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Initially, I started this on Psarketos' Sway of the Stars thread, but it took on a life of its own pretty quickly. The discussion of Sway of the Stars as Shahrazad emulation got me thinking about something from many years ago, and I think there was at least one other Psarketos Magic theory...

Did you know that Lim-Dûl's Vault can power an infinite combo by exploiting the same aspect of the rules as Waylay, the CPA poster child? Behold... First, get Skill Borrower onto the battlefield no longer afflicted with summoning sickness (give it haste or wait a turn). Then get Kiki-Jiki on...

UUD, attack, Dawntreader Elk, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 5 Library: 51 Battlefield: (T) Mt (T) Rakdos Guildgate (~ ETB tapped.; T: Add B or R to my mana pool) (T) Rakdos Crackler (2/2 from ctr; Unleash (I may have this creature ETB with a +1/+1 ctr on it. It can't block as long as it has a...

He rolled a 1. :p

Psst, they closed those forums down years ago...

Oh, and on the topic of the original Shahrazad, I forgot to mention that while the aggressive decks using it as a sort of burn spell never actually became a thing in Legacy, the card does have that function in Old School Magic. Not really applicable to your Modern deck, as Sway of the Stars...

A lot of my early collection came from $1 "grab bags" that were brown paper bags a now-dead local game store packed with bulk cards from the mid-90's. I think I actually got one of my copies of Force of Will this way (it was an uncommon and had no real financial value back then). It was how...

Haven't been home much this week. But let's get this moving anyway without my notes! You proceed through the door into the lower level of a pit. As the last of the party arrives, a portcullis slams shut behind you and grotesque, croaking laughter echoes from above. Plaguebearers, twisted...

Take it.

UUD, Forest, Drudge Beetle, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 6 Library: 52 Battlefield: (T) Mt (S) Rakdos Crackler (2/2 from ctr; Unleash (I may have this creature ETB with a +1/+1 ctr on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 ctr on it)) *1 +1/+1 ctr* Graveyard: Exile...

Ramses Overdark, huh? Got to show people that you're an OG Commander player! I can see why Rootwater Matriarch would be iffy there, though. Your commander is killing enchanted creatures already, so why bother stealing them? Could fall back on which of the two is more practical at the time, of...

I think that in terms of technical viability, all-in combo is not worse for Commander than it is for any other multiplayer format. Multiplayer is inherently more difficult because more players means more hands that might have cards to disrupt your combo, and once you're outed as attempting to...

Another fascinating deck. These wild concepts continue to be impressive in their innovation and bizarre goals. On the topic of Shahrazad, I'm always inclined to note some of the odd and, in my view, regrettable history surrounding the card... Shahrazad was included on the original pre-format...

Lim-Dûl's Vault has been one of my favorite cards for a long, long time. WotC, in tinkering with the color pie and trying to establish the flavor and function of the two-color pairings, stuck themselves in a bit of a corner with blue/black. Mark Rosewater is aware of this and has commented on it...

Mirage Block introduced a four-card cycle of "topdeck tutors" (and left everyone wondering where the red one was). The blue one and the black one are both banned in Legacy, the white was used to be banned but was eventually set free, and the green one was never banned but is no slouch. They set...

Tails, no mulligan, and let's just lead off with this... Swamp, Slitherhead, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: ? Library: ?? Battlefield: Graveyard: Exile: ======================================================================================= Oversoul: 20 Hand: 5 Library: 53 Battlefield: (T) Swamp...

They did, but you didn't care. :P I'm assume that I'm partial to the old frame due to nostalgia, but I actually think that perhaps the best frame they did was the "timeshifted" frame for Planar Chaos, seen on the cards that were color-swapped reprints of old cards.

I did not have a dedicated deck for it, but I used that exact combo. Fire Covenant is a very alluring card for casual players (despite never being nominated for the Casual Card Hall of Fame). Of course, Rootwater Matriarch and Binding Agony do not work very well together. But if the goal is...

Oops! I will get to this later today. So Ty takes the Fell Blade and Carrow takes the Soul Blade. If no one else wants to claim one, I'll just arbitrarily assign Tomas the Chaos Demon Sword and Revaethan the other two...

Looking at some potential inclusions... Arcane Lighthouse Force of Will Arcane Denial Treachery Control Magic Threads of Disloyalty Bribery Mana Drain Rhystic Study Mystic Remora Demonic Tutor Diabolic Intent Brago, King Eternal Swan Song Animate Dead It That Betrays Sidisi, Undead Vizier...