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Foundations Starter Collection Deck

I've bought the starter collection and will be playing with my friends tomorrow. Can someone direct me to a fun deck that I can make for tomorrow? I won't have enough time to build one of my own from the start this time, but I wanted to play anyways! We play a kind of 4way standard, which is fun Thanks!

PS: I also have the white and blue welcome decks that started being distributed this year, if you have any suggestion of replaces. Thanks again!

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2024/11/20
06:44 UTC

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What is this?

6 Comments
2024/11/20
06:11 UTC

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Which jumpstarts are inside the Foundation Starter Kit

Which decks of jumpstart are in the starter kit (which includes 10 jumpstarts) ? I was told that the kit includes the "exact same jumpstarts" but I can't find which ones. Or is it actually random?

3 Comments
2024/11/20
05:33 UTC

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Should I quit physical mtg?

First off, I just wanna say I love mtg. Been playing since late 90s early 2000s.

I just bought a box of foundation play booster. I was excited, at first. But mid way through opening packs I kinda began to feel what's the point in continuing to buy them. I'm not a collector (although I do have a decent collection) I'm a player with no one to play with. I work nights. I sleep in the morning. The missus works swing. We share 1 car atm. And I pick up the kiddo from school drop off in the afternoon. My local LGS has events during the week. I can't make any of them. I have no friends that play. Should I just quit physical mtg and maybe try out mtgo, or go back to arena? It's getting too expensive for them to just sit on my shelf not being played. It bums me out. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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2024/11/20
05:22 UTC

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White countering “gain control”

I play a white commander deck. I’ve got a couple counter spells. But are there better ways to counter an opponent that takes control of my creatures and attacks me with them?

18 Comments
2024/11/20
04:20 UTC

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Coming Back to Magic

TL;DR - It's Good to be Back.

I started playing in the late 90's as a teenager. I played through Highschool and lost touch with all my old friends from the local card shop. We all just had other stuff to do.

Bounce ahead to 2009 I still had some cards laying around and my friends and roommates were playing something called EDH. I got hip to it, built like 2 Decks, (Animar was my first and true love), had a lot of fun, didn't fall back into it as hard as my friends did. Met the love of my life, got married, gave my cards to the eldest child, didn't play for a long time again, had no cards, never really thought about it.

It's 2024 - Got into a new career, got some really cool co-workers, hear one of them talking about Magic one day. Mention I used to play, and he's just excited there's someone in the shop to talk to Magic about! Google is listening to me and is starting to throw advertisements at me about Bloomburrow and I show my wife and we are both just smitten with the artwork and how adorable the set looks. My wife dabbled back in the day, but had bad experiences with the people who she played with and taught her.

I offer to get us the starter decks and teach her simple Magic. ( We are not competitive) She had fun learning with me, and we've moved onto EDH, we both have a precons and have started adjusting them to our play styles, we're sleeved up and playing often, just by ourselves, getting the feel for it, she's still learning and I'm getting my sea legs back!

This past weekend was my 39th Birthday, and she got a hold of my friends who play Magic and made plans to have them over and we made food, and played a couple of rounds and laughed and just had the most amazing time! My friends tell me about their local shop and it's schedule and tell us we need to come down and play sometime!

So tomorrow, I'll be going with my friends up to their local card shop to kinda pick up where I left off :)

5 Comments
2024/11/20
04:07 UTC

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Best way to lose on purpose?

My playgroup decided to shake things up a bit, and will be doing some games where whoever loses the game first, wins.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to take myself out quickly?

Right now my strategy is to run blue/black/green, and ramp/tutor/draw my way into one of the pacts (negation, slaughter, summoning), but wanted to see if anyone knew of anything faster.

94 Comments
2024/11/20
03:43 UTC

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How does myriad work with Isshin, Two heavens as one?

If another creature had myriad, it would trigger twice, correct?

but what if [[Isshin, Two Heavens as One]] had myriad from like [[Duke Ulder Ravengard]] and i got rid of the ‘legends rule’ how many copies of isshin would i get?

5 Comments
2024/11/20
03:31 UTC

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Looking for a cheap commander deck

My little brother just got himself started with MTG and apparently bought a three colour Godzilla deck.

