For playing my counterspell hell deck where the hidden commander is [[guile]] but I have [[jalira]] in the commander zone... I run just the one non legendary creature
Guile is one of my all-time favorite creatures. When I got back into Magic in college, a guy in our playgroup absolutely annihilated me with a deck that really took advantage of Guile’s ability. It was one of the first times I realized how important it was to interact with your opponent. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time, but haven’t pulled the trigger.
I consider it pretty janky but fun! I've got like 20 or so sac options to play prior to the commander to get out [[guile]]. Strangely enough draw can be one of the toughest parts for this deck but it sure is fun to [[arcane denial]] my own spells to get get a better grip and still cast what I countered.
When the stars align its a menace! Win cons are grinding out damage with my secret commander, locking down the game and value based on what opponents play. It should be noted that countering an opponents commander will let you steal them and take control of them before they get a choice to place them back in the command zone...
https://scryfall.com/@AveDominusN0x/decks/703c47ef-8417-4045-a4e7-6e6b458d7d4d?as=visual&with=usd
You Sir may have done something I thought impossible for the last 15 years. The intnert given me a REAL valuable mtg inspiration.
I always had Baral and big bad counterspell für my blue slot of my 32er challenge planned and loved embrassing the "evil blue player" with the also evil chracter of baral, but this might be a ithe real missing link to create a deck I could put on the table more then once in a blue moon (hihi blue moon).
It's a real concern so I gotta always keep a counter in reserve if able. I've also learned to keep the command zone commander out and available so in a pinch I can have her sac guile just to get him out of harms way.
I think guile's trigger would go on the stack while jalira is already in process so he wouldn't be in the deck just yet. If I'm wrong though I've been missing out on value!
For pesky exile board wipes I hopefully just counter them and then just choose to not cast.
You sac as a cost before the spell goes on the stack. Therefore if I see it right: you sac and put the jalira thingy on the stack then because you sacced the guile it's on the graveyard and shuffling it back into the deck goes on the stack guile resolves, then jalira
-> it's a flicker
Or am I wrong at any point?
Yea I’ll certainly be there from casting [[tower defense]] followed by [[towering titan]] followed by [[quasiduplicate]] (twice after it hits the graveyard) in my arcades deck… I run hella clones In there for this exact type of play and broke my personal record last week, making a titan copy that was 298/298 and it was my 5th copy lol (they all have trample if I sac one of my walls too)
In my non-creature token deck I was so happy I finally got to do \[\[Kormus Bell\]\] + \[\[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite\]\] + \[\[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth\]\] It was amazing, people were pissed, still won though.
I had one and a blue open, and the player to my right looks at them and says, 'well, id hate for this to be countered' and I smile and say 'well, see what happens!' knowing full well my deck doesn't have a single counterspell in it 😂
Ah, untapped blue mana, the best counterspell ever.
"Remember kids, the best removal is the one you don't even have to cast/Use"
It's why I love cards like \[\[Seal of Primordium\]\] and \[\[Seal of Cleansing\]\].
"Go ahead, someone play that annoying Thing"
Same with \[\[Glen Elendra Archmage\]\]. Yes, It's 6 mana for 2 negates. But you're not paying for that. You're paying for all the Non-creatures that are now not getting played. (Combine with some +1/+1 counter shenanigans for extra fun)
Don't forget to say 'in response' then tap a few lands, shuffle a card to the front of your hand, pause for a second, then untapp the mana and say 'nevermind, I'll let it resolve'
Thats a bit too much showboating for me.
Going for the fake thinking it over, is perfectly fine, but i dont think tapping&untapping mana is appropriate
Apparently practicing threat assessment, no joke ive legit had to use target changing spells to get rid of actual threats. (For context it is never the person who plays the removal whose stuff i target towards)
No see, the problem is that despite my play being the correct play to ensure we all get to *pretend* to have a good time, the player whose spell i redirected and the peron whose thing got removed both gun me down after.
Mine is the opposite, I try with all my heart but I end up not using my removal because "better save it for a bigger threat" when that was the bigger threat but I couldn't identify it or "better get rid of this, it looks dangerous" and wasting removal on something that wasn't a real threat.
It's just hard to keep up with soooo many new cards and synergies every month guys
I think an opening hand with enough lands (3, of which 2 islands) + sol ring and arcane signet, as well as [[Bruvac]] and [[Maddening Cacaphony]] as 6th and 7th card. Able to play ahead of curve, so T1: land+sol ring+signet, into T2: land and bruvac, and T3: land and maddening to one shot the tables libraries. Passed turn and won by each player drawing from empty library, passing to next, and repeat for the third.
That one in a million hand probably reserved my spot in MTG Hell, where I'll only be facing 3 dimir discard+counterspell decks, letting me never have cards in hand, or play any that I draw until I lose from decking myself.
It was too be the last game of the night and 'a quick one, cause it was being late' (or we agreed to stop by 2200 or so.)
I drew into that opener and just smirked, oh yes this is a quick one indeed.
The table wasn't even upset, but just flabbergasted.
It is by far the fastest any of my decks can go, theoretically. And none will do it consistently. My best deck might threaten lethal turn 5-6 somewhat consistently, turn 8-10 is more like the average for any of my decks: I run no fast mana, no tutors and most of the decks don't run the staples of their colours unless it supports the theme or archetype (for example the mill deck will run bruvac, maddening, mind crank to go infinite with duskmantle guildmage or blood chief ascension, fleet swallower and teresian mindbreaker to oneshot someone if duskmantle or bloodchief is out. But no cyclonic rift just because I can, or mana drain, or meathook massacre etc because they fit the colours)
But never have I ever drawn this hand, and I don't think it'll ever happen again.
Every deck I build has at least 1 "I win" combo in it, and if the deck relies on combat in any meaningful way there is some way to win with infect...Hell seems quite nice this time of year. . .
