Paradigm 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>>97855783>TQWhat is your favorite sorcery?
>>97859334The heavy handed art direction is in full force with this set (again). Students from the same faction are all nearly copy-paste of each other this time around - extremely prevalent in Witherbloom. A bunch of the spoilers yesterday feature characters that all look exactly the same. EOE was like this too - you couldn't tell members from the same faction apart. Way too much art direction meddling.
>>97859410They probably just don't have a proper idea of what the students of each house even look like. They kind of have a look for the orzhov guys and lorehold, Quantrix and Prismari vary, with the math nerds keeping a somehwat consistent look while the prismari have more variety for being artist/theater kids. Witherbloom is the worst one, they look like nothing, their mechanics are generic as hell and they just have leaf hair as something "unique" to their look.
>>97859551>even 4chan has been infested with kike sycophants who don’t care about the color pie and think blue should have everything including green pump spells and white literal cards like restoration angelDon't forget reanimator. Honestly, it should get direct burn and impulse draw two. Life gain, also.
>can't think of my favorite sorcery>look through my decks>tutors and mass destructionI feel so... basic.I'll say Illicit Auction even though it should cost 3 at most and never works out.
>tqtendrils of agony is second favorite
>>97859410Art direction in Magic has been absolute 0/10 shit for more than a decade now.It's tragic, cause originally one of the biggest selling points of Magic was great art in wildly varying styles.
>>97859648The art direction of "let Japanese artists just make the cards" has delivered some boss ass looking cards though.
>>97859702While this is mostly true, a lot of the SOA JP art this time around is pretty average / awful, too. No one escapes the art director for long...
Decent.
>>97859354>TQAcidic Soil, my beloved.
>>97859830>Black "life gain matters" effectsWhiteschizo, you posted too soon.
>>97859781...yes?What are you trying to say with this. It's fixed epic. They said it outright in the teaser even
>>97859781It's the entire fucking set, mate.
>>97859959Repartee is any spell. It's heroic, not crimes.
>>97859959>make new mechanics>people complain about making too many>reuse old mechanics>people complain about making too fewamazing really
>>97859978>make new mechanics>people complain>reuse old mechanics>people complainSomehow, they've managed to find something that is simultaneously worse than both.
>>97859979Repartee isn't crimes. It's heroic for either side. Crimes trigger when targeting anything your opponent has with anything. It works with abilities, on handrips, on card specific graveyard hate and even with edicts.
>>97859988>Repartee isn't crimes. It's heroic for either side. Crimes trigger when targeting anything your opponent has with anything. It works with abilities, on handrips, on card specific graveyard hate and even with edicts.Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah "I'm a shill and a retard." we've heard it before. Boring. Get new material.
>>97859992Just fuck off you retard you don't know shit. I guess that Sweep and Domain are the same mechanic since both say the word "land" on the card.
>>97860003
>>97860012
>>97859959>>97859979prepare and exhaust are nothing like each other wtf
More like GRIDShaven
>>97860096>"~ enters prepared.">No way to prepare it again.This is literally functionally identical to Exhaust.
>>97859830Uooooh Vampire boobies ... evil boobies ... evil powers that drain my cock and make me draw cards!
>>97860111Exhaust is an ability word, prepared is not.
>>97860156Who cares.
>>97859702"make it Japanese" cards generally look good"make it anime" cards look significantly worse than the average jp tcg card
>>97860111Except that you're probably not going to be able to counter an exhaust ability.
>>97860219Yeah, I agree with this.
>>97860228>Except that you're probably not going to be able to counter an exhaust ability.Not particularly relevant.
>>97860270You are far more likely to encounter counterspells than stifles.
>>97860111What makes Prepared interesting is that it triggers any "Cast sorcery/instant" checks. There's a lot of ways to play around with more easily than creature ability triggers.
The white Emeritus is... Kind of bad. The only one that's not repeatable.
>>97860219Hard disagree.There's excellent anime art MTG cards. The horror shows come in the form of "western artist draws anime character".
>>97860446Its at the very least 3cc 4 power worth across 2 bodies at its base, but yeah, it shouldve been repeating.
>>97860446>not repeatable>in the primary flicker color
Meanwhile this guy is killing you in limited.
>>97860446>Create a creature>then if an opponent STILL controls more creature than you>only THEN do you get to cast a spell.For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'Whiteschizo was right again!"
>>97860487Like I get it, STP is very good, but surely there shouldn't be THAT many conditions on it.
