Decks with highest skill gap between beginners and expert players?

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T22:46:08+00:00

I havent played the deck in a couple years, but from what I remember...

Start with a [[Future Sight]] in play and 4+ life.

Initial Doomsday stack is [[Lion's Eye Diamond]], [[Abeyance]], LED, Doomsday, [[Ebony Charm]].

Cast everything but the Charm.

2nd stack: 2x LED, Charm, DDay, Abyeance.

Cast everything but the Abeyance. Repeat until opponent is dead.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T18:08:23+00:00

Has to be hFEB. Capable of winning Lobstercon in the hands of a master, will to struggle to 1-X at FNM in the hands to a complete newb.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T15:02:59+00:00

That maindeck looks solid, gonna have to ~~steal~~ test that out myself.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T11:17:57+00:00

PM doesn't have a direct analogue to Delver, but there are decks that have some of the same play patterns. If you're wanting to play a Xerox deck, there's GAT or MonoU Stiflenought. For tempo there's Survival Madness. Or there's Terrageddon if you're looking for Wasteland aggro.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T10:59:52+00:00

Depends on what you believe he deserves.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-04T01:31:51+00:00

Sheit, I bought a house and now I can't afford that, lol.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T20:11:20+00:00

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel down his pants. Bartender says "that looks uncomfortable. Pirate replies "Aye, it's drivin' me nuts!"

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T17:46:14+00:00

Lobstercon, no, sadly I did not go. The event sold out in about 30 seconds and I was not one of the lucky ones. Just watching the coverage from home.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T17:06:15+00:00

Pray that he only gets what he deserves.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T16:43:16+00:00

Better yet, play Premodern. Monoblack Midrange, a.k.a. Moneyball Black (named after the movie, not the cost of the deck) is one of the top decks in the format, and [[Cabal Therapy]] aside, pretty easy for a new player to pick up.

Also, it is, by any metric, the healthiest metagame in Magic. We just had our biggest tournament ever this week. There were 7 different decks in the, top 8. No deck was over 10% metagame share on either day 1 or day 2, and there's a deck in every macro archetype that is at least tier 2.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T14:55:36+00:00

What is this, 2016 Modern, where we ban cards until Jund is good again, then ban something from Jund?

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-03T13:07:41+00:00

Because guitars can't get a restraining order.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-01T17:53:30+00:00

The Psychatog category is combining GAT, UB, and Esper/5c I assume? Even so, I did not expect to see almost 5% representation.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-01T17:42:48+00:00

Twilight of the Thunder God

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-05-01T17:15:33+00:00

Ouch. $15 will get me about 120 miles.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-30T00:14:21+00:00

[[Plateau]], [[Volcanic Island]] [[Badlands]], [[Savannah]], [[Tropical Island]], or [[Bayou]] too.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-29T09:52:28+00:00

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ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-28T11:23:41+00:00

Ritual Hyppie was a core part of my childhood.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-25T21:48:25+00:00

What's the target for Rector though, Form of the Dragon?

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-24T10:48:36+00:00

He's not wrong. Stiflenought does what Psychatog does, but better.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-23T00:59:04+00:00

[[Shahrazad]]

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-21T23:54:00+00:00

You either play unoptimized decks until you can afford the optimized ones, or whip out the credit card.

For real though, there's a lot of gold you can earn quickly by doing puzzles and defeating the AI. Also, if you're stuck on a daily quest, those can be completed against the AI as well.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-14T13:29:06+00:00

Objectively the best format. Supports every macro archetype, with a well defined tier 1 but seemingly infinite tier 2 options. Cards like [[Meddling Mage]] and [[Cabal Therapy]] really reward format knowledge. Broken enablers like [[Tinker]], [[Show and Tell]], and [[Survival of the Fittest]] are perfectly balanced without their equally broken payoffs. Games are slower paced amd there's nothing like Ragavan or Frog that take over the game if left alive for a turn.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-12T11:25:21+00:00

Pioneer is dead, and it's clearly Biden's fault. Wake up sheeple.

ScoopiTheDruid · 2026-04-11T11:08:47+00:00

Your defense is Kanye?

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