Framboise posted:

So what's the full dream list of non-RL cards that we'd actually want and will vastly not get

BENGHAZI 2 posted:

I need a green fatty to slot into mono G Omnath to replace my Ulamog the Infinite Gyre that's going to go in another deck, please suggest me things that are around ten or fifteen bucks

If nobody says one I like I'm just going to put sol ring in there, since it was too expensive when k built the deck and I've never gotten around to it

The Clowner posted:

Why should casual players give a gently caress about the ban list? If you want to play with the moxen or whatever just ask your playgroup

Framboise posted:

I can imagine playing against a Godo Helm deck. "I ban your Helm of the Host." They then spend the rest of the game twiddling their thumbs.

Bust Rodd posted:

Yeah I’m seriously debating going to the one in Charlotte, but spending $100 to drive to Charlotte for 2 days just to play EDH with strangers feels like perhaps bad value.

pseudanonymous posted:

Yes really old cards that exile creatures like tawnos coffin keep auras attached to the creature but I think the way they’d work they’d still get etb triggers when they come back.

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Toshimo posted:

Korvold stuff that provides an effect, but has a sacrifice back end:

Commander's Sphere
Fires of Yavimaya
Gaea's Touch
Gate to the Afterlife
Cluestones
Hammer of Purphuros
Ramos Pieces
Mind Stone
Metlspinner's Puzzleknot
Omen of the Hunt
Orazca Relic
Scarecrone
Underhanded Designs
Treasure Map
Unstable Obelisk
Wolfwillow Haven
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Gynovore posted:

I actually played Skeleton Ship way back in the day. It wasn't too horrible compared to the power level back then.

pseudanonymous posted:

My friend wanted a Nicol Bolas, the Ravager deck.

So I dunno: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/20-04-20-the-ravager/

So your basic wincon is to put Curiosity/Ophidian eye/Tandem lookout on either Glinthorn or Brallin, or Parun or the Firemind.

For Brallin and the Glinthorn you have to have more than 7 cards in your end step, for the Mizzets you just need to create a draw trigger at that point.

LeafHouse posted:

Have you guys checked out https://www.spelltable.com/ ? It is absolutely amazing for online EDH. Besides easy tracking of life and displaying commanders it also lets you click on a card on someones webcam and it'll bring up an image of the card, even if the webcam is blurry as hell. I was blown away when I first tried it.

edit: haha duh it's the same as VirtualEDH mentioned above me.

Bust Rodd posted:

Bust Rodd posted:

The Roon thing is literally a non-issue. You have to willingly allow your Commander to go to exile instead of your Command Zone to get got in the first place. No one who actually understands how Commander is played is gonna fall for the Roon thing.

pseudanonymous posted:

It's actually the same. This is one of the weird Roon things. Either way, you made the choice when the commander goes to exile. If you chose to let the commander be exiled and then expected it to bounce back, and then someone stifled the trigger, the commander was permanently exiled, both before and after the dies change.

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If Roon of the Hidden Realm’s ability targets a commander, that card’s owner may choose to have it go to the command zone rather than being exiled. The delayed triggered ability will return it to the battlefield no matter which of the two zones it went to, as long as it’s still in that zone when that triggered ability resolves.

Bust Rodd posted:

So I’ve decided I need a break from brewing cutthroat, competitive decks and I decided I want a mono-U deck, something I never thought I’d build.

I have settled on God-Eternal Kefnet, going for big Blue. I really don’t want to lean into extra turns because that’s obvious and boring, I’d rather go for powerful splashy blue spells like Blatant Thievery and Aminatou’s Augury.

What are big and exciting blue instants and sorcereries besides time magic? Is there anything that really boosts Kefnet that isn’t obvious? I’m just gonna put in as much top card manipulation as I can find but I just want to big expensive spells for slightly less mana lol

logis posted:

Rules question:
I have a Snow land. I enchant it with "On Thin Ice" exiling a creature. I then donate the enchantment to another player (with Zedruu, etc). What happens?

