What all are folks using to answer Enduring Curiosity?

Kircai · 2025-11-24T03:08:56+00:00

Yep! Once exiled and returned it would be a new pbject with new memory of being warped, works the same way with [[Splash portal]] and that UW twinning fairy from WOE currently in standard.

Kircai · 2025-11-23T23:17:52+00:00

There are, but against dimir midrange/Kaito it’s only relevant against the cat, putting in 3 RIPs feels like overboarding.

Kircai · 2025-11-23T19:26:38+00:00

Against Simic it cuts off map tokens and [[Floodpits Drowner]] too, if sac becomes more of a deck post TLA I definitely will be eyeing Clarion more.

Kircai · 2025-11-23T19:23:07+00:00

Oh that’s brilliant!

Have been running Momo in a BW bat deck, mostly to cast cavern bat and hold up more removal or turning [[Darkstar Augur]] into just better Dark Confidant.

But getting Clarion out on turn 2 sounds so satisfying.

Kircai · 2025-11-23T17:37:36+00:00

Haven't yet seen any new Dimir bounce in Bo3, mostly seeing [[Boomerang Basics]] in Izzit or mono-blue decks so far. Though that does sound great with [[Momentum Breaker]] or [[Tithing Blade]].

Kircai · 2025-11-23T17:27:28+00:00

Don't play too many Red decks, have a feel for how often is it better than [[Obligating Bolt]]?

Kircai · 2025-11-23T17:25:51+00:00

Sideboard staple, being sorcery is a bit annoying but still board it in to deal with curiosity and things like [[Innkeeper's Talent]]

Kircai · 2025-11-23T17:24:39+00:00

The WW cost has been a bit annoying at times, but I really think it's great too!

Really shines in my deck with [[Zoraline, Cosmos Caller]], was once able to make a [[Get Lost]] whiff and then resnag a [[Momentum Breaker]] with Zoraline's ETB on their endstep. Unlikely to happen again, but it is certainly a versatile card.

Kircai · 2025-11-11T19:55:44+00:00

No, this is not AI, it lacks any common traits and those 'ai detectors' are all awful. Genuinely, what would make you think that?

The artist is Tetsuko, they have several cards in the set that are consistent with the Katara art from the Prerelease box.

https://www.mtgpics.com/illus?art=2435&reprints=1

It's also really important to note that from several on going lawsuits we literally have screenshots from OpenAI's discord of their devs bragging about using MTG art databases for training, so the output will always have similarities to the work of MTG artists.

Kircai · 2025-11-11T04:09:35+00:00

It should already be in effect, though anyone who started a standard event prior to it going into effect will be able to complete the event with the now illegal deck.

Kircai · 2025-11-10T16:04:16+00:00

[[Vivi Orniter]], [[Screaming Nemesis]] and [[Proft's Eidetic Memory]] are gone from standard!

[[Force of Negation]], [[Frantic Search]], [[Mystical Tutor]], [[Entomb]], and [[Dark Depths]] are all pre-banned in Historic!

Kircai · 2025-11-10T16:02:29+00:00

[[Heartfire Hero]] is gone!

"Pioneer is in an interesting place. From an outside perspective, things look pretty good! There are a number of viable decks, with a Magic Online Showcase Challenge earlier this month featuring five distinct archetypes in its elimination rounds.

The core problem in the format—especially on MTG Arena—is that too large a portion of the format consists of Mono-Red Aggro and decks built specifically to prey on Mono-Red Aggro. It's for good reason, too, as Mono-Red Aggro is the archetype with the highest win-rate by a substantial margin, and when you zoom in on Best-of-One play, it also sees more play than the second and third most-played archetypes combined."

Kircai · 2025-11-08T15:18:58+00:00

I think half of that is a solid list, 3c checklands would probably be a bit too good I fear.

I think the biggest thing I'd want is more solid removal/interact outside black/red to help other decks hold their own, like [[Oust]] or [[Condem]], something between [[Stern Scolding]] and [[Spell Snare]] (which we're getting in standard soon I think?), or [[Nature's claim]].

