Riddles in the Dark editionPrevious: >>98475940>News & RemindersBadgermole Cub, Stormchaser's Talent and Gran-Gran are banned in StandardThe Hobbit is outPlay Arena Direct: The Hobbit August 14-23 for a chance to win a Hobbit Collector boxIn-game player reporting has been added to the gamehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-august-10-2026https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-august-17-2026>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQWere the new Standard bans justified?
Best budget deck/archtype for standard that isnt just mindless aggro? I have most of the shocklands
>play draft>all three losses to mana screwwhy am I playing this shit?
>>98530322oh you dont like being on the draw 6 games in a row???
>>98530334being on the draw is annoying but it's not a humiliating auto loss to some shit deck like mana screw
Mountain teeth wind darkness egg fish time one-ring
>>98530221bilbo avatar
>Mountain Kingsfucking RETARDS
>>98530299>>98530460Fading into the unseen world should have been a good time to reprint Shadow.
Your go.
>>98530695damn that is pretty clever if you think about it
>>98530701Shadow is lamer version of flying. Come at me, bro
>>98530322>try out DSK draft>comfy Rakdos aggro, lots of 2 drops and early cards>first game, hand has 3 lands and a couple of 1 mana spells>exclusively draw lands for the rest of the game, get run over>go 0-3 for similar reasonsFor as much as I like drafting and find it ultra enjoyable, I gotta admit that all the bullshit about muh BREAD and muh deckbuilding doesn't fucking matterIt's all a big coinflip, you could draft the worst fucking deck imaginable and still go 7-0
>>98531633Would that make Horsemanship a cooler version of Flying?
>>98530308Any lessons deck. Either Jeskai Revelations or plain Izzet. Not a single lesson card is gold or higher.
>>98531937DSK feels to intelligent for me, tried it a couple times and thought I drafted decent decks but there was just way more interaction to consider and I never got the 7 wins and one run was like 1-3
>>98531937People do just that. Paypigs that are gifted wins. I mean, the system is inherently coinflip, you must play 2 even 3 colours to have a decent deck. It's very easy to get screwed by card draw, but it's insane how some youtubers get lucky with it, while regular scrubs are fucked 3-4 games in a row.
>>98531633Nah, I'm just curious why you think that.
any format with a healthy, fun, and engaging meta rn?
>>98533769Lmao. This game sucks so much ass i dont even want to troll you anymore.
>try out pick 2 draft because never tried it before>both opponents end up having 8+ removals and overwhelm with 1/1 That was miserable. Guess I'm not doing Hobbit quick draft either because that already wasn't a fun draft format.
as a player returning after quitting around when the first LOTR set released, what format should I be spending my meager amount of wildcards to play?
>>98534021Holy shit is this broken
>>98534101blackwhite lifegain is already a deck in standard right? couple of the cards already shown for this set look good for it
>>98533930Standard is so good now, that decks from it are playable everywhere. Take lessions deck, put in a few learn cards, and it's good for top deck in pioneer.
>>98534029STOP MAKING THIS FAGGOT NIGGER CARDTHERE'S ALREADY LIKE FUCKING 7 OF THEM IN STANDARD ALONESTOP MAKING ME WAIT A FULL FUCKING MINUTE WHILE 33 TRIGGERS ARE CREATED FOR EVERY FUCKING 1/1 DROP
>>98534401Thinking...
>>98534101No
>Jacenigger>Ropingname a more iconic duo
standard needs even more untapped dual lands
>>98534843Standard needs triomes and fetches. I'm actually surprised we didn't get alternative triomes with Tarkir returning. Big missed opportunity to do one with something that wasn't cycling.
madness triomes that enter untapped if played from the graveyard
normal tapped dual land with a creature on the back with a madness cost, can only play it for the madness cost
untapped quintromes
>>98534401Your go
lands that cause you to win the game when they enter
lands that can't be countered
Lands that use the stack and have their mana ability go on it as well
serialized basic lands
>>98535094island is already printed
>>98535094
>>98536470I know this card is ultra giga broken, but I never got whyObviously cycling cards for free every turn is really good, but you're effectively wasting a land drop and you're going card negative with each activationIn comparison, Library seems infinitely more useful since it actually gives you mana and the condition to get card advantage with is super easy to achieve
>Bejuweled Warg>Icetill Explorer>Mightform Harmonizer>Nature's Rythm>Overprotect/Defend the Rider...ezy wins right now
>>98536791Also, Earthbanders Ascensions to earthbend sacrifice lands for double land drops on sacrifice.
