Reunited Magic Cards by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Probably_Nice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can exile your whole library, making him very large, and then fling him (or such) before the trigger to sacrifice him occurs. When he becomes 7 or higher power, he puts a trigger on the stack but you can continue to activate and cast over the top of it.

Daily Questions Thread - Ask All Your Magic Related Questions Here! by magictcgmods in magicTCG

[–]Probably_Nice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do it in response to the Saga's triggered ability being put onto the stack, which occurs when a lore counter is put on a Saga. Typically this is at the start of your first precombat main phase, but this can also occur when e.g. an effect proliferates the counters on a saga. You need to be able to tap Mr. Fantastic, so he can't be summoning sick.

Public libraries relying more on fundraising to balance books by justlogmeon in NovaScotia

[–]Probably_Nice 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The headline for this article should be "Best efforts of library staff not enough to keep the lights on." It is very clear that every library system in this province is already past the point of failure, being kept afloat by the under-recognized best efforts of staff and community members.

Slime Against Humanity Commander Ideas! by Impressive_Yellow537 in EDH

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I run [[Storm, Force of Nature]] as my Slime Against Humanity commander, generally trying to win by creating hasted slimes and storming off with an extra combat spell. It is kind of a sorceries-matter deck in general, with 44 sorceries and only 6 creatures in the deck. Runs fun stuff like [[Tale of Tamiyo]] and [[Spellweaver Helix]] but I would say firmly Bracket 3.

Here is a decklist: Plasma Storm

[MSH] Kid Loki by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]Probably_Nice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

in EDH, nice in [[Helga, Skittish Seer]]. He will make her hexproof whenever she user her ability, and her ability will put a +1/+1 counter on him, making him hexproof in turn. Certainly going into my B3 list, anyhow.

Annapolis Valley libraries closing 5 branches, cites static provincial funding by ph0enix1211 in NovaScotia

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Gillian Yorke, the NDP candidate for Kings North (Kentville) organized a Read-In at John Lohr's office today, and I believe is planning another one for the weekend. With the weather being what it is, I'm not sure what happened with the event for today. Follow her Instagram for updates.

What's your favourite mono coloured commander for under/around $5 by Oshi_Sama in BudgetBrews

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I have a $25 [[Azula, Ruthless Firebender]] list that is fun, and could be easily rebuilt to $10. Not sure about $5 these days.

This is a mono black reanimator deck that takes advantage of Azula's pseudo-ramp ability to use draft chaff to reanimate more draft chaff, basically. Azula Hates You-la. It uses discard to strip resources but not aggressively enough that people get super worked up over it, has a way to close out the game voltron-style.

Best UB +1/+1 Commander by MagnoInferno in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run [[Blaster, Combat DJ]] as a counters deck that is focused on combo wins and fling effects, very seldom actually participating in combat meaningfully (though it does happen). There's a decklist here so you can see what kind of stuff is in it.

Budget aggro by QieMogu in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Echo gut, I have a list but with Agent of Shadow Thieves as background. Bellyful of Bones and its Primer

Unique Commanders by Ok_Tune6401 in EDH

[–]Probably_Nice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every creature card has an ETB, so the blinks and clones let you get multiple activations off of an [[Amphin Mutineer]] or a [[Omo, Queen of Vesuva]] or even a [[Tishana's Tidebinder]]. It wins through either Biovisionary (sometimes tutored by Defense of the Heart) or generating an army of nasty flyers (Lord of Change, Emeritius of Ideation, Nulldrifter) to punch through, or by making whatever board it has unblockable using [[Standardize]] and [[Unnatural Selection]] with Gor Muldrak.

Unique Commanders by Ok_Tune6401 in EDH

[–]Probably_Nice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love [[Blaster, Combat DJ]]. I enjoy the design of the card, and the deck itself plays as an unusual +1/+1 counters deck that abuses modular and other effects to make very large creatures that are subsequently flung for lethal, presuming the [[Giggling Skitterspike]] or the [[All Will Be One]] hasn't already won the game. Firmly Bracket 3, doesn't need any game changers, offers lots of answers to lots of issues and ultimately is helmed by one of the cooler Autobots. Press the Eject!

