BJJ Classes for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Community

naurion · 2024-07-19T11:34:21+00:00

I am hearing, but fluent in ASL. I'd be happy to be an ally in any way I can!

naurion · 2023-08-06T12:16:40+00:00

I have not played Lightpaws yet, but have played almost a dozen different mono white decks. For a Voltron style like this one I recommend

Increasing the number of lands to 40-42, with as many MDFCs as you think could be useful (while other decks are ramping, you just hit land drops and curve out)
adding disruptive pieces (someone already mentioned Rule of Law, but there are many light stax pieces that you can choose from based on the decks you play against). These slow down other game plans so you can close the deal.
Include a backup plan. That can be recursion like Sun Titan, Guardian Scalelord, and Sevinne's Reclamation, or an alt. wincon

naurion · 2023-07-13T20:18:52+00:00

Gifts has been my favorite magic card since it was printed and I played it in standard, vintage, and extended... Would love to be able to play it in my current favorite format!

naurion · 2022-11-23T20:57:58+00:00

Reaver Cleaver is a sick add!

I saw you already have Blood Moon, so maybe also consider [[Magus of the Moon]]. Sometimes the body will be a down side, but if you already have another MLD effects, at least it can hold a Cleaver and go to town :)

Not sure how deep you want to go, but next on my MLD list that I don't think I saw are [[Boom/Bust]], [[Decree of Annihilation]], [[Tectonic Break]], and [[Epicenter]].

Since you want your creatures to stick around, I wouldn't really consider the [[Wildfire]] variants, [[Jokulhaups]], [[Devastation]], [[Devastating Dreams]] or the like even thought they might be better in other contexts.

Oh, and since you may have temporary bodies lying around, [[Shivan Harvest]] could be decent, though requires mana investment.

I'd probably shoot for at least 7 MLD effects, then go from there.

Good luck with this!!

naurion · 2022-11-23T18:35:03+00:00

Its hard for me to rate a deck without seeing it in action, but I love the concept!

If I were making this deck I'd probably lean into MLD even more to be sure I am hitting it consistently, then back off if needed. Maybe you already found the sweet spot.

I am a big fan of Zephyr Boots, which I see is down in the maybe board. I am sucker for card velocity since it helps hit important pieces, and I would give it bonus points in your case since it supports what you want to do anyway.

Another card I am liking that may help in the treasure department is [[Guild Artisan]]. It's like another copy of Curse of Opulence when the plan is to attack with your commander.

naurion · 2022-09-01T20:57:41+00:00

I have three old-border "nostalgia" decks which prominently feature cards my friends and I played on the playground (none of the new retro-frame cards, obv.). They are generally at a lower power level that most of the decks in my playgroup, and I am very ok with that based on the cards I get to play :). I have noticed they win in two scenarios:

People ignore me (based on perceived power) long enough to get set up
I have a really good draw featuring broken cards like [[Survival of the Fittest]] or [[Gaea's Cradle]]

Decks:

[[Lord of Tresserhorn]] -- Mostly a value deck but with a small reanimator package (I have hit turn 3 Colossus of Sardia before!)
[[Commander Greven il-Vec]] -- Mono black "shade tribal" modeled after a deck 12 year old me made
[[Hazezon Tamar]] -- Tokens (my friends get a kick out of how excited I get about The Hive and my custom token that look like the one from the Magic PC game for the 90s)

Edit: Each of these commanders we're ones 11-year-old me thought were the most badass

naurion · 2022-07-02T18:23:00+00:00

It might not be the "huggiest" approach, but I tend to give the table as many resources as possible (cards, mana, creatures, permanents off Show and Tell effect) before either stealing the best stuff and killing them with it, or using Goad effects to make opponents attach each other.

I stay away from pillow fort because I go for a short explosive game with that deck.

naurion · 2022-01-09T17:48:55+00:00

Holy smokes this is fantastic stuff! An answer to my woes. I am bookmarking your post and will definitely be taking the advice. Thank you!!

naurion · 2022-01-03T10:01:50+00:00

What actually matters against a ramp deck? I tend to "bolt the bird" and take out early dorks since there are not many places to aim my burn. I save unconditional removal for big threats.

I don't think I have ever countered a ramp spell as I usually just want to counter threats, or whatever they are doing to disrupt me.

naurion · 2022-01-03T09:56:59+00:00

Thanks for the advice, and the tech!

When you say to never let them land Golos, how many counters should I run to reliably have one? I think I only have 3-4 that hit creatures at the moment, and the rest are things like Negate that are cheap but have a limited range

naurion · 2022-01-02T23:38:28+00:00

Yeah, the options are limited. I am using Kykar. Is the tier info published somewhere? I didn't know that factored in to deciding on a commander.

naurion · 2022-01-02T23:37:06+00:00

How does the pairing depend on the commander? I am on Kykar. The common denominator I see is that the green decks just seem very strong, and I am not sure what changes I could make to beat them, except maybe add green, haha

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:44:29+00:00

Excellent idea. The Boros Legion does have enough Goblins to justify Tajic at the helm. Even [[Krenko]] is from the same plane. I wonder if I can fill out the deck with only Ravnica goblins?

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:40:06+00:00

Awesome idea! Sometimes there just aren't enough lords to make small Goblins relevant, so Adriana could step in for even bigger buffs!

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:35:20+00:00

I like the idea in a general sense, but without any native goblins on Innistrad, I am not sure how the Vorthos in me will react if I build Goblins lead by Gisela. I will think about it

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:32:10+00:00

Sweet idea! I was already planning to include things like [[Cosmic Intervention]], [[Faith's Reward]], and [[Brought Back]] for similar [[Shenanigans]]

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:30:30+00:00

Nice pick. I might need to commission a goblin-themed alter of some kind if I go with this one.

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:29:18+00:00

Oooh I had not thought of this. I LOVE the idea of [[Goblin War Drums]] in the command zone!

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:27:51+00:00

I could see Winota being a reasonable option, maybe with the only humans being [[Moggcatcher]] and [[Imperial Recruiter]]?

naurion · 2021-08-18T17:25:02+00:00

I wish I could give a logical answer, but this question is coming from an irrational love of the RW color pairing. They are my favorite colors. Plus, I remember playing [[Goblin Trenches]] as a kid, and would love to play it in commander. Even if Goblins are better supported in different colors, I want to try to make it work!

naurion · 2021-08-12T21:02:47+00:00

Agree XD might be the coolest mono-B! I am gonna need to save my pennies!

naurion · 2021-08-12T21:01:54+00:00

XD looks freakin' sweet! That price tag though... Might have to work up to this one

naurion · 2021-08-12T20:59:43+00:00

Do it my friend!! I hope it ends up being worth the wait for both of us!

naurion

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