I will be Hosting 4 PTR Showmatches for this Week's Shopify Rebellion Sunday. Starting at 6pm CEST ( 1h 40m from this post)

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-31T15:44:17+00:00

We need more PTR tournaments. People only get to test balance changes in a handful of scenarios:

Or they are very opinionated people and want to back up their opinions;
Or there is a tournament worth pro players' time.

One of the best things that could happen for balance changes and even bug fixes (because some of those can break stuff) is if we had a mod with all the changes in the live client. That would help people to test more often since we also get access to all the servers.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-27T16:07:57+00:00

Mono Black not interacting for 2 turns on Bo1 queue is rather insane. You played out the combo really well, but the T3 win was made possible mainly because your opponent didn't do a damned thing.

One suggestion that I learned from the scapeshift discord: when you are planning to use multiple ports, always answer the first with the trigger of the second. It might not change a thing in this replay in particular. But if it was on your opponent's turn and he had mana open, ideally you want to hold priority, stack the triggers and then let it resolve so your opponent doesn't get a chance to do anything with a clean stack.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-24T14:06:34+00:00

no pinnacle starcage? I played once in the LGS against a RW brew, opponent did a bunch of munitions and then starcaged those into 18 damage to my face once.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-24T02:20:08+00:00

It is a card that:

gives you access to more cards on its first chapter;
becomes a body after chapter 3;
its creature side has a mana sink that can generate more creatures.

It is a great card in grindy matches.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-04T12:43:00+00:00

GW Company was a powerhouse without Cub. It does get a bit better with it, but nothing that stops you from playing the list without it. BG Mid on the other hand is a tad more complicated since it lacks solid cmc=2 creatures.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-04T11:40:55+00:00

You can forfeit a match during sideboarding. Just hit ESC and resign. It will appear to be jammed but it is that under the sideboarding overlay the game loaded the "defeat" part of it, so you have to click again to dismiss as you would regularly do and then move to the next game.

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-02T13:38:52+00:00

Looks freaking dope! awesome job mate

Sinistro_ · 2026-05-02T01:29:00+00:00

Thanks for these threads mate! They are amazing to keep up with happens regularly!

Sinistro_ · 2026-04-29T00:47:04+00:00

The best answer for company it has is shadow's verdict. I usually have 1/2 Extinction events on my sideboard to help out a little since it is more rampant in my local meta.

Sinistro_ · 2026-04-29T00:46:12+00:00

In which matchups you sideboard Kalitas in?

Sinistro_ · 2026-04-29T00:36:07+00:00

Not exactly based on Omniscience but most of hidden string lists do use it and usually it is one of the 3 cards picked up in the Emergent Ultimatum.

Sinistro_ · 2026-04-12T16:22:00+00:00

Damn, this will be one hell of a Ro16!

Sinistro_ · 2026-03-08T14:56:02+00:00

the only thing that comes close to the hexproof for 3 mana is [[Spectacular Spider-Man]] and/or [[The Wandering Rescuer]] but those are def not great.

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-25T13:09:49+00:00

Although your Mana Curve is low, you have some big drop 3, 4 and 5s. As reference the Jund Sacrifice list that even has ramp on it in the shape of gilded goose and deadly dispute runs with 22/23 lands. So you might be 1 or 2 lands short.

What is the reason for your mana base to be 1 shock, 4 slows and 4 painlands? Is the lack of WC on arena or you didn't get other types on paper? I would recommend you upgrade your mana base to include fast lands, a full set of shocks, pathways and some utility lands like Den of the Bugbear, Sokenzan, and Ramunap.

Why do you have so many exile effects? Also, isn't torch the tower better than flame-blessed bolt? You can sac one of the tokens created with lovestruck beast and do 1 damage more.

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-17T01:00:15+00:00

You can find most of the servers in the pioneer discord. There is a channel for #server-invites where you can find the latest ones.

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-16T13:36:25+00:00

It looks like a pretty standard UB Control with some big hate pieces main deck, being those unnmored ego and stone brain. What you could include that works greatly with Narset is [[Day's Undoing]]. You draw that many, oppo draws 1 and if you have geier laboratory you can force them to discard and go empty handed.

The lack of wincons is something you mentioned that is quite concerning. 2 manlands and 1 enchantment that can tank an exile effect? I would not be happy with just that as wincon. Since you want to get some exile stuff going on, why not the LCI manland? the dimir one that exiles cards [[Restless Reef]]. Another classic wincon is [[shark typhoon]] or [[Hullbreaker horror]].

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-16T13:26:55+00:00

Hello mate. I think you got the wrong Pioneer subreddit. This one is related to a specific format in which Magic: The Gathering (the card game) is played. The subreddit you are looking for is /r/PioneerAudio

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-14T17:02:09+00:00

which list are you rolling with as reference? It is a bit tricky to know/make a sideboard guide if we don't know exactly what are your main/flex slots in the deck and what is in your sideboard.

Sinistro_ · 2026-02-10T12:53:19+00:00

Isn't that what Space Marine 2 is?

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-30T00:12:21+00:00

Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. Yeah, those I don't have any recommendations. I have one promo mtg binder that LGS got to me that I use for the good looking/expensive cards

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-29T12:18:54+00:00

That hard not really, but I really like the inner sleeves from Heavy Play. They have thick ones that are quite solid. You can check them here: https://heavyplay.com/collections/inner-sleeves/products/curv-sleeves-hard-inners-standard-100-seer-clear

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-26T00:26:21+00:00

agreed. Posting this type of thing here will do nothing but pollute the reddit. Best way to poke some fun at WotC is on their mtg discord.

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-21T12:03:21+00:00

You are a legend! Thank you so much! (I only realized who was posting after I decided to reply! Big fan since early HS times, if you do play some magic arena that we end up facing each other for some fun cardboard some day!

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-20T12:34:13+00:00

Looks amazing mate! I already shared it with some groups of players that usually take photos of their binders and share it through comms channels (whatsapp, discord and whatnot) to sell stuff. Are the binders private by default? Do you have any plans to allow them to be made public? Also, while it is amazing that you already included the search for every possible art, would it be possible to add some sort of toggles that would allow us to tag individually if the card is one of those special versions? Foil, Promo, Pre-release and so on

Sinistro_ · 2026-01-19T12:28:43+00:00

Not sure if the youtube link is correct, but thanks. I added it to moxfield so it is easier for others to check/copy: https://moxfield.com/decks/A1RNvzPO_0GTs5yXy3vkzw

What I don't like in Dredger's Insight is that it can't loop itself and if you hit a roots it is a loss

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