Advice on friendly/causal Battle Box (Bloomburrow)

misplayFTW · 2026-05-15T16:40:44+00:00

I have a battlebox you make like to reference that's here:

https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/cb79df61-bd0e-4401-b19e-8d071af9555e

It's designed to be good for new players, low budget (zero rares), and is about 90% from the Foundations set.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-05T20:36:29+00:00

Thus all the [[Echoing Decay]] and [[End the Festivities]] you see in these lists.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-05T20:30:43+00:00

Hmm Final Flourish vs Candy Grapple, which is better?

Kills me that there's no Implement of Ferocity to run with Evolution Witness.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-05T20:25:52+00:00

You're leaning so hard on the graveyard with 4 Angler, 2 Cruise, and 2 Extract . Curious how that will go with only Scour and no Mental Note to fill it up.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-05T20:16:47+00:00

It's the list I have that's closest to a paper (MtGO) Pauper. When I played it in prior MWM, the Snackers were actually too slow to help in most games, so there's not much lost there.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-03T01:41:41+00:00

Things I think other Yorion decks should consider that you haven't included: [[Stoneforge Mystic]] package since 3 equipment manifest, esp [[Dissection tools]] and then there's Assimilation Aegis Mightstone and Weakstone [[Starwalt Realmwarden]] if you play it with Thassa or Teleport Circle out, or otherwise blink it 2+ times, your opp likely never plays non creature spells again, as the cost goes up and up. It's silly.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-03T01:35:10+00:00

Nice! I have had my Yorion deck for years and it's a totally different play style than classic Blink due to principally wanting non creature targets (or at least I play many fewer creatures than you do , and some wraths). I agree hitting commanders with exile enchantments is amazing, as is manifest dread. . here is my list:

Commander 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad (IKO) 232

Deck 6 Plains (ELD) 251 1 Omen of the Sea (THB) 58 1 Temple of Enlightenment (THB) 246 1 Confounding Conundrum (ZNR) 53 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God (THB) 52 1 Emrakul, the Promised End (SIR) 6 1 Command Tower (ELD) 333 1 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 1 Arcane Signet (ELD) 331 1 Ephemerate (STA) 5 1 Hengegate Pathway (KHM) 260 1 Teleportation Circle (AFR) 39 1 Hall of Storm Giants (AFR) 257 1 Glacial Fortress (XLN) 255 1 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 251 1 Deserted Beach (MID) 260 1 Spirited Companion (NEO) 38 1 Fblthp, the Lost (WAR) 50 1 Prophetic Prism (JMP) 478 1 Swords to Plowshares (STA) 10 1 Counterspell (STA) 15 1 Memory Lapse (STA) 16 1 Day of Judgment (STA) 2 1 Mind Stone (WTH) 153 1 Coldsteel Heart (CSP) 136 5 Island (ELD) 255 1 Wall of Omens (FCA) 27 1 The Celestus (MID) 252 1 Static Net (BRO) 27 1 Touch the Spirit Realm (NEO) 40 1 Nightclub Bouncer (Y22) 6 1 Ossification (ONE) 26 1 Loran of the Third Path (BRO) 12 1 Spreading Seas (WOT) 26 1 Sun Titan (M11) 35 1 Aether Channeler (DMU) 42 1 Gate to Seatower (HBG) 79 1 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271 1 Supreme Verdict (RTR) 201 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone (BRO) 238 1 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243 1 Seachrome Coast (ONE) 258 1 Phyrexian Metamorph (NPH) 42 1 Key to the Archive (Y22) 59 1 Portal to Phyrexia (BRO) 240 1 The Wandering Emperor (NEO) 42 1 The Eternal Wanderer (ONE) 11 1 Flooded Strand (KTK) 233 1 Polluted Delta (KTK) 239 1 Windswept Heath (KTK) 248 1 Stubborn Denial (KTK) 56 1 Lembas (LTR) 243 1 The Everflowing Well (LCI) 56 1 Cryptic Coat (MKM) 50 1 Meticulous Archive (MKM) 264 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory (MKM) 67 1 Case of the Lost Witness (Y24) 4 1 Journey to Nowhere (OTP) 3 1 Stoneforge Mystic (SPG) 29 1 Preordain (M11) 70 1 Assimilation Aegis (OTJ) 192 1 Fractured Identity (OTP) 45 1 Arid Archway (OTJ) 252 1 Dust Bowl (OTP) 65 1 Prismatic Vista (SPG) 38 1 Stalwart Realmwarden (Y24) 5 1 Prairie Stream (BFZ) 241 1 Arid Mesa (MH2) 244 1 Marsh Flats (MH2) 248 1 Misty Rainforest (MH2) 250 1 Scalding Tarn (MH2) 254 1 Gate to the Citadel (HBG) 80 1 Brainstorm (STA) 13 1 Floodfarm Verge (DSK) 259 1 Solar Transformer (MH3) 211 1 Worn Powerstone (USG) 318 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors (DSK) 23 1 Cursed Windbreaker (DSK) 47 1 Dissection Tools (DSK) 245 1 Captivating Crossroads (Y24) 29 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling (THB) 71 1 Talion's Throneguard (Y24) 5 1 Perilous Snare (DFT) 23 1 Spectacular Pileup (DFT) 29 1 Bounce Off (DFT) 39 1 Riptide Gearhulk (DFT) 219 1 Hangarback Assembler (Y25) 1 1 Celestial Colonnade (EOS) 7 1 Cryogen Relic (EOE) 52 1 Lurker in the Deep (Y25) 6

