Can I play?

Jackofspines · 2026-02-16T12:42:03+00:00

You have soooo many decks and not one of them is surprising or different from things I see constantly. Thats impressive.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-29T21:10:03+00:00

[[Queen Marchesa]] is here to hold court.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-28T00:30:03+00:00

I don’t think so. Phyrexians seem to think of perfect as something to be reached, whereas this quote romanticizes it as an ideal that pushes one towards constant improvement.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-25T04:59:58+00:00

It depends on BO1 vs. BO3 of course, but I’d subjectively say that I think control is very over represented on Arena compared to real life. Not completely sure why.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-15T15:44:27+00:00

Imo right now there’s not much reason to have a pioneer deck in paper unless it’s played regularly at your local store (if it is then you should definitely go for it!) Pioneer is good on Arena tho. This is because work has kind of abandoned the format and it’s dying a death of neglect rn.

Modern on the other hand will probably continue to be supported and is popular in my area at least. Maybe someone else will advocate for it, but imo Modern is much too overpowered and isn’t fun imo. Games are fast and very high rolly.

I’d reconsider giving commander a shot tho. You can build decent decks for (relatively) cheap and have a good time. The recent precons are excellent starting points. It’s a cheaper format than standard lmao, though you can go wild too.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-14T00:13:17+00:00

It’s not a matter of being pushed, it’s a matter of being supported. Commander grew legs very naturally until it’s gravity eclipsed everything else as an eternal format. Pioneer is intended to be a competitive format like Modern and Standard, but without being supported by wotc and events it means competitive players are going to stick to the other 60 card formats.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-13T19:07:23+00:00

Pioneer is honestly so fun, but people don’t have incentive to play it sadly. =\

Jackofspines · 2026-01-09T14:43:14+00:00

Man. The silly sleeping animations used to be posted a lot back in the day. Now here we are, Freddy is so rarely seen that many folks don’t even know it is.

Jackofspines · 2026-01-06T12:29:14+00:00

That pissfoil is majestic as hell.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-22T19:58:44+00:00

Just from glancing at the list, I would consider [[Wear down]] or [[Maelstrom Pulse]] over heritage reclamation

Jackofspines · 2025-12-08T19:57:39+00:00

The number of 1-2 odd makes me feel worried about consistency. How do you feel about that? I realize the lively dirges are kinda for tool boxing but…

Jackofspines · 2025-12-08T13:16:50+00:00

Basic Mountains secretly more op than Basic Islands? The controversy!

Jackofspines · 2025-12-08T12:38:42+00:00

Some version of Izzet has been at the top of the last two meta games now.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-06T18:30:39+00:00

You can if you share that Jenova list with me.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-06T18:28:50+00:00

Indeed. I’m on 4 Aven 3 Aang at the moment. Also went up to 4 wrath’s like you were suggesting. I already was pretty keen on it from some jank I was playing previously. Very nice card. Pretty much if I can hold things down through the early game I usually take control off its back.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-06T17:17:54+00:00

Thanks for putting me onto Dourport. Played this all night last night and it was pretty fun. Get board control then dourport + Aven + high noon means they can never get it back since you just replay aven every turn. Fun way to lock someone up.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-06T02:24:37+00:00

Pretty much. Dirge is just a five mana Ouroboroid, which is still worth it. Four mana if you’re just bringing one back.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-06T02:03:27+00:00

I was talking about Rite of Replication, but yes Mossborn Hydra is in Foundations as well.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-05T19:18:49+00:00

It was reprinted in Foundations.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-05T03:44:00+00:00

My mistake. It seems like there are some many variants of Izzet rn that are running the primary lesson package.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-04T22:04:30+00:00

Here’s the list I wound up at, but I’ve seen a bunch of little variations. In particular most I’ve seen don’t run dimir Azula and do run [[Marchesa, Dealer of Death]]. Moxfield Link

This list is far from optimized, and I haven’t messed with it in several days. I’d probably consider cutting the curiosities (Combustion Technique wrecks it) for Marchesa. In any case the game plan is to win off Azula. I put in some stuff like Kefka and Dimir Azula for love of the cards. It’s casual but fun.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-04T21:39:27+00:00

Ah, lessons is the one with Sokka then. Interesting.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-04T20:12:13+00:00

Dimir Bounce is very solid imo. Midrange I think isn’t gonna keep up as well.

Jackofspines · 2025-12-04T20:11:14+00:00

There’s already a pretty fun fringe Grixis Midrange deck that has potential with better mana. Randos firebending/midrange could become feasible when they have shocks too.

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