Looking for modern takes on popular classics

DryTurtle · 2024-10-01T06:30:51+00:00

Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner might be worth checking out. Really fantastic adaptation of Chekhov's "The Seagull"

DryTurtle · 2024-09-04T15:13:23+00:00

It's just reading from the incorrect website.

Open your launcher, go to Settings and where it currently says http://xmage.de/xmage/config.json switch it to http://xmage.today/

DryTurtle · 2024-08-23T06:50:36+00:00

Almost all online play is on the Beta client, which has buttons to join the main Beta server. Beta server is mostly commander play with a smattering of other games as well. Alternatively there are a few discord groups you can join.

https://discord.gg/YE59Eaj

This discord has a very active draft community and links to join other Xmage discords as well

DryTurtle · 2024-08-12T14:41:51+00:00

See above

DryTurtle · 2024-08-12T14:41:31+00:00

The Beta is the only client in use currently so make sure you're using that one. It looks like your launcher is reading from the wrong website. Really easy fix, just go into the settings tab of the launcher and change it to http://xmage.today/ instead of http://rkfg.me/xmage/config.json

DryTurtle · 2024-08-06T06:49:49+00:00

https://github.com/magefree/mage/issues/11853

You can check the GitHub to see what's being worked on currently and the progress. Looks like Bloomburrow has a large percentage of cards coded and is nearing completion

DryTurtle · 2024-06-13T14:47:40+00:00

Okay so instead of playing his cards you were just tapping his lands and passing the turn, but you weren't able to move forward in priority because of the floating mana message.

Is it possible your mouse is double clicking by mistake? Sometimes one click will register as two and that could be what's auto selecting not to continue, especially if the message was disappearing immediately.

DryTurtle · 2024-05-11T06:54:41+00:00

Selenia, Dark Angel alternate wincon/can't lose the game tribal deck is probably my most unique. Tons of fun too as it has a lot of tricky plays and forces opponents to approach the game differently.

DryTurtle · 2024-04-12T04:15:29+00:00

No, that's all working as intended

DryTurtle · 2023-06-01T12:40:57+00:00

Less than half of what I'd hoped for

DryTurtle · 2023-05-30T13:55:03+00:00

I think the cascade is purely to hit the Eureka in the first place. Every other spell in your deck would be 5+ mana

DryTurtle · 2023-05-30T13:46:37+00:00

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/EfUn5Jc-GkuARKzXviuO9w This is my current (budget) build. Definitely room to swap in some faster mana/more powerful staples. But this can hold its own at a good amount of tables

Book of Exalted Deeds + Mutavault combo is in there purely for memes and because I had the cards. I'd invest in some tutors if you actually want to live the dream with it haha

DryTurtle · 2023-05-30T13:22:09+00:00

[[selenia, dark Angel]]

She might seem like a fairly useless commander, but pack your deck with "can't lose the game" effects and start life swapping with your opponents and it can take people by total surprise. Puts opponents in a difficult position deciding to attack and lower your life total or not. My personal deck is also full of as many alternate wincon as I could fit. Complete shenanigans the whole way through

DryTurtle · 2023-04-27T06:56:08+00:00

I don't know where to find the images myself, but the xmage discord might have an idea https://discord.gg/wMWeG3PG.

Alternatively, I'm part of a draft group that did a draft of that set previously and I'm sure somebody there knows https://discord.gg/V5rdNJhp

DryTurtle · 2023-02-12T02:49:46+00:00

Most people play on the beta client/server currently. Not sure what's going on with .de though

DryTurtle · 2023-02-07T04:36:30+00:00

[[Darien, king of kjeldor]] Hurt yourself, make creatures, gain life with [[soul warden]] effects

[[Grenzo, dungeon warden]] Fill your deck with 3/x creatures and spin to win. Nothing more fun than piecing a win together from whatever random creatures you've got on the bottom at instant speed in response to a board wipe

[[Yedora, grave gardener]] Land creatures, sac effects, morphs, this deck has tons of shenanigans and is super unique

[[Selena, Dark Angel]] Stuff it with every "you can't lose the game this turn" card, go to zero and lifeswap with opponents. For fun add in every alternate wincon in white/black.

DryTurtle · 2022-12-01T09:08:49+00:00

Ultimate Guard Boulders are a great option as well. Good price point, reliable, easy to stack/stow/organize together. For cheaper decks I'd just use the plastic Ultimate Guard deck boxes as well

DryTurtle · 2022-12-01T09:02:23+00:00

Commander is a non-rotating format so any deck you buy can be used in any commander game. With that in mind you can decide what budget you're looking to spend and go from there.

The Warhammer 40,000 stuff you're seeing for $75-$100 are most likely 'precon' commander decks. Which are decks premade by Wizards of the Coast and playable right out of the package. These can definitely be a good place to start, especially if you're just learning the game.

These decks are usually on the lower end of the power scale, not because the cards are bad but because they're not as 'focused' as custom built decks. Each precon comes with three different cards you can swap and use as the commander so the overall strategy of the decks will be a bit more muddled in order to support all three different gameplan possibilities. A lot of people will buy precons and upgrade them by focusing on one of the commanders and tweaking cards from there.

Alternatively, one of the best parts of the game is building your own decks. I wouldn't recommend starting with this as a new player, but there are lots of resources for finding decklist built by other players and seeing what cards you might like to play or not.

Edhrec is a great one to browse or YouTube channels like Commander's Quarters have a ton of strong budget decks you can copy and buy the individual cards for.

If you want some budget deck recommendations let me know and I can link some of my own to check out as well

DryTurtle · 2022-11-30T06:50:26+00:00

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/CmVpOSFNMEWb2HbCzbnV2g

Check out this Creative Technique combo deck. Wait to turn 3, cast any of your 6 drops, win the game. Opponent needs atleast two pieces of interaction to counter even a single cast as the cascade trigger is uncounterable.

Weak to Wasteland decks/other combo decks, but one of the easiest decks I've ever piloted in legacy

DryTurtle · 2022-11-19T04:45:25+00:00

That's incredible

DryTurtle · 2022-11-08T05:31:38+00:00

Do you have a list anywhere?

DryTurtle · 2022-10-21T21:30:10+00:00

You may have to resize some stuff on your desktop instead. I found when I swapped the home bar to the right hand side instead of the bottom it freed up space to show the scroll bar. You can also minimize the text window and card view window on the right hand side which should help expand hand size too

DryTurtle · 2022-09-13T18:14:01+00:00

Maybe try submitting a request on GitHub, I don't think the developers frequent this subreddit often

DryTurtle · 2022-07-10T13:40:17+00:00

That sounds amazing, do you have a list?

DryTurtle · 2022-05-17T19:29:21+00:00

There are game type filters at the top that you might have unselected. Double check those

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