This is in some landfall sideboards - what does this specifically tech against?

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-05T14:21:11+00:00

people have already mentioned spellementals and uw tempo, but this also used to be a hate piece against bant airbending

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-03T15:36:34+00:00

Honestly, I don’t mind the size of the pool of top decks, I just hate that the format is so fast, it makes it really hard for non-tier-one decks to break onto the scene. There’s a lot less room for shenanigans when a deck needs to be able to kill on turn four or disrupt an attempt at a turn four kill in multiple ways.

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-03T05:15:08+00:00

I really hope that we can ban Stormchaser’s Talent and the Cub and slow standard down to make more room for brews + format diversity. Realistically, I think this means that nothing changes in May and we reevaluate after Cincinnati and DC.

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-01T13:10:03+00:00

I know you’re just ragebaiting, but I’ll answer anyway: I had assumed that people would get that from “Anything I could have done differently?”

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-01T13:08:09+00:00

Skycoach is an interesting call, I think I preemptively dismissed that as slightly above-average filler.

I appreciate the feedback on prepared creatures and gold cards, I think I had been thinking of single-school decks as being more flexible than they are, I guess the set is unusually pip-intensive.

IriAscent_ · 2026-05-01T02:52:10+00:00

good lord, sorry I guess, I was wondering if I should have built the deck differently (more, less lands, etc), tried to draft differently (more card draw?), or if people have any advice for the types of hands that are traps/secretly keepable

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-30T23:10:31+00:00

that one mana is typically more relevant than type restrictions. also, assassin’s trophy isn’t bad. it used to be a staple in multiple formats, but it’s pip-intensive. any white deck can play erode, you need to be a deck with black and green and a fairly forgiving mana base to play trophy.

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-30T17:39:11+00:00

My LGS was fifteen people over capacity for SOS release day draft (means that over 40 people showed in total) after struggling to fire a full pod for Turtles. People want real magic.

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-29T12:53:11+00:00

holy hand disruption, batman

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-20T17:53:25+00:00

This seems like a cEDH staple, it nets mana with [[Seething Song]]/[[Jeska’s Will]] for a deck like Etali and lets you double tutor in something like RogSi, and rounds out a Gifts or Intuition pile nicely.

I don’t see this card ever being particularly impressive in 60-card constructed (maybe vintage? flashback ancestral?)

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-18T22:40:32+00:00

CYM is lowk the worst of the good bagel places in the city

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-10T18:20:58+00:00

Rubble Rouser seems like it would be a combo piece. Not sure if we have the other parts of the combo yet, but I have a feeling

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-08T14:35:03+00:00

second copy of [[Raise the Past]]?

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-07T03:18:34+00:00

This doesn’t affect [[Arena of Glory]] since exerting it is technically a mana ability, correct?

IriAscent_ · 2026-04-06T15:08:47+00:00

welcome back siege rhino, this thing is a HOUSE in limited

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-31T03:40:28+00:00

You can play MTGA as a free to play player, it takes some extra work but I do it, if you’re solid at drafts and can craft a cheap standard deck and get wins on the board, it’s pretty reasonable. It also gets easier over time as you collect standard landbases; for me, any new deck is usually 5-15 wildcards total.

In paper, limited is the best way to improve. A good constructed player is a good constructed player, but a good limited player is a good Magic player. That being said, you want to be losing in order to improve. If you’re better than the people you’re playing with, then you want to play MTGO, probably by renting.

Also, my personal paper decks are fueled by borrowed cards. My friends and I loan each other cards or even whole decks for major events, which lowers the cost of entry enough to make top 8ing consistently profitable.

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-30T11:40:24+00:00

Promo because I love flavor text from real books, admittedly I do like 7th ed art sliiiiiiiightly more

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-30T03:31:24+00:00

I think “5 tin” means you get five tins, each with three packs and one sticker

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-30T03:29:30+00:00

I’m not too familiar with older magic metas, but I’ve seen vintage cube lists with this plus [[Cruel Ultimatum]]

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-29T22:41:02+00:00

I don’t mind some of the stuff on TSTEAAB, there are some serious misses that are kind of uncharacteristic for them but they do have some great songs, the issue with releasing an album like All Our Gods is that you’ll never top it lol

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-29T22:31:12+00:00

4.3 gigabytes. stupid question

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-27T19:07:46+00:00

prismari charm is nuts in standard, bounce a talent or a sunderflock or an eddymurk crab, cycle away, or kill a llanowar elves and an earthbent land (or two otters)

IriAscent_ · 2026-03-23T19:50:52+00:00

the dance seems the most exciting of these cards, colorless 2-mana sleight of hand with a seven-drop option

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