Sorcery 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>>97821745>TQWhat is your favorite Strixhaven college?
>>97829374>tqNone of them because they're all fucking cringe. I hate the strixhaven plane. Unless this is just "wats ur fav color pair" as TQ for the 56th time.
>take test just for shits>every answer is some sort of brainrot zoomerspeak that comes across as "how are you doing fellow kids?"Fix the fucking game
>What is your favorite Strixhaven college?I want to say Lorehold for being a Boros that isn't just aggro. But I recall spamming Pests and Fractals the most so I think Witherbloom. Strix needed to be a Wizard Academy on Bloomburrow and just have everyone be anthropomorphed. The only cool human was Extus the mardu legend
8 years (and counting) of Gavin destroying mono white with kikery while pushing red and blue
>>97829398Don't worry, based off people freaking out last thread that new monk w reanimator spell will be banned across multiple formats
>>97829388>Vanilla bears for 2 and giving up blockers Truly of all the white cards, it was a powerful one
>>97829388I remember back during original Ravnica block when they talked about giving the shocklands more generic names, rather than ones too specific to the plane, so that they could continue to be used for reprints going forward. It always seemed to me to be a particularly forward-thinking decision, the sort of thing that showed a commitment to keeping the game healthy and alive for years to come.Now we get shit like this.
>>97829422Oh do you mean like Sungold Sentinel?Or Myrel, Shield of Argive?Or Voice of Victory?Or Kinscaer Sentry?
>>97829432Shocklands need generic names as printing too many copies is bad for the game.
>>97829374>TQSilverquill.
This card is genuinely cracked as fuck. Total workhorse.I am never not happy to have it in hand.There is almost no situation where drawing it feels bad, in any deck that can run it.The fuck were they even thinking with this shit?
>>97829476>traumatic crtique>its an old dragon screaming at a young guy>a card so badly designed the artwork is literally what is happeningAt this point i am firmly convinced they design this shit on purpose to spark drama
Izzet should die.All Izzet dogs shall be erased.
>think izzet is a nice combination>ends up being one of the most broken shit ever that plays itselfi want to play the fucking game not do drugs
>>97829476You don't understand, anon! They totally did market research (they did not) that shows that the playerbase loves being able to relate to cards! Everyone has procrastinated doing an assignment, or got yelled at for doing a bad job! It's not like these are totally mundane and out of place themes in a universe that is supposed to be magical and was never intended to so closely mimic reality or anything!
>>97829476>>97829498Member when Gavin Kikey lied about helping mono White?I membah
Yeah, but if art doesn't resembles reality, but with fantasy stand-ins, how is it any good? Art must always be a matrix of reality.
>helpingAnthropomorphizing mana colors is mental illness.
orzhovchads... when will be our time?
>>97829533>matrix of reality????????
Holy shit this is bad.
>>97829545Emeritus cycle looking really bad.
>>97829374>TQSilverquill
>>97829542my pigga, you have google
>>97829538I'm already satisfied.
>>97829476yeah it's basically a Tainted Indulgence that can also deal damage, that's pretty strong
>>97829530>mono WhiteWhen did he say that? I don't think the mono colors are really well supported except in commander.
>>97829545It's ok. If it entered prepared or had a easier way to prepare it it would be OP as fuck.
>>97829545why the fuck is it mythic?
>>97829586The repeatable Bolt is annoying for limited.
>>97829555The Reanimate is the only one that even remotely looks playable at the moment, and even then it is niche.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-field-studies-in-a-future-tenseThis one's kinda interesting. Although I'm not sure if Saheeli Rai being a native of Ixalan is an intentional incongruity or a mistake by the author.
>>97829601You aren't going to be casting 3 spells a turn in Limited (and then having leftover R to cast Lightning Bolt). This thing is awful. Not to mention that if you are already casting 3 spells in a turn the game should be over during whatever turn that is, so adding a "free" Lightning Bolt" to the mix isn't really doing much.
>>97829545>casting the creature and casting the prepared spell both count towards the total spell countbasically you cast it, cast another spell and can cast the extra spellabsolutely fucking retarded
>>97829545>>97829555So the Emeritus cycle is using the boons from Alpha?Uuuughhh.... ohhh.... white bros, I don't feel so good...
>>97829623It doesn't enter prepared, anon.
>>97829613>"Saheeli Rai, youngest artificer to ever be invited to the Institute. Daughter to Aarav and Ruby, sister to Sheela, Amika, and Sahil. A decent, law-abiding citizen of Ghirapur with a few petty violations that are common among youth. Is all this correct?"It's gonna be Reality Fracture thing.