Anyway I was thinking of getting a cheap deck to play with with him and was hoping I could get some help to narrow things down.

I'd prefer something black and/or blue because I like to be a troll when I play card games.

13 Comments
2024/11/20
02:48 UTC

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Exemplar of light +1 counters and lifelink

If I gained 4 life with a lifelink creature does that trigger exemplar of light 4 times giving it 4 +1 counters or would it only trigger it once and give it one +1 counter on it?

2 Comments
2024/11/20
02:24 UTC

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I don't know if my perception on the format is correct anymore

Is the fog meta real?

150 Comments
2024/11/20
02:20 UTC

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MTG Arena Set Collection is not matching up with Deck Builder

I don't understand what is going on with the discrepancy between the Set Collection and Deck Builder

This says I am missing one common

Filters for Deck Builder

Multiple cards showing up as not collected, or in my collection from alternate sets/arts

4 Comments
2024/11/20
02:14 UTC

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Can anyone help me find an old mtg web series?

Hi everyone! I grew up on mtg and recently got back into it and I've been trying to find this comedy web series this one YouTube channel did but I can't remember the name of it. It was about a group of friends who worked at a LGS and loved mtg. I specifically remember one of the characters would always shout,"Black or die!". Also I think the woman who was apart of the cast had black hair and wore glasses. I watched this probably between 2013-2015. Thanks!

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2024/11/20
01:48 UTC

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Deck Building Help

So I bought a Fallout Science Pre-Con and some Modern Horizons 3 boosters and i want to just make it better for just casual play with my friends and local pods. Sorry in advance for not having it set by Card Type bc I couldnt figure out the life of me how to do it on Lens. Edit: I'm looking for cards to replace. Edit 2: I'm strictly playing Commander Edit 3: I'm still a newer player so if we could try to keep the upgrades simple to understand, that'd be great

1x Arcade Gannon 1x Arcane Signet 1x Ash Barrens 1x Assaultron Dominator 1x Austere Command 1x Automated Assembly Line 1x Brotherhood Scribe 1x Brotherhood Vertibird 1x Buried Ruin 1x Cephalid Coliseum 1x Clifftop Retreat 1x Command Tower 1x Conduit Goblin 1x Crush Contraband 1x Dispatch 1x Dr. Madison Li 1x Elder Owyn Lyons 1x Electrosiphon 1x Electrozoa 1x Endurance Bobblehead 1x Everflowing Chalice 1x Evolving Wilds 1x Ferrous Lake 1x Furnace Hellkite 1x Glacial Fortress 1x Glimmer of Genius 1x HELIOS One 1x Inspired Inventor 1x Intelligence Bobblehead 1x Irrigated Farmland 1x Jolted Awake 1x Liberty Prime, Recharged 1x Lightning Greaves 1x Loyal Apprentice 1x Mechanized Production 1x Mind Stone 1x Myriad Landscape 1x Mystic Forge 1x Mystic Monastery 1x Nuka-Cola Vending Machine 1x One with the Machine 1x Open the Vaults 1x Panharmonicon 1x Path of Ancestry 1x Phyrexian Ironworks 1x Plasma Caster 1x Razortide Bridge 1x Rex, Cyber-Hound 1x Riddle Gate Gargoyle 1x Robobrain War Mind 1x Roil Cartographer 1x Rosecot Knight 1x Rustvale Bridge 1x Sapphire Medallion 1x Sentinel Sarah Lyons 1x Sentry Bot 1x Siege Smash 1x Silverbluff Bridge 1x Skycloud Expanse 1x Sol Ring 1x Solstice Zealot 1x Spire of Industry 1x Static Prison 1x Steel Overseer 1x Sulfur Falls 1x Swords to Plowshares 1x Synth Eradicator 1x Synth Infiltrator 1x T-45 Power Armor 1x Talisman of Conviction 1x Talisman of Creativity 1x Talisman of Progress 1x Tempest Harvester 1x Temple of Enlightenment 1x Temple of Epiphany 1x Terramorphic Expanse 1x Thirst for Knowledge 1x Thriving Skyclaw 1x Treasure Vault 1x Unexpected Windfall 1x Utter Insignificance 1x Vault 112: Sadistic Simulation 1x Wake the Past 1x Wayfarer's Bauble 1x Worn Powerstone 5x Island 5x Mountain 5x Plains

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2024/11/20
01:47 UTC

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Lack of CGC (Community Generated Content)

Newbie to the MTG Community here. I just wanted to express my sincere disappointment. Is it just me or does this community not have fan art? I mean seriously, no figurines, no artwork, no nothing. Yes I am aware of the Funko Pop figures and unpainted stuff, that doesn’t count.