>>97860446feel like they should have just made it be Balance if it's that restrictive
>>97860490>Like I get it, STP is very good, but surely there shouldn't be THAT many conditions on it.The fact that it fucking chops its own legs off by creating the creature before checking creature counts sure is fucking white in the nuMagic era, ain't it?
>>97860458we are talking about jp art cards thoughever, not jp ip cards
>>97860497Well, the idea is you can use it as a pseudo Stroke of Midnight-type deal, killing your opponent's best thing and leaving them a 1/1, but still.
>>97860502>Well, the idea is you can use it as a pseudo Stroke of Midnight-type deal, killing your opponent's best thing and leaving them a 1/1, but still.Either way, it is a truly shit way to implement this kind of effect. If they wanted to go that route, they could have at least gone with Path to Exile for jank ramp potential.
>>97860440>What makes Prepared interesting is that it triggers any "Cast sorcery/instant" checksThis is a bad thing. Activated abilities should not trigger these things. This is literally one of the core balancing levers of the game. These are barriers you simply should never transgress.
>>97860520>NO NOTHING NEW SHOULD EVER HAPPEN
>>97860540Bad ideas are best avoided, yes.
>>97860540>NO, LIMITS SHOULDN'T EXIST, NOTHING IS TRUE EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED, THE COLOR PIE BIND US ALL!
>>97860446>blue gets ancestral recall>white gets swords to plowshares>black gets demonic tutor>red gets lightning bolt>green gets... regrowthWhy does WotC hate green
>>97859702I just wish they keep the framesFrames is the last thing that make magic cards look like magic cards
>>97860520>balance>mtgLet's not kid ourselves. The only part of MTG that has any concept of balance is the secondary market.
>>97859334>>97859410It's called tumblrcore. It was literally designed to demoralize straight white men.
>>97859978>people complain about making too fewNever happened btw
>>97860566To be fair repeatable Regrowth has the most obnoxious pottential
The smuggest bitch ever, which is a lot considering she's just a 1/1.
>>97861013Such a weird cleric.
>>97860446Considering how bad this turned out, I would have actually preferred a repeatable Healing Salve emeritus.
>>97861050I think they're just sort of doing the same thing as OG Strixhaven, where each colour has an associated spellcaster type. White has Cleric, Blue has Wizard, Black has Warlock, Red had Shaman, now has Sorcerer and Green has Druid.
>>97861013These are not the abilities of a Cleric.
>>97861059>Considering how bad this turned out, I would have actually preferred a repeatable Healing Salve emeritus.Yep. Reasonably good repeatable damage prevention would be a godsend in the current Standard.
>>97860775>time warpnobody cares about commander though. should have given the green one berserk.
>>97861071Thats what I thought, but then there's shit like this.
>>97860458SOA has some stinkers in it. Preordain and Crop Rotation didn't understand the assignment at all.
>>97859959>Paradigm is Epic witbout the downside>Prepared is different from Exhaust in that most of the Prepare cards have specific conditions to enable and re-enable it, and they create spells that you cast instead of activated abilities>Repartee triggers on you targeting your own creatures as well, and not on targeting another player>Opus is an ability word, not a keyword, and its gimmick is that they have extra effects for 5+ manaReally retarded complaints desu
>>97860497Are you not realizing that it allows you to give the token to the other player to mess with creature count in order to enable the prepared condition?
>>97860446limited allstarconstructed stp is flavor textseems good in commander
>>97859830I think she's the best prepared creature. She's doing exactly what you want to be doing with a very easy repeatable prepared.
the only thing I enjoy from SOS is the inklings' redesignnow they look like calligraphed creatures rather than shapeless blobs of sin
>>97861388She actually looks better than the 5 MV "free Sign in Blood every turn" card by a large margin. Were the designers asleep when doing mechanics this set or what?
>>97861405Prepared is hard to evaluate without testing.How much weight do you give the card prepared creatures can cast? Is the proper analysis close to prepared = draw a card? Is repreparing more important that etb prepared?I think this is a great mechanic, but I doubt they nailed the balance one way or the other this set.
>>97859702>two colors and random splattered ink lmaoNah this shit is so ass.
>>97861399Cant wait to update my inkling commander deck!
>>97861631>gorgeous crimson-on-cream fiery accents on a buddhist-scroll inspired black ink designIf you had this tattooed on your dick there would be a line of fine bitches desperate to suck it.
>>97859354His hat is silly.
Who is the obejctive audience of this shit? Someone in year of our lord twenty plus twenty six care for this show? When The Expanse, Galactica, Firefly or Stargate exist?
>>97862114orzhov undoubtedly has the worst art of this set.
>>97861399But are the new inklings still corporeal slurs?