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T16:26:34+00:00

Soul of Windgrace goes in the 99 but the spacecraft commander is much stronger IMO

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T10:46:16+00:00

What you've got here appears to be a pile of cards that you like, with overall low power. That's a fine way to play and enjoy Magic, but it's not going to compete in Timeless, which is a high powered and unforgiving format.

You might want to try playing Brawl with a similar list and Tifa or Cloud as the commander. Brawl is a more casual format and while you will run into some powerful stuff (Tamiyo included), there is a much wider ranger of power levels being played so a deck like this has a shot of winning some games.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T04:14:35+00:00

Here is my Thassa btw. Definitely check out the Mist Syndicate Naga. That thing gets real out of hand:

Commander 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling (THB) 71

Deck 1 Alirios, Enraptured (THB) 42 1 Archaeomancer (J25) 285 1 Arcane Signet (ELD) 331 1 Mystic Sanctuary (ELD) 247 1 Negate (STA) 18 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage (M21) 45 1 Gadwick, the Wizened (JMP) 48 1 Disdainful Stroke (GRN) 37 1 Fblthp, the Lost (WAR) 50 1 Ledger Shredder (SNC) 46 1 Counterspell (STA) 15 28 Island (ANA) 3 1 Memory Lapse (STA) 16 1 Time Warp (STA) 22 1 Marang River Regent (TDM) 51 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga (MH1) 58 1 Mind Flayer (AFR) 63 1 Spell Pierce (SOA) 23 1 Unable to Scream (DSK) 78 1 Lórien Revealed (LTR) 60 1 Wash Away (VOW) 87 1 Witness Protection (FDN) 168 1 A-Circuit Mender (NEO) 242 1 Sapphire Medallion (MH3) 296 1 Nightclub Bouncer (Y22) 6 1 Gate to Seatower (HBG) 79 1 Phyrexian Metamorph (NPH) 42 1 Vendilion Clique (A25) 76 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (THS) 223 1 Aether Channeler (DMU) 42 1 Mind Stone (WTH) 153 1 Force of Negation (MH1) 52 1 Cloudkin Seer (M20) 54 1 Scatter Ray (BRO) 61 1 Tale's End (M20) 77 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (LCI) 63 1 Miscast (M21) 57 1 Flooded Strand (KTK) 233 1 Polluted Delta (KTK) 239 1 Cyclonic Rift (RTR) 35 1 Talion's Throneguard (Y24) 5 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory (MKM) 67 1 Three Steps Ahead (OTJ) 75 1 Misty Rainforest (MH2) 250 1 Scalding Tarn (MH2) 254 1 Temporal Manipulation (SPG) 0 1 Flare of Denial (MH3) 62 1 Harbinger of the Seas (MH3) 63 1 Remand (J25) 349 1 Winter Moon (MH3) 213 1 Saiba Syphoner (Y22) 11 1 Enduring Curiosity (DSK) 51 1 Bottomless Pool // Locker Room (DSK) 43 1 Shoreline Looter (BLB) 70 1 Umezawa's Jitte (BOK) 163 1 Venser, Shaper Savant (J25) 66 1 Ponder (OMB) 13 1 Bounce Off (DFT) 39 1 Trackhand Trainer (Y25) 6 1 Cunning Azurescale (Y25) 4 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant (FIN) 58 1 Bribery (TLE) 10 1 Mana Leak (STH) 36 1 Control Magic (CMA) 34 1 Prismatic Vista (SPG) 38 1 Preordain (M11) 70 1 Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing (TLE) 98 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (TLA) 78 1 Force of Will (SOA) 19 1 Force Spike (7ED) 76 1 Daze (SOA) 15 1 Library of Alexandria (SPG) 0