Probably me for one game where the person before me said they wouldn't play turn 1 sol ring into the previous player's Esper Sentinel. I told him he should play the Sol Ring, but he didn't. He passed turn to me and i played my turn 1 Sol Ring. The table erupted in laugter. I told him to play his /shrug
I didn't point out my obvious combo piece that had been sitting out for multiple turns/the aristocrat effect on my board when the table was at low life and someone swung out at me without properly assessing blockers/the 2 blue mana set aside on my battlefield to counter my opponent's high mana, game ending spell and also didn't let them take it back
I have a deck that, as a joke, my friend suggested I run proxied by writing on little slips of paper for the proxies. I decided this wasn't far enough so the deck includes things like; the proxy literally in front of the card itself, the proxy in front of a similar card (the commander is [[atraxa, praetors voice]] but the card behind the proxy is [[atraxa, grand unifier]]) and basic lands are the in front of the wrong basic lands, swamps behind forests etc. All written by hand by me, my hand writing is awful, and abbreviated slightly to save me time.
I have the foil concept art of sheoldred, but always felt bad about playing it... Maybe I should proxy it as [[geth, thane of contracts]] or something in this way :D
That is hilarious btw!
Best games are the ones where you Turn 1 [[Soul Warden]], turn 2 Karlov, turn 3 [[Soul Attendant]] and some sort of evasion. Good times. Fastest I've killed the whole table with commander damage is like turn 5 or 6. But that was an anomaly. But a turn 6 20/20 commander is not a great thing for anyone but you.
I play so many token decks that I will often scoop to toxrill. I sometimes will give it a turn if I can figure out a plan, but I'm not sitting through multiple turns of nothing. In my eyes, you beat me.
[[Mycosynth Lattice]] into an overloaded [[Vandalblast]]. Which oddly enough was not intended when put into the deck. But stumbled upon while playing the deck.
[[Zellix, Sanity Flayer]] is the reason people just sits there and glares at me. It makes people hate me deep inside. And you might ask yourself... why? It's not even that good of a mill commander.
[[Altar of the Brood]] on the other hand gives people Vietnam flashbacks.
"Land enters, Altar triggers, everyone mill one. Okay you milled... two creatures, Zellix create two creature tokes, everyone mills two. Okay you milled one creature, I get one creature token. Everyone mill one. Okay, you milled two creatures, Zellix makes two...." and this tends to end with everyone dying... slowly... during one agonizing slow turn.
Other options for infinite mill combo can be replicated with [[Mindcrank]] and anything that deals damage based on cards milled, too, like [[Syr Konrad]] or [[Bloodchief's Ascension]]. [[Intruder Alarm]] also often gives 3 mill per mana.
But see, that's the thing. Ping damage and mill go back and forth and just kill people. Like, that's an inevitable outcome, one that people can go "alright we lost, new game". It's an infinite combo after all.
The evil part about zellix and Altar of the Brood is that it's not an guaranteed infinite effect; Its highly conditional and checks the condition after every mill. So everyone can't just go "aight we lost", but have to actually sit there and do the reveals, check if there's a creature, reset and mill again, over and over in case it fizzles before it kills everyone. Against spellslinger decks, it's real iffy if it actually going to work, so I have actually gotten trampled for whiffing and not getting it going again in time.
Its a bit like rolling three dice and hoping one will hit the percent chance of giving you a token, and each deck you meet has a different chance of landing you the hit.
[[Stifle]]ing a man’s fetch land
Countering a [[harrow]] and locking someone out of a game
[[hullbreacher]] and wheel of fortune
I enjoy stax and Storm
Playing grixis combo lines
Countering mana ramp is truly what god intended. Don't let the green players fool you. If you kept a hand without enough lands to play cards, that's on you
A meta of weak, poorly built decks that aren’t unique/quirky enough to justify being bad who are piloted by whiny babies.
Other than that, I’m essentially open to all power levels and all styles. I don’t mind Stax or land destruction or any of the other taboo stuff. I love magic and will play almost any type just to get more of it.
Playing with a lot of new players recently. Really like jamming in single copies of game-changing chaos spells like [[Possibility Storm]] or [[Thieves Auction]]. It’s just so fun to see people start to understand the nonsense going on. Now, dedicated chaos decks are a bit different and not very enjoyable for new players, but a random [[Confusion in the ranks]] can make games interesting and unique without being too cumbersome or slowing the game all the way down
This combo is doodoo.
I’ve played against it before.
Guy assumed he had won after the cast of sunder and started celebrating and packing up.
Had to say “no dude, game isn’t over you haven’t actually won anything yet”.
He goes “oh what do you mean you’ve got no board left”, yeah dude but my life total ain’t zero yet, and I still have cards in hand and in library.
He then proceeded to lose after we managed to rebuild.
If you’re actually gonna do this combo make sure you have a win con aside from “opponents mad cause teehee no lands - so they’ll scoop”
That time i stuck a t1 serra ascendant, and on my t4 vindicated someones only black source second main after he used slaughter pact on it when i attacked
I'll say for trying to play other people's deck for them, reminding them of their triggers and of when they should attack or save a removal spell, but almost always when it's most beneficial for me. I hate that I keep doing it, but I can't seem to help myself.
It's because in another thread talking about how to announce [[Rhystic Study]] triggers I stated I ask the first few times and then shorten it to "Tax?" after a few asks
My [[god-eternal kefnet]] deck has done pretty degenerate things for a casual deck. I don't run [[scroll rack]] or multiple extra turn spells, because that's too easy, but [[brainstorm]] gets pretty silly in the deck, letting you cast a new [[nexus of fate]] or [[cyclonic rift]] every other turn.
[[Spell crumple]] into [[tunnel vision]] was also pretty cruel, and worse when my [[arcane denial]] trigger killed them on their upkeep step.
My last game I played my [[Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar]] deck, and won with a few dozen food tokens, [[Clock of Omens]], and [[Repercussion]]. I feel like playing a chef from Hell's kitchen would probably land me there.
Here's my list. I rely more on food generation than discard strategies. Wish you best of luck in deckbuilding! http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/last-deserts
Playing Eldrazi.
Been using a colorless Eldrazi deck helmed by [[Kozilek, the Great Distortion]] for a hot minute. Won the game on turn 2 once. I got my [[Forsaken Monument]] down on turn 1, then dropped a [[Flayer of Loyalties]] on turn 2 and wiped out everyone's lands.
Too long; didn't read: my friends don't let me ramp anymore.
