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One of the guys at my table this week really wanted to play his K'rrik deck. So we agreed that we were racing. He led with Dark Ritual into Mana Vault into K'rrik, so I initially suspected that he'd win the race. But he didn't quite get there and I swept that table on turn 4. He would likely...

Pulled this deck out for a game this week, but I wasn't paying close attention. One of my opponent was playing with a Secret Lair version of GAAIV, and instead of putting his commander in the middle of the table like the rest of us, he placed his commander on the other front corner of his...

Kept a hand that didn't have any really fast options, but I was able to deploy Impact Tremors and Dragon Tempest, as well as using Faithless Looting to keep drawing lands. Managed to deploy Zirilan on turn 5, which seemed about right. However, one of my opponents was already throwing around...

Go, go Worm Harvest! I used Entomb to find Life from the Loam instead of Worm Harvest, which I thought might have been a mistake, but it set me up to dredge a lot. I hit Worm Harvest in time to take over the game. I love this deck. Long live the queen.

Got a bit stuck with this deck in my attempt to use it this week. As usual, my modicum of protection helped against offensive measures that weren't fully focused on me anyway. My opponents understood that this deck might pop off, but they all saw more immediate threats in each other, and this...

Played this deck again this week. Technically, I won. It was my most undeserved win in years. Opening hand had Verdant Catacombs and cards that would have been strong if I'd hit a third land drop, but seemed too risky. Mulliganed into a new hand that had Strip Mine and no other lands. Couldn't...

I played this deck in the final game of Wednesday night. Has it really one been in two actual pods now, or did I forget to post a game? I know that I goldfished it a bunch, so perhaps I have that in mind. The dominant force at the table was a classic Kaalia of the Vast deck. That deck killed my...

I lost with this deck again on Wednesday. I've forgotten the details, but Quintorius fought valiantly, as usual.

As a five-drop commander in 2024, Senator Peacock is not actually all that impressive. But the utility of giving all of your artifacts the "clue" activated ability is actually pretty good. This deck has been winning considerably more than I'd anticipated. Despite some unfortunate topdecks and...

Technically, I still don't own a copy of Eriette, the Beguiler. I have ordered one. I used this deck on Wednesday with Chromium as a stand-in for Eriette in case opponents wouldn't let me "proxy" the deck's intended commander. Somewhat improbably, this deck pulled off a win in its first outing...

In the early 00's, I had a white/blue/black deck for the now-defunct Seattle 150-card Highlander format. One of this deck's silly tricks was to use Rootwater Matriarch with Kjeldoran Pride. This dubious combo worked better when combat damage went on the stack, but even back then it was not...

Messed around with this deck using the new list in a 1v1 game. The store closed, but I'd given up before that. I drew something like 11 cards from clues and 9 of them were lands. Biggest manadrown I've seen in a while. I was worried that 33 lands wouldn't be enough. Oops.

I was still playing against opponents who were wary of both infinite combos and "long turns." Didn't have a ton of options, but I'd seen one of them play an Arcades, the Strategist deck, so I was inspired to play my own walls. The Pride of Hull Clade landed one attack against an opponent with no...

Tried this deck last night and got hit with a bad manascrew. Hit my first three land drops. Between my own Faithless Looting and an opponent's Spiteful Visions I drew plenty of extra cards. Ruby Medallion even meant that I could cast my five-drops if I just hit a fourth land. I never saw one...

Although the two decks I recently edited are newer, I played this deck in my first game last night. One of my opponents remembered playing against some deck of mine (I do not know which) and was concerned about both infinite combos and "long turns." Kind of tricky to accommodate both concerns...

I felt silly having all these Snow-Covered Islands in this deck for no reason. So now there's a reason. I feel like I've definitely accomplished something with this sweeping revision to this totally good deck, which I thought about very carefully. Some of these statements might not, strictly...

How was I not running Wasteland in, of all things, a Fallout deck? Oops. Fixing that now... -1 Yavimaya Hollow +1 Wasteland

Holding a forum game in limbo.

Played this deck for the final game last night. I kept an opening hand with only one land, but Eladamri's Vineyard kept me going, as well as powering out my opponents. I managed to survive, preserve myself with Moat, build up resources, etc. Eventually, I stacked Phelddagrif blue activations...

Had a crazy game with this deck. One of my opponents cast Wheel of Fortune followed by Wheel of Fortune. He did this on purpose (bidding 0 life to Wheel of Misfortune). This dumped a bunch of cards into my graveyard. I used Replenish and suddenly had a board full of enchantments. This was good...