>>97859702I dont recognize this as a magic card
They got like seven thousand years of military history and yet somehow they never invented cool hats.
>>97859354>What is your favorite sorcery?seething song
>Gavin said Traumatic Critique is based on "a certain fan's" analysis of part of the story>They put Galazeth on the card because the part of the story was dragon-focusedGay Bolas anon got a fucking vanity card LMFAO
>>97862137The new book mentions that extraplanar exchange students might be able to make some pocket money by teaching foreign swearwords to Silverquill students.
>>97862170That dragon looks fat.
>>97861136I went to get a cursory glance of all creatures and all colors seem to get Wizards now.
>>97862170Why is the dragon wearing glasses
>>97862170That dragon look phallic.
>>97862170FuckFUCK Izzet and that card.
tq
>>97862101They made a Doctor Who set.They made a 40k set.Star Trek is bigger than either of those, and it's obvious that they're working their way up to Star Wars.
>>97859640This game needs more genies. It's fucked up that there's not a single set with a hefty genie cycle. The closest is Tarkir and that's still not great.
>>97862170>Writes a single fanfic about Ugin and Bolas fucking>Gets more recognition from WotC than people that have sucked their dick for years>Completely mogs them by getting a vanity card, something WotC won't do anymore for their own employeesAnons... did GBA win at life?
>>97862189I went back to the original set and white also had wizards despite the colors have stricter types.I guess wizards are the generic magic casters.
At Strixhaven if someone is mean to you you're legally allowed to obliterate them with your magic powers
>>97862272proof?
>>97862240You certainly won the "glazes himself every thread and tries to convince people he's a beloved thread celebrity" award. Sadly you're still a smelly furfag tourist and you NEED to rope.
>>97862242Clerics were white & LoreholdWizards were blue & QuandrixWarlocks were black & SilverquillShaman were red & PrismariDruids were green & Witherbloom
>>97862279Stand up for yourself self and leave your bullies bloodied.Kill yourself to takedown your bullies.
>>97862283You will never be a woman, schizo.
>>97862286Sorcerers are red and prismari now
>>97862310Just like you never will be a man.
>>97862315You can seethe all you want about it but he's genuinely the goat and no amount of cope from you will change that.
>>97862310You will never be a 4channer, furfag. Go back and rope.
>>97862331>All he does is seethe every time gay bolas comes up, seeing it become more and more successful to the point even the designers took notice of it
>>97862359Thank you for confirming that you are, in fact, the Gay Bolas tourist glazing himself in the third person. Not that it wasn't obvious but it's nice for you to admit the smelly furry astroturf.
>>97862368>It has to be one person! Nobody else could like this! Everyone is me!
>>97862298Honestly I've always been a fan of how loosely magic treats destroy and sacrifice effects. When Master Splinter grounds a turtle he fucking kills them. That that crying girl is about to write up her 13 reasons why. The Boros slammed that collar down really fucking hard. Getaway Glamer implies Kellan's containment shield spell actually crushes the person inside to death.
This is the dumbest argument ever and I wish both of you would die. This is the biggest nothingburger ever.>Ahh the gay furry got a card magic is RUINED FOREVER>Reddit reddit reddit troon troon troonDo you two even read the shit you post?
>>97862387How to cover up a murder: Kill all the witnesses. (And presumably the witnesses to those murders too, and the witnesses to THOSE murders, and the witnesses to THOSE murders, and the...)
>>97862415No one will notice the murder if there is nobody left to notice. That's Assassination 101, anon.
>>97862412But enough about wotc thinking mtg is RUINED FOREVER if they dont do diversity quotas
>spoil a card>put your finger on one of the most important partWhy are people like this?
You now remember Ravnica's nephilim.
Well I think the new inklings are gay and lame.
>>97862449Silverquill is supposed to be gay.
>>978624412-drop because fuck you.
>>97862441gib dryad gf
>>97862445The only reason anybody cares about these things is because they could have been legends. They're boring as fuck otherwise.
>>97862191We can heal limbs and revive entire dead people, but not fix eyes in the magical future.
>>97862481Yeah, eyes are complicated. Ajani has one missing and literally nobody complains about that
>>97862493>Yeah, eyes are complicated.Entire bodies (including eyes)? Done.Eyes alone? No way, Jose!
>>97862508What's the difference?
is anyone who plays MTGO doing the modern horizons 2 drafts today? im boutta load it up
>>97862449It's just me or Strixhaven 1 was better in every single aspect?
