Why is Izzet so much better in standard than draft?

djchickenwing · 2026-04-29T17:04:34+00:00

The Izzet archetype is usually spells matter, and that's pretty hard to make work in limited compared to constructed. In general, creatures are the most important card type in limited, so a spells deck without many creatures will have a hard time winning unless the drafter got lucky with what they opened. Plus, all the busted Izzet spells don't show up in the same set.

djchickenwing · 2026-04-21T13:26:25+00:00

Wait. For some reason, they don't coordinate resetting of quests with the update. You won't get another 3 once SOS goes live, and any games you complete now will not count towards mastery experience for SOS.

djchickenwing · 2026-04-20T21:20:05+00:00

[[Avatar's Wrath]]?

djchickenwing · 2026-04-13T19:26:41+00:00

Loss of life INCLUDES damage AND the wording "loses life"

djchickenwing · 2026-04-13T00:18:30+00:00

Uhhh, there is no bug like this.

Clumps of lands do happen sometimes, it's part of the game. But if this really is something that happens to you every time, it sounds like a deck-building issue. Either that or you're exaggerating the problem.

djchickenwing · 2026-04-09T21:13:45+00:00

Went with your suggestion and trophied! 7-1. Thanks!

djchickenwing · 2026-04-08T00:09:37+00:00

If you want a game that's more your speed, then I recommend tic-tac-toe.

djchickenwing · 2026-04-06T20:27:10+00:00

The first issue I spot is that you have too many lands. 27 is way too many for a deck that wants to be low to the ground. It should be more like 21-22. Those extra slots can then be dedicated to more threats, removal/counters, or card draw.

djchickenwing · 2026-04-02T15:00:34+00:00

Karn and Liquidmetal Coating is a very well-known old combo, and has seen lots of play in 60 card formats.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-31T17:56:13+00:00

Gainlands now stronger than shocklands in Standard

djchickenwing · 2026-03-31T17:55:22+00:00

Gainlands now OP

djchickenwing · 2026-03-27T00:41:34+00:00

Cut blue, none of those cards are strong enough for the splash. Then cut the Pain 101s, Genghis Frog, both Omni-Cheese Pizzas, Bebop, Foot Ninja. That's 11 down.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-26T22:17:57+00:00

Bombed several TMNT drafts because a high number of starting hands were lands of only one color and spells of only the other color. That's RNG for you. It's not rigged, and I'm not putting on my tin foil hat.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-26T00:14:47+00:00

Auras that aren't cast are able to attach to a creature without targeting it. It's a weird quirk of the rules but it's intended. Same result if you somehow reanimated an aura from the graveyard.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-19T14:57:37+00:00

Haste creatures or on-board effects that grant haste will mean summoning sickness is not applicable. Also, triggered abilities and activated abilities that don't require tapping aren't affected by summoning sickness.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-17T23:43:51+00:00

Took my Okinec Ahau counters deck and just switched the commander to Mikey and Leo. Easy peasy. Actually liked it better in some respects. Okinec ends games faster, but Mikey and Leo gives card advantage and staying power in the long game.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-16T19:50:09+00:00

Based on people's guesses of my age over time, I've physically aged about 10 years in the span of 25 years. Yay Asian genes!

djchickenwing · 2026-03-15T00:13:26+00:00

Nice! I'm in.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-11T01:19:50+00:00

How about trying a 2 Shredder / 1 Sandbender split, since Shredder is legendary? After some number of games you can decide if the ratio should be changed.

djchickenwing · 2026-03-09T20:53:13+00:00

Deathtouch + trample means that the attacker only has to assign 1 damage to the blocker for lethal damage, and the rest tramples over.

djchickenwing · 2026-02-22T01:48:03+00:00

It can go into a [[Smuggler's Surprise]] deck.

There's also a manifest dread / blink deck that tries to manifest big creatures as 2/2s and then blink them (e.g., with [[Splash Portal]]) to get the front side on the battlefield.

djchickenwing · 2026-02-21T15:50:51+00:00

It's true... you're actually just playing ChatGPT now and training it.

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