SOS 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>>97769709>TQAre you ready for Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) spoilers?
We already have black hermione, now I'm just waiting for black snape
>>97777029I prefer black Hairy Potterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ver1OZdK2bA
>>97777003Reminder that if you don't consume every product WOTC releases you are literally killing your LGS
>>97777111those digits don't lie
>>97777111Quad 7s and trip 1s indeed confirm you kill your lgs by not buying latest product unironically
>>97777111What if I want to kill my LGS
Is Strixhaven just 1 giant school world or do we just ignore the actual plane to gocis on 1 building?Like even Kaladesh didn't just focus on the 1 city
>>97777768every plane is just a theme park anonEven EoE being a vast universe features galaxy sized dragons that are 4/5 in stat
>>97777768There's more on Arcavios than just Strixhaven. But the dragons decided that non-dragons were dangerously retarded and had to be given proper education, so a lot of the civilization on the plane (or at least the one continent that's been mapped) seems to ultimately revolve around making Strixhaven run. Basically it's a giant tardwrangling operation.
They keep making more creature types that won't ever be relevant ! FUCK WOTC!!!!!
PlayDandan https://pastebin.com/KCJQ1TkF
>>97777003the fact that card has reminder text such shows how americans are "educated".same goes for cards that state either "odd or even" and need to remind players that zero is even.jfc
>>97778007You can't make me.
>>97777923Please understand, we had to remove viashino and cephalid because of the creature type bloat; anyways, here are some villains and gamers
>>97777111Then it deserves to die
>>97778061magic is for everyone you fucking chud
>>97778142but unironically
>>97778061>"odd or even" and need to remind players that zero is evenlol wtf seriously?
>>97778061tbf zero isn't odd or even
>>97778061>americans americans americans americansYou thirdiebrowns are so obsessed. Reminder text has been a staple since alpha, it's nothing to get angry about.
>>97778158
>>97778062Filtered
>>97778167He's talking specifically about a reminder explaining exponentials, which is anyway perfectly fine since CHILDREN play this game.
How we feel about "Prepared"?
>>97778197how it work. reading card dun explain the card no good
>>97778197I wish it had a way to signify that it's prepared in paper, it's the same thing with Exhaust where people forget if they did it or not but Wizards made it for Arena where it keeps track for you so they don't care.
>>97778187Yes, and he's retarded for doing so, because lots of Alpha wording gives baby examples like this.
>>97778223all by design actually. they are actively trying to drive people to arena because it's so "convenient" for tracking their own shitty design
>>97778197HOW THIS WORKS????NO EXPLANATION!!!!!HOW WOOOOORKS????
>>97778255It's simple: You hover your mouse over the card and it tells you exactly how it works
>>97778255>HOW WORK SAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR
Emeritus of RedemptionWhen this creature enters, each opponent creates a treasure token (the art depicts a credit card)Whenever a treasure token is redeemed (sacrificed), this creature becomes preparedSpell side: Bastard Bitch BenchodRInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1, trample and haste until end of turn
>>97778061They need every reminder text they can get because their average IQ is 90.
>>97778197playable only in standardexcept we have more powerful cards alreadygive me the red goblin at 2 mana with prepared bolt PLZ
>>97778223>I wish it had a way to signify that it's prepared in paperit does have a wayyou're allowed to make notes in games
>>97778187>CHILDREN play this gameDon't be ridiculous, nobody under thirty plays Magic.
Honestly don’t care about a set dedicated to instant and sorcery bullshit when the top deck in Standard is red blue Lessons and this kikery shit is going to provide even more lesson cards since it’s the origin plane of them.
>>97778197Mechanically clunky, one more thing to try and remember and track if creatures are prepared or not and I only see it enabling bad things if that card is any example.
They did a set that was 100% creatures, do you see them trying a set with 0 actual creatures?Like you can have your Dragon Fodders and Manlands and such to actually end games, but no card has creature card type by default
>>97778707ok
>>97778707>They did a set that was 100% creaturesThey did? When was that?
>>97778707They could; but like Legion, I don't imagine it being a very fun experience. It would be incredibly slow and grindy and you could easily softlock yourself out of the game.
>>97778735before you were born, zoom zoom
>>97778197Flavor seems a bit clunky but I really like the mechanics behind it. "Creature that comes with spell" is cool
>>97778843you mean like every single creature with an ETB?how fucking retarded are you
>>97778843>"Creature that comes with spell" is coollol
>>97778877Relax. What I find cool, specifically, is the function of preparing an additional spell that you actively cast separately, as well as being able to "recharge" it. It's cool possibility space.
Yugioh mogs Magic so hard it's crazy. Did you know instead of having to dig into decades old TV shows for inspiration for cards like MTG does, Yugioh has it's own decades old TV show, with it's own characters and moments? What a concept.
>>97778197>How we feel about "Prepared"?For what I got, it's just an activated ability but instead of being an ability is a spell on the stack (can now be esaily countered) but they are supposed to be OP reserved list spells. Also, each creature is supposed to have sone bullshit trigger to get prepared outside when it enters and you can't stack multiple prepares on it.Sound like another begginers trap mechanic
>>97778197hmm will the Rec Emeritus be a repeatable bolt, 4cmc creature? no ward maybe haste or first strike, this seems to be a pushed mythic cycle. I was going to skip strix but now I'm getting a co booster for sure
>>97778197Creatures the tappening strikes againPeople have been complaining that creatures are now just sorceries with bodies, this really takes the cake by literally making them instants/sorceries with bodies AND abilities.
>>97778843We have spellshaper in the game since 1999
>>97779091Creatures with ETBs and flash are the best kinds of instants and sorceries
>>97778735Around Onslaught, they did Morph to let you "cast spells" with no spells around
>>97779024>Yugioh mogs Magic so hard it's crazy.Yeah, everywhere, except game design, frame design, rules, syntax, you know, everything that would actually go into making the game itself.
>>97779024It's indeed some cruel joke by god that mtg has the best mechanics yet has the worst ip, the absolute inverse of pokemon
>>97779158And art.
>>97779024>think about switching to YGO because MTG is going down the shitter>look inside>it's just vintage minus counterspells
>>97778197It's pretty fucking stupid. Like what the fuck is supposed to happen if you counter the spell cast from the creature? Does the creature die? Does it count as an instant in the graveyard for tarmogoyf? Can I cast the instant part from my hand in some way?
>>97779396Oh no, there's counterspells. You need at least 4 Force of Wills in your opening hand to not die turn 1.
I wonder if magic would have been better with an 80 card minimum deck size
>>97779015Isn't that just what activated abilities are?
>>97779454>Does the creature die?No. Why would it? If I Stifle a creature's ETB it doesn't die. If I counter a spell from Panopticon Mirror the mirror doesn't blow up. Are you retarded?>Does it count as an instant in the graveyard for tarmogoyf? Adventures don't, why would this count?>can I cast the instant part from my hand in some way?How is the creature prepared if it's not in the battlefield?
>>97773622Mind explaining to me how Ruby Storm ever expends 5+ mana on any spell? It barely runs any cards with mana value 5+
>>97779454Are you straight up retarded?
