This afternoon I reworked my Umori Slime #mtgcommander#mtgedh deck. The goal is to create as many oozes as possible and then run players over.
The day before they revealed Slime Against Humanity I had said to myself “if they print another card where you can play as many as you want in a commander deck, I am going to buy at least 30 of them.”
The hope is to get Thrumming Stone into play and then start rippling my way into a whole bunch of Slimes.
Once a month I change things up when running #mtgcommander#mtgedh night at my LGS. Some of us are playing Oathbreaker, the 60 card singleton multiplayer format where you pick a planeswalker and a “signature spell” to be your commander. Games are quicker and seem to have more impactful decisions that a normal game of Commander.
Here's a $5 off $100 code at MinMaxGames for anyone who wants it. It's not a huge discount, but they're currently the cheapest place with stock to order the MTG Fallout deck sets ($168 w/free shipping), and every little bit helps...
For all the hate YouTube gets for it’s stance on playing ads for non-paying users, I have found it an invaluable resource for interesting #mtgedh#mtgcommander content. Where else could I find someone building a RUG cascade enchantress deck?!?
The more I watch #magicthegathering Canadian Highlander content, the more I become convinced that competetive #mtgedh players should play that instead. Not as much fun as showing up at your LGS and stomping kids.
Been working on building a much more synergistic #mtgedh#mtgcube after taking apart my old one due to…apathy and wanting to lean into companions. Found a great YouTube series that outlined a great process for figuring out those synergies. It will be one of my post-baseball projects this winter.
Super fun draft night tonight! We had a going away party for one of the playgroup that’s moving away, so we drafted Dominaria Remastered and had some cake too.
Ended up in a WU blink deck feat. Triskelion, which was very sweet to pilot.
Vs Mono-White Enchantress(!!): 2-0
Vs UBR Control: 0-2
Vs UG Squirrel Nest Midrange: 2-1
DOM Remastered is sweet, and we had a good sendoff for the player moving away, since he took the 3-0 victory tonight too!
Also, snuck in a commander game afterward that I ended up winning with my “coin flipping matters” deck by flipping infinite coins, drawing my deck, and then getting there with Mirror March tokens! Was sick.
Posted 80+ #MagicTheGathering errors -- misprints, miscuts, foil lines, etc. -- in my eBay store today. A LOT of basic lands with minor errors which are priced $1.49-$1.99, and a variety of other cards from other sets. Some have already been swiped by my regular buyers, but still a lot left if you're just looking for cards to fill out misprint decks.
For the #magicthegathering pauper players out there, can anyone help me find a deck to play?
I like engine-focused combo decks like storm or grinding station, and aggressive tempo-centric decks like arclight phoenix or prowess decks, and especially decks that combine the two somewhat. What decks would interest me?
Moxfield allows you to search for decks which contain a specific card, and allows you to filter by format. If you have a pet card or a specific group of cards which fit your gameplay style, you can set the format and search for decks containing it/them.
For instance, here are the results for Empty the Warrens for the main budget formats:
Someone working at Moxfield, TappedOut, or any deckbuilding website needs to start playing around with a way to rank/rate/evaluate #Commander decks.
EDHREC rankings are already available as part of @scryfall's API. Would it be that hard to start parsing that data in deck stats?
I know EDHREC rankings don't directly correlate to power level, but popular cards tend to be powerful. Knowing the average ranking of a deck's cards would be informative.
I know it would be an anchor on their servers for a gain that many people may never notice, but...
It would be VERY interesting if @scryfall added columns for 'Number of other printings' and 'Average price across all other printings' to the 'Checklist' sort in sets.
Especially during pre-order season, it would help to quickly identify where people are overpaying for new variants, as well as alert players cheaper options are available.
A few hours left on Amazon's Prime Day. If you don't already have the Starter Commander Decks which were released last fall, they're available for $79.49. They're a fun set of 5 evenly-matched decks, and are great to just set aside as a "Challenge Deck" set, or to lend to friends for game nights. They also have a TON of Commander staples, and are well worth the price if you're just getting into the format.