>>97829623You still need to cast two spells after casting it to prepare it
>>97829632Are you blind or just american? Read the post.
>>97829645>oh no you need to cast two more spells in R oh no the horrors
>>97829619This set has a lot a cards that bypass the restriction.
>t2 drop it>t3>use firebending land>cast 1mana spells>get free lighting bolt>repeat
Thread reminder: Hexhaven>Strixhaven
>>97829676Why?
>>97829669Five mana repeatable Lightning Bolt contingent on keeping a 2/2 alive isn't even vaguely broken.
>>97829680One image is worth a thousand words
FLASHITBACK
>>97829696Would.
>>97829698This is...decent? Not sure what I would play it in.
>>97829669>Mark Rosewater:"Parasitic mechanics are bad!">Also Mark Rosewater:
>>97829704Prepare works on its own and doesn't need additional support.
>>97829698>Now I can Flashback Boomerang Basics for even more ottersxD Hooray! Izzetchads win again!
>>97829613She relocated to Ixalan and is no longer a walker. If she told Quint it was her home it wouldn't have been a lie.>"You have sent for help through the portals, right?">"Omenpaths, yes." Saheeli said. "I lied about Ghirapur. The last Omenpath that appeared opened only to Arcavios; I immediately sent a request for aid, and they said they would send a student of history. A Planeswalker," Saheeli frowned. "Quintorius Kand.">"A Planeswalker?" Huatli asked.>"Evidently. The courier sent me his dossier and we have been corresponding intermittently—the path to Arcavios appears with some regularity." Saheeli said. "Should I tell them not to bother?">"No," Huatli said. "I might still be able to find a use for him." She crossed her arms, one finger tapping a bicep. She looked away, down. Thinking. Saheeli reached out to Huatli, drawing her attention back. "What do I need to know about this meeting?">"The meeting is to plan how to depose Atlacan, defang the emperor's guard, and move Caztaca to power at the emperor's side." Huatli said in one breath. She came back, regarding Saheeli with a look of great resolve.>Saheeli exhaled. Pushed a hand through her hair. "You're planning a coup.">"Yes," Huatli said. "We are.">"I need to sit," Saheeli said. In the corner of the little plaza there was a ring of tables and chairs for vendors, buyers, and passersby to sit, eat, and rest. Saheeli led Huatli to an open table and sat. Huatli flagged down a passing vendor and ordered them iced drinks and cold, spiced mangos.>Another revolution. Saheeli's heart ached, recalling the years of Kaladesh's revolt. "This is my home now," she said, "but it is not my land. What do I say at this meeting without you there?"
>>97829545First Strike 2/2 that has conditional forever bolts? a lot better than Irencrag fat waifu at least the one that bolts on draw 2
>>97829711>Prepare works on its own and doesn't need additional support.Cool story, bro. That has nothing to do with whether or not a mechanic is parasitic. I don't know why you mentioned it.
>>97829728Not exactly a high bar to clear.
>t2 drop emeritus of conflict>t3 drop firebending land>gain 4 floating mana>cast 1R spells>bolt either a creature or face>use this next turn >>97829698>do it again>if you don't use the bolt, it stays prepared>cast extra bolt>already 1/3>cast two more spells>gain another extra boltnow imagine you have two of them on the fieldit's brain dead
>>97829698Isn't this like a really problematic card?
>>97829626>Uuuughhh.... ohhh.... white bros, I don't feel so good...Healing Salve is honestly surprisingly good when repeatable. Many people simply don't realize how potent damage prevention is in general.
>>97829698>Name is flashback>Doesn't have flashbackIt's terrible
>>97829754Anon, you cast it to give another copy of itself Flashback :^)Duh.
>>97829626mark or gavin already made an aexplicit statement that it wont be healing, which like >>97829745 said they are cowards, it'd be really annoying if it was repeatable and easy enough, but instead we will get a safe Swords to plow
>>97829731How does it not? You don't need to build around it. It just works and always will work, on its own. Even when Standard rotates.If anything that land is a parasitic in design, not mechanic itself.
>The set gimmick is memberberriesgod this shit sucks
>>97829770>How does it not?Parisitism isn't "whether or not it functions on its own."It's whether or not it only functions with other cards within its environment. I tap 3 and tap that land to Prepare a Tarmogoyf. Is that useful at all? Does that achieve anything? No.Prepare is EXPLICITLY a parasitic mechanic. It is definitionally parasitic.
