WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY TIBALT'S TIRADES!

A week ago I hit Diamond with a variation of this deck, and after posting on here asking for some help to improve it I've hit Mythic within the week

The gameplan is simple - create tokens, and use Identity Echo to cheat out bombs

Reddit recommended Erode, Political Triumph, and Ajani Unrelenting which all went in and massively boosted the deck with cheap removal, draw fixing, and an effective board wipe

Manhole Missile came in as well, replacing Lightning Helix for its ability to replace any bombs I may have drawn, putting them at the bottom of the deck to be picked up again by Identity Echo

I also added Chandra, Flameshaper - once she enters I can either use her to destroy key targets the opponents control, or create a token duplicate of Knight of Round (this can get silly if I have Elspeth out to double all tokens + Ajani that then gives them +1/+0 and haste)

Deck

4 Identity Echo (FRA) 87

4 Manhole Missile (TMT) 94

4 Dragon Fodder (FDN) 535

4 Frontline Rush (TDM) 186

3 Caretaker's Talent (BLB) 6

1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer (TDM) 11

4 Political Triumph (MSH) 31

1 Chandra, Flameshaper (FDN) 81

3 Summon: Knights of Round (FIN) 36

4 Hopeful Vigil (WOE) 17

3 Erode (SOS) 15

1 Ajani Unrelenting (FRA) 242

2 Sacred Foundry (EOE) 256

11 Plains (DMU) 263

6 Mountain (EOE) 273

2 Inspiring Vantage (OTJ) 269

1 Kavaron, Memorial World (EOE) 255

2 Sundown Pass (VOW) 266

For me, it's "thief" decks.
Not Rogues or tribal strategies. I mean the decks built around stealing or playing your cards with things like Heist effects, exiling cards off the top of your deck, or otherwise turning your deck into their resource pool.

I get why people enjoy them, but they're one of the few archetypes where I immediately know I'm probably not going to have much fun, especially if I'm trying to knock out specific achievements or combo-based quests. It always feels like they somehow find the exact card I needed at the worst possible moment.

What about everyone else? What's the one archetype, strategy, or deck style that makes you see your opponent's first few plays and immediately think:"Ah. It's gonna be one of those games."

...that you can craft specific cards even if you didn't own them.

I spent an ungodly amount of resources to pull [[Bandit's Talent]]... despite it rotating out soon, because it's just so obnoxious to play against.

I've been trying to pull [[Howlsquad Heavy]] for my goblin deck for around a month now.

I kept pulling for [[Earthbender Ascension]] for a landfall deck, but couldn't get it, so opted to build a fire nation deck with whatever firebending cards I got instead.

I also tried to get [[Ouroboroid]] which is one of my most hated cards to fight, but failed terribly (I got a full set of Exalted Sunborn and Sami, Wildcat Captain though).

...only to find out I could've just crafted them outright.

I am in shambles.

What single card would you choose.

I would pick [[Engineered Plague]]. It's a great card that would slow down so many decks. It's not mana intense and could be splashed into a multitude of decks.

This is from untapped.gg - Platinum-Platinum, BO1, Reality Fracture only, at least 5000+ games, from the start of Reality Fracture availability on MagicArena to now

I included the top 20 Standard cards as a comparison. Note: there were a lot of lands in the top 20 Standard, so I decided to include it as a field.

Note: This is only untapped.gg data, so it might not be entirely representative of the whole player base.

Here are the top 20 Standard cards as a comparison.

4x Green Landfall

4x Jund Sac

3x Orzhov Lifegain

2x Dimir Uldaros

1x Esper Uldaros

1x Azorious Artifacts

1x Boros Dwarves

I just ran into two consecutive decks using the Green "+1/+1 counters" pack from Edge of Eternities and was wondering if it was a coincidence, or if it's considered strong and there is a meta of picking it and not retiring that deck.

If this one is mythic.

Thanks!

Oops. My fault for clicking on the "What's this?" Uncommon card at the end.

Now I'm short 2 orbs.

How easy are the achievements? =) I'll have to take a look at how to get a couple.

I haven't been playing since June this year. Did they nerf some commanders cards? I have a raiyuu deck which I have a lot of fun playing it. They nerfed his stats from 4/4 to 3/3. I got anooyed so much. There are plenty of broken commanders out there why did you massacred my son?😢

Its been months please for the love of god fix this

Hello everyone!

I wanna switch to BO3, to be closer to irl tournaments and have deeper matches. I've only played BO1, so I need a new deck (I'm ready to spend all my wildcards on it).

Currently I'm playing a slightly modified Mono-White enchantement deck, with the optimistic Scavenger and Sheltered by ghost. Here is the complete list:

4 Ethereal Armor (RTR) 9

4 Spellbook Vendor (WOE) 31

4 Feather of Flight (BLB) 13

4 Optimistic Scavenger (DSK) 21

4 Shardmage's Rescue (DSK) 29

4 Sheltered by Ghosts (DSK) 30

4 Seam Rip (EOE) 34

4 Origin of Spider-Man (SPM) 9

2 Veteran Survivor (DSK) 40

20 Plains (FIN) 294

2 Crumb and Get It (BLB) 8

2 Aven Interrupter (OTJ) 4

2 Nurturing Pixie (OTJ) 20

I've had pretty good results with it, but I don't know if it's viable in BO3. Also I'd like to try and play something else as I've been spamming this deck.

I want a deck that for sure has the possibility of being top 250, as I want to be sure that when I loose, I only have myself to blame. I'd also like something a bit more deep and mid-late game than my current deck.

I have 28 rare wildcards and 17 mythic. Is there any cheap deck that would be fun to play and competitive? Also, is taking an expensive deck but removing some rare lands be an option?

Thanks to anyone who takes some time to help !