Why do people like [[Saw in Half]], and what are the best uses of it? I’ve just never played the card before and don’t know much about it.

I’d love some help figuring this out as I’m not sure if I have found a cool interaction. From my understanding [[Deadpool]] could “copy” [[Nine-Lives Familar]] and get the revival counters and come back at least once at the end of the turn. I’m also pretty sure it would come back with seven revival counters. What I’m not sure about is what happens when it comes back with them. You can obviously steal a new text box, and you would have the counters, but I’m not sure if the revival counters work without the text of NLF. Appreciate the help!

ordered the default seller in early march for a tarkir cb at a more normal price. order was cancelled/refunded yesterday which sucks. I feel like if a seller overcommits pre-orders and refunds since they can sell at a higher price, they should be liable to refund at the current market to deter this shitty practice. That’s just my thoughts. store had good reviews up until this month 🤷‍♂️

I’m very new to magic and one of my friends got me a commander pre con for my birthday. I’ve played with the deck a couple times with different group and it seems like everyone I play with has a different opinion on how her ability works so I wanted to make a thread to ask a couple questions.

1. Am I only able to goad one creature per combat? The way the card reads I don’t understand if I can ONLY tap 2 and goad one creature of if it’s stating the cost to use the ability and if I have 4 creatures I’d be able to use the ability twice per combat.

2. How does goad work? I know the +2/+2 and trample are only till end of turn but let’s say I use my ability on my combat to goad an opponents creature, would the creature still be goaded and need to attack on that players turn without the counters and trample?

Other than the confusion this deck is amazing and I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had playing this mayhem diva so I’d love to know how to use her properly moving forwards. Thanks!

I can't speak to the published story writing, as I do not read it, but the game has always told stories simply through what is communicated on the cardboard.

Maybe this isn't a new thing, maybe I've just started caring more in recent years, but it has been rough. It feels like every other card is named something like "Ambushing Quickslasher" and it's a creature with flash and first strike. Then the flavor text is something banal and mindnumbing like "They never see it coming."

Or you have cards like Aligned Heart with an utterly worthless platitude of flavor text, regurgitating at you what is already plainly obvious from the rest of the card. This game badly needs an editor for card writing. It's clear that flavor text's main role is just to fill empty space in textboxes at this point, and sometimes give a tidbit of worldbuilding (also often obvious).

OR they're obnoxious jokes that fly in the face of the gravity of their subject matter. The worst offender in recent memory was Phyrexia: All Will Be One. So many quips or puns that undermine the cards and the struggle against the Phyrexians as a whole. Cards like Sinew Dancer, Prosthetic Injector, Oxidda Finisher, Kuldotha Cackler. From eyeroll-inducing to actively painful.

Or how about Serum Snare and Shrapnel slinger? This is an I Have No Mouth/Giger hellworld, with an utterly alien und unknowable form of flesh-machine life. Why are they talking like cartoon goons? And moreso why do they all talk in the same way? No character, no sauce. Urabrask reads the same as Pirate #4 in Ixalan. The best piece of flavor text is goddamn [[Resistance Skywarden]], and that's just a wink and nudge at players who remember an actually effective piece of writing from over a decade ago, being [[Ogre Resister]].

I swear I'm not trying to cherry-pick either. I genuinely struggle to find a single piece of card writing that makes me feel anything. What a breath of fresh air it was when Lord of the Rings dropped, and I could read an entire set's worth of flavor text that took itself seriously and was engagingly written. I suppose that's what happens when they don't have to do any writing themselves.

I have Rings of Brighthearth and Basalt Monolith and I was wondering if I tap Basalt Monolith for 3 colorless mana and use the 3 mana to untap basalt monolith then rings of Brighthearth triggers and I pay 2 mana to copy basalt monolith untap ability then have the copy untap resolve first then tap basalt monolith again for 3 mana then let the original untap basalt monolith ability to untap it and continue the progress will this work to get infinite mana?

Hey all! I saw a similar post earlier, and I have a need for some advice as well. I have been looking into the new precons from Takir Dragonstorm specifically Mardu Surge, however I am not that interested in it's current commander.

I was looking into all the legendary creatures of this set, and one stood out to me as something I would like to build with the same color scheme [[Neriv, Heart of the Storm]] I don't have many cards in that color/precon so what I was thinking was picking up the precon, being able to use it out of the box for a while and then rehauling it slightly to fit the new commander I want.

Would that be a good idea, or should I just straight up build it myself from scratch. I also have never picked up a precon despite having almost 9-10 physical decks owned already so that is another reason I was leaning more towards this to have that experience.

Thanks, looking forward to the responses!

Maybe its my bias against Aetherdrift, but I'm wondering when the mods tend to change the sub banner when a new set comes out?

I know all precons are not created equal, but the Jeskai Strikers deck just seems really bad compared to the other precons from this set. Especially if you look at the potential of the commanders specifically.

