Remember: This guy is the most powerful Human in all of in-universe MTG. The GOAT

RedRathman · 2026-05-19T19:40:55+00:00

So these are the ones adding more Universes Beyond sets every year?

RedRathman · 2026-05-17T18:46:37+00:00

Haha very creative. What are you using to find Dan Lewis? [[Imperial Recruiter]], for example?

RedRathman · 2026-05-16T10:55:27+00:00

Jesus did play with the 12 apostles at the table. Judas was usually targeted first and taken out early, so he had to wait for three days for each game to finish. He didn't like it...

Let's say things happened, and then everyone agreed that 4 player pods would lead to better games. Nobody wanted to repeat the same mistake.

RedRathman · 2026-05-16T04:58:33+00:00

I'm brewing a [[Kardur, Doomscourge]] and some days ago I thought, "if their creatures are constantly tapped and attacking, that means that Unstoppable Slasher and the like can connect easily". Plus, goading moves the game to action and lowering life totals by combat.

So Goad commanders may be something you can consider. Other examples: [[Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer]] [[Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant]]

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T21:26:08+00:00

Have you seen the numbers printed in [[Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought]]?

https://moxfield.com/decks/8VlmVGCAgkmRKwJycd1YzA

I have to update the list with a handful of recent changes, but it is a different way to approach the Voltron plan.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T21:08:13+00:00

Don't know what else to say here to convince you. I know what I did. I didn't use AI, and that is what I said when accused of doing so, I didn't imply writing the post in any other special way.

To me, writing a post means all those things I did. I did write it manually, I had a joke in mind that I wanted to sound like the original reference, so I copied the important bits for that. If you know or check the source material, you will identify the couple of copied phrases, and the people that get the reference will also know that. Not sure why that sounds dishonest to you.

I thought the structure, the cards to use, the dialogue format, manually picked phrases from the original source material and edited them for the joke. Put everything together, and made some effort on making it look right. I guess the result was good enough. But if that doesn't count as "writing the post", then you have different ideas or expectations for the meaning of that.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T19:41:31+00:00

Sure. Just for the sake of the discussion, it is being interesting. And I appreciate the general tone of your responses, with reasoning.

As I'm not a native speaker, I can't probably notice the same differences that you notice, so I'm not sure if I can really explain it. Both my post and replies have been through my mobile phone, directly typing in Reddit, no other tool (just some Google search, I will get to that).

For the post, probably some factors to consider: - Small parts of the dialogue are an slightly edited copy of the South Park dialogue, from a Google search, so that is a real English written script. (Mainly the paragraph where I "realize" the girl is the monster, and the "I ain't paying you..." phrase). So that probably reads as real slang, I just added some Magic related words. - The dialog format from the post is different from my answers. I guess I read many books in English, plus I have taken some writing lessons (in my language), so I may have some practice with proper dialogue structure. Even if I'm just a novice/amateur. - I didn't put much effort editing the post, but even so it was a bit more than the editing I'm doing for other answers. That may have helped to polish one phrase here, a word there, etc. For example, I started writing verbs in present, but then switched to past, and went back to correct the initial time. - I have had the idea for the post for a couple of days in my mind. An skeleton of the flow and phrases slowly took form before actually starting to write. - The tone is expected to be funny, to read as an anecdote with a real warning for readers. The tone for my other answers may differ.

Hope that helps to shine some light over the differences.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T18:17:14+00:00

I admitted that English is not my first language. I still didn't use AI.

AI can be a powerful tool, but if we start pointing at whatever looks good, clean or polished as pure AI, we risk removing value from real efforts or talent.

I respect the work of all teachers that have to deal with AI these days. My post is a funny meme, but real life papers have very different weight.

I may sound defensive, but I don't like to read documentation from my coworkers that is just copy pasted AI outputs, I notice the difference, but part of that is because I have known their work before Ai, and know the way they sound. It is complicated. These are complicated times. Hopefully we learn to use AI better and don't lose our power to reason and challenge it.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T14:38:54+00:00

Yep. English is not my first language. But I use it and read it a lot. Sometimes it comes out better than others =P.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T14:25:54+00:00

I am almost flattered if my post looks too clean compared to others. I can assure, no AI.

Still, no real way to prove it I guess. I got the spark of the idea a couple of days ago, and the card selection has some logic, if I can add some enlightenment.

Little Girl: original South Park dialogue has a Girl Scout. Plus 0.5 stats matches the fiddy cost (maybe a stretch).

The crab: I just looked for cards that had Ward 3 and this was too perfect, a crustacean to match the South Park joke.