>>97862517NOOO YOU CAN'T JUST HEAL EYES LIKE THAT!!ULTRA WEALTHY OLIGARCH ARCHMAGE ELDER DRAGONS DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MAGIC!!!!!!!!
>>97862524The plot wasn't just about children learning magic so it had some grit and edge.
>>97862517There's something very kino about creatures that are just a giant eyeball.
>>97862481>why do people in this setting use coal, if nuclear power exists?
>>97862534The plot was a convoluted setup for Extus comically stepping on a Blood Avatar rake.
>>97862535Who or what is Orms-by-Gore? It sounds like the title of a thrash metal track.
Which set has the coolest demons cycle?
>>97862595New Capenna, just by virtue of me not being able to think of any other set that has a cycle of demons.
>>97862445Ocassionally someone tries to refare to 4 colour combos with their names and it just doesn't work...
I need to organize my currently very messy collection. I bought a cheap chest of drawers; should I sort cards by colour - white, blue, black, red, green, colourless (incl. artifacts), multi, lands, then by CMC? As part of this process I'd like to get rid of a bunch of bulk. I only play Legacy and Premodern so there's a balancing act between having my cards accessible and thinned to the staples, but not getting rid of some bulk rare that will spike to $50 a copy in a year's time. I intend to have completed decks in boxes in another drawer so I can just grab them and go rather than having to move cards around.
>>978625953 mana flying enchantment creture demons from Theros block were cool
>>97859830If she had two power she'd burn up limited
>>97862158>military history>cool hatsYou mean like the German military hats that look exactly like the hats gay male dominatrixes wear?
>>97862700Yes.
>>97862508>Entire bodies (including eyes)? DoneWho does this? Seriously. I don't recall anyone regenerating entire bodies. That's oldwalker territory.
>>97862706I'm sorry, I don't believe the gay male dominatrix hats will ever be cool
Here's another card to make you people upset.
>>97862834Oh I actually like this a lot. White blink is eating good this set.
I don't know which one of you made this up but guess what motherfucker I'm invested now and I will be taking it out on the thread if wotc ever goes out of its way to debunk it
>>97862834Is Ennis Paralyzed?
>>97862834Blink + maybe some shitty extra Ketramose support? Sure. Seems alright.
>>97862834they literally named the nigga dennis without the d you cannot make this shit up holy fuck
>>97862871Do you not know Ennis is an actual name?
>>97862868Maybe he just likes riding in a wheelchair.
>>97862871Ennis is a name that people have
>>97862834Weird thing is, he isn't crippled, just lazy
>>97862920They would never (but they totally should have, it would have genuinely been amusing).
>>97862868One could reasonably assume so.
>>97862871I have a cousin named Ennis
>>97862834I can't wait for the resident thread troon to show up once again acting like there are only two or three obnoxiously woke cards in the set when it's actually half the set.
>>97862441It 3 manaCost: {1} B G
>>97862834They still haven't invented cooler wheelchairs on Strixhaven?
>>97862618Sans X works just fine
>>97862979Paralyzed Ennis huh...
>>97862902It's Irish for island so he has the appropriate skin tone.Dennis is the french form of Dionysios named after the greek god Bacchus.
>>97863031I go go with Xless.
>>97862834I'm just laughing at this point
>>97863033I don't get it.
>>97862834>Look, we turned Phelia into a crippled negro!
>>97859354>TQMaybe next time, my friend.
The rare-ish "big Black beater with marginal downside".
>>97862834i am now upset
>>97862834>Cleric>Can't heal his own legs
>>97862834Janny, rebate moderator
>>97863075This thing fucks. Standard staple.
>>97863118Oh yeah gonna go good with Annex.
>>97863118>4 mana beater with (sometimes) downsideIt's shit
>>97863075Finally, an interesting beater.
>>97863124Annex got powercrept out of the meta a while ago. It's Sheoldred all over again.
Paradigm is feels like it is worded incorrectly. It sounds like you only get the copy if the spell is exiled, but some WOTC talking head said you get the copy no matter what, so even if the card is somehow pulled from exile or say you copy and opponents paradigm spell, You'd still get the copy every main phase. Why even have the spell exile itself?
>>97863141>Paradigm is feels like it is worded incorrectlyIronic
>>97863141>Why even have the spell exile itself?So you can't easily stack Paradigms together, duh.
>>97863157Son of a bitch, those fuckers
>>97863145Yeah, I need to get in the habit of proof reading, (I won't). Anyway this article says thishttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/secrets-of-strixhaven-mechanics>The first time a particular spell with paradigm resolves for you, you exile it.However, The paradigm spells exiles upon resolution no matter what anyway, not only if it is the first time you've casted a spell with that name. It just seems so clunky. The fact that you can still cast the spell even of the original is removed from exile feels like a step backwards.
