I started playing T2 recently. Need some advice and would like to discuss about lists and strategies is there a subreddit or a discord community?

Title says most of it. I'm building a 5 color group hug deck and I want to give everyone a wedding ring. How can I do this?

Hello, I'm looking to add a few more lands to this deck to make it more consistent especially with a high CMC commander and curve, but I need to make a few cuts. Any suggestions? Maybe want to like like 2 more lands or so. Thanks!

Autobots, Roll Out! // Commander / EDH (Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier) deck list mtg // Moxfield — MTG Deck Builder

I am looking to build a deck around several cards. Mainly they have something in common, when I do damage, I do more damage. But I am not sure where to go from here. I have a few thoughts but would love some input.

[[Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar]] [[Solphim, Mayhem Dominus]] [[Torbran, Thane of Red Fell]] [[Angrath's Marauders]] [[Embermaw Hellion]] [[Fiendish Duo]] [[Fire Servant]] [[Sawhorn Nemesis]] [[Twinflame Tyrant]] [[Artist's Talent]] [[City on Fire]] [[Fiery Emancipation]] [[Gratuitous Violence]] [[Mechanized Warfare]] [[Quest for Pure Flame]] [[Sulfuric Vapors]] [[Insult // Injury]]

Pls drop Any vampire cleric/paladin card you know I need to see them all

Would love to put most cards into something like Eriette, Charmed Apple or Zur the Enchanter. But is there any other commanders that will play better right off the bat.

Heyho!

I digitalized my collection in Archidekt and just wanted to display all foils in my collection. Problem is: "is:foil" simply displays all cards in my collection, where a foil exist in general. It just hides all cards where a foil doesn't exist.

Is there any way to display all the cards in my collection where I own the foil?

If not, are there better websites to track and digitalize my collection than Archidekt?

Thanks!

Hey everyone! I’m looking to purchase some booster boxes and was wondering which set is the best bang for buck? Or has the most amount of good pulls? Any and all advice is welcome Thanks in advance!!

So I haven't played Magic since like 2009 and Foundations seemed like a good place to jump back in. In an attempt to build a base collection, I bought play booster boxes, which while I've recently learned this is unconventional, I still think I can build some decent decks out of what I have so far.

The really dumb thing I feel is, I bought a box of Innistrad Remastered play boosters and later learned they can't be used in standard play so I concluded that they would only be good to me learning commander and that perhaps I should get some preconstructed decks to have a base. Since Remastered doesn't have commander decks preconstructed I looked and got two Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander decks called "Spirit Squadron" and "Vampiric Bloodline"

I have no one really to turn to about it and a lot of things have changed since I last played so, did I make the right call?

Hello- I have been into Commander for about two years now and have met a lot of friends through it as a lot of my coworkers all hang out after work at the LGS and are into MTG. However I am visually impaired and I am not one of those people who is able to memorize everything.

I can only read my cards if I pick them up off the table, and I usually play with people who know me from work and are good about reading their cards off if I ask.

I have learned that people are really nice about me not knowing what cards they have out, but it really looks like you're cheating or being an idiot on purpose if you forget what cards YOU have on the board. People have also found it fishy when I am repeatedly picking up my cards because they think I might be cheating something into my hand/pulling off some sort of sleight of hand/untapping stuff. But the text on the cards is too small for me to read without holding them up.

I already only play Commander because it's very casual at my LGS and I can get pretty familier with my decks.

I have been thinking about getting proxy decks that have the card art (for other people to recognize) but high visibility, larger text so that I can read them without picking them up. I know obviously it won't work for official things but I don't care. My friends obviously told me they don't care, but I worry about what strangers at the LGS will think. Would this come across as shady/ not legit? I really could not say how often I see proxy cards because I obviously can't tell. I already physically own all the real cards but it kinda hit me that it's not very smart to play with cards that I can't read. I have large print playing cards, why no large print MTG?

Sometimes I see articles about blind MTG players but it's usually that they have braille sleeves and have totally memorized their cards, and often have a judge or other helper. Are there any examples of people with just low vision? Has anyone run into this type of situation with someone who can see, but can't see well enough to read the cards easily?

