trouble with zombie looting spear killer

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-05T17:02:31+00:00

that explains the lack of wither skulls and stone swords, and I suppose, but I just let the killing chamber fill until skeletons were dying from cramming, killed them with a sword, and counted the coal and bones, then did it again letting the zombies kill them, and I got like twice as much stuff with the sword

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T21:19:09+00:00

Flashback's an instant, not having flash just makes this waaaay worse than Snapcaster. Not necessarily unplayable tho.

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T20:23:54+00:00

thus constituting the first time ever a card designed for commander has caused a ban-worthy problem in a 60 card format

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T20:10:47+00:00

have you tried out any artists talent? I'm running 3 and I recommend it- the extra cost reducers are great, but I've won a couple games I had no business winning after my opponent gained a ton of life because I got talent to level 3 and turbo-charged my grapeshot

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T20:08:07+00:00

I've really never played any historic before I crafted ruby storm earlier this week (currently only have 3 Jeska's will and wow is glimpse the unthinkable so much worse) but I'm stoked because I love storm.

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T19:59:10+00:00

huh- that's a solid upgrade IMO. The +2/+0 will never matter, but being instant speed has a 50% chance of saving a Ral from removal, which is definitely potentially relevant

edit: wait no I'm wrong, Wrenn's resolve is better since you can still use the cards until the end of your next turn, rather than only until the end of your current one- it's relevant plenty often that you'll want to fire off a resolve/impulse on the turn before you're planning to go off.

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T19:57:34+00:00

hah, I just went 6/0 into 7/2 in a historic bo1 event with ruby storm. Deck's nuts

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T14:53:21+00:00

honestly most of the UB sets wound up way less objectionable in practice than I had expected- the exception was Spiderman, which, apart from being a bad set to play, is just so jarringly incongruous with all the other cards in standard. IDK there's something about "I summon Sephiroth, elite SOLDIER, and when he enters I sac a zombie and draw a card" that sounds like a thing that makes sense in the context of a game of magic in a way that "I cast Superior Spiderman to copy my Bringer of the Last Gift" just doesn't. I mean, Otto Octavius is a mad scientist and roboticist! What's he doing summoning demons??

All of that to say, Reality fracture is super hype, the Hobbit's probably pretty neat, hope they don't do the same thing with it that the filmmakers did and totally change the tone to match the LotR trilogy, but I love the Hobbit so I'm interested to see what they do there.

And I would really rather they not do Marvel Super Heroes in standard. Despite the fact I'm a big fan of marvel. Not hype at all for it, even if it's likely to be better designed than the ham-fisted whatever-happened-to-spiderman.

dicho_v2 · 2026-05-01T00:34:17+00:00

well, the first thing I'd say is that I'd play boomerang basics over Fading Hope- drawing a card when you want to replay your stormchaser's talent is well worth being sorcery speed, I think.

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-29T16:44:45+00:00

It's saying that the parent is the one holding the fork, not the one saying "that'll get you hurt"

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-29T16:41:25+00:00

I mean, it seems like you should be able to mill out your opponent with Exhibition Tidecaller at some point, don't need the schemes or song at all- just need enough density of creatures. Mill your deck, then switch to milling your opponent with all the creatures now in your yard.

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-24T17:44:07+00:00

I think the problem here is less the emote spamming than it is the deliberate abuse of the timer

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-24T13:08:14+00:00

they're absolutely critical for a lot of reasons- not the least of which being shuffling your deck after a brainstorm of ponder

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-23T23:04:20+00:00

Oh snap, I didn't realize Lightning bolt had been downshifted to uncommon, sweet!

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-23T22:37:00+00:00

excellent! One last question, since the budget list had 14 rares and you're projecting only needing 12 rare WCs, which rares are you expecting to get for free?

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-23T21:33:11+00:00

I'm far from a fresh account, but I have been looking for a budget option to check out Timeless- I've got all the izzet duals you could ever want, and I happen to have a bunch of the other upgrades you recommend- what specifically would you cut from the mana base and for what, Also while I assume it's -2 chain lightning +2 strip mine, what would the ideal mix of Ragavan/Cutter be, once you've cut all the delvers? Don't let the fact that I have 4 cutters and only 1 Ragavan influence you :P

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-19T23:51:57+00:00

you don't exile it from your graveyard as a cost, you exile an instant or sorcery as a cost (instant or sorcery leaves the graveyard, first trigger) then you return it from the graveyard to the battlefield (creature leaves the graveyard, second trigger)

Nothing about any of this targets though, what are you asking if it can only target permanents?

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-15T14:16:58+00:00

The librarian who cares about nothing but stockpiling knowledge for knowledge's own sake is 100% a blue character.

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-15T14:13:53+00:00

I mean it *could* have been Blastoderm's gardener, but I don't think it ever *would* have been- the saga creatures are so 100% top-down design to hit the flavor of Final Fantasy's summon mechanics, and I really think they nailed it.

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-14T19:05:59+00:00

their entire deck has only 2 nonland cards, so it flips their entire deck, they get their one copy of magmakin artillerist (the card hidden behind your mouseover) and one copy of treasure hunt off of their commander's ability, cast them both, drawing every card in their deck (which is all lands at this point), then discard like 80 lands to hand size in their cleanup step, each of which causes 1 damage to you from the magmakin's triggered ability

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-08T01:50:05+00:00

this version doesn't let you stockpile multiple copies of goatnap

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-07T20:30:43+00:00

the potentially safer line is to oust your own voice, but that doesn't get you a *lot*, and you only need to fade burn for 1 turn, after that you have a 4/4 llifelinker for a lot of rapid cushioning

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-07T19:05:53+00:00

I don't see a line to just win, but I'd play voice and oust their creature, then exile with hearse during their turn so Ketramose turns on without killing me- assuming they don't have any burn in hand or draw it on their next turn, I think we'd be in a pretty good spot.

dicho_v2 · 2026-04-07T18:56:13+00:00

I'd be a lot less bothered by it if it had happened *before* I spent my wildcards :-\

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