>>97779513No
>>97779158>>97779491Yugioh is the joke about urza's saga era magic but the designers didn't get that it was a joke or a bad thing
>>97779556Honestly the worst part of Yugioh is the unbelievable amount of shuffling happening every single time you play anything
>>97779513play dandan
>>97779556Honestly in yu-gi-oh players could just show their starting hand to each other and decide who win it would save both of them a lot of time.
This is fine I guess. Exiling a creature is by far the best mode and the other two are ok.
>>97779582They basically do, they just show the starting hand one card at a time
>>97779582I heard from a Yugiohfag friend of mine that this is actually a running joke in their community - they tell new players that if you're ever confused, just show your opponent your opening hand and they'll be able to tell you who won.
>>97779645Versatile and great
>>97778735Legions.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-episode-4-something-to-offer
>>97779645that's pretty good
playdifferentgame
playcommander
>>97779854Like what? YGO doesnt have a monk deck, flesh and blood has ninjas instead of monks, force of will never had monks, the list goes on.
playwithcommons
>>97779869Not sure if you knew this, but games other than card based exist
>>97779869hearthstone is getting a monk class later this year
>>97779865>play>commander
>>97779893Did they really skip Monk? I thought they already had Demon Hunter and Death Knight.
>>97779873>PauperNo monk decks. Fucking banned swiftspear too, but all the artifact faggotry is allowed to continue unabated.
>>97779911>all the artifact faggotryAnon it's a single deck and it's not even the best deck in the metagame
>>97779893You got a source on that fampaiI'll start grinding dust now if so
>>97779907>Did they really skip Monk?up until this year, yes, they're making it official at blizzcon in september>I thought they already had Demon Hunter and Death Knight.yup, demon hunter came out in 2020 and death knight came out in 2022
>>97779928no official source yet but they have been teasing the hell out of itif you only want to jump in after they confirm it, wait until september
>>97779923explain why some grinder caves my head in with an 80 card affinity pile every time i boot up MTGO
>>97779968>mtgoPlay paper. I have solved your problem.
>>97779869>FOW never had monksThey literally have a tribal deck now (all Taoists are monks)
What are the chances that marvel will be met even worse than Spidarman and TMNT?Is there anyone who actually cares about Marvel at all? After like 7 years of releasing non stop shit movies and tv shows?
>>97780009I will have to look back into FoW it seems.
>>97780027I for one can't wait. It will introduce actual, factual nazi's into the game, which I will play as often as possible.
>>97780027It can also flop because they decided to increases prices by 33%
>>97780027>What are the chances that marvel will be met even worse than Spidarman and TMNT?it wont
>>97780009>dat artel oh el
>>97780027I've yet to buy a single spiderman or tmnt card, so I don't see how I could do less than that.
>>97779977My LGS is all land spy terror and bogles. I fail to see how that's any better.
>>97780271>of their choiceis this really necessary?
>>97780296Default wording now apparently.
>>97780296Excuse me?
Strixhaven, more like snoozehavin'.
>>97780296Are you offended by the lack of pronouns? I'm EFL but even I know "Their" is a valid determiner when addressee's sex is unknown. And fuck it's 10 symbols with spaces vs 5.
>>97780371not the pronouns, just why the need to add "of their choice" when you cant sac something you don’t control either way.makes no sense
what about a mechanic where it was suspend but as a % chance you can cast the spell instead of a fixed number of turns? would magic be better if all spells were errated to have suspend
>>97780402yes
>>97780296I guess they want to clarify it compared to the "sacrifice the creature with the greatest power" kind of effects
>>97780296I have no clue why they started adding that. Not only was there never any ambiguity regarding how sacrifice works, there's also the added oddity of how considering that they are constantly striving to shave off unnecessary wording, this seems like a step back in that regard.
Channeling the Monk poster:What is it that makes Monks so cool for you? I am curious why they are your favourite tribal.
>>97780296been common practice for almost a year and a half
>>97780402>what about a mechanic where it was suspend but as a % chance you can cast the spell instead of a fixed number of turns?Atrociously bad. Awful.
>>97780402Adding percentage chances to Magic would be such a fucking hassle
>>97780402Didnt they already do die rolling and everyone hated it
>>97780493Rolling a dice is already a MTG mechanic.
>>97780463doesn’t explain why they added it.
>>97780515>wild mage>shamanok
>>97780517I don't get it
>>97780515And as you can clearly see there, there is no chance to fail. A high roll will get you additional benefits, but your spell will always do SOMETHING. Your mechanic means that randomness can simply prevent you from playing the game.
>>97780532Shamans wield magic of the wilds.
>>97780402I love it. It adds so much variance! No two games would be alike.
>>97780079This anon has it rightMarvel appeases both chuds and libtards
>>97780517Can't wait for aeons torn to be made a GC in commander
>>97779839>sorcery
>>97780079Captain America may have originated as a mascot of the military-industrial complex, but he is not a Nazi.
>>97780645the problem with aeons torn is that the deckbuilding requirements of it for commander are basically zero (0). it's the golos problem. it's not coming back, becaue if it does it's windmill slammed into every ramp deck as a wincon forever.
>>97777111Don't worry I consoomed, this is on the way.
>>97780532>>97780546D&D sorcerers are called shamans in MTG.
>>97780661I think he's talking about Zemo. That said, he's ass, not a Nazi anymore by this point, and we already have that bees guy anyway who's also a Nazi and nobody cares about him.
>>97779839>Chandra now knows ALL about Vraska's bits due to memory comingling-fuckeryThat was unexpected. Man they really want to drive home how intimate Jace x Vraska is / was.
>>97780296Their body their choice chud
>>97780666>yes let's not have b3 (a bracket defined by staples) have their staples>you should be playing b2 anyway>let's also deny that it's in wotc's best interest to unban as many cards as possible>rhystic study is legal btwIt's a foregone conclusion anon, just a matter of when
>>97780371>>97780384>>97780692You're seeing wokeness where there isn't. Their refers to multiple people in this case. It's just pointless extra wording that wasn't on edicts before.
>>97780685I think it gets funnier as more is added because it underscores how badly he blew it.
>Each opponent sacrifices a creature (their body their choice)There, better
>>97780685>memory comingling-fuckeryI wonder if Chandra is gonna become a new Izzet walker as a result.
>>97780671Why do all the elves get a buff? On a card that depicts the caster engaging in bestiality with an elf. >TQReject dina, embrace milf monk
>going through my cards to refresh what I have>There's a damn near finished temur slickshot showoff modern deckI have zero recollection of ever buying these cards. I haven't played modern in years either.>4x amped raptorLmao
>>97779873Gavin Verhey keeps trying to butcher the format with his faggot bullshit like cawgates, terror, etc, so no.>>97779911Shitspear should've never been in pauper in the first place.
>>97780422it also kinda implies that if it doesn't specify then some other player can make the choise
>>97780674not anymore, sadly
Pauper should be renamed to Commoner, prove me wrong
>>97780812Wrong, they still are. They haven't printed a single D&D sorcerer without the shaman typing.
