Urlithani
Vyemm Raider
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Eh. I'll buy a single for Thanos and Dr. Doom and meme their lines at the table for fun, but yeah. Not much interest otherwise.
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MTG thread
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ronne
Nǐ hǎo, yǒu jīn zi ma?
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It's the summer of 2025.
You sit down to play modern on a Friday evening. It's pretty hot out and your LGS kinda has that summer funk already building, but you don't mind.
Everyone shuffles up and the fun begins. Your opponent plays The Justice League Tower for his first land which taps for one mana of any color to cast any character owned by Disney corporation. He plays Young Anakin (Sith bordered special version, number 55/5000), who is a legendary creature which triggers the Legendary Sword of Sephiroth he also had in his hand, which comes in to play for free attached to Young Anakin.
You play a forest and cast Llanowar Elves, forgetting that the legendary Sword of Sephiroth inflicts -1/-1 on all creatures who are not part of the Final Fantasy universe. Your Llanowar Elves dies. The last bit of you that enjoyed magic 20 years ago dies with your elf.
Over in the corner a commander player laughs so hard he spills his 32oz Thanos Gauntlet drinking jug on the table. Soylent gets everywhere. The group is pretty bummed but it's okay no ones limited edition Spiderman that required attending a Disney World event in-person to get was damaged. It was time to head home anyway cause they forget to bring their 10pm Ozempic pills with them, so they shuffle out.
You step outside after losing your first match. The funk dissipates. The gleeful sleep-apnea screeches of commander players fade in to a din inside the store behind you.
This was probably your last night playing Magic.
You sit down to play modern on a Friday evening. It's pretty hot out and your LGS kinda has that summer funk already building, but you don't mind.
Everyone shuffles up and the fun begins. Your opponent plays The Justice League Tower for his first land which taps for one mana of any color to cast any character owned by Disney corporation. He plays Young Anakin (Sith bordered special version, number 55/5000), who is a legendary creature which triggers the Legendary Sword of Sephiroth he also had in his hand, which comes in to play for free attached to Young Anakin.
You play a forest and cast Llanowar Elves, forgetting that the legendary Sword of Sephiroth inflicts -1/-1 on all creatures who are not part of the Final Fantasy universe. Your Llanowar Elves dies. The last bit of you that enjoyed magic 20 years ago dies with your elf.
Over in the corner a commander player laughs so hard he spills his 32oz Thanos Gauntlet drinking jug on the table. Soylent gets everywhere. The group is pretty bummed but it's okay no ones limited edition Spiderman that required attending a Disney World event in-person to get was damaged. It was time to head home anyway cause they forget to bring their 10pm Ozempic pills with them, so they shuffle out.
You step outside after losing your first match. The funk dissipates. The gleeful sleep-apnea screeches of commander players fade in to a din inside the store behind you.
This was probably your last night playing Magic.
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Chris
Potato del Grande
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Yep. They are eroding the brand and cashing out one fandom at a time.
Who is going to care about Return to Return to Ravnica, a safe story written by Californian Alphabet people, when you can play with Sephiroth who next year is going to brutally execute a woman in HD?
Nirgon
YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE
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You got a black washed Aragorn for trade? Come on bro, I know u got one
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Mist
Eeyore Enthusiast
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I blame the people making alters, and the fact that alters weren't banned immediately.
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Koushirou
Log Wizard
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Wording on that card blows, but damn if it isn’t going straight into Arahbo.
Or maybe not. I’m constantly waffling about whether or not I still want to play this game. Well, I do still want to play Magic, but it’s becoming more and more not-Magic at an alarming rate. Dunno if I should just cash out what I have and switch to proxies like my husband does. Perpetual spoiler season and more dumb crossovers just has me constantly in “it’s all so tiresome” mode instead of being excited for anything.
Or maybe not. I’m constantly waffling about whether or not I still want to play this game. Well, I do still want to play Magic, but it’s becoming more and more not-Magic at an alarming rate. Dunno if I should just cash out what I have and switch to proxies like my husband does. Perpetual spoiler season and more dumb crossovers just has me constantly in “it’s all so tiresome” mode instead of being excited for anything.
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Kuro
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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I've heavily considered just liquidating everything $10+ since all I ever play anymore is casual commander where proxies roam free.
Chris
Potato del Grande
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I bought a Blood Moon extended border alter from a crack addict. I just wanted a Blood Moon.
Mist
Eeyore Enthusiast
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I'm gonna sell everything because I'm never going inside a room full of gamers ever again.
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Urlithani
Vyemm Raider
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I realized I've only played 2 commander games in 3 months. I've only played standard, pioneer, draft, and a little pauper at my LGS. So I'm going to hope that UB brings in new players and they'll try other formats eventually.
That's probably not a realistic hope once they find out how much 4 sheoldreds cost to run their favorite deck from Arena...
That's probably not a realistic hope once they find out how much 4 sheoldreds cost to run their favorite deck from Arena...
I was just coming here to complain about the QC too. I picked up some commander cards 4 for a buck. And boy do some look fake as shit. Color is off paper doesn't feel the same.
Such bs.
OneofOne
Silver Baronet of the Realm
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Some pretty spicy reprints.
www.mtggoldfish.com
Oh here, shamelessly stealing this:
Ahoy Mateys
Blood Rites
Explorers of the Deep
Veloci-ramp-tor
Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Decklists
Here are the decklists from Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander.
www.mtggoldfish.com
Oh here, shamelessly stealing this:
Ahoy Mateys
- Black Market Connections ($28)
- Pitiless Plunderer ($11)
- Timestream Navigator ($8)
- Port Razer ($6)
- Vanquisher's Banner ($5)
Blood Rites
- Exquisite Blood ($35)
- Elenda the Dusk Rose ($10)
- Bloodghast ($10)
- New Blood ($8)
- Twilight Prophet ($5)
- Pact of the Serpent ($5)
Explorers of the Deep
- Branching Evolution ($18)
- Metallic Mimic ($9)
- Kindred Discovery ($8)
- Thassa, God of the Sea ($8)
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca ($7)
Veloci-ramp-tor
- Akroma's Will ($20)
- Apex Altisaur ($14)
- Chandra's Ignition ($12)
- Xenagos, God of Revels ($10)
- Descendant's Path ($8)
- Rhythm of the Wild ($5)
- Runic Armasaur ($5)
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TheNozz
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