I play IRL a few times a week for social reasons. So I know the computer games are probably more accessible but it doesn't apply. I use a handheld magnifier sometimes but I don't like the attention it brings and I still have to pick up my cards to use it, so might as well just hold it two inches from my face at that point.

I also would like to someday enter other formats like drafts, again with my friends IRL, but I have no idea how to make it accessible.

Would you think it was weird if someone had a proxy deck with large print? Would it be distracting? Have you ever played with someone with low vision or Blind??? I am very open to advice or any wisdom! I have a lot of fun playing magic and wish I could do better.

Edit:

I also have a lot of issues with keeping track of the counters on my cards because I cannot read dice easily. My friends taught me to just use a whole bunch of tiny 1+1 cardboard chip counters, but that gets overwhelming pretty quickly in a lot of cases, especially when things have multiple types of counters. I can't read Braille and have no "blind people senses", I only became low vision in my late teens.

Hello all, I’m attending my first RC this weekend and am torn between a couple decks. Any input/suggestions/insights would be very helpful.

1. Eldrazi Ramp w/Writhing Chrysalis - the deck I’m most familiar with. I won the RCQ with a Through the Breach deck but that doesn’t seem to have much legs at the moment. Moving from Emmy the Promised End from The Aeons Torn doesn’t seem like a reach. Plus this deck has had some good results recently.

2. Eldrazi Ramp w/Nulldrifter - a slight variation to 1. I’m leaning toward the Chrysalis due to its effect but wanted to put this on my list. Eldrazi are my favorite cards by far but choosing between the two variations has been difficult.

3. Temur Breach - the deck I own that I know the least. I’ve played it heavily recently and feel good about the iteration I have but with the resurgence of Karn it made me concerned with the Ramp decks becoming more popular.

I’d love to see any alternate strategies for any of these three options. Unfortunately it’s a little late to fully change away from these but I have a good amount of cards available. I have Amulet Titan built but I only started playing again 7 months ago after a 15 year break and it’s intimidating tbh.

Thanks! And good luck to those attending Portland!

It's been the most oppressive (imo) and powerful color since at least Neon Dynasty. And nothing has changed since. It just keeps getting better and better and better.

Every single time theirs a strong control deck or a strong deck in general. Theirs almost always black in it.

It's gotten insane creatures like Sheoldred who was so oppressive they buffed damage spells because of her.

I don't think it would be that much of an issue tbh though, if it hadn't been for the past year ish of mtg.

Decks that use instant combos to win reaching tier 1, discard, the bounce deck, etc combined with us seeing the same cards and colors from years ago all using or being black. It just gets monotonous.

Theirs also many cards that aren't even really powerful but are just incredibly annoying. Like unstoppable slasher who HAS to be exiled, always trades up, and easily deals 10+ damage. Don't even get me started on deep cavern bat.

Discard has gotten incredibly powerful and is common in all ques. I mean, being strong or common is one thing. But the play pattern of many of the decks is just...not fun.

And no, it's not just about skill. People beat these decks ofc, I beat them, but if you don't have any fun because you play vs 4 or 5 dimir bounce decks in a row, why bother playing at all?

And again, because rotation is longer and because WOTC has refused to do anything with the ONE ban we get a year for standard.

The issue I have with that is if black is already the best color, and is going to get better every single set, then at what point will that ever change? What kind of insane cards would have to be printed in order to displace black is the best color? And even if you did displace black is the best color what would make it so that you wouldn't continue using black for the best decks?

Over three years ago, it was the best color, continued being the best color, is the best color right now. You could say wait for rotation, but even with rotation, it's still going to be the best color for the foreseeable future.

And if that is the case, then you might say, well, wait until rotation will, then that's three more years. So if things continue as they are now with no changes, because again wotc refuses to ban anything (a mistake imo) then it would have been 6-9 years of black being the best color before you could truly get rid of every single card proping it up. And that's assuming they don't continue printing cards that make it better and better.

I just feel like well on a technical level. The game is diverse right now in standard. But when I log in and play, all I see is the same decks playing black. I don't see that variety. And I don't feel that four different decks using black in different ways is really variety when i've seen those decks for years.