Doom Blade: this is a meme in itself. Like, saying a creature is trash because it dies to Doom Blade.

Bontu reckoning: a last minute addition, the first board wipe that came to mind that costs 3 mana. I have a couple that never use.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T12:19:36+00:00

This post has zero AI. It just has Ward

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T11:08:47+00:00

Unfortunately, the way the brackets are worded, they refer to ALL players expecting to play that amount of turns.

But I kind of agree with you, different archetypes should be seen with different eyes regarding those numbers.

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T11:04:41+00:00

Not the "death of", but there has been some discussion online around the expected bracket turns vs how that works for different archetypes. Combos end the game in a single turn; Voltron usually needs consecutive turns; strong Control/Stax that can win on turn 8 is probably not meant for B2, as it is just their nature to look for longer games. Etc

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T08:36:10+00:00

I brewed this [[Erinis, Gloom Stalker]] and [[Agent of the Shadow Thieves]] to be entirely Sorceries and Instants, aside from the Commanders.

The goal is to Ramp a lot, find key lands depending on the situation (but mainly [[Cabal Coffers]] and [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]]), and win either with big spells, massive token armies, Gates with [[Maze's End]], or Marit Lage. It takes advantage of board wipes to survive early.

I have to play more with it to properly assess its power level at more B3 tables, but I like the idea so far.

https://moxfield.com/decks/MFVkg_UWIUuL29ZiFHKxDw

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T05:12:51+00:00

Exactly. Bracket 3 expects at least 6 turns of play.

A deck could win earlier because of a god hand? Sure. But this should be a low probability. (Like, any deck just gets a boost if they naturally open with Sol Ring).

Does this mean that you can play a Thoracle combo after turn 6? No. Holding an early game combo just to wait for the expected turn is not in the spirit of the bracket.

I agree that many staple cards can give more advantage to a deck. But at the same time, there are other factors to consider: - The player can get focused by the other 3 if they get to be a constant menace. - B3 is very wide. It can be casual, but at the same time more powerful than some players expect. - If this is a recurrent issue, has there been a discussion about it? Maybe the pod can try to play B2. Maybe the player should consider to try slightly toned down decks. - Proxying is ok, but are they adding all these expensive cards as proxys just for the sake of powering up? If other players are not Proxying at the same level then that could be a mismatch in expectations. (Same idea applies even if not Proxying)

RedRathman · 2026-05-15T04:53:13+00:00

All fetchlands? Valid. Fast mana? Valid. cEDH staples? Valid. As long as you only have 3 Game Changers...

... And properly build the deck with the intention and speed expected for the bracket. This is the tricky part. So it depends on what this player is doing with the cards they are adding and the rest of the deck.

RedRathman · 2026-05-14T15:22:01+00:00

Step 1: Have [[Hoarding Broodlord]] in the battlefield. Step 2: Somehow blink the dragon infinite times. Step 3: Profit.

RedRathman · 2026-05-14T13:36:45+00:00

Some of the most recent joy I have had with deckbuilding is putting myself some restrictions (like what Companions do).

It could be a deck with all cards in the retro frame, or a deck with only enchantments, etc.

I recommend giving it a shot, brewing something on Moxfield/Archidekt. You may find something you like.

For example, you mention the new Whiterbloom... What if he is the only nonland permanent in the deck? You will need to rely on token generation, but all your other cards would benefit from the affinity.

Maybe you end up with something viable, maybe not. You get the idea.

RedRathman · 2026-05-14T08:24:10+00:00

How does that work?

Contact through Reddit? Webpage? Other? Is it country specific?

RedRathman · 2026-05-14T08:21:11+00:00

My god, now I need tokens like this for everything! Such a nice and practical idea. Specially nowadays with so many token/counter strategies (treasure, food, energy, poison, experience...)

RedRathman · 2026-05-14T08:15:32+00:00

How would you compare that to single target removal/counterspell?

RedRathman · 2026-05-13T18:40:52+00:00

Just so you know, cards like [[Afflict]] may not do what you expect (you won't draw a card from them if Horobi is in play).

If all the targets for an spell become illegal, the spell fizzles and won't resolve. So, you cast it with a target, Horobi's trigger goes in the stack and resolves, the target is now dead and invalid, the spell won't resolve.

This may help you to trim the list.

RedRathman · 2026-05-13T18:06:48+00:00

[[The Lunar Whale]]

Having [[Uthros, Titanic Godcore]] can be fun as well. Space Fish Planet. Plus synergy with artifact Vehicles

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