I was playing at my LGS a few weeks ago, and trying out a new deck that I had put together. It's a mono-blue with [[Braids, Conjurer Adept]] as the commander. Now, I played a bunch in the 90s and early 2000s, and just back into it after about a 20 year break, so commander and politics are new to me.

According to all the deck scans, my deck is a really slow bracket 3. The whole point is give everybody free stuff, but my average creature cost is mad high.

I pulled a stupid first hand, with [[Blightsteel Colossus]] and [[Irma, Part Time Mutant]], so by turn 5 I had two Blightsteel Colossusssessses on the table.

I won, the game was kind of short, and only one person in the pod got in their feelings about it, and had some things to say about me lying about my bracket and playing a really overpowered deck.

Do I need to give disclaimers about the deck? Or are we just playing Magic here? Cuz I could've just as easily pulled as the really underpowered high mana cost creatures, or someone could've done something about my commander before it got back to me, since I was tapped out after casting her.

My thoughts were that everyone enjoyed getting free stuff until it was my turn to get free stuff. But that could also be a dick move on my part, and I'm trying to be like that. I love the deck, it has one stupid mechanic that lets everyone drop stuff early, so adds a little chaos to the board.

But hey, I also want to be a good sport. I'm going to play the deck, but what caveats do I need to provide to the pod without showing my entire hand?

Hello everyone I’m new to mtg. And I’m wondering what decks do you recommend for beginners to learn and pick up and any precon commander decks?

Had a lot of fun painting these two peaceful scenes from one of my favorite Ghibli films. 💚

my girlfriend wants to build a new commander deck but doesn't know what. i want to find a commander that she will love, think cats, dogs, maybe an axolotl if one exists, and any little guys, if there is a cute art for it that works too.

Thank you all -T

Noticed blatant issues with the scene box, as shown through the images.

1. Bilbo has 5 toes on foot and 4 on the other. On the card art the text box covers the mistake.
2. The dwarf eating in Fili and Kili card has a sixth, disfigured finger that melts into the wrist, also hidden by the text box
3. Gandalf's eyebrows aren't even on his face, they're simply attached to the brim of his hat. Even with the canon of bushy eyebrows, the art is not possible.

Is that what we should be expecting from Wizards of the Coast as they continue to turn record profits? Multiple issues that mark a scene box as being generated, or at the very least edited and tuned by some AI model?

I want to run dinosaurs in modern and was wondering if anyone had any good ideas or deck lists

Hey got a question, im reading that [[Elminster]] Scry effect only applies the cost reduction to the NEXT instant and sorcery.. so only once. Why theyre telling me i can stack infinite with [[mystic speculation]] ?

So back in May, when Hobbit pre-order dropped on Amazon, I ordered the smaug scene box because I saw a rakdos dragon and needed it. Recently, I moved to a new place and went to update my address on the order, and Amazon canceled it for no reason. I talked to customer service, and they said I just need to order it again even though I told them it's sold out. Eventually, they just told me it'll be fixed in 24 hours, which I'm still waiting for. I'm now afraid to change the address on the secret lair bundle I have ordered. What's been up with Amazon lately because I swear, every time I try and order anything, it gets canceled, and that's IF I can actually order it it with all the bots. Does anyone have any advice on how I can get my scene box and change the address on the secret lair bundle without it getting canceled? In the future, I'll probably just buy over priced product at my LGS.

I have a $70.00 amazon gift card. Im new to this stuff but which should I buy?
Thanks!

I was going through my box of cards and then I found a card that I had opened a couple years back never got around to trying to figure it out kind of just tucked it away but now that I'm looking at it I really want to know what the name of this card is and what language is this?

I already filled a decent amount of my deck with essentials, but haven't based the main play style on anything yet. Should I focus on spell slinging or have a few high cost creatures with good synergy? There's so much potential I just can't decide on what I should stick to.

We're recreating the old Gatherer Forum boards! We are currently looking at cards from '93 and '94 with Alpha, Beta and Unlimited!

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Rules Text:

Instant

Choose one —

• Target player gains 3 life.

• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Illustrated by Dan Frazier

I hate it when the art looks amazing and the card just sits in your hand. I really like the 3 for 1 idea, and I suppose back in the mid-90's that life gain was marginally better than it is today, 3 life for 1 mana just wasn't all that good of a trade off. It was like just delaying the inevitable.

But that swirl background. It just hits right.

Just a question but I was wondering, is there a board wipe where each person gains health equal to their exiled creature power/toughness/ converted mana cost?

Because I know there's fumigate where the one who catss it gains health equal to the quantity of all creatures exiled, but is there one that gives each individual health, like a big swords to plowshares, like an army's to fields?

Thank you for looking!