>>97780766Because if you make elves cum as a human male they get stronger.
>>97780844>2023No longer validThey're retiring the creature type sorry, and it's not like this is the most retarded thing wotc has done either
>>97780891They are not retiring the creature type, retard.
>>97780900If you're not shitting your pants at the slightest perceived provocation, are you really a /mtg/ poster?
>>97780891>2023>no longer validis 2025 heckin valid enough, or does it need to have been within the last 3 months to delay your melty?
>>97780900They're not going to retcon shamans dumbass, they're just not going to make any more of them
>>97779839Shot in the dark>Jace learned of the connection between oracles and archaics>plan is now to scan the mind of an archaic to find their oracle in the present>the oracle will then be psychically programmed to preempt the phyrexian threat from the moment their archaic self manifests in the distant past
>>97780942Has to be post lorwyn eclipsed for it to count sorry for your loss buddy boy
>>97780456Monk anon here.Honestly, it's the flavor. You have incredibly powerful mages, dragons, and cosmic horrors in this game, and then you have a rhino in robes who is seeking enlightenment, or some dude who is just going to punch them directly in the face. The ascetic martial-arts aesthetic is near and dear to my soul, and also aligns with other shit in my life.Mechanically, monks used to just be clerics. I well and truly started to care in CHK, which was fucking rad. Humble budoka is one of my favorite cards. "Local man gets buff and can't be fucked with." Dosan is cool. Iwamori, while powercrept, into irrelevance, is fucking awesome. The story flavor of having faith in gods that are killing you was tragic and cool. I still have my mono green monk deck from kamigawa block. Bad ass dudes, getting enlightened, and kicking heads off. What bugged me though was a) monks had no cohesive identity, and b) there was no monk lord. Plenty of fucking elves give each other +1/+1. Merfolk. Goblins. Soldiers. Clerics. But not monks. Why, I pondered?And thus my autism was born.The rhox monks were cool, but now monks were about gaining life (a space clerics seem to own). No lord. Lone missionary, serra ascendant. More lifegain. Transcendent Master is a cleric instead of a monk, weird and pisses me off.Zedruu precon comes out; on the one hand I fucking love the flavor. Lifegain again, for giving people your stuff. But...he's not a monk lord. A few more lifegain monks come out. No lord.Serene master is printed and I fucking love it. What a cool flavor. More lifegain cat monks. We're still knockoff clerics with no lord. My monogreen monk deck has not been added to in ages.Then Khans dropped. To be continued.
>>97780951Why the fuck would they do it like that when they've shown they have no issue whatsoever retconning types?
>>97780951The official reasoning is that they're not going to make creatures that realistically do not fulfill any definition of shaman as shamans. Don't know what planet you live on where evil clown mage = shaman.
>>97780978Because the Grand Creature Type Update was decades ago and they're not going to go that far when it's all just virtue signaling>>97780979>he fell for the corpospeakNgmi
>>97780996You're going to be shitting your pants when Return to Ixalan 3 comes out and they're still shamans.
>>97781016Can't wait!!>no i literally can't because it's forever lol
FUCK WOTC THEY DESTROYED MY DREAMS OF A SHAMAN KING UB
>>97781036Caverns of Ixalan was a massive success because of the Jurassic Park inserts, Ixalan 3 is all but confirmed.
>>97780996>reeeeeeee they're being woke and changing everything!!!>reeeeeeee it's actually all just virtue signaling, they're not going to go that farMake up your mind, anon. Also they literally did it for rakshasa in 2023. You're just retarded.
>>977810453 people would buy this at most. it was never going to happen
>>97781063Those 3 people? All trans.
>>97781050woke people virtue signal by definition, wtf are you talking about?>also doing errata for 6 rakshasas is totally the same as doing errata for 488 shamanslolhey at least sarkhan's going to remain a shaman until he gets a new job or something
>>97780973Pt. 2Kung fu monks. On the one hand, I fucking loved stupid shit like flying crane technique. But monks were rebranded to fucking prowess. Why are monks charged up by spell slinging? Kamigawa monks just weren't to be fucked with and would beat you down, why does this kung fu grandma (cringe) care if I shoot someone with a lightning bolt. Shu yun is kinda cool I guess, but the "main" monk is Michele Yeoh who just helps you cast spells? Lame. AND WHERE THE FUCK IS A MONK LORD?Monastery mentor is a step in the right direction though. Every annoying tribal deck makes tokens of its tribe. I figure, well, surely later on this khans block we'll get a monk lord. Also, planeswalkers have been overwhelmingly bullshit, so a monk planeswalker would be cool.But guess what? Fate's story fucked everything up so the third fucking set is about dragons now. NO. MONK. LORD. Why? WHY? And the monk planeswalker? Just a fucking glorified wizard. Nothing monk-like about them. Jaya is printed, a disgusting grandmother mage that makes prowess monks.The more I look the more I notice. A few monks are printed for commander. No monk lord.Forgotten realms is getting printed, they have monks! No monk lord, and also the monks are shit, and the grandmaster of flowers is another fucking dragon in disguise or something.We go back to kamigawa. Surely, SURELY, this will be my time. I've been waiting twenty years, after all.Nope, got cucked again. All the monks are shit, and no monk lord.Baldurs gate? Some commander usable cards, but still no monk lord.I didn't truly mindbreak until brothers war. This has The Archimandrite, one of the ugliest cards of all time; it buffs monks...and advisors, butlers, janitors, and losers. The card itself is a fucking advisor, not a monk. The closest thing to a monk lord, the champion of their tribe that embodies their spirit, and monks are an afterthought to advisors. Fucking advisors.TBC
Bring back upkeep costs. That alone would solve so many balancing issues.
>>97781148Universes within monk? He buffs reach...but isn't a monk lord. Fucking reach, something no monks have.MoM? Barely any monks. Narset, prowesslord. Fuck me I hate prowess. So if I want to build around the Monk mascot, I have to make a prowess deck? And include fucking otter wizards, something that isn't a fucking monk? Fuck you.In all this time, even on monk planes, there are barely any fucking monks. Even if I have to shovel dog shit in my mouth and eat prowess, I can barely put together a good monk deck. Where are all the monks? AND WHERE IS THE MONK LORD?Dragonstorm. Back to tarkir. Monk land, albeit fucking prowess monks. There are one or two decent monks, flamehold grappler is neat. NO MONK LORD. Also now prowess is shittier for no reason.It takes universes beyond, of all things, to bring me back. They have monks in that universe, after all. It is here of all places that monks at last return to a somewhat cool form. Combat, not spellslinging. Tifa Martial Artist is a spiritual reawakening. No monk lord, but at least monks are back on track. Surely a monk lord, or cohesive monk identity, will come soon.Avatar drops, a set about martial arts and enlightenment. 4 monks. 3 are absolute shit, and 1 is a weird combo piece. NO. MONK. LORD.Lorwyn had cool creature type support. Maybe? NO. FUCK ME.TMNT was about martial arts and mentorship, mayb- NO MONKS AT ALL.Strixhaven had ONE monk on the plane, mayb- FUCK YOUWell Marv-NOMONKLORDI pray daily for my tribe. We need good cards. We need better mechanics than fucking prowess. WE NEED A MONK LORD.
