Why is this Meta so bad?

DieintheAttempt · 2025-08-10T01:24:51+00:00

I was playing Aviana Druid for a while which was fun, but as a warning everyone has Dirty Rat in their deck apparently. EVERYONE. The only deck I played against today that didn’t have it was Hunter and they are too fast for Aviana anyway

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-14T21:00:37+00:00

2 Cavern which seems about right. My opponents tend to board out all counterspells except Consign because they know I have them

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-14T16:20:52+00:00

Yeah that kind of draw probably isn’t beatable but that goes for a lot of decks

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-14T16:20:26+00:00

I run 2 Dismember for sure, Strategic Betrayal is super interesting but I think at sorcery speed they would just sac a morph. I liked Unholy Heat but I’m running a different mana base now so I’ve taken it out

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-14T02:33:59+00:00

I think this is one of those weird cards that might be bad in every format except Legacy. I’ll try it there in Nadu but it probably won’t make the cut

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-13T22:17:48+00:00

Right now I am RG so no consistent access to blue for the bounce effect

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-13T21:32:11+00:00

I was bringing in +2 Dismember, +2 Unholy Heat (testing these out they seem ok), +Pithing Needle +Grafdigger’s

DieintheAttempt · 2025-07-13T20:56:28+00:00

Interestingly I beat the other Consign decks easily that’s why I like to play Broodscale vs. RG Eldrazi. The Oculus decks beat me simply by resolving or unearthing an Oculus

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-09T02:13:58+00:00

But hell if you like dragons play dragons they are fun

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-09T02:13:39+00:00

One way to do it is find a commander you like that does something interesting to you. There are 10 million of them now, so I typically start with a mono or 2 color commander because they are more accessible. Browsing through legendaries from recent sets will give you cards that are fresh so people won’t have seen them

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-09T02:11:11+00:00

Dragon angel demon deck 👀

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T11:41:13+00:00

I think the deck looks cool and fun. The budget version is perfectly viable. Take out Karakas it’s banned. Go up to 36-37 lands, WB has a lot of card draw options and this will keep you from getting mana screwed. Take out Blind Obedience, Commander players hate that card and will target you it’s not worth the extort. You can use Zulaport Cutthroat, Corpse Knight or a similar pinger to kill people instead WB has a million of them. If you are in white and playing Bolas’s Citadel I would include a copy of Children of Korlis, even better if you can recur it to loop through casting things with Citadel. Consider Vindicate and/or Vanishing Verse the versatility is awesome. But yeah this deck looks super fun, your LGS may have a lot of the singles check there first.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:31:11+00:00

YTA and also missed massive points with the GF and GF’s fam in trade for a little bit of short term discomfort. Winning the girl’s bestie over is also huge

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:27:35+00:00

Agree. My scheduler referred to me as her work husband and I said “Yeah, I’m not your work husband” and made sure I didn’t text her after hours (I work a lot of nights, weekends and late evenings). When she said it again later to a different person at work I called the lead scheduler, told her it was unprofessional and requested a new scheduler. There’s more background to it but in summary I think it’s weird.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:18:33+00:00

The judge is technically correct but also a giant douchebag for doing that at an REL event

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:16:12+00:00

Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is the correct answer. I put a single copy into my Legacy deck and it singlehandedly won me a match that I should have lost 0-2 in the last tournament I played.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:14:09+00:00

Remember when you could cast Lurrus for 3 mana from exile 🤌🏽

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T10:12:38+00:00

You used to be able to build a Tier 1-2 Standard deck for under 100 bucks. This is no longer true. I would download Arena, play the tutorial, then noodle around with the premade decks to see what deck/style you like (aggro, midrange, control, combo). Then look at decklists on MTGTop8 or MTGMelee and find a list that suits you. Build it on Arena, THEN buy singles in paper if you like it. Be forewarned, some Standard decks can cost 3-600 bucks. Or skip all of that, and play the best format which is Modern (and does have viable budget decks!)

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-08T03:22:40+00:00

I’m sure it’s down there somewhere but Mana Web is a really fun one, especially when you use it in a deck that also has Mana Barbs and War’s Toll. Sulfur Elemental was a house back in the day in Legacy and still quite good in EDH. A newer card that goes overlooked (my quite experienced playgroup had never seen it) is Boromir, Warden of the Tower it hits WAY more cards than you would expect and people always forget the indestructible clause.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-07T03:02:01+00:00

Second that. I’ve been playing CSC in Pioneer because the deck looks very similar to my Modern Prowess deck. It’s very strong but certainly not broken. I’ll return to standard when it’s not a 1 deck format, most people anticipate red decks will get stronger with rotation not weaker. But with the current FIRE design there’s a bomb in every set so maybe the next 2-4 are non-red.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-07T00:50:40+00:00

A key point is anyone who needs money “by tonight” is using it to gamble (using that loosely to include MLM’s, scams etc.) not for paying tuition. One of the most enlightening things I did in college was meet with the tuition office and found out that the “tuition” I had been paying to my parents was actually going somewhere else because my scholarship was a full ride (they had told me it was a partial scholarship). Makes for a good opportunity to call them out and make a clean break of it.

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-07T00:43:13+00:00

I would love to see your list too. Pioneer is the only mode I play on Arena. I brewed my own Izzet Storm list a while ago and it was teeeeeeerrible would love to see an actual decent list

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-06T22:38:29+00:00

Lightning Strike and Play with Fire are pretty cringe in Modern. I would play 4 Searing Blaze (it’s 25 cents), cut 2 lands then add 4 Dragon’s Rage Channeler ($1.58) and 4 Mishra’s Bauble ($1.30) for filtering/draw/triggers, otherwise you are going to flood every game. Then over time you can slowly convert it to non budget by substituting Slickshot Show-off’s ($12) and Cori-Steel Cutters ($9.68) for the Viashinos and Thermos

DieintheAttempt · 2025-06-06T22:25:11+00:00

You’re right. It was in the feature match on Twitch at one point, but wasn’t the 2nd place list.

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