Are there any remove from exile effects in Standard right now?
>>97863164I mean you can assume the mechanics article isn't the most straightforward and the comp rules will give a more thorough explanation if need be, but as-is it all works. It's mostly exiled to remind you of it being there to keep casting I guess is the main thing.
>>97863167Yes but not for the paradigm spells.
>>97862871Could be tennis without the t
>>97863167You can still cast the paradigm spell even if it is not in exile. This is modern magic and your big flashy mechanic has ZERO drawback.
People still play oathbreaker?
>>97863164The part that bothers me is the 'cast a copy of it from exile'. Up until now I can't think of any cards that create copies (of spells) anywhere other than the stack. I would probably have worded the ability:>After you first resolve a spell with this name,at the beginning of each of your first main phases copy this spell. You may cast the copy without paying its mana costOr something like that.Looking into the comp rules I believe the relevant rule is here:>707.12. An effect that instructs a player to cast a copy of an object (and not just copy a spell) follows the rules for casting spells, except that the copy is created in the same zone the object is in and then cast while another spell or ability is resolving. Casting a copy of an object follows steps 601.2a–h of rule 601, “Casting Spells,” and then the copy becomes cast. Once cast, the copy is a spell on the stack, and just like any other spell it can resolve or be countered.I THINK that, as currently written, Paradigm only works when you copy the card and not the spell. Copies of spells cannot exist anywhere other than the stack.>707.10a If a copy of a spell is in a zone other than the stack, it ceases to exist. If a copy of a card is in any zone other than the stack or the battlefield, it ceases to exist. These are state-based actions. See rule 704.
>>97863201see>>97863189You don't need to exile anything at all, you just need to "resolve" the paradigm spell. So you can in fact, copy an opponents paradigm and now you have it's effect. The wording is "After you first resolve a spell with this name" It doesn't care about the spell being cast or exiled at all. It is retarded and commander bait.
>>97863201I mean, very simply, reminder text is not rules text.
>>97862534We have Specter of the Fent now
>>97863214Yes, but ideally, reminder text should be straight forward and play within the rules and not need a slew of new rules to clarify the reminder text.
>>97863221I don't think it complicates things. It's simply telling you that the copy is cast from exile, which it is, because that's where the copy is created. The copy is in exile, the spell is cast from there. That's relevant to other effects.
>>97863230Why does the cast need to be "from exile" at all? Usually you just copy the spell and cast it. The way it is worded right now, makes you think the card in exile matters, but it doesn't. It may as well be an emblem.
New Reggie just droppedProbably way worse than reggie though
>>97863242It's exiled to remind you, then the mechanic creates the copy in exile to cast. And some effects do care about things cast from exile. It matters. It probably could be more elegant but I get why it's a thing.
here's your standard compliant psychic frog bro
>>97863253Really running out of design space.
>>97863243They're good for different decks, I think it'll see play.
>>97863253How have they managed to make the art suck SO MUCH.This shit should not be possible.
>a woman of color is talking, SILENCE!
>>97860566No, Blue gets a 5/5 for 5 with Flying and Ward 2 and Draws you three cards. What the fuck.
>>97863187>wtf you can cast a card from your hand?????what
>>97863266Can you stop reposting the shit from earlier you fucking retard
>>97863283>can IYes>will Ino
>>97862834Couldnt they magic up a floating chair
>>97863292Your disability is your identity (as per LGBTQ+ doctrine) so "fixing" it is bigotry
>>97863292Why would they.
The set sucks.
This set rocks.
I am neutral on the subject of this set.
This set is everything and nothing all at once.
>>97863253>when do X do Y>do thing draw card
>>97863298>>97863303the duality of man>>97863308the neutrality of man
>>97863317Close.>Whenever you X, do Y>Whenever you Y, draw a card
>>97863313The all-encompassing nature of man.
This set will sell rather well.
The man.
>>97863322Getting hotter, anon.>Whenever you do X, do Y (that helps you do Z)>whenever you do Z, draw a card.
