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Commander Discussion / Re: Non-stax Lavinia?

« on: March 06, 2024, 09:43:16 pm »

Most common line in UW is: cast Spellseeker to search for Ephemerate, cast Ephemerate to blink Spellseeker, search for Dramatic Reversal, next upkeep rebound Ephemerate to blink Spellseeker again, search for Enlightened Tutor, cast Enlightened Tutor still on your upkeep to search for Isochron Scepter, draw Isochron Scepter and cast it, imprint Dramatic Reversal, make infinite mana, win somehow.
You can also fetch Spellseeker sacrificing Lavinia to Pyre of Heroes (they're both humans), so your commander still makes sense besides her stax abilities etc.
Does that fit you?

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Commander Discussion / Re: Removing Enchantments

« on: March 06, 2024, 09:05:20 pm »

If you're playing either white or green, I don't see the advantage of an enchantment-specific removal over artifact-enchantment stuff.
I didn't know about Barrier Breach, and on the surface it looks great, but when would you actually have 2-to-3 threatening enchantments on the battlefield to justify it?
If you're playing blue, you'd just go for nonland bounce spells, if you're playing black there's Feed the Swarm and that's all, if you're playing red you've just got no option.
So, in the end, my answer is: no, I don't think playing any solely-enchantmemt removal is worth it, in EDH.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Need some ideas a commander deck.

« on: March 06, 2024, 08:44:02 pm »

Márton Stromgald is a decent monored aggro commander from old days.
Normally, you'd want to run a load of goblins, Goblin King, Goblin Warchief, Coat of Arms etc. Attack for a lot. Win the game.
The deck would be pretty straight-forward, but you asked for aggro, so I think it suits you.
Moreover, Martin (and other relevant cards) shouldn't be that expensive to acquire.

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Deck Comments / Re: Grenzo's Doomsday - Comments

« on: October 09, 2023, 07:26:35 pm »

I dont like it, seems pretty useless.

I'm sorry. Didn't update the description for a long time and many cards and combos cited in the description are no longer used.
Apart from that, the list is 60% the same as that in the cEDH Decklist Database (i.e. it's good) and the other 40% are cards that, while they may prevent this list from being fully competitive, I've been using for years and they definitely fit in.
Of course, you may disagree with some individual choice, but you should at least justify your opinion or else it will remains what it is: just your opinion. And nobody cares.

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: What are must have cards and strategies for Zur the Enchanter EDH? Here'so far->

« on: October 09, 2023, 08:29:10 am »

Hello,
I've seen you added also Shimmer Myr and Aetherflux Reservoir.
I don't think it's a good idea: too many cards that do nothing besides the combo.
I think your plan should be something like this: drop Zur, attack, fetch Necropotence, draw as many cards as you can, cast Borne upon a Wind and win at the end of turn with something like Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation/Tainted Pact.
Thassa's Oracle is the best combo available and you can go for it even without Zur.
If you have Entomb and something like Shallow Grave, you can Reanimate it at instant speed even without the need of Borne upon a Wind.
If you have Reanimate or any other sorcery spell, Quicken will be enough to win at instant speed.
If you want to make your deck competitive, there are many cards that I'd cut. In particular, think that you won't get to attack with Zur twice. It's just now or never, cEDH is too fast for you to have a second chance.
Moreover, you need a lot more interaction, i.e. more cheap counterspells, stuff like Silence etc.
Some obvious inclusions: Gemstone Caverns, Phantasmal Image (it may copy Dockside Extortionist, unlike Gilded Drake), Esper Sentinel...
The mana base has a lot of room for improvement as well and you need a lot more fast mana for your plan to get together: Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual etc.
You may want to test Rain of Filth as well. It's a sorcery, but with Borne upon a Wind it won't matter.

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: What are must have cards and strategies for Zur the Enchanter EDH? Here'so far->

« on: October 08, 2023, 02:30:38 pm »

One of the most common lines of play used to be: fetch Necropotence, draw a bunch of cards, drop Shimmer Myr, drop Aetherflux Reservoir, storm off with a bunch of spells.
I don't think that line (and probably the deck as a whole) is still competitive, but there is this new card: Borne upon a Wind, that could bring new life to it.

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Commander Discussion / Re: CMC tribal. What are you picking and why?

