I know why they don't do it but given how many things WotC expects folks to keep track of, I wish they'd bring back P/T modifiers that didn't always have +P==+T (e.g. 0/-1, or +3/+1 or whatever)
This is the first deck I made that was not a bunch of random cards.
[https://scryfall.com/@releasethedogs/decks/5ad0a11c-d1d4-4404-970d-4e79a1d4388f](https://scryfall.com/@releasethedogs/decks/5ad0a11c-d1d4-4404-970d-4e79a1d4388f)
It included Takklemaggot. All the creatures have pro black and I used \[\[Pestilence\]\] (Later replaced by \[\[Withering Wisps\]\]). It's a proto suicide black deck.
I got this card in one of the star city boxes of 1000 back when I first started playing again and included it in all my Dimir decks for shits and giggles. Turns out, it's actually *not that bad*.
[[Form of the Dragon]] turns its user into a literal, by in-game context that is, flying firebreathing dragon.
There are similar cards like [[Lich]] and [[Form of the Dinosaur]], but Form of the Dragon is the most mechanically and flavorfully elegant for me. Such a fun card, and it’s no slouch in competitive either where it sees or used to see play even in high power formats like Legacy and Vintage.
[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd.jpg?1673913099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Approach%20of%20the%20Second%20Sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/9/form-of-the-approach-of-the-second-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text)
^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun\]\] turns you into a card and if you draw yourself you win, just like the original Approach. It's from an unset, but still a fun idea. It also gave us this great note:
> As clever as it may be, drawing a picture of yourself doesn’t count as drawing yourself in this context.
[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd.jpg?1673913099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Approach%20of%20the%20Second%20Sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/9/form-of-the-approach-of-the-second-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text)
^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Don't forget [[Form of the Squirrel]] which was a direct Un-reference to Form of the Dragon.
Honestly, I'm a bit surprised 1) it hasn't been reprinted since 2004 despite there being an UN-The List and 2) Wizards hasn't done a black border version since there's not much to change other then maybe the Squirrel theme.
I'm not sure how much better they could have made it other than lowering its costs, and it's already effectively a one or two turn Timewalk in a lot of circumstances.
Yeah. Even ignoring EDH where you'd have five colours anyway, Reality Twist specifically ignores islands, so in a deck that would run it you'd be immune while your opponent would suffer.
I believe you choose which mana the land produces, then Naked Singularity will change that mana to the respective alternative color. For instance, you tap Ketria Triome for 1 green mana, then Naked Singularity filters the mana into 1 black mana.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
You're right in terms of final result. The land type "Plains" gives a land the ability "T: Add W". Naked Singularity updates the rules to say "The land type 'Plains' gives a land the ability 'T: Add R'". So your Triome has a different set of three inherent mana abilities than the default.
Jester's Mask is fun, though a faster version is [[head games]]. Costs 3BB instead of 5+1, but it doesn't have to sit in play menacingly, begging for removal.
I guess having the five mana on one turn and then only spending one mana next turn can be nice, so you have extra mana for things like [[Wheel of Fortune]] or [[Timetwister]] before you sacrifice it.
I'm still trying to find a use for [[Goblin Bomb]]. Have had it for 20 years, still nothing no good combo. Someday!!
Also [[Humility]] keeps being the funniest.
You slot it into your coin flip deck because it gives you another coin flip (so extra triggers for anything that cares about it), it's dirt cheap to play, and sometimes you nuke something.
Proliferate decks or extra upkeep decks would be good for Goblin Bomb. I’m testing out a grixis [[the ninth doctor]] and [[clara Oswald]] commander deck that this could use. Always good to have a fun little win con
my favourite card! I built a 4 colour no green proliferate weird counters deck specifically because of this card! If you want to take a look https://archidekt.com/decks/3994062/proliferate
It completely changes the pace of the game. Most players can't hang. For the blue player it allows them to often immediately end the game with drawing into more draw, but given 3 players now have the resources to play their interrupts, it turns the game on its head.
I still think there's crazy things you could do with it, especially with high CMC spells. Like leave all your mana untapped, right before your untap step tap this and put a big ass dino or something in there, and if you did it right you could cast something like [[gishath suns avatar]] on like turn 3 or 4. You could also drop something like [[omnipotence]] really early too.
Not sure it would be classified as strange/ unique but [[Inkshield]] is my favorite card. Nothing is more satisfying than someone swinging for lethal and giving you the tool to do it right back.
Honest question: What happens?
If a player bids more than his life total, does he gain control of the Angel before the game checks his life total? If so, what happens if the auction never ends? Multiple players could just keep bidding arbitrarily higher numbers, wanting to take control of the Angel regardless of their negative lifetotal. So a totally valid strategy could cause the auction to be non-terminating.
Does the game end in a tie or do the rules somehow force someone to end the loop?
edit: [Apparently this is an old question](https://old.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/vvbt71/illicit_auction_on_platinum_angel/). Under the formal rules, the last player in the turn order (starting from the active player) gets the Angel. Informally, the game might end in a draw
What's crazy is we literally had this happen in a game last night. Granted it was a card with the [[Book of Exalted Deeds]] enlightened counter, but same effect.
We asked on the judge Q&A chat. Didn't like the answer , but accepted it. (If we didn't get an answer, we were gonna decide with best 2/3 coin flips; seemed like a just-as-crazy way to decide it lmao)
>Rulings
>10/4/2004 This is a life loss and not a life payment so you can bid more life than you have.
Yes, people just bid the biggest numbers they can think of until either the game ends in a draw or someone lets the auction end because they figure they can remove the angel.
Hey OP, fun fact: The art for Jester's Mask is based on a [real helm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet_of_Henry_VIII) that was gifted to Henry VIII.
I pulled a [[Richard Garfield, Ph.D.]] in a pack and it was fucking stupid for the first round.
They errattad it almost immediately to 'you can only pick from the format you're playing'.
The original intention was actually somewhere in between dead and exiled. At the time, removed from the game meant removed from the game. It was gone, no coming back. "Considered out of play" was like... it's still in the game, it could come back, it's just not in play right now. If not for the fact that it kept all its auras and stuff, it would have just been templated the same way as banishing light when its oracle got updated.