Did the last sparky challenge and feel like I know enough about the rules now to actually get into quick play. Got to say, sparky crashing the game when I was finally ahead was some spicy fucking tech. How common is that maneuver?>Pic related: me
>>98534101No it dies to shock unfortunately.
>>98537389Good job anon, hope you have fun
>>985367671 word: Dredge
>>98539026So it wasn't super broken before Ravnica?
>>98539071not really
>>98539119>>98539071well there is also madness like rootwallas, return to hand like squee and poxwalkers. vengevines and prized amalgams to speed it up. Bazaar is no joke
>lost to a marvel avatar
>>98539560better than losing to a my little pony avatar
>>98537389please for the love of god do not make arena you intro to magicgo play in paper first so you know when arena's algorithm is fucking you over
drinking sweet tea
time to turn 12k gold into 100 gemmies.
>look at set review for draft>"Yeaaaahhhhhh I wouldnt draft THIS card its a trap like staaayyy awayyyy">get blown out by said card 5 times nowFUCK THANDRUIL:S DECREE FUCK YOU
threadgirl status?
I am saving my monies for next set draft because my first hobbit draft was 0-3
>>98540063There is way too much removal
6-74, wow what a fun and worthwhile day of playing the shitfest that is magic arena!
>>98540173you played 80 games and won only 6?
>craft a kinda new, niche deck I have never seen played>first match with it is a mirror
>>98540182
Textless artless basic lands.
>>98540301lmfaobro...what deck
>>98539914girls don't play magic
>>98540301lmao post deck plz
>>98540322>>98540403
>>98540443lol doing that bad with that deck at silver must be some kind of record
>>98540448
>>98540472>immediately conceding when on the drawbased
>>98540443>autopilot niggerfall deck>EIGHT PERCENT WIN RATEmy nigga....
>>98540563on the play too
>>98540472for what purpose
>>98540625>arena gives me a shit 7>it wants me to lose>I concede
>>98539695Yeah, no need to worry about me. I just downloaded it for the sake of teaching me the basics. The rest will be done on paper. Also, as a lorehead I have realized that I am just not that into this "universes beyond"-thing. It turned what could have been an interesting setting into the card equivalent of the neighborhood whore.
>>98540472Honestly it looks like this when I try to play Brawl
>>98540605>>98540643
>>98540472dude played 90 games in 5 minutes
>>98540643petulant toddler mental
>>98540633reset the mm algorithm
>>98540759yeah what r u gonna do about it unc?
>Wanted to grind boxes this weekend because I had family over>Event just randomly ends on a Thursday>Still had a run going so I try to play it>I go second with 2 lands, 7 cards later I am still at 2 lands and somehow alive with 15 lands in my deck>The event still shows up for signing up>I leave the client TWICE to check if its not bugged but its letting me enter but I am 100 gems short>I go buy gems>Even suddenly not availableWhat is this rigged bullshit
>>98541261get swindled piggy
>>98539894>WAR draft last month>opponent plays picrel on t5 into a stalled board>"Wow what a cute 43% wr spell, how quaint">next turn, plays another one>I finally unclog the board and start hitting his face>plays another one and kills meI doubt he got far into that run but I respect the hustle>>98540662I instascoop in Brawl when I see Nashi or Katara because I frankly can't be arsedAlso when I'm against Rofellos or Yuriko and I don't have at least 2 early removals within the first two mulligansRule 0 forever
>>98540443Condolences on getting shafted by matchmaking engine. Try playing some off deck for a while, then go back to mono green, that can screw algorithms.>mythic righ now
>>98541261Start support ticket. They do give back gems and gold from time to time.
>on a 13-1 run at the Historic Pauper Midweek Challenge with my Dimir FaesBeing able to run Daze and Snuff Out is so ridiculous stupid lmao.They should make better rewards for this shit man. Or better yet, actually add a pauper ladder (not happening). I bet I could be a top 100 pauper player on Arena in any day of the week, competition is sooooo bad.
made an elf deck in Standard and I am fucking blasting people with itthe new elf is nuts
I sure do miss all the annoying namefags we used to have woe is me.
