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Ah, you posted while I was posting. :p I guess the simple answer is yes. But from what I've seen over the years, that's not necessarily been true in all times and places. I'd say that among the players at this store, there's a kind of culture around foils specifically. Players who try to foil...

It worked better this time around! I killed at least one opponent every round and killed all three of them in the first round. I activated planeswalker abilities and cast my commander, which was a god, so I picked up points for stuff like that. In fact, I picked up the most total points for the...

Also of note when it comes to bling... My Savannah Lions, White Knight, Disenchant, and Swords to Plowshares are all Beta copies. Elspeth, Knight Errant and Gideon Blackblade are Mythic Edition versions. Hero of Bladehold is a prerelease foil version because that's the only version I own...

Trying this concept again tomorrow. This time I really can get points for casting my commander. But that guild-based point thing isn't available and I'm taking the Boros-themed cards out. Changelog: -1 Blade Instructor -1 Boros Elite -1 Boros Mastiff -1 Daring Skyjek -1 Frontline Medic -1...

Freyalise is fine. We just had to send her to live on a farm, upstate. :p

Heh, for some reason, you just reminded me that Serra has a pretty bad Vanguard card... Not sure exactly what you're asking, so I'll try to explain... -This will be the first planeswalker card with Serra as its planeswalker subtype. -There has never been another Serra planeswalker card...

-The Power Phase is 6 for this turn. -Throg's Arcane Knowledge gives him +4 Initiative this turn and allows him to cast the Finger of Life spell once this turn. -Throg moves forward to the edge and drops a right boot into the river. He watches the boot closely this time. It definitely doesn't...

Oh, I'll definitely have more offerings in the near future. I've been getting into cEDH and some of the archetypes well-known to players in that environment, including some highly successful ones, do some pretty strange things. Haven't gotten around to presenting them in this thread, but it's...

Valeron Wardens, done. Spidey: 6 Hand: 1 Library: 43 Battlefield: (T,T,U) Forest x3 (T,T,U) Plains x3 Pacifism (Enchanted creature can't attack or block) Pacifism (Enchanted creature can't attack or block) (U) War Oracle (3/3; Lifelink; Renown 1) *Pacified* (S) Kytheon's Irregulars (4/3...

Even though my introduction to Smokestack was a green deck and even though I've built green Smokestack decks myself, I think green might be the least popular support color for this card. Well, if green isn't the best color to use with Smokestack, it definitely wins the prize for most...

Generally, red misses out on a lot of the really potent options available to other colors for Smokestack synergies. However, red does get the elephant in the room, the card that made Smokestack famous: Goblin Welder. These days, every possible color combination and almost every overarching...

Nothing else from me in combat. Castellan dies, you take 6, I gain 4, Troll becomes renowned and I draw a card?

Pump Castellan with Anointer of Champions. Anything else?

It's been a long time, but I did use Smoketack in a monoblack deck when I was young. I can't remember the details and it was probably bad, but I had fun. All colors offer some unique things, but black is kind of special because it's the best color to use to make people sacrifice things, and...

Bah, I'd been meaning to get to this earlier. OK, before I post an updated diagram, we've got Throg at A2, Dorgath at B11, Carrow at A1, Ty at A4, Kelgar at A10, Tomas at A8, and Jekaena at A6. Correct? Meanwhile, Revaethan will be trying to cross. Where will he be attempting his crossing?

UUD, Forest, attack with War Oracle, Citadel Castellan, and Undercity Troll. Blocks/responses?

I pulled out Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, and Sol Ring to put them in the Chain Veil Teferi deck, but the rest of this is still all together. Since the bonus point for having a War of the Spark commander other than Niv-Mizzet is happening for real next time, I figure I might as well return to this...

Well, this could have gone better and could also have gone worse? I'm OK with it. First game, I probably had the means to go off on my fourth turn and could easily have gone off on my fifth turn, but I needed to wait until my seventh turn to avoid being penalized. So on my sixth turn, I tapped...

Blue is the strongest color in Magic. And with so many oddball tricks, it's bound to have some that are good with Smokestack. In recent years, blue might be the least-used color I've seen alongside Smokestack. But it was a blue/red deck that made the card famous. Owing to the presence of a...

For fun, I'm going to try to tell you why each color is the best one for Smokestack. Let's start with white... Without even thinking about it, I decided to start with white first because it's the first color in WUBRG order, so it just made sense. Organizing my thoughts, I almost wished I'd...