Akiri + Sidar Kondo will be my commander for this equipment cat deck. I'll call it "Please don't push that sword off the table"
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Magic: the Gathering |OT12| Hour of Devastation - Hour of Jace getting dunked on
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Akiri + Sidar Kondo will be my commander for this equipment cat deck. I'll call it "Please don't push that sword off the table"
Agreed. R/W equipment theme is a thing, G/W feels forced.
shrapnelmagnet
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Would be nice but might be too expensive to toss in
Mirri is cool, it's interesting that they are turning weird old Enchantment / Artifact effects into Commanders. Like, how long before Enchanted Evening or Crucible or whatever are just Commanders so you can actually build around the effect? With all of this EDH speculative buying, it's getting hard to keep up if you want to play with stuff cheaply. Commander spoilers get me the most nervous for my "list of things I thought looked cool but haven't bought".
*I almost exclusively play 60 card casual, and love making shit decks around weird effects.
I like the main general of the cat deck but am a bit disappointed by the equipment theme.
I guess I will wait for the decklists to come out but I am hoping that the wizard or vampire deck aligns more with what I am looking for. (Have a scion deck already)
leaning towards wizards but I am thinking that the deck I get is just going to be sleeved and run without modifications as a better entry point that I can pull out for low powered pods.
I guess I will wait for the decklists to come out but I am hoping that the wizard or vampire deck aligns more with what I am looking for. (Have a scion deck already)
leaning towards wizards but I am thinking that the deck I get is just going to be sleeved and run without modifications as a better entry point that I can pull out for low powered pods.
surprised they didn't make it eternal playable
Color-shifted weaker Notion Thief
Color-shifted weaker Notion Thief
This would have been such a good hatebear. Even if it was 2W I could see this being legacy playable.
But FINALLY some decent roundabout card draw in White
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
why is a card with the name of alms collector doing some heroic pose/run in the art.
The act of collecting alms for the poor is generally much more religously tinted and mundane.
The act of collecting alms for the poor is generally much more religously tinted and mundane.
Color-shifted weaker Notion Thief
Honestly, this is pretty solid. UG can draw so many cards. This hoses those card draws a bit.
The flavor text makes it read more like a thief / robin hood than someone collecting taxes or a tithe. It fits the card ability.
Edit: I am going to call him Bernie.
I think the flavor is supposed to be Robin Hood, but I agree, "Alms Collector" does not fit the art.
Edit...a minute late...
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
But it's also a cleric which fits more with the name again. There's some disconnect going on with the card overall.
At least the effect is fitting both ends of the spectrum.
Color-shifted weaker Notion Thief
Would this work with Howling Mine?
shrapnelmagnet
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I like that Rat Lynx, a lot. Fun if you can punish the effect somehow or otherwise negate it with Pestilence or something.
Yeah, Cat Rogue or something.
Yeah, Cat Rogue or something.
Simply Sarah
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So, like, it works with wheels and it's a bit of a beating against Brainstorm or Griselbrand (not in commander, obviously) but it misses hitting a whole lot of things since anything that draws one card repeatedly gets past it.
No. The extra draw from Howling Mine is a triggered ability that happens after you've done your normal draw for the turn meaning that only one card is drawn at a time.
No. The extra draw from Howling Mine is a triggered ability that happens after you've done your normal draw for the turn meaning that only one card is drawn at a time.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Honestly, when you add in the art and the flavor text, the name starts to feel like a euphemism.
Even though howling mine says "draw an additional card"? Seems like it would, considering additional means plus one aka 2 in most cases. Just making sure.
Edit: for the record I think you're right, but I'm caught up on the word additional. Why doesn't it just say "At the end/beginning of your draw step, draw a card".
charlequin
Banned
It's definitely a euphemism.
Yeah, if it was a replacement ability it would say "instead" on it somewhere. I think the oracle text says "additional" card just to make clear that it's on top of their regular draw or any other Howling Mines in play, I don't think it has rules meaning.
Simply Sarah
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It says "additional" because it's less confusing that way. "But I'm already drawing a card during my draw step???" type stuff. It would need to be a replacement effect to actually have you draw two cards at once for your normal turn draw.