>>98543897list?
>>98543897let's see it. I'll post mine if you post yours
my favorite namefag was yawgmoth, the guy who played cube. wonder if he'll ever come back
if person cube is fun but you gotta have friends and money for that sadly
>>98530322how many lands were you running?
Would this work against an earthbended forest per se? It says "permanent" specifically when you are searching, so it would work right?
>>98544329oops
>>98544335playing this vs a hare apparent nigger must also feel so good
smoking a dart
building a prof. jason arday brawl deck
>1 offlivid
>>98544289Im still around. I actually finally got the gender surgery i wanted and a BBL too. My new handle is Pawgmoth
>>98544335It does, yesSame effect as picrel, which was famously printed in the same set as a cycle of enchantments which turned also lands into creatures (Genju of the Fields/Forest/whatever else)
>>98545006cool, thank you anon
>>98544335Deadly Cover-Up also works, but you need evidence. Counter is pretty simple, you earthbend only sacrifice lands, then you sacrifice them as soon as they're targeted.
>>98545051how many of those are in standard tho? I figure this really only works well against monoG as a 1 of in the sideboard or something. idk tho I havent played much standard yet, just got back into the game and thought that might be a cool interaction
remember when a 13 year old girl called rebecca black made an annoying song and half the internet thought it was appropriate to send her death and rape threats
>>98545076go to bed unc, that was decades ago
>>98545076she has nice big tits now
>win 3 games consecutively >game gives me unplayable hands forcing mul to 4 three games in a row straight afterHmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmm
>>98545173Post them
Magic: the Gathering
>screwed with good opening hand>win>flood with good opening hand and board until opponent topdecks removalpick 2 is a meme
>>98544928i dont believe youpost something with your trip
>>98546057the draft format?
>>98545071>how many of those are in standard thofabled passageescape tunnelevolving wilds/terramorphic expansethe colorless cave that can pay 1 and sac to fetch a basicdemolition field, technically although sometimes it won't have a target
>>98542439I don't care about rank at all. I only ever try to get to gold and sometimes I can't even be bothered to do that because arena is so fucking dogshitits extra enraging because the only time I ever touch ranked is to do the grind to gold so losses are just a waste of time; I feel immense rage when I lose but nothing (or even still rage) when I win.
>>98546429landfall plays a lot of those too, one of game 2 as a little surprise could still be good tho. and playing around it by doing that they take themselves off of mana (if its passage or the shitty passages, not demolition field)
>>98546441why play if no fun
>>98546447>no fun>implying the reason to play this garbage game is to have fun
>>98546549what other reason could you have to play arena
cut down the pioneer dimir self bounce 80 card companion deck to 60 cards so i didnt have to craft a bunch of meme lands and this shit is so funthe amount of tempo and value feels like cheating and the stupidest part is that aside from push, ts, narset and a couple lands the deck would all be standard legal right now without the bans
>>98546603why don't you give some examples
Ashlizzlle!
>>98546441>I feel immense rage when I lose but nothing (or even still rage) when I win.You should probably get help if being bad at a game does this to you.
Control players deserve to be roped.If you keep me from playing the game, I'll keep you from playing the game.
>>98548265Have fun getting reported and banned lmao they just added that feature.
>>98531947When are we getting a flying horsemanship card?
>>98534014Ironic flavor text considering every pro tour winner did so with nonwhite cards bought with previous shekel winnings.Also a shit card that won’t see play.
>>98533769Vintage because it’s the only format where white can win.
wrong thread schizo
The truths about JOTC and their anti-white kikery are applicable everywhere
>>98547891It's only natural to feel rage while game is cheating against you.
>>98546731>the deck would all be standard legal right now without the bansthis is every pioneer deck rn, wonder how that happened...
>>98548859>gets a win>the game is cheating against medumb esl
>>98547530more of a Voxy fan myself
Was Strixhaven fun to draft? That's next after hobbit.
>>98549733>hat's next after hobbit.where do you see this? i thought I was gonna have to wait for the new set to see a different draft
>>98549741https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/the-hobbit-event-scheduleFlashback Premier DraftAugust 25–September 7: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-EarthSeptember 8–15: Modern Horizons 3September 16–21: Dominaria UnitedSeptember 22–28: Outlaws of Thunder JunctionQuick DraftAugust 11–19: Duskmourn: House of HorrorAugust 20–30: Magic: The Gathering | The HobbitAugust 31–September 7: Secrets of Strixhaven
>>98546447how else am I supposed to distract myself until I pass out
>>98549762Is lotr more fun than the hobbit or should I save my gold?