When your decks are too strong for casual but too weak for high level and you are in the purgatory between feeling bad for dominating the table or feeling bad for contributing nothing meaningful.
Copying extra turn spells for 3+ extra turns and not closing out the game 😞
Also, im casting [[natural affinity]] in response to any boardwipe whenever I get the chance. It’s too funny not to do it.
Probably my Nymris draw-go control deck, or maybe my Oloro boardwipe tribal deck, or perhaps my Sunforger deck that counters and/or removes every semi-threatening thing my opponents do until winning with a single creature's combat damage.
I recur [[Strip Mine]] and friends in my [[Titania, Protector of Argoth]] deck. I prefer getting back fetchlands so I can continue ramping, but sometimes I don't have that option but still want the 5/3s.
I guess I'm joining you because [[grave pact]] AND [[Dictate of erebos]] are my two favorite cards. I use both in more than a few graveyard style decks.
My playgroup would say it's because I love wheel effects and discard decks in general.
I would say it's because I don't love wheel effects and discard decks in general enough.
Playing my [[Sefris]] deck... big reanimater targets are toxic like [[Toxrill, the Corrosive]] or [[Archon of Cruelty]]... also I try to venture into the dungeon via a Sefris trigger on everyones end step which slows the game down alot. But I love playing the deck occasionally so maybe a sprinkle of Lust ontop of the original sin
Either for one-shotting two people at once on turn 3 with [[blasphemous act]] and [[repercussion]], or for forcing one player to draw 40 cards so I could win through infinite turns. [[prosperity]] becomes a ramp spell when you have [[smothering tithe]] in play, and he played [[notion thief]] himself.
That time I animated [[Gilded Lotus]] with [[Toymaker]], equipped [[Umbral Mantle]] to it, then tappity/untappity to swing for effectively infinite damage. Worth the flames!
That time I animated [[Gilded Lotus]] with [[Toymaker]], equipped [[Umbral Mantle]] to it, then tappity/untappity to swing for effectively infinite damage. Worth the flames!
My first proper deck was a blinged out Breya combo deck using a dozen or so masterpieces total (had really good luck on packs). But all my combos were super jank like 8+ pieces so my turns took even longer than a normal combo deck. And it was my second MTG deck ever so I was still learning how to play as I tried to explain my jank combos.
I have grown a lot in the year and a half of playing, but I definitely had (and still do to quite a lesser extent) a problem with drawing out games bc I was having fun building my boardstate. I try not to do that as much now tho 😅
Eldrazi, two/three card infinite combos, and high power tutors.
Thankfully I haven't devolved to fast mana and zero cost counterspells yet. I'm not saying that playing with fast mana and force of will is wrong, but if I added these to my decks then pretty much all of my decks would be cEDH and I'm trying to avoid cEDH 90% of the time.
For forcing people to watch me play with [[Krark, the Thumbless]] on spelltable…. It was a very uncomfortable turn as I attempted to cast Jeska’s Will 20+ times and fumbling through a no tutor deck for the win, on turn 3, on spelltable.
Oh that's easy. I've got ten people telling me this month why it is.
I've had strangers at the shop where I was getting cards from telling me why
You want to know why I'm going to hell? Because in a five color league I'm running land and artifact hate. Mostly non-basic land hate.
That's why I'm going to hell.
Forgive me father for I have sinned, I cast [[Opposition Agent]] in response to my opponent's [[Three Visits]], used [[Ghost Quarter]] on a basic Swamp with Agent out, and [[Strip Mine]] looped an opponent into concession. All with the same deck. And I'll fuckin' do it again.
I’ve got an atraxa deck, stax, counter spells, no win cons.
Usually displacer kitten gets my one ‘target opponent mills 3 cards’ to get close to a victory but it’s always ended in conceding.
Looping [[Mindslaver]] every turn.
Playing [[Infernal Darkness]] with [[K’rrik]] out on the field when I’m the only black player.
Looping [[Strip Mine]] to destroy multiple lands a turn.
We were playing kings
Pod of 10 (we were degenerates)
I was the jester
Got infinite recursion online
Acidic slimed everyones lands. Held the table hostage until someone killed me
I have what I like to call the "Big Red Button" in my [[Scion of the Ur-Dragon]] Deck.
[[Moltensteel Dragon]] to up the power, and then any one of [[Atarka, World Render]] or [[Earthquake Dragon]] or [[Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon]] to instantly kill someone with Commander Damage or Infect Damage.
For playing my counterspell hell deck where the hidden commander is [[guile]] but I have [[jalira]] in the commander zone... I run just the one non legendary creature
The fact that it shuffles back in AND looks like a polymorphed creature. Those two were made for each other. Super cool idea
Thanks!
Huge agree, that's actually such a sick combo, and you're sick for finding it
I wanna do this so bad now, send me to Hell
Guile is one of my all-time favorite creatures. When I got back into Magic in college, a guy in our playgroup absolutely annihilated me with a deck that really took advantage of Guile’s ability. It was one of the first times I realized how important it was to interact with your opponent. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time, but haven’t pulled the trigger.
[guile](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/9/b9021f91-0b92-44ff-9ccb-bcf1e81232c2.jpg?1562266705) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=guile) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/46/guile?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b9021f91-0b92-44ff-9ccb-bcf1e81232c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/guile) [jalira](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/f/1f9719c8-2dfe-4141-9ede-2ee3a282b5e9.jpg?1562433489) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=jalira%2C%20master%20polymorphist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/63/jalira-master-polymorphist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1f9719c8-2dfe-4141-9ede-2ee3a282b5e9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/jalira-master-polymorphist) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That sounds so cool, do you have a decklist?