>>97781248>Lorwyn had cool creature type support. Maybe? NO. FUCK ME.why would a world with zero (0) monks have monk support
>>97780766Like this shit, I bet you anything she isn't a monk. She draws a card probably, fingers her own geriatric asshole, and is a 4/4. DEFINITELY NOT A MONK LORD.
>>97781248I hope you never get your basic bitch "all monks have whatever" card. I cannot believe there are people bitching because we DIDN'T get a card that does everything for you and you actually have to rub two brain cells together to build a monk deck that can do the monk things (multiple spells with Eisha and pump with Narset and Shiko). Genuinely pathetic.
>>97781253The world can have anything. Kamigawa had zero fucking robots but that didn't stop them from doing whatever the fuck they wanted, did itImagine a treefolk monk. He grows tired of all the assholes from strixhaven fucking up his plane and becomes an ascetic. He's also a giant fucking tree. Bigdick Ironbark, Woodland Ascetic. Reject modernity, every monk gains +1/+1.
>>97780942FF was made with square enix (or whatever game company) guidance. They basically said: "He is a Shaman, fuck your DEI".Sarkhan went from a Shaman to an Druid, and they are avoiding to make new Shamans like the plague.>>97780979>evil clown mage = shaman.She is a witch. The creature type didn't exist during 1st Ravnica. And they had Shamans being the red spell caster. (druid = green, wizard = blue, cleric = white, black could get all)>>97781050top retard or bait.
>>97781300>Reject modernity, every monk gains +1/+1.So you want a card that is completely worthless in the context of its own plane and in fact clashes violently with it... because you can't be arsed to deckbuild and need a card that wipes your ass for you. I rest my case.
>>97781300Kamigawa was the Japan mythology plane so they did Cyberpunk + Japanese Mythology for the second go. I don't know you but I don't see many Welsh monks around.
>>97781287thisi've made peasant tribal and noble tribal in EDH, then one that utilizes both of them. both of these types have far worse support and none of them needed a commander with the creature type in their rules text. Some guy in /edhg/ was bitching about there being no skeleton lords in the same vein as this, and I was able to find like 6-8 commanders that all work well with the colors and common abilities of skeletons without neededing to be one itself or reference them in its rules text
>>97781287Other than the fact I hope you die of cancer, that's not what I'm asking for. A monk that mentions or benefits other monks. THAT is what I'm looking for. Elsha and narset to make a prowess deck? There's no reason not to include all the nonmonk prowess faggots. Also I refute prowess as the monk mechanic as a premise, fuck that spellslinging wizard bullshit.A monk lord, however, incentivizes monks instead of a better creature. It can give people a reason to play jukai messenger. It is a sad byproduct that every card is its own perpetual motion machine by design, but at the end of the day, WHERE IS THE MONK LORD?
>>97781047Fuck that noise I want more pirates.
Don't let the haters bring you down. I think you are cool Monk guy. Thanks for posting.
>>97781330Not that anon, but I'd rather have had all the treefolk become monks than the weird cuck Doran turned into.
>>97780538Player that went first played Show and tell (no idea how he did it mana wise thou).Both players dropped emra the cool on field. Naturally 2nd player can attack with his emra the cool so 1st player is fucked
>>97781342Cyberpunk fits japan why again? Because of anime?
>>97781350You are genuinely embarrassing. That is a shit design. Fuck you. A good lord design needs you to reward you for doing the things you tribe wants you to do. Pic related rewards you for putting creatures in the board that weren't cast; ninjutsu works, but so does Unearth. Or reanimation. Or persist/undying. It's open ended while supporting its tribe.Eisha does this; she provides you with a payoff (monks) for doing the things monks want you to do (cast a flurry of spells). If she was "all monks have +1/+1 for every spell you cast this turn" she would be a shit design. I'm sorry you're retarded. It's terminal.
>>97781400Nah he's right about prowess, that's a mechanic clearly intended for wizards, why would a monk care about casting spells?
>>97781388The economic and technological state of Japan in the 80s HEAVILY influenced cyberpunk literature at the time. Of Japan's influence on the genre, William Gibson said, "Modern Japan simply was cyberpunk." It's often set in urbanized, artificial landscapes, and "city lights, receding" was used by Gibson as one of the genre's first metaphors for cyberspace and virtual reality.Cyberpunk is an extrapolation of late Cold War era anxieties: the role of technology in our lives, the slow collapse of the environment, crass consumerism, and the loss of the American economic powerhouse. Japan was seen as the next big economic superpower and many of the old economic doomsday scenarios involved zaibatsus buying out America. Do you think they picked the name "Arasaka" for the evil megacorp in Cyberpunk for funsies?
>>97781420Because fantasy monks are martial artists in pop culture, and the flurry of a thousand blows is one of, if not the most iconic monk martial arts move in it.
>>97781440Threadbare flavor at best, they should instead be the only tribe to get triple strikes or some shit then. Buffing from spellcasts has literally nothing to do with swinging your fists super fast.
>>97781451It literally does? Wizards are not famed for enhancing their own body with magic. Meanwhile, mystically becoming superhuman is literally THE fantasy monk thing. The more you know (cast spells) the better your monk becomes.
>>97781345Skeletons clearly have it worse than zombies or vampires or rats or whatever the fuck, what with regenerate dying as a keyword. Skeleton tribal does have some black/green thing enchantment if memory serves though.Also nobles have support through Lo and Li, fag-kun.
>>97781466Complete and utter bullshit. D&D monks don't rapid cast cantrips to buff (they have some self-buffs, but they aren't rapid fire and are NOT spells), MMO monks don't do it, there isn't a single fucking monk you can point to that goes "I cast fireball" to make themselves stronger. You are being ridiculous.
>>97781379>(no idea how he did it mana wise thou)tapping city of traitors for two generic, then playing tropical island for blue
>>97781432Really stretching yourself as to why Kamigawa had giant mechs, when the last visit didn't have running fucking water.
Aurochs is the only tribe worth a damn and Wokies of the Coast killed it.
>>97781466The more you know would be cards in hand, not rapid fire spellslinging. Like descendant or muromasa or whatever the fuck. I could invent 3 better mechanics than prowess off the top of my ass for monks, it's shit.
>>97781481>skeletons clearly have it worsenever said they didn't, just that anon was insufferably whining for a skeleton-typed commander that says "when skeleton, do x" rather than looking for commanders that synergize with what a deck full of skeletons would actually want to do>nobles have support through Lo and Liyes but no, Lo and Li is unusable dogshit and how I realized I should be looking for mechanical cohesion rather than just searching for creature types in rules text. By considering what the majority of worthwhile nobles actually do, the natural fits for a lord role naturally arise more easily
>>97781466>some guy makes a talisman artifact>mm yes this has made my kung fu strongerHeroic, which also sucks, would've been a better fit.