>>97863298>>97863303>>97863308>>97863313Really makes you think.
did you guys watch the prof's prediction video about 2027? he thinks we are returning to alara and given all the 5c/multicolor support they're laying down in the last 5 sets or so, I totally see itit does make me disappointed that if that end up being true, we should not be returning to new capenna anytime soon after that, they wouldn't do two shards sets so close to each other
>3 trophies in a rowNow that I get cube it is my favorite format. It is so much better than constructed and even regular limited. Nothing else can really compare to the complexity and variety. Unpowered cube is more interesting though. I think the ideal setup would be some power but no moxes or black lotus
>>97863365did he predict the Harry Potter set? if he didn't then hes wrong
>>97863230I don't think you can cast copies of spells. Copying a spell places it on the stack immediately without being cast. Copying a card allows you to cast the copy of the card. That was my point from 707.12 and 707.10aCopies of spells can only exist on the stack. You cannot have a copy of a spell in exile therefore you cannot cast a copy of a spell from exile (because the copy could never have been in exile to begin with). You can copy a card from exile and then cast it but that copies the card and not the spell. Basically I am saying spell =/= card and that copy of a spell =/= copy of a card.Obviously they will rewrite the rules for it, but just like Serra Paragon (and to a lesser extent Mutate), the people who designed the card presumably did not know the [comprehensive] rules of the game they are designing.
>>97863425>I don't think you can cast copies of spells.Depends on the wording of the effect that does the copying. Some cast, some don't.
can't believe I drafted the Monke. I was hoping for either Urza's Saga or Ragavan and I got the Monke. how neat is that. now I'm debating whether to put him into my red blue black commander deck or trade it for Urza's saga or trade it for an Underground Sea. WWYD 4chan?I did horribly in the actual games what a garbage set to draft holy shit. and everyone else also drafted red and black with a splash of white (I didnt splash any white). either way my free play points got me $20 of value which is what I wanted but damn MH2 is a garbage draft set
>>97863416Power Rangers
>>97863427I am not confident enough to say that you are definitely wrong but I would appreciate it if you could please find me an example of a SPELL being copied and then cast. I used Scryfall to search for every instance of "Cast the copy" appearing in oracle text and every card I looked at copies the CARD and lets you cast the CARD and not the spell. Copying a spell puts it directly on the stack without being cast but copying a card lets you then cast the card (which creates a copy of a spell).For reference my search was:https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22Cast+the+copy%22
>>97863430underground
>>97863443>I used Scryfall to search for every instance of "Cast the copy" appearing in oracle text and every card I looked at copies the CARD and lets you cast the CARD and not the spell.Objects not on the field and stack are Cards. Maybe it's just the split in wording between copying something on the stack or something in another zone. From other zones, you cast copies. From the stack, they just go there.
To the the rules expert if I exile 4 black cards can I cast the 4th card by paying its mana since it was copied? I assumed the last line of text was a bonus the made up to 3 copies free not a restriction that only allowed me to cast 3 copies only.
>>97863365I think he's VERY wrong about the "Bolas-centric set" he proposed, probably wrong about an Alara set (I wouldn't be too surprised but to be honest I don't think WotC cares about Alara anymore), kind of honestly surprised he thought Fantastic Four would be a likelier Marvel set than the fucking X-Men set that is very obviously coming next, Power Rangers might get something but I don't know if it'd ever get a full set. As for the potential new plane... I dunno, Water World's been a thing for a while, or maybe we'll finally get a Vryn set to kick off Jace's redemption arc post-Reality Fracture.
>>97863467There's no permission given to cast any cards beyond the three free ones, so no.
>>97863450I understand that. I am saying that I do not believe there is currently a card that lets you copy a spell and then lets you cast that copy.Isochron Scepter copies a card and casts the copy of the card. This would trigger 'on cast' triggers. Every card that allows you to cast a copy, copies the card. To my knowledge there is no effect that reads:>Copy target instant spell. You may cast the copyWhen a spell is copied it is not cast because the copy begins its existence on the stack (and I don't think you can cast things already on the stack). When a card is copied it begins its existence in a zone and is then cast from that zone.Paradigm only uses the word 'spell' and does not use the word 'card'. Therefore you are copying a spell and not the card. That is why I believe you should not be able to copy it 'from exile' because you are not copying the card (from exile) and then casting a copy, you are copying the spell directly.I think it's clear that they wanted you to cast the copies of the Paradigm cards to synergize with Opus, Repartee, and Increment but doing so instead of just copying the spell like Epic already did introduces rules baggage that does not fit cleanly in the rules as written if they also want to make sure that the card does not need to remain in exile.They also could have done some retarded command zone shit and placed the card in a zone that cannot be interacted with in any way. Or they could have pulled a Garth One Eye and just said "create a copy of a card named ~ and you may cast it" or something.
>>97863474Thanks for the clarification.
>>97863485It's very simple. You're not copying the spell with paradigm. You're copying the card. The reminder text just uses 'copy this spell' for the sake of understanding for those who aren't bogged down with the rules.