>>97829698Recoup will never recover.
>>97829698>red gets snapcaster without the mageNice, this'll be good somewhere.
>>97829788>It's whether or not it only functions with other cards within its environmentIt's literally not parasitic then. This card is still played in Pioneer without any adventure support cards, like the artifact and the creature guy.So will be the prepare cards, without the land for unpreparing.
>>97829545>>97829555>>97829568Why do almost everyone in this set look like they're dancing or singing??
>>97829803>It's literally not parasitic then.Anon that is literally the definition of parasitism.>This card is still played in Pioneer without any adventure support cardsYou seem to be unable to parse "Prepare" from "having an activated ability."That's a you problem.
weird card
>>97829808Forcing an opponent into a "play it or lose it" / impulsing an opponent's permanent is a pretty cool new design space. Seems like something mono-white could do at instant-speed 1cmc without much issue.
>>97829807This card function on its own in any environment.
>>97829808>your libraryI was thinking you cast it on your own stuff as a slow flicker, but you get your topdeck either way. Neat.
>>97829820Not relevant to whether or not Prepare is a parasitic mechanic.
>>97829698>snapcaster bruvs...
>>97829834>A mechanic is considered parasitic when it only interacts with other things in a particular set rather than the rest of Magic.
>>97829837Great. Yes, precisely.So, what cards not from SOS can I prepare for some benefit?
Name one parasitic mechanic /mtg/
>Bring Lessons back to Standard>Don't bring Learn back in the Learn plane in the same Standardepic fail
>>97829847Energy.
>>97829849But we had learn in ATLA :^) you k ow that beloved UB set :^)
>>97829838What cards in this set work with fluctuator?
>>97829847Flying
>>97829838Creature cards, creature decks. I just posted it.
>Silverquill's gimmick is powering their magic by slinging slurs >General Kudro is the most based man in all MTG loreIs Orzhov the color of kings?
>>97829871I can give things Cycling and Cycle them.If I Prepare something, I can't do anything.
>>97829702Buy a prostitute
>>97829883But that card is not in this set.
>>97829917>"But I did have breakfast this morning."
>>97829441Voice of victory is played in the most dominant modern deck though.
>>97829576>when did he say that?Literally from the video PR damage control he did while previewing the shitty flash creatures from Niggerheim >mono colors don’t get supportHave you seen the last 20 bans in Standard since 2018?
>>97829745Oh shit, it’s like taking an extra turn! Ohhhh…oh goddd I’m gonna, I’m gonna LIFEGAINNNNNN
>>97829944>most dominant modern deckLast time I checked Amulet Titan and Frog Reanimator aren’t white
>>97829869>But we had learn in ATLANo, we didn'tIf you're gonna shitpost do it right
Is it time to update my modern box ladies?
>>97829965>B-but what about the TLA eternal??????Not there eitherSTX is the only set with Learn
>>97829965>>97829986which kind of shitposting is this? some kind of special kind of schizo?
Holy shit, do you mean to tell me that for only 3 whole mana, I get TWO bear tokens??And for 6 mana I get two Elephant tokens???Bravo, Gavin Kikey. Clearly this powerful white card exemplifies the powerfulness of powerful white power
>>97829623you need to cast two spells after casting this to be able to cast the bolt
>>97829698this surely has a lot of potential... would any storm decks want this?
>>97829806Maro has stated everyone in the plane of Strixhaven is homosexual. Look it up
>>97830087Actually, you can cast spells before it. In a stormy deck, getting an extra lightning bolt every turn might actually not be too bad.
>>97830121Gayhaven indeed
>>97830121That's cool.
>>97829815It's a great way to hit people who cheat things into the play harder.
>>97830010Unironically extremely good.
>>97830163>It's a great way to hit people who cheat things into the play harder.Wish it was playable. 3cmc is basically a dead mana value nowadays, outside of ramp and hard control.
>>97830255Cool, so I’m just gonna swing for a shit ton with a turn 4 CraterhoofGood luck blocking with your powerful 2/2’s
>>97830264Don't underestimate tokens in the world of Elspeth, Storm Slaver
>>97829815>Seems like something mono-white could do at instant-speed 1cmc without much issue.Whoa there goyim. You’re not trying to TALL ASK now are you oyvey?
