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While Illusionary Mask might have become a has-been and niche slot for rogue decks, Phyrexian Dreadnought has fared better. And it's easy to see why... There are a lot more options for using Phyrexian Dreadnought now. It's not just Stifle and Illusionary Mask anymore. Arguably, they're not...

Despite essentially dwindling to irrelevance in the mid to late 10's, Illusionary Mask hasn't completely vanished from tournament play. Poking around online, the main niche for the card is in the "Premodern" format, which I guess makes sense. Here's a Legacy list from last year, where the...

My second updated deck of 2023... -1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer -1 Force of Vigor -1 Rampant Growth -2 Forest +1 Tireless Tracker +1 Realms Uncharted +1 Boseiju, Who Endures +1 Lotus Vale +1 Prismatic Vista

Moving forward through the 2010's, Phyrexian Dreadnought didn't really get much better and Illusionary Mask became even more relegated. Dark Depths became the more efficient way to get a huge, lethal attacker with some cheap combo (usually Thespian's Stage). However, there were some developments...

Piloted this one in a pretty long game. I never actually drew any of the new inclusions, but the game was pretty good. Awkwardly, my eventual victory was achieved after a board stall, because I had both Kher Keep and Deserted Temple, so I was able to churn out a bunch of "Kobolds of Kher Keep"...

This deck won a game, and I have very mixed feelings about it. So I had an opening hand of five lands and two creatures. Not great, but I topdecked Sol Ring and was able to cast Ao on turn 4. I had Land Tax, but my opponents never let me trigger it. On my next turn, I attacked with Ao, baiting...

This deck continues to lose games, but to hold its own surprisingly well against decks that really seem like they should walk all over it. The card advantage and provided by Isu is substantial, and a lot of the newer snow cards are pretty strong.

You arrive in the Heart Chamber, and all is quiet. Hurzevarkh's warning seems to be toothless, for now. Jekaena puts her hand to the taproot, then pulls back and incants a short verse from the Sylvan Epic. She guides Carrow and places his hand in another spot on the taproot, incants another...

I should explain, since I left this thread sitting for six months straight, and that was really not great. So yeah, right before this unplanned hiatus, I'd been having some computer issues, but those were resolved. I had everything ready and fully assumed that I'd be updating this game in late...

As I mentioned in the statistics report, for 2023 I'm prioritizing revising old decks over creating new ones. Trying to, anyway. Here's my start... -1 Ryusei, the Falling Star -1 Crown of Flames -1 Heartstone -1 Panharmonicon +1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury +1 Mana Vault +1 Blood for the Blood...

#20: “Old-Fashioned Treadmill” I’d had Phenax, God of Deception in mind as a potential commander ever since the card first came out in 2014. I don’t normally play a mill strategy in EDH, because it scales poorly in multiplayer and risks fueling graveyard-based decks. So all that time, Phenax was...

#40: “Eternal Apprenticeship” I still think that Tawnos, Urza’s Apprentice is probably the most underplayed commander, at least going by EDHrec statistics. Literally dozens of Izzet commanders are much more popular, and Tawnos is better than almost all of them. My deck’s performance was not...

Here’s a silly companion piece to my 2022 EDH decks statistics writeup. I built and played 54 different EDH decks this year, and I decided that I liked the idea of ranking my favorites. What objective and demonstrably quantifiable criteria am I using to rank them? Well, this is the CPA, so I...

Some thoughts for 2023... I won't attempt to keep up this intense pace for building EDH decks next year. The most obvious answer would be to say that I'm burnt out, but that's really a pretty minor factor, actually. I want a change of pace for five reasons. I want to focus on quality over...

Here's the frequency curve (bar chart, essentially) for my 2022 decks. 152:1 141:1 138:1 124:1 113:1 78:1 71:1 53:1 48:1 41:1 39:1 38:1 35:1 29:1 28:1 27:2 26:3 25:2 24:3 23:4 22:2 21:1 20:3 19:3 18:3 17:6 16:3 15:4 14:4 13:5 12:7 11:8 10:7 9:15 8:19 7:23 6:37 5:48 4:77 3:122 2:245 1:1048

After two years in a row of skimping on red cards, I've had a year in which basic Mountain is my #1 card, topping the charts at 152 inclusions! Swamps win if snow and regular basics are summed up, and Plains are lagging, but it's mostly pretty close. Basic lands Mountain: 152 Forest:141 Swamp...

Welcome to my Fourth Annual EDH Statistics Report. This is my biggest, bestest statistical rundown ever. First, let's start with some convenient links. 2019 Report. 2020 Report. 2021 Report. My decks on Moxfield. I'll briefly recap some of the distinguishing aspects of previous years, but...

Test complete?

I have gotten to have zero fun with this deck, and I'm actually really irritated about it. Some of my woes were just down to bad luck, but I also had a particular player disingenuously bringing in decks that are just much more competitive than what I'm building for. I either need to not play...

I think this one comes apart next. I really like the necrons, and the deck wins a lot, but it is pretty repetitive about how it tutors for combo pieces and just wins on the spot.