Balon posted:

Yes, I am the titular Commander Mechanic.

Bust Rodd posted:

Meanwhile, a free Scry feels, uh, somewhat pointless?

Magnetic North posted:

You should probably run Blasphemous Act or some sort of wrath. Maybe this deck can get away with Disaster Radius instead? If you really want it to be a creature, there's always Bloodfire Colossus, but I think you want at least some form of sweeper.

And Bust is right, add Triumph if you're going to do the infect thing. (How does Bloodfire Colossus interact with Grafted Exoskeleton? Asking for a friend.)

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120.3. Damage may have one or more of the following results, depending on whether the recipient of the damage is a player or permanent, the characteristics of the damage’s source, and the characteristics of the damage’s recipient (if it’s a permanent).

120.3e Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect causes that much damage to be marked on that creature.

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702.89d If a permanent leaves the battlefield before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had infect.

Railing Kill posted:

I have about 20 decks. A few are jank, a few are optimized casual, and most are tuned casual. All of them are budget decks, and about half of them have at least one proxy of a card running in another deck. I don't do proxies en masse, but I do a lot of wheeling and dealing to pay relatively little for this hobby. I'll invest in a couple releases per year, keep the commander playable stuff, and flip the money cards and/or stuff that's hot in other formats in order to at least break even in the purchase. Lately I've been getting modest purchases of singles to support my LGS buddy in southern Maine. But prior to COVID, I didn't usually buy singles.

I like brewing more than I like playing (not that I dislike playing). Putting on music and brewing/revising a deck after the kids go to bed is how I tend to relax at night. It's kind of meditative.

Tenasscity posted:

Had seen that. Sadly, it doesn't answer the questions I have

Magnetic North posted:

I've been daydreaming about a Tatyova, Benthic Druid deck for a while, so here are my two cents:

First off, you mentioned both Harrow and the new Roiling Regrowth first, but be sure to know the difference. If the latter gets countered you don't sac the land. On the other hand, if you are copying it, then you will only sac one land for the original Harrow.

Second, generally you should always run 2 mana ramp all all sorts before running 3 mana ramp, whether if be artifacts or lands. You really want to ramp turn 2, and density is important. Obviously things like Rampant Growth and Sakura Tribe Elder and Farseek are excellent choices. After, it gets a little weird, since things like Wayfarer's Bauble and Search For Tomorrow are fine since you'll have 4 mana by turn 3, but Khalani Heart Expedition obviously doesn't.

Once you're happy or out of options at 2 CMC, before you jump to 4, look at 3. Skip artifacts at this point for your synergy, and stick with spells that allow for landfall triggers. Kodama's Reach and Cultivate are arguably overplayed in EDH, but you can run them for the second landfall trigger, though you have to play fair. I found no other 3CMC spells that put you up 2 lands without additional cost or setup (Far Wanderings, Primal Growth, Grow From The Ashes, etc). After that, Harrow and Roiling Regrowth get you two triggers but only put you up one land, which is good in is own way.

Once you get to four, it's dealers choice, but that's kind of expensive. I'd usually suggest Migration Path because it cycles unless you want to grab cards with the Forest type, in which case use Skyshroud Claim. Of course, in your deck, you are less likely to cycle it since you hopefully have payoffs, but you won't always.

You can obviously adjust to your taste for more expensive ramp in the hopes of making up for some of it through synergy, but aim low first. Don't jump to 4 if you can get away with being at 2.

sit on my Facebook posted:

I like Hour in this deck because it says "tutor up Wasteland and Strip Mine", but it could probably be something better. Could be Expo Map, could be Sylvan Scrying, could be several other things. There's a lot of options for this strat

Bust Rodd posted:

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa is awesome in this deck, it’s a win condition//mana dump but you can also dissuade your opponents from bird wiping by threatening to blow up all their lands. I would windmill slam Kamahl here.