzly Bears isn't actually very good for 3 mana even if you give it Ward 2.
>>97772821All archetypes should exist and be competitive, aggro, control, combo and midrange, that's why MTG isn't a balanced game.
>>97772821>Could midrange exist if all creatures were balanced?Basically no. MTG with good balance has no midrange.
>>97772845WotC has unironically been suppressing control and combo because players complain way more when they're viable. People will whine whenever aggro is a super oppressive strategy, but if control is the meta people bitch and moan endlessly.You can even see this in other games. Fox is undisputed top 1 meta pick because he can mindlessly run at you and push his frame 1 invuln option to bail him out of anything, but Icies get wobbling banned after 18 years because Icies mains got good at threatening it to control space against Fox and buying time (still didn't make them top 3 btw).I used Melee as an example because it's another game exclusively played by manchildren and/or child predators, but you see this everywhere. People that want to play mindless aggro are the demographic that whines the loudest and will openly consume the worst metas as long as they're on top.
>>97772840Yeah, it was always a limited mechanic. The issue was that it kinda sucked even for limited back then.
>>97772902>WotC has unironically been suppressing control and combo because players complain way more when they're viable. People will whine whenever aggro is a super oppressive strategy, but if control is the meta people bitch and moan endlessly.I'd posit this is mostly rooted in Arena paypiggy catering. Phone zoomers hamster wheel consumers want to play 1 minute games, not 15 minute games. You lose the CONSUME NEXT PRODUCT crowd if a meta is EVER control vs control.
>>97772902>do not get to play>dont like watching a blue player wank themselves into oblivion, or splinter-exarch you>YOU SHOULD LIKE THIS!No, I don't think I will.
>>97772929I already posited my hypothesis, you do not need to support it.
>>97771893He can use a gun if it has a bat symbol on it and it shoots non-lethal bat bullets
>>97772929>>97772960and it seems you were right, anon, lmao aggrotards are the worst common denominator in all fucking TCGs.
>>97772902If I die against aggro it takes 3 minutes. If I die against combo it takes half an hour of them durdling around and slowly slowly beating me to death with an 1/1.
>>97772829>my boycott is hurting wotc!>no actually your lgs is hurting instead>clearly you stating facts means you're a wotc shill
>>97772883Midrange is the natural state of Magic. All other archetypes come to existence through disbalancing the natural state.
>>97773010Not that anon, but if my lgs decided to buy a fuck ton of TMNT, that's on them.
>>97773010WotC is the one hurting the LGS in that scenario, since they're the ones duping the LGS into buying dead product.
>>97772902>weird autistic ramble about a party video game from 20 years agoJesus christ I can tell you like playing control, you take 20 years to get to the fucking point.
>>97773011Control is the natural state
>>97773034He stated his point in the first sentence
>>97773051Read the first and last sentence, ESL-kun, as well as his response to the other anon who replied. While the first sentence says WotC is fucking over control, it is only later (much later) revealed the problem is aggro players for whining the loudest.
>>97773011name last meta when midrange was top dog to beat?
I hope in Return to Strixhaven we get another Quidditch-themed alternate win-condition card.
>>97773101A few years back, Standard was all Bx Midrange variants, most prominently Esper. It's still galling that they just powercrept Sheoldred out of the meta instead of banning her when they should've.
>>97773111alternate wincons are garbage because WotC is afraid of anything that is not "i cast this shitty haste creature, i smash face"
>>97773099The first sentence says it's because people whine about it. The fact that it's aggro players whining in particular is just additional detail that doesn't really change the point being made.
Ok - this didn't take as long as I thought. Wife saw me working on the rough draft and demanded I finish it, she likes Dina.
>>97773158the fuck is Dina doing with her left hand here?Crotch Grab v2?
