I played a game of Istanbul.
May
03
2020
Play to Win Gameplay (Flash is banned Kinnan is here to stay)
Flash is banned. Kinnan is back. We’re gonna see how the newcomer stacks up against some stax. Blood Pod – We thought kinnan might be a little fragile so putting it up against some strong stax with some new cards might work. https://tappedout.net/mtg-d…
May
03
2020
/u/bboomslang on Kadena is a seriously underrated commander
So you put a winning combining and use your morph creatures only in emergencies where they can actually help (rarely) and the rest of the game as free Cantrips. If Kadena and some way to play creatures at instant speed are out, your morphs are free Can…
Apr
29
2020
Pinger Decks and how useful they actually are
Hi!
I’ve recently started redesigning some of my super budget decks that are just for my friend group where we really don’t plan to do much investment and just have “kitchen” Table esque fun. But sometimes I also like playing online with slightly more powerful decks.
While doing that redesign, I found that I really liked Syr Carah for the Red Deck. But not as just a spell slinger deck, but as a Pinger Deck. It’s full of cards that tap to do 1 or more damage to a player or creature. Which sure, its not a lot. But it does wonders against Token Decks and when combined with Gorgons head and Flair, it’s a Tap-Kill a Creature.
Now with Ikoria, we also have Deathtouch and Lifelink Counters etc. and even have Mutate for added shenanigans for those Pingers. I feel like yes, they don’t do a lot, other than being a convoluted Creature removal. But they also have something interesting where its not just about combat, but being careful with your resources.
Insatiable Hemophage and Cubwarden are some such creatures you may want to mutate ontop.
Porcuparrot is also a new Pinger making use of Mutations ( Gimmicky, as heck )
With the Commander 2020 release we also have a Mardu Pinger now ( and I know that even blue has Pingers) with Kelsien, the Plague. Giving us access to 3 Colours, among them, good removal, good methods of card advantage, and different varieties of Pingers.
So here’s my question for the discussion for you guys. What do you think about Pingers? Are they horrible? are they hidden op? (lol) or what comes to mind in terms of weird combos for them?
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Apr
27
2020
/u/bboomslang on What Cedh/Edh decks do you play and why?
I’ve played quite a lot of Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, because it combines the things I love about magic: artifacts, combos, and stormy decks going off big time. That is why some of my alternative decks are Teshar (also cedh) and Emry (casual high power).
I am currently building a edh high power Nicol Bolas, the Ravager list, because Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker was one of my first paper cards I got – when I got the Ajani vs Bolas duel deck. So even though old Nicky B won’t be in there (and his first creature version neither), at least some of his newer incarnations will show up. So yep, sentimental attachment right there.
And I run two goblin decks now in casual edh (RB Grenzo and RG Grumgully), because goblins.
Apr
27
2020
/u/bboomslang on Is there a "perfect" set of three cards for Emergent Ultimatum?
the if’s are just the three choices they can make and the demonstration that each one leads to a hulk trigger. One of them – the third – is the most situational (and I’d say the only correct choice for your opponent) that needs some board state to operate on. And that board state is nothing unusual – have your commander out and in a green deck, have one mana dork. Or any creature that dies to one -1/-1 counter. And all the pieces actually make sense, as you can win by assembling them manually, too. So yeah, it is actually a working thing, if you ignore the 7 CMC big-ass-complicated-mana sorcery you need to go off 😉
Edit: don’t put Pattern on opponents creatures though, please 😉 (I am dumb, reading the card explains the card)
Apr
27
2020
/u/bboomslang on Is there a "perfect" set of three cards for Emergent Ultimatum?
Can we assume some board state? Because if we can assume a mana dork, this could work with [[Volrath, the shapestealer]] as commander and him out in the field during pre-combat main phase.
Your pile is [[Pattern of Rebirth]], [[Viscera Seer]] and [[Protean Hulk]].
- If they give you the seer and the hulk, they straight up lose to your hulk pile, as you just sac Hulk to your Seer.
- If they give you Seer and Rebirth, you put the Rebirth on your mana dork, sac it to your seer and grab hulk, sac that to your seer and win.
- If they give you Hulk and Rebirth, you put the Rebirth on your mana dork, go to combat and put a -1/-1 on your mana dork to get Seer into play and sac the Hulk to your Seer and again win.
Hulk pile is [[Spellseeker]], [[Thassa’s Oracle]] and [[Blood Pet]]. Seeker grabs your [[Demonic Consultation]] which you cast with the black mana from blood pet with the Oracle ETB trigger on the stack.
Yeah, sultai rector-less pattern rector for the win. If I’ve ever come up with jank, this is it 😉
Apr
27
2020
Is there a "perfect" set of three cards for Emergent Ultimatum?
[[Emergent Ultimatum]] What I mean is this: Everyone can name the odd two card combo that wins the game by going infinite or whatever it happens to be, but is there any set of three monocoloured cards, any two of which in combination win the game on th…
Apr
24
2020
Post-Flash Interview with Shivam Bhatt! – cEDH Cast
Our most recent episode is finally out! We talk about commander, the rules committee, flash, and more on this episode of the cEDH Cast! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/cedhcast/post-flash-interview-with-shivam-bhatt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com…
Apr
23
2020
/u/bboomslang on RC discussion about cEDH.