>>97781420It's the eastern variety of monk, cultivating qi within yourself. In such a case it's taking the surge of mana provided by spell use and channeling it into your body.Flip it and reverse it: why is my wizard suddenly bench pressing 500 pounds because I scried a lot?
>>97781483EVERYTHING is a spell in Magic, you dumbass. Shouting hard? Spell. Martial arts technique? Spell. Punching someone in the face? Spell. Tactical manuever? Spell. Stabbing someone? Spell. Spells are how Magic represents DOING THINGS. The fantasy of monks is that they know martial techniques that directly translate into supernatural physical prowess, that is literally their thing and even their real-life mystique has always been connected to supposed physical supernatural abilities gained by wisdom and knowledge; from Sanzang's flesh being able to give incredible benefits owing to his wisdom in Journey to the West, to the mysticism associated with Shaolin monks in pop culture, to the frequent stories in Asia of them attaining levitation, immortality, astral projection, regeneration and standing in the cold winds of a mountain peak without dying of hypothermia.
When I think of MTG Monks, I think of this guy. I used to have a commando deck for this guy (with Dungeon Delver as the Background). SO when I think Monks mechanically, I think of 'big butts matter'.
>>97781522>By considering what the majority of worthwhile nobles actually do, the natural fits for a lord role naturally arise more easilyI know I'm walking into a conversation midstream, but once you have that commander, there's no reason to use the nobles. You should be using the best cards that do whatever it is your Commander is supporting, which will likely not be nobles.
>>97781522>what a deck full of skeletons would actually want to doskeletons want to regenerate and come back from the yard but how many drudge and reassembling sac fodders do you actually need?some people just want an army of spinals, simple as
>>97781350>WHERE IS THE MONK LORD?The Archimandrite buffs your monks based on life gained, that's not spellslinging and seems to be more in line with whatever you wantSo there you go, you already have your monk lord
>>97781481>Skeletons clearly have it worse than zombies or vampires or rats or whatever the fuck, what with regenerate dying as a keywordModern skeletons basically do what regenerate already let them do, and better, by repeatedly returning from the graveyard to the battlefield.
>>97781545Wizards self buff all the time, Polymorph, Enlarge/Reduce, Haste. War Magic gives wizards the ability to buff their AC when they cast spells.
>>97777029Its gunna be really awkward when draco calls her a mudblood
>>97777111I don't have an LGS in my county
>>97778197>every other color gets classic "banned" spells >they give green berserk on a two drop because it's a standard set
>>97781597It's referencing the original cycle, so it's probably going to be Dark Ritual, Healing Salve, Lightning Bolt and Giant Growth.
>>97781604the healing salve creature better be really good to make up for it
>>97781612etb gain 5 life :^)
>>97781612>whenever you gain 3 or more life, draw a card
>>977816121 mana flash 1-drop that can gain 3 life or prevent 3 damage when it enters and has some way of reactivating the ability seems decentish enough.>>97781624Prepared has to be reusable, so it's 3 life ETB, some condition to reactivate.
>>97779869Yugioh literally has Tenyi
>>97781548You are using game mechanics to justify flavor, everything being a spell is so all cards can interact with each other in a sensible way. Instant Ramen is not a fucking spell flavor-wise, that's just how the game mechanics rule it (you could perhaps argue summoning it is). Either way, the monks with prowess make no distinction, they don't buff from spells targeting them which would make more sense, no, you can just cast a draw spell, or a fireball, or hell, summon a fucking skateboard and BOOM they're buffed.
>>97781548Wrong. Monks are about training, discipline, and enlightenment (which is not a function of knowledge). Someone who studies a lot, and likes seeing a lot of spells happen IS CALLED A WIZARD.Mechanics that would make sense for a monk:Technique (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature with greater power, [Effect].)Stance. At the beginning of combat, choose a Stance for this creature until end of turn. You could choose between something like Mantis Form (First Strike and Deathtouch), Iron Shirt (Hexproof and Indestructible, but can't attack), or Tiger Form (+2/+0 and Trample).At the beginning of your end step, if this creature attacked or blocked this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Remove a +1/+1 counter, [effect]. Removing a threat, giving unblockable, or a temporary large buff (budoka pupil but not shit).
>>97781584And you're allowed certain wizards to do that. Slickshot Show-Off, for example. It's not something every wizard does, whereas all eastern-styled monks channel qi and get buff.
>>97781561Why would you do that if the original goal was "I want to play Noble tribal"? You're choosing the commander to support the creatures in the 99, not the other way around. Sure, it'll never be stronger than a theme deck, but that's assumed when you pick a shitter tribe.
>>97781643Regardless of how you cut it, the monk mechanic boils down to: having lots of knowledge and using that knowledge translates into superhuman physical abilities. That's what monks are. That's what a fantasy monk is. You spend 50 years studying buddhism and the 499 forms of the Giga-Buddha Explode-All-Your-Organs Fist and now you can benchpress a mountain and split rivers with your fists.
>>97781579 In his long schizophrenic ramble he explains the fact that this card is not a monk and only tangentially includes monks disqualifies it.
>>97781658every time someone posts a "fix" for a mechanic here i think of this image
>>97781671Way too vague, "translate knowledge into power" is what literally everything does. Monks are always themed around training and meditation, not learning shit from books. It's weak flavor and I don't blame Monkanon for being disappointed with it. Ironically I think even this new prepared would be better suited for them. Spells actually attached to the card as supernatural "feats", but they have to prep for it.For the record I like prowess as a mechanic, I just think they could have done something cooler for Monks. It's far more flavorful a mechanic on Sokka, Tenacious Tactician than any monk.
Flourishing bros wwa?I am so glad badger is still with us.
I like the og jeskai monks.
>>97781695>Way too vague, "translate knowledge into power" is what literally everything doesTranslate knowledge into PHYSICAL power. Casting spells makes the creature's BODY better, improves their PHYSIQUE. Like how flowing chi through your body makes you capable of breaking a wall with your bare hands.To monks, if you became enlightened, you'd actually become a fucking god. You'd fly. Arrows would break against your skin. You can fast in -20 C° with a shawl draped over your body and feel nothing for it. Wisdom and knowledge translate immediately into your body becoming better, faster, stronger.
>>97781663>but that's assumed when you pick a shitter tribe.That's the whole point dumb ass, he doesn't want the tribe to be shit.
On the topic of Monk autism, can someone explain why Monastery fucking Mentor is restricted in Vintage of all places?
>>97781768Moxes.
>>97781739Where the fuck do you get "knowledge" from? Reciting the same sutras over and over isn't studying. They dont just recite dragon fist and do it. They train one kick a thousand times. Int =/= Fth. They channel internal energy, if anything, for those feats, not external spell energy, but even going along with your inherently incorrect argument prowess still sucks. Heroic would be a better argument, not Prowess.
>>97781768recurring 0 cost artifacts is easy and would create a huge army very quickly especially with urza's saga.
>>97781739But you're not "attaining enlightenment" when you cast your fireball or summon dinosaur tokens, you're casting traditional wizard spells and getting a side benefit due to prowess. This would make perfect sense if they got buffs from specific spells that draw cards (the magic equivalent of gaining knowledge) for example, but it has no restrictions that do that. Nothing even attempting any sort of flavor.