>>97773158doing god's work
Maro’s Secrets of Strixhaven TeaserFirst up, here are some things you can expect: • An ability word returns which first appeared on a second visit to a popular plane• Four of the five school get a new mascot (aka creature tokens and sometimes cards)• A mythic rare cycle that grants your instants and sorceries old keywords• A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawback• A spell which costs {X}{X}{U}• A mechanic that has been in Magic for many years finally becomes a card name• a 6/6 with a mana value of 1• A new Pox spell• A spell that grants a specific deciduous mechanic to any cards of two specific card types• A cycle referencing iconic spells from AlphaNext, here are some rules text that will be showing up on cards: • “Whenever [CARDNAME] attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.”• “each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.”• “add an amount of {R} equal to this creature’s power.”• “you may exile cards from your graveyard.”• “Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard:”• “where X is the number of differently named lands you control.”• “Round down each time.”• “When this land enters, choose a land card name.”• “equal to three minus X.”• “Flip five coins.”Here are some creature type lines from the set: • Creature – Inkling Cat• Creature – Spirit Camel• Creature – Bird Pilot• Creature – Plant Sloth• Creature – Badger Pest• Creature – Turtle Wizard• Creature – Fractal Elk• Creature – Giraffe• Legendary Creature – Merfolk Bard• Legendary Creature – Bird Skeleton WarlockFinally, here are some names in the set: • Applied Geometry• Flow State• Graduation Day• Group Project• Impractical Joke• Procrastinate• Pterafractyl• Stress Dream• Teacher’s Pest• Wild Hypothesis
>>97773158>spoilerGood taste.
>>97773180>• A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawback
>>97773180>Flip five coins.Die Maro, die.
>>97773180>A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawbackHe is not even hiding it anymore, they are going to powercreep everything in blandest way possible.HE IS PROUD OF THIS!
>>97773170BG girls are handsy, if you are into that kind of thing.
>>97773197
>>97773180>• A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawbackWHY NOT JUST USE THE OLD MECHANIC MARKFOR FUCK SAKE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MECHANIC WHY NOT JUST USE IT
>>97773204Fuck, it is going to be for not-Ral, isn't it.
reject modernityembrace /ccg/
>>97773206he told youto remove drawback
>>97773201>>97773206Probably to save card space.
>>97773225AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>97773180>An ability word returns which first appeared on a second visit to a popular planeWell that's Grandeour, it has been leaked already.
>>97773265>Common LegendaryUnironically this was one of the ultimate "nails in the coffin" of the game. And now it's here.Great.
>>97773180>A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawbackLet me predict future mechanics>RoamWhen ~ creature with roam enters the battlefield reveal top card of your library, if its permanent card put it in your hand and put +1/+1 counter on this creature>overflow token2 mana: Sacrifice overflow token, search your library for two basic lands, put one of them on the field tapped and other in your hand>Echo-choEcho is a keyword ability on permanents that requires the permanent's controller to pay its echo cost at the beginning of their next upkeep or not. You be you, queen
>>97773201What mechanics even have drawbacks?
>>97773206There are many mechanics where the drawbacks were entirely unneeded. Like Modular being restricted to artifact creatures.
>>97773180>• A new mechanic that redoes an old mechanic without its drawbackIt'll be Epic but without the "can't cast spells" part.
>>97773271That was 3 years ago.
>>97773302pay lifeJump-start
>>97773222What's an Orzhov thing to do with flipping five coins? Reanimating?
>>97773322Flip five coins, extort each opponent for each coin that lands.
>>97773204Ral really likes to play with his nipples, innit?
>>97773314Modern Horizons are clown sets.
>>97773355No.
Professor Onyx was the best of first Strixhaven one of the few good female arts made in the last times by WotC sad she will not comeback.
>>97773180>• A new Pox spellit better cost BBBB
>>97773302SkulkClashConniveSuspect/Decayed/Shadow/UnleashBlitz/DashDemostrateExaltedMentor/TraineeMobilizePlotPersistPhasingOffspringOutlastTributeUnearth/Warp
>>97773180>• A cycle referencing iconic spells from AlphaCircle of Protection?
>>97773391Chicken pox
>>97773445>Circle of Protection?No, it's going to be the "3" spells. The gay Ancestral Recall shitter was already spoiled.
>>97773450monkeypox is more jotc thing
>>97773445
>>97772554I honestly like haunt and think there's a lot of room for exploration with it
My magic-themed short story I wrote when I quit Magic during Aetherdrift is getting some decent reviews on Amazon. Thank you, WOTC!
>>97769755The whole point of Ruby Storm is reducing the cost of your spells, you're never spending 5 or more mana to cast anything. The goblin is a complete nonbo in it.
