Yeah it seems like we just throw chalice on zero, strip mine, ancient tomb, and blood moon in there and let math be for people who can’t cast spells anymore

Cloud Strife is going to space with cowboy villains and the cast of Redwall in standard , and they’re telling us we can’t have nice things for artistic integrity reasons

I’m told they confirmed no legendary lands (Marit Lage is not in space), plus Thespian’s Stage is second to last with the last being probably Wandering Fumarole which rules out Valakut, Vesuva, and Urza’s lands.

Tapping out to play a hate piece and watching the combo deck just bounce or boseiju it or play a fair game with the tempo you just wasted sure is “interactive”

Congrats on your breach build

I guess I’m not super solid on mana bases in cube with the rocks etc

I feel like I know how to draft and play Vintage Cube, but I just don’t win. I think my win rate is like 40-45%. If I knew what the problem was that would probably be a big chunk of the way to fixing it.

Reflecting on this:
- slightly under-rated ugin
- was right about Mox jasper; it’s bad even if you’re memeing dragons
- clarion conqueror does solo some historic decks but hasn’t been widely adopted yet; it’s a self-own for a lot of decks and prohibits Lurrus
- missed Cori-steel cutter entirely 👎

Have we found the good cards for Modern+ in the FF main set yet? They keep dribbling the previews so slowly I can’t focus.
I guess the WW cloud is supposed to be pushed, but Stoneforge. The 1U living weapon quirion dryad seems like a standard role player not something I actively want.

It finally happened: magic cards I forgot I ordered showed up in the mail

JudgeGPT

Why doesn’t standard izzet prowess have mistrise village or Cori mountain monastery?

How does standard Izzet Prowess side for the mirror?

Just checked and there’s no mana-value-based replacement at 3 mana

Don’t worry, alchemy qualifier weekend is this weekend, cutter deck is legal, lockdown is not

Lobstercon side event 1-2 drop.
Played Stiflenought.

0-2 Psychatog
2-0 I’ll-gotten dreams storm
0-2 green stompy Land Grant

It was pointed out to me after the game that I probably missed an opportunity to misdirect an overload to a factory. This is the consequence of not practicing

1-2 vs burn, dropping and playing the loser bucket

Round 2: 2-0 vs same stasis player I drew with yesterday despite getting my brain frozen.

Starting off the lobstercon premodern main event with 0-2 against GAT :/

There’s a side event after round 3, the play is probably to drop and play that if I hit a second loss

After straight-up losing a card I am a convert to the “pack as light as possible” school of tournament attendance for sure

4-2-2 at the lobstercon side event today. Punted at least one game leading to a draw but I’m happy with this for a first tournament experience lifetime.

April Constructed Rank: 47 Event: May Qualifier Weekend Format: Alchemy

Oops

I’ll be there but probably not winning

Never overloaded winds of abandon in my life before and did it twice in paper tonight in the same match

I’m so lucky lucky

Hedonic treadmill of magic:
- stop power creeping my decks
- print some new cards I’m bored

(I resolve the paradox by noting that I want classic staples printed)

people are not good at wizard squares

Is anyone arguing that Mox Jasper is better than Mox Amber? amber seems obviously easier to work with and also better positioned in the long term

Sitting around 15-3 now. It's like a breath of fresh air; if I had remembered this deck was still playable I might not have played so much less over the past week. OTOH playing less probably makes the time I do spend playing feel better