>>97781754that's not going to be fixed by adding a generically good lord. there are a very limited number of actually playable tribes, and all of them reached that status primarily by having a critical saturation of creatures over many man years.
>>97781800>But you're not "attaining enlightenment" when you cast your fireball or summon dinosaur tokens, you're casting traditional wizard spells and getting a side benefit due to prowess.And not much benefit, because monks don't want you to do that. They want you to cast 4 Opts in a row. The mechanic works well with cantrips, pump and draw spells, and poorly with summoning spells or big fireballs. I see no issue here.
>>97781802 Journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step. MONK LORD.
>>97781853They made Morophon so you faggots would stop begging for 1 billion generic as shit "[tribe] gets +1/+1" cards. So fuck off and stop begging for MORE shit cards.
>>97781846Casting low cost artifacts works the exact same. Casting low cost saga spells works the exact same. Casting LIGHTNING BOLT works the fucking same if fireball is too much for you. It is a powerful mechanic, it is DOGSHIT flavor.
>>97781846You have no idea what monks are, I give up on you and will return to waiting to see if strixhaven gets any monks.
Tifa is my favourite Monk.
>>97781881Why the fuck would Wizard School, the Plane, suddenly get Monk support?
>>97781906Monks in FF are just "barehanded fighter" honestly.
We need 1-drop Monastery Mentor to appease the gods. Aggro's meta presence is only 80%! Control and combo decks are getting through!
>>97781906>boob lady that punches nazis? monk.>sage that is literally meditating? wizardWoTC logic
>>97781908Why indeed
>>97781323>They basically said: "He is a Shaman, fuck your DEI".*Doubts respectfully*
>>97781954Oh I guess norse mythology is woke now.Guys crossdressing because it's funny is not DEI, idiot.
>>97781881I get that you're frustrated with monks not getting support but you're going to give yourself an ulcer and look like a retard if you go into every set expecting your niche tribe to get support even when it makes no sense. You mentioned Lorwyn; when it has nothing to do with Monks and it would be retarded to put a Monk lord there of all places. You need to bend over backwards and say "what if treefolk COMPLETELY CHANGED AS A TRIBE" to even start justifying it, that's how stupid the idea is.>>97781931See, this is part of your retardation. A random Monk in some corner surely means Monk support is something that should come. Strixhaven is not a monastery. It's not about Monks. It has nothing to DO with Monks, if a Monk lord was here it would be completely pants on retarded. Might as well put a Lobster lord there somewhere.
>>97781959>Guys crossdressing because it's funny is not DEI, idiot.That's totally what this is, right?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOOzrk5Z4pw
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-episode-4-something-to-offer Episode 4 of SOS story.>Tam wakes up with a headache, wishing for a pot of Ravnican coffee, which probably means nothing Jace-related>The rest of the new students are waking up around her, amidst a bunch of rubble>They're much deeper in Titan's Grave than there have ever been records of, apparently>There's also some of the Shattered around, and they all get to work trying to clear the place up a bit to figure out what to do>Tam asks one of the Shattered, a girl named Suki, to join them and talk>Abigale, after exploring the place, explains they're in a chamber, obviously, and there's a lot of potential exits>Kirol asks if any have any signs of use, but she's not got THAT good vision>Sanar asks if they can maybe track the airflow, they're breathing after all>Lluwen then offers to scout out a way out, because he thinks he can do that for elf reasons>Suki remarks that he shouldn't go off alone at any rate, so Kirol immediately volunteers to be his scout buddy>Kirol and Lluwen have a kinda gay talk as they walk, and that's interrupted by the Lumarets appearing in their path>Lluwen realises they're trying to sort of communicate with him, and thinks they might help find a way out>Tam is pacing, annoyed at a metronome clock that Sanar and Suki made for some reason>She sees her friends and the Shattered and thinks she COULD join in a conversation, but feels awkward without being invited, so instead tries to head out to get them something to eat and/or drink>Kirol is crushing harder on Lluwen as they follow after him>Tam finds some water, a small lake, and is absorbed in staring at her own reflection and how lonely she looks>And yet, very briefly, there's a flash of a man in white in the lake when she keeps looking, who disappears as soon as Lluwen's voice rings out from back in the chamber, having found a way out
>>97781954I don't know if you know this, being someone who is more concerned about culture wars and doesn't play games and all, but that was a thing in the original game from 1997.
>>97781959>haha it's just a joke bro, I'm getting impregnated by a giant horse cock bro isn't that hilarious?
>>97781998And it was cringe tranny shit back then too
>>97782003Yeah it's almost as funny as Bolas getting mpregged by Ugin.
>>97781998It was even gayer.
>>97781972Yes, that is also comedy. Flamboyant stage dances have existed longer than you, child.
>>97782033Most drag is "comedy" too, must be based and redpilled.
>>97781595>t. somali pirate
>>97782042It is, but you don't even actually participate in the culture war you're trying to shitpost about.
>>97782060>it is
>rent free schizos and their troon delusions why can't they leave us alone...
>>97782065No argument to be made. You're the kind of 14 year old who thinks wearing a scarf will make you have sex with men, right?
>>97782017man i miss it when we can laugh at gay scenarios for being disgusting irl, now we have to take them seriously
>>97782073you're talking to the FFschizo who always forgets how faggy the actual mtg characters arethis gay dude is more manly than anyone in renton ever created
>>97782075See, you got psyopped. Jokes about faggots normalize the idea of faggots. Glowies are doing the same shit with the Epstein files right now, trying to normalize and desensitize people to pedophilia and cannibalism.
>>97782120>dark humor means you normalize shitlolanyways i'll be playing gta5 to run over some hoes
>>97782139Faggot acceptance went up after TV sitcoms started adding faggot characters.
>>97782151testosterone levels went down after the TV was created yes
>>97782171>t. plays the video jew
dead game, dead general
cub bros... we won.
playplanarstandard
>>97782087>Bahamut's DomDamn even in FF the dragons are gay.
>>97782320hey at least the FF dragons aren't buttfucking your sibling gay
The lie repeated hundred times turns into truth.
