Finally (mostly) finished upgrading my Tyranid precon with [[Magus Lucea Kane]], thought I'd show it off and see what people think!

There are still a few good cards I'd like to pick up (I'm watching the price of the [[Finale of Devastation]] reprint) but it's performed very well so far. Lucea is a seriously powerful commander, shame [[The Swarmlord]] wasn't better though.

When this card got a reprint now, I saw that people were happy because the price was high. I bought a playset some years ago for a couple of cents and did not know the card got so pricey. The card never did anything in my casual token deck back then, so they are in my binder since then. I wondered why the card costs like 30€. What makes this card so expensive? Where does it see play?

Cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1636776

> And for those of you who don't want to watch the whole video: MTGGoldfish link to full decklist

Last week I stumbled upon this article, and tweaking my decks to better fit this template has made them run SO MUCH smoother. Of course I wasn't running enough lands, and my curves weren't as tight as they could be.

The idea behind this template is to curve out the best you can, with the assumption that games end at turn 7.

The template also assumes that you want to play your commander as fast as possible, which is why there is no spell at the mv of your commander in the curve. This also means that if you play a commander with a mana value of less than 4, you shouldn't play 2mv-ramp spells (like signets), because it would throw off your curve. If your commander has a mana value of 3, ramping on turn 2 won't make you cast it faster, so you better spend your mana on something else.

Remember that this is only a template, and it does not cover every possible type of deck. My Aesi landfall deck runs 43 decks instead of the 38 recommended by the template (and should probably run even more), while my Veyran storm deck only runs 31 (but has lots of cheap card draw and plays MDFC cards). For these edge cases I recommend you this article by the same guy, where he explains in more details the formula he used to create this tempate. He also wrote an article about how many color sources you should run to consistently cast colored spells, but none of my decks have more than two colors so I can't talk to quality of it.

Hope this is as informative to you as it was to me !

Couple of good reprints here. I'll definitely be getting Selvala. The art seems to be divisive but I'm alright with it, it'll grow on me.

Would you be happy to play against a Claire D'Loon deck?

Would it having a plan B of winning with Battle of Wits makes it better or worse?

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A little surprising that [[Orcish Bowmasters]] is already on their watchlist but the card seems pretty nuts so far. [[Mirkwood Bats]] is also on the watchlist.

Full text of the update:

Cards

No changes

Rules

The ring tempts you – This is a mechanic that – on the surface – looks a lot like venturing into the dungeon. In the past we’ve had to make changes to Rule 10 (Cards from outside the game) to accommodate these mechanics. Unlike Dungeons, though, this mechanic is tracked on an emblem! The rules today already accommodate emblems, so no changes are necessary for this to function as it does in other formats.

General Commentary

We’ve been following the community’s discussions and concerns surrounding Orcish Bowmasters, and – to a lesser extent – Mirkwood Bats. With the help of the Commander Advisory Group, we’ll be observing how and if those discussions change over time as people play and play against these cards.

We’ve also seen a ton of excitement! The idea of a fully fleshed-out set with deep lore really closely aligns with our goals in managing the format. In this set, Wizards has delivered a ton of tools to players who want to tell stories through their deckbuilding and gameplay. A property as deep as Lord of the Rings has a ton of stories to tell.

We’ll be back with our next update on August 28 in advance of Wilds of Eldraine!

Hello,

I'm planning to upgrade the Hosts of Mordor deck and would like to know if you guys have any suggestions.

One thing i'm planning to do is to try to use only cards from the set for two reasons: to keep the flavor and also to not increase too much of the power level. Or, at least, use very little cards that aren't from the set.

Also, it seems to be a good idea to replace Sauron, Lord of the Rings with Sauron, The Dark Lord as a commander and i plan to do it.

What is their power level, are they well balanced? Which one do you plan to buy?

I have long said that [[Svella]] is a "fixed" [[Golos]]. She essentially does the same thing by both ramping and drawing cards but doesn't give you five colors for no reason and serves as both an early and late game mana outlet.

It's a deck I often give to newer players because the gameplay is pretty well advertised by the commander.

What do you think of my deck?

Hello, just looking for some advice regarding this deck. I am brand spanking new to the game and this will be my first ever deck, so I'm sure there are some pretty egregious mistakes in there.

The strategy is pretty straightforward. Generate an army, pump them up, and then bring out Aragon so that I can attack directly. I would prefer to keep it on theme for the most part, especially for the creatures.

Thanks!

We all have that deck that just survives even though it isn't the best. For me that's [[Torgaar, Famine Incarnate]]. It's not the best mono black commander in any way but its particular combination of effects to me is emblematic of mono black. It's a bit of a swiss army knife and so I find myself hard pressed to really change anything about the core of the deck.

What's your pet deck?