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They are indeed. So, the original idea that I had was to use a more focused version of my old "Notice of Proposed Land Use Action" deck from the West Coast Commander League. That list didn't actually run Sorrow's Path, but I was contemplating a new version that would lean even more heavily on...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/card-updates-coming-with-khans-of-tarkir-on-mtg-arena I honestly don't know whether to be annoyed or fascinated with this stuff. It feels like if I were to try and guess which things WotC would retroactively decide were offensive, I'd fail...

This deck exceeded my expectations. Perhaps I was a bit fortunate with the tables I played it at, but I was able to have the deck get going and interfere with everyone else's gameplans pretty much non-stop. It was marvelous. I piloted the deck twice. It killed one opponent with Demonic Pact and...

Lousy luck in my most recent game with this deck. I was stuck on both mana and cards when one of my opponents used Chaos Wand to rip Rise of the Eldrazi off the top of my library. Despite how this opponent was using Chaos wand to abuse my deck's composition, the rest of the table mostly ignored...

Somehow, I almost went through the entirety of 2023 without playing a Grixis deck. Well now, we can't have that. While not technically a "Legends Retold" commander, this new Sol'Kanar is a fun take on a classic legend, and perfect for a deck that trades stuff with others. If I don't die right...

Won my most recent game with this deck. One opponent dropped due to time concerns and a second conceded after I Disenchanted the one card that might have saved him. My final opponent built an overwhelming board state, but couldn't break through a lock I put in place: looping Stonehorn Dignitary...

Despite never missing a land drop, my most recent game saw this deck underperform. I couldn't get going. Because I was the weakest threat at the table, I was saved for last, which bought me just enough time to cast a desperate Rise of the Eldrazi. This drew me into an infinite mana combo and I...

-1 Phyrexian Reclamation -1 Praetor’s Counsel +1 Living Death +1 Carrion Took this deck into a pod where I thought it stood a decent chance. Unfortunately, the deck stalled out and one of my opponents did some big, stupid engine with food tokens, and none of us could stop him. Oops.

-1 Tattermunge Duo -1 Goblin Caves +1 Goblin Marshal +1 Goblin Scouts I kept a two-land hand with this deck and couldn't find a third land. Fortunately, Goblin Lackey grabbed Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker. With Skirk Prospector to sac tokens for mana, I was able to put Overgrowth on my Forest and...

-1 Bala Ged Recovery -1 Swan Song +1 Blue Mana Battery +1 Green Mana Battery Played this deck again. It held up surprisingly well, but ended up in a very explosive pod that I really never built it for. Oh well. Still a fun deck.

This is kind of vague and I want to give Dan Musser the benefit of the doubt, but I am rather critical of the concept that seems to be expressed here. Firstly, talking about the "lens of community sentiment" raises the problem that none of us is as dumb as all of us. Secondly, I worry that...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/december-4-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement Standard: No changes Pioneer: Karn, the Great Creator is banned. Geological Appraiser is banned. Smuggler's Copter is unbanned. Modern: Fury is banned. Up the Beanstalk is banned. Legacy: No...

Took this deck to another game where it was probably a bit outclassed. While I did ultimately lose, the deck held its own and did some interesting stuff. Blazing Rootwalla was really pretty good value here.

I had pretty low expectations for this deck, and it easily exceeded them. Played one game so far, and it was a bit of a weird one, as well as being quite long and drawn-out. I spent a lot of the game with my hand empty, but I had enough board presence that I wasn't too easy to eliminate. My...

As soon as I saw Xolatoyac, I had visions of untapping a bunch of stupid lands with different kinds of counters on them. This deck won't be very good, but I am compelled to try the concept anyway. Maybe I'll even pull off a win with Simic Ascendancy. Commander: 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood 1...

I didn't have the energy to build a Thanksgiving deck this year. I had tentative plans for one, but I essentially ended up going to bed early on the evenings when I would ordinarily have built the deck. So, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving, I offered my Phelddagrif deck as a suitable contender...

Got a second game in with this deck, still at a regular EDH table. The deck's performance was about what I expected, but my opponents all decided that I was a threat just because of all the expensive cards in the deck. I held them off for a time, but was killed by a kind of collective effort...

Took this deck into a 1v1 game. My opponent didn't have a way to get rid of Goblin King, so mountainwalk let me go all-out aggro for the win. All hail Goblin King.

Played this one last night. It started out as a three-player game, but my strong opening hand took a turn toward being unstoppable after one opponent scooped right away (I believe his ride home had arrived or something). Mana Vault into a turn three Zirilan led to dragon beatdown for the win.

Finally got to use Worm Harvest! This deck put up a pretty nice performance, but I botched it as a player. I should have won, but I dredged into Gaea's Blessing at exactly the wrong time. Forgot about that. I had other options and could have used them. Dredging that one time went on to cost me...