Category: Syndicated

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
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

/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 &quot…

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

/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

/u/bboomslang on [C20] Fierce Guardianship

Wow. Just wow. That is a staple, for sure.

Apr
06
2020

/u/bboomslang on What power level has produced the most fun games for you?

Another one with „cEDH is best“ experience. We don’t play full cEDH decks all the time, but just adopting the mindset has done wonders, far less salt that way. You try to win, so that card was fair. We still play casual as heck decks from time to time …

Apr
06
2020

/u/bboomslang on A Girl and her Bird… Shark?

Yeah, I kinda see it as Gitfrog in Jeskai – easier to cast even. You sculpt and try to get to the discard combo, as that will be damn hard to interact with. I really think this could have potential, especially with her low color pips. Easy to get her o…

Apr
06
2020

/u/bboomslang on [C20] Dismantling Wave – White mass artifact and enchantment removal

Yep, this is a way to break through a Lavinia + knowledge pool lock – you just remove the knowledge pool (or it‘s red buddy possibility storm or whatsitcalled) when wiping the board of artifacts and enchantments. And it still is decent outside the cycl…

Apr
05
2020

/u/bboomslang on Deflecting Swat, new red staple?

Yeah, I think Godo and Grenzo (of Doomsday fame) can really play this easily and it will help – both are low on solid stack interaction and both want to have their commanders put.

Apr
02
2020

/u/bboomslang on Emergency Ban Discussion – cEDH Cast

Yeah, but they say on the card – this doesn‘t. They just have some handwaving and invent a non-existing zone.

Apr
02
2020

/u/bboomslang on Emergency Ban Discussion – cEDH Cast

I feel bad about the ban, too – Partner commanders are fine, but this little otter is not? What are they smoking … That still of course leaves the Elefant in the room, the mechanic itself, because that is just dumb from wizards to make it work in com…

Apr
02
2020

/u/bboomslang on [IKO] Vivien Monsters’ Advocate

This in my slivers deck …

Apr
01
2020

/u/bboomslang on What Planswalker should I use for a "thief" deck

And he is the greatest thief of the multiverse!

Mar
29
2020

/u/bboomslang on Favored commanders

I have a Muldrotha deck, too. The LED combo is fun and the list can do some really stupid stuff. LED is one of my favorite cards to play and there aren‘t that many lists that can run it. Which is a bit of a bummer, because it means that both Elsha and …

Mar
29
2020

/u/bboomslang on Favored commanders

Still Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain. She lost a bit with the PE ban, but still works and of all my cEDH decks, it still is the most fun to me. Stax combined with several combos and a solid storm plan and lots of controlling options – it just gives me ev…

Mar
28
2020

/u/bboomslang on Stuck at home? Read the latest Metagame Project Update!

So looks like I am building Elsha next. How could I ignore such a spicy list? It even plays my favorite card in LED!

Mar
28
2020

/u/bboomslang on Magic History: Taking a look back at ‘Urza’s Legacy’

Aww, man, my favorite characters in MTG, Jhoira and Karn! I wish word would go back to story driven design. But then, I am playing cEDH, so I am used to utterly broken cards being played 😉

Mar
26
2020

/u/bboomslang on Has anyone else been playing a bunch of Horde lately?

I from time to time pull out the original Theros block challenge decks – the Minotaur one is mostly a horde deck, the hydra and Xenagos ones are a bit more quirky. It works ok to get the feel of shuffling your cards and provides at least a little bit m…

Mar
23
2020

Reply: 1 Player guild:: General:: Re: New games you have tried in this sad situation?

by TheGargoyle
Finally got Cloudspire to the table, went quite well – a bit on the fiddly side, but I can imagine to explore it more. And will definitely try to get more Too Many Bones in, but the only new there are the new expansions that came in. …

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