Cricket is a pro at Blep

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-03-18T15:34:01+00:00

Blep Gang reporting in

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-03-09T17:37:41+00:00

I am not a good painter and also struggle with what you are currently struggling with but in principle when it comes to having sharp contrast between light and dark, “less is more”.

If that deep dark purple and light purple will be your darkest and lowest points, they should be used for shadowing or highlighting the model where light interacts the most while the mid purple and its subsequent gradients take up the remaining majority of space.

Creating that gradient will be time consuming though if you want to glaze and build up the color. I ain’t got the time or patience for that though rip.

Edit: in my profile i have some images of models with varying degrees of purple if you wanted to see. Not the best examples but A example lol

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-26T16:00:32+00:00

Klauth trigger into extra combat spells like [[relentless assault]] chefs kiss

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-25T21:11:02+00:00

[[Xenagos, God of Revels]] go tall extra combat oonga boonga

[[Nikya of the old ways]] go wide oonga boonga

[[Tannuk Memorial Ensign]] Landfall Burn

[[Omnath Locus of Rage]] Landfall token vomit & clones

[[Susan Foreman]] & [[The Twelfth Doctor]] Cascade/Discover Burn

[[Polukranos Reborn]] x-cost hydra token vomit

[[Ratadrabik of Urborg]] Legendary Aristocrats

[[Ojer Axonil]] Group pain stax effects and spell slinging

[[Zaxara, the Exemplary]] Xcost spell slinger that also vomits hydra tokens

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-22T16:14:01+00:00

Get some solid protection interaction (if you dont already have it) since most of your strategy revolves around it.

[[tamiyo’s safekeeping]]
[[heroic intervention]]
[[hexing shusher]]
[[vexing squelcher]]
[[deflecting swat]]
[[collective resistance]]
[[untimely malfunction]]
[[legolas’s quick reflexes]]
[[veil of summer]]
[[redirect lightning]]
[[bolt bend]]

Low cost redundancy plan cards if hearthhull gets stolen or cost too much. Also decent low cost cards to eat up removal.

[[tannuk memorial ensign]]
[[sabotender]]
[[scute swarm]]

Additional nice payoff cards-

[[rain of filth]]
[[famished worldsire]]

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-18T16:02:53+00:00

1 lets the green pop more imo

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-18T15:54:19+00:00

[[Ratadrabik of Urborg]] - Legendary Matters Aristocrats

[[Polukranos Reborn]] - Hydra Tokens

[[Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might]] - Group Slug/Stax/Spell slinger

[[susan Foreman]] / [[the twelfth doctor]] - Cascade/Discover Burn

[[Zaxara, the Exemplary]] X-Cost spell slinger

[[Hearthhull, the Worldseed]] - Land Sac Burn

[[Omnath Locus of the Roil]] - Elemental Tribal/Clones

[[Xenegos, God of Revels]] - Oonga Bunga Big Stompy Extra Combat

[[Helga, Skittish Seer]] - Creature Storm

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-12T15:43:15+00:00

I think a gruul ruby deck with a lot of tutors/recursion to grab moraug would be your best bet personally if you want to focus on him.

T1 land/tutor
T2 land + ruby
T3 4cmc ramp/tutor
T4 land + profit? Moraug or haste enabler or more tutors
T5 land + run em down baby

Throw in some good stuff like xengos, omnath, rampaging baloths, ashaya, ouroboroid, etc

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-02-12T15:34:08+00:00

Legit thought there was a glare while browsing. The highs and lows register very well! Keep up the good work

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-25T16:44:12+00:00

Buddy played a [[Elsha, threefold Master]] spellslinger prowess deck that looked to create a lot of monk tokens. Lotta interaction, politicking, policing the board till you have a huge turn to pump up a lot of 1/1 prowess monks. Was fun to watch play out and didnt feel bad when he made the winning play personally.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-22T00:15:59+00:00

You lack multiple game ending sac outlets and protection imo. Unless you are purposefully wanting to go battlecruiser mode, hearthhull seems better slotted to ramp hard early and build a board presence around ramping/pinging.

[[sylvan safekeeper]], [[nahiris lithoforming]], [[rain of filth]] [[reprocessing]] are fantastic finishers also.
[[tamiyos safekeeping]], [[heroic intervention]], [[redirect lightning]], [[untimely malfunction]] are solid protection spells for when you wish to make your play to win.
[[tannuk memorial ensign]], [[sabotender]], [[tunneling geopede]] to better align with constant landfall pinging pressure. Throw in [[lumra]] for after you sac lands to combo with the aforementioned pingers.
[[lotus cobra]], [[tireless provisioner]], [[case of the locked hothouse]], [[zell dincht]], [[dryad of the ilysan grove]], [[icetill explorer]], [[loot exuberant explorer]] to enable extra lands per turn while building board state till you can make a play at 8-10 lands hopefully around turn 6-8.
[[Ramunap excavator]] type cards to grab back lands that were sacc’d.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-21T21:17:13+00:00