The game itself is great, but come on guys. We gotta step up our game here. I need an Edgar Markov figure or SOMETHING - gee.

Anyways Thankyou all for coming to my Ted Talk. Can I get an iced tea with extra lemonade? Thanks.

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2024/11/20
01:03 UTC

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thoughts on my Captain America deck?

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/G422De6P9kOL7dKoiXW2Vg

i'll be honest im out of money at this point so im just asking what the thought is

i have a few cards around but i don't know what to replace i have 35 lands which i am worried about being too few

sidenote the sideboard brass knuckles is for the token section for the copy i play Table top simulator and its easier for me to have a different artwork for the token copy

3 Comments
2024/11/20
01:03 UTC

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Commander format not popular in Japan like it is in the USA

I recently made a trip to Osaka and visited some magic stores. However, nobody was playing commander. Is there a reason why it never took off in Japan like it did in the states.

147 Comments
2024/11/20
00:28 UTC

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Colorless Commander Deck - I need advice!

Hello everyone,

I'm currently in the process of upgrading my colorless Eldrazi deck with the "new" cards, but I feel like I'm just running in circles.

I need to cut 11 cards from the list, but I just can't decide. :(
I feel like I've invested too much in ramp and protection. I don’t think I’d change anything about the creatures; there are already too few of them. The lands should be fine. Maybe one less copy effect and one less removal effect?

What would you remove in this situation? I really enjoy building and upgrading Commander decks, but unfortunately, I'm still quite inexperienced in this area. Your suggestions would be incredibly helpful! :)

My Deck:

https://deckstats.net/decks/11566/2812148-machines-of-the-void-eldrazi-a/de

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2024/11/20
00:07 UTC

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Packaging of Foundations Bundle, Starter collection and Beginner Box

Got the pre-orders from Amazon, and saw beginner box and starter collection came with plastic wrapping, and bundle with no plastic. First time ordering these kinds of products, and had read some old posts that some products don't have plastic, but just wanted to make sure that others got genuine products with same packaging. Also, plastic wrapping does not have any WotC watermarks (saw that discussed in posts too). Is this expected? TIA!

3 Comments
2024/11/20
00:02 UTC

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How expensive is it to buy a deck?

Ive been playing for about a week now on MTG Arena, and I was curious to look up the cost of my physical deck. Was surprised to see it costs $140 (cardkingdom was suggested in Google searches) How much do you guys typically pay when building a new deck?

29 Comments
2024/11/19
23:51 UTC

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I created my very first commander deck after playing with a precon for 4 months. advise greatly appreciated!

I finally had the feeling I had enough experience playing commander to make my own deck. I decided to go for [[Camellia, the Seedmiser]] after I pulled it at a pre-release event at my lgs, I think it turned out pretty alright. I tried to keep the deck as budget as possible. What do you guys think about it?

I am mostly looking for advice regarding finishers and if I have the right ratios (removal, ramp, synergy). Some card upgrades would also be appreciated as well, but please do keep them budget. If my ratios are not great what do you think I should change?

And one final question to be sure, the new tokens I create with [[Camellia, the Seedmiser]] also get a +1/+1 counter right away right?

your feedback is greatly appreciated!

the deck:
https://archidekt.com/decks/10157910

3 Comments
2024/11/19
23:41 UTC

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Zombie deck (standard/ commander)

I recently got Liliana from the Foundation set, and was wondering how may I build her into commander/ standard set? Any card synergies? Also, win-con is something I am not certain about with zombies. What options are there?

4 Comments
2024/11/19
23:11 UTC

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Artworks for tattoo

Hi there,

I'm currently planning on a tattoo sleeve for my arm. Due to my MtG addiction the theme of the tattoo should be magic related. I want to bring some rough brainstormed ideas and some MtG artworks to my first meeting with the tattoo artist.

