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Well, I'm happy with the changes. Won a close game thanks to Eldrazi Conscription beatdown. I blundered and I think I had a rules error go my way, but I guess my opponent also kind of did. So things got a bit weird for a bit there, but I can't blame Hakim for that. Just need to play better.

Had a fun game where this deck made a nuisance of itself, but this ultimately made me enough of a distraction that the rest of the table let another deck combo off. On the one hand, I'm kind of stubbornly trying to make this concept work, even though I think it does not. On the other hand, it's...

You totally are. It's just a case of me letting my books and notes get buried under some other work in the basement again. I'll try to let your reminder serve as motivation to change that...

Well, those two were pretty short-lived anyway, but it's happened on other occasions too. The Dig Through Time era comes to mind, or certain versions of UB Reanimator. I was playing The Epic Storm when it ran full playsets of Brainstorm, Ponder, and Gitaxian Probe. It was just lacking the...

My cynical answer is that it's all three. It seems harsh to accuse them of negligence, incompetence, and ignorance, but they've been dropping all these little hints over time at each of those, and at this point I'd be dishonest if I said I didn't think they were demonstrating all three of those...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/march-6-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement Expressive Iteration is banned. White Plume Adventurer is banned. So, this is where we're at now. I've become jaded about Legacy in the past, and have said so. Even so, I somehow thought that it...

I really should scrap this one for parts, since it's taking up so many great cards and the deck as a whole has mostly just made me sad. Well, how about instead, I revise the list? -1 Barrin, Master Wizard -1 Crab Umbra -1 Drake Umbra -1 Freed from the Real -1 Glen Elendra Archmage -1 Magus of...

I cracked up at that Earthcraft line. Might have to steal that one. :ROFLMAO: Oops. I guess I had Mogg Fanatic on the brain? Weird. I know I saw the use of Port really play a role in the 2010's, punishing control decks for trying to drag Goblins into a long game of attrition. It's easy to...

Yet again, I got to do a bunch of damage to my opponents and then die. This deck doesn't really work properly. I need to make some changes.

Win streak broken. I chose to play this deck because it's a "modified precon" and one of my opponents was also playing a "modified precon." I had some misgivings, because I added lots of old rebel creatures and the original "Rebellion Rising" is pretty different from my version. It turns out...

My opponents kept killing my commander and then my other permanents were starting to get eaten up by Ashen Rider loops. I had a pretty high life total, no cards in hand, no one attacking me, and no way to break free from the Ashen Rider loops. The other two players at the table were more scared...

I had another lousy game with this deck. Worst one in a while, actually. My third-turn Rhystic Study painted a target on me and drew me some cards, but somehow I never actually drew any configuration of cards that gave me hope for a win or event playing a strong control game. At one point, I had...

Well, I had a bunch of losses last night and no wins. It all started with this deck. But I think that the game I played with this deck was totally winnable, and that I made some blunders along the way. I got kind of stuck using my resources to keep two of my three opponents from winning, but...

Once Legacy was established, I know that I personally didn't pay any attention to the Goblin archetype of the Extended format. After all, Goblin Lackey was legal in Legacy. But it's worth noting that in 2004 and 2005, Extended was still the more established, more important tournament format...

Before I get back to the Goblin King thread, I want to note an interesting new usage for Dream Halls that has arisen in EDH. I haven't built this deck myself, but I'm tempted to, because it's a pretty cool combo. Here's the commander... Of course, 2WUBRG is a steep cost, but we don't intend to...

I've had this deck for three months now, and I had yet to make any revisions. So it's about time for some changes... -1 Mutavault -1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship -1 Stalking Stones -1 Tocasia's Dig Site +1 Buried Ruin +1 Karn, Living Legacy +1 Moonsilver Key +1 The Mycosynth Gardens As much...

The Goblin King thread had me looking at some old stuff, so here's a little thread necromancy... In 2018, I figured that I'd probably never find Selden and Bingen's old Invitational decklist. I was convinced that I'd seen it, but I couldn't find it using any of my usual sources. Well, I found...

This deck handily won a second game. Not statistically significant, but I'm kind of bewildered just the same. I took the "Rebellion Rising" precon, which isn't the strongest precon ever, and basically just cut some generic cards and the go-wide soldier token subtheme for more of the "For...

This deck is good. Unfortunately, I got off to a precarious start against a combo opponent (Slobad, Iron Goblin), and seemed to stall out. Scapeshift pulled me out of the stall and set me up to meld my commander into a 23/23. Unfortunately, a third player immediately hit Titania with Swords to...

Got stuck in a long game where I was awkwardly outclassed by two different opponents, managed to make myself a global threat and target anyway, and somehow survived long enough to be eliminated last. Anyway, the deck generally does what I built it to do, and it's not the deck's fault that I keep...