>starting hand has three islands, but i have plunder the trollshaws for my other color so i should be fine>first draw: nothing>second draw: another island>third draw: another island>plunder the trollshaws: nonland>flashback trollshaws: two islandsGod hates me.
>>98550987you got algorithm'd
>>98549647ugly goblin
>>98549647For me? Its Amy the Amazonian aka snu-snu fu
>>98551078I always thought they were a man
>>98549762>have 6k gold>want to try some P2 draft since it's good value for the money>also should probably save up a bit for better setsaieeeWas MH3 a fun draft? I'm very tempted to save up for it since it's the most value you can get, with how many of its cards are relevant in eternal formats
Wtf happened to mtgI stopped playing for only like 3 years and it's been super power crept.People are casting 6 mana cards turn 2Hearthstone level rng bullshit like start with a 4 mana artifact if it just so happens to be in your starting handI barely interact with the other player and just try to delete in him 2-3 turns before he can do it to me This shit is super gay, is draft the only playable mode now?
opponent casting Maelstrom Pulse on my munitions tokens
>>98551654Leylines are an old, old MTG staple lmao. They just put one on an equipment for once
>>98551654Pauper and Pre-Modern are all that are left.Three Card Blind gets an honorable mention, but it's not really a game in the same sense.
>wake up for some morning sunday mtga>literally nothing but niggerfall
>>98551654People have been warning you for almost a decade now to get out before the entire IP has it's Fall of Rome moment, yet some of you continue to pay these kikes hand over first. No tolerance for retards that are left holding the bucket when it all bottoms out.
>>98552529>holding the bucketESLs lmao
just installed arena for the first time, haven't played mtg in +10 years. what are some brainless decks that can carry me to mythic
>play all creature tribal deck>ladder keeps matching me into boardwipe tribalwell this sucks
They should add tier scaling to Brawl decks, getting kinda tired of running into other decks that make the format feel faster than standard.
>haven't played limited since EOE >be told hobbit draft is fun if you like fast games>decide to give it a shot after looking up some basics>apparently black is super ultra broken so everyone is overpicking it>go for the open white lane on pack 1>immediately rewarded with good UW rares and a ton of recruit support on packs 2 and 3>make the most broken UW deck I could imaginemy 2 losses where from making bad recruit decisions and getting too aggressive before I could close out the game, the format is indeed fun but definitely not balanced lol
oh yes please daddy rig the game more for mei can't play a game unless the odds are stacked either for or against my favor
>>98553411no one has ever won a draft, it is impossible to be good enough to go positive while drafting stop lying
>>98553549it's not hard to get 7 wins when your MMR is in the dumpsters, like I said I haven't really played any limited in almost a year, I spent like 10 months at the bottom of bronze
>>98552763landfall
>>98553413unironically
Do orbs carry over or do I have to spend them on this mastery set?
>>98553287Go play commander if you want to be casual
>>98553808>do I have to spend them on this mastery set?yeah
>you see this turn 2what do
>>98553835ty
>>98553626pathetic child
surprise surprisei play this garbage "mode" once a set yet again and get 7 wins throwing in whatever i feel like and without doing any "research"shocking
>>98552763all top decks are brainless right nowmono green landfall, mono green tokens, mono white enchantments, elves, 2 versions of jeskike, equipment dwarves, red dragons with a touch of white and/or black...Ironically, flavour landfall decks are amongst the more challenging to play. green with a touch of white, blue or black.
>>98554118wow the game rigged it for you to win, congrats dude so impressive
>>98552767you have to out hassle the rigged matchup engine. put indestructible instants into your sideboard (even if you only play bo1)(even if they're not your colour)
>>98554260thanks kid that's why i play poker now not mtg
>>98554339online poker is even more rigged, I fear
>>98554343it's not but i don't expect you to understand the concept of "taking part of the cuts"
>>98554400idk sounds gay man
Urza finally got laid at 30 and hes a real man now! You go sister!
braindead toddler and xyr's phone
>>98530299Why is this thread here and not on /vg/?