I just don't see a solution aside from WOTC banning key cards. Which they refuse to do.

Also again I want to reiterate, that i'm trying to have a genuine discussion here. I am not going to respond to anyone who says anything along the lines of get good, ignores the points I made and makes up things I or anyone else never said.

I ask that you stick to the topic on hand and understand that some people place more emphasis on having fun, for instance. Please be respectful.

Anyways, to end this, I'm not saying there's no diversity in the game right now. And i'm not even saying things should be banned. But after I played five dimir, bounce decks in a row and then two discard decks. I really wanted to just uninstall. The fact that I won four out of six matches and yet had no fun doing so I think speaks volumes about how strong the color is and how oppressive and unfun the decks with the color can be.

All I am doing is trying to explain how some people, not everyone, may feel about the current standard and how it's been for the past, while and will continue to be.

So if you disagree with me or you have something to add, I would like know your thoughts.

I know i'm not the best at always expressing my opinions, but I hope you understood the point I was trying to make. I'm not just complaining, because I don't like a deck.

My dad who does nothing but netdeck and has never, once, ever complained about the meta, hell this is a guy who introduced me to magic through turbostasis, okay he's that guy, and he is complaining to me about the meta right now.

Let me repeat a turbo stasis player is complaining about the standard meta interference to discard and bounce in paticular.

I just feel like there's a problem right now. And the source of it is the color black. And it's been a problem for years, and not enough has been done. And that because of longer, rotations and foundations, it's going to get worse and worse.

I played Zoetic Glyph on my Aetherwing, Golden-Scalextric Flagship but I came across the confusing thought of whether or not Zoetic replaced Aetherwing's Power scaling or if it became base power 5 AND scaled off how many artifacts I have

Don't know much about magic but I made this for my husband for Valentine's Day. Hope he likes it! Figured you guys might find the idea useful for your fellow magic lover.

There some blue cards I want to add to dogmeat to make him more powerful but from what i know, I just don't see a way to add blue to his identity

Dose the activated ability stack if you have multiple in play

I’m trying to find the most amount of one planeswalker for each color pair I know most planeswalkers in red are Chandra and Jace has blue but who has the others?

I’m looking to build a deck of silver borders but can’t think of a good commander. I know I want access to every color but I can’t think of a good commander. I found [[vorthos, student of myth]] and [[surgeon general commander]] as options. I’m not looking for high synergy and would like a commander than I can use for utility like mana or card draw to help the fun keep going. And I don’t care much for the commander to also be an unset card. Thanks in advance!!

I was given the Core 2021 Planeswalker Deck Bundle by a friend ( https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Core_Set_2021/Planeswalker_decks ) and I wanted to create some commander decks from the cards.

Does anyone have any recommendations or resources that could be helpful with this?

Okay, forgive me, I just had a really exciting game and I wanted to write it all up.

So, I'm playing Chromatic Cube on MTGA with a busted deck. I got everything I wanted and am 6-0 playing for the clean sweep. Here's my list:

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The final match is a control mirror. We both ramp for a few turns and then we both hint that we have 5cc counterspells in our hands so the game stalls out for a few turns into land, go.

When I hit 7 mana, I break the standstill by leading with a [[Koma, World Eater]] since it can't be countered. My hand is [[Doppelgang]], [[Spellswindle]], [[Oracle of the Alpha]], and some irrelevant mana ramp. Opponent tanks for a bit, then Spell Swindle's my Koma to generate 7 treasure tokens which gives them ~14 mana. They then play [[Kaya, Intangible Slayer]], downtick and exile my Koma, pay for the ward using some treasure, get a 1/1 flying Koma token, and pass the turn.

I draw and play a land. I really wish I could use my Doppelgang, but the Koma token has ward and the Kaya has hexproof. So even though I can Doppelgang for x=2, there's nothing but mana to target. So, I limp out an Oracle as an attempted blocker for the Koma token knowing full well Kaya can downtick on my Oracle. I shuffle P9 into my deck, pass it back, and feel like I'm in a very losing position.

Opponent downticks Kaya on Oracle, connects with Koma and gets four 3/3's, plays a few small beaters, and passes back.