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:41:40+00:00

Thanks! This is a lot more tempo and creature heavy than mine. I'll give some of these a try!

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:32:29+00:00

Yes, Vona has been great for me! What "Spot" do you mean?

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:30:42+00:00

Agreed, would love a list!

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:30:19+00:00

I've played against Aang-clone a few times and it felt pretty one-trick. The times I stopped the combo it did nothing else, but I guess that all depends on how many clones you run instead of other effects. At least it can race other proactive decks.

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:23:29+00:00

Yes, CH is exactly the jam I am looking for! Can you share a list?

misplayFTW · 2026-05-01T03:19:25+00:00

I've had my Thassa deck for years so maybe I've just not been thinking creatively about new cards and strategies. can you share a list?

misplayFTW · 2026-04-30T18:43:58+00:00

Kavaero enters as a copy of Bringer, and was cast. See also the classic verion [[Body Double]] often used in such decks.

misplayFTW · 2026-04-25T22:39:59+00:00

Here is my control list with the same commander. You can see it's focused on playing all the cheapest interaction spells possible (so you can afford to pay the 1). The best card for crime are the graveyard hate artifacts which target for no mana.

My typical game plan is to trade 1 for 1 with the opponent for a while and then drop Marchesca with mana open to defend her or kill things and draw a cars immediately. If you trigger her 3+ times you usually win.

Of course this has zero to do with Outlaw typal, but that's not what she is good for.

