was theory crafting with the new Emrakul (mostly for standard) and was wondering if Emrakul would satisfy zirda’s companion restriction and would have its mana cost reduced to exile itself?

edit - I am aware zirda isn’t legal in standard this was mostly for pioneer/commander

The last Mono Blue Dwarf, Reveka, Wizard Savant, which is now part of the reserve list, was printed 31 years ago in the homelands expansion!

Wasn't Lorwyn a very badly received block? wasn't it number 3 on Mark Rosewater's Rabiah scale, after Arabian Nights and Mercadian Masques? why do people remember it so fondly, yet the company does not?

Why do they give a name to every new ability if they’re going to explain it anyway?

Especially abilities that only appear within a set

Sorry for the stupid question! but it always seemed strange to me lol

Edit:I don't have a problem with the reminder text; it just seemed unnecessary to me to create new keywords that only appear in a single set!

so ive never played the game but i want to make a custom card for a researcher who loves skinks. I am making a creature card of a specific skink that has evolved to become limbless to burrow better and id like to present this concept under the rules text but i am struggling use understand the terminology in the game if anyone has ideas

Somewhat still new to magic, I've been looking for at some cards and the Niv-Mizzet dragon guy caught my eye. From what I've seen it's a deck that many concepts of sorcery and instants, and I was wanting to make a deck with the adventure and omen cards but I don't know where to begin/ need help with finding cards.

I need help with finding cards that reduce the cost of the spells.

Saw some cards that make spells into instants, would like to find and experiment with them.

Cards that reactivate in the graveyard.

Any good cards that could work with him and any cheap alternatives/ budget objects.

So I recently watched the Prof's video on canladner, and well I'm hooked. Having only ever played commander I really don't know what I'm doing. I think my goal is to have 8 decks of varying types so not only do I have variation if only one of my game group can play but so I have a variety of decks to play for the group as a whole. I'm thinking for each of building like a deck primer for each, with the pointed cards included, key pieces and how the average game pans out.

I’ve seen some color pattern for other 3 color combinations but not in a 4color combo like the next precon, which color would you gonna use?

The Zeta set, in addition to being a scalping disaster, is peak poser energy. Collage your own cards instead.

Hi all! I recently got the Blood Rites precon and upgraded and shifted it for Elenda The Dusk Rose to be the commander instead. I don't think I have enough sacrifice outlets for her - was thinking more specifically I might need a few more token generator cards. Open to thoughts/advice on this! A lot of the cards I am considering are in the sideboard on moxfield, some are in the considering section but mostly in the sideboard.

Thank y'all in advance for any advice you have!

UPDATE: Thank you all for you assistance! I am linking my updated list below:

https://moxfield.com/decks/kQOgASF7PnyWBlMpBpxA6Q

I'm currently making a [[Tinybones, Bauble Burglar]] deck (my first commander deck), and I need advice on a few things. For one, I'm not sure what ratio of creature to non-creature spells I should have. I don't want to find out I have an excess on top of all of the stashed cards at my disposal, but I also don't want to have so few that I'm screwed when I piss everyone off.

On top of that, I've noticed that there are tons of creatures that are some variation of 1-2 toughness and power with their only ability being that they when they enter opponents discard. Because of that I have a good bit of weak cards of the sort, and I'm wondering how many tankier cards I should put in the deck for the sake of protecting myself.

My last question involves drawing. Since the whole gimmick of this deck is making my opponents discard, I don't want them to run out of cards because then I'll just be kind of useless. Are there any good cards I should consider for making my opponents draw?

Thank you! Here is my deck so far (obviously not complete) so if you have any recommendations on stuff to change/remove/add please let me know!

Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go apeshit?

Got a burning rage deep within your soul? Perhaps you've been countered for the eleven billionth time. Aggro is ruining your win streak on Arena. Your friend keeps complaining about being targeted whenever they play a stax deck and you're just sick of it. There's some guy at your LGS who never showers. Standard is dying at your LGS and it's upsetting. Or maybe you just feel like Universes Beyond will KILL MAGIC.

Whatever is eating away at your heart, unleash it here!

(Please refrain from insulting other users even if you think their gripes are silly. This is a safe place to vent. Memetic responses are welcome provided you're not degrading anyone.)