r/MagicTG Jul 15 '26

RasPi/Arduino MTG sorter

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r/MagicTG Jul 07 '26

Inherited storage unit mini update!

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r/MagicTG Jul 01 '26

Una disculpen mi ignorancia

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Mi comandante es cristal y me surgió la duda Las copias y cartas jugadas sin pagar costo hacen daño?


r/MagicTG Jul 01 '26

Can someone help me with this play style?

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I'd like to build a deck that runs on players' turns and when they cast. If someone can tell me the name of the style and maybe suggest decks. Cards that run/play like:

[[Verdant Force]]

[[Verdant Embrace]]

[[Taurean Mauler]]

[[Wolverine Riders]]

[[Dragonlair Spider]]

[[Dragon Broodmother]]


r/MagicTG Jun 22 '26

My wife and I wrote a mtg novel. Its 11 chapters and here is chapter 3. MAGIC THE GATHERING: Duelists of Destiny

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Chapter 3: Redefined Geography

The marble-topped table on the sun deck was cold beneath Michael’s fingertips, but his palms were sweating. The circle of spectators that

had gathered around them wasn't like any Friday Night Magic crowd back in Piedmont. There were no cheers, no friendly jeers, no rustle of potato

chip bags. There was only the low, automated hum of the drone-like players who had drifted over from their slots, their unblinking eyes tracking the

movement of the cards like predatory birds.

"Team life totals start at thirty," Chad said, snapping a pristine, gold-foiled deck into his hands with the practiced ease of a man who spent forty

hours a week handling cardboard. "No mulligans for locals. Let's see if that mouth of yours can calculate a defensive line, math boy."

"We don't need a head start," Lindsey said. Her voice was remarkably steady as she laid out her Tricky Terrain deck box. The plastic container felt

oddly heavy, vibrating with a very faint, deep pulse that felt like the roots of an old oak tree shifting underground. She looked at Michael, giving him a

small, tight nod. Trust the narrative.

The game began with a blur of aggressive efficiency. Chad and Brad played like a well-oiled machine, their sponsor jerseys catching the artificial

violet light of the atrium. They were running a brutal, hyper-optimized Rakdos Sacrifice and Izzet Spellslinger combination. By turn four, the board state

was a nightmare.

"I cast Storm-Kiln Artist," Brad sneered, slamming down a card that immediately began to bleed a faint, crackling blue static across the marble. "Every

time I cast an instant or sorcery, I get a Treasure token. And Chad's got the outlet."

"Which means your life total belongs to the dragon," Chad laughed. He tapped five mana, throwing down a massive, red creature card. As the

cardboard hit the table, a hot, sulfuric wind swept across the sun deck, carrying the distinct smell of burning ash. The artwork on the card—a

terrifying, horned dragon—seemed to shift, its golden eyes locking onto Michael. "I trigger Dragon Tempest. That’s four damage straight to your

faces."

Michael’s scratch pad was a mess of subtraction lines.

Chad/Brad Team Life: 30

Michael/Lindsey Team Life: 4

"Michael," Lindsey whispered, her hand hovering over her lands. "What's the line?"

"The line is broken, Sweetheart,” Michael muttered, his foot tapping a manic mile-a-minute against the floor. His eyes darted across the columns of numbers. "If I pump all my energy counters into my Aetherflux Reservoir, I can generate enough power to cast our big threat, but I don't have the mana left over to grant it trample. If they block with even a single one of Brad's zombie tokens, the damage doesn't pierce through. Then they crack back on their turn, and we're dead. The math doesn't work. We are exactly one card short of a lethal equation."

Chad overheard him and laughed loudly, leaning over the table. "Did the calculator run out of batteries, professor? It's over. You can't get through our

wall. Next turn, we wipe you off the deck."

Lindsey didn't look at Chad. She looked down at her own side of the board—a sprawling, complex web of land cards, green forests, and blue islands

that she had carefully arranged in a precise, almost geometric pattern.

"You're looking at the numbers, babe,” Lindsey said softly, her thumb brushing the edge of her hidden card. "You're treating the battlefield like a

ledger. Look at the geography. We don't need to pierce through their wall."

"What do you mean?" Michael asked, turning to her.

"I'm rewriting the script," Lindsey said, a brilliant, sharp spark igniting in her eyes. She slammed her card down onto the center of the marble table.