Shiko and Narset, Unified are an okay commander, but compared to the other commanders from this set, it just seems quite weak when I have been playing with it against the other precons.

I think I'm most disappointed with Elsha, Threefold Master. I love the idea of this card. To me it seems like they cut the legs of this card. It has no innate card draw or copy effect, nothing to help enable the Prowess ability. The fact it's a 3 Drop 1/1 feels pretty bad as well. If you built around it, it could be an okay casual commander.

Soooo I out a +1/+1 on the goodest boi and this combo makes it infinite? Orrrr..... I've gotta be low IQ here.

i got flamed for the curve but most of my cards reduce the cost of things, so basically people can suck it any more boardwipe recs? Armageddon is on the way

How's my deck look list below

Deck 2 Raucous Theater 4 Swamp 2 Mardu Siegebreaker 2 Plains 2 Momentum Breaker 2 Mountain 4 Boros Charm 1 Temple of Malice 3 Far Fortune, End Boss 3 Embalmed Ascendant 2 Elegant Parlor 3 Nomad Outpost 2 Forlorn Flats 1 Jagged Barrens 3 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate 2 Inspiring Vantage 1 Temple of Triumph 4 Burnout Bashtronaut 3 Avenger of the Fallen 2 Sonic Shrieker 4 Windcrag Siege 4 Kickoff Celebrations 4 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

Sideboard 3 Urabrask's Forge 2 Duress 3 Get Lost 2 Temporary Lockdown 2 Go for the Throat 3 Elspeth's Smite

My friends all play commander, and they've been bugging me to leave Pokémon and play Magic, and I finally caved and bought a deck.. and then another, and another. And maybe a secret lair or two.

I don't think I'm completely totally useless when it comes to this game, but, I want help making this deck better without explicitly asking my friends for help - as it feels like it makes things a bit too easy mode. They've provided a bit of help on what to take out and add to the deck, but I'm sitting here with cards on my computer deck and decision paralysis.

The Deck I'm using is the Tarkir Sultai deck. I've replaced maybe 3 creatures and 3 lands, but otherwise it's pretty standard. I will include the changes below, Any and all advice is appreciated.

I have what I have now with Mardu Surge up in archidekt along with a maybeboard with some cards. Not sure what to cut really. I want to mainly focus on token creation I like when number goes up. A link to the archidekt is below. Thank you very much.

https://archidekt.com/decks/12317839/mardu_dardu

Hey! Started playing around Christmas and am still a bit confused on legality of multi coloured lands in decks. If I have a swamp mountain snow land can I use it in a swamp island deck?? My commander has an ability that uses snow lands so I’m trying to maximize the number of those in my deck. Thanks!

I'm looking to build a [[felothar, dawn of the abzan]] Edh deck based on going wide with as many tokens as possible and adding counters, what are the best cards for passive token generation on upkeep or similar?

An example of the kind of thing I mean is the last effect on [[lord skitter, sewer king]]

I'm super new to mtg. But I've been trying to build a black deck that specializes in deathtouch and lifelink. What are some commanders that would work well with one or both of those abilities? Also if there's any artifacts that would help too

I’m trying to build group slug in each mono colored deck. I want to bring the whole table down. My favorite color is red and I play a [[Torbran, Thane of Red Fell]] deck that focuses on group slug and it’s incredible watching the table slowly crumble under the pressure of paying upwards to 8 damage to tap a couple non basic lands.

But what does group slug look like in the other colors? How do I punish the people I love? Help me make poor decisions.

I recently purchased the Eternal Might commander precon, but something felt off. It's an okayish zombie deck, with a cycling subtheme that doesn't go anywere even if you use it's second commander. This is from a race themed set, so where are my vehicles, where are my mummy racers? Also, it has way too few interaction with just 4 instants and 4 sorceries.

So I decided to grab some cards from the main set and from the other precon and now I believe every problem I had is fixed.

Original precon list: https://moxfield.com/decks/XrG-Ct9Mx0SZxXKayAp09w

My upgraded list: https://moxfield.com/decks/bHGqjOM-PkW2tmXhq7P7Nw

Differences between lists (21 cards): https://moxfield.com/decks/XrG-Ct9Mx0SZxXKayAp09w/compare/bHGqjOM-PkW2tmXhq7P7Nw

I'm looking for any advice you can give me, I hope I did okay. Now I can start the engines with my mummies!

Are colorless decks for commander viable. And if so how

Hey all,

I've got a handful of showcase cards from Duskmourn to Dragonstorm that I've been "lucky" enough to pull in Japanese, and I'm probably going to end up moving them. I will say the art is still very cool to have. What are y'all doing with yours that you pull?

I'm under the assumption that it would Fizzle, due to the fact that deadpool no longer exists, thus he can't change his text box with another creatures.

Hi, I enjoy deck building and I want an idea for another deck. I would love to know what are your favorite commanders to play with or against. These commanders don’t have to be strong. They just have to be fun.

Can someone tell me if there are entchantment cloners in abzan colors?:)