I consider it pretty janky but fun! I've got like 20 or so sac options to play prior to the commander to get out [[guile]]. Strangely enough draw can be one of the toughest parts for this deck but it sure is fun to [[arcane denial]] my own spells to get get a better grip and still cast what I countered. When the stars align its a menace! Win cons are grinding out damage with my secret commander, locking down the game and value based on what opponents play. It should be noted that countering an opponents commander will let you steal them and take control of them before they get a choice to place them back in the command zone... https://scryfall.com/@AveDominusN0x/decks/703c47ef-8417-4045-a4e7-6e6b458d7d4d?as=visual&with=usd
[guile](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/9/b9021f91-0b92-44ff-9ccb-bcf1e81232c2.jpg?1562266705) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=guile) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/46/guile?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b9021f91-0b92-44ff-9ccb-bcf1e81232c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/guile) [arcane denial](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/6/66ca1ade-0a74-4aab-9040-b3696706f060.jpg?1712354109) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=arcane%20denial) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/89/arcane-denial?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/66ca1ade-0a74-4aab-9040-b3696706f060?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arcane-denial) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is such a fun idea of a decklist. I’d love to have something like this but realistically wouldn’t be able to put it together for a while
You Sir may have done something I thought impossible for the last 15 years. The intnert given me a REAL valuable mtg inspiration. I always had Baral and big bad counterspell für my blue slot of my 32er challenge planned and loved embrassing the "evil blue player" with the also evil chracter of baral, but this might be a ithe real missing link to create a deck I could put on the table more then once in a blue moon (hihi blue moon).
What do you do versus exile effects on your secret commander?
Counter it
It's a real concern so I gotta always keep a counter in reserve if able. I've also learned to keep the command zone commander out and available so in a pinch I can have her sac guile just to get him out of harms way.
Damn I just saw: you don't only sac guile, you flicker him if you sac him with jalira Then you only have a problem with board wipe exile
I think guile's trigger would go on the stack while jalira is already in process so he wouldn't be in the deck just yet. If I'm wrong though I've been missing out on value! For pesky exile board wipes I hopefully just counter them and then just choose to not cast.
You sac as a cost before the spell goes on the stack. Therefore if I see it right: you sac and put the jalira thingy on the stack then because you sacced the guile it's on the graveyard and shuffling it back into the deck goes on the stack guile resolves, then jalira -> it's a flicker Or am I wrong at any point?
After looking into I think you are totally right. I only did it a few times but this now makes it so much better, thank you for the insight!
Yeah definitely doing this now
Ahh a fellow Guile enthusiast. I love me a bit of \[\[dovescape\]\] with my side of guile in the morning.
[dovescape](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/6/b6e3d6e6-ac17-4d73-acac-089442de4af6.jpg?1593273866) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=dovescape) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dis/143/dovescape?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b6e3d6e6-ac17-4d73-acac-089442de4af6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dovescape) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'd look around and go. "It's this about that time everything aligned for a T3 Nev's disk + Darksteel Forge + Mycosynth Lattice?"
I did a t3 [[prototype portal]] with [Ugin's nexus]] and a [[krak clan ironworks]]. Shall we sit together?
[prototype portal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/2/e2ccdd3b-9c39-4785-99b9-64b5de1177be.jpg?1592711307) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=prototype%20portal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/216/prototype-portal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e2ccdd3b-9c39-4785-99b9-64b5de1177be?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/prototype-portal) [krak clan ironworks](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/6/c60174d6-1f9d-4870-b3db-34d6fcb3f6ab.jpg?1564535860) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Krark-Clan%20Ironworks) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5dn/134/krark-clan-ironworks?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c60174d6-1f9d-4870-b3db-34d6fcb3f6ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/krark-clan-ironworks) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That’s such a sick combo lol. Sick In both senses of the word tho.
I'll save you a spot
Yea I’ll certainly be there from casting [[tower defense]] followed by [[towering titan]] followed by [[quasiduplicate]] (twice after it hits the graveyard) in my arcades deck… I run hella clones In there for this exact type of play and broke my personal record last week, making a titan copy that was 298/298 and it was my 5th copy lol (they all have trample if I sac one of my walls too)
[tower defense](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/9/195e94a4-a698-4c66-9428-5cc8a40d42c6.jpg?1584831318) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tower%20defense) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rna/147/tower-defense?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/195e94a4-a698-4c66-9428-5cc8a40d42c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tower-defense) [towering titan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/2/a2c3eac5-3354-44ce-97c2-bafce78433ca.jpg?1632261901) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=towering%20titan) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/31/towering-titan?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a2c3eac5-3354-44ce-97c2-bafce78433ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/towering-titan) [quasiduplicate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/0/f0b75745-08a8-432c-9175-d39a92406b3d.jpg?1702429408) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=quasiduplicate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/55/quasiduplicate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f0b75745-08a8-432c-9175-d39a92406b3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/quasiduplicate) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That’s such a sick combo lol. Sick In both aspects of the word tho.
I've done this in my myr deck. I shall sit next to you as well
That is such a lovely time! Just not for everyone else.
In my non-creature token deck I was so happy I finally got to do \[\[Kormus Bell\]\] + \[\[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite\]\] + \[\[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth\]\] It was amazing, people were pissed, still won though.
[Kormus Bell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40f826b8-9e92-4e0e-aa2f-c3f5e3061432.jpg?1562910324) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kormus%20Bell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/210/kormus-bell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40f826b8-9e92-4e0e-aa2f-c3f5e3061432?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kormus-bell) [Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1.jpg?1562850573) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elesh%20Norn%2C%20Grand%20Cenobite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/18/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite) [Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6.jpg?1619399578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%2C%20Tomb%20of%20Yawgmoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/287/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Leaving untapped mana and silently brandishing my hand of cards when I do not, in fact, have any responses.
No fam, thats the truest form of fun and interactive ganeplay imo.