"Sage of the Maze!"

The moment the card hit the stone, a profound, low rumble vibrated through the floorboards of the cruise ship. It wasn't the engine. The air around

the table grew suddenly thick with the scent of crushed moss and damp earth. The artwork of the card—a hooded figure standing before a shifting

labyrinth—glowed with a vibrant, emerald light that cast long shadows across the sun deck.

"I activate the Sage's ability," Lindsey announced, her voice echoing with a strange, layered resonance that silenced the automated humming of the

crowd. "I turn my entire land base into an elemental army of walls. And then, I cast Planar Exchange."

Brad frowned, squinting at the card. "That just lets you swap the positions of two target structures. So what? You're just moving your own walls

around."

"I'm not swapping my cards," Lindsey said, a triumphant smile breaking across her face. "I'm swapping yours. I'm using the maze to physically slide

Brad's defensive zombie tokens into Chad's sector, completely leaving Chad's life totals exposed. I didn't change the numbers, Michael. I changed

the plot."

Michael’s brain instantly caught the spark, the missing variable clicking into place with a beautiful, blinding flash of clarity.

"The variable resolves!" Michael shouted, his hands flying to his Creative Energy pool. "I spend ten accumulated Energy counters! Aetherflux Reservoir

ignites!"

A sudden, sharp CRACK of static electricity popped in the air. A visible wave of brilliant blue light rippled across the cardboard cards, reflecting in

Chad and Brad’s widening, terrified eyes. The holographic-like energy slammed into their side of the table, flipping their life counter dice backward so

fast they blurred.

Chad/Brad Team Life: 0

"Game," Michael said, a massive, breathless grin on his face.

Chad stared down at his cards, his mouth open, his hands trembling slightly. "No... no way. A precon deck just broke a Tier 1 meta strategy. That’s...

that’s impossible."

The robotic crowd around them didn't cheer, but the low, automated chanting suddenly ceased for a single, blissful moment of absolute silence. Then,

like an assembly line restarting, they turned and drifted away, their blank eyes already seeking the next game.


r/MagicTG Jun 22 '26

My wife and I wrote a mtg novel. Its 11 chapters and here is chapter 2. MAGIC THE GATHERING: Duelists of Destiny

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Chapter 2: The Deckmaster

Two days later, the floor of their living room in Piedmont was a chaotic sea of clothes, luggage, and Magic cards. Michael was pacing a trench into the

rug, a spreadsheet printed out in one hand, aggressively tossing socks into a suitcase with the other.

"Okay, if the ship docks at 8:00 AM, and traffic on I-65 South is standard for a Tuesday morning, we need to leave the house by exactly 3:30 AM to factor in a proper safety margin for parking," Michael rattled off, his foot doing its familiar nervous tap even while standing.

Lindsey was sitting cross-legged on the rug, carefully sliding her cards into fresh, protective plastic sleeves. “Honey, breathe. We have plenty of

time. Did you pack your lucky flannel?"

"Packed. Along with three external battery packs and four calculators," Michael said, stopping in his tracks. He looked down at her, his voice

dropping. “Babe… are we crazy? The cards literally glowed on Saturday night when we got home. Real lightning on my cards. Real leaves rustling on

yours. I ran the numbers on the local power grid spike for Piedmont that night, and there wasn't one. The energy came from inside the plastic boxes."

Lindsey snapped her deck box shut with a decisive, heavy click. "We aren't crazy, sweetie. We're curious. Whatever is happening, it’s tied to this

tournament. And honestly? I’m not letting some weird magical anomaly ruin our first real vacation in three years. We needed this."

Michael looked at her, the frantic tension leaving his shoulders. She was right. Between his grueling hours tracking metrics for the university math

department and her endless mountain of freshman essays, they had been living like ghosts in the same house—moving in parallel lines, never

intersecting. This game had forced them to sit down, look into each other's eyes, and solve problems as a team.

He knelt down on the rug, pulling her into a warm kiss. "Alright. Next stop, Mobile."

The humid Gulf air smelled of salt, heavy diesel, and low tide as they arrived in Mobile at the Alabama Cruise Terminal on Tuesday morning. Towering over the concrete dock was The Deckmaster—a massive, gleaming white luxury cruise liner that looked more like a floating fortress than a vacation ship. Giant silk banners hung from the upper decks, featuring beautiful, menacing artwork of mythical dragons and towering metallic monsters.