>>97830280>the retard says while ignoring the nonwhite metaFellForItAgainAward.jpg
>>97830296the white genocide is good thoughever
>>97829838That isn't a trait of Prepare as a mechanic, it's the land itself being a parasitic design. Otherwise, I promise you, we can find at least one card for every keyword in the game that makes it parasitic.
He did it. The son of a bitch did it.
>>97830374>strictly worse Path (which isn't even good enough for Modern play anymore) is a rare in StandardWew lad.
>>97830380Now you understand the rationale of kikes who hate white.
why is everything so gay all of the time
>>97830380I played this one in Standard.
>>97830374Isnt this fucking huge? Like the best fucking removal in all Standard?
>>97830398Art reflects life.
>>97830398Izzet is gay what you expected?
Why is Loot a thing?
>>97830398Social engineering
>>97830380>>strictly worse PathEither you didn't notice it can hit planeswalkers, or you don't know what strictly worse means.
>>97830422because he is the new official magic mascot, don't forget to buy your loot plushie, ask "where is loot?" in every set and play loot in every deck you can.
>>97830374Control bros are we back?
>>97830433It's so weird they pushed this disgusting hamster abomination when there was already Fblthp
>>97830398https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
lmao
>>97830374Alright.I'm in.
>>97829545This seems like you need to work really fucking hard to get that bolt out of it. Three spells in a single turn is not trivial.
>>97830432Show me the deck(s) currently running planeswalkers, anon. It isn't 2022 anymore.
>>97830432Nobody gives a fuck about planeswalkers anymore. They’re trying to get rid of them because they’re not UB.
>>97830374SOS already better than TMNT and ECL
>>97830474it's easier after the first time since the Bolt itself will countThat said, yeah it's not trivial, but being able to hold up repeatable bolt is a nice payoff
>>97829669This is probably only worth bothering with for that one creature that can prepare Channel, since 3 mana is easier than trying to get a 7 power creature on board.
>>97830398Left one is a grill.
>>97830492>>97830494Whether planeswalkers are good or not is irrelevant. If it has an additional target type, it is not strictly worse. Shock is a strictly worse bolt.
>>97830508Girl(male)?
>>97830494>They’re trying to get rid of them because they’re not UB.Sounds odd considering Kikewater said that White now cares the MOST about planeswalkers
>>97830508source?
>>97829838If WotC was smart they would have let you prepare Adventures and Omens to cast them again after the creature already hit the board. Since you Exile/Shuffle the card after the casting anyway, it probably wouldn't be overpowered either.
>>97830422He's supposedly the connective tissue between Jace's big scheme to rewrite the multiverse and Kand's ongoing investigation into the Coin Empire of the fomori.
>>97830524Fong just does androgynous females.
>>97830374>unconditional white mana 1cmc creature AND planeswalker removalWhats the point of black color again?
>>97830522Do you understand the difference between destroy and exile?
>>97830374>pw removalabsolutely fucking goated
>>97830574Destroy is an upside if you are doing your own personal ramp (Young Wolf et al). Doesn't change the fact that this card is strictly worse removal than Path.
>>97830571B-b-b-but white schizo told me white was weak!!! White schizo????!!!!
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-field-studies-in-a-future-tense Anyway, side-story for Lorehold.>Quint planeswalks onto the quad of Strixhaven, earning some curious looks but people just carry on because he doesn't look like he's about to blow things up>He looks around the place, wondering at how much it's changed since he's last been on the plane, how much the invasion has changed it, etc.>He heads off in one direction and promptly trips on a raised brick in the road and eats shit before getting up and carrying on to Lorehold's campus>Quint approaches Augusta's secretary, who seems surprised that he's still alive (it's implied he's not really been back to Strixhaven much or at all since the invasion I think), and asks to speak with the dean>There's some words shared of sadness for Augusta's death, but she's, y'know, still there in spirit>He gets a meeting with the spirit dean, who's in a statue form now to have a physical being I guess>She chides him for his many many absences without telling them he was off-plane, he could've gotten in touch at any point really>He says he had more pressing matters, and then basically explains all of the shit he found back in LCI's story, the Coin Empire/Fomori, etc.>Basically they spanned several planes, and then one day just... Vanished, seemingly overnight>He's also pretty sure they have some remnants on Arcavios, and Augusta presses him on what that might be, but he says he won't say 'til he's sure>Specifically, he wants to head to the Fields of Strife, which she says he should've gone to Plargg for, but she was technically his advisor, though his current status as a student is a bit in flux>Basically there's some arguing over the rules, only students can be covered by the protection spells, but she COULD hire him as a temporary TA, to come along>Then he tries to make a bad threat about maybe Tolaria would be willing to help, which she mostly brushes off
I think we need priority rule changeWhy exactly player that resolved planeswalker doesnt pass priority and can activate his ability? Why cant i remove said planeswalker after it was resolved? Why the fuck Counterspell is only 1:1 answer to planeswalkers?