>>97773581>t. never played ruby storm and simply loves to talk out of "her" ass
>>97772109It's the plural form.
>>97773158Not nearly big enough
>>97770331She looks like the head game would actually steal my soul. She screams BPD hottie
>>97773180>“each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.”>Creature – Badger Pest>Teacher’s Pest>Creature – Ape Pest leakedBros, I'm goin' all in on Blex! Should I order my Deep-Cavern Bats now or wait to see if they gimped him?>>97773265I thought it was supposed to be Converge (from BFZ).
>>97773857she's not interested
>>97773857IIRC she's actually very sweet.
>>97773917She's basically a very nice girl who has very creepy interests.
>>97773890Converge has been already spoiled in the story articles before this.
>>97773570How the fuck did you get any sales? My book got like 2 purchases and 0 reviews.
>>97773482wtf Bolass pics?
>>97773525White was always the worst color
>>97773391how do you go bigger than pox? exile library and graveyard in addition to hand, land, creatures and life?
>>97773355>Watch me rub my nipples>Now watch the keyhole in my crotch
>>97774118It's just gonna be Death Cloud but with a slightly different casting cost.
>>97773355>Ral really likes to play with his nipples, innit?yes that's why he's Gay Ral
I'm a newfag trying to make my first Pauper deck. My group plays online so there's no real restriction in what cards I'm able to use. Either way, I saw picrel and wanted to try making a deck around him.https://moxfield.com/decks/yVid4cEIP0OGTNlZi1z_TwHow could I improve it? I don't really know the first thing about building decks for this format compared to something like Commander.
We have been to ravnica a million times by now and we still don't know anything about the Simic's parun.
>>97774003I have no idea but if anyone wants a copy post discord and I'll buy you one
>>97774443you need to play arcane astrolabe.
>>97774922I saw that card but wasn't sure how good it would actually be, I guess 1 mana draw a card that's also a snow permanent isn't half bad. Should I cut any cards for it or just keep adding? Most of the decks I see only use 60 cards but that feels pretty restrictive.
>>97774922>>97775047... nevermind I remember why I didn't include it in my deck, it's banned in Pauper.
I'm beginnin' to feel like I should play premodern, premodern
>>97775194kek
>>97774039White had one of the best creatures in Alpha
>>97775609Standard legal. Sees no play.
>>97775664it would have to be 1ww cmc to see any play at all
>>97775609mommy
>>97773482>SchultzEvery. Single. Time.
>>97772257QRD?
>>97773223Man you ccg fags really love this whole negative/inverted power/damage thing, huh?That whole concept is pretty stupid and pointless IMO
>>97775664You know, some creatures are intended for draft power level.
What do you do with all the bulk cards, you'll never use? I once gave this unemployed guy an entire shoe box full of all sorts of cards. He took one look, gave me this face and complained that there are basic lands among them.
>>97776901I wish I could trade them away.
I wish I could post here with good news, but someone broke into my car today and left a bunch of bulk common MtG cards all over my interior.
>>97776946Why would you ever leave anything of value in your car not only unattended but in full view of someone looking inside?
playpremodern
>>97777005>go to premodern event>opponent plays modern frame and UB versions of the cards
>>97776983ESL sama, I kneel....
How do you survive to turn seven? I can't cast my mana value seven cards because I die before then.
>>97776901I'll be honest. Money is not something I'm concerned with. I threw most of my cards in the bin because it wasn't worth the effort to even donate them.
>The Smoking Man>1B>Creature - Human>Ward 1>When The Smoking Man enters the battlefield, target player discards a card and loses 1 life>1/2https://youtu.be/uSbsj-MX-hw
>>97776682>Man you ccg fags really love this whole negative/inverted power/damage thing, huh?I don't believe I have ever seen that effect ever in a custom set before.
>real ESL hours
New thread>>97777003>>97777003>>97777003
>>97773190>>97773201>>97773206>>97773284>>97773312I >>97772668 am gonna haveaSTROKE
>>97776513Edge of Eternities and Lorwyn Eclipsed sold better thab the Univereses Beyond sets released around them.
>>97769722>3 drop creature>izzet prowessIdk about that one chief
>>97770309Safe horny is a shame this could have been a gooner masterpiece