>>98554130It's only shocking if you're a retard that doesn't understand how matchmaking works aka a brazilian jungle monkey>>98557153OP got butthurt over how fast it would die there.
>>98557153So every thread you can ask the same stupid question about it. Everyone that actually plays the game is a mega spazoid with aspergers so we need 15 different threads and they cant touch each other or they freak. It makes no sense to have more than one magic thread up at a time. Bunch of faggots act like the way they play this terrible game is the only correct and acceptable way to play. I hope tragedy befalls you all.
Fucking dick suckers
>>98558164tldr?
>>98558727Games cooked stop making threads stop posting in threads.
veil of summer reprinted into standard when?
>>98558834i MUST post otherwise the canadian lanklet with terrible skin will have no reason to continue living
>>98559027you got the nice end of the rigged matchmaking because it wants you to keep playing and then paypiggy once it hands you some losses, we get it bro
Enough with Cooking Games!Does anyone have infinity combo with Invisible Woman and some counter? I saw it weeks ago, and forgot to save it. It involved Invisible Woman and another marvel(?) creature. Invisible Woman would loop into creating tokens, and the other creature would pump up other creatures with +1/1 counters owing to Walls that Invisible Woman creates.
what would the little racist underages do without me...
>>98559567yeah it spam reports to the jannies whenever you say something it doesn't like (it hates, especially, any sentence involving the truth)
I hate landfall
>>98560459Lands need to use the stack like everything else. It's such bullshit there is no way to do anything
>>98560459you hate decks that get gigantic benefits out of putting down lands, something EVERY DECK has to do??? decks that explode out of control because of how fetch lands work? if you don't have removal on the same turn the hydra/ouroboroid drops it's literally over and that's that?
>>98560543ya man I hate that shit
>>98560557uhhh UHHHHH skill issue or something
Solemnity (or Blightbeetle) reprint when?
>>98560696Never ever ever
>>98560801I'm tired of>do anything>get one million +1/+1 counters
>>98560819This is why elves are honestdon't want +1/+1? just kill the archdruid/perfect
>>98560696lol. It would do nothing. A it does nothing in pioneer to curb landfall there.It cancels Ouroborid and Hydra, and that's it.Harmoniser is not effected. Icetill explorer is not effected. Tiffa is not effected. Beorn does trample and bear counters, then +2/+2 on bears. No. Surak, Baloth, Sapling Nurser, Leatherhead.... Nothing.
When are we getting +2/+2 counters?
>>98560468im amazed azorious queers havent gotten a counter land spell yet
>>98561470it will be printed into standard soon
>reporting a player on arena is a thing nowwhy? there's no voice chat or text chat
>>98561818I report my opponent for Hate Speech if:I am on the drawI get screwedI get floodedI dont draw a good curveThey draw a better curve than meThey topdeck better than meThey draw the one card they need to winThey winI lose
standard reprint when?
Farewell and Cyclonic really should be banned in Brawl desu.
>>98562440No, that would be cringe
>>98562242This was the biggest bullshit I ever played against
>>98561818I am glad you can report ropers, however from what I can see you need to be friends with them to even report them so what's the fucking point
yes, it is cancer, but there's really nothing as satisfying as crushing people with 2x Harmoziers
>>98561178Torpor orb on steroids then?
>>98563801>however from what I can see you need to be friends with them to even report themno you report them in-game, when you go into the menu the report player option is on the bottom of the screen
>>98563574you were a control player?
Whatever happened to the sideboard only having like 10 slots for bo1 games instead of the full 15?
my friend has been playing this game for about a month doing starter deck-tier shit. he tried a draft on his own (against my advice) and somehow went 5-3 against all diamond and mythic players.his only experience learning Magic was a few sessions of watching me grind drafts on his account to farm a bunch of free gems/packs for him, which put him at Diamond without ever trying Limited.idk how you guys struggle with Limited so much when it's that easy to train a total noob to be better at draft than most of the community.
>>98565838thats Tales of Middle-Earth: The Hobbit for you. Let me guess, he drafted RB
>>98565821after STX introduced learn/lessons (and Karn being meta in some formats at the time) they cut bo1 sideboards in half for sideboard tutor powerlevel reasons.
>>98565850Does it still exist? It doesnt have the divider thing in the SB like it did last time when I was playing a couple years ago
there's nothing more tilting than starting 2-0 then going 2-3.
