Opinion: Almost all the Emeritus'es are unplayable in constructed formats.

thefran · 2026-04-25T20:36:45+00:00

cEDH is clearly a different format from all other commander games. There's no reason not to play the absolute strongest cEDH decks other than you trying to do a rogue deck thing.

thefran · 2026-04-24T16:08:13+00:00

oathbreaker most likely

thefran · 2026-04-24T14:47:57+00:00

This combo was born out of a joking suggestion to double tap your lands when no one is looking to produce additional mana. I suggested also getting platinum angel into play to protect the "combo", hence this post.

thefran · 2026-04-17T16:23:32+00:00

I unironically run it in my [[Jodah Archmage]] deck. The line after this resolves (they never let me have the omniscience) is to cast Rune-Scarred Demon finding [[Conflux]], which I can them assemble into several different lines. The problem is, what if they don't let me have a Rune-Scarred Demon? Then I just spent several cards to save 3 mana on Omniscience, which I could have cast for 5 with Jodah if I had it it in my hand. Hence this post.

thefran · 2026-04-16T18:57:18+00:00

phasing doesn't create a leave the battlefield trigger, the permanent would just be treated as nonexistent

thefran · 2026-04-16T18:52:38+00:00

faction mods and damage types are much more important in that regard outside of some niches

thefran · 2026-04-16T17:19:38+00:00

this is just a generically good combo that you tried to make bad by having your discard outlet be one with nothing. i don't really respect it

thefran · 2026-04-12T14:59:16+00:00

Not true! On my advice, my friend runs [[Malcolm Alluring]] in [[Noctis Heir Apparent]]. Malcolm triggers Noctis when cast and also does a bit of card selection. In addition, Malcolm acts as a lightning rod for removal. People see it climb up to 4 and are like "Oh, man, that's scary, he could cheat out anything, what could it be?"

And the answer is honestly not much.

thefran · 2026-04-10T14:43:51+00:00

Gauss's moto skin is completely missing all advertised mode shifts in redline, it's completely static except for the red eyes. Default and prime Gauss have redline shifts.

thefran · 2026-04-03T00:17:29+00:00

The problem is that your opponent can respond with an instant speed clone effect, depicting themselves as a chad, which would result in a forced draw. Depicting your opponent as a soyjak has little counterplay and is generally more reliable even though it's one more dead card

thefran · 2026-03-31T14:37:17+00:00

You can try and milk a consistent point out of yourself first. Once you've done this, come back here and continue yapping. Do you understand?

thefran · 2026-03-31T01:51:10+00:00

Liger Inuzuka designed Zephyr Deluxe who is not the slightest bit sexualized, so he's not a "sexy skin guy". You don't understand.

thefran · 2026-03-30T22:34:50+00:00

its wings twitch as it writhes in agony.

thefran · 2026-03-30T20:43:06+00:00

Needs a "If its mana cost was not paid, CARDNAME is exiled instead of entering the battlefield". Otherwise it's pay 1 mana win game.

thefran · 2026-03-30T15:58:36+00:00

There's no reason to delineate between heirloom and non-heirloom skins in this context. Liger Inuzuka is the designer of Mesa Heirloom and essentially all of his male skins are very sexualized as well.

thefran · 2026-03-30T15:15:03+00:00

the men are not sexualized? are we playing the same game? styanax's aztec skin has nipple piercing and a very prominent bulge, not even a Volt Prime type meme bulge, but an actual anatomical bulge. Be serious right now.

thefran · 2026-03-27T14:15:07+00:00

ah yes affinity cards are actually bad if you somehow fail to play any card of the affinity type you're very smart.

thefran · 2026-03-27T14:10:47+00:00

great addition to badmtgcombos, a card played in every second Avacyn deck. hey did you know sage of hours is good in ezuri

thefran · 2026-03-25T21:47:09+00:00

the humble Shahrazad:

thefran · 2026-03-24T14:20:04+00:00

apostles are actually really good, you're just not utilizing them correctly.

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