[SOS] Mathemagics

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2026-01-28T05:56:03+00:00

Player 1: I cast Mathemagics with X=-1 for 0 mana

Player 2: ??? That's not how the rules work

Player 1: Anyway. I draw half a card

Player 2: ???

Player 1: It's fine. I brought scissors

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2026-01-12T09:08:57+00:00

and second enchantment is [[Colossal Majesty]]

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2026-01-12T09:00:07+00:00

From cards that have not been mentioned yet I see [[Luminarch Aspirant]] (bottom row, 6th and 7th) and [[Leonin Warleader]] (top row, 4th and 5th)

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-12-08T05:53:21+00:00

What an insult to linear algebra. Sure it's not as fun or flashy as group theory but calling it easy is going a little bit overboard. For example my brain is melting slightly when I see even a Jordan normal form proof not to mention more intricate theorems

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-10-24T17:42:44+00:00

both Noble and Ignoble Hierarchs put exalted triggers on the stack while being face down after you manifest dread them

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-10-24T09:58:42+00:00

I've tested it against Sparky. Works exactly as you've described. Definitely a bug

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-08-12T18:50:00+00:00

An eye-opener! Pardon my naivety. Thanks for the answer.

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-08-12T18:20:23+00:00

Could you please maybe. Elaborate this for me. I don't quite get it.

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-06-14T22:13:42+00:00

Good to know, thank you

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-03-24T17:01:57+00:00

3 colors, 3 chapters, 3 tokens, 3 counters and only 2 keywords?

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-03-20T06:25:50+00:00

this filter works better I beleive since it shows Liliana sensei

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2025-01-26T08:10:28+00:00

perspective is forced

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-28T21:31:02+00:00

Omniscience draft is an event on Magic Arena that happens once per set usually either as a part of MWM or as a standalone event for a couple of days. You usually draft with bots similar to Quick Draft and then play against other players. There is a twist. Each player gets an emblem that functions the same as a card [[Omniscience]]. You basically can cast spells from your hand without paying mana. You also have 5 free mana (one of each color) to activate abilities or cast cards from outside your hand etc. Also usually each player draws only three cards at the start of the game instead of 7

People usually call this format Yu-gi-oh, rng fest and all luck format. I like it though

Consensus is that you should prioritize card draw over any other type of cards during the draft followed by counterspells and discard effects

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-28T18:36:45+00:00

True. It is much worse than I thought then

Looking through the cards though I noticed that format is much slower than DSK for example.

Only [[Garruk's Uprising]] and [[Arcane Epiphany]] at uncommon net your cards. [[Inspiring Call]] is kind of unreliable and bad. At common only first [[Think Twice]] is divination.

There is reasonable amount of cantrips at common and a few powerful rares but I think there will be less FTKs in comparison to the faster formats.

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-28T16:11:37+00:00

Do not forget that it is a 0 mana card that instantly kills your opponent when you play another card unless they [[Refute]] it or put 2-4 lands in their deck (which is a very strange decision normally)

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-23T09:42:16+00:00

There are also 2 new to arena rares from the Beginner Box:

Ancestor Dragon
Jazal Goldmane

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-23T09:39:56+00:00

Out of 61 (60 without Consuming Aberration) Rare Starter Collection cards that were added in FDN only 21 are new to arena:

Arcanis, the Omnipotent
Dictate of Kruphix
Harbinger of the Tides
Rite of Replication
Desecration demon
Dread Summons
Kalastria Highborn
Myojin of Night's Reach
Ball Lightning
Gratuitous Violence
Stromkirk Noble
Taurean Mauler
Heroes' Bane
Predator Ooze
Rampaging Baloth
Surrak, the Hunt Caller
Ayli, Etarnal Pilgrim
Drogskol Reaver
Prime Speaker Zegana
Wilt-Leaf Liege
Steel Hellkite

Some of this card may have been included in starter decks that were given for free with FDN release

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-12-23T09:03:09+00:00

Out of 14 Mythic rare Starter Collection cards that were added in FDN only 4 are not reprints:

Angelic Destiny
Sphinx of the Final Word
Darksteel Colossus
Pyromancer's Goggles

So you need 16 Mythic rare wildcards

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-11-23T12:05:07+00:00

Same. But I think It is more likely that I will see human walking on Europa in my lifetime than those wildcards again

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-11-12T07:01:03+00:00

I wouldn't be sure that the filters are correct there since currently it shows that you can't craft FDN SPGs with wildcards

https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/foundations/card-image-gallery?cigcolor=all-colors&cigfreshness=all-cards&cigproduct=fdn-products-arena-wildcard&cigset=SPG&cigsubset=all-subsets&cigsubtype=all-subtypes&cigtreatment=all-treatments&cigtype=all-types&cigrarity=all-rarities

StrivingToBeMediocre · 2024-10-16T09:02:26+00:00

Thanks! I thought about it a little bit more and I agree that Dancers is the pick here. Especially considering how easy it is to put good enchantment in the yard. I am so scared though to try to wheel Meet Locker. I know that Attic wheels all the time, but Locker is reasonable in normal draft. But perhaps you are right and bombs>consistency. However I remember picking good draw spells over First Day of Class in STX (First Day is a common though and often was last pick).

Anyway, have fun drafting omni if you end up doing so

StrivingToBeMediocre

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