>>98534101No, not at all. It only really works in early-midgame in the right Elfball Elixir deck. Really thing about what it does. Loyalty abilities are sorcery speed, so you need enough curve and gas to immediately gain life to keep it alive to survive the first stack after it resolves. Then you need to keep it alive to your next turn while gaining life to keep its going up.The fact that you have to work to make it good means its a perfectly serviceable card.
When was the last time FF draft was offered?
>>98565790I always play control in every format
>MTGA folder is suddenly 22 gbwhat are they hiding...
>>98566991Nothing?
>>98566991new shuffler/rigging algorithm installed
>>98566991poorly optimized jpgs
>Come back to Arena since the bans >Hmm this should be interesting to see some new decks>Mossborn Hydra and landfall decks everywhereThis shit will never change
brawl mwm events are fucking gay
>>98568399how many green cards do we got that say "when land enter, +1/+1 counter on creature" rn? way too fucking many. Along with multiple play land from graveyard creatures in standard lmao
Baffling that golgari is only playable (good) every 5 years or so in standard
>>98568399Yeah landfall and creature tokens have pretty much chased me out of the game forever. enter the battle field effects in general really I guess. shits out of control
>>98566991They changed Unity version, a lot of other games had to do it recently because of security reasonsThe font for some UI elements is also different unless I am schizo
>>98563801sorry tranny, nothing will stop me from roping your faggot bitch ass (much like you rope yourseldlf in real life)I will emote spamI will touch spamI will full stop every phase of every turnI will report YOU for racism so the retarded niggerloving kikejannies throw your ass out insteadstupid cunt
>>98571089Annex rotating will be a big hit for that deck right?
>kikel sissies are STILL running simulacrum more evidence npc braindeath amongst the majority of cattle of the populace is rampant
>>98572667I dont understand
the new rigging algorithm feels even faker than before why are jeets of the coast so shit at digital
>>98572510it means that mono black will be dead along with mono blue, and mono red. 4x Annex is blacks card draw, flawed card draw, but it's all there is there.
>>98573285>along with mono blue, and mono redwhy so?
>>98573285>>98573407nvm I see what you meant, im retarded
>>98571399>touch spamOh no, please don't hover over my cards! Fucking faggot.
I concede and report if opponent interacts with my board, my hand, or my graveyard.
>>98574136you should report op every game since its all ai handled you just need to get enough reports on someone and they will get banned
>>98574297No cap? I will.
>14 one mana cards in deck>see none of them in 3 mulligansthis game is a joke
>>98574400buy some packs goyim
>quickdraft>force BR>go 6-3 with the only losses being against other BR on the drawmeme format
>>98574726it is known
>>98563574Maybe you should play something to the board
>>98575154Sometimes I do
>>98538383Ajani Resolute doesn't "die to Shock". Ajani Resolute dies to Burst Lightning. Who tf plays shock lmao
>>98574297There are still no reports that reports do anything. Probably it's just there as placebo.
>draft>game 1>mana kiked>game 2>mana kikedare the retarded tranny lovers at niggards of the coast making their throats slittable?
god there are a lot of fucking boardwipes in standardmy tribal deck dunks on the mono G matchup but is getting obliterated by Day of Judgment constantly
>>98577394white has a 3 mana asymmetrical board wipe, blue has a 2 mana asymmetrical boardwipe that also gives them a 5/5 flier
oh no no no no
>>98578489forgot to post this kek*wheezes*fucking landfall nigger
>>98578549what is he playing simic for? I only have seen monoG landfall
>>98578563who fucking knowsI don't even know if it was landfallhe vomited a bunch of lands on the board and didn't play any creatureI assume it's landfall because he was using landfall shit like the sac two lands put four lands tapped spells
>>98568528i hate this event cause i usually don't have many cards from the new set since i don't open packs till after the draft season is up so its hard to find commanders for it.
reminder badgermole is still legal in alchemy if you miss the little fella
>>98575803Probably your mother plays shock nigga. If you dont understand what im saying maybe think about it before you look stupid responding to a post from a week ago. Dumbass.
when will wotc add a fun set to draft? do I really have to wait until reality fracture and just hope that its good?
>opponent salts so hard the emote spam keeps going after their head explodesI won't report them, it's too much fun to watch.
If you use a whole rope more than once against me, I am reporting you.
