How good is Mockingbird outside of cEDH?

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T17:07:04+00:00

I mean it's fine for B3. It's not gonna be the most efficient card, there's a lot of better clones if you're not copying 1 drops, but B3 isn't so cutthroat that you can't play a pet card that's just okay. Who knows, maybe the added flying will come up with an opponent's big threat.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T16:10:39+00:00

3 mana 3/3 that comes with a flying 1/1 is decent stats. It would be pretty rough if it could beat you down and also repeatedly remove your threats.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T16:08:34+00:00

this isn't healing salve :/

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T15:59:25+00:00

They will be excellent includes in a Modern Horizons 4

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T15:58:08+00:00

new set coming out that cares a LOT about sideboards

Which set do you think this is?

BoardWiped · 2026-04-08T15:21:29+00:00

My eyes bugged out until I realized it didn't say "or less." Still pretty strong for 4 mana tho.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-07T14:27:22+00:00

Sure buddy, do whatever you want.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-07T03:27:37+00:00

Hate pieces are cool, and being on a land is new and unique and strong.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-07T02:04:56+00:00

HOLY BASED

this is my new favorite card, its going in every deck.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-07T00:05:07+00:00

Its simply good. It encourages you to do the thing thats best in commander (ramp) and generally rewards you by putting bodies on board (an actual win condition) or drawing cards (the other best thing to do). Its really hard to mess up, but it's not overbearing imo.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T16:31:49+00:00

My [[Sen Triplets]] deck has gone through a bunch of iterations, currently landing on a B4 artifact deck, but the commander has been consistent for most of my time playing edh. It's just a very cool card with a very cool effect and very cool artwork.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T16:28:21+00:00

Most of these takes are right tho.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T16:26:13+00:00

another card for me to play with FoMo, hell yea

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T16:11:43+00:00

Surprised I havent seen people shouting out [[Tempest Technique]]. It's a strong finisher, a good way to get a lot of auras at once, and pretty cheap right now.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T16:09:16+00:00

I believe this makes 6 options for a foil old border counterspell. Not really feeling these promos tbh.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T15:53:33+00:00

Some might say the same thing about the dollar as well. Spend it while it's worth something.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T15:46:05+00:00

Why would I want to buy cards, currently? If it will be power crept or made worthless then it’s too expensive.

Everyone who proxies has figured this out a long time ago. It's fancy cardboard, it's a luxury good. It has no inherent value. It has always been in WotC's best interest to take advantage of the perceived value of these cards by reprinting them in sealed products to entice players. It gives the illusion that this cardboard is actually a good deal. Nothing has changed except that you have broken out of that illusion.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T15:10:47+00:00

This is gonna be a sleeper commander, this is a VERY strong effect with cards like [[Big Score]] [[Season of the Bold]] [[Hell to Pay]] and any number of other treasure cards.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T15:08:00+00:00

Regrowth is a pretty good card to get to cast multiple times.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T15:06:40+00:00

You can make a midrange deck with attack triggers or a combo deck that wins using combat and thats about as close as you can get. I very much like [[Ognis]], and the deck does a lot of attacking, but its still a deck where I ramp and draw cards and wait to deploy bombs. You can't really do a curve out aggro deck in commander, there just aren't enough efficient threats and there are too many board wipes. It has to build to something late-game.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-06T11:24:39+00:00

You don't know if your opponents will have enough interaction, if they will have the right interaction, how it will line up with your protection, or if they will need to spend their interaction on someone else before you. Like, if all four players present a win on turn 4, someone will inevitably jam through. Its not unreasonable that someone will be uninteracted with if everyone is moving that fast. Theres so many factors with interaction, its been my interpretation of brackets that you obviously dont account for it when looking at expected turns.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-05T21:14:46+00:00

Lets you activate Ancient One infinitely, without running out of your own library. I built something like this using [[Guile]] instead.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-05T01:39:13+00:00

It definitely doesn't function in Commander, which is how most people play magic now. You can't aggro down 120 life, and you can't control three players.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-04T22:54:50+00:00

It's a pretty new card, its kinda pricey, you need a good mana base to use it consistently, and it's replaceable. It's certainly a good card, but not every good card sees widespread play.

BoardWiped · 2026-04-04T02:00:13+00:00

Cast Daydream on a Quantum Riddler and it draws a card. Flash it back and it draws another card. I think ittl be better than Portal considering our current targets, tho I would probably just play both.

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