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Tap my Anointer to boost my War Oracle. If nothing else, then your Valeron Wardens and your Honored Hierarch die, you take 4, I gain 4, War Oracle becomes renowned, and I draw a card off my Valeron Wardens' trigger?

Block with Zombie token.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right. Should probably have led with that last paragraph. I don't know that I'll bring more explosive decks every single time from here on out. I had fun with some of the goofier concepts, especially "Epic." But I'm going to try something with more power at least...

So I screwed this one up. In reality, the points for the month were supposed to be these ones... Bring Friends (+1): Activate a planeswalker ability God Eternal (+1): Cast a God (creatures with modified creature types and changelings don't count) Oath of the Gatewatch (+2): Activate a minus...

For the West Coast Commander League, the month of May is going to feature some rather heavy-handed War of the Spark themes. This might mean some decks that depart further from my usual fare. To start off, alongside the usual non-rotating points, we've got... Bring Friends (+1): Activate a...

Titanic Growth on Citadel Castellan, pass priority.

My dragon! Curse you, Mooseman, for triggering Melkor's trap. Also maybe curse Melkor, now that I think about it. For casting the trap. And probably also for destroying the Trees of Valar. Jerk.

As it happens, Throg and Carrow can move faster than the other characters, so it would only take them two turns to get there. Will Revaethan be waiting to cross until they're in position? Also where will Ty and Kelgar be positioned? And someone decide where to place Jekaena and Tomas too...

Overall set analysis As sets go, this one has a pretty low level of emphasis on tribal synergies. Some of the new creatures are nice cards, but most of the really promising ones are competing for space in the deepest, most established creature types. Cards like Eternal Taskmaster and Krenko, Tin...

Spirit: Three new cards. They’ve got a lot of competition, with how powerful Spirit Tribal can be. Grateful Apparition could be useful in some decks, but my vision of what optimal Spirit Tribal would look like probably excludes that sort of thing. The other two new additions just aren’t that...

Insect: Just one new card and it’s Limited fodder. No impact. Leviathan: One new card. Doesn’t really contribute anything to the tribe. Manticore: One new card. Fits the existing pattern that makes Manticore Tribal so bad. More bad cards won’t help this miserable tribe. Merfolk: One card...

New additions to existing tribes Angel: This was already an especially strong tribe. Angels get two new members, and doesn't really need help. However, if an Angels deck does choose to include red, there's a new legendary creature with a powerful ability. Feather, the Redeemed has a unique...

By now, you've probably seen my original report on the possibility of arranging tribes in tiers for some kind of 60-card constructed format. Aside from some interesting insights from Mooseman, that thread didn't really go anywhere and things continue to be quiet. But even as I prepared that...

Bah, I still haven't done this. OK, I'm bad. That's established. Let's see... Throg throws a left boot in the boiling liquid. -Grey squares are a smooth rock-like substance. They're safe. -Blue squares are the entrance you're coming through. The door leads back the way you came. -Red...

Blocks/responses?

Attack Melkor with Withered Wretch, done. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Command Zone: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Oversoul: 18 (Zombie Empire) Hand: 7 Library: 46 Battlefield: (U) Leechridden Swamp (Counts as...

Going to combat. War Oracle and Citadel Castellan as attackers?

Early on when making cuts and decisions in constructing this list, I noticed that blue/black control has no options for dealing with planeswalkers that aren't either overly narrow or inefficient. I've long held the deckbuilding philosophy that if you can't spot some glaring weaknesses, you...

Left boot or right boot?

I hid them pretty well, but not well enough. I don't remember if the topic has ever come up at the CPA, but a while back I built and sleeved up a Vintage Stax deck I pulled from someone else's tournament report (I think it was from 2015). Didn't really have other Vintage decks to pilot it...