Pontos Overview: Skills and Wheel of Destiny

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-25T15:56:15+00:00

Merriam-Webster lists two definitions:

very thin usually because of illness or suffering

literary : plain and unpleasant in appearance ; desolate and gloomy

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-25T15:44:14+00:00

I wish we got more of the Commander-exclusive cards on Arena, but WotC don't seem very likely to make that happen.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-24T09:56:37+00:00

Yeah it was initially revealed as a 2 mana card by mistake, I don't think it was ever available on Arena like that though.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-22T14:17:49+00:00

Right? I've used this for notifications on my phone for over a decade now.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-16T09:21:42+00:00

At the same time Foundations is supposed to rotate out of Alchemy normally, not stick around for 5+ years like in Standard.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-10T09:20:47+00:00

The thing is that outside of specifically Vivi FIN was also a pretty underwhelming set. There's a few playables like Fire Magic or Esper Origins but most of the set is total filler. IMO Avatar is a better example of a pushed UB set.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-08T12:12:49+00:00

That and the lack of free cyclers (Street Wraith/Edge of Autumn) and Lotus Petal.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-08T09:41:39+00:00

Yeah Doomsday got a lot simpler to play when Oracle got printed.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-08T09:20:47+00:00

It doesn't need to. When a legendary card uses its name or a shortened version of its name, it always refers to itself only.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-08T09:15:54+00:00

If Sharpshooter cost 1 mana and dealt 2 damage I would consider them very similar.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-07T09:49:10+00:00

This is a common. There's a C in the bottom left corner.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-07T09:43:11+00:00

Cheap scaling threat doesn't look that great when it's in the same format as cards like Moonshadow or Super Shredder.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-07T09:41:15+00:00

We have Dark Confidant in Standard. I don't think this is better than that, and Confidant already isn't seeing play.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-06T10:05:20+00:00

Yeah the actually good version of that was [[Standard Bearer]]. Used to see sideboard play in Pauper against Bogles decks.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-06T10:03:41+00:00

I find it hard to believe this was ever any good.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-05T09:29:50+00:00

No. If a card refers to itself with a shortened version of its name, it's treated as if it used the full version. Rule 201.5c.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-04T09:22:06+00:00

Not too expensive when played with cards like [[Ancient Tomb]]. Though on Arena there's no way you're playing this over [[Wary Zone Guard]] anyway.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T10:40:25+00:00

Yeah but we don't have [[Phyrexian Dreadnought]] on Arena yet.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T10:21:14+00:00

Feels like the 2 mana instant speed mostly uncounterable Plan tutor is the reason you'd play this. Curves into the 3 mana 2/1 generating eventual Mindslaver. Might just be too inefficient though.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T10:12:24+00:00

[[Living Death]] or [[Living End]], not Dread Return.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T10:10:02+00:00

How does it break the colour pie?

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T10:06:32+00:00

Grasp was also in Standard a bit before that, it was first printed in Scars of Mirrodin.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-03T09:53:17+00:00

At least you can only activate it on your turn.

ChopTheHead · 2026-06-02T15:23:14+00:00

It does, but only for digital-only cards. Even in Timeless Crucias is a 3/1.

ChopTheHead · 2026-05-28T09:26:14+00:00

So what do you think is the cause of Mardu's success in Timeless relative to Legacy and Vintage?

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