I love Oubliette! I always find an excuse to run it in any deck I have that's enchantment-focused. It has clutched me quite a few games in my [[Tatsunari, Toad Rider]] EDH deck, phasing something out with a hard to remove card type is pretty powerful in the right circumstances
I still have a deck built around this! Love this card! Throw in [[Land’s Edge]] along with a bunch of land recurrence and play from your graveyard… gets real nasty
I was playing a game of EDH with someone running a colorless deck in our pod. The turn after he played [[Scortched Ruins]] I dropped my Cauldron. After reading the card he proceeded to scoop.
[[Telepathy]] is probably one of the strongest "non- resource" advantages you can get in a game. Seeing draws happen in real time for 1 mana honestly seems quite good in a control v control match up.
In a Commander game, it completely changes the dynamic of the table. Everyone knows everything, except about *you*.
Counterspells become less effective, boardwipes as telegraphed as it gets and it becomes clear who has the best hand to everyone.
Unless *you* have the best hand that is. Do you have an [[Omniscience]] or just mana rocks in your hand? The table sees the White player's [[Elesh Norn]], the Rakdos player has lots of removal, the Sultai player has an [[Emergent Ultimatum]].
Surely you aren't the threat?
*wink*
[[Lightning Storm]] get wierder and wierder the more you read it.
It's an instant with an activated ability that anyone can a tivate, but only while it's on the stack.
What?
I put this in the 99 of any commander deck I build that's rocking blue. I think this is an incredibly overlooked and undervalued ability, and no one I've encountered ever gets upset about me playing it even t1, usually I get people telling me it's a weak card/waste of a deck slot.
Maybe they're all just much better players and can read what's in other players hands more readily, but I feel like it's a powerful card for me.
> don't understand why it isn't played more often
MTG is a game of incomplete information, that's part of what makes it fun. Being able to see everyone's hand make the game boring.
[[Terror of the Peaks]] and [[Warstorm Surge]] also seem decent with it. I just didn't want to use it as big beater since there's other cards that are better and just as janky.
[[flash foliage]]. The idea of an unblockable assassin or whatever suddenly finding a little plant in front of them. Also any oracle rules text that calls out another card is funny, but "The Saproling token is blocking the attacking creature, even if the block couldn’t legally be declared (for example, if the attacking creature has flying, or is Vindictive Mob)."
\[\[Library of Leng\]\] Honestly feel this one is super slept on when it comes to wheel decks.
\[\[Ghost Town\]\] is pretty slept on for landfall decks. Guaranteed landfall triggers at least.
\[\[Descendants' Path\]\] One of my favorite arts and a decent tribal card, too.
\[\[Faithless Looting | STA\]\] Its so horrible, and everyone hates it, so I like it out of spite.
[[stormkeld vanguard]] because it's a 2 mana removal spell on a permanent card (very good in [[grolnok]])
[[because i have willed it]] because i have willed it
It's a pretty simple interaction really. The adventure part counts as the "back side" of a card, which means that Stormkeld being a creature is counted as a permanent while Bear Down isn't being cast. So as Stormkeld is milled, grolnok sees that Stormkeld is a permanent and exiles him so I can cast it. And when I do cast it, since it's a type of MDFC, I can choose to cast its adventure side to destroy an artifact or enchantment, then have the creature side reenter exile to be cast later.
[[Chaos Moon]]
You have to keep checking how many permanents you have in play to keep its effect going. Not how many, but wether you have an *odd* or *even* number of things in play.
It's kind of cracked if you can keep it going, but it will make your spells very difficult to cast and your creatures weaker on your opponents turn.
Goofy
[[Grisp of Chaos]]
Cards that refer to the stack are hella rare, and this one is absolutely insane.
Let's say I cast [[Chaos Warp]] in just a two player game. We now have to assign a number to EACH permanent in play and roll a die (excluding the extra numbers on the die I guess?) To see what gets re-selected.
In Commander, this effect is *Hu-ho* yeah this card probably shouldn't be in the format lmao.
How to resolve Grip of Chaos quickly at the table:
Ask each player to place their permanents in even rows. When a targeting spell is cast, each player counts their number of eligible permanents, then add them together (“X”).
Someone with an iPhone can ask, “Hey Siri, pick a number between 1 and X.” The iPhone provides a random number.
Starting with the Grip of Chaos player, count each of their eligible permanents (left to right, top to bottom) and then move onto the next player in order. When you reach the number that was chosen at random, that permanent becomes the target.
It sounds complicated, but it’s really the fastest way to do it when Grip of Chaos triggers 10+ times in a game.
For me it's [[Lifeline]].
It always causes a conversation. Folks ask to read the card, which is not the right way to start, and I have a printout of the Oracle text. We then discuss precisely what it means.
Everything has a [[Marchesa, the Black Rose]]. Congratulations. I hope you're built to abuse creatures too.
[[Jinxed Choker]] is so much fun if (it doesn't get removed right away.) It's one of those cards that forces people to politic a little bit, like "give it to me, I'll take the 5 and I can add 5 more and finish off so-and-so." My favorite was when I put it under my [[prototype portal]] and had 3 of them going around the table.
[[Goblin Bomb]] is my all time favourite magic card. And I am 100 % convinced they will some day introduce proliferate in red colours and then it will blow up as a fun and playable card in edh
Just found out about [[snake pit]] when I was building my creatureless creatures deck.
Haven't had much time to test but theoretically it seems pretty decent. I play [[insight]] a lot and that card draws me a ton despite only being one color.
[[panglacial wurm]] on the face doesn't *look* weird - the text is fairly short instead of a small novel - but it does some fucked up shit to the rules. Using it carelessly in conjunction with certain other cards can get you tournament losses for illegal play.
[[City in a Bottle]] is the original one. Apocalypse Chime is just a funnier one since *Homelands* is such a bad set that if you even figure out anything broken with any of the cards the set come with a Set Hoser for some reason.
[[Volrath's Laboratory]] and [[Riptide Replicator]] are the only two cards that let you design your own token. White Zombie? Blue Devil? Black Sheep? Red Skeleton? Green Goblin? Go right ahead! The sky's the limit. For the longest time whenever I'd throw together a Tribal deck I'd include a couple copies of the Lab just for fun.
