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Bitter Ordeal is one of those cards that came out in a power-packed set and didn't really have a niche for tournament gameplay, so it kind of flew under the radar despite having a great deal of latent power behind it. For cards in that category, many are reborn as Commander boogeymen. Bitter...

Fastbond is so broken, yet so fun. I think Manabond counts as a pretty reasonable "fixed" version.

I actually like Barren Glory so much that I was, dubiously, using it before it existed by bringing The Cheese Stands Alone into games where Unglued cards were allowed and even trying to fetch it with Ring of Ma'Ruf in games where they were not (I do not contend that this has the same legitimacy...

Many years ago, a local gamestore used to run these "Type Fun" tournaments with no set format. They kind of made up rules as they went and often changed things on the fly. It was a total mess. I went a few times and actually won one of them. What did it take for me to win a tournament? Well...

Hm, I hadn't thought of it in that way. I do think that for theory purposes it makes sense to draw lines somewhere. Like, if you developed a really robust, succinct version of Magic theory that was applicable in nearly all gameplay, but it didn't really work for Vanguard formats or Planechase...

Nope.

UUD, Forest, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 1 Library: 41 Battlefield: (T,U) Mt x2 (T,U) Island x2 (U) Swamp (T) Desolate Lighthouse (T: Add C to my mana pool.; 1UR, T: Draw a card, then discard a card) Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature...

So now I can't stop pondering the following convoluted Magical Christmasland fantasy... Bait out Worldfire somehow. Ertai's Meddling to delay Worldfire for later. Barren Glory. Oblivion Ring on Barren Glory. Let Worldfire go off. Win? Too bad I don't know anyone who plays Worldfire. I'd have...

The key part of Rule 407.1 there is "playing Magic games for ante." If I'm not playing for ante, Tempest Efreet can't go in my deck (the card says so). But Ring of Ma'Ruf only stipulates "a card you own from outside the game." The bit about removing the card from my deck before playing doesn't...

Throg makes his offering. (50 gold in this case, but the actual requirement is 2D6x10 gold, in case I haven't already said that somewhere) The warping forces of Chaos surge through the Warrior's veins, and he staggers drunkenly around the temple. When he comes to his senses, he realizes that...

Well, Void Snare can be used to kill a 0-life opponent who has Phyrexian Unlife on the battlefield. Vapor Snag cannot do this. Ergo, another win for sorceries. :p While that does seem to be true, the first set is still more informative. Sure, if I'm being pedantic (which, knowing me, seem...

Interesting. My first reaction is, "I didn't describe The Comboist Manifesto as a kernel, did I?" And really, I'm not sure. I've seen the term "kernel" used in different ways in different fields. It's entirely possible that along the way that I gave the impression that a kernel or something...

I missed this earlier! Oops. To belatedly answer the question... Nope, all of the Eternalize cards are bad. :p OK, OK, to be less cheeky... In principle, either the Embalm mechanic from Amonkhet or the Eternalize mechanic from Hour of Devastation could be used with cards dumped into my...

UUD, Forest, Brutalizer Exarch tucking Burning Vengeance, done. Spidey: 20 Hand: 2 Library: 41 Battlefield: (T,T) Mt x2 (T,T) Island x2 (T) Swamp Burning Vengeance (Whenever I cast a spell from my graveyard, ~ deals 2 dmg to target creature or player) *bottom of library?* (U) Armored...

Oh, and here's the changelog... -Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter: I do not actually need most of those abilities and can go with a cheaper sac outlet. -Angel of Despair: Back out again. I sometimes used this to destroy my own creatures, but now I have more sac outlets. Could potentially go back in...

At long last, the deck has a new update. I present Version 5.0: an overhaul of Hulking proportions... Commander 1x Karador, Ghost Chieftain Creatures 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper 1x Academy Rector 1x Apprentice Necromancer 1x Ashen Rider 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim 1x Birds of Paradise 1x Blood Pet 1x Body...

"In advance? Well, I suppose that if it helps you kill Utronicus, fine. Go right ahead. As for what you're up against, I can't be entirely sure. He has Chaos magic and he has some daemonic servants. No Greater Daemons or I'd know about it. I'm not going to lie: my Plan B is that if he kills the...

"Thank you, dwarf. I thought I could count on you to be reasonable. Now, I've been here a long time. My lord Tzeentch has plans for what you call the "Wildwood" and these plans span many centuries. So I look out for things. There's no love lost between me and the leaders of the wood elves. So...

In the Lion's Eye Diamond thread, I talked about the emergence of Storm decks starting in 2003 and resulting in the restriction of LED. Wheel of Fortune was part of the suite of cards responsible for this and I think that Wheel has never really lost its association with Storm combo in the...

Hm, not really seeing a contradiction myself, but maybe "ominous" is getting interpreted as "big" or something like that. Should have been more clear. I used it more to mean that it seems like there's an established trail along the forest floor and then it suddenly terminates in a sharp descent...