Thanks, I wasn't thinking in that way and that totally makes sense. Appreciate it.
Color-shifted weaker Notion Thief
What happens with one of these in play when two other players each control a Consecrated Sphinx?
Simply Sarah
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Depends. Sphinx is a may so they can roughly control how many times draws occur. It's not quite as one sided as it is with Notion Thief (where the Thief player is decked and the Sphinx player draws any multiple of two cards) but each can choose to have the cat controller and themselves draw however many cards they'd like. Combined they can almost certainly deck the cat controller if they want.
SigmasonicX
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Hungry Lynx is fantastic.
Glad to see they're open to making better cards for characters that were already legendary creatures. Maybe one day we'll get a Gerrard that isn't boring... even if that does reflect his character.
Secretly naming a player is really interesting. Plus, it's a one-use effect that doesn't place a reminder counter. I guess you can crumple up the paper you wrote the name on.
Glad to see they're open to making better cards for characters that were already legendary creatures. Maybe one day we'll get a Gerrard that isn't boring... even if that does reflect his character.
Secretly naming a player is really interesting. Plus, it's a one-use effect that doesn't place a reminder counter. I guess you can crumple up the paper you wrote the name on.
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Familienoberhauptvogel
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Yeah but that doesn't fit the artwork imo.
I'd agree if he was a thief.
Remembrance
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I never understood the flavor for this either.
This comment is hilarious in the context of American political rhetoric.
Giving up your own resources to help others in need.I never understood the flavor for this either.
Simply Sarah
Member
Normally I'd boo replacing art originally done by Kaja but Cuombajj Witches isn't one of her stronger pieces so I'll accept it.
That art is amazing. That's a card that needed a reprint like 2 years ago, but Mono-black is basically non-existant in the current Pauper meta
"God's Beard!"
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Don't ruin my image of a successful RB player being a Malkavian.
shrapnelmagnet
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Original Commander reprint of Aura Shards looks like it jumped according to MTGGoldfish.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Commander/Aura+Shards#paper
Non-Commander version still steadily rising.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Commander/Aura+Shards#paper
Non-Commander version still steadily rising.
Imperfected
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In terms of power level, you've got to remember that Commander is a singleton format. Yes, you're going to play Stoneforge Mystic and a Sword over the Equipcats, but more to the point you're probably going to play Stoneforge Mystic and a Sword in addition to the Equipcats.
Why are they so stubborn about reprinting certain cards
They work 2 years out and sometimes reprints just don't fit. I'd love for them to reprint Maelstrom Archangel, because I think it's way too expensive for a card that's not terribly competitive, but there's not very many places that they could fit it in that would work with the overall design of a set; even moreso because it referenced a specific event.
I haven't been paying attention to the number crunch, but it seems likely they could reprint Aura Shards in the GW cat deck.
I don't think a mythic creature and a utility uncommon are on the same level, but I totally get what you're saying.
That said, it's played in a ton of commander decks and, even if we do concede to them working 2 years out, it's been how many years now since the original Commander deck printings? They've had a lot of points where they could slot it in, like either Conspiracy set or Eternal Masters.
It's time for this one to see a reprint.
It wouldn't really make much sense in Eternal Masters. There was a big enchantment theme. Having a card that can completely hose a whole deck would be bad; moreso because the hoser would be in the same colors that play the deck.
The first Conspiracy came out about 3 years after it was last reprinted; it wasn't really urgent then. It could have worked in Conspiracy 2 fine, however.
charlequin
Banned
It's historically like a six to eight dollar card. If you had asked me to guess without looking whether it needed a reprint I would've said no. I don't think this one is stubbornness so much as it just not being on people's radar.
This is a black bordered card. lol I love it
Is there a good way to make all of my opponent's creatures rats outside blue?
Joe Molotov
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Shields of Velis Vel for a relevant colored card.
fuck no that's Karn
She is. The three new mythic commanders in each deck will be foil.
shrapnelmagnet
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I love the reserved list.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/The+Dark/Stone+Calendar#paper
(I fucking hate the reserved list)
$3 -> $40
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/The+Dark/Stone+Calendar#paper
(I fucking hate the reserved list)
$3 -> $40
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