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Bysshan is right where you left him... "Oh good, it looks like you won. I'd throw a party for you, but you seemed eager to be on your way. Also, my home is a bit of a mess right now. Someone slaughtered fiends of Nurgle in there and didn't bother to sweep afterward. I'll just have to clean the...

Oops, my mistake. I should have noted that Spidey could/would reserve that tile (and no one else is allowed to). Reserving a tile happens when you're the one who explored the outer tile that freed it up. You can't just reserve any tile on the board whenever you want. "Whenever your discovery...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/january-15-2018-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2018-01-15 Standard: Attune with Aether is banned, Rogue Refiner is banned, Rampaging Ferocidon is banned, Ramunap Ruins is banned. No changes to any other formats.

Gifts In 2006, multiple combo decks using Gifts Ungiven arose in Vintage. Without providing decklists or trying to be at all comprehensive, I'll just note that Gifts decks varied substantially. Some were mostly controlling blue decks that attempted to use Mana Drain to power out a combo finish...

Deck Name: Manaless Affinity Magic Format: Legacy Insight: Another approach to a manaless deck. The Affinity for artifacts mechanic from Mirrodin Block can be used to flood the board, often using very little mana. This deck is a demonstration that mana could be cut out entirely. Deck List...

Deck Name: Manaless Ichorid Magic Format: Legacy (semi-competitive, circa 2011) Insight: Arguably one of the strangest archetypes to find a home in the zeitgeist as a serious tournament deck. Lands? Don't need them. Mana? Don't need it. Casting spells from your hand? Not worth it. Casting spells...

Dividing the task amongst themselves, Tomas, Kelgar, and Jekaena get almost everyone fully healed. Kelgar's Ring of Jade revitalizes Dorgath and Kelgar himself, finishing the job. Everyone is back to normal, if you can call it that. Next turn... -The Power Phase is 4.

Oh hey, just saw this thread again. Bargain Storm was used to win Round 1 of the Finals. :D Still something of a niche deck, but it has proven itself, I think.

Deck Name: Oops, All Spells! Magic Format: Legacy (semi-competitive) Insight: Lands? Who needs 'em? We can make mana with lots of cards that aren't lands. This enables Balustrade Spy and Undercity Informer to flip our entire library into our graveyard, and this deck is designed to be able to win...

Deck Name: The Fluctuator Magic Format: Extended (circa 1999) Insight: When a lot of cards in a deck have Cycling 2, then under Fluctuator it becomes possible cycle through an entire deck. Other than Fluctuator itself and the lone copies of Lotus Petal, Dark Ritual, and Haunting Misery, every...

Deck Name: 44 Lands Magic Format: Legacy (circa 2009) Insight: Most decks rely on lands only for mana production and minor utility. This deck consists mostly of lands and uses them to take over the board. The combination of Life from the Loam and Manabond, especially with Tranquil Thicket and...

Deck Name: Valakut Hunt Magic Format: Modern Insight: New players are generally told that approximately 40% of a Magic deck should be lands. As they gain experience, they learn lots of exceptions for which a lower ratio of lands to spells is appropriate. Less common are decks with much higher...

Block Paladin with Arbor Elf.

Arbor Elf, done. Spidey: 10 Hand: 2 Library: 47 Battlefield: (U,U,U) Mt x3 (U,U) Plains x2 (U) Boros Guildgate (~ ETB tapped.; T: Add R or W to my mana pool) (U) Clifftop Retreat (~ ETB tapped unless I control a Mt or Plains.; T: Add R or W to my mana pool) (U) Truefire Paladin (2/2...

Deck Name: The Pitch Magic Format: Legacy (allegedly made tournament appearances circa 2012, but has never been a true competitive archetype) Insight: A completely manaless deck that aims to win by casting spells that do not require mana, exiling other cards from the hand to pay for them...

Nothing from me. So Geist #1 dies, Soldier token dies, Champion dies, Thragtusk dies, I get a Beast token, and you take 6?

Ad Nauseam Alara Block didn't do much to affect Tendrils deck except for the advent of one card, and it sure was a big one. A really, really big one. Ad Nauseam was kind of like a new take on Necrologia, but actually good. I've written about the card before. See here and here. Ad Nauseam has...

No responses from me on that. Proceeding to combat damage?

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