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@justintroyermtg @mtgbentcard @SonRebell Strength is cards like Combustion, Wisdom or the cost reduction by grangran are above average in power level when turned on, but when faced with gy hate they are pretty mediocre to bad, same with Flow State.

@mtgbentcard @SonRebell Can you please elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses of lessons?

I have some questions for prowess gamers: - We must have tried a lessons core variant with flow state too right? I presume it’s eating too much space - Why don’t we like colorstorm stallion? - Why don’t we play 1x Emeritus of Ideation in the side?

@SonRebell Regarding the lessons package, as soon as you start to add Firebending Lessons and Comb Technique you lose out on a beeing an aggro deck that has a proactive gameplan G1, Burst can always go face. Lesson Control with or without Monument is the best type of Lesson deck.

@SonRebell I played two horses in the main instead of crabs at the Spotlight and was pretty happy with them, good not only in the mirror but against all interaction heavy decks. Emeritus is too expensive, 2 Ral in the SB is enough for a grindy card that also operates on a different axis.

@Myra00_mtg @UltraProIntl @fanfinity_mtg @fireshoes What about the list was worse in the mirrors that was good against Landfall in your opinion? The Otters in the SB?

Spotlight London: Top128🇬🇧 Disappointing finish but 5/5 in foil promo. Was going to play Landfall but got cold feet & pivoted to WC UR Prowess + 3x Elusive sb. Was undefeated vs GW landfall but not enough of them to justify being worse in mirrors IMO #APEXSLEEVES @UltraProIntl

🦦 Otter gang rise up! 19th at Spotlight SOS London, lost the win and in for top8, first Day2 for me, great event, played against a lot of wonderful opponents and 10 different decks in 15 rounds, standards great right now and Otters are superior to Crabs @fireshoes

@catsaremyfav2 @ginky_mtg @havenmtg Like the first person who never made a mistake in their favour shall throw the first stone, i certainly did and often me or my opp would catch that but im sure there were times were nobody realized it which doesnt turn it into cheating because i had no intent to do so.

@catsaremyfav2 @ginky_mtg @havenmtg Cheating requires intent, making mistakes is not cheating per se. Above your comment two very good players were talking about how the Crab ETB has to be handled, which just shows it is not obvious to everyone how it works when you dont tap anything.

I had a strange experience with a rules question when playing vs Eli Kassis in round 6 of PT SOS. docs.google.com/document/d/1qq…

@wildstwawberry Best example in current Standard for at least half a year or longer is Dimir Mid/Tempo, people love Kaito. Old Golgari Mid (Liliana, Mooswood, Sheoldred) was like this, the current versions actually wins games which must be like crack for Golgari enjoyers

Example A: Golgari Midrange in Standard

One thing that fascinates me about Magic Arena is that there HAS to be so much data coming from there (+ MTGO). I can only imagine the data on what decks people are losing with but playing again anyways is a crucial resource in figuring out what gameplay players yearn for most.

@exsnypre @SaffronOlive I just realized how good this particular version of Dimir should be against Control, 4 Faerie Mastermind 4 Bats 4 Counterspells Main + 2 Ertai. I might revise my prediction 😅

@but_izzet @SaffronOlive The deck also only has 4 win conditions, 2 of which take a very long time. If the Angels get removed it will be extremely difficult to win via Brain Geyser or Mirror Universe (with the rules modification to use the old school die at end of phase rule).

Next up for Best Standard Deck Ever it's the influential The Deck from 1995 up against an archetype that still shows up in current Standard, Dimir Midrange from 2024! What's your pick? The Deck (1995): #paper" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mtggoldfish.com/deck/7586530#p… Dimir Mid (1994): #paper" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mtggoldfish.com/deck/7586524#p…

Im pretty sure you can do something similiar for Dimir/Esper/Golgari Midrange because Standard is so big and there is a lot of redundancy in interaction and good threats.

I won small local Standard event (2-0-1) with Izzet Singleton aka Lutriless Lutri I had the idea for a while to test how good the pool of good playables for Izzet is and it turns out good enough now with SOS. Decklist to copy and tinker with: moxfield.com/decks/0hU9GvZl… @Fireshoes

@FAHerold The Forest is incredible, i love how the river glows, almost too much like its radioactive, but the contrast is great.

Mountain, Forest, real Mountain for the game!

The basic land mockups I also used to apply to Magic, among other pieces! More in the comments ->

wotc has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

@ChiStyleGaming All of the IPs you listed are the reason i personally dislike UB, if i could choose i would have no UB in MtG at all, but i can still recognize and accept that there are worlds between the LotR or Avatar Magic Sets and whatever Un-style in New York type crap this is.

We are more than FIVE YEARS into Universes Beyond and it is still causing frustration because TNMT does not feel like Magic… … But neither does Walking Dead, or Stranger Things, or Dr. Who, or SpongeBob, or Fortnite, or Spider-Man, or… Isn’t it time to accept UB and move on?

@BenQett @ChiStyleGaming Did you consider that people honestly dislike this set or UB in general or specific aspects of it and are therefore "hating", not because of some meaningless likes online?

@ChiStyleGaming The haters will never stop because the social algos reward hating. The war has already been lost, UB will only go away when Magic actually, finally dies (via Hasbro dying).

@betameech Its actually an alchemy card that conjures a Restless Reef into the bottom 6

I may have underestimated this doomsday card if it also saves a wincon on the bottom for you

@Matej_Zatlkaj 100% this, even with having enough wildcards for some i dont really have the time to test all these interesting lists online

Anyone else suffering from "sweet deck overload?" I got an RCQ next weekend and there are so many awesome-looking decks coming out of the PT but so little time to try them all!

@MtgRebellion Keep and bottom Wistfulness, Overlord needs to hit something or we find a second black source for Deceit-thoughtseize on t2.

Ice storms yesterday mean you get two posts today. Here's the situation: You are on game 1 piloting Sultai Reanimator vs Simic Nature's Rhythm while on the play. You've already mulled once. Do you mull to 5 or keep this hand? What do you put back if you mull?

@Pastrytime @masoneclark May i introduce you to our lord and savior Frostcliff Siege?

@masoneclark Imagine if we had dis doe