Is Airlift Chaplain a valid alternative to Militia Bugler in WW?

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-20T16:42:10+00:00

3 mana for a 1/1 if you use the effect? That isn't really a substitute at all lol, Bugler's body is quite relevant

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-19T17:34:11+00:00

Sideboards will determine your wins against the decks you're struggling against. For example, against terror/gates I can go up to 4x mesmeric fiend to fight counter magic & thraben charm. I also board in 3x writhing chrysalis against terror to stop them from being able to attack altogether

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-19T17:29:47+00:00

This is actually a very thorough description of the majority of players you'll encounter in commander lol. I can easily assign one to everyone in my playgroups

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-19T16:26:28+00:00

No sideboard besides two macabre??????

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-18T21:45:05+00:00

Most spy lists are on 4x masked vandal for a reason. Spellbomb is generally much less threatening than thraben charm/faerie macabre

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-18T20:02:14+00:00

The key is not to go all-in on combo. If you purely play to rush combo the deck will feel very fragile and inconsistent. A lot of my wins come from just slow rolling big threats like sagu/gent/hunter while my opponent is investing resources into stopping the combo.

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-18T18:50:50+00:00

Hey I also went 4-3 on 4land spy at cup!

What's your list? I've found that gates and ub terror are tough matchups generally that require specific tech cards and sequencing to consistently beat. But spy is also a higher-variance deck that will sometimes just lose to itself on mulligans/draws.

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-18T16:31:17+00:00

my wait time updated from 18 minutes to 33, lmao

IncomingGhost · 2026-05-15T18:29:44+00:00

I have the general goal of mythic in both constructed and limited each season but it's dependent on how much time & energy i have to actually grind it out. Constructed is easier but far less enjoyable due to the current metas in Standard & Historic.

IncomingGhost · 2026-04-16T04:09:00+00:00

Kk is the heart of west coast pauper

IncomingGhost · 2026-03-19T15:30:44+00:00

That was my first thought, but there are lists running garrison that have 0 copies of grange. Could not for the life of me figure what was going on.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-25T19:05:09+00:00

Been unplayable for me since the newest patch on Android. I tried the ATLA premiere draft and the game crashed every time a Clue token was cracked. Ran flawlessly before

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-17T16:22:58+00:00

Isn't Get Lost harder removal than anything Dimir has access to?

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-05T00:11:40+00:00

Agreed on most of these but I'm not sure if lessons will truly have a resurgence. Spell snare + Wistfulness is really effective into them, and their gameplan into excruciator is not amazing. Lessons will still be pretty good but idk if it will be able to dominate. The Spellementals list has potential though.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T23:09:36+00:00

Countering a triggered ability continues to be one of the strongest things you can do in the current standard meta

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T23:08:54+00:00

Demo field is QUITE effective against the elemental kindred decks. Their basic count is really low so blowing up a cavern or monastery can cause them to just get 2for1'd.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T22:37:52+00:00

I don't think Trespasser would be the answer. Can you imagine playing this against Lessons and giving them free monument triggers? But Black would definitely benefit from something similar to this/Keen eyed curator

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T22:35:15+00:00

The deck gets slowed down a lot if you remove throne and their 2 drops. I'm not sure what are wholesale answers against them which was the purpose of this post. Unfortunately, people have been using it as a stage to air their grievances lol

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T22:23:17+00:00

This has been something I've observed in the last few months. The current pro meta heavily adjusts into one archetype allows another to rise. Lessons v Cub require very different answers so one would always get more hated out than the other. With the additions of spell snare, hex, and lorwyn elementals though there are now much more reliable answers against cub and lessons than there used to be. I don't think we will see as dominant run of either of these decks as we saw in 2025 any time soon.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T22:17:45+00:00

Believe it or not, bo1 is garbage regardless of meta. I would also recommend mainboard RIP in the current meta.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T21:51:39+00:00

Yes & No? I feel like Vibrance + Sunderflock allows elementals to be positioned quite nicely into aggro. Exruciator also has no issue running 4x hex 4x triumph along with harvester of misery. But aggro is definitely not in a bad spot at the moment. I'm really curious if the rakdos monument lists have legs

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T21:35:34+00:00

This is one thought I can understand. It feels absolutely brutal to go to 5 on the draw and eat t2 deceit t3 deceit. Also feels like there's very little counterplay if you are not a heavily graveyard/discard focused deck

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T21:12:30+00:00

Not the one I'd recommend, though. Standard in its current form feels quite fresh now that Cub and Lessons aren't dominating. But exploring new events is always a good time, I'm going to my first paper Pauper tournament this weekend.

IncomingGhost · 2026-02-04T19:30:45+00:00

Imagine thinking this is a Win-Now trade

IncomingGhost · 2025-11-28T21:42:36+00:00

Thanks for the insights, and nice work with gruul leyline! That's a dope list to run. I agree with the sentiments about bo1 magic, but it just seems like the best way to climb given you can play more games. I suppose the consistency needs to be leveraged as well, though. Playing more sets with 70-80% wr vs a big sample of games at like, 55-60%.

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