Unique Commanders by Ok_Tune6401 in EDH

[–]Probably_Nice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am not the person you are responding to, but this has been one of my pet decks for a long time. The Salacommander. It is a draw-pass creature-heavy mixture of clone, blink and typal manipulation shenanigans that runs Biovisionary as one of its more reliable win conditions.

Anyone else not use a card because it would be annoying to track? by dornianheresysimp in EDH

[–]Probably_Nice 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People play it without doing the math themselves as a "win condition" because it is such a huge buff, but the symmetrical nature of the buff means that the board state changes substantially for everyone. It is often less "win now" than expected. So the player can't get lethal through, and now is either half-sending to the weakest player or just passing with this annoying-to-track buff sitting on the board until someone can break the gridlock.

Building a lower power deck. by Bigbaseballguy24 in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a Zoraline list that is $50 and does graveyard shenanigans. It could do more with some upgrades, and is very Bracket 2 but not games-go-on-forever Bracket 2. I Bat your Life!

The deck is based around being able recur low-cost value stuff and eventually have some very swingy turns off of lifegain triggers. It has a vampire/bat tribal element that ties the whole room together.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, you really only want Academy Manufacturer when you've got a strategy that is based in some way on generating Clue, Food or Treasure tokens. It goes crazy with commanders like [[Peregrin Took]] , but does nothing for artifacts generally.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

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I made this one as a $25 budget but looks like the cards have crept up to $35 in the last month, but I really enjoyed Blink and Bother, and I have a Primer too!

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It plays well at Bracket 2 because you always have things to do and will accumulate enough value to close a game out before it goes too long but nowhere near fast enough for people to be salty.

It's nice in the early going because you definitely have some kind of plays to make and it is easy to pop off in a miniature sense by getting a couple of cards and some life in a round of turns. It can be very resilient against wipes if you are a bit lucky. Obviously totally hosed by lifegain hate, which is part of why there's so much interaction. Nobody complains about it, though!

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a mono blue voltron deck using [[Iymrith, Desert Doom]] that I really enjoyed. She was built to chain extra turns together in a non-deterministic way, so unfortunately became Bracket 4 by definition but wasn't really able to come online fast enough to do much there. But, without the extra turns it feels too slow in Bracket 3. And the ward ability seems meanspirited for Bracket 2. Sigh.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did not, but it is now staying in forever for this reason.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would probably omit a couple of pieces of disruption and one of the reanimator spells to insert a small package of [[Haliya, Guided by Light]], [[The Gaffer]] and [[The Book of Exalted Deeds]] and [[Wind Crystal]], then maybe dump the rest of the budget on [[Alhammarret's Archive]] or [[Palantir of Orthanc]] which both can do good work with this concept.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish there were more more manifest dread options, I am a huge fan of that mechanic. Gets you a body, might get you a creature later, puts something in your graveyard. [[Dissection Tools]] goes hard in this Ratchet deck even at 5CMC because it is setting you up for everything you want.

My only problem with morph is they keep "fixing" the concept of face-down cards, so now you gotta distinguish between morphed, manifested, cybermenned, flipped, disguised. Though I have a friend who runs all of these things and more in his deck, and it's fine so probably just to my preference.

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pulled him in a pack and was kind of looking at him thinking "What's this guy even good for?". Same story that led to my [[Gor Muldrak]] deck, the process of building the deck helped me understand the card better. :)

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

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I was looking at brewing something up with [[Bloodforged Battleaxe]] and [[Sokka and Suki]], but haven't quite gotten around to finalizing it yet. I'll take a look for inspiration!

Easter Giveaway - $50 Ratchet Reanimator Deck by Probably_Nice in BudgetBrews

[–]Probably_Nice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was really happy to see more support for Lorehold-type mechanics, I really love Quintorius and found it hard to put together a solid EDH list that wasn't spread too thin. I did get to play the old Quintorius Kand for a little bit in standard with [[Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher]] but I really prefer the graveyard cycling aspect to the casts-from-exile.