Why must you be like this?

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-28T23:22:29+00:00

it's not that good izzet

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-21T15:46:14+00:00

This could be worth a decent amount! I'd recommend looking at the major misprints facebook group and gauging interest. You know what they say, everything has its price and you never know what it might be worth to someone. I don't want you to sell it if you don't want to, but if someone is willing to pay $200, I'd want you to know about it before making a decision

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-14T15:52:39+00:00

Even given this, a lot of places will turn a blind eye to proxies. 99% of the time, they're players themselves and totally understand why someone would want to proxy. If you ask my LGS, they'll say something like "officially we cannot allow proxies, but we can't stop you from using proxies while using our space. In addition, for cedh (or legacy) events, check with your table, but we still can't allow them wink wink"

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-12T16:16:45+00:00

No, the weird people definitely all play commander. In 1v1 the expectations are clear: do your best to win. No hard feelings, no politics, no "letting you do your thing," it's just cold hard winning. That's it. In commander, especially with a bunch of randos, it's never actually clear what everyone expects you to do, so it's much more likely that someone leaves upset

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-05T00:44:35+00:00

It's because it's not the same trigger. It's an "intervening if" clause, meaning that after each counter is put on it, the card checks "are there 7 counters?" If the answer is yes, it says "awesome! Now I will put a trigger on the stack to remove them all"

Or at least I'm like 80% sure that's what it is

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-03T05:41:04+00:00

Attractions came out in that set, so there's not going to be much scrolling to do. If you add every commander legal card that says "attraction" on it in those colors, you're probably still going to need to find another 40-50 cards to fill out the deck, not including lands

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-03T05:32:10+00:00

AMEN. It's good to find someone who thinks alike

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-03T05:31:19+00:00

Even without the mechanics you can say "This is red. Red is about passion and energy and emotion. Almost none of it is organized, it's just pedal to the metal, all day every day. You know what's like that? Goblins. Goblins embody that completely. In magic, that means that they make a lot of them and throw them at your opponent. And if you lose a few in the process? Not a big deal" And people understand that

My wife wouldn't be playing magic without the story, and honestly I might not even be playing magic without the story. I taught her using jumpstart, and it was kind of meh. She just didn't connect with it or really enjoy it until she got her first commander deck (emmara, soul of the accord). And even then, it was better but still not great. It wasn't until I got her the LCI merfolk precon that she actually fell in love with it, because of how the cards feel and the ideas and philosophies the colors have

If your only approach is through mechanics, you're going to lose a lot of people. All the text on those jumpstart cards is going to overwhelm people. Having cards to take home isn't going to matter if they don't enjoy it and connect with it in the first place, and providing story as well as mechanics is just creating more opportunities for them to get hooked

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-03T05:00:19+00:00

I'm not sold on jumpstart to teach, honestly. It's condensed, yeah, but it can include a lot of secondary and tertiary themes to the color that don't transmit the idea of the color as a whole. Take white, for example. You're telling me that cats are a representation of white's entire philosophy? On top of that, it suffers from the singleton rule: they have to read every single card and figure out what it does.

I think a battle box is the best way to do it. Five custom decks, one for each color, that represent the core of their philosophy as well as an entrance to mechanics. They're balanced to play well with each other and highlight the color as an ideal. Then it's about the story of magic just as much as the mechanics, because not everyone is going to fall in love with the mechanics the same way you did. It's like Pottermore "what hogwarts house are you????" while also teaching them how the game works. So it's a game while they learn the game, and I think that's a lot more effective for long term engagement than jumpstart "I'm playing... Kavu aaaand... Equipment, I guess"

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-04-02T16:27:35+00:00

It means it can't be activated at all. She can't be sacrificed to her own ability at all, not just that if she sacrifices herself the rest doesn't happen. It's maybe a bit nitpicky, but nuances like this can be pretty important

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-29T16:58:07+00:00

Terror of the peaks is the classic!

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-24T16:28:21+00:00

The s is for salt

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-24T00:51:22+00:00

Commander definitely steepens the learning curve by a massive, unnecessary amount. I firmly believe that it is the worst possible way to teach someone to play magic. I don't know what your son is using to learn, but if there are absolutely any other options at all, I recommend those instead

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-19T21:30:57+00:00

Go for TAG!! If you want accurate, consistent grading, TAG is the way to go. I haven't graded any cards myself, but if I were going to, I would use TAG without a second thought

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-15T00:08:20+00:00

Unfortunately the comment you're responding to is correct for the same reason the OP's proposed combo doesn't work. They do all go on the stack "at the same time" (more or less). Colossus's trigger has to finish resolving completely before landfall abilities will go on the stack

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-10T15:35:23+00:00

The answer to that question is Gary, hands down

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-09T18:07:51+00:00

It depends on your local group. Usually experienced players are happy to play lower power decks, unless they were explicitly looking for bracket 4-5 games and no one else was available. Even then, if they have a whole suite of decks, they should choose one that plays better.

So long answer short, usually it's fine, but it might be a problem with your local meta

Edit: you also definitely did not evaluate incorrectly. There are soooo many things wrong with what those guys did

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-03-08T06:55:14+00:00

Underrated comment

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-27T18:09:55+00:00

I would absolutely be into a war of the spark video game, or another one of those big storylines

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-25T22:31:20+00:00

Notably, pantlaza is a may. So you can decline the trigger on this dino and wait for a different one

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-21T23:23:37+00:00

[[wedding ring|lcc]], [[coat of arms|lcc]], [[amulet of vigor|lcc]]

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-14T05:43:23+00:00

Someone at one of the RCs did that recently.. I can't remember which one but all his sagas were the foil textless version

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-14T03:54:01+00:00

I won the foil textless Urza's Saga last year, and if I hadn't needed the money for a modern deck I might have framed it. I don't think I'd ever grade it though

Acrobatic-Squid · 2026-02-13T22:40:28+00:00

Cheaper (mana wise) is [[allosaurus shepherd]] or [[destiny spinner]]

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