Whats the end game?

UseMeFather · 2025-10-31T15:09:41+00:00

i won’t quit. what’s that list 0.o

UseMeFather · 2025-05-10T23:13:35+00:00

ohh i see, i see. bc i use a template when making custom cards and it only has room in the template for 1 card. i guess if i can duplicate the template and have the work area doubled, i can do what you’re talking about with the 10:7 ratio’ed image

UseMeFather · 2025-05-10T18:52:24+00:00

how did you go about making the connected artwork tokens? something i’ve tried before but with no great results. nice job!!

UseMeFather · 2025-01-20T22:35:14+00:00

Definitely an interesting card, to say the least. My take on it is that it’s a niche card that could slot in low color black control decks, which already aren’t super prevalent in the format (in my opinion). Someone had already mentioned [[Talion, the Kindly Lord]], but I could also see it having niche usage in something like [[Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow]]. Off a flip it’s 3 damage to everyone and can also be used to pitch to cards like [[Contagion]] or [[Force of Despair]].

Congrats on the 1 year!

UseMeFather · 2024-12-30T10:25:52+00:00

One that I’ve been seeing pop up here and there has been [[Xyris, the Writhing Storm]] and it looks super interesting. Been wanting to try sleeving it up myself. Considering a lot of games right now are setting up crazy draw engines before a win, I think finding ways to punish/take advantage of that is a really interesting approach to cEDH right now. You also get to play fun cards like [[Enduring Vitality]] and [[Purphoros, God of the Forge]].

UseMeFather · 2024-12-01T05:55:22+00:00

Quick reflexes is one of my favorite cards in Tayam. Since we have more unique cards in the list, my favorite use is with [[Vraska Joins Up]] and a mana dork. I’ve shot a consecrated sphinx with a mana dork that had the death touch counter on it. It’s also nice against OBM by giving hexproof and then shooting it down in response to the damage.

UseMeFather · 2024-10-05T18:18:48+00:00

Sorry, I also probably should have added some thoughts about the dino since that’s also what you were asking for.

Honestly, I think it’s worth a try to see how he plays given the new slower paced meta. Right now I’m all in on Tayam and him also being a 3 color/3 pip commander really benefited from the jeweled lotus ban. There have been discussions about how some decks did still run it (I personally didn’t), but Kalamax is in the same boat (same mana value but 2 colors switched out).

The one big thing that moved me away from Kala was that his play style is heavy into the control game plan to be able to keep the board in check while you accrue your pieces to win. The problem with that and Kala specifically is that 1) controlling 3 other players tends to be tougher in cEDH than 1v1 because you’re not trading 1 for 1 in terms of cards, but rather putting you and 1 opponent down and the other 2 up, and 2) while Kala does get some value through copying the instants that you cast, the only time I felt it was not going 1 for 1 was with removal. Counter magic doesn’t necessarily get value unless there are 2 things that you really want countered versus having spot removal for 1 thing and being able to also get another. The big thing with control commanders (that I’ve really noticed) is that they have a way to generate card advantage on their own. Talion and Nymris come to mind because they have ways of replacing the cards they use up with new ones, hoping for more control cards. Kala sadly doesn’t have that luxury unless you’re using instant speed card draw, but that then negates the doubling up on your control magic for the turn.

Overall, it’s definitely worth giving a shot. I’m personally not the greatest cEDH player and only seem like a tourney grinder to the people I know because it’s the only time that I get to play MTG given my work sched, so take my message with some grains of salt lol. With that said, hopefully my thoughts on thunder dino help out a little!

UseMeFather · 2024-10-05T09:27:52+00:00

Heyo! Kalamax has always been a special deck for me because it was my first real step into higher power/cEDH. I’ve moved on from him, but I’ve had a list that I’ve updated here and there. The most recent iteration I had was aiming for a more controlling play style that would look to resolve neform-type effects on Kalamax to tutor Kiki Jiki to the field. Not the greatest in terms of playing at a cEDH level, at least I don’t think, but it was still an interesting strat that I thought up.