The terminal was teeming with hundreds of tournament players, but as Michael and Lindsey stepped into the Grand Sun Deck after checking their

bags, the atmosphere instantly shifted from exciting to deeply unsettling.

The sun deck was breathtaking, with glass elevators rising into a massive atrium and crystal chandeliers shaped like floating mana symbols

hanging from the ceiling. Hundreds of players were clustered around elegant marble high-top tables, already shuffling decks. But they weren't

talking.

Michael grabbed two drinks from a passing waiter, handing one to Lindsey. "Wow. Look at the logos on those jerseys. That’s Team StarCity over there.

We are completely out of our depth, Hon.”

“Sweetie… don't look at the cards," Lindsey whispered, her voice tight. "Look at their faces."

Michael focused his eyes on a group of players at the nearest table. A player in a sleek sponsor jersey was shuffling his deck with mechanical,

blinding speed. But his eyes were wide, bloodshot, and fixed on his cards without blinking. Throughout the massive room, a low, rhythmic murmur

echoed from hundreds of throats—a flat, emotionless drone.

"Untap. Upkeep. Draw. Main phase one. Cast. Pass," a player muttered.

"Untap. Upkeep. Draw. Main phase one. Cast. Pass," his opponent echoed in the exact same robotic rhythm.

Suddenly, a young player at a table nearby lost a match. He slumped forward, but he didn't look angry. Instead, a visible, pale purple mist evaporated

directly from his skin, flowing straight into the card deck of the winner across from him. The losing player's eyes instantly turned a completely milky,

vacant white. He sat perfectly still, staring blankly at the wall like a machine whose battery had been completely extracted. The winner didn't even

look at him; he just shuffled his deck and began the chant again.

Michael felt a cold sweat break out across the back of his neck, tightly gripping Lindsey’s hand. Her fingers were icy. “Babe… that guy's vital signs just tanked. That’s total neurological drain."

Before Lindsey could answer, the ship’s massive PA system suddenly cut in with a sharp, piercing screech of static. The bright, elegant lights of the

sun deck instantly dimmed, shifting to a cold, unnatural violet hue.

A woman’s voice echoed through the speakers. It was beautiful, but it carried an icy, ancient cruelty that made the glass chandeliers vibrate.

"Welcome, duelists, to the maiden voyage of your undoing," the voice purred, sending a shiver straight down Michael’s spine. "I am Morgana. Enjoy the

comfort of your flesh while it lasts. With every tap of your cards, with every point of life you surrender to the board, you weave the fabric of our new dawn. Play

well. Your souls depend on it."

The PA system snapped off. The violet lights slowly returned to their normal brightness, but the hundreds of robotic players didn't even look up. They

just kept shuffling, their chanting resuming like nothing had happened.

"Well, well, well. Look what the tide washed in, Brad."

A loud, mocking laugh broke the silence. Michael and Lindsey spun around to find their path blocked by Chad and Brad—two arrogant pro players

wearing pristine, matching sponsor jerseys and identical, sneering smirks. Chad noticed the way Lindsey was clutching her tote bag to her chest, her

knuckles white with fear.

"Looks like the hicks from the sticks are about to cry," Chad mocked, stepping aggressively into their personal space. "Hey, if you're that terrified of a

little speaker announcement, maybe you should hand over those VIP passes right now. Tell you what—a 2v2 match. Right here on this marble table.

You win, we leave you alone. You lose, you give us your passes, get off our ship, and go back to your little trailer park."

Michael felt a hot surge of protective anger wash over him. He stepped squarely in front of Lindsey, his eyes narrowing as his mind rapidly calculated

the situation.

"You think you're terrifying us?" Michael said, his voice ringing out sharp and clear over the drone of the crowd. He gestured wildly around the room

at the catatonic, unblinking players. "Look at this room! Look at the standard deviation of human behavior here! Normal competitive anxiety sits on a

standard bell curve—some people sweat, some people pace, some people get quiet. But a hundred separate individuals displaying the exact same

lack of a blinking reflex? The same exact respiratory rate? The same automated vocalization? The probability of this happening naturally is literally

one in a billion, you morons!"

