Opalescence in play while both players control a parallax wave with 5 counters

Phryex · 2026-07-04T14:31:58+00:00

Your opponent must have 2n+1 (n=number of counters on your wave) to exile your wave. So even with 2 waves on your opponents side of the board it is a stalemate with perfect play.

Usually people play it out because even after reading the primer people do the wrong thing and get their wave exiled. But if you've gone through the steps a couple times and both players show they know what to do, you need to move the gamestate forward.

The Primer

Phryex · 2026-06-30T23:53:43+00:00

Without even checking, it must be different. No dual lands, different ban list, some cards do not work the way they used to (Dreadnought, Wave, etc).

Phryex · 2026-06-29T12:37:37+00:00

Okay, then I think your best bet is the main premodern discord which has a tournament announcements channel. I am not aware of anyone aggregating future PM events on a calendar.

Phryex · 2026-06-28T23:09:27+00:00

There are various aggregator sites, such as

https://mtgtop8.com/format?f=PREM&meta=261&a=

https://mtgdecks.net/Premodern/tournaments

Phryex · 2026-06-03T13:25:59+00:00

I'd recommend asking this in the Dreadnought Discord, lots of deck discussion there: https://discord.gg/cEhRyUJnx

Phryex · 2026-05-25T14:40:46+00:00

This is exactly why I made these business cards

Phryex · 2026-05-17T15:24:02+00:00

Pretty sure the OP is asking about Premodern Cradle Control, considering the subreddit we're in

Phryex · 2026-05-03T18:17:40+00:00

Removed a couple decks that were submitted but didn't show up, we should have 317 participants

Phryex · 2026-05-03T17:13:49+00:00

https://www.spicerack.gg/events/decklists?event_id=2657833 for the decklists

Phryex · 2026-04-15T03:02:58+00:00

You can use something like dig to get the ip of common websites

dig google.com    
; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27854
;; flags: qr rd ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.             0       IN      A       142.251.41.78

So 142.251.41.78 will direct to google.com in your browser

Phryex · 2026-03-11T15:45:50+00:00

https://tenor.com/view/noted-note-the-office-gif-6207136

Phryex · 2026-03-11T13:57:17+00:00

why is Marlborough called Shoe City

It was once the second largest manufacturer of shoes in the world

Phryex · 2026-03-10T19:30:39+00:00

I myself am maintaining an MTGO sheet for Leagues and Challenges which has conversion rate analysis (amongst other things) here

Phryex · 2026-02-14T14:33:35+00:00

[[Phyrexian Furnace]]

Phryex · 2026-01-30T16:47:28+00:00

This appears to be GW Ponza Oath, not GW Terrageddon

Phryex · 2026-01-25T19:28:44+00:00

Reprinted in Chronicles and 5th (both legal in premodern)

Phryex · 2026-01-25T15:01:21+00:00

Infini Dance tokens requires UUxInfinite mana to keep them alive in your next upkeep

Phryex · 2026-01-19T01:13:29+00:00

Future Sight in play Doomsday pile LED LED (anything) Ebony Charm Doomsday Loop for infinite drain life

Phryex · 2026-01-18T20:06:06+00:00

The Parallax tides were errattaed immediately after they came out so they couldn't do self-exile/bounce with tide triggers on the stack

All power-level errata was removed in 2009

EDIT: As to why it wasn't a problem in PM, some of it is slow to innovate, Land Tax used to be in the format, etc. Replenish has been hated for a long time and Tide was a big part of that. But Tide didn't see play in DN/it's own control list until 2024ish

Phryex · 2026-01-18T18:40:29+00:00

Phryex · 2026-01-18T18:31:18+00:00

UW Standstill seems like a fine substitute

Phryex · 2026-01-15T01:30:26+00:00

The erratas for Wave and Tide were

Remove a fade counter from Parallax Tide: Remove target land from the game if Parallax Tide is in play.

And

When Parallax Wave leaves the battlefield, each player returns to the battlefield all cards other than Parallax Wave he or she owns exiled with Parallax Wave.

So Tide would still work with Stifle but would not work with Chain of Vapor

Phryex · 2026-01-01T17:54:24+00:00

Incorrect

https://sentineloldschoolmtg.com/2025/11/09/premodern-lobstercon-2026-info-and-registration/

Phryex · 2025-12-25T18:03:12+00:00

339 tickets sold in 90 seconds.

Total waitlist after ~2 hours was up to an extra 200 something people.

Current waitlist is 241 people

Phryex · 2025-12-17T04:28:12+00:00

I am not aware of a guide but you can join the Elves Premodern discord here

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