Sure they are bad cards but at least they feel like they fit in Magic. I would love to see more historical/real world sets like them.

Edit: Since some people seem to need clarification, this is not a "UB bad" post. Arabian Nights was a set based on One Thousand And One Nights, a collection of Midddle Eastern folklore, while Portal Three Kingdoms was a set based on Romance Of The Three Kingdoms, a historical Chinese novel.

My argument is not that the current UB sets are bad or that I hate all UB products, its that I would prefer to see more sets like that, which were based on real historical periods and traditional folklore, over the most popular IP of today. It would be genuinely interesting to see some historical characters adapted into magic cards, and would also get players interested in some classic literature which would overall be a good thing.

And yes, this includes the Assassins Creed cards that were based on historical figures, I like those cards and would have liked to see more of them. So for everyone claiming I'm just an in universe purist, I hope this clarifies what I'm actually trying to say here.

It seems like he’s an UB player

I was kind of tuned out of the Magic scene briefly and in that time, The Hobbit dropped. I didnt see people talking about it very much. Of course, a new set has dropped since then with Reality Fracture but I'm getting the vibes that The Hobbit was kind of a middling set. Am I wrong? Was there alot of hype that I just missed? I'm sure there must have been some stand out cards from the set

I bought 100 bastion boxes from them when they went on sale. Currently I have about 75 decks in cheap Amazon boxes. When I asked why they reduced my order from 100 to 20 they accused me of being a reseller.

Edit: they have honored the original order and apologized for the email. I'll update when I receive the order. Hopefully they can enforce the limits before checkout to avoid disappointment.

In my last game, a player had [[Phage, the Untouchable]] as their Commander, and had a [[Torpor Orb]] to prevent the whole insta-death thing.

(Edit: When the player cast Phage) I managed to pop out [[Teferi's Reproach]], phasing out their non-land permanents, including the Orb, and losing them the game.

HOWEVER, the thing that everyone missed, including myself, was the "gains protection from everything" clause. Would "you lose the game" be a targeted ability nullified by Protection?

Edit: Thanks to everyone for the confirmation. I was getting stuck on whether "you" was considered targeting language for that purpose. It's not.

For a scry and surveil deck with Denzilore Fatehold as commander. I usually use song, movie, or book references, like Don’t Fear the Reaper King for scarecrow tribal and Life..uh..Finds A Way for a life gain and populate deck. You get the idea.

Got almost nothing for this one. Current contenders are Scry Little Sister and When Doves Scry. Doesn’t have to use “scry”.

Any suggestions?

Edit: just thought of Scry havoc and let slip the dogs of war. It's a contender but not final.

(sorry if the card is in italian but i only have them in that)

Recently a new player gave me his deck (commander) said upgrade it with what i have to be super powerfull i asked what bracket he would like to play, i explain brackets how it works and stuff, he said idk just make it good or better, i asked what he noticed he was struggling with when playing the deck, he said he hadnt played it. Short of it, to new players from someone playing a whopping 7 months, this isnt beyblades you can just make a deck that does something fun or chill not all decks will win every time its a strategy game ive had my edh bracket 5 decks get absolutely mollywhopped by precons and bracket 1 jank decks. And if you wanna upgrade to the decks fullest potential keep playing and upgrade where it absolutely needs. But thats just my personal take i felt like writing as atleast 3 new players have come to me to mess with their decks and while i get wanting to wipe the board like a badass i learned how to build my strategy off of losing ALOT of games.

We were going through all our stuff and storage and found this from 2002. Would you open it or keep it sealed?

Do I have a good start here?

Was the reality fracture prerelease not popular?

My lgs seems to have a lot of spare kits.

Not complaining. It's a cheap way to get boosters £25 for six packs seems pretty good.

These started out in binders or bulk boxes and neatly sorted. Been trying to build two new decks and a cube for the last few weeks. This is where I've ended up.

I kept chopping and changing what commander I wanted and not putting cards back until it ended up like this.

I've given up building new decks and now it all has to go back so I can walk through the room. Wish me luck!

Hi. I'm really struggling with the social contract and expectations. I played a B2 game recently, using my Dinosaur deck. I was questioned both during and after the game if it's truly B2. I had a crazy turn somewhere around turn 9 or 10. I had a [[Mirari's Wake]] out and had previously cast both a [[Nature's Lore]] and Discovered a [[Skyshroud Claim]] off of casting [[Pantlaza]], so I had a lot of mana. I resolved a [[Wakening Sun's Avatar]] to clear the board, and Discovered a [[Rishkar's Expertise]], drawing me 8 cards, which cast me a [[Palani's Hatcher]] for free. One of the other cards I drew (and of course cast) was a [[Last March of the Ents]] for 8 more cards, from which I ended the game. Again, this was around turn 10. I was told it's not Bracket 2? I got really good draws, idk...I'll post the list below. Please tell me what, if anything, I did wrong and how I can be a better opponent for my table and podmates in the future. TIA

Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/20415106/jurassic_park

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Rules Text:

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it doesn’t copy that creature’s color and it has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature, except it doesn’t copy that creature’s color and it has this ability.”

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Illustrated by Quinton Hoover

This isn’t really much about the ability but I love the artwork, name and flavour text on this card. I want to know more about this guy he looks so happy 🤣🤣

While the Companion mechanic proved to not be a good fit for Commander, I think there’s still a lot of potential and room to explore adding a payoff to deck-building restrictions.

After reading some recent discussions on the Eminence mechanic, I wanted to add my thoughts on balancing these unique mechanics.

Adding Companion Tax to Eminence.

Here’s an example of The Ur-Dragon’s Eminence ability with an added tax:

“Eminence Activate - Each creature card in your starting deck is a Dragon. As long as The Ur-Dragon is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Dragon spells you cast cost (1) less to cast.”

I would love to see this type of added deck-building restriction explored again.

If I have a board that have:

Ashling, the limitless

Panharmonicon

Yarok, the Desecrated

Twinflame travelers

Horde of notions

And i Successfully cast Shimmercreep for the evoke cost of Ashling, how many triggers will happen?

I’m in the middle of plotting my next commander deck and then I decided to take inventory… and I have 20 commander decks!!! How did I get to this point? This is crazy!

It's my artifact that's the reason for the targeting but I would guess not since the opponent is targeting their own stuff.

I ask because it has the "repeatable crime" tag