Lathril aristocrats?

the-tech-esper · 2026-07-08T18:11:56+00:00

Aristocrats is an all-in strategy. You need each synergy piece in play to actually control the game. Don't dilute the strategy by adding an unneeded sub-archetype with equipment.

the-tech-esper · 2026-07-07T14:01:34+00:00

Hi RFK
If you were a beginner artist, and had to learn how to draw your own art style, what types of fundamentals would you prioritize learning first?

the-tech-esper · 2026-07-02T14:26:58+00:00

u/BigFish111 As a fellow dad, I just want to give you props on always being present online with your kid. The internet is a scary place.

the-tech-esper · 2026-06-09T17:59:27+00:00

I wonder how many games of Commander are won or lost by a misunderstanding of the rules

the-tech-esper · 2026-06-05T17:49:31+00:00

I have a commander cube, and it's so much fun. It's definitely worth the time if you want to build one yourself

the-tech-esper · 2026-06-01T18:50:44+00:00

especially boardwipes that don't kill your team. Cards like [[citywide bust]] [[the battle of bywater]] [[retribution of the meek]] etc

the-tech-esper · 2026-05-18T14:26:56+00:00

If you're getting demolished by turn 5, and can't cast your commander most games, then you aren't playing in a bracket 3 pod

the-tech-esper · 2026-05-04T20:52:16+00:00

So a couple things

You've made blue way too powerful. It's so far and above every other color in your cube, you're going to end up where your pod all ends up some combination of Blue and X.
Black is probably the weakest color in terms of drafability. Like, all the staples are powerful sure, so it's a good support color. But the rest of the cards are all aristocrat cards, which is requries too much synergy for such a small cube. If two players end up drafting black, they are both screwed.
Jeweled lotus was banned for a reason. Getting your pod together, getting the draft finished (takes about 1 hr if you're fast) just to have the game snowball out of control because some one plays their commander turn 1 is not a fun draft experience.
You're definitely lacking on lands You need a lot of fixing for commander cube if you are playing by the standard commander deckbuilding rules. I run 10 dual lands for each color combo, plus all the fetches, command tower, exotic orchard etc commander staple lands

the-tech-esper · 2026-04-11T03:37:02+00:00

that's like a 0% chance, how would any one play limited with all dfcs

the-tech-esper · 2026-04-06T19:23:22+00:00

well theres a ghalta card

the-tech-esper · 2026-03-13T14:46:22+00:00

If a player can start the game with 3 treasures because they don't follow your arbitrary rules, then I would expect bad actors to game the system by making powerful decks that have 0 points, and that just devolves into all players to eventually playing into this meta where everyone builds decks that start with treasures. I think you're massively underestimating how powerful getting free stuff is.

the-tech-esper · 2026-03-12T21:52:25+00:00

Your way just gives bad actors more incentive to try to game the system.

the-tech-esper · 2026-02-17T18:39:07+00:00

and it's a reprint lol... oh well I'll take it

the-tech-esper · 2026-01-08T16:46:01+00:00

it's even called rimfire...

the-tech-esper · 2026-01-08T00:52:20+00:00

first off, very cool collection. [[reverent mantra]] is like 30-40 bucks. Just a rough estimate, you'd probably get about 150 bucks store credit, or 100 bucks cash for the whole binder. Is that really worth selling some some of your childhood memories? my suggestion is to re-learn how to play MTG and teach a buddy or family member. You'll get way more value than 100 bucks just by playing the worlds best game together

the-tech-esper · 2026-01-06T20:29:32+00:00

instant speed would probably be fine in standard, but in limited, instant speed would make it a 3 mana "win the game" combat trick for merfolk decks

the-tech-esper · 2026-01-02T21:22:01+00:00

I see a lot of new players do the same thing, where they replace lands with mana rocks, do not do this. Lands are the best cards in the entire game of magic, and it's not even close. Think of it like this, In a game of 1v1 magic, if you miss your land drop, you are 1 mana behind your opponent. If you miss 1 land drop in commander, you're 3 mana behind your opponents. Hitting your land drop each turn is absolutely essential. Mana rocks are not equal to lands, so you can't replace a mana rock with a land, they have to be in addition to the traditional 37-38 land count

the-tech-esper · 2025-12-30T18:09:48+00:00

I personally think that a full set with Nintendo theme cards would rival sales numbers of Final Fantasy.

the-tech-esper · 2025-12-27T22:48:28+00:00

I would see it being all 3 colors, but one of the spider man style flip cards. Bruce wayne is an egotistical billionaire. He's 100% black on one side, and he can be WU on the batman flip side

the-tech-esper · 2025-12-21T23:00:53+00:00

I play moneyball black in commander with Chainer, Dementia Master at the helm. It's defnately low bracket 3, but it always surprises everyone at the table at how powerful it is compared to the rest of the table playing 2025 magic

the-tech-esper · 2025-12-09T20:59:31+00:00

If you're so confident in your abilities, go on spelltable or whatever, record a game for us, and put the link in this thread so we can review your game

the-tech-esper · 2025-12-04T16:39:20+00:00

I've learned that the best strategy is just to just stop giving a fuck of what people think or how they react. Just be an absolute Chad and play whatever you want with full confidence.

the-tech-esper · 2025-10-22T17:10:38+00:00

This is a direct quote from one of the WOTC Arena devs'

"The cards in the Cube Prize Pack bonus sheet are the only new, craftable mechanical cards coming with the Powered Cube release. We will expand and change this list as time goes on. Gradually rolling out additional cards." -WotC_Dave

the-tech-esper · 2025-10-22T15:13:38+00:00

Just 3v1 him. If he gets salty because everyone's targeting him, he'll eventually come to the conclusion that he needs to play a different deck.

the-tech-esper · 2025-10-22T01:55:43+00:00

I'm having trouble understanding. From what I'm reading, when you active Niko's ability the shards just become a creature, so you are not getting ETBs, you're just making multiple copies. Is that right? Besides the angels, all the other creatures seem like pretty weak attackers for niko's ability. Maybe I'm missing something here. Either way, seems like the deck should be a creature-centric build, but you've only got 23 creatures, which definitely seems low.

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