>>98579471Reality Fracture is just Strixhaven 3.0 lmao. If you didn't like Prepared you're not gonna like it.
>>98577394Why do ESLs always need to talk about trannies?
>>98580049sometimes people need to suddenly afk. like their mom starts boomering and needs help with basic computer tasks or something. or they get the wicked shits from taco bell and have to run for the bathroom
I haven't played since maybe March of the Machines? I got about 15k in gems and 250,000 in gold and a plethora of wildcards, maybe like 100 split between rares and mythics alone and an unimportant number of commons and uncommon WC's. If I more or less had say 80-90% of everything in prior Standard sets on Arena(plus a few anthologies here and there)What are the best non-Alchemy formats that I could probably play that's not Standard on Arena? Has Pioneer or Modern been fully implemented yet? I don't think I want to invest into Standard as of this point and i'm fine playing mostly Explorer/Pioneer.
>>98580437Pioneer isn't completely there but pretty much all the cards from the top decks are available, and they sometimes add cards if a new deck comes along and is missing some random card from Gatecrash or whatever. I've been playing a lot of Historic lately and even though there's a few alchemy cards floating around here and there it's really not a big issue. I've been just trying to port over modern decks into it and seeing where it gets me with what is available. Converted a modern Rock deck this week and it's a lot of fun to play, it's missing a few cards from the original deck like Soul Spike but I got it most of the way there and was able to just substitute other stuff in it's place.
>>98560696Solemnity + Nine Lives + Lich's Mastery is so fun on arena. I just can't lose the game!
>Immerstrum Predator got reprinted in Foundations>has NO home despite being a staple in 2021 standard because it is that powercrept
>>98580495>even though there's a few alchemy cards floating around here and there it's really not a big issueI just can't stand the cards and I hated how it permeated itself into 80% of non-Standard game modes. Plus the problem I have with Alchemy cards are that they're not balanced very well and there's no counterplay to a lot of the cards. You can't outplay seek with shit like Spirit of the Labyrinth or a Notion Thief or Shadow of Doubt or whatever. They just get the card for free always and whatnot. Also it permeating Brawl/EDH on Arena gave me the shits as well when I lost in a GW mirror because my opponent cast TIME WARP in a GW deck. You can't play around shit like that. But I might have a look at what the Pioneer meta is like and see if I can make something. I also saw that there's something about Timeless which I presume is like the Vintage of Arena but still has Alchemy stuff in it
>>98580593The main alchemy card you'll see in timeless is Hydroponics Architect, it can get pretty annoying and is really strong with fetchlands. Timeless is fun and a really powerful format but it's got a lot of turn 1 oops I win matches. Also the only format you can ply 4x strip mine. I mostly play pioneer, there's barely any UB shit in it the decks are fun and there's some room to brew if you just want to mess around.
>>98580601>4x Strip Mine formatlol wutDid WotC not remember the lessons of TYPE 1 from 30 years ago?
Speaking of powercreep in standard:I started playing right as Oko got banned, the standard with Nissa who shakes the world, temur adventures, and uro. And then the 4mana Omnath and the extra turns blue card. I stopped playing about there and just got back into it. My question is how was the power level in that standard compared to now? and are either of those the highest standard power level since post Vintage era stuff
>>98578549>Simic Guildgate>fucking Thornwood falls>the gate land tutorIt's a starter deck, with an Hedge Maze added in for some reasonIt's the fucking Simic starter deck
>>98580842After Badgermole bans, it feels relatively tame, but that's only owing to the fact that big tourneys of this cycle are modern. Competitive scene of Arena follows that closely. Once we move back to standard, you'll start seeing fresh dominating brews. Powervise, Standard is extremely high. Meta revolves around the cards of the last sets. Edge of Eternities and Airbender were massive for green. Strixhaven and Airbender for Jeskike decks. Marvel had such a high number of cards in it that it's just waiting for it to be busted. You can take Standard decks into Pioneer, and five to four extra cards, and dominate there. Badgermole fits everyhwere, or you go lessions deck with a few learn cards, and you've a top deck there.
Dick sucking freaks
>>98581091this is not the EDH thread
>retard of the week alertThis idiot managed to kys by having all of this on the board. I guess he thought that he could discard cards exiled with Bonehoard.