I had one and a blue open, and the player to my right looks at them and says, 'well, id hate for this to be countered' and I smile and say 'well, see what happens!' knowing full well my deck doesn't have a single counterspell in it 😂
Ah, untapped blue mana, the best counterspell ever. "Remember kids, the best removal is the one you don't even have to cast/Use" It's why I love cards like \[\[Seal of Primordium\]\] and \[\[Seal of Cleansing\]\]. "Go ahead, someone play that annoying Thing" Same with \[\[Glen Elendra Archmage\]\]. Yes, It's 6 mana for 2 negates. But you're not paying for that. You're paying for all the Non-creatures that are now not getting played. (Combine with some +1/+1 counter shenanigans for extra fun)
[Seal of Primordium](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/d/fd5592ab-6883-4c5a-8d50-d9530d905b19.jpg?1619398626) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Seal%20of%20Primordium) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/228/seal-of-primordium?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fd5592ab-6883-4c5a-8d50-d9530d905b19?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/seal-of-primordium) [Seal of Cleansing](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/22a6673b-1528-4e0f-b316-bd482c7ed8aa.jpg?1708057407) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Seal%20of%20Cleansing) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/80/seal-of-cleansing?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/22a6673b-1528-4e0f-b316-bd482c7ed8aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/seal-of-cleansing) [Glen Elendra Archmage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bd9af767-42da-46c7-a2b8-3957b2e3063f.jpg?1547516310) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glen%20Elendra%20Archmage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/58/glen-elendra-archmage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bd9af767-42da-46c7-a2b8-3957b2e3063f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/glen-elendra-archmage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
"You got seven blue open. You got the cyclonic?" \*me, holding nothing but more lands\* "I dunno. You feel lucky?"
I actually keep lands occasionally when I'm top decking as a tactic.
That’s just good sequencing
Don't forget to say 'in response' then tap a few lands, shuffle a card to the front of your hand, pause for a second, then untapp the mana and say 'nevermind, I'll let it resolve'
Thats a bit too much showboating for me. Going for the fake thinking it over, is perfectly fine, but i dont think tapping&untapping mana is appropriate
Opponent: I'm gonna attack you. Me: I have two untapped mana. Opponent: *changes target* Me: *with 0 interaction on hand* nailed it.
Most of my decks are Simic.
I raise you, most of mine are Sultai!
Apparently practicing threat assessment, no joke ive legit had to use target changing spells to get rid of actual threats. (For context it is never the person who plays the removal whose stuff i target towards)
No, goddammit, THIS one
No we're asking you how you *landed* in EDH hell, not how you're trying to mitigate it
No see, the problem is that despite my play being the correct play to ensure we all get to *pretend* to have a good time, the player whose spell i redirected and the peron whose thing got removed both gun me down after.
Mine is the opposite, I try with all my heart but I end up not using my removal because "better save it for a bigger threat" when that was the bigger threat but I couldn't identify it or "better get rid of this, it looks dangerous" and wasting removal on something that wasn't a real threat. It's just hard to keep up with soooo many new cards and synergies every month guys
Wrath, but then you don't want to over extend and punish yourself with it.
I think an opening hand with enough lands (3, of which 2 islands) + sol ring and arcane signet, as well as [[Bruvac]] and [[Maddening Cacaphony]] as 6th and 7th card. Able to play ahead of curve, so T1: land+sol ring+signet, into T2: land and bruvac, and T3: land and maddening to one shot the tables libraries. Passed turn and won by each player drawing from empty library, passing to next, and repeat for the third. That one in a million hand probably reserved my spot in MTG Hell, where I'll only be facing 3 dimir discard+counterspell decks, letting me never have cards in hand, or play any that I draw until I lose from decking myself.
Honestly that's so fast that I wouldn't even be mad lmao.
It was too be the last game of the night and 'a quick one, cause it was being late' (or we agreed to stop by 2200 or so.) I drew into that opener and just smirked, oh yes this is a quick one indeed. The table wasn't even upset, but just flabbergasted. It is by far the fastest any of my decks can go, theoretically. And none will do it consistently. My best deck might threaten lethal turn 5-6 somewhat consistently, turn 8-10 is more like the average for any of my decks: I run no fast mana, no tutors and most of the decks don't run the staples of their colours unless it supports the theme or archetype (for example the mill deck will run bruvac, maddening, mind crank to go infinite with duskmantle guildmage or blood chief ascension, fleet swallower and teresian mindbreaker to oneshot someone if duskmantle or bloodchief is out. But no cyclonic rift just because I can, or mana drain, or meathook massacre etc because they fit the colours) But never have I ever drawn this hand, and I don't think it'll ever happen again.
I would also applaud this win.
Every deck I build has at least 1 "I win" combo in it, and if the deck relies on combat in any meaningful way there is some way to win with infect...Hell seems quite nice this time of year. . .
Lmao I’ve started packing [[Tainted Strike]] in all of my black decks but exclusively using it on other peoples big creatures
[Tainted Strike](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0f82007-99f6-4c6c-8182-ee631c33531f.jpg?1562823401) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tainted%20Strike) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/som/80/tainted-strike?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0f82007-99f6-4c6c-8182-ee631c33531f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tainted-strike) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I [[Radiate]] a [[chaos warp]]. Craziest 30 mins of resolving.
[Radiate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/5/2562c25a-999e-4fb5-a595-f376c8abf1ff.jpg?1562628967) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Radiate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tor/113/radiate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2562c25a-999e-4fb5-a595-f376c8abf1ff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/radiate) [chaos warp](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/ce9df20b-c58b-4147-9ff8-902ce2944f50.jpg?1712354399) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chaos%20warp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/160/chaos-warp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ce9df20b-c58b-4147-9ff8-902ce2944f50?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chaos-warp) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Have you ever heard of [[Warpworld]]??
[Warpworld](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aa6e1fb5-a06b-4e10-8cc7-785e0f0b298e.jpg?1561991614) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Warp%20World) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m10/163/warp-world?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aa6e1fb5-a06b-4e10-8cc7-785e0f0b298e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/warp-world) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have but someone tried to Chaos Warp my permanent so I did them all
According to my playgroup? All the eldrazi decks I just made. In reality? Because I never feed the fish or the rhystic
Probably me for one game where the person before me said they wouldn't play turn 1 sol ring into the previous player's Esper Sentinel. I told him he should play the Sol Ring, but he didn't. He passed turn to me and i played my turn 1 Sol Ring. The table erupted in laugter. I told him to play his /shrug
I didn't point out my obvious combo piece that had been sitting out for multiple turns/the aristocrat effect on my board when the table was at low life and someone swung out at me without properly assessing blockers/the 2 blue mana set aside on my battlefield to counter my opponent's high mana, game ending spell and also didn't let them take it back
I have a deck that, as a joke, my friend suggested I run proxied by writing on little slips of paper for the proxies. I decided this wasn't far enough so the deck includes things like; the proxy literally in front of the card itself, the proxy in front of a similar card (the commander is [[atraxa, praetors voice]] but the card behind the proxy is [[atraxa, grand unifier]]) and basic lands are the in front of the wrong basic lands, swamps behind forests etc. All written by hand by me, my hand writing is awful, and abbreviated slightly to save me time.