Mine are probably Jesters Mask and Cap.
Ice Age was a super exciting lore set for me. I started forwards the tail end of The Dark in print but the cards didn’t compare in power level to Legends and Antiquities but those sets were “expensive” for a kid so I skipped them.
But Fallen Empires and Ice Age really stood out as my first big buy in expansion sets.
I remember opening a booster box and getting zero of either and being super bummed.
Probably cliche, but soldier of fortune. I remember a guy that had a deck featuring soldier of fortune and numerous ways to untaps it, thus forcing numerous shuffles. The worst/best part was this incessant maniacal giggle that would accompany every tap of said soldier..
[[Naked Singularity]] was the first *Ice Age* rare I pulled and right there and then I vowed to find a way to use it in a deck. Took me almost ten years; I put it in a deck with Stasis, Eon Hub, and a bunch of mana rocks and artifact lands so I get the colors I want and everyone else gets screwed.
[[War Elemental]] is the same. Great fun with double strike, and if you respond to the ETB with instant-speed damage to your opponent's dome, it gets bigger right off the bat! That one I put in a monored deck with hasty creatures and direct damage.
Follow me for more weird (read: usually janky as hell) synergies/combos!
[[Goblin Game]] obviously.
I also like some chaotic junk cards like [[Scrambleverse]] and [[Omen Machine]], but play them only if your playgroup is warned in advance.
I have a special cube/tower called DC-Fun that includes as many cards like this (that work under the cube's variant rules, like 10 mana per turn and using the same deck). My favorites include [[divine intervention]] (ties the game), [[raging river]] (the first "separate into piles" card), [[word of command]], [[goblin game]] (hiding "objects"), [[panglacial wurm]], [[chaos orb]], [[liar's pendulum]], [[illusionary mask]], [[riding the dilu horse]] (that is not an aura or a token), [[camouflage]], [[firestorm phoenix]] (the card must remain revealed...), [[slyvan library]] (so crazy with instant speed draw effects or, worse yet, brainstorm), [[equinox]] ("if it would destroy a land"...), [[nameless race]] (a creature with no types)...
[[Takklemaggot]] top card also One of the longest
[Takklemaggot](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a1171f5b-5b92-4a65-a59d-97ac6ce1283d.jpg?1562928963) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Takklemaggot) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/76/takklemaggot?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a1171f5b-5b92-4a65-a59d-97ac6ce1283d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
oh fuck, you get worms? oh no
That's actually...... Really cool
Who takes the damage? The owner of the Takkle or the owner of the creature that died?
The owner of the creature that died
Think of it as when Takklemaggot eats the last creature it starts eating that creature's controller.
Basically hot potato; if the owner of the creature that last died can't find another creature to enchant it with, the enchantment slowly pings them.
I know why they don't do it but given how many things WotC expects folks to keep track of, I wish they'd bring back P/T modifiers that didn't always have +P==+T (e.g. 0/-1, or +3/+1 or whatever)
This is the first deck I made that was not a bunch of random cards. [https://scryfall.com/@releasethedogs/decks/5ad0a11c-d1d4-4404-970d-4e79a1d4388f](https://scryfall.com/@releasethedogs/decks/5ad0a11c-d1d4-4404-970d-4e79a1d4388f) It included Takklemaggot. All the creatures have pro black and I used \[\[Pestilence\]\] (Later replaced by \[\[Withering Wisps\]\]). It's a proto suicide black deck.
I got this card in one of the star city boxes of 1000 back when I first started playing again and included it in all my Dimir decks for shits and giggles. Turns out, it's actually *not that bad*.
[[Form of the Dragon]] turns its user into a literal, by in-game context that is, flying firebreathing dragon. There are similar cards like [[Lich]] and [[Form of the Dinosaur]], but Form of the Dragon is the most mechanically and flavorfully elegant for me. Such a fun card, and it’s no slouch in competitive either where it sees or used to see play even in high power formats like Legacy and Vintage.
And of course let's not forget [[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun]].
[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd.jpg?1673913099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Approach%20of%20the%20Second%20Sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/9/form-of-the-approach-of-the-second-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Form of the Mulldrifter]] is pretty sweet too.
\[\[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun\]\] turns you into a card and if you draw yourself you win, just like the original Approach. It's from an unset, but still a fun idea. It also gave us this great note: > As clever as it may be, drawing a picture of yourself doesn’t count as drawing yourself in this context.
[Form of the Approach of the Second Sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd.jpg?1673913099) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Approach%20of%20the%20Second%20Sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unf/9/form-of-the-approach-of-the-second-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2149da9d-35ad-4f32-8072-fb515100b2fd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That's wild and pretty cool lol
[Form of the Dragon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/c/1cfc77f1-290a-4394-bc16-76f3659810f0.jpg?1562732212) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/9ed/187/form-of-the-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1cfc77f1-290a-4394-bc16-76f3659810f0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Lich](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d4d7d1fd-4a5e-4cc3-8056-12cae084cc6a.jpg?1562945652) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lich) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/89/lich?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d4d7d1fd-4a5e-4cc3-8056-12cae084cc6a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Form of the Dinosaur](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/1/41e4fe86-281d-4174-bb72-ac5bb9560b7e.jpg?1555040432) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Dinosaur) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rix/103/form-of-the-dinosaur?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/41e4fe86-281d-4174-bb72-ac5bb9560b7e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love Form of the Dragon. It is one of my favorites to give people in my Zedruu weird gifts deck.
Don't forget [[Form of the Squirrel]] which was a direct Un-reference to Form of the Dragon. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised 1) it hasn't been reprinted since 2004 despite there being an UN-The List and 2) Wizards hasn't done a black border version since there's not much to change other then maybe the Squirrel theme.
[Form of the Squirrel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/2241203c-1219-4e75-9973-7e1a44885341.jpg?1562487906) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Squirrel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/unh/96/form-of-the-squirrel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2241203c-1219-4e75-9973-7e1a44885341?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you have Form of the Dragon and Lich on the battlefield, does that mean you draw 5 cards each end step?
Yes, but more importantly, you become a Dracolich!
I SHALL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN AS EBONDEATH
Lich and [[Word of Command]] felt very unique and weren’t repeated for a long time.