« on: February 26, 2023, 06:34:32 pm »

I assume all transmute cards are an obvious choice here.
I'd then suggest Disciple of Deceit. It goes in a CC2 tribal, but if you're a bit flexible with the CC constraint it can work in any deck.

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Commander Discussion / Re: Protection thought experiment

« on: February 26, 2023, 06:26:10 pm »

The question in not well-posed, in my opinion.
You see, with Grand Abolisher you'd better remove it as soon as possible, because once it's your opponent's turn and he goes for the win, you won't be able to do a thing to stop him.
As for the others, I normally don't care that much. Any wrath effect could still wipe the board with or without them in play.
So, in the end, it depends on the protection. If it screams: "Kill me or you're gonna lose next turn." Yes. I will kill it. Otherwise I don't bother.

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General Magic / Re: What was your worst misplay?

« on: February 26, 2023, 06:12:59 pm »

I once played a Stoneforge Mystic and somehow forgot to fecth Batterskull.
I mean, in my mind it was like I've had already searched my library and the Batterskull was already in my hand. I was already planning my next turn, when I'd have put into play etc. Except the search never happened, it was all in my mind. 

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General Magic / Re: 3rd edition

« on: February 26, 2023, 05:43:00 pm »

You have what's called a Foreign White Bordered (FWB) card. There also exists a Foreign Black Border (FBB) Edition.
They count as Revised cards, although they don't look like English Revised cards.
I personally own a French Basalt Monolith that looks exactly how you say, it even has the 4th Edition TAP symbol (instead of the tilted 'T' used in Revised) but, as you may know, there is no Basalt Monolith in 4th Edition.
Moreover, I'm Italian and I can tell you that at the beginning in my country (and I assume that was the case for all foreign languages across Europe) Magic: the Gathering was published by a national company: Stratelibri.
Of course, Wizards of the Coast held the copyright, but the actual printing was up to Stratelibri, that's why the first editions are not quite aligned.
For instance, I own an Italian White Bordered Sacrifice (another Revised card that's not in 4th Edition) and its copyright is dated 1995 (unlike French White Bordered).

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General Magic / Re: Flying vs Trample

« on: February 26, 2023, 04:05:48 pm »

In short, flying is better when you go wide (lots of small creatures) while trample is better when you go big (a few big creatures).
I'd say going big in general pays off better than going wide. Decks that rely on lots of small creatures normally play aggro, which isn't fast enough to win against combo and can easily run out of gas against control. Decks that rely on few big creatures, on the other hand, tend to play midrange, which has a fair match-up against more archetypes.
Moreover, on an average-sized creature, I'd prefer flying because it's harder for the opponent to trade on block, while I can still do so when he's attacking me.
In the end, I'd say flying is better.

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Deck Comments / Re: Bladewing's Deck - Comments

« on: April 03, 2022, 03:33:18 am »

Revision 153

Added/removed cards:
-1 Anger

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Deck Comments / Re: Bladewing's Deck - Comments

« on: April 03, 2022, 03:29:44 am »

Revision 151

Added/removed cards:
-1 Sensei's Divining Top
+1 Shred Memory

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Deckstats Feedback / Feature Request: overall deck statistics

« on: April 01, 2022, 11:22:36 am »

I think it's a feature that would only make sense for Commander, but it would be very appreciated (at least by me ).
Could it be possible to have overall statistics about one's own decks (i.e. decks marked as not in-progress, for EDH/Commander)?
I mean something like:
Swords to Plowshares used in 3 of 12 decks that could run it.
Sol Ring used in 32 of 32 decks that could run it.
etc. etc.
I would be very useful when brewing a new deck from scratch. You could go to that page and have a quick glance at what you commonly use for that kind of deck.
Also, say you forget to put Swords to Plowshares (assuming you intend to put it in all decks that could run it), you could easily spot the mistake.
Thank you in advance.

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Deck Comments / Re: Grenzo's Doomsday - Comments

« on: December 07, 2021, 04:24:09 am »

I used to play Workhorse indeed. I like that card.
Unfortunately, better cards have been printed since then: Dockside Extortionist and Treasonous Ogre (I said unfortunately because I don't like them, but they are better anyway).
I think Murderous Rider only makes infinite ETB with Ashnod's Altar. You still need something like Altar of the Brood to win the game.