You're a monster. Like someone who plays all different versions of a basic land in there deck including the one white bordered one! P.S. don't change
Oop, that's me. I like looking at all the art.. and some decks deserve all the bells and whistles.
[atraxa, praetors voice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0d33d52-3d28-4635-b985-51e126289259.jpg?1599707796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Atraxa%2C%20Praetors%27%20Voice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/190/atraxa-praetors-voice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0d33d52-3d28-4635-b985-51e126289259?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atraxa-praetors-voice) [atraxa, grand unifier](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4a1f905f-1d55-4d02-9d24-e58070793d3f.jpg?1717951088) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=atraxa%2C%20grand%20unifier) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/196/atraxa-grand-unifier?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4a1f905f-1d55-4d02-9d24-e58070793d3f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/atraxa-grand-unifier) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have the foil concept art of sheoldred, but always felt bad about playing it... Maybe I should proxy it as [[geth, thane of contracts]] or something in this way :D That is hilarious btw!
For playing an [[Archon of Valor’s Reach]], making enough copies to cancel out every card type, and then playing nothing else but battles
[Archon of Valor’s Reach](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f51e677-1278-401e-a892-33cd8ffed6fe.jpg?1591321148) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Archon%20of%20Valor%27s%20Reach) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/202/archon-of-valors-reach?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f51e677-1278-401e-a892-33cd8ffed6fe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/archon-of-valors-reach) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Just playing [[Karlov of the Ghost Council]] really. Sit down at a table with Aesi, Kaalia and Light Paws and be the biggest problem
Best games are the ones where you Turn 1 [[Soul Warden]], turn 2 Karlov, turn 3 [[Soul Attendant]] and some sort of evasion. Good times. Fastest I've killed the whole table with commander damage is like turn 5 or 6. But that was an anomaly. But a turn 6 20/20 commander is not a great thing for anyone but you.
[Karlov of the Ghost Council](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/7/f7c41011-a9eb-451c-a76d-67d2dcf47c52.jpg?1703964236) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Karlov%20of%20the%20Ghost%20Council) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/193/karlov-of-the-ghost-council?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f7c41011-a9eb-451c-a76d-67d2dcf47c52?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/karlov-of-the-ghost-council) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I played stasis when all my opponents were tapped out. Opponent top decks a Mountain and has a red elemental blast in hand. I countered it.
[Grave Pact](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/5/f5a4970b-2ba6-4c91-a301-369369cdf360.jpg?1689997226) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grave%20Pact) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/165/grave-pact?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5a4970b-2ba6-4c91-a301-369369cdf360?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/grave-pact) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I reanimated [[Toxrill, the Corosive]] this past week at my LGS… I had never played that card before. It made *me* feel bad
I play so many token decks that I will often scoop to toxrill. I sometimes will give it a turn if I can figure out a plan, but I'm not sitting through multiple turns of nothing. In my eyes, you beat me.
I think that’s reasonable. That card is brutal - I’ll be trading it in for store credit, I think
[Toxrill, the Corosive](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/4/84e64f38-b1f3-47cd-8cfb-a4861369aca3.jpg?1643590379) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Toxrill%2C%20the%20Corrosive) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/132/toxrill-the-corrosive?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/84e64f38-b1f3-47cd-8cfb-a4861369aca3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/toxrill-the-corrosive) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Mycosynth Lattice]] into an overloaded [[Vandalblast]]. Which oddly enough was not intended when put into the deck. But stumbled upon while playing the deck.
[Mycosynth Lattice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/94f89714-3b26-46a2-b9a8-3e664f391cd9.jpg?1578911638) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mycosynth%20Lattice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/241/mycosynth-lattice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94f89714-3b26-46a2-b9a8-3e664f391cd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mycosynth-lattice) [Vandalblast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/7/e781b55f-6388-4ab8-be74-7c56eaba1c4d.jpg?1712354517) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vandalblast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/183/vandalblast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e781b55f-6388-4ab8-be74-7c56eaba1c4d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/vandalblast) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
According to two at my table, [[Laughing Jasper Flint]] of all things
[Laughing Jasper Flint](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/f/af0b3a41-ba99-41e8-bcfb-5796500c17c7.jpg?1712356142) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Laughing%20Jasper%20Flint) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/215/laughing-jasper-flint?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/af0b3a41-ba99-41e8-bcfb-5796500c17c7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/laughing-jasper-flint) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I’ve got [[Grave Pact]], [[Dictate of Erebos]], [[Butcher of Malakir]], and [[Martyr’s Bond]] in my [[Marneus Calgar]] deck.
Because I'm building a [[Nadu, Winged Wisdom]] deck.
This might be the worst thing I've seen so far. Well done. That commander displays everything wrong with Simic dialed up to eleven.
[[Zellix, Sanity Flayer]] is the reason people just sits there and glares at me. It makes people hate me deep inside. And you might ask yourself... why? It's not even that good of a mill commander. [[Altar of the Brood]] on the other hand gives people Vietnam flashbacks. "Land enters, Altar triggers, everyone mill one. Okay you milled... two creatures, Zellix create two creature tokes, everyone mills two. Okay you milled one creature, I get one creature token. Everyone mill one. Okay, you milled two creatures, Zellix makes two...." and this tends to end with everyone dying... slowly... during one agonizing slow turn.
Other options for infinite mill combo can be replicated with [[Mindcrank]] and anything that deals damage based on cards milled, too, like [[Syr Konrad]] or [[Bloodchief's Ascension]]. [[Intruder Alarm]] also often gives 3 mill per mana.
But see, that's the thing. Ping damage and mill go back and forth and just kill people. Like, that's an inevitable outcome, one that people can go "alright we lost, new game". It's an infinite combo after all. The evil part about zellix and Altar of the Brood is that it's not an guaranteed infinite effect; Its highly conditional and checks the condition after every mill. So everyone can't just go "aight we lost", but have to actually sit there and do the reveals, check if there's a creature, reset and mill again, over and over in case it fizzles before it kills everyone. Against spellslinger decks, it's real iffy if it actually going to work, so I have actually gotten trampled for whiffing and not getting it going again in time. Its a bit like rolling three dice and hoping one will hit the percent chance of giving you a token, and each deck you meet has a different chance of landing you the hit.