Yep, especially in the light of two actual RC members (unlike Shivam, who is only CAG) being highest ranked judges, of course they put competitive as equal to tournament. It only makes sense for them. And to be fair, tournaments are brought up in discu…
Apr
22
2020
North 100 Episode 95 – Ikoria Set Review Part 2!
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Apr
22
2020
/u/bboomslang on Power Level Wednesday!: Ask r/EDH what’s your deck’s power level? – April 22, 2020
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/nicol-bolas-jank-lord/
Commander: [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]]
It is a mostly standard Grixis shell taken from competetive grixis lists that run top-heavy spells (like grixis turns lists). It wants to win with [[Nicol Bolas, Dragon God]]’s ultimate. It utilizes infinit mana combos, preferably [[Barrin, Master Wizard]] and [[Dockside Extortionist]], or [[Ghostly Flicker]] and Dockside. It utilizes the infinit mana to dig into the deck via spells like [[Illusionist’s Stratagem]] or our commander to find the missing pieces. Best case scenario is to go for [[Planar Bridge]], tutor mutiple times for the Bolas planeswalkers, nuke opponents boards with [[Nicol Bolas, God-Pharao]] and ultimate the Dragon God for the win.
It clearly is jank, but what tier of jank?
The shells, as said, is oriented along the lines of other efficient grixis shells, which is the reason for expensive rocks and the probably weird looking mana base with only 31 lands (for cedh, that’s more on the higher number).
So marrying a competetive shell with a janky wincon – what does that make? 🙂
Apr
22
2020
/u/bboomslang on OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY VORTHOS PLAYER HERE
Jhoira and Teferi fit in nicely into the story, to, both being students at that time and being directly involved, Jhoira even being friends with K’rrik for some time.
Apr
20
2020
/u/bboomslang on Flash Ban Megathread
yes, I totally agree, but I just doubt that WOTC or Hasbro actually invest there. And I especially doubt someone from the RC invests there instead of just giving numbers they grabbed from thin air.
So I am not rejecting the fact that it can be done, I just doubt the assumption that it actually is done in any way relevant to distinguish casual vs competetive EDH.
They totally have data driven decisions for other formats and the health of other formats that are tournament result based. They have a wealth of data there from MTGO, Arena and paper event results. It’s just not there for cEDH vs casual EDH and I strongly doubt they invest there just to clarify how big the cEDH movement is 😉
Apr
20
2020
/u/bboomslang on Flash Ban Megathread
Or you can just pull the numbers out of your ass, which is faster and cheaper to do and hell, who cares, right? I personally never seen and played in an actual casual game of EDH. Whenever I read stuff Shivam writes about casual EDH, I am totally "…
Apr
14
2020
/u/bboomslang on Is there any reason to use products like the Quiver or the Superhive other than to reduce wear on deckboxes?
I got me the Quiver when I went to MF Bologna, because I thought it is easier to carry than a backpack. I also have the Ultimate Guard Ammonite Backpack now, but actually I prefer the Quiver if I just want to have a selection of decks on me. It’s easy to carry, doesn’t take up lots of space and is not as bulky as the Ammonite. Grabbing decks without rummaging through the backpack blind is nice 😉 – and it forces me to be selective, because it only holds 5 EDH decks.
And come on, you have to agree, that thing has style 😉
Apr
10
2020
/u/bboomslang on Jeskai sac options of Academy Rector?
Flash Godo and Grab Helm is a Good Plan B of you run Flash anyway 😉
Apr
09
2020
/u/bboomslang on [IKO] Kinnan
Flash Hulk to get Vigean Graftmage and incubation Druid and Sylvan Safekeeper eot of opponent, infinit mana, get Thassa’s Oracle and that leveler that nukes library. You just need to play this boy and afterwards play flash. And you can find both flash …
Apr
09
2020
[IKO] Kinnan
[Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy] UG Legendary Creature – Human Druid Whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana, add one mana of any type that permanent produced. 5UG: Look at the top give cards of your library. You may put a non-Human creature card from a…
Apr
09
2020
/u/bboomslang on Fork the red counterspell
It is ok, but usually the third or fourth pick after Red Elementa Blast and Pyroblast (and maybe Guttural Response or Burnout).
Apr
08
2020
/u/bboomslang on [IKO] Jegantha, the Wellspring (cardmarket spoiler)
yeah, that’s why I think freed from the real and intruder alarm are best for this.
Apr
08
2020
/u/bboomslang on [IKO] Jegantha, the Wellspring (cardmarket spoiler)
[[underworld coinsmith]] if your life total is higher than everyone’s.
Apr
08
2020
/u/bboomslang on [IKO] Jegantha, the Wellspring (cardmarket spoiler)
Goes infinit with Freed from the Real if your deck can support the companion restriction, or provides infinit WBRG right away with just it and an untapper when you run it in your command zone.
Apr
06
2020
/u/bboomslang on Finally made the deckbox I’ve always wanted
Super sweet! 3D printed parts? Did you use bronze fill, or just paint it?
Apr
06
2020
Finally made the deckbox I’ve always wanted
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