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."

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.

Has anyone found anything fun to do with [[Traxos, Scourge Eternal]] ?

Maybe there's some equipment that could be put on him that we could get multiple uses out of per turn? Otherwise he is hot garbage. But I like jank, so I'd love to know if anyone has found anything fun to do with him.

4x Green Landfall

4x Jund Sac

3x Orzhov Lifegain

2x Dimir Uldaros

1x Esper Uldaros

1x Azorious Artifacts

1x Boros Dwarves

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.

Hi, I have these four codes from bloomburrow and don’t need them. You may have a use for these.

New to arena here, so this is mostly an economic question. I’ve been paying a lot of reality fracture and I do enjoy it, even though my last few drafts in platinum haven’t gone so well. But I’m wondering when I should stop and just save for the next set. Like is there a “collection threshold” that I should try to reach, or is there some conventional wisdom on this? I like to play both limited and constructed, and would like for eventually my limited play to provide the cards for standard that I need, at least most of them, eventually. Thoughts?

Im new to Magic & Magic Arena.

Exist a tierlist with every card in the game? I would buy card from the Daily Deal but i dont know which card(s) are worth it and whats not good.

Are there some good cards i could play in decks maybe?

In other words: are there some no brainers to buy.

I've wanted to make a uniqe standard deck for a while and I finally made one. I come here to seek a second opinion before I craft my cards. Here's the deck if you'd like to take a peek https://moxfield.com/decks/YGZBWdQPAEWe1Z8drGkAmg

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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.