>>97781982>Back to Lluwen, leading the group out, except the group looks REALLY upset for some reason>Kirol asks if anybody else is feeling something in their chest, like something trying to tear itself out of them>Seems everybody but Lluwen is feeling that in fact>This leads to an argument between Kirol and Lluwen for a bit, before Suki interrupts, pointing out the Lumarets have gone hiding>Kirol then brings up creatures on Arcavios that feed on negative emotions, daemogoths>Aaand there one is, laughing at them and using magic to crush them within the tunnel>Lluwen nearly gets pulled into the earth, but the rest of the gang helps to try and pull him free, albeit unsuccessfully>Just before Lluwen is lost, Professor Fel's voice rings out, talking to the daemogoth, who's familar with him apparently, asking if Dellian's back to make 'that deal' with it>Dellian quickly makes short work of the daemogoth via plant magic growing inside of it>Lluwen asks Dellian what the thing was on about, he dismisses it, saying it's ridiculous he'd make a deal with something that has nothing to offer>They all ask why Fel's here, he says he's trying to find a way to fulfil a promise he made, one that runs deep in his soul>Tam speaks up, telling all, because Jadzi told her, apparently, that he'd been planning to study the archaics, trying to do something with time to save a woman he loved>Fel doesn't respond, and changes subject to the huge archaic that has Jadzi>Lluwen speaks up about the encounter he had with the archaics a while back, specifically that they were gathered around a snarl>That gets Fel to go "oh shit", because there aren't in snarls in Titan's Grave, or shouldn't be>So the gang all go to that place>To Chandra and Ajani, arguing about not talking to each other basically>Ajani at least asks what she thinks Jace's plan IS
>>97782370>She says she thinks he's trying to 'incarnate' into that massive archaic, for some reason, because she thinks she's got some of his memories in her head now>Ajani then at least goes "...Okay, but are you SURE Jace has gone as bad as you think? Maybe him knowing the Multiverse's history via an archaic wouldn't be that bad">Chandra retorts about how she was found after his attack back on Avishkar, which shuts him up>Ajani eventually just asks how he can help, she says he can help her find the archaic and kill it before Jace can use it>Ajani at least tries to give her a brief ultimatum that if it looks like she IS wrong, she'll at least stop and think before blasting>She doesn't really agree, but they carry on regardless, Chandra seething about not blowing up Jace when she had the chance
>>97782320Why wouldn't they be, FF is the gayest thing currently in Magic
>>97782410sure is bro
>>97782418
>>97782418Sorry sis, no MtG character has ever crossdressed and had sex with multiple gay men to infiltrate a brothel, unlike your hero Cloud Strife. There's basically nothing gayer than Final Fantasy in the east or west.
>>97782296WHY?
>>97782296ooh for a second I thought you meant different kind of cub..
>>97782418Fags don't tend to represent themselves as the ugly subhuman people they really are. It's called the self-insert anomaly. The art for that card was 100% directed by a liberal white woman.
>>97782468That's because you're deranged.
>>97782418Is the "joke" here just that transit is spelled with trans-?
>>97782492>wtf the cartoon doesn't make their characters identical to humans?????are you also pissed because the guy made Woody Woodpecker isn't a bird IRL
>>97782399Thanks for the Story beats lore bro. I cant stomach the articles, but I read your posts to keep up to date.I wish pulpy fantasy and sci fi came back to weirdo authors like Lovecraft and Howard.
>>97782515Woody Woodpecker wasn't a self-insert for Walter Lantz or his wife.
>>97782557And the characters in TADC are self-inserts because...?
>>97782508It's Trinket Mage but replaced with Trans, yes.
>>97782570I have no idea, I just know that's a popular example of this anomaly.
>>97782492Goose literally draws itself like that though? Pomni isn't even the self insert, Zooble is. Pomni is pure algorithm bait.
>>97782418I really hatr this card. I was waiting for this exact rules text so I can play Monkey Cage, and they make it too ugly to include.
rest of the charms coming through
>>97782653
>>97782653>>97782660Charms are draft chaff in the FIRE era, nobody care.
>>97782660
>>97782660>izzet card>surveil 2epic
>>97782686Uhm, sis, it's Prismari...
What is the best "return to X" set? Have they ever done it right, and if so, how?
>>97782723Dominaria was nice. Sagas are a great mechanic. I must be the only one who likes Legendary Sorceries.
>>97782653This is good.
>>97782723I was hyped for BRO. But they had to make it GAY and RETARDED and BLACK. Without including any story for Mishra, Urza.
>>97782686Blue gets surveil NERD, deal with it.
>>97782756Agreed. I came back for, and dipped out after, Dominaria. I had a BW knight deck that was so fun.
>>97777003That card offends me. How fucking dare they make me do math?
>>97782686anon, your curate?
>>97782816But can you read the reminder text?
>>97782756>Sagas are a great mechanic
>>97782862Doesn't work anon, has to be an incredulous anime girl. Incredulous white man washes off me like water off a greasy duck.
>the quality of product falls>the price of product growth>Balance team shrinks>amount of new standard legal sets per year literally doubled>dont forget commander and MH type of support productYou swines are getting squeezed.
>>97782866>vince>white
>>97782866>Incredulous white man washes off me like water off a greasy duck.
>>97782937Far more scathing, I am vanquished.
>>97782051Does somalia even have counties? I'd imagine it's a lot like mad max over there
>>97782653This is easily the best one
>>97782862Yeah.
The Jace comic which got delayed for a while had a preview shared. I'll probably pick it up because the Elspeth ones have been pretty good, if a bit rapid-paced.
>>97783195MillJace.
>pov: you play blue
>>97783195>i think i am dyingGod i hope permanently this timeJace is by far worst poster boy ever created for semi popular product
>>97783202>millstoneThese references to real cards would be so awesome if the characters werent so shit
>pov: you play premodern
>>97783207It's a memory, so it's gonna be a story from "sometime in the past", obviously. Presumably Consortium days, or between that and Gatewatch.
>>97782351"Blocks made the story good and never produced a bad story."
>>97783333Quads for truth!
>>97783333correct
>>97783195Jave will save us alongisde hisnacademy the glorious Hexhaven lol
>>97783195Weren't the old comics from the '90s pretty cool?
>>97782660Ghetto Fire//Ice.
>>97782862When they don't force them every set, yes.
>>97783479Yeah, the Brothers War comics were pretty good. Rad art.
>>97782351"Universes beyond is unsustainable and magic is on a downward spiral"
>>97782596So true lmao
>>97783479Enough so that Jared's gigachad status remains undiminished after like twenty years out of the limelight.
>>97783666unholy 666 trips of truth
>>97782723There has never been a single good Return to X set.
>>97782653This is the only one that looks playable and it's still kinda ass.
>>97783777What about Eldraine 2?
>>97783794>gingerbread for ants
>>97783777What about Zendikar Rising?
>>97783692This was 2021? What's the catch?
>>97783777Does Dominaria United count as a Return to Dominaria set? Dominaria United was cool.
>>97782660This card is perfect for what it is
>>97783820I'm not sure what you'd consider a catch.
>>97783794WOE was an actual pitch perfect revisit of ELD.
>>97782653>abrupt decay with cycling
>>97783811I love Nahiri and Nissa. That is all.
what are actual chances of MTG unironically dying during next 10 years? They increased price by 33% for strixhaven btw
>>97782653I love how almost every Charm is not only a limited bomb but will also see constructed play
>>97783886>conditional removal/counterspell>limited bombLolmao you are shit at draft
>>97783854Yeah no. Abrupt decay is 3 cmc and can't be countered.
>>97783854in legacy it's VERY important that abrupt decay can't be counteredin pioneer it's important to hit cards that cost 3 cmc like greasefang, unholy annex, screaming nemesis etcI can see a deck that already runs 4x abrupt decay running 1x charm as the 5th copy, but it's definitely not gonna replace decay anywhere
>>97783854You have no idea how much worse <=2 is than <=3.
