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My last couple of games with this one have been good. Overall, my biggest note for future tweaks is that the deck just isn't consistent enough. When it all comes together, it works really well. But there's also a tendency to get stuck in topdeck mode. It's not the worst, but I want to address...

This deck continues to impress. Despite a bit of a lousy start in my last game and pressure from a disruptive deck with a superior board state, Tazri's ability and the resiliency of the party theme as a reaonable five-color midrange goodstuff setup let hang in there. I threatened to overtake the...

Reality is that which, when you reconfigure it onto a creature, scares the crap out of your opponents. Commander: 1 The Reality Chip 1 Academy Ruins 1 Aetherflux Reservoir 1 Ancient Tomb 1 Anvil of Bogardan 1 Arcane Denial 1 Ash Barrens 1 Basalt Monolith 1 Brainstorm 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Chrome...

I actually won a game with this deck. Kind of. Or perhaps not really, but I'm counting it as a win. The store was closing soon and the opponent that had the best chance of winning against me scooped, then the other players just went along with it and conceded to me. I do not think I'd have won...

This deck is great fun. Won my last game the old-fashioned way, with ordinary combat damage from ordinary creatures. I actually never drew a wizard that time, but a party of three was enough to finish the game, in part because my opponents weakened each other more than they weakened me. I want...

Got stuck in the first game and just wasn't drawing anything I could actually use, despite getting both my commander and my background onto the battlefield. Eventually, I was able to try to set up a combo, but one of my opponents was holding onto like four counterspells or something by that...

Home computer is fixed and I should actually be home tonight, so hopefully I'll get back to this soon. No, really.

I wasn't really interested in the whole "Background" mechanic. But Abdel caught my eye and the temptation to loop Dance of the Dead with this commander is too great. Commander: 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward 1 Scion of Halaster 1 Ancient Tomb 1 Angel of Despair 1 Animate Dead 1 Archaeomancer's...

-1 Ghostly Pilferer +1 Nimble Trapfinder Oops. I purchased a copy of Nimble Trapfinder just for this deck. During initial construction, I forgot where I left the card and accidentally ommitted it. I've already played with Ghostly Pilferer (it was fine). I'm correcting the mistake now. I'll have...

Saprolingtoken's comment about Delver decks in Legacy has me thinking of zeroing in on this one longstanding archetype as an example of what I'm talking about. WotC used the term "Izzet Delver." The Legacy community has historically used "U/R Delver" primarily. Sometimes the archetype gets...

I hadn't followed Pioneer enough lately to want to comment on that, but now I really like your analysis and I think it illuminates a problem that's going to resurface in the format. Expressive Iteration has proven itself to be a strong card beyond my expectations, across multiple formats. But...

This deck has been a long time coming. As soon as this stupid mechanic was spoiled back in 2020, I knew that I had to build a deck around it. Now that I've done it, I can't believe how much I like this crap. It wasn't until my second game with this deck that it sank in. Party hard!

Commander 1 Tazri, Beacon of Unity 1 Acquisitions Expert 1 Allied Assault 1 Arcane Signet 1 Archaeomancer 1 Archpriest of Iona 1 Ardent Electromancer 1 Arid Mesa 1 Aven Mindcensor 1 Badlands 1 Bala Ged Recovery 1 Base Camp 1 Bayou 1 Beast Within 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Chromatic Lantern 1 City of...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-7-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2022-06-07 Pioneer Winota, Joiner of Forces is banned. Expressive Iteration is banned. Explorer Expressive Iteration is banned. Format names, right? As a reminder, Pioneer is the format that...

Haven't been on the CPA much lately. Working on repairing my home computer. But yeah, this deck didn't really get to accomplish anything. I need to probably go easier on the jank and stop pulling punches in deck design quite as much.

Pavel Maliki is generous, even if I don't have any cards in my hand. Hellbent on generosity? This is silly, but I wanted to do Grafted Skullcap again, and it's been a while. My Latin is not great, but I think Pavel's banner says something about God providing. This deck is going to need that...

I finally did it! After several failed attempts, I did the thing. Breathstealer was in my opening hand. I used Vampiric Tutor to get Urborg Panther and Dark Petition to get Feral Shadow. I sacrificed all three to retriever Spirit of the Night. Then I attacked with it. Then I passed the turn and...

Not sure what I expected with this one. First attempt I kept a one-land hand with no access to colored mana. After discarding to hand size twice, I desperately used Crystal Vein to cast Grim Monolith, Grim Monolith to cast and activate Chromatic Star, used the white mana from Chromatic Star to...

Hey, I finally had a game in which I got to actually do stuff, like play cards. Unfortunately, one of my opponents was playing an annoying Pako/Haldan deck and kept randomly exiling my board wipes. I was in a precarious position. I started to get close to being able to actually do the stuff that...

Ragnar stands ready to serve as bodyguard to Auriok Salvagers, Urza, and friends. Then my creatures serve up delicious omelettes. Commander: 1 Ragnar 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Aetherflux Reservoir 1 Alchemist's Vial 1 Ancient Den 1 Arcane Denial 1 Auriok Salvagers 1 Beast Within 1 Boseiju, Who...