The commander decks I play for several years now are The Mimeoplasm and Kaalia of the Vast. And I very much like reanimation spells and black cards in general.

Do you have any advice which 3-4 cards respectively artworks the tattoo artist could put together and transform into a cool tattoo sleeve? The tattoo should be in black/white only.

2 Comments
2024/11/19
22:56 UTC

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Chill spots (non LGS) NYC AREA MANHATTAN MAINLY

Wondering if their are any area that are chill with playing commander at? For example like a Barnes and nobles or something. I have never played in these places so I just wanted to know if there were any in the Manhattan area. JUST A HEADS UP, YALL ARE FREE TO PRIVATE MESSAGE. GATEKEEPING IS FINE.

6 Comments
2024/11/19
21:39 UTC

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Mono-red infect deck help

Hello, I've been toying with making a mono-red infect deck for a while now. Why? Because I feel it'd be totally unexpected and also not that great. That said, there isn't much support that I've been able to find to make such a jank deck a reality. The commander I've chosen for the deck is [[Delina,Wild Mage]]. She's my personal favorite commander and I feel she can perform a respectable job of being at the helm. Creating tokens to do the fighting instead of the originals. I have basic Delina support cards like [[barbarian class]] and [[wyll, blade of frontiers]]. Infect Cards I've found include [[corpse cur]] [[ichorclaw myr]] and [[razor swine]] [[Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

9 Comments
2024/11/19
21:23 UTC

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Newbie

Hey everyone. I’m looking for my first Commander deck. I’m a bit of a fan of black/green, but I don’t know what’s beginner-friendly.

3 Comments
2024/11/19
21:03 UTC

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I’m A Yu-Gi-Oh Player Trying To Get Into Magic

I’ve played only Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon before I want to many local card shops and I liked them a lot so I decided to try Magic as it’s the last of the Big 3 Trading Card Games and Yu-Gi-Oh took a lot of inspiration from it

So I went to a card shop and it was an awful experience for context at places with Yu-Gi-Oh I’d often see Magic and Pokémon player’s try Yu-Gi-Oh for the first time and usually they would use their respective games language to understand Yu-Gi-Oh

But with Magic if you accidentally call Exiled Banished even on accident I’d get a large sigh and a firm correction there was no friendly atmosphere I wasn’t given a chance to learn about anything many players even just used my lack of knowledge just to get free wins by hiding important information away

I tried going to multiple different stores even stores I’d usually play Yu-Gi-Oh in and it was always like this I do hope there is a store that has Magic players with a more of a casual vibe (this isn’t me trying to convince you to play Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon I’m just sharing my story so I don’t lose hope in finding a locals more welcoming to newcomers as I know that exists somewhere)

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2024/11/19
20:53 UTC

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Are there any other secret layer rat cards besides the ones in year of the rat?

I’ve seen a rat card in the fallout secret layer and i was wondering if any rat cards are in secret lair sets. Besides year if the rat of course

5 Comments
2024/11/19
20:50 UTC

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"Intro Decks" or "Starter Decks" for Bloomburrow group play

TLDR: Anyone already create decklists for all ten of the Bloomburrow tribes, using only cards from Bloomburrow, that would make a balanced play experience against each other?

I like having as part of my Magic collection kits of decks that are good pick-up-and-play bundles, where other players don't need to have their own collections and yet can participate easily and have the play be at least relatively balanced.

Wizards has released some preconstructed kits like this (Game Night and Archenemy sets, notably), and I have assembled my own from "Intro Decks" that previous sets have had (e.g. my Dragons of Tarkir kit). With the Bloomburrow set, there's ten tribal pairings possible (all five allied color pairs and all five enemy color pairs), but as far as I can find, Wizards only released two "Starter Kit" decks for the set.

I want to create a set of 60-card decks, one for each Bloomburrow tribe, using only cards from that set, to have as a play kit. But before I start on this adventure, has anyone already done similar and created decklists for all the tribes? My goal is I'll collect or design those over time, and come back and edit this post with the decklists I come up with, in case others want to do this play style too.

2 Comments
2024/11/19
20:48 UTC

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