>>97782862Honestly? They're extremely good, when balanced properly and used sparingly. It's not a mechanic that can absorb huge design space, like WotC has been vomiting all over it, but it's yields dynamic and thoughtful games which really is the only metric of whether a mechanic is good.
>>97783987It's current year, grandpa. Nobody plays 3-cost cards anymore.
>>97784035I play 3-4 cost cats almost exclusively.
>>97782296For fuck sake.
>>97782296Cummander card
>>97781658>Technique>StanceThose effects work better as spells not on creatures.
>>97781800You gain experience through practice. You're not going to learn everything through pure study.
Anyone have any good tips when building a Red/Green landfall deck? How many lands, how many ramp spells, etc?. Id appreciate it. I know lots of people hate landfall but im just trying out different deck types recently and unsure of the must run cards
>>97781926WotC bases the classes on what it is called not on an archetype shared between cards.Tifa is a Monk because she is called a Monk in game.Wonderscape Sage is a wizard because on Kamigawa Monks are traditional religious members and Wizards are secular scientists.
>>97782660The best one
>>97783885For a box?
>>97783794It was too gaudy and campy for me and didn't have enough knights.
>>97784323You put twenty some landsten mana dorkseaight threats or removalsix bombs4 utilitygive that a mixWe need a US military secret lair. I need stone rain with nukes as art
>>97784486>We need a US military secret lair. I need stone rain with nukes as artwe already have that, it's called fallout
>>97782296>A spell that grants a specific deciduous mechanic to any cards of two specific card typesOh, so that's what he meant.>The only instant/sorcery worth casting for really cheap in BG is Rise of the Dark Realms or the tribal version with convoke ...which just gets you more creaturesIdk, maybe the Blex deck would want this, but this definitely seems more like something you'd either want Tevel for or something you'd want for mememander. Cub would definitely rather run Craterhoof over this. I guess it could be playable with Avenger of the Fallen if self-mill gets better, but I don't see us getting anything better than Overlord of the Balemurk anytime soon. Maybe we'll get an Omniscience-tier sorcery or instant in SOS.
>>97784486Why only 20?
I'm getting duskmourn vibes and I mean that in a good way, I bet they have different teams for all these sets
>>97782296Golgarbage bros we're so back
>>97784643>duskmourn vibes>and I mean that in a good way
>>97778061i pardon the zero because those weird schools that say zero is not a real numberlike the same way niggas tell you white or black arent real colors
>>97784686Elementary school math says "an even number is a number that is divisible by 2 that yields no remainder". This is because they only deal with positive integers (whole numbers I think is the name of the set but I may be confusing that with natural numbers). By the definition you first learn of even numbers, 0 is not even. It's not until you get to middle school/high school where you start learning mathematical theory and proofs rather than just axiomatically following rules that they reexamine how/why 0 is an even number.>>97784643>Teacher's Pest>Impractical JokeThese could have existed back when Magic was good but they both sound more like cheesey puns/jokes in flavor text than actual card names.>ProcrastinateThis is a good name for a card and I'm genuinely surprised it wasn't a blue sorcery from Urza block already.All the rest are terrible and should not be card names in Magic: the Gathering.
>>97784761>Magic: the Gatheringwhen will /mtg/ that it is Magic: The Gathering?
>>97784643>Flow State wasted on this set instead of UB: Mewgenics
Sex with Missie from Friday nights
>Have a cube I started 10-15 years ago>New cards are constantly power creeping the shit out of the game>Have proxies of most power nine but otherwise they have power crept fucking everything>Soul's majesty power crept>Divination power creptJesus fucking Christ. Next thing you know they'll power creep my fake ancestral recall.
>>97784643My least favorite part of all these novelty planes are the goofy spell names. Part of the benefit from original Tarkir and even Amonkhet was that you'd get spells named "Feed the Clan", "Grim Contest", "Nest of Scarabs" and "Glorious End"
>>97777829>Need more black representation>Make inner-city school>Students spend all their time fightingChecks out.
>>97785031Reading these posts I always get the feeling that it's gotta be a drain to always be thinking like that.
>>97784654I don't remember leaving.
>it's another izzet card>it's another cub cardyawn
IzzetGODS keep winning
>>97785044Nah playing six degrees of racism is a fun thought exercise.
>>97785066I will pay actual money to see Izzet get the Simic treatment. Red+Blue deserves euthanasia.
>>97777111My LGS was charging 60 dollars for the Elementals precon while Amazon had it for 30FUCK LGS's, buncha scamming jews
You're working at WotC and you're responsible for Premodern Horizons. The set is supposed to provide much needed reprints with the old borders for staple cards in the premodern format.How do you proceed to FUCKING RUIN it for everybody?
>>97785597I blackwash every character in every reprint
>$12 uncommonIs it really that good?
>>97785620This. New arts but everyone is a nigger.
>>97785635No, the rest of the set is god damn awful. The few cards that sell need to be market up to make it for it.
>>97785620>>97785637What about already blacck characters? Will they become butch asian lesbians?
>>97785650Give him a boyfriend
>>97785650Still niggers but female.
>>97777003i preordered a play box and a collector box of strixhaven. did i fuck up?
>>97785756yesyou should've waited for the next anime/japanese UB instead
playpremodern
>>97785765i'm gonna do it to that one as well. im also buying FF boxes every couple weeks to sit on.
>>97785597Premodern Masters is a much more interesting thought experiment because you have to simultaneously create an interesting and balanced draft environment while also making the pack appealing enough to buy, but cannot include reserve list cards.
>>97785635It's in T1 standard decks.
>>97785777ah good job then, carry on
>>97785597make them gold border so you can reprint all the reserve list stuff
An idea for WotC: a cycle of card like this featuring a mostly nameless character's arc except they gradually become blacker and gayer with each card.
>>97785938they've done already the gayer (Bolas and Ral) and fatter (Radha and Saheeli)
>>97785938>>97785950Gideon has the rest covered. WotC's already got you, bro.
>>97785990>mfw wotc did, indeed, have it all covered
>>97785938Honestly: ruined by Cluedo card.
Please one of you help me identify the land in this shitty pic I can't find it on scryfall anywhere
>>97786034ebon stronghold
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>>97786055>>97786059thank you BUT ITS A SHiTTY WORTHLESS FUCKING CARD SOME FAG IS TRYING TO SELL ME ON FACEBOOK!!
>>97786096not worthless at all if you have a mono black deck that revolves around the commander
Remastered threadExperience this thread anew>>97786111>>97786111>>97786111
>>97786295>recommending UB shit>recommending EDH in the non-EDH generalI never thought /mtg/ could sink this low. What the fuck is wrong with you guys?at least "What is EDH?" is back. It was a dark time when edhfags kept on trying to remove it from the OP.
>>97786427i don't see you telling the class where else you could use ebon stronghold buddy boy
>>97786433Aside from EDH, it's only legal in Legacy and Vintage, and it's not that good of a card.
>>97786427This is the bait thread. The EDH thread has people that actually play the game.
>>97786466>The EDH thread has people that actually play the gameWhat do they play? Because EDH isn't a real game.
