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Yes, but for Darkpact. Not for Serra Angel and Shivan Dragon. Well, Force of Nature was the biggest creature when the game first started and if you had an Alpha copy (I didn't and don't), you had yourself a real Magic card with the word "GGGG" printed in its text box, which is pretty cool. I...

To be clear, Spidey shut down Article Replies because they were getting hit by too much spam back in 2014. Clicking "more" in the Article Replies section leads to a list of replies and their authors with months and days, but what might not be clear is that they're all from 2014 and 2013, the...

I already compared LDV to Vampiric Tutor and I don't want to dwell on the comparison. The cards have overlap, but their roles differ. The analogy with Lightning Helix seems apt. Healing Salve as lifegain isn't efficient enough for me to want to use it. Lightning Bolt is definitely worth it. But...

Was it a Stasis deck? He did win the first championship ever with a Stasis deck (and it did have one copy of Library of Alexandria). Subjective as all of this is, it sure seems like Serra Angel and Shivan Dragon are the "right" answers when it comes to this stuff in that they were the most...

Good, good. Forsake the ways of the blasphemous Reforge the Soul and join the cult of Wheel of Fortune. Sure, it ain't cheap, but we have so much more mana open and we get that classic Daniel Gelon artwork. :p Take care not to trip over those signs lying around. The ones that say stuff like...

My longest-running use of Lim-Dûl's Vault was in my "HHT" deck, something I've written about here before. A few times, really. In fact, it was the subject of one of my early CPA articles (but take note of my obligatory warning about how articles from that era had some sort of software corruption...

It occurred to me that Rokapoke is still indisposed and Melkor doesn't chime in much anyway, so I'm not really waiting on anyone. Moving along with a few characters on autopilot... -Jekaena casts Glittering Robe, shielding herself for 3 Wounds. -Jekaena casts Glittering Robe, shielding herself...

That would be cheating. As you can see, there is no Library of Leng in this decklist! However, I applaud you for choosing a card that exists in Unlimited Edition, the greatest Magic set of all time. :p

Yes, but I don't exactly remember the original context. I think it was closer to your "personal" category. I guess I thought of it as a kind of, "Which cards evoke the strongest and most meaningful memories for you?" Like, you put Lightning Bolt on both lists. That's a card that was definitely...

First day of buck season, maybe?

Wheel of Fortune could do it. If we were to cast each of our copies of Wheel of Fortune, that would force Eddie to draw 28 more cards. 33+28=51. That's exactly insufficient. It would be enough if we could pass the turn to Eddie, but we can't, so it's off by just 1 card. So that's a problem for...

Intuitively, this deck, once it passes that threshold, will not fail. But we cannot prove that! Admittedly, mathematical proofs are not really my wheelhouse, though. But I do know a bit about eigenstates, and a randomized library of Magic cards can be thought of as a bunch of eigenvalues. Uh...

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...