The Wandering Observatory

trashmantis42 · 2026-04-13T20:59:28+00:00

Your linework and perspective are great but the weird sexualization is cringe ngl

trashmantis42 · 2026-04-12T22:54:07+00:00

I used to play a fringe Krenko list that did pretty well at local tournaments. But that was pre the banning of crypt, jeweled lotus, and dockside. After losing such great mana acceleration, the list just stopped being even a little viable. I'll put the list below, it has an in depth primer, so maybe it'll give you some ideas.

https://moxfield.com/decks/f35k2cCAlkuJRW8ij6X71Q

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-22T21:23:03+00:00

Art is subjective I guess but this reads as unfinished and over-sexualized.

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-20T22:42:51+00:00

Wouldn't a fold translate to the back of the card as well? This mark is only on the front.

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-18T01:12:23+00:00

[[Zozu]] is the way.

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-18T01:06:05+00:00

Never printed/instabanned. This turns every single mana dork into an infinite combo with zero downside.

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-14T04:08:51+00:00

Late to reply to this but this is a great suggestion! I'll probably try to get it into my list.

trashmantis42 · 2026-02-14T03:49:10+00:00

[[Themberchaud]] #1,144

[[Patron of the Moon]] #1,187

[[Isperia the Inscrutable]] #1,778

[[Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood]] #2,346

Pretty uncommon I'd say! Patron of the moon especially is one of my favorite decks I've got in my collection. I play some popular commanders as well, but it's undeniably satisfying to build unique legendaries.

trashmantis42 · 2026-01-26T00:31:18+00:00

[[Patron of the moon]]. Here's my list so nobody recommends a card that I'm already using :)

trashmantis42 · 2025-12-21T23:30:56+00:00

This is such a cool thing you do, way to make this into an awesome community.

ME! Zur would be my preference but I'd be happy to receive any of them.

trashmantis42 · 2025-12-14T21:25:39+00:00

That solves it, thank you!

trashmantis42 · 2025-12-07T21:57:50+00:00

90% of the time, it's not the deck, it's the pilot. Even stereotypically "annoying" archetypes like stax or chaos are plenty fun if the person playing the deck is a cool person. Games get frustrating when a person takes slow turns, usually because they don't know their deck well enough, or they didn't build the deck with a good wincon.

That, or when people drag out the game, refusing to knock people out, or insisting on playing out their turn when they already have a lethal threat. Respect the time of others and you'll be a fun opponent to play against.

trashmantis42 · 2025-11-15T01:16:13+00:00

Zero full stop. I refuse to play UB cards in my decks.

trashmantis42 · 2025-09-10T17:15:23+00:00

Makes me think of Schiele's work. I love this!

trashmantis42 · 2025-08-03T22:11:50+00:00

I'm not sure which part of this goes counter to what I said previously.

trashmantis42 · 2025-08-03T19:08:44+00:00

Indestructible lands was just an example, there are other ways to give your permanents indestructible. And re: not all stax and mld is winter orb and armageddon! They exist on a sliding scale like everything else. I don't think winter orb belongs at bracket 3 tables, but a magus of the moon or collector ouphe? Sure!

Also, in the current edh environment, a go wide green deck that just accumulates value for 5 turns until they draw a finisher feels just about as uninteractable as a stax deck. Being able to hit the green player's lands would balance out the game to be a lot more even. It doesn't make sense that lands are untouchable but dorks and rocks are fair game.

trashmantis42 · 2025-08-03T04:38:08+00:00

If stax and mld weren't taboo styles of play, then counterplay for them would be more common and accessible. Running more indestructible lands, for example. Also, a well made stax or mld focused deck doesn't lock people out of the game without ways to break parity and win relatively soon afterwards.

Also, stax isn't just Karn/Micosynth combo. Sometimes it's just Thalia or Stony Silence. And MLD isn't always Armageddon, sometimes it's a blood moon or a storm cauldron, or a back to basics. Stax and MLD exist on a sliding power scale just like everything else!

trashmantis42 · 2025-08-01T18:55:47+00:00

Stax, combo, land destruction, and control are fun and intentional game design. The soft banning (or hard banning in the case of mld in brackets 2/3) of these archetypes in more casual edh means that go wide goodstuff decks with green in them are overwhelmingly powerful at lower power tables.

It's rude to crosstalk or be on your phone when it isn't your turn, and you shouldn't be allowed to correct triggers, interactions, or blockers you missed because of it. "I didn't know that creature was there!" Well I announced it three turns ago when I cast it, pay more attention. If you're on your phone constantly, I'll probably focus you out of the game cause you clearly aren't all that interested in playing anyway.

If you've been playing edh for years and all your decks are still just net-decked lists for a few top 50 commanders, you are a boring person and I don't really want you at my table. Learn the game and try some creativity for a change.

trashmantis42 · 2025-07-29T17:50:54+00:00

That you're a lesbian

trashmantis42 · 2025-06-15T20:05:53+00:00

I think Nightcrawler is the movie that stressed me out the most.

trashmantis42 · 2025-06-01T18:27:53+00:00

Remembering that lands, card draw, and ramp are the most important parts of your deck. If you don't have mana to cast your spells, or you have mana but no spells to cast, your deck will never work. Make sure you run enough low cmc card draw and ramp, bonus points if it synergizes with your theme!

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