I draw another land, play it, Doppelgang x=2 on their [[Ornithopter of Paradise]] and their Oracle of the Alpha token and shuffle two more sets of P9 into my deck. My board is now 2x Ornithopter, 2x 1/1 Oracle tokens, and lands. I have nothing useful in my hand.

Opponent attacks me for 18. I chump with one Oracle token to stay alive and go to four. I'm about to concede after my next draw step.

I draw... [[Atraxa, Grand Unifier]] and immediately cast it. I get shown [[Black Lotus]], 3x [[Time Walk]], 1x [[Timetwister]], and land.

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I tank for a bit before deciding I'm unlikely to win if I just take another turn because of how much damage I'm facing down. So, I decide to risk it for the biscuit on a fresh seven and take Black Lotus, Timetwister, and Land. I cast Timetwister leaving 5 mana up if I sac the lotus.

I draw [[Refute]], [[Time Walk]], [[Cyclonic Rift]], [[Villainous Wealth]], and trash.

I play Time Walk, opponent sacrifices all their treasures to cast a fresh Spell Swindle they drew from Timetwister, I sacrifice my lotus to Refute it and Time Walk resolves with me at 0 mana. Stabilized!!

I take my next turn. I cast Cyclonic Rift with overload and return their board to their hand. I cast Villainous Wealth X=6 and hit 5 lands(!) and a [[Chandra, Hope's Beacon]] (!). I play their stolen Chandra, uptick it to mill my top 5, hit nothing relevant and have no mana to cast anything anyway. I pass the turn back feeling more concerned after mostly flopping on the Villainous Wealth, but at least the board state is in my favor.

Opponent has 12 cards in hand and leads with [[Fountainport Charmer]] with offspring to reduce the cost of all creatures in their hand by 2. They proceed to dump 8 creatures into play, exile my Atraxa, and I'm suddenly facing lethal again next turn!

With nothing useful in my hand, I draw for the turn... I draw land. I was feeling so good, but now the win is slipping away again. I cross my fingers and activate Chandra... I hit Time Walk! I cast Time Walk, Chandra copies it, and I get two free turns.

Next turn. I draw land. I activate Chandra. I hit Doppelgang! I cast Doppelgang x=6, Chandra copies it, the MTGA client lags hard and then 72 new permanents enter play.

Next turn. I draw land. I activate Chandra. I hit Timetwister! I cast it and draw Villainous Wealth. I cast Villainous Wealth x=50, Chandra copies it and I play my opponents entire deck three times over.

The game ends and I'm sitting there in shock wondering how I went from "I should probably concede I think I have no outs" to having ~100 mana and playing my opponent's entire deck in the blink of an eye.

:D I love Magic.

(didn't notice that the post was uploaded prematurely earlier, hence the repost)

I wanna assume that this kind of request is not that common. Let me explain everything thoroughly:

My little brother has recently started playing Magic, as it became the hyped thing in his school class.

Now, his friend group is still figuring out what they really wanna play. Format, cards, everything. Also, stuff like coolness, winning are also relevant.

As someone who's a YGO (Yu-Gi-Oh) and not a MTG player, I am aware of the standard aspects defining card games. I also watch CGB, so I am almost a pro at evaluating Magic cards now.

So, naturally, my first reactions as a filthy Yu-Gi-Oh elitist were to convert him to the superior game suggest him to stick to more modern, officially supported formats. I also mentioned Pauper being something potentially very cool to play as a group of young teens that decided to pick up a hella expensive hobby. Of course, Commander is an option, too, from what I have heard from their endeavors.

Well...you maybe expected at this point that my bro doesn't care too much about this.

So, I thought of a different way to teach and guide my brother and his friends: using a broken deck.

I am not fully aware of how deep the pockets of his school friends are, but they are in a school with usually richer parents, so let's hope they don't spend too much.

I also don't know exactly what kinds of decks they play - apparently one guy has a deck with an "infinite combo" and another kid plays a deck with Ulamog. Yet another mate of his apparently has good cards, but makes too many decks at once and almost daily, of which none are complete.