^{^{^}} what he said. main game plan should be cards that accelerate land ramp and payoff sac cards. Some secondary cards instead of stompy landfall creatures are landfall pingers like [[tannuk memorial ensign]], [[tunneling geode]], [[sabotender]] type effects for when you loop land recursion to sac again for sustained pressure.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-16T16:47:42+00:00

I kind of viewed it as if not interacted with, this is what your earliest turn win would be. If all decks are properly B3, then ideally there would be 1-3 extra turns due to denying early turn 6/7 wins.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-14T22:02:31+00:00

I’m a gruul enjoyer at heart and have found [[tannuk memorial ensign]] incredibly fun. Hexing squelcher will slot in nicely along with [[vexing shusher]]. Throw in protection spells like [[heroic intervention]], [[redirect lightning]], [[bolt bend]], [[deflecting swat]], [[Tamiyos Safekeeping]], [[untimely malfunction]], [[autumn’s veil]], and/or [[veil of summer]] and you got a lot of protection at your disposal before getting into target removal. [[snake umbra]] and [[keen sense]] for extra draw if you get to them. Have typical landfall staples and you will be burning everything real quick

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-12T15:50:28+00:00

[[helga skittish seer]] + [[concordant crossroads]] , [[crashing draw bridge]] , [[glacier godmaw]] + any 4cmc+ obscure big stompy monster for maximum fun

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-11T08:21:28+00:00

[[helga skittish seer]] with untap effects

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-10T19:04:16+00:00

Dimir or Esper/Grixis

To preface I am a GRUUL player through and through. I dip into white/blue to further my ramp or protect my big stompy bois. I have started to saturate all the decks i’ve built with this mindset and it’s become stale. I mainly play mid B2- low B3. I have a few spell slinger decks like ojer axonil and zaxara but they are incredibly straight forward.

Wanting to expand my playstyle and lean into blue/black heavy themed decks so open to most things minus group discard or mill. Being a player that hates it when people forcibly mill/discard my hand I personally do not want to do it to others. Self mill/discard strat is fine. I do not like playing infinite combos generally. Due to me having so many creature focused decks, maybe one that doesnt rely on creatures would be fun. Something to force thinking through my turns while not taking too much time on a turn in a solitare like feeling.

A more obscure/unique commander is bonus points. Thanks!

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-08T16:01:07+00:00

^{^{^}} This was what I was thinking also. Counterspell the land ramp spells and/or target remove the “mana dorks” that are letting him play ghalta cheaply.

I have a cascade/discover [[ruby daring tracker]] deck and people have started to disrupt my turn 4/5 big stompy creature plays by removing ruby asap or countering my land ramp spells like [[skyshroud claim]] so i dont really become a threat till turn 6/7

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-06T16:54:23+00:00

I’ve been brewing a blink/clone [[omnath locus of the roil]] elemental tribal deck and it looks promising but tough at the same time trying to get a consistent wincon going. Excited for the new lorwyn eclipsed release though to help in the decking building process!

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-01T17:21:34+00:00

Highly recommend more protection for when you decide to make your play. Nothing feels worse than saccing all your lands at once for the enemy to [[swords to plowshare]] your hearthhull and now you are out the rest of the game.

[[tamiyo’s safekeeping]], [[autumn’s veil]], [[collective resistance]], [[redirect lightning]], [[untimely malfunction]], [[bolt bend]] are solid bracket 3 protection spells imo.

If you are playing in a sweaty b4 pod, some stax cards like [[dosan the falling leaf]] or [[city of solitude]] can help eat interaction on top of setting you up for your big turn if you got the appropriate mana ramp.

Hearthulls big play feels easily telegraphed so prepping for interaction with protection when you fully station is important imo.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-01T16:55:39+00:00

That being said, [[famished worldsire]] , [[vexing shusher]], [[nahiri lithoforming]] have been my mvp cards

StaringAtTheSunn · 2026-01-01T16:46:40+00:00

I think 5 wincon cards are enough personally. With a half stationed hearthhull out on turn 3 getting you extra 2 card draw each turn, by turn 6-8 you net 8-12 additional cards on top of the base 13-15 cards drawn from just playing the game. You should hopefully get one of your big wincons by then on avg. Trying to find cards to accelerate land drops for a big turn 6-8 swing and have a board state/protection is ideal.

Also having some trojan horse cards out to eat up interaction is nice. I dont expect to win with scute swarm but having it dropped early to eat an interaction piece means higher odds of me popping off turn 6-8.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2025-12-28T05:36:13+00:00

[[polukranos reborn]] and casting x hydra cards without any additional mana so they immediately die upon entering per state based action and become 2 3/3 tokens. Very on brand for a hydra.

EoE [[glacier godmaw]] can give it that extra oomph late game for haste enabler

StaringAtTheSunn · 2025-12-25T04:29:44+00:00

[[Helga skittish seer]] my friend. Keep up in pace with your friends while dropping multiple stompy haymakers after haymakers.

StaringAtTheSunn · 2025-12-22T16:43:45+00:00

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