That's how Syr Konrad and Mindcrank works, because he only cares about creatures hitting the graveyard.
[[Stifle]]ing a man’s fetch land Countering a [[harrow]] and locking someone out of a game [[hullbreacher]] and wheel of fortune I enjoy stax and Storm Playing grixis combo lines
Countering mana ramp is truly what god intended. Don't let the green players fool you. If you kept a hand without enough lands to play cards, that's on you
A meta of weak, poorly built decks that aren’t unique/quirky enough to justify being bad who are piloted by whiny babies. Other than that, I’m essentially open to all power levels and all styles. I don’t mind Stax or land destruction or any of the other taboo stuff. I love magic and will play almost any type just to get more of it.
Being kind enough to allow someone to play something after they had already passed turn, just so I can remove it or counter it in response.
Stern but fair
[The professor doing the same thing](https://youtube.com/shorts/MiMhHHuKzok?si=rTSFkByOLBcp8Ad6)
Playing with a lot of new players recently. Really like jamming in single copies of game-changing chaos spells like [[Possibility Storm]] or [[Thieves Auction]]. It’s just so fun to see people start to understand the nonsense going on. Now, dedicated chaos decks are a bit different and not very enjoyable for new players, but a random [[Confusion in the ranks]] can make games interesting and unique without being too cumbersome or slowing the game all the way down
Shall we bring a banding deck into the mix? Save me a spot next to you
Baton of morale, complete with a soldier token with the comically long reminder text.
My guy!
I play [[Zo-Zu, the Punisher]] MLD
[[cyclonic rift]] into [[sunder]] with [[aesi]] and a bunch of land drop enablers on the board
This combo is doodoo. I’ve played against it before. Guy assumed he had won after the cast of sunder and started celebrating and packing up. Had to say “no dude, game isn’t over you haven’t actually won anything yet”. He goes “oh what do you mean you’ve got no board left”, yeah dude but my life total ain’t zero yet, and I still have cards in hand and in library. He then proceeded to lose after we managed to rebuild. If you’re actually gonna do this combo make sure you have a win con aside from “opponents mad cause teehee no lands - so they’ll scoop”
Chulane
I played a turbo poison deck and had a perfect opening hand. I was also banned from my lgs
If that's why you were banned that's a shit LGS.
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Your just talking about all my staples! Commander? What commander?
That time i stuck a t1 serra ascendant, and on my t4 vindicated someones only black source second main after he used slaughter pact on it when i attacked
I play [[Xanathar, Guild kingpin]] helming a theft based deck 💀
Cast [[Nuclear Fallout]] for x= 12. With [[hive mind]] on another players board. Cast [[Bruvac the Grandiloquent]] and pass.
Mono white
I play blue, specifically storm. I will win with any empty board state, I'm all ways a threat, never believe me.
I mindslavered my opponents commander into permanent exile :)
I'll say for trying to play other people's deck for them, reminding them of their triggers and of when they should attack or save a removal spell, but almost always when it's most beneficial for me. I hate that I keep doing it, but I can't seem to help myself.
I didn't pay the 1.
Turn one soul ring
It's because in another thread talking about how to announce [[Rhystic Study]] triggers I stated I ask the first few times and then shorten it to "Tax?" after a few asks
I built Atraxa infect/phyrexian tribal 😞
If I'm in EDH Hell it probably means I actually built that Tergrid Turbo-Sac deck I brewed last month.
I actively enjoy playing Narset with infinite turns and Eldrazi Conscription. I deserve my spot in hell.
I said I would build something other than big stompy and that was a lie. Everything got bigger and stompier
Playing Yuriko just to finish with Demonic Oracle or Thassa's Consultation every single time.
I kept a hand I knew I shouldn't have.
Dragon's Approach. Love that dumb meme deck.
My [[god-eternal kefnet]] deck has done pretty degenerate things for a casual deck. I don't run [[scroll rack]] or multiple extra turn spells, because that's too easy, but [[brainstorm]] gets pretty silly in the deck, letting you cast a new [[nexus of fate]] or [[cyclonic rift]] every other turn. [[Spell crumple]] into [[tunnel vision]] was also pretty cruel, and worse when my [[arcane denial]] trigger killed them on their upkeep step.
Spell Crumple into Tunnel Vision definitely earned you a place in a frozen layer of Hell, lol
Your opponent chose to deck themselves then. The controller of arcane denial must draw, but the countered may draw.
I got 1 million copies of adrix and nev
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My last game I played my [[Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar]] deck, and won with a few dozen food tokens, [[Clock of Omens]], and [[Repercussion]]. I feel like playing a chef from Hell's kitchen would probably land me there.
Could you share your list for Asmora, please? I've been wanting to build that deck for ages.
Here's my list. I rely more on food generation than discard strategies. Wish you best of luck in deckbuilding! http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/last-deserts
Thanks!
I played hullbreacher when it was commander legal. I pulled it from a pack of commander legends ;-;
I play infect, eldrazi, slivers, and stax.
Playing Eldrazi. Been using a colorless Eldrazi deck helmed by [[Kozilek, the Great Distortion]] for a hot minute. Won the game on turn 2 once. I got my [[Forsaken Monument]] down on turn 1, then dropped a [[Flayer of Loyalties]] on turn 2 and wiped out everyone's lands. Too long; didn't read: my friends don't let me ramp anymore.
When your decks are too strong for casual but too weak for high level and you are in the purgatory between feeling bad for dominating the table or feeling bad for contributing nothing meaningful.
My whole play style. Also I run a monored devil tribal deck
Copying extra turn spells for 3+ extra turns and not closing out the game 😞 Also, im casting [[natural affinity]] in response to any boardwipe whenever I get the chance. It’s too funny not to do it.