>>98581286you would have lost to that retard if he didnt do that too lmao
>>98581274Commander players are the Chads of MTG
Why does this exist>just play removal broyeah just play black every fucking deck forever
>>98581342>3 mana 1/1OR>4 mana 2/2
Fucking queers
brawl is just for faggots innit
>>98580601Even though I loved the Architect in draft and alchemy, I've grown to really dislike the card. It seems like wotc totally ignored the existance of fetches and strip mine when they created it. It typifies wotcs current idea of power as it's a snowball-effect with no downsides except having to play fetches (which itself isn't a real downside).These days too few of the powerful constructed level cardss powerful has a significant downside like they had in the early days of magic (Juzam Djinn, Necropotence, Ancient Tomb, Pact of Negation, Ball Lightning, Pouncing Jaguar, Swords to Plowshares and so on). Now powerful cards are mainly limited with the Legendary-status, which itself can be used as an upside (Ajani or the new key-card). It's only removal which has a significat drawback but it's also substituted with a lower casting costs. I understand drawbacks are "negative" but would it really hurt to add a damage or cost effect to 1 drops?>Architect deals 1 damage to a player whenever they search their library>Whenever you draw your second card each turn, skip it unless you pay 1It'd make a natural balance to the game where you have to think over your decisions instead of just go t1 best drop, t2 best drop, t3 best drop. I wish there was a better counterplay or balance to these powercards than simply winning the dice roll. It's quite telling when you'll nearly always play the Architect over Tamiyo t1 in timeless. The resulting deck is like Bug Delver on steroids (though with random power-up boost). I guess people love the deck due to Brainstorm and Force of Will, two old classic cards which makes you think.
>Brainstorm and Force of Will, two old classic cards which makes you think.
I'd rather not think at all! Put the plains in the bag lil bro.
>>98581503uhh but white is the weakest color in magic tho
>>98581555White is playable right now in standard. Not the best, but it's got 3 mono decks that are close. Enchantments, lifelink, tokens. Mono red, on other hand, is just horrible. Worse than black, even.
beginning to hate summitfest closing ceremony
>>98581932I miss Theros-era red where it was resilient but not broken. and you had the big red control type, the very low to the ground sligh deck, and then the more traditional RDW.
>UW airbend with niggergorn avatarTalk about ragebait
>>98581274Exactly because edh is super based and arena is mega cringe
>>98581342Your white exiles? Your red “does x to target/creature”?? Your blue bounces/stuns??? Your green “fight target creature????Just the purest form of shitter complain about the Hydra, this anon said it all >>98581370
I play a land and double all my creatures power until end of turn. How do you respond without sounding mad?
I love playing against mono green but the matchmaking keeps sending my tribal deck up against fucking mono boardwipes instead.I wish mono green were more popular
Dick head bitch
>>98581932all of those decks get better by not being mono white though
the Izzet bullshit in Alchemy is so pushed that it's pointless to play any deck with creaturesnice format
>>98584997hasnt alchameme been abandoned already?
>lost to blue green in hobbit pick 2 drafti would've probably won if they didn't have the hexproof trick both times i used removal
>>98585448I got that -3/-0 pay 2 life or exile aura, 3 times over 3 games I cast it and every single time the faggot had an instant speed sac card. Thats just arena baby
The shit this game “deals” you with a regular 60 card deck is maddening enough I can’t imagine running a 150+ card janky shit heap what is with these people
>>98582883Remove landfall and remove creature tokens and this game would be like 100x more fun
>>98584174That goes for every deck right now. They're still primarily White decks, though. White has gotten very good lately, it's arguably the best 2ndary colour, and certainly 2nd best primary.
they've printed a lot of dumb alchemy cards but who the fuck thought a 2 mana boardwipe is okay to base the format around
Cock suckers
>>98587721do not play any format where alchameme exists
alchameme ruined historic, I should be refunded all wildcards I spent on that format
Is there still a reward for top 1200 or is it only top 250?
>>98589626seethe
>>98589814yeah
>>98589965you sound mad bro what you gonna do bro stop playing historic?
>>98589996I already did thats why I want those wildcards back
>drew 11/16 landsfuck this game
why are my draws worse when opponent has paypig avatar
>>98590479dont like, dont play. not for you chud
>>98590512I'll have you known that magic is for everyone you tranny faggot bigot
>>98591247everyone but (you)
Dick faces with tiny balls ass bitch
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