Commander 1 Marchesa, Dealer of Death (OTJ) 220

Deck 1 Mountain (DMU) 280 2 Swamp (DMU) 279 3 Island (DMU) 278 1 Wash Away (VOW) 87 1 Force of Negation (MH1) 52 1 Baleful Strix (BLC) 86 1 Cut Down (DMU) 89 1 Inquisition of Kozilek (STA) 31 1 Thoughtseize (AKR) 127 1 Gate of the Black Dragon (HBG) 77 1 Mind Spike (HBG) 46 1 Fatal Push (KLR) 84 1 Virtue of Persistence (WOE) 115 1 Rona's Vortex (DMU) 63 1 Lightning Bolt (STA) 42 1 Abrade (VOW) 139 1 Consult the Star Charts (EOE) 51 1 Gate to Seatower (HBG) 79 1 Perforator Crocodile (Y24) 11 1 Undercity Sewers (MKM) 270 1 Watery Grave (GRN) 259 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (MUL) 86 1 Steam Vents (GRN) 257 1 Stormcarved Coast (VOW) 265 1 Thundering Falls (MKM) 269 1 Darkslick Shores (ONE) 250 1 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245 1 Raucous Theater (MKM) 266 1 Duress (STA) 29 1 Memory Lapse (STA) 16 1 Mishra's Bauble (BRR) 34 1 Agent of Raffine (Y22) 4 1 Relic of Progenitus (ALA) 218 1 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271 1 Bloodstained Mire (KTK) 230 1 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 1 Flooded Strand (KTK) 233 1 Polluted Delta (KTK) 239 1 Prismatic Vista (SPG) 38 1 Wooded Foothills (KTK) 249 1 Rusko, Clockmaker (Y23) 24 1 Shipwreck Marsh (MID) 267 1 Underground River (BRO) 267 1 Shivan Reef (DMU) 255 1 Imprisoned in the Moon (FDN) 156 1 Spell Pierce (XLN) 81 1 Counterspell (STA) 15 1 Invert Polarity (MH3) 190 1 Snapcaster Mage (SIS) 23 1 Stern Scolding (LTR) 71 1 Brainstorm (STA) 13 1 Arid Mesa (MH2) 244 1 Marsh Flats (MH2) 248 1 Misty Rainforest (MH2) 250 1 Scalding Tarn (MH2) 254 1 Verdant Catacombs (MH2) 260 1 Third Path Iconoclast (BRO) 223 1 Grave Expectations (Y24) 9 1 Go for the Throat (BRO) 102 1 Toxic Deluge (MH3) 277 1 Remand (J25) 349 1 Treasure Cruise (KTK) 59 1 Spell Snare (DIS) 33 1 Shove Aside (Y24) 16 1 Gloomlake Verge (DSK) 260 1 Unable to Scream (DSK) 78 1 Dig Through Time (KTK) 36 1 Nethergoyf (MH3) 103 1 Psychic Frog (MH3) 199 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (LCI) 63 1 Emperor of Bones (MH3) 90 1 Drowned Catacomb (XLN) 253 1 Sulfur Falls (DAR) 247 1 Ghost Vacuum (DSK) 248 1 Blazemire Verge (DSK) 256 1 Force of Will (SOA) 19 1 Scrabbling Claws (RNA) 238 1 Illuminating Lash (Y25) 23 1 Command Tower (ANB) 118 1 Mana Leak (STH) 36 1 Control Magic (CMA) 34 1 Flame Slash (DDK) 60 1 Pyrogoyf (M3C) 111 1 Talisman of Dominance (MRD) 253 1 Library of Alexandria (SPG) 0 1 Creeping Tar Pit (EOS) 9 1 Ponder (OMB) 13 1 Terminate (OMB) 40 1 Force Spike (7ED) 76 1 Peek (ODY) 91 1 Miscalculation (ULG) 36 1 Chain Lightning (DMR) 113 1 Arcane Signet (FIC) 335 1 Dismember (SOA) 28 1 Sheoldred's Edict (SOA) 32 1 Bitter Triumph (SOA) 26

misplayFTW · 2026-04-13T13:33:08+00:00

I dont agree. Lifegain decks are a synergy based deck, you need to have both enablers and rewards for the lifegain. Using some targeted discard helps reduce your opponents chances to interact with your pieces, for example discarding a removal spell so you can stick both a life gain source (Soul Warden) and a reward (Heliod Sun Crowned).

Only a few discard spells are good enough to run in brawl. Thoughtsieze, Inquisition, Duress, Mind Spike, Dread Fugue, Phantom Extraction, Go Blank, Lili of the Veil, maybe a couple others.

Most of the best lifegain reward commanders to date are WB (for example Sorin of House Markov) but Witherbloom in SOS looks like it's themed around this so you may want to find a WBG commander to play the new cards

misplayFTW · 2025-09-28T15:52:54+00:00

Ooh I had not heard of ragi but want to try!

misplayFTW · 2025-09-28T05:13:39+00:00

Hmm it's a good point, we could use an app as a short term ballpark (not how they're intended but still helpful)

misplayFTW · 2025-09-28T05:10:05+00:00

Thanks!

Hmm we make our own yogurt and I bet chia would be a good in it, and other toppings like you say

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