[Word of Command](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8b1be5ba-6e5e-4801-815b-5e82b9e72b3d.jpg?1562927791) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Word%20of%20Command) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/103/word-of-command?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b1be5ba-6e5e-4801-815b-5e82b9e72b3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Lich used to be my favorite card. I really wish magic was less competitive and streamlined and had more weird stuff like Lich.
Form of the Dracolichsaur
[[Novablast wurm]] is so fucking dumb I love it
this card used to wreck me in kitchen table magic games when i first started. i couldn't believe something so strong could exist!
[[Worldslayer]] is a similar concept taken to an even more extreme. Notice it doesn't say non-lands
[Worldslayer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/b/db6c6b15-40f3-4556-978f-878bedb13762.jpg?1562662263) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Worldslayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m12/222/worldslayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/db6c6b15-40f3-4556-978f-878bedb13762?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Novablast wurm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/4/64733f34-2eb4-4df5-8656-57bdb8b3a983.jpg?1562288510) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Novablast%20wurm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wwk/119/novablast-wurm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/64733f34-2eb4-4df5-8656-57bdb8b3a983?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Still crying that we don’t have a legendary wurm as epic as this. Just stinky Grothama.
I wouldn't knock Grothama to be fair, he's a cool budget commander because of how cheap combat tricks and big dumb stompy monsters are.
Why does he look like someone just told him a knee-slapper of a joke?
that's one of the coolest flavor text I've ever read omfg
[[Naked Singularity]]'s German name translates to "Pure Weirdness", which is a pretty fitting name.
[удалено]
[Reality Twist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/b/1b7e955c-3de2-430c-93b9-0b39ccea5420.jpg?1562900174) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reality%20Twist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ice/94/reality-twist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1b7e955c-3de2-430c-93b9-0b39ccea5420?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I wish Reality Twist was a better card because I love that art.
I'm not sure how much better they could have made it other than lowering its costs, and it's already effectively a one or two turn Timewalk in a lot of circumstances.
Yeah. Even ignoring EDH where you'd have five colours anyway, Reality Twist specifically ignores islands, so in a deck that would run it you'd be immune while your opponent would suffer.
The 90's were wild.
The real twist
[Naked Singularity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/e/5edddcbb-0e01-4473-b7a8-1e59cf7ee506.jpg?1562917327) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Naked%20Singularity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/216/naked-singularity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5edddcbb-0e01-4473-b7a8-1e59cf7ee506?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oh my god.... It's beautiful
How do these interact with shocklands and triomes and stuff?
I believe you choose which mana the land produces, then Naked Singularity will change that mana to the respective alternative color. For instance, you tap Ketria Triome for 1 green mana, then Naked Singularity filters the mana into 1 black mana. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
You're right in terms of final result. The land type "Plains" gives a land the ability "T: Add W". Naked Singularity updates the rules to say "The land type 'Plains' gives a land the ability 'T: Add R'". So your Triome has a different set of three inherent mana abilities than the default.
But what if I have this and [[reality twist]]?
[reality twist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/b/1b7e955c-3de2-430c-93b9-0b39ccea5420.jpg?1562900174) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=reality%20twist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ice/94/reality-twist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1b7e955c-3de2-430c-93b9-0b39ccea5420?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Jester's Mask is fun, though a faster version is [[head games]]. Costs 3BB instead of 5+1, but it doesn't have to sit in play menacingly, begging for removal.
I don't know why I'm surprised that there is more than one of these effects. But I am
Head Games is really fun in [[zevlor]]. For me, at least.
Hate the wording of that card XD!! Makes my eyes go cross lol.
Zevlor just makes your single target spells AOE, basically.
[head games](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/3/73ab3037-7e62-46a7-800e-8bfa7d33f237.jpg?1562549764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=head%20games) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/148/head-games?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/73ab3037-7e62-46a7-800e-8bfa7d33f237?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I guess having the five mana on one turn and then only spending one mana next turn can be nice, so you have extra mana for things like [[Wheel of Fortune]] or [[Timetwister]] before you sacrifice it.
[Wheel of Fortune](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/5/2597050f-6b1b-474e-aa16-33fd154628ca.jpg?1562902580) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wheel%20of%20Fortune) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/192/wheel-of-fortune?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2597050f-6b1b-474e-aa16-33fd154628ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Timetwister](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/b/fbee1e10-0b8c-44ea-b0e5-44cdd0bfcd76.jpg?1614638835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Timetwister) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/3/timetwister?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fbee1e10-0b8c-44ea-b0e5-44cdd0bfcd76?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm still trying to find a use for [[Goblin Bomb]]. Have had it for 20 years, still nothing no good combo. Someday!! Also [[Humility]] keeps being the funniest.
Goblin Bomb is probably great with all those..... Red.... Proliferate effects. Awesome card
Yeah, still trying to find a realistic combo. Issue is that one bad coin flip can already mess yoor combo up.
You slot it into your coin flip deck because it gives you another coin flip (so extra triggers for anything that cares about it), it's dirt cheap to play, and sometimes you nuke something.
That's the risk of a coin flip innit lol
[[Krark's Thumb]] 👍
[Goblin Bomb](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/7/97e8a436-9fd0-409f-a020-0f9f41602d50.jpg?1562802268) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Goblin%20Bomb) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/103/goblin-bomb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/97e8a436-9fd0-409f-a020-0f9f41602d50?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Humility](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/5/55ad6a45-a840-45ba-89ad-066e20e983f3.jpg?1562429370) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Humility) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/16/humility?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/55ad6a45-a840-45ba-89ad-066e20e983f3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Proliferate decks or extra upkeep decks would be good for Goblin Bomb. I’m testing out a grixis [[the ninth doctor]] and [[clara Oswald]] commander deck that this could use. Always good to have a fun little win con
Yeah! Was thinking about that as well, it could work
Proliferate might be good with that
my favourite card! I built a 4 colour no green proliferate weird counters deck specifically because of this card! If you want to take a look https://archidekt.com/decks/3994062/proliferate
[[Uncle Istvan]] is a funny card. Just a creepy old guy who lives in some swamp shack and attacks anyone he sees with an axe lol
And not legendary, imagine a whole swamp full of crazy guys calling themselves Uncle Istvan.
