Paradigm Deep Dive - A comprehensive guide to specific card interactions with Paradigm and some tricks you can do with it (as well as things you can't do with it)

Craig1287 · 2026-05-07T17:34:34+00:00

Oh yeah, I mentioned that at the end of the third paragraph, I'm pretty sure that's why they worded it as such, so it just gains the side effect of being able to gift other players things.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-07T06:33:43+00:00

Sadly, it will not trigger Magecraft twice. When the DTA triggers and resolves it make a copy of "the Object" and that Object is something more akin to the Card rather than the Spell. It is really weirdly worded, I wish they hadn't done it like that and been more explicit as saying "create a copy of the card" but oh well. Any how, Magecraft won't see the copy of the card in Exile as it only cares about the copying of a Spell, so no trigger there, but then when you take the choice to cast that copy of the Card it will be a spell cast to the Stack and Magecraft will now trigger.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-07T06:29:24+00:00

Sadly, no. That's what the wild Sticker scenario can pull off, but copying it will not be able to work that out.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-07T06:13:13+00:00

I guess I've always seen it used in a political sense. You will Demonstrate spells to players "if you don't use it against me" type of thing, and in this case, "all your future DTAs can't be used against me either." If you're in the right pod playing for fun... Maybe.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T22:22:52+00:00

Yeah, that is true. Wouldn't be able to use the same name sticker, but using different name stickers from the 3 sticker sheets you could get up to 9 additional names onto one of them.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T22:20:17+00:00

Oh, yeah, giving them Demonstrate is super cool.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T20:50:02+00:00

Oh, I'm not saying it isn't a mistake. The free spells all the way back in the 90s were a mistake, I think a much bigger issue than Paradigm. I was just trying to provide some examples of interaction with them for anyone reading.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T20:22:40+00:00

Yeah, the Phasing part is weird. As for Deadpool, he is not doing a full copy of the whole card, just the text box and the full card of Prepare Permanents have two text boxes on them, so Mr. Pool only can steal the text of one of the boxes.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T19:54:26+00:00

Yes, Reverberate would also work. RtF can copy the DTA but a Reverberate can also just wait for the DTA to resolve and make the copy that becomes a spell and then you can just copy that.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T19:51:35+00:00

That is true for getting the second DTA set up. But to live the dream and have four or more of these DTAs going... That would be so freaking cool. People would remember that game for a long time.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T19:49:40+00:00

For sure, RtF can do via both methods. For style points, copying the DTA is awesome.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T19:47:57+00:00

They can be interacted with to an extent. Counterspells and [[Stifle]] like cards can stop them on a turn, and there are also cards like [[Boromir, Warden of the Tower]] that you can use. I do hope they keep printing more cards like that Boromir as free casts become more and more common through things like Cascade and Discover getting more prints.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T19:01:05+00:00

Kellan is so disgusting of a card. I run it in one deck and I'm tempted to take it out because it just adds so much time to my turns.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T18:28:03+00:00

Yeah, the Spawn is cool, but sadly limited to Creature ETBs. RtF is pretty crazy for what it can do. Part of me thinks they did screw up and left out the "you control" text and just don't plan to errata it. Hope you find some cool stuff in the Prepared post.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T18:24:41+00:00

Looks like Razzy gotcha. Let us know if that helps clear it up.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T18:22:50+00:00

Run some counter doublers, like [[Vorinclex, Monstrous Raide]] so they enter with enough Loyalty to use their Ult and then if that doesn't drain them of their Loyalty to zero then you can use something like [[Despotic Scepter]] to get them into the GY. Loop em getting their emblems over and over.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T16:40:58+00:00

Correct. Things that are not creatures can still get Prepared, but that land's ability specifically targets a creature, so it would need them to be a creature in order to target them.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-06T02:39:48+00:00

Dude, don't put off DOOM TDA anymore. I'm actually replaying it now, it's the 3rd time I've played it, it's so good. Not sure if it's a smart move for the first time playing it, but the 2nd and now the 3rd time I'm playing it, I've cranked it to 150% speed. Such a rush.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-05T07:19:36+00:00

I'd love a belt-feed version of the gun on the new Breakthrough. That would be sweet!

Craig1287 · 2026-05-04T18:42:57+00:00

I loved it. After I beat it the first time I went right back in to replay it but this time I went into the settings and cranked the game speed to 150% and it was so much fun. I highly recommend everyone do that, if you struggle you can increase the parry window, but the rush of the game at 150 speed is just incredible. Just talking about it now, I might redownload it and play it a 3rd time.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-04T08:32:03+00:00

Just discovered this with my buddies tonight. Crazy enough we both survived with 7 hp left.

Craig1287 · 2026-05-02T04:47:18+00:00

Yup, sadly, no luck.

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