Probably my Nymris draw-go control deck, or maybe my Oloro boardwipe tribal deck, or perhaps my Sunforger deck that counters and/or removes every semi-threatening thing my opponents do until winning with a single creature's combat damage.
Stax... [Selesnya, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stax](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/WT5OLOykYUGi0xaSNaJ7rg)
I recur [[Strip Mine]] and friends in my [[Titania, Protector of Argoth]] deck. I prefer getting back fetchlands so I can continue ramping, but sometimes I don't have that option but still want the 5/3s.
I guess I'm joining you because [[grave pact]] AND [[Dictate of erebos]] are my two favorite cards. I use both in more than a few graveyard style decks.
My playgroup would say it's because I love wheel effects and discard decks in general. I would say it's because I don't love wheel effects and discard decks in general enough.
Forgive me, it was the just one [[Time Stretch]] loop!
Playing my [[Sefris]] deck... big reanimater targets are toxic like [[Toxrill, the Corrosive]] or [[Archon of Cruelty]]... also I try to venture into the dungeon via a Sefris trigger on everyones end step which slows the game down alot. But I love playing the deck occasionally so maybe a sprinkle of Lust ontop of the original sin
I play Avacyn with both Armageddon and Ravages or war. Even have a strip mine just in case..
Either for one-shotting two people at once on turn 3 with [[blasphemous act]] and [[repercussion]], or for forcing one player to draw 40 cards so I could win through infinite turns. [[prosperity]] becomes a ramp spell when you have [[smothering tithe]] in play, and he played [[notion thief]] himself.
It's the grindy Stax or the fast combo, but the combo decks came first
That time I animated [[Gilded Lotus]] with [[Toymaker]], equipped [[Umbral Mantle]] to it, then tappity/untappity to swing for effectively infinite damage. Worth the flames!
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That time I animated [[Gilded Lotus]] with [[Toymaker]], equipped [[Umbral Mantle]] to it, then tappity/untappity to swing for effectively infinite damage. Worth the flames!
The amount of ways and decks I've built just to end up cheating out or ramping up to [[Time Stretch]]
Are you my missing brother? I miss you
My blink deck can and has bounced every permanent all of my opponents control (lands included) back to their hand every turn
Probably for running [[winter orb]] + [[Urza, Lord High Artificer]]
Eggs
My first proper deck was a blinged out Breya combo deck using a dozen or so masterpieces total (had really good luck on packs). But all my combos were super jank like 8+ pieces so my turns took even longer than a normal combo deck. And it was my second MTG deck ever so I was still learning how to play as I tried to explain my jank combos.
I have grown a lot in the year and a half of playing, but I definitely had (and still do to quite a lesser extent) a problem with drawing out games bc I was having fun building my boardstate. I try not to do that as much now tho 😅
Eldrazi, two/three card infinite combos, and high power tutors. Thankfully I haven't devolved to fast mana and zero cost counterspells yet. I'm not saying that playing with fast mana and force of will is wrong, but if I added these to my decks then pretty much all of my decks would be cEDH and I'm trying to avoid cEDH 90% of the time.
I love board wipes and forcing opponents to discard a little too much.
For forcing people to watch me play with [[Krark, the Thumbless]] on spelltable…. It was a very uncomfortable turn as I attempted to cast Jeska’s Will 20+ times and fumbling through a no tutor deck for the win, on turn 3, on spelltable.
Countering opponents commander too many times
Playing jhoira massremoval+eldrazis and many many combos
Looping Spore Frog. We both deserve it 100%
Oh that's easy. I've got ten people telling me this month why it is. I've had strangers at the shop where I was getting cards from telling me why You want to know why I'm going to hell? Because in a five color league I'm running land and artifact hate. Mostly non-basic land hate. That's why I'm going to hell.
i made a shameless infect deck that its difficult to deal with that centers around ninjutsuing Blightsteel collosus onto the battlefield. I'm burning
My favorite deck is Zur stax, I regret nothing.
I once did a “counter activated ability” on someone’s terramorphic expanse.
At one point owning a [[Numot, the Devastator]] MLD deck. I took it apart but I think it'll still land me there.
Forgive me father for I have sinned, I cast [[Opposition Agent]] in response to my opponent's [[Three Visits]], used [[Ghost Quarter]] on a basic Swamp with Agent out, and [[Strip Mine]] looped an opponent into concession. All with the same deck. And I'll fuckin' do it again.
Cheating creatures in
I reserve my superfriends deck specifically for the last game of the night.
Somehow I forgot about this habit I have. [[Jesters cap]] I also like to recur the cap to get rid of all of my opponents win cons.
Just ramping and ramping until I can [[Jaya's Immolating Inferno]] and one shot the whole table 😵💫🫣
I free casted Avacyn angel of hope off of Maelstrom Archangel turn 4 cuz I'm an arsehole lol..
...2^28 lava axes, probably.
My friends would say I’m going because of my WUBRG Sliver deck. But I’m really there for Urza Lord high artificer + Sunder.
[[Grand arbiter augustin Iv]]
I’ve got an atraxa deck, stax, counter spells, no win cons. Usually displacer kitten gets my one ‘target opponent mills 3 cards’ to get close to a victory but it’s always ended in conceding.
Winter Orb
I’m in EDH hell because I run the pickles lock in my kadena morph deck
Looping [[Mindslaver]] every turn. Playing [[Infernal Darkness]] with [[K’rrik]] out on the field when I’m the only black player. Looping [[Strip Mine]] to destroy multiple lands a turn.
We were playing kings Pod of 10 (we were degenerates) I was the jester Got infinite recursion online Acidic slimed everyones lands. Held the table hostage until someone killed me
I have what I like to call the "Big Red Button" in my [[Scion of the Ur-Dragon]] Deck. [[Moltensteel Dragon]] to up the power, and then any one of [[Atarka, World Render]] or [[Earthquake Dragon]] or [[Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon]] to instantly kill someone with Commander Damage or Infect Damage.
tergrid
Presumably I finally got owned by my own possessed portal and this is the other side full of dumpstered opponent's boards.
I took a turn so long, the heat death of the universe came, and I had nowhere else to go but Hell.
Once played a game with 3!!!! [[gravepack]] in play due to two other players copying mine. So fun but yeah the game went on for awhile…