>>97830591Best to ignore him.
>>97830591Threats win games, not answers.
>>97830617posting mhayashi is cheating
>>97830617>Pioqueer, the abandoned formatLmao
>>97830634More real than current Standard considering the lack of shitty UB garbage cards.
>>97830617>pioneer>mtgolollmao
>>97830634>>97830646He does the same shit in Modern as well.
>>97830469>That art>The blatant commander bait designYep it's a current magic set alright
>>97830682EDH character EDH card.
>>97830654>muh 5-0 league posting Literally any deck can 5-0 a Leauge Not reflective of actual meta shares, retard kike
>>97830469>you can cast sorc or inst for freebut why tho?
>>97830719You’re a filthy kike, shekel sucker
>>97830603retard
>>97830714Calm down, Mahmood, you're just going to have to get used to getting BTFO constantly.
>>97830603because poopwalkers are literally the main character power fantasy cards and need to do the thing when they etbLook at the history of pws and how incredibly badly balanced to game warping they always werethey are as much of a design mistake as counterspells
>>97830732https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/modern#paperYou likes never get tired of lying and getting btfo, do Jew?
Lying kikes are lying kikes. Typical lying kike behavior.
>>97830753>because poopwalkers are literally the main character power fantasy cards and need to do the thing when they etbCreature/ench/artifact priority works same way btw
>White schizo BTFO>LIES LIES LIES!!!!This is why white is the color of sissies.
>>97830374>Kill their Badgermole land>Now they have two landsIt's not playable lmao.
>>97830767but they arent treated as extra cards that need specific removal that rarely if even get printed to be dealt withand peener wankers aren't treated as creatures on the field and aren't even affected by board wipes
>>97830714ok you can look at the meta shares on that very same website and see that boros energy is the most played deck in modern by a huge margin
>>97830781>wasting removal on a 1/1 land that will come back??????????
>>97830756>*btfo himself*
>>97830794Oh look you can also see Boros energy gets btfo by every other deck Try again kike
>>97830810>kike ignores actual meta data and covers his eyes to only show random 5-0 leagues that any deck can doKikes love ignoring reality. But what else can you expect from such gaslighting lying kikes?
>>97830831source?
>Boring>Pushed>GayYep, it's a nuMagic set.
>>97830820if boros energy loses to everything how come it's freaking 20% of the meta? have modern players collectively decided to play to lose, maybe to spice things up a bit?
>>97830601>She asks if it's really that important, he says it is because it's a potential danger to the Multiverse, so>Cut to the Fields, with its endlessly repeated battles between ghosts from the Blood Age>Quint asks a stupid question about why they're called second-years if it's the first year in their chosen college, shouldn't they just have 'two first-years' because the first-years are the ones not in any college>She calls that a stupid question but more politely, then excuses herself to talk to the students along for the trip>So Quint walks right through the protection spells and subjects himself to the memories of a warrior to try and find shit out, which goes poorly>And then he keeps doing it for like a week>Augusta gives him a warning that if he doesn't keep up his mental fortitude he could be lost to the memories and all that>So naturally Quint goes to the deepest part of the fields that Plargg had ordered no students to ever cross, and crosses it>At first, nothing happens, then he's sucked into an old warlord's memories, and in that memory he sees shapes, figures that echo with what he's known of the Coin Empire and that figure he met way back in LCI>This ghost, though, his memories are a lot stronger than the rest and Quint's struggling to keep himself as himself, forcing him to do a sort of micro-planeswalk to free himself>And then he takes a step forward, trips on a rock and eats shit, and falls into a sinkhole that his fall just created>He wakes up later, seeing a very clearly created room of sort that he'd crashed through>He's just stumbled into a major historical find, which is apparently a trend for him>He takes just a single ceramic knife as proof of what he found before heading out, but sees some sort of glimmer out of the corner of his eye that doesn't seem to be anything when he turns to look, so he shrugs and carries on
>>97830831wait i finally get it now... YOU are actually the kike that you are referring to, and you're talking to yourself... sorry for the confusion, i will bother you no more, and wish you best of luck in living with your schizophrenia!
