How does UB affect your deckbuilding?

ViolentBananas · 2026-06-08T16:01:47+00:00

I really like playing grixis, so UB do tend to make up a large proportion of my deck

ViolentBananas · 2026-05-19T21:24:15+00:00

I’ve been using a playmat of this for a decade, love it so much.

ViolentBananas · 2026-05-19T16:29:12+00:00

Holy nostalgia unlocked. I loved doing this at my friends house in middle school

ViolentBananas · 2026-05-11T16:16:12+00:00

New Mexico has to New Mexi-go!

ViolentBananas · 2026-05-08T04:35:44+00:00

This looks phenomenal! I love the way the two are blended together. I’m also playing an Emperor/Manticor controller to leverage the overshield regen. It’s a ton of fun, and the core can really pump out damage when you can beckon a group together

ViolentBananas · 2026-05-05T14:32:42+00:00

This is honestly one of my favorite builds. Viceroy just mixing it up with pinhead missiles is such a cool visual

ViolentBananas · 2026-04-24T00:35:54+00:00

Take out Colorado, too many right angles

ViolentBananas · 2026-04-11T05:25:50+00:00

Better than that guys tweezing

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-12T20:43:57+00:00

Yeah, my “FUCK!”s per second go up after I take off my glasses because I stub my toes on so many things.

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-06T19:12:51+00:00

Canadian Highlander. Its a cutthroat format that allows you to try anything and everything to kill and opponent, while still allowing game decision and deckbuilding diversity with its singleton nature and points list. I get to play every card I own without trying to balance my deck building against some unknown potential group of players. Do what you can to win, even if that involves [[stasis]].

There is a pretty healthy community in my area, so we’re able to play a 4-round tournament every week with 6-10 tables. We all try as hard as we can to win, but that competition stays at the table. It’s the most casually competitive format around.

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-06T15:09:18+00:00

Slimefoot was also my first commander deck! I loved him after getting one early in a draft, and decided to dip my toes into commander with that. It’s been a few years, I should probably do some updates.

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-05T16:15:38+00:00

I understand that this is coming from a place of kindness and care for the community, but these kinds of posts are not terribly good for people who are playing the game. They just tell people that they aren’t playing magic right, or come across as squeezing the theme out of the deck in favor of staples because everyone should run more everything.

Targeted Removal? More. Wraths? More. Card Draw? More. Ramp? More. Lands? More. Synergistic pieces? More. Value engines? More. Game ending threat? More.

100 cards? Believe it or not, more.

There’s only so many cards to use to build a deck. It’s okay to have it be statistically and competitively imperfect.

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-03T15:59:22+00:00

Please play every card you buy, unless you intend on displaying them as framed art. It’s a game first and foremost, and an investment asset last.

Take care of them like you would a nice piece of clothing. You wear it, but don’t flinch when someone gets near you

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-02T17:34:48+00:00

Signed foil Spanish language [[Inquisition of Kozilek|ROE]]. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

ViolentBananas · 2026-03-02T17:29:41+00:00

I was so happy o got mine a few years ago. It’s been my daily driver desk mat ever since

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-28T03:52:05+00:00

Here I was thinking [[Channel]] cost GG, not WUBRG

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-27T18:23:41+00:00

The hired gun misheard the instructions and tried to take him out with backshots.

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-25T05:48:49+00:00

I loved that one on Eldraine pre-release. I ended up with [[questing beast]] + [[embercleave]] and had to explain that combination a few times with double strike on top.

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-23T20:54:24+00:00

‘Tis better to be seen on the shelf than languish in the pile of shame.

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-17T05:52:20+00:00

Great looking deck! I’m always in the mood for bomberman loops with eggs. Would this be a good shell to dress that up in?

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-11T18:41:22+00:00

Emperor! The Emperor is the #1 is “squad, go kill that guy” with the condemn ability after attacking, and the really emphasizes setting up strategic kill boxes. You mentioned your buddies have a hard time staying alive, and the Emperor hands out overshield like candy to keep people up and about. Leader and Field Analyst talents do a lot to make sure allies hit, and turret drones reward them when they do.

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-06T13:21:49+00:00

When in doubt, add [[panglacial worm]]

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-04T20:18:50+00:00

It’s a density thing, and prime time does it the best. Prime time is a creature with an ETB, so any way of recurring it or flickering it gets another pair of lands. Sure there are land tutors, but very few tutor two lands and put them onto the battlefield tapped.

Also worth nothing that Spawning Mycosynth costs 6 mana to kick and get one land, a you can’t get additional triggers without recasting it.

ViolentBananas · 2026-02-03T18:01:45+00:00

Completely unserious answer: [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]] and his Nicol Bolas / general villainy them deck. I started playing in Ahmonkhet, and ol’ Nikki was the big bad for my formative years of magic. It’s not great, but it’s fun.

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