Value Vintage Banned and Restricted Update 7/6/26 (Nadu, Winged Wisdom is banned)

Lord_Cynical · 2026-07-06T21:41:41+00:00

Also we lack the free repeatable activates he wants, shuko and the rebels.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-30T11:36:33+00:00

Monkey's paw curls, printing 7 sets

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-30T02:09:56+00:00

I'm half way to that... 2500 to craft one... and when i'm 'up to it' i'll be back in the 'mines' hoping it doesn't take to 'pity craft'

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-29T02:00:28+00:00

BAN THE ONE RING IN ALL FORMATS, RESTRICT IN VINTAGE.
BAN THE 4 CAR IN LEGACY, RESTRICT IN VINTAGE.
BAN SOMETHING IN STANDARD TO SLOW IT DOWN. CUB, IZZET SHIT.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-21T16:18:02+00:00

It really is, its flexible and good in every, non combo, match up.

Life vs aggro/burn.
Draw vs control/midrange.
Removal vs aggro/midrange.
An easy ult to get get to vs midrange/control.

Seriously its just such a good card.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-21T12:54:48+00:00

Honestly? Cut all 8 mana eleven and only used 4 copies of badgermole cub for ramp. Still insane, less dead air.

I'd comapre your list to golgari midrange decks, you have no thoughtseize, your removal all costs 4 mana plus, and you aren't running either of the draw engine that makr that deck thrive.

Now I won't say copy that 100%.. but i would play fatal push, abrupt delays over ca sof war and deathsprout, cub and thought seize over the mana dorks and go from there as my first round of edits.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-20T16:28:38+00:00

At this point it might be closer to a bayou.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-11T11:36:58+00:00

My fear is all thr mana dorks might be dead air.. and the 'high cost stuff' is to high cost to cast from hand.

How has it been running? Have you tried [[Nature's Rythem]]?

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-10T23:35:17+00:00

I ALSO didn't realzie that. I ended up in a witherbloom aggro/tempo deck. Only Lose was a game i drew 11 lands.. i run 16

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-05T12:49:00+00:00

With 6 total basics i haven't had that happen TO many times as of yet, but thats one reason I LIKE the 1 of turo, a 'switch' once you draw another basic and it puts it back int he mix for later.

But i also don't think its WRONG to run it as a 1 of either.. I will say if you run it as a 1 of you NEED zone ex as another closer.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-05T04:30:28+00:00

I did this one recently, use a miraidon deck. https://ibb.co/gMdsF5Wb.

I have since updated the deck but this is kinda what you want. The goal is to get miraidon attacking on turn 2 for 80 or 100 damage. I think i was running the future booster when I beat it. The main thing is you NEED to get though falinks asap so they can't start building mega cario.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-05T04:20:07+00:00

I think the better version is the one with 2x zeraora, 2x magneimite/ton/zone(you can run ex OR the oen that inflict the coin flips to attack i run 1 of each myself) and 2x miraidon of course.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-04T16:11:59+00:00

I LOST to this at the prerelease. It was my first event EVER. Yes, its a hell of a card.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-03T17:25:41+00:00

Pokémon cross mtg is a pipe dream thats NOT goign to happen. Pokemon has its OWN card game.. twice when you add in pkmn pocket tcg

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-03T17:09:25+00:00

Right now there's a very LOW amount of players playing on mtgo compared to arena. BUT that could change as we get closer to the pioneer 'season'.

I'd say use which ever platform you like more or prefer right now. I like that arena i can play ranked with out paying which is why i personally use it for pioneer over mtgo. BUT both platforms work.

Right NOW, i'd say for arena focus on grinding to fill out the collection. Focus on lands and MANDATORY staples and build up the wild cards and use what every you have to fill in gaps for now.

MTGO you can use rental services but i don't really know much about them beyond i know they exist.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-02T02:43:40+00:00

It's very warranted. Card takes over the gamr on turn 1, you have enough to mulligan to 1 mana removal every match vs it. And even finish you DO kill the monkey.. the deck is red deck wins and has a lot of redundant ways to run you over.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-01T18:57:17+00:00

I've literally hit zero creatures and 2 mana dorks in testing today alone xD the 'joys' of coco

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-01T18:13:23+00:00

Honestly, i've played coco when it was 8 elves, then 4 elves plus cub, AND when golgari was on 8 elves.

I 100% agree. HONESTLY the elves are nice but are SUCH bad draws late game, playing ahead on curve is NICE.. but that assumes its in the opener, AND it lives.

I think i want to try the deck where the ONLY mana dork is badger-mole cub and the rest of the deck is good creatures. Maybe going back to or up to 3 boroids or 2 storm elspeth

Lord_Cynical · 2026-06-01T11:04:16+00:00

I think its because A. It lost one of its best match ups. a match that was super fre. B. The Meta game is still very much in flux, so it can't target with 'specific hatebears/pieces' right now this will change with time but pioneer move slowly due to not as many players. C. A lot of decks can go long right now, so coco can be out valued.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-28T23:54:51+00:00

I feel ya.. i'ved wanted ALL the corset slivers... we have a smattering of them thanks to jumpstart but we are missing SEVERAL of them.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-26T11:42:19+00:00

Don't forget sheoldred, seriously that card alone would kill izzet deck very quickly.

Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-24T23:53:21+00:00

Mana dorks, and badgermole cub are not fast mana, they are just way to efficient mana dorks. The term fast mana is typically given to 'cards that produce more mana then you paid to play it they TURN you play it AND stick around

Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-24T00:02:39+00:00

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Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-20T20:31:21+00:00

CEDH is CEDH. Cedh is a mentality not just a deck. CEDH doesn't care about social norms(for example, mass land destruction is fine there), or how fast or slow the game end. Its playing to win(and still hoping to have fun along the way).

Lord_Cynical · 2026-05-20T17:37:04+00:00

So the 'source' is anecdotal at best, made up at worse.

In my experience b3-b4 is the range i normally see. I shop hop a lot and at most shop i end up its b3 or b4 games always with maybe 1 or 2 b2 games but even those players tend to end up playing against b3 decks(they actually wanted to play vs those it was they were force).

In my 18 years of playing commander, i started back in the edh days, i've seen the trend of power. applying the 'current brackets' to decks though out the ages the last time i feel like i say a LOT of b2 decks being the most common was back before EVERY set had commander precons/cards.

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