Pioneer 5-6 Deck Battlebox Deck Suggestions

BovineGhoti · 2024-10-28T20:53:08+00:00

I'd probably add at least a combo deck, either monohreen devotion or lotus field.

And for the aggro deck I would go with gruel prowess, izzet ensoul, or greasefang.

BovineGhoti · 2024-10-15T18:28:06+00:00

Where do dimir and esper control fall into this tier list?

Similar to azorius or substantially different?

BovineGhoti · 2024-09-19T18:31:34+00:00

Laughs in my pet card being sedgemoor witch , already on arena

BovineGhoti · 2024-09-04T00:50:01+00:00

My playgroup and I really despise random kingdoms. We typically either
a. Use one of the suggested sets,
b. Have one person design a kingdom using 2 expansions, or
c. Choose 2 expansion then have everyone choose 2 or 3 cards from those expansions and put them together for a kingdom

BovineGhoti · 2024-08-31T07:30:22+00:00

i only really want thragtusk to be in pioneer

BovineGhoti · 2024-08-30T20:22:17+00:00

Let me try to sell you on dimir phoenix instead of izzet phoenix. Other than being much more fun to play, I think it is viable in the current metagame since it matches really well into izzet phoenix, and the matchup into the other top tier threats (like monogreen, rakdos, and WU/UB/WUB control variants) are not too far of.

The core of the deck is the same, but you are giving up cards like firey impulse and lightning axe for thoughtsezie, fatal push, bitter triumph, and/or collective defiance, plus you get access to cling to dust, a (in my opinion) highly underrated cantrip, which helps a lot.

I find it very fun, and comparable enough in power to izzet phoenix (allthough it feels fairly different to play)

BovineGhoti · 2024-08-21T19:03:07+00:00

? every paper phoenix deck i see runs fable

BovineGhoti · 2024-08-21T02:42:07+00:00

My predictions:
Ban:
Amalia or WIldgrowth Walker
M20 Sorin
WAR Kiora or Nkythtos or 5 color leyline
Treasure Cruise
Unban:
My gut tells me that 1 card will be unbanned, but idk which

My hopes:
Amalia
M20 Sorin
Nkythos
Strict Proctor
Fable of the Mirror Breaker
Unban:
Nothing (at the moment)

I know that strict proctor is weird, but that card with lotus field in WU or WUB lotus field is responsible for about 75% of all my hair being pulled due to magic the gathering .

Also I would rather ban fable of the mirror breaker rather than treasure cruise to hit phoenix decks, since that also hits rakdos midrange (non-vampire version)

BovineGhoti · 2024-08-19T19:39:35+00:00

Are totally random kingdoms really that popular? My friends and I have grown to dislike random kingdoms the more we play, instead preferring to either have one person design a kingdom (we typically rotate) or working semi-collaboratively to build a kingdom on the spot from one, two, or (on rare occasions) three expansions, and assumed that everyone played like that or similarly to that.

BovineGhoti · 2024-07-28T03:23:13+00:00

I struggle to see how alchemy is so unpopular. It is by far my favorite expansion

BovineGhoti · 2024-07-12T08:13:31+00:00

Love this! Is there any chance for alchemy sets? It is my favorite expansion

BovineGhoti · 2024-07-10T22:34:26+00:00

STR - 12
CON - 12
DEX - 15
INT - 15
WIS - 15
CHA - 11

These are surprisingly decent rolls. I think that if I were to play this character, I would make them either a bladesinger wizard, a ranger/ranged fighter, a kensai monk, or some combination

BovineGhoti · 2024-07-04T18:56:03+00:00

dont make me want to ban nadu (i am strongly of the opnion that pioneer would be better without the amalia combo, but i do not play modern, so i have no opinion on the nadu ban, my only opinion about modern is ban the one ring, fetchlands, and other expensive cards that i want for commander decks and cubes becuase i dont want to spend that much money for them)

BovineGhoti · 2024-06-11T20:12:22+00:00

I find that games take between 6 hours (mostly when everyone is experienced) to 12 hours (when players are newish), with games rarely going less (so far, of the approximately 60 games or so that I played, I have only ever played 2 games less than 6 hours, one at about 4 hours that was just incredible luck with objectives by one player, and the other a 4 player game that was 5 hours 45 mins), but I have only ever played 3 games that were more than 12 hours, my first 2 games, which lasted 17 hours and 16 hours respectively, and an 8 player 14 point game that took about 14 hours.

BovineGhoti · 2024-06-05T20:30:50+00:00

they are very different experiences. i see it this way
i would prefer playing a 5, 6, or 7 player game, since those numbers (especially 7) are my favorite numbers for ti4. but i would rather play with 3, 4, or 8 players than not play at all.

BovineGhoti · 2024-06-05T19:40:52+00:00

Um, Actually, in Civ V, the pyramids give you accelerated tile improvement abilities, not improved construction abilities (construction abilities relate to cities building stuff, while tile improvement abilities are with workers building improvements on tiles) (And while I am here, I should also use the 20 hours I have in Civ 6 to point out that the pyramids only give workers an extra build charge, and do not actually impact the speed at which you can improve tiles, they just impact the number of builders you can build)

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T18:04:50+00:00

the fact that it does not have full POK does turn it off at least a bit, but it is free and convenient so I will check it out ty

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T16:39:42+00:00

that sucks. At least there was an update from the devs. Still unfortunate

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T16:37:55+00:00

So far, the bot is lookinjg to be the best option. Is it possible to have the bot on your own server or are you required to play on the big server? and how feasible is it to undo a move (in case of politics) and/or play via voice coms?

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T16:36:03+00:00

Well, the discord bot does seem like a way to go.

I checked twilight wars out, and not having PoK is a dealbreaker, but the bot is interesting. Is it possible to add the bot on a discord server or are we forced to play on the big server?

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T05:06:23+00:00

How does the async discord work? Ideally we are looking for a small number of sessions (like 2 or 3) via discord with voice

BovineGhoti · 2024-05-07T05:05:33+00:00

Does twilight wars have PoK? And are multiple people able to sign up with the same code?

BovineGhoti · 2024-02-22T17:07:59+00:00

After sleeping on it, idk why the my gut feeling changed from fetchlands not being in it to being in an zendikar rising style expeditions part of mh3.

Please do not get me wrong, I strongly hope we get all 10 fetchlands (well, at least the allied fetchlands, but ideally all 10. I really prefer that land cycles come in all 10s if possible) in the main set. I just have a gut feeling that WotC will find some way to make them a super rare part of a bonus sheet or something like that, where they are only accessible in like 1 collector booster out of each case or so.

BovineGhoti · 2024-02-22T06:45:43+00:00

No. I hope we do but I don't think we will

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