>>97863494You can't copy the card if the card 'from exile' if the card no longer exists in exile, which is the original point Anon was making.>707.12. An effect that instructs a player to cast a copy of an object (and not just copy a spell) follows the rules for casting spells, except that the copy is created in the same zone the object is in and then cast while another spell or ability is resolving.>It's very simple.You seem to think so and yet you have failed to make a case that works within the rules.Have you ever watched Columbo? You remind me very much of the culprits who always say "Oh it's very simple detective, you see...." and then fail to adequately explain away a contradiction. I find your tone condescending which is extra annoying given that you are wrong.Yes. I am aware that WotC will just rewrite the rules to make their failure of a design no longer an impossibility within the rules. I am saying that there currently exist ways to write the mechanic such that it does everything WotC wants it to do (actually cast the paradigm spell instead of just copying it AND allowing the copy to happen regardless of whether or not the original card leaves exile) but the current designers, presumably because they do not understand the comprehensive rules of their own game, did not do that and instead created a mechanic that does not work with the rules as they currently exist (just like Serra Paragon).
>>97863266>the cripple fucking sucksjej
>>97863506Well, let's look at how Epic is handled in the comp rules.>702.50a Epic represents two spell abilities, one of which creates a delayed triggered ability. “Epic” means “For the rest of the game, you can’t cast spells,” and “At the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, copy this spell except for its epic ability. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”Ergo, Paradigm is doing something similar. It's very likely not actually copying the existing card. It's simply exiling the card as a memory aid, and the reminder text says it's copying it. Why is it copied and cast from exile? Synergies. State-based actions won't stop the copies from existing if they're immediately cast upon creation, SBAs have to wait until a player has priority to take effect.
>>97862834>it's a wheelchair>not something fantastical like the deerchairs from Which Hat Atelier, or the walking chair that Daretti used to have>but it's silver and gold(brass?) with an upholstered seat back and somewhat filigree spokesIt's tolerable. Not great, not terrible
>>97863527More accurately, it is creating and then immediately casting a copy of the spell with the name it has. This is in fact similar to Garth One-Eye and the like, where the existing card is irrelevant to the copy being created, it is simply a part of the mechanic.
>>97860219it's because few japanese understand ypu can't just draw an animu character gazing through the 4th wall. they always do this.
>>97863220>you can activate his ult the turn after he comes down if your opponent can't do something in that one turnThank God his emblem is shit
>>97860219Nah, the whole premise is wrong. Somehow for Mystical Archives, both this time and the first time, most of the EN versions surpass the JP version.
>>97863445thats honestly what I'm leaning towards, but Urza's saga seems awesome. And even Monke himself seems less useful. he sucked in the draft matches but turn 1 or 2 monke in commander would do well. I don't play vintage or modern though so it's pretty much locked to EDH for me.underground sea is timeless and I'd actually have a few extra tix to go towards something else but I have most other cheap staples already. I'm honestly leaning towards Urza's saga though out of pure utility and just because underground sea is so cheap relatively speaking I can pick it up any time. but I think Urza would make a bigger difference (I already run volcanic island and badlands)
>>97863320No one defending this set still identifies as a man, chud.
After 2-0ing the semifinals, I got slaughtered in the finals of the march paper legacy webcam league. Top cut was open decklist which I've never played before, so I had to make some unusual sideboarding decisions. Pic related was my list plus two Disciple of Freyalise not pictured.>Semis vs Yorion Esper Vial. I played this a week ago so some details are blurryG1 - I have higher seed so get the play. Kept a t1 unprotected hand, shoved and opponent didn't have interaction.Sideboarding - Opponent can see that I have a creature sideboard, so I opted to board up to 75 and leave only the swamp out. This way I don't completely fold to removal or to graveyard or combo hate.G2 - I kept a creature hand with multiple MDFCs and some hand disruption. Opponent opened on Deafening Silence. Turns are spent going back and forth developing resources. I end up with a Dauthi Voidwalker in play and Thoughtseize him taking his Balemurk which I then cast using the Voidwalker. Balemurk ends up getting me two or three more creatures and I generally outvalue him, ending with a Cabal Ritual with threshold to cast a Barrowgoyf and a Voidwalker.