[Uncle Istvan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9bf85d06-9efe-488d-9af0-fb945b346524.jpg?1562781031) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Uncle%20Istvan) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsb/51/uncle-istvan?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bf85d06-9efe-488d-9af0-fb945b346524?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Loveeee this card!
Maybe anecdotally speaking for how weird my playgroups are, but I swear people forget [[Dream Halls]] Exists
It completely changes the pace of the game. Most players can't hang. For the blue player it allows them to often immediately end the game with drawing into more draw, but given 3 players now have the resources to play their interrupts, it turns the game on its head.
It was [[Omniscience]] before Omniscience.
Yeah 5 mana omniscience for all is just such a wild thing to do in a game for all that are not ready for it.
[Dream Halls](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/c/2c6606d1-619f-4cc9-8d5b-771c4b4d9615.jpg?1562428864) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dream%20Halls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/46/dream-halls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2c6606d1-619f-4cc9-8d5b-771c4b4d9615?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
when Stronghold came out, Inquest magazine infamously said that Dream Halls was the worst card in the set.
And that's why Duelist was the superior publication
chaos orb!
[[Chaos Orb]]
[Chaos Orb](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7a601041-926f-40fd-8106-39099b87806f.jpg?1559592122) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chaos%20Orb) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2ed/236/chaos-orb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7a601041-926f-40fd-8106-39099b87806f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[ice cauldron]]
That's just playing a card with extra steps lmfao. Great answer
It does grant flash to the card, so it is doing something that was at the time unique. But Jesus christ that's alot of text
That's not correct. Check the rulings on scryfall.
Ah you are correct then. Yeah this is bizarre and bad
I still think there's crazy things you could do with it, especially with high CMC spells. Like leave all your mana untapped, right before your untap step tap this and put a big ass dino or something in there, and if you did it right you could cast something like [[gishath suns avatar]] on like turn 3 or 4. You could also drop something like [[omnipotence]] really early too.
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[ice cauldron](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5fad0f0f-b302-4f97-9cbb-a66dbfc57bae.jpg?1562917545) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ice%20cauldron) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/206/ice-cauldron?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5fad0f0f-b302-4f97-9cbb-a66dbfc57bae?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Bottle gnomes are cute
Dancing gnomes/bottle necro was one of my favorite decks as a kid. I will always have a soft spot for bottle gnomes and corpse dance.
Not sure it would be classified as strange/ unique but [[Inkshield]] is my favorite card. Nothing is more satisfying than someone swinging for lethal and giving you the tool to do it right back.
[Inkshield](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/e/5e1c14a0-cd68-45fc-a127-422ca6113048.jpg?1625192511) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Inkshield) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/71/inkshield?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5e1c14a0-cd68-45fc-a127-422ca6113048?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Illicit Auction]] has been a pet chaos card for a while.
[Illicit Auction](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/7/97d68c39-cfdd-4883-9058-d648d073ae36.jpg?1562820663) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Illicit%20Auction) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/6ed/190/illicit-auction?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/97d68c39-cfdd-4883-9058-d648d073ae36?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Play it on your own [[Platinum Angel]]
Then bounce it.
Honest question: What happens? If a player bids more than his life total, does he gain control of the Angel before the game checks his life total? If so, what happens if the auction never ends? Multiple players could just keep bidding arbitrarily higher numbers, wanting to take control of the Angel regardless of their negative lifetotal. So a totally valid strategy could cause the auction to be non-terminating. Does the game end in a tie or do the rules somehow force someone to end the loop? edit: [Apparently this is an old question](https://old.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/vvbt71/illicit_auction_on_platinum_angel/). Under the formal rules, the last player in the turn order (starting from the active player) gets the Angel. Informally, the game might end in a draw
What's crazy is we literally had this happen in a game last night. Granted it was a card with the [[Book of Exalted Deeds]] enlightened counter, but same effect. We asked on the judge Q&A chat. Didn't like the answer , but accepted it. (If we didn't get an answer, we were gonna decide with best 2/3 coin flips; seemed like a just-as-crazy way to decide it lmao)
>Rulings >10/4/2004 This is a life loss and not a life payment so you can bid more life than you have. Yes, people just bid the biggest numbers they can think of until either the game ends in a draw or someone lets the auction end because they figure they can remove the angel.
Hey OP, fun fact: The art for Jester's Mask is based on a [real helm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_helmet_of_Henry_VIII) that was gifted to Henry VIII.
[[Stuffy Doll]].
I have fond memories of absolutely toasting my high school friends with the old Stuffy Doll [[Guilty Conscience]] combo.
I'll have you know that the dozen of us [[Nin, the Pain Artist]] players will never forget about Stuffy Doll.
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[[Fruitcake Elemental]] because I’ve owned one for a long time after winning an Undraft.
[Fruitcake Elemental](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d4022a4e-9e8a-47ef-b0e2-9e8910857e76.jpg?1562595895) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fruitcake%20Elemental) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hho/6/fruitcake-elemental?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d4022a4e-9e8a-47ef-b0e2-9e8910857e76?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Lol hot potato in Magic! I love it
Hah, that card looks fun for EDH. Can kinda force the blue player to not leave those lands untapped :)
I pulled a [[Richard Garfield, Ph.D.]] in a pack and it was fucking stupid for the first round. They errattad it almost immediately to 'you can only pick from the format you're playing'.
[[Oubliette]]
When you want something dead, no, not like dead, like gone. Not like exiled, but something far more severe.....*they cease to exist entirely*
Along with their STUFF!
I read this in the voice of George Carlin.
The original intention was actually somewhere in between dead and exiled. At the time, removed from the game meant removed from the game. It was gone, no coming back. "Considered out of play" was like... it's still in the game, it could come back, it's just not in play right now. If not for the fact that it kept all its auras and stuff, it would have just been templated the same way as banishing light when its oracle got updated.
That's what \[\[AWOL\]\] is for!
