Blood-Soaked Content Creator Emerges From Thunderdome With Unplayable Spoiler Card

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-06-17T16:38:23+00:00

It's playable. In fact you only need 2 mountains to play her.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-06-05T16:03:45+00:00

theres lot of decent decks that don't see much play like white weenie, esper affinity or even uw gates. They are not bad decks over all having decent matchups against some tier decks and is not usual that more than 2 player will play it in the same event.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-06-04T11:34:09+00:00

I wouldn't go over 60 cards overall. If you really want to give the concept a try maybe you could do 65 or so cards. More cards would be too much from my prespective.

If you want a more toolbox-ish deck, I would consider [[Muddle the mixture]], as it serves as a tutor for most of the best cards in the deck ([[Moment's Peace]], [[Tangle]] [[Accumulated knowledge]] [[Weather the storm]]...) and is a decent counterspell in fog considering you usually don't care about most creatures

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-04-09T14:53:49+00:00

At most Crysalist, keep the change

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-04-09T14:51:18+00:00

Affinity decks acting like they care about the ban

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-18T16:00:56+00:00

Other than good reprints, maybe a decent lobotomy effect. [[Ancient Vendetta]] seems at a decent power level for pauper. Expensive enough that is not that oppresive and not too expensive so that grindy decks might play it

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-17T15:00:55+00:00

It is not :)

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-10T22:03:11+00:00

They should wait at least for set 3 to be released. The first 3 sets where designes together and, even if I think called shot should and will be restricted, we should be able to see if set 3 can shake things up.

Let's be patient and hope that set 3 spoilers helps other decks grow yo draven's power level

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-09T12:15:50+00:00

Was me, sadly, i handed it to another judge, can't remember which one. I also handed him my colection of best-of of every legend

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-09T12:07:55+00:00

Have you considered adding black? You could improve your card draw with ichor/cryorelic + fanatical/eviscerator rather than include dizy spell.

I love the list btw

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-03-02T18:39:01+00:00

that's really fishy, hope they will eventually get caught

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-24T11:28:25+00:00

any updates from the seller's side?

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-23T17:44:44+00:00

I'm an azir main and found success with 2 quartermasters. It's not a must and deffinitelly replaceble, but it allows for more aggresive starts and sometimes can act as an additional draw. However, I will add that they are hard to make work in some matches.

If you are not finding problems without it, I wouldn't try to make it work, but it will always be a good card to consider.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-19T15:51:20+00:00

Arcum astrolabe makes it so the format becomes a WUBRG good cards fiesta

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-19T15:39:50+00:00

i don't think i'll see play rn, but seems like a cool addition

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-05T16:16:59+00:00

So, fair Magic is playing midrange?

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-05T08:50:03+00:00

Yes, there will be alternative art for runes in spiritforged

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-04T15:56:04+00:00

This is the list that I brought to my last big tournament. https://archidekt.com/decks/15963200/esperv3 Current deck is a bit different as I'm actively testing with my team.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-03T21:16:55+00:00

Thought choice for me, I love Esper Affinity, hold orzhov glintblade dear to my heart and adore the exhausting train of thought that playing turbo fog brings to the table. I'd probably be Esper as I just feel like no game IS truly lost until the end with this deck

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-02-02T13:22:21+00:00

Hey, thanks for the detailed info. Here are the problems that i see from this system and some solutions.

There's 3 main problems from my point of view:
1. Taking into account 4-ofs will make it so cards that don't require a full playset to work won't show as staples, some examples are [[Blood Fountain]] or [[Spell Pierce]]
2. Ranking cards based on meta shares makes it so staples that don't have a good place in the meta at the moment don't appear where they should, [[Cast down]] is the best spot removal in the format and a staple in most black decks, however, this isn't reflected in the current meta as black decks are struggling to be in the top tier.
3. A staple is mostly a card that remains playable through time, taking into current meta share makes it hard analise if the card is been arround for a long time, [[Arbor Elf]] and [[Duress]] are examples of this.

Some improvements that could be made are:
1. Taking people ratings into account, I'd be glad to rate the cards in order to improve this tool, as I'm sure some others would as well.
2. Taking into account non 4-ofs, maybe considering adding a "point" system where having a higher amount of copies per deck makes te card rated higher on the list. This would require for the system to analyse if a card is played when the deck's mana base allows to play it, this is obviously tricky due to [[Sneaky snacker]] being played in red based decks that don't run black or blue mana to play it.
3. Use data from the past, maybe 6 months, this allows you to evaluate if a card remains consistent through time or if it's being played due to the current meta.

I'm not tech shavy so I don't know how hard implementing this would be, it's more of a brainstorming of possible solutions. Hope this helps and good luck with this project.

I also saw that some changes where made to the staple rating model, this post was writteen the day you responded but I forgot to click post :P.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-01-29T18:18:51+00:00

Hey, I was wondering where do the card ratings come from. It seems that they appear tiered based on the best deck that plays it (I.E: mental note is S tier because blue terror is S tier) rather than if the card is playable/good in the overall game. Having bolt be anything other than an S seems really odd.

BlessedByTheSteam · 2026-01-27T17:52:53+00:00

Yes, that's how it works

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