>>97862834>magic realm, people can be brought back from the dead>this asshole has to physically push himself around in a wheelchair
>>97863671>Finals vs UW StonebladeG1 - We roll because we have equal seeding, both making top cut with 80% GW% and then 2-0ing in semifinals. Opponent wins roll and keeps 7. I mull to 6 and keep a hand of Balustrade Spy, Fell the Profane, Cabal Ritual, ESG, Cabal Therapy, Pact of Negation, then draw a Dark Ritual for turn. I play my MDFC and cast Dark Ritual which resolves, then I Therapy him. He fetches a basic and casts Spell Pierce. I make a mistake here and instead of paying for it with my floating black mana, I Pact it, then he FoWs my Pact - also misplaying by not FoWing Therapy and missing lethal. I try to cast my Spy anyway using my other two mana sources, again a mistake compounding on the prior one, and he has second FoW. He follows up with a Tamiyo and immediate Brainstorm and I can't draw into a second attempt before Tamiyo ults.Sideboarding - Same strategy as last time.G2 - I keep a hand of MDFC, Petal, Cabal Ritual, Spy, Pact, Minsc & Boo. He keeps 6. I play Petal and pass, he plays Plains Cage. I draw Cabal Therapy and fire it off naming Lavinia which misses, instead seeing FoW, Containment Priest, Wasteland, Ponder and STP. He deploys Containment Priest, then over the next few turns Wastelands me, gets a Tamiyo into play and flips her. I draw second Pact, Memory's Journey then a Barrowgoyf and can't get into the game.After G2, he tells me that he didn't actually check my sideboard and that he probably should have. I think I could have played a much better game if I opted to pay for Spell Pierce, because then he would be forced to FoW the Therapy to protect the other one which I could then fight with Pact. He would be leaning on drawing his second Spell Pierce or FoW 3/4 to survive that. I thought the creature sideboard did pretty well overall, however I don't think it's suitable for an environment in which you can be scouted. Minsc was also a letdown although I'm not really surprised. He's a gimmick and I never once had the right mana for him.
>>97863544Right Garth creates a copy of the card that you can cast from exile which will create a black lotus, or a token copy of shivan dragon, or do the effect of brainstorm, regrowth, disenchant or terror. but it IS creating a token copy of the card first (temporarily)
>>97863677What if it's like the teleporter dilemma where Magic has a demographic of individuals that believe healing magic doesn't restore the soul?Actually never mind that would take 5 seconds of thinking from WotC beyond "me put wheelchair on card."
My Emeritus of Abundance attacks, channeling the power of all 8 pizza lands to return the hot dog cart from my graveyard to my hand!
Is every single aspect of Magic bad now?>Card designNew cards are overpowered, too complex and poorly balanced>Release sheduleThey are pumping out way more sets than anybody wants>PriceBoosters and preconstructed decks get more and more expensive, Secret Lairs get picked off by scalpers>FormatsStandard is an overcrowded mess, other formats are simply dying or split off into community formats>ArtNew artworks are soulless, tacky, and barely distinguishable>FlavorOver half of new sets are Universe Beyond, which many players hate. There is barely a coherent story in the InUniverse sets and they are full of cute animals and goofy characters. Flavor texts display some of the worst writing ever in literature.This isn't even supposed to be a complaint. I genuinely just can't think of anything that is good about Magic right now. Has Magic ever been at a lower point in its history? Tell me where this list is wrong.
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>>97863910You're preaching to the choir. Even some ultra casual people I overheard at my LGS the other day were complaining about UB. It's pretty obvious at this point that closed community formats are the only solution because Wizards isn't going to fix the game when the line is apparently always going up.
>>97863910oh yeah and if you arent a rabid leftist or generally disagree with gay/tranny shit you get banned from the official channels for the game, potentially from doing tournaments and so on
>>97863910>card design>release schedule>price>formatsall a consequence of hasbro being shit and mtg pretty much being the only thing keeping it alive, a very unfortunate situation all around>>97864026>art>cancel culturea consequence of the rabid liberalism of renton wa, also unfortunate, but this one you can blame wotc itself rather than chris cocks as they have indeed lost the plot>I genuinely just can't think of anything that is good about Magic right now.ironically UB is what's good about Magic right now - at least, the IP you love potentially getting in it, hopefully coming from the east that will not bend to shit wotc wokery
I don't really know how to play modern Magic. I knew how to play Sligh twenty years ago; I don't know how to get a Slickshot Show-Off to 11 power, swing with it, then Burn Together without being disrupted
>>97864060and thats why I call them "groomers of the coast" or "GōtC" (the linguistic accent Ō makes it pronounced "goat-see") for short
>>97862571Probably a location instead of someone.>>97862834Yeah wheelchair fetiche in high magic setting is retarded DEI shit.>>97863075either shit or broken>>97863266looks male
>>97861958How is that relevant-Oh right, it's a YA romantasy book.
