I played against a Nekusar deck last night and scooped on the third turn. Did not get to do anything.
I hope I detracted from his fun by doing that at least.
Because he came off as an unapologetic bully who liked detracting from my fun in particular.
Edited by NickTheSwing on Oct 19th 2019 at 11:47:39 AM
October 21, 2019 Banned and Restricted Announcement
, effective Oct. 25th, 2019.
- Standard:
- Field of the Dead
is banned.
- Field of the Dead
- Pauper:
- Arcum's Astrolabe
is banned.
- Arcum's Astrolabe
Also, Announcing the Pioneer Format
.
The initial ban list for this new format consists only of the fetch land cycle;
I keep my cards sorted by format, so it looks like I've got a lot of collection rearranging to do. I also now have to decide which of my Modern decks to keep Modern and which to convert to Pioneeer.
Yes, Field of the Dead could get really ridiculous really fast. While the article cites its fetchability by Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
as a motive behind the banning, the main Field shenanigans enabler I've seen in unranked Arena play has been Risen Reef
. Bit that, too, got pretty bull-tastic. Multiple Risen Reefs putting multiple lands into play per turn with multiple Fields in play is an easy recipe for a zombie apocalypse.
While I had one Field of the Dead in my Grixis Amass deck because its zombie tokens get the same bonuses its creature cards grant to the army token, that deck also lacks any kind of ramp, so I rarely got it to actually go off in that deck. So it's no big loss to that one.
Edited by Lightblade on Oct 22nd 2019 at 8:38:34 AM
Remember when I kinda freaked the fuck out about Food way back when Eldraine was in Spoiler Season?
Edited by NickTheSwing on Oct 27th 2019 at 7:12:51 AM
I'm still perplexed that his turn into elk ability is a +1 ability and not a -1 ability. Though the funny thing is that my Yorvo Brawl deck steamrolls every Oko brawl deck I've faced because most of my heavy hitters are based around +1/1 counters. Hit Yorvo with his ability and you've just given me a 7/7.
So I finally had my first EDH win after a long time spent losing.
I resolved Expropriate using two blue and 7 Eldrazi Spawn
which I got from using Gather Specimens
when one of my opponents hit me with an equipped up Rapacious One.
Then both of my opponents despite typical wisdom both voted to give me extra turns. So resolving Expropriate gave me 3 extra turns.
On my first extra turn I resolved Mass Manipulation
, targeting...everything. Which promptly induced scoops because I had two more extra turns after that.
Edited by NickTheSwing on Nov 21st 2019 at 10:51:23 AM
They've released an official apology for straightwashing Chandra:
Chandra will love and be involved with many characters as her story unfolds—regardless of gender. She will explore her relationships with fire and passion as she adventures across the multiverse. She is the character you've come to know and see yourself, your friends, and your family in over the past decade.
A value we hold dear is that our characters belong as much to our fans as they do to those of us who help create and shepherd them. Moving forward, we will take more care to ensure they stay true to their ideals, their identity, and the history we have carefully curated—none more so than one as beloved as Chandra Nalaar.
—The Creative Teams at Wizards of the Coast and Del Rey
hey fam whatcha brewin in pioneer
or in other formats, even, i'm just mentioning pioneer cuz that's basically what i've been playing exclusively for a while
i made a gideon tribal/friends deck which works pretty well, all the gideons throw pressure on like its hot, i got a gideon's company and a pridemate in there alongside ajani of the pride to synergize with collective brutality/interplanar beacon/gideon blackblade
online vers. has liliana the last hope and thoughtseize but they're pretty pricey in paper so i'm uncertain about popping them in too
You know how White is said to be a color without card draw?
I think this counts as card draw. Sure it makes you skip draws, but it gives you seven cards drawn in return for your patience with it.

I'm building a few Commander decks right now, including Niv Mizzet Reborn, Krenko Tin Street Kingpin, Roon, The Mimeoplasm, and my existing Hogaak deck.
Any fun cards I should check out for Niv, Mimeoplasm and Krenko?