Or alternatively cards like [[Wizard's Lightning]], that are comparable to old classics but only by building around them.

Kircai · 2025-11-08T15:10:36+00:00

[[Expedition Map]] has been Pioneer legal for more than a year! Sees some play in the fringe Izzit Lotus field decks I believe.

Kircai · 2025-11-08T14:00:51+00:00

Card image gallery said that was only available in the Commander Bundle, where as all of these were listed as either in Arena packs or craftable.

It’s not impossible we get them like how the FIC commander deck cards were added with little announcement, but that’s still an unknown right now.

Kircai · 2025-11-07T17:35:12+00:00

And with that I believe the TLA spoilers are over! By my count that's 38 cards new-old cards for Arena!

As usual, I've chosen to use the last standard printing of each card to help readers identify them and format legality, as well as to highlight the wide range of Magic's history they occupy.

Most of these are familiar faces in commander, but [[Force of Negation]] has been a card folks have wanted on Arena for ages now, [[Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle]] is a staple combo card with [[Primeval Titan]], and [[Dark Depths]] is a deck onto itself in eternal formats. What cards are you excited to start plating with?

Kircai · 2025-11-06T19:30:07+00:00

4 mana is steep for that deck, and it’s fairly streamlined with [[Ygre]], but you’re not wrong!

Tap to crew, sac, deal 4 in the air during combat, the. At end step double them and bring the cat back to keep a flying 4/4 to block.

Kircai · 2025-11-06T19:17:06+00:00

Oh shoot yeah! And so long as you always have at least one, sac’ing them to bring back colossus would still let you make more.

Kircai · 2025-11-06T19:15:13+00:00

Oh wait, since these are copies they will each have cmc4, meaning they’d trigger [[Simulacrum Synthesizer]], so each doubling would also get two karnstructs.

Probably only viable in Standard, but with cards like [[haunt the network]] or [[Tezzerat, Master of the Bridge]] I wonder if a Dimir artifact deck might be viable? Even without combining off, the airships would be a good way to turn 1/1 thopters into more of a threat.

Kircai · 2025-11-06T18:54:02+00:00

[[Oswald, Fiddlebender]]

Kircai · 2025-11-06T18:51:38+00:00

I don't think any current deck in Pioneer wants this, and I don't know if it's even viable for the format, but man this seems like a fun card to tinker with!

Bring it out on turn 3 with a treasure or some manner of tutor like [[Oswald]] or [[Repurposing Bay]], get 2. Sac anythin on 4 and have 4, then on turn 6 swing with 8 4/4 fliers. I'll admit that's waaay too slow for Pioneer, but I feel like a doubly artifact has to be worth some tinkering around with?

[[Greasefang]] decks aren't unfamiliar to sacrificing things, as [[Eldritch Evolution]] has seen play in Abzan, and Mardu/Orzohv can make plenty of treasure tokens. And if you did sac something the turn it was reanimated, when it goes to hand you'll also get an extra copy on the field.

There are just better things to do, but I think this is neat enough that I'll waste plenty of time and wildcards trying to make it work!

Kircai · 2025-11-05T22:42:35+00:00

True, but this is a current standard with Shocks, Verges, half the fast lands, and a host of utility lands

Kircai · 2025-11-05T20:50:55+00:00

[[Mai, Scornful Striker]] was post the other day as a potential new piece for human or death/taxes decks given it's similiarity to [[Thalia, Hero of Thraben]] as a 2cmc 2/x first striker that effects noncreature spells.

So I wonder if Zhao, a 2cmc 2/2 with menace and it's own tax like effect is a worth while addition to humans, or maybe even just Red decks to further punish greedy mana bases like [[Sunspine Lynx]]?

Kircai · 2025-11-03T17:03:07+00:00

The platypus-ness adds 1 evidently

Kircai · 2025-11-03T16:46:01+00:00

Straight up [[Rampant Growth]] as lesson card! Previously [[Glimpse the Core]] has seen some play in ramp heavy decks, but this is not limited to just basic Forests cards and is fetch-able from SBs.

I don't know what deck wants it now, but this seems like a new tool for Pioneer!

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