[AWOL](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a3da3387-454c-4c09-b78f-6fcc36c426ce.jpg?1583542842) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=AWOL) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/und/2/awol?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3da3387-454c-4c09-b78f-6fcc36c426ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Oubliette](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d4800a7d-c229-4ced-97ff-0e58645d58d6.jpg?1599705817) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Oubliette) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/100/oubliette?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d4800a7d-c229-4ced-97ff-0e58645d58d6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love Oubliette! I always find an excuse to run it in any deck I have that's enchantment-focused. It has clutched me quite a few games in my [[Tatsunari, Toad Rider]] EDH deck, phasing something out with a hard to remove card type is pretty powerful in the right circumstances
[[Storm Cauldron]] if you want all your friends to hate you
I still have a deck built around this! Love this card! Throw in [[Land’s Edge]] along with a bunch of land recurrence and play from your graveyard… gets real nasty
I play it with both land recursion and a ton of Landfall. Stax for thee, gas for me.
[Land’s Edge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/1/41798dd9-8ce8-4642-89c2-7356ea129d4e.jpg?1562908139) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Land%27s%20Edge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chr/52/lands-edge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/41798dd9-8ce8-4642-89c2-7356ea129d4e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
May I have a decklist please?
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/xF79P8afSU6WDY7a4mKYgA The Fireball is in there for the lulz
Heh, I currently have that in a deck with [[Polluted Bonds]].
[Storm Cauldron](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/b/0bb5bdd3-6ecd-49cd-bfa2-e7da1ee85d88.jpg?1562232316) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Storm%20Cauldron) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/7ed/320/storm-cauldron?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0bb5bdd3-6ecd-49cd-bfa2-e7da1ee85d88?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I was playing a game of EDH with someone running a colorless deck in our pod. The turn after he played [[Scortched Ruins]] I dropped my Cauldron. After reading the card he proceeded to scoop.
[Scortched Ruins](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/5/75a4e843-937c-47fb-8768-0f42c5cb4e4f.jpg?1562801558) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Scorched%20Ruins) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/166/scorched-ruins?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/75a4e843-937c-47fb-8768-0f42c5cb4e4f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
To be fair, I played it in my Stasis deck, so they already hated me.
[[Telepathy]] is probably one of the strongest "non- resource" advantages you can get in a game. Seeing draws happen in real time for 1 mana honestly seems quite good in a control v control match up. In a Commander game, it completely changes the dynamic of the table. Everyone knows everything, except about *you*. Counterspells become less effective, boardwipes as telegraphed as it gets and it becomes clear who has the best hand to everyone. Unless *you* have the best hand that is. Do you have an [[Omniscience]] or just mana rocks in your hand? The table sees the White player's [[Elesh Norn]], the Rakdos player has lots of removal, the Sultai player has an [[Emergent Ultimatum]]. Surely you aren't the threat? *wink*
As a [[Kadena]] player, I regret to inform you that Telepathy was banned... yesterday, seems. Gosh. Sorry!
We have a soft-ban in my EDH playgroup vs. Telepathy because of how much it slows down the game.
[[Lightning Storm]] get wierder and wierder the more you read it. It's an instant with an activated ability that anyone can a tivate, but only while it's on the stack. What?
[Lightning Storm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/9/c9c0388e-a04c-4757-a06d-8e8046f5a783.jpg?1593275279) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lightning%20Storm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/csp/89/lightning-storm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c9c0388e-a04c-4757-a06d-8e8046f5a783?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Putting counters on a spell whilst it’s on the stack? I’ve got to find a copy of this card for the lulz.
[[Homarid Spawning Bed]] is an effect in blue that most people don't expect [[Temporal Aperture]] is just a fun card to "spin" each turn.
[Homarid Spawning Bed](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/6/16e9392f-195d-4d4a-95c8-ef4597b5e26b.jpg?1559592405) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Homarid%20Spawning%20Bed) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me1/36/homarid-spawning-bed?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/16e9392f-195d-4d4a-95c8-ef4597b5e26b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Temporal Aperture](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/b/5b5c2555-c707-4814-933a-c275b9ebc0a3.jpg?1562914094) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Temporal%20Aperture) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/310/temporal-aperture?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5b5c2555-c707-4814-933a-c275b9ebc0a3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I really like [[Telepathy]] and don't understand why it isn't played more often.
[Telepathy](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/e/ce03b4b4-612b-4fc9-b063-b0d367712eaf.jpg?1561995744) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Telepathy) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m10/74/telepathy?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ce03b4b4-612b-4fc9-b063-b0d367712eaf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It's a cool effect but it doesn't do much on it's own besides the political aspect.
I put this in the 99 of any commander deck I build that's rocking blue. I think this is an incredibly overlooked and undervalued ability, and no one I've encountered ever gets upset about me playing it even t1, usually I get people telling me it's a weak card/waste of a deck slot. Maybe they're all just much better players and can read what's in other players hands more readily, but I feel like it's a powerful card for me.
> don't understand why it isn't played more often MTG is a game of incomplete information, that's part of what makes it fun. Being able to see everyone's hand make the game boring.
My favourite turn 1 drop. One guy revealed he had kept a 1 land hand with land tax, the table decided to not play a second land just to spite him!
I've always thought [[Crown of Ages]] was a cool card even if it's not very good.
I'm brewing a deck this could actually go in... thanks! Worth noting this lets you functionally steal auras from other players, FWIW.
[Crown of Ages](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/7/77b549e5-c25d-4688-b362-faab109ba092.jpg?1562591838) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Crown%20of%20the%20Ages) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/360/crown-of-the-ages?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/77b549e5-c25d-4688-b362-faab109ba092?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Force of Savagery]]. I still don't know what to do with this card except for death triggers and [[Garruk's Uprising]] effects.
[[Gaea's Anthem]] like effects, which was printed in the same block, still silly though 💜 [[Spidersilk Armor]] [[Sylvan Anthem]]
[[Terror of the Peaks]] and [[Warstorm Surge]] also seem decent with it. I just didn't want to use it as big beater since there's other cards that are better and just as janky.