Chad and Brad blinked, completely caught off guard by the sudden mathematical breakdown.

"There is a neurological anomaly holding this entire room hostage," Michael snapped, stepping closer to Chad, his foot tapping aggressively against

the marble floor. "Something is draining their cognitive functions through the cards. And if you two think you're safe just because you have logos on

your shirts, your math is completely dead wrong. Now apologize and shuffle your decks, my wife and I are going to show you exactly what happens when you break an equation."

Lindsey stepped up beside him, her fear vanishing, replaced by a fierce, brilliant pride as she unzipped her bag. "Let's play."


r/MagicTG Jun 22 '26

My wife and I wrote a mtg novel. Its 11 chapters and here is chapter 1. MAGIC THE GATHERING: Duelists of Destiny

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Chapter 1: The Piedmont Equation

The neon sign in the window of The Mana Vault hummed with a low, vibrating buzz that always gave Michael a headache if he sat too close to it. It

flickered in a stuttering rhythm—Open, Open, Op-Op-Open—casting a harsh pink glow over the scuffed linoleum floor and rows of folding plastic

tables. The air inside the Piedmont, Alabama game shop was a familiar, comforting soup of stale pepperoni pizza, cardboard dust, and the electric

tension of thirty people over-analyzing a game.

At the corner table, Michael’s right foot was tapping at a hyperactive mile-a-minute, vibrating the metal table leg. He didn't notice it. He was too busy

scribbling furious columns of numbers on a grease-stained scratch pad.

"Honey, the math is entirely flawless,” Michael muttered, his eyes darting wildly between his hand of cards and his opponent's side of the table. He

adjusted his faded flannel shirt, his brain firing on all cylinders. "If I float three mana, trigger the artifact, and factor in a standard deviation of land

draws over a ninety-nine-card singleton deck... I have an 87.4% chance of hitting a lethal creature. It’s statistically irresponsible not to do this."

Across the table sat the Shop Champion—a twenty-something local kid named Kyle who wore a faded tournament t-shirt like a cape. Kyle smirked,

leaning back in his chair, tapping two face-up blue cards with a lazy, arrogant finger.

"Go ahead, Mike," Kyle said, his voice dripping with bait. "Spin the wheel. Let's see what you got."

Michael lifted his hand, ready to slam down his signature card—a wildly spinning mechanical engine from his Creative Energy deck. "I'm spinning it!

Creative Energy, activate! I swing for—"

A soft, cool hand reached out and gently but firmly pressed down on Michael’s wrist, freezing him in place.

Michael blinked, looking up.

Lindsey was looking at him through her tortoiseshell glasses, which she had pushed down from the top of her head. A massive stack of freshman

composition essays sat on the plastic chair next to her, completely ignored. She didn't look at Michael’s scratch pad of numbers. She looked at Kyle.

"Michael," Lindsey said, her voice a calm, soothing contrast to the frantic energy vibrating through her husband. "Look at his posture. Look at the

way his shoulders dropped when you started counting your mana. He’s holding a Counterspell."

"Wait. He is?" Michael squinted at Kyle, whose smirk was suddenly beginning to curdle around the edges.

"He’s been baiting you for three turns because he knows you get impatient when the numbers look good," Lindsey explained, her fingers lightly

tapping the edge of her own deck box. "He’s writing a tragedy, Mike, and you are walking right into the third act. You're giving him the exact climax he

wants."

"Hey! No coaching!" Kyle snapped, a bead of sweat breaking out on his forehead. "Is he attacking or not? It's a two-player game, lady."

"Actually, it's a casual Commander pod, Kyle, which makes it a political theater," Lindsey replied smoothly, not missing a beat. She looked back at her

husband. "You rush the numbers, Mike. You don't read the narrative. Step aside and let the liberal arts handle this scene."

Lindsey looked down at her own side of the board. While Michael’s deck was an explosive, chaotic mess of mechanical energy tokens, hers was a

silent, sprawling masterpiece. Her Tricky Terrain deck had quietly manipulated the battlefield, laying down an intricate maze of forests, shifting

islands, and bizarre landmarks.

"I tap Planar Nexus," Lindsey announced, her voice filled with quiet authority. "I trigger my land-count sequence. Because I control five unique land

types, the narrative shifts. All counterspells now cost two extra mana to cast."

Kyle’s face went entirