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Not a fan of Companion in general but I think it's more or less fine Lurrus was legal, at least after the nerf. But it's fine it's gone too since it was ubiquitous but it wasn't really integral for a lot of decks it was just free to play like in Burn. I guess I'm a bit ambivalent. But I've seen...

But at that point there really isn't any reason to play Enduring Ideal and all that would need to enable it instead of Enchantress: it's faster and less burdened with awkward cards and easier to support Enlightened Tutor. Easier to support Confinement with Enchantress effects and lets you...

I really should have seen that coming lmao. That stinks. Because I really liked the snake cards from Kamigawa. Maybe more of the doubling effects (is there more?) or boosting stuff like Caged Sun/Extraplanar Lens. Not sure though! EDIT: maybe Pyre of Heroes too that's a nice card.

This looks sweet. Who doesn't like snakes?

Yeah, I never saw any Enduring Ideal decks in Legacy at that time either and I played with/against a lot of weird stuff. You might have been able to take games against Goblins but even then it was not consistent (hello Waste/Port and the uncommon turn 3 kill) but the other two decks that were...

100% agree. I think it would be interesting to see how these cards stack up against each other. Cards like Gush would be immensely exciting though I'd really like to get a bunch of the other, relatively weaker cards off the list first but if Gush comes off then stuff like Recruiter and Necro are...

Same shit different day. Not surprised by any of these changes. Standard will probably never go back to being a somewhat balanced format because of the way they just push cards these days, crowding out most other cards/decks. Esika's Chariot being a great example of this. Legacy still has all...

Firemane Angel's effect was still really novel at the time and still is in some respects. It's really cool. Felt really good gaining 2 life a turn after discarding two to a Compulsive Research. A nice bit of synchronicity, today PVDDR released on article on the best decks he's ever played and...

That Honden deck is really cool. I miss casting Firemane Angel, that card is sweet. I don't remember seeing the Honden deck at the time but leave it to the Japanese to brew up crazy decklists. There's gotta be something in the water. Ditto for the Battle of Wits deck but I do vaguely remember it...

Jar+Megrim and Balance+ZOrb not being higher is really weird. Obviously there is a lot of stuff on that list that's... their for nostalgias sake, even for 2003. Which is strange because the aforementioned combos were a lot better 18 years ago than they are today. Still, there is a lot of good...

That reminds me of the super sweet UG Snake deck that saw play in Standard at the time. Played cards like Patagia Viper and Ohran Viper. And Jitte too, of course. Undying Flames is guaranteed Erratic Explosion for the rest of the game which is pretty good but not being able to play anything...

Forums are so much better than Discord. A real shame they're not being used so much anymore.

Funnily enough, I had the same reaction. I thought a 7 mana card was never going to see play because there was no precedent for it and I thought it was too slow. But the control elements were good enough that the deck saw a decent amount of play. Pretty neat.

I really like the Epic spells. Enduring Ideal was pretty sweet. I remember it being pretty good in Standard at the time where you could fetch Form of the Dragon to kill and had some neat cards to tutor up. I think its likely they could do another cycle of these cards but beyond that I'd be...

That's a good breakdown. There is a lot going on here. The most obvious is that a lot of the designed for Commander cards or FIRE legends are way too pushed. Look at the Commanders from Eldraine, which you have mentioned. Stuff like Partners weren't much better either. WotC was good with the...

The Goblins in the set are surprisingly good, not even counting something like Den of the Bugbear. Love it. Really appreciate all the work you put in for these things; that's a lot of words!

I think I'm OK with Golos being banned, feels a lot like Rofellos was as a commander. I think it just does too much for it's cost. And it really doesn't have a downside or way to combat it other non-basic hate. Glad Worldfire is unbanned. Would be nice if this was the start of pruning the chaff...

You opponents sound angry they lost and are trying to rationalize it and offload the responsibility on you. The criticism of "why didn't you just win earlier also we are going to gang up on you so you have to use your resources to prevent yourself from dying instead of winning: you built your...

The DD deck is OK, in Premodern that is, but the deck has a hard time beating any red deck because of burn spells and Mogg Fanatic and loses to GY hate e.g. Tormod's Crypt.

Snowfall is such a "bait and switch". It reads like it's High Tide but then just slaps you in the face when you get to the last sentence. Hall of Mists is so bad too. I wouldn't even know what to pick. I totally spaced out on Solemnity and counter shenanigans. Something to keep in mind when...