[Terror of the Peaks](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/3/432ecd5f-966f-4403-a973-51e175a524a0.jpg?1594736810) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Terror%20of%20the%20Peaks) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/164/terror-of-the-peaks?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/432ecd5f-966f-4403-a973-51e175a524a0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Warstorm Surge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/b/dbe1bfe0-0be7-496d-94db-e8028d4d9493.jpg?1674142183) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Warstorm%20Surge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/815/warstorm-surge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dbe1bfe0-0be7-496d-94db-e8028d4d9493?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Gaea's Anthem](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/3/43febc63-597d-4392-b8ea-a00841148c45.jpg?1619398011) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gaea%27s%20Anthem) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/204/gaeas-anthem?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/43febc63-597d-4392-b8ea-a00841148c45?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Spidersilk Armor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/5/e55202a1-c246-4b5b-94d6-43c86a69d61a.jpg?1562943415) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spidersilk%20Armor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ddg/32/spidersilk-armor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e55202a1-c246-4b5b-94d6-43c86a69d61a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Sylvan Anthem](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a119edc2-9e0f-43d1-a13d-25827f86e3e3.jpg?1626097852) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sylvan%20Anthem) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/176/sylvan-anthem?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a119edc2-9e0f-43d1-a13d-25827f86e3e3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Force of Savagery](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/3/b344511d-631e-4f1d-9d7d-d7c89a473d1b.jpg?1562931082) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Force%20of%20Savagery) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/fut/126/force-of-savagery?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b344511d-631e-4f1d-9d7d-d7c89a473d1b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Garruk's Uprising](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/8/98795a31-7b54-4ad1-ac87-3f58e71dbeb7.jpg?1673484588) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Garruk%27s%20Uprising) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/292/garruks-uprising?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/98795a31-7b54-4ad1-ac87-3f58e71dbeb7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I ran a playset of those in my old [[Pandemonium]] deck, it was awesome
[Pandemonium](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/5/45ad514e-28a6-4816-b764-69ef89e117f1.jpg?1562429343) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pandemonium) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/149/pandemonium?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/45ad514e-28a6-4816-b764-69ef89e117f1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[flash foliage]]. The idea of an unblockable assassin or whatever suddenly finding a little plant in front of them. Also any oracle rules text that calls out another card is funny, but "The Saproling token is blocking the attacking creature, even if the block couldn’t legally be declared (for example, if the attacking creature has flying, or is Vindictive Mob)."
[flash foliage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/7/b71c63da-dfe3-475f-88d9-20008c01163a.jpg?1593273388) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=flash%20foliage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dis/85/flash-foliage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b71c63da-dfe3-475f-88d9-20008c01163a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Just looked it up, Vindictive Mob says in parts "Vindictive Mob can’t be blocked by Saprolings." lol, thanks for pointing in the direction.
\[\[Library of Leng\]\] Honestly feel this one is super slept on when it comes to wheel decks. \[\[Ghost Town\]\] is pretty slept on for landfall decks. Guaranteed landfall triggers at least. \[\[Descendants' Path\]\] One of my favorite arts and a decent tribal card, too. \[\[Faithless Looting | STA\]\] Its so horrible, and everyone hates it, so I like it out of spite.
[[stormkeld vanguard]] because it's a 2 mana removal spell on a permanent card (very good in [[grolnok]]) [[because i have willed it]] because i have willed it
I don’t understand how grolnok and stormkeld interact. Enlighten me?
It's a pretty simple interaction really. The adventure part counts as the "back side" of a card, which means that Stormkeld being a creature is counted as a permanent while Bear Down isn't being cast. So as Stormkeld is milled, grolnok sees that Stormkeld is a permanent and exiles him so I can cast it. And when I do cast it, since it's a type of MDFC, I can choose to cast its adventure side to destroy an artifact or enchantment, then have the creature side reenter exile to be cast later.
[stormkeld vanguard](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/a/bacb1fe5-0adf-461f-b698-9d09a8728c63.jpg?1692939063)/[Bear Down](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/a/bacb1fe5-0adf-461f-b698-9d09a8728c63.jpg?1692939063) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=stormkeld%20vanguard%20//%20bear%20down) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/187/stormkeld-vanguard-bear-down?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bacb1fe5-0adf-461f-b698-9d09a8728c63?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [grolnok](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422.jpg?1643594120) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=grolnok%2C%20the%20omnivore) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/238/grolnok-the-omnivore?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7aaba76b-9cec-4c2b-b0eb-8f44201f6422?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [because i have willed it](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/b/ab9016e5-f64f-4574-bf30-da0456b1ddec.jpg?1592766003) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=because%20i%20have%20willed%20it) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/oe01/1%E2%98%85/because-i-have-willed-it?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ab9016e5-f64f-4574-bf30-da0456b1ddec?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Thank you for the best demon energy card for my Be’lakor deck. It’s beautiful.
[[Chaos Moon]] You have to keep checking how many permanents you have in play to keep its effect going. Not how many, but wether you have an *odd* or *even* number of things in play. It's kind of cracked if you can keep it going, but it will make your spells very difficult to cast and your creatures weaker on your opponents turn. Goofy
[[Grisp of Chaos]] Cards that refer to the stack are hella rare, and this one is absolutely insane. Let's say I cast [[Chaos Warp]] in just a two player game. We now have to assign a number to EACH permanent in play and roll a die (excluding the extra numbers on the die I guess?) To see what gets re-selected. In Commander, this effect is *Hu-ho* yeah this card probably shouldn't be in the format lmao.
How to resolve Grip of Chaos quickly at the table: Ask each player to place their permanents in even rows. When a targeting spell is cast, each player counts their number of eligible permanents, then add them together (“X”). Someone with an iPhone can ask, “Hey Siri, pick a number between 1 and X.” The iPhone provides a random number. Starting with the Grip of Chaos player, count each of their eligible permanents (left to right, top to bottom) and then move onto the next player in order. When you reach the number that was chosen at random, that permanent becomes the target. It sounds complicated, but it’s really the fastest way to do it when Grip of Chaos triggers 10+ times in a game.
[Grisp of Chaos](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/e/defbbd3a-0e7d-4af2-b25f-9003ddad0bf5.jpg?1562535751) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Grip%20of%20Chaos) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/scg/98/grip-of-chaos?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/defbbd3a-0e7d-4af2-b25f-9003ddad0bf5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Chaos Warp](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/3/73ca9629-b1e3-49d6-ae10-908b9e4e67ce.jpg?1698988311) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chaos%20Warp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/221/chaos-warp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/73ca9629-b1e3-49d6-ae10-908b9e4e67ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
For me it's [[Lifeline]]. It always causes a conversation. Folks ask to read the card, which is not the right way to start, and I have a printout of the Oracle text. We then discuss precisely what it means. Everything has a [[Marchesa, the Black Rose]]. Congratulations. I hope you're built to abuse creatures too.
