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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...

So the bad news is that I still haven't made a graphical representation of this unusual room. The good news is that I found my playset of Smokestack! Revaethan will be the first to attempt the crossing. I'd ask where you're all positioned, but of course I haven't provided a map. Soon, though...

Hit a bit of a snag with this. I was up late last night and realized that I've misplaced all of my copies of the card Smokestack. There are a few other cards in this list I've never owned and will hopefully pick up at my local LGS soon, but they're mostly new and should be in-stock. Smokestack...

That's pretty weird. UUD, Pacifism on your War Oracle. Responses?

UUD, Cabal Coffers, roll the planar die and get nothing. Tap Coffers and 2 Swamps to make BBBB, pay B and reroll the planar die, get CHAOS! I get a dragon token. Siphon Mind, make you guys discard cards...

For the rules update associated with Coldsnap when the set was new, they created a "Snow" supertype and gave it to the old snow-covered basic lands as well as to a bunch of new permanents in Coldsnap. The supertype has no inherent functionality and it's easy to forget that it exists, but it does...

My next concoction for the West Coast Commander League. I continue to resist the temptation to bring in the most vicious combo decks I can think of. Points I can go for with this deck... -Cast two "creature wrath effects" (basically kill or exile all creatures, with some fine print for...

Citadel Castellan, done. Spidey: 13 Hand: 3 Library: 45 Battlefield: (T,T,U) Forest x3 (T,U) Plains x2 Pacifism (Enchanted creature can't attack or block) Pacifism (Enchanted creature can't attack or block) (U) Honored Hierarch (1/1; Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat dmg to a...

No way. Levitating only provides vertical movement. Throg was able to get over his companions by floating high and pushing off the wall to gain momentum while falling, but there's no leverage for that here and the distance is much greater. Throg might be able to react quickly enough to catch...