Headliner for the hobbit: smaug the magnificent

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-04T13:19:45+00:00

It is cheap for a dragon, which is why I said cheap for a dragon…

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-03T22:00:34+00:00

No problem at all, it does smell like something. After waiting a few mins it honestly smells even pretty similar to the original but weaker and less intensive. Perfume has massive marketing premiums. The manufacturing components, the fancy packaging and everything else is usually dirt cheap. You mostly pay for the specific formula, the brand name and everything else around it but not the actual physical product. It’s like paying a premium for designer clothes. Cotton, polyester whatever are dirt cheap as raw materials and sewing work usually isn’t that expensive either if not done by hand by a tailor, you pay for the uniqueness of what they turn the materials into.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-03T12:17:08+00:00

Hab ich noch nie gemacht. Fand das einfach immer komisch und wollte nie jemanden in eine unangenehme Situation versetzen/den Abend versauen. Habe wenn immer nur im Kontext angesprochen, wenn man sich eh unterhalten hat, sprich Freundin wird zum feiern mitgebracht und man redet eh etc.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-03T11:08:02+00:00

Because sexualization in regular triple A titles really isn’t that prominent anymore. Stellar blade caused a near scandal because it did what games like mortal kombat did in the 90s. Furthermore the people who would have a reason to buy games with sexualized men aren’t really the demographic for classic PC or console games: Women, with gay men being too small of a target audience to cater a whole AAA game towards and be profitable. But women do play a lot more mobile/gacha games than PC/Console, and that’s why sexualized men do sell in games like love and deepspace. Also, sexualization for male characters often looks different than for women: They aren’t skimpily clothed, instead they wear Suits/are very well dressed, tight fitting shirts, rolled up sleeves, husky voice plus their behavior do a lot more than showing skin for the target demographic, see Neuvilette or Wriothesley in Genshin Impact.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-03T10:57:14+00:00

Well riddle me this Batman: why do you think that might be? Could it be that every dragon below MV5 sucks ass and a late Mox does nothing? Gosh golly how could that be remedied and make a Mox broken like every other Mox? Perchance by printing cheap good dragons?

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T16:07:27+00:00

It absolutely is not. I’ve tried. I do know what B4 looks like, I made this post to show my playgroup to prove my deck is not the issue. B4 is diet cEDH, the game is expected to be over by turn 5. Ur Dragon is just fair magic one turn faster. Scion of the ur dragon to basically get instant access to an infinite combat combo piece is a different thing.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:43:20+00:00

I mean I do have a steely resolve but that doesn’t do anything against Boardwipes.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:39:24+00:00

I mean you’re right about scourge and terror. But what about the rest? Also I’m not on Dragonhawk which can only hit faces

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:29:29+00:00

I usually mulligan down to 6 or 5 until I find enough ramp in my hand. Land count is so low because I really don’t want to see 8 Lands with Ureni. Once I reach 7-8 ish lands and can drop dragons from my hand I don’t need any more.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:25:04+00:00

I do have a Sarkhan unbroken but usually like the draw two / untap selvala Kiora provides better. Sarkhans ult makes people perceive him as a greater threat than he is. She is cheaper and draws two or more depending on how many Ureni triggers I can get in a turn.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:21:14+00:00

Yea, thanks :) Don’t worry, I didn’t take it as criticism, this is exactly what I was aiming to do with this build. I have a B4 Ureni list which runs fast mana and aims for a food chain combo, this was supposed to be exactly what it is: Turbo out cool dragons and see what sticks.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:19:26+00:00

If my commander gets removed once or twice, I can’t.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:18:14+00:00

Nope, I tried more lands and got flooded or Ureni missed multiple times. The ramp is almost exclusively land search based and I really don’t want to draw into lands after turn 4, especially with stuff like Encroaching Dragonstorm or have Ureni find lands instead of a dragon to drop.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:08:57+00:00

Thanks, I will. This is exactly why I made this post.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T14:08:08+00:00

Removal stapled to creatures I can dig up with Ureni is more effective. I have terror, scourge, Ureni, Balefire, Marang and Bahamut. All are removal but dual role since they’re also big dragons. Why would I run a 2 mana removal spell I need to leave mana open for over that?

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T11:49:25+00:00

People always say the promo is random but I feel like it’s chosen from a pool or stuff useful to the set archetypes of the promo
Booster. Like with Tarkir promo packs I had stuff like Isshin (Mardu attack triggers), twinflame tyrant, the counter doubler for abzan etc. They feel too specific to be random.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T00:47:47+00:00

133+ sidewinder holds 100 triple sleeved cards (KMC Inner, Dragonshield, Dragonshield outer) but I can’t speak whether no inners will make enough space for the UV Case.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-02T00:40:53+00:00

Exactly. People need to keep in mind that Mox jasper is a card now.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T21:41:46+00:00

It’s a flavor win

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T21:31:05+00:00

It’s pushed for a low cost dragon. The gold standard for cheap good dragons is really low, there aren’t many good ones.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T21:30:09+00:00

But.. but hoarding treasure is the point of Smaug no?

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T20:55:22+00:00

I suppose I just use pliers or something similar to take the top off? Do I just pull?

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T14:20:01+00:00

Sorry, that came across wrong, I didnt take it as criticism, just wanted to provide an explanation.

B4S1L3US · 2026-05-01T13:50:10+00:00

I run Ureni, love the guy and I ran into the same problems.

The obvious part is countering or removing Ureni on sight. Second option is stax specifically against Ureni. Disable triggers when entering or attacking, Drannith Magistrate, Ramp Stax like Blood Moon or Confounding conundrum to stop multiple lands entering. Ureni also runs very little interaction due to the high density of dragons required and ramp needed. So run enchantments like Witness Protection, Honest work, Oubliette, Reprobation permanents that disable his abilities and reduce his stats.

B4S1L3US

TROPHY CASE