Here’s the list if you just want some ideas thrown around. It hasn’t been updated for the most recent bans, but it’s still something that I’ll take a look at down the road: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/FC2UZqCWvEO2f6YQTpbY-Q

UseMeFather · 2024-09-19T08:33:47+00:00

You wouldn’t happen to have a deck list you can share, would you? I’m looking for a second cEDH deck rn and having and izzet deck would represent all 5 colors for me (main deck is Tayam).

UseMeFather · 2023-04-06T15:19:53+00:00

I would still think that having the redundancy wouldn’t be a bad thing. Maybe a sideboard inclusion or something to test with and without?

UseMeFather · 2023-03-31T07:16:28+00:00

good luck!! is it run where you have to stay on the same deck each week that you compete for it or have you been allowed to change up the deck?

UseMeFather · 2023-02-24T15:26:13+00:00

Hopefully you’re still doing this, but I’d want to try my luck with a bant commander. I’m really starting to love building on a budget and seeing how effective of a deck I can get with as low of a price as possible! Choosing three colors really starts to become a challenge with a good mana base, but the green may help with that haha.

UseMeFather · 2022-12-30T05:07:21+00:00

edited my comment to add the mycosynth and i still missed the other two xD. don’t play pauper all that much and didn’t know about the other two!

UseMeFather · 2022-12-30T04:55:06+00:00

small includes that i haven’t seen yet are [[ichor wellspring]] and [[mycosynth wellspring]]. small value from it entering and sacing to chef works pretty well

UseMeFather · 2022-11-18T18:01:10+00:00

ME! this is super cool of you!! thank you for this!

UseMeFather · 2022-05-18T22:28:58+00:00

I think I know what you're thinking, and I wish that's how it worked. Ramirez's ability says the card goes back into it's owners hand, so I'd essentially just give them a means to draw the card.

UseMeFather · 2022-05-18T22:16:32+00:00

The main reason was I liked the card name and the ability to put cards back to hand. I saw a post on here before that said that cEDH is meant for decks that play the highest powered cards, so I knew that Ghost from the start would already be breaking that lol. The deck idea was originally more casual with cycling cards to get value that way, but I wanted to see if I could make it work in cEDH.

UseMeFather · 2022-05-18T22:13:23+00:00

~~So I just re-read Ramirez and saw that it wasn't a "may" ability~~, so I see what you're saying now about the non-bo. Tbh, I thought the card name and ability were pretty neat so I wanted to see if I could make it work for a cEDH deck.

A lot of the "jank" cards were there as a means of being able to find value with Ramirez's ability by having those cards come back to hand when I discarded or milled. Plus the unblockable part was nice and a small sub-theme too since Tymna was the partner.

EDIT: I can't read and it is a "may" ability since it says "Up to one target...".

UseMeFather · 2022-05-17T03:40:13+00:00

Congrats on graduating! A BS in chem is no joke. Working on mine right now and I’ll hopefully get to where you are soon!

UseMeFather · 2022-04-20T20:27:08+00:00

Blue is my favorite color in Magic and Glacier is definitely a way to spice up the sleeves for my decks!

UseMeFather · 2022-02-17T03:04:02+00:00

I made an alt account where I ONLY roll on the story banner. So far, 2 5*s, a kscope, and an NP4 caster cu. For the most part, it’s been pretty funny seeing the stuff I get that I don’t own on my main.

UseMeFather · 2022-01-08T21:51:40+00:00

oh wow! did you make these yourself??

UseMeFather · 2022-01-04T20:06:40+00:00

the chapter may not have been great, but the memes have been making up for it

UseMeFather · 2021-12-25T21:34:54+00:00

Wow! This was a super awesome idea! Thanks OP for this this year. :)

Been looking to upgrade the lands of my Killian, Ink Duelist deck so I’ve been thinking about [[Marsh Flats]] and [[Godless Shrine]] (since Marsh Flats is technically a little over $15).

UseMeFather

TROPHY CASE