So, after the extensive worldbuilding, I wanna name the requirements for the kind of deck I am looking for:

1. It has to be really strong.

Winning is fun and I wanna let them have a taste of how broken the game can be, before they engage in an arms race towards buying the best cards of an expensive deck, if possible. Also, it is cool and exciting to be the one guy with the best deck - at least in the short term. My brother is intrigued by the whole idea btw.

2. It has to be SUPER cheap, 20-30€ total, let's say.

I know that this sounds like Disneyland (you will see how this might be feasible later because of this, no worries). But keep in mind: I highly doubt that my brother will be able to use the decks you suggest for too long of a time. This deck is just meant as a flex in a way, a learning experience. Either him or his friends will grow tired of it fast. Then, they hopefully know what they truly wanna do playing MTG.

3. It can use basically ANY cards.

This is where I hope for the "difference maker". The way their group is playing MTG is still undecided. One guy plays some Legacy cards that are banned in more modern formats, the other uses a Standard deck. Everything is kinda alright - for now :) I have seen Cardmarket videos of very cheap decks from the more busted formats and the decks in those seemed so much competent than whatever my brother can build with the cards he owns. The decks my brother will face are not that good. You don't need the very best option for a certain task of the deck to annihilate these players. Don't worry about not having the best lands that cost like 1000€. Let's also say that it would be preferred that the deck is eligible for at least some formats, like Legacy, Vintage - maybe even something weaker. Maybe you can make a strong deck that's even legal in the more modern formats. I don't know, that's why I ask you.

After all of this, I wanna thank you all in advance for any help! I hope I can help my brother have an enjoyable MTG experience. And once he grows tired of it, he can still play Yu-Gi-Oh! with me :) (/s, I actually play some Magic with him these days)

https://draftsim.com/DFT-pick-order.php

[Afterburner Expert]] and [[Veteran Beastride]] Tier 3? [[Mandicant Core, Guidelight]] Tier 2? In Limited [[Elvish Refueler]] might be contested.

Am I the only one to disagree with a lot of their hierarchy of the cards?

We want to start playing at the dinner table but we don’t know where to start. Should we purchase a couple of starter kits?
We have no interest in playing digitally at all.

I am currently running some Pauper tournament at my LGS, with a relatively small community, so I thought it could be fun to track our stats against each other, with out different decks. So I am looking for an app/website where I (and/or others) could add people and their decks, and then track their wins against each other.

Currently I have not been able to find a good app for what I am looking for, with playgroup.gg being the closest thing thus far, but being annoying to use due to it being primarely focused for commander and set up to track with a life tracker.

I don't know if there is any good alternative to playgroup.gg, but I would love to hear if I just blatantly missed an app/website.

I recently played a game with a white/green deck that was all about +1/+1 buffs. It was really fun and I would love to build my own deck centered around +1/+1 buffs on weaker creatures. Preferably the deck is in standard format. Thanks for any help!

Hey folks! I am a Software Developer and MTG player/collector. I had a recent idea to take a stab at a building a simple rough-around-the-edges prototype for what I'm calling a "Digital Trade Binder." It's basically an app to help you list cards that you own for trade, and find others with the cards you want. It would then help you facilitate a trade of the cards in question. I am here to solicit some feedback from the community to see if this idea has any legs.

There's also some hurdles that I don't know how to manage, so feedback and ideas are much appreciated. Essentially, with an app of this type comes a lot of potential drawbacks/risks. How do people communicate? If I build in a communication system into the app, then there's a lot of work that needs to go into moderation/safety to ensure people are being spammed, harassed, etc. Also, there's the whole getting scammed by people claiming ownership of cards they don't own to bait trades from people, only to send nothing in return. I get that the internet is a risky place, but I'd like to mitigate the level of risk I take on as the app owner. With essentially zero-funding behind this project (just nights and weekends sweat equity) I can't commit to reimbursing people for cards that are lost/damaged/stolen/etc. I could always make the platform a "play-at-your-own-risk" kinda place, but then will people even find value in it?

Anyway, I'm looking for folks here in the community to assuage my fears, or validate them, or provide better insights into avenues I haven't thought of yet. Does this project look like something you'd use, would you pay for the service (if so, what features would you expect that aren't here in the prototype), or am I simply wasting my time?

Digital Trade Binder - prototype video