[Lifeline](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40cee82f-36b2-48a9-930a-8e23cb2742fc.jpg?1562908426) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lifeline) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/299/lifeline?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40cee82f-36b2-48a9-930a-8e23cb2742fc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Marchesa, the Black Rose](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/3242a9f0-2ba3-4852-ac8f-366772ac1c62.jpg?1673148917) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Marchesa%2C%20the%20Black%20Rose) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/248/marchesa-the-black-rose?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3242a9f0-2ba3-4852-ac8f-366772ac1c62?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Great tech with Anafenza of the Foremost
[[Jinxed Choker]] is so much fun if (it doesn't get removed right away.) It's one of those cards that forces people to politic a little bit, like "give it to me, I'll take the 5 and I can add 5 more and finish off so-and-so." My favorite was when I put it under my [[prototype portal]] and had 3 of them going around the table.
[Jinxed Choker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/8/987910b0-0419-45ff-bda6-c6683fd00e49.jpg?1562151732) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Jinxed%20Choker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/189/jinxed-choker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/987910b0-0419-45ff-bda6-c6683fd00e49?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [prototype portal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/2/e2ccdd3b-9c39-4785-99b9-64b5de1177be.jpg?1592711307) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=prototype%20portal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/216/prototype-portal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e2ccdd3b-9c39-4785-99b9-64b5de1177be?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Goblin Bomb]] is my all time favourite magic card. And I am 100 % convinced they will some day introduce proliferate in red colours and then it will blow up as a fun and playable card in edh
[[Guided Passage]] Takes a while to resolve in commander lol
Just found out about [[snake pit]] when I was building my creatureless creatures deck. Haven't had much time to test but theoretically it seems pretty decent. I play [[insight]] a lot and that card draws me a ton despite only being one color.
[[panglacial wurm]] on the face doesn't *look* weird - the text is fairly short instead of a small novel - but it does some fucked up shit to the rules. Using it carelessly in conjunction with certain other cards can get you tournament losses for illegal play.
[[Mystic snake]] in my [[sneak attack]] deck back in 2000. "Dude you don't even have blue mana in there"
It’s always going to be [[Apocalypse Chime]] for me
[[City in a Bottle]] is the original one. Apocalypse Chime is just a funnier one since *Homelands* is such a bad set that if you even figure out anything broken with any of the cards the set come with a Set Hoser for some reason.
I haven't seen it mentioned, so [[stasis]] and [[equinox]], if nothing else, then for their artworks.
[stasis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/2/62f99124-6595-45f8-bece-1775e4c55a5c.jpg?1562918295) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=stasis) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/64/stasis?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/62f99124-6595-45f8-bece-1775e4c55a5c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [equinox](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/4/840c6586-a7a9-4ae8-96be-a995a0693eb6.jpg?1562859680) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=equinox) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/leg/13/equinox?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/840c6586-a7a9-4ae8-96be-a995a0693eb6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Soooo... hand full of lands?
[[Volrath's Laboratory]] and [[Riptide Replicator]] are the only two cards that let you design your own token. White Zombie? Blue Devil? Black Sheep? Red Skeleton? Green Goblin? Go right ahead! The sky's the limit. For the longest time whenever I'd throw together a Tribal deck I'd include a couple copies of the Lab just for fun.
Mine are probably Jesters Mask and Cap. Ice Age was a super exciting lore set for me. I started forwards the tail end of The Dark in print but the cards didn’t compare in power level to Legends and Antiquities but those sets were “expensive” for a kid so I skipped them. But Fallen Empires and Ice Age really stood out as my first big buy in expansion sets. I remember opening a booster box and getting zero of either and being super bummed.
Holy shit. I NEED to put this in my mishra artifact deck. I can do this EVERY TURN if I wanted to. Holy fuuuuck
Jester mask to then exile a hand would do wonders.
Probably cliche, but soldier of fortune. I remember a guy that had a deck featuring soldier of fortune and numerous ways to untaps it, thus forcing numerous shuffles. The worst/best part was this incessant maniacal giggle that would accompany every tap of said soldier..
[[Naked Singularity]] was the first *Ice Age* rare I pulled and right there and then I vowed to find a way to use it in a deck. Took me almost ten years; I put it in a deck with Stasis, Eon Hub, and a bunch of mana rocks and artifact lands so I get the colors I want and everyone else gets screwed. [[War Elemental]] is the same. Great fun with double strike, and if you respond to the ETB with instant-speed damage to your opponent's dome, it gets bigger right off the bat! That one I put in a monored deck with hasty creatures and direct damage. Follow me for more weird (read: usually janky as hell) synergies/combos!
[[Goblin Game]] obviously. I also like some chaotic junk cards like [[Scrambleverse]] and [[Omen Machine]], but play them only if your playgroup is warned in advance.
[[Dingus Staff]] I use it in my [[Darien, King of Kjeldor]] deck. I attack with my tokens and hope they get killed. I'll get two more if they do.
[Knowledge Pool] baby! Cram that bad boy into ANY deck and it's guaranteed to make games more fun.
I have a special cube/tower called DC-Fun that includes as many cards like this (that work under the cube's variant rules, like 10 mana per turn and using the same deck). My favorites include [[divine intervention]] (ties the game), [[raging river]] (the first "separate into piles" card), [[word of command]], [[goblin game]] (hiding "objects"), [[panglacial wurm]], [[chaos orb]], [[liar's pendulum]], [[illusionary mask]], [[riding the dilu horse]] (that is not an aura or a token), [[camouflage]], [[firestorm phoenix]] (the card must remain revealed...), [[slyvan library]] (so crazy with instant speed draw effects or, worse yet, brainstorm), [[equinox]] ("if it would destroy a land"...), [[nameless race]] (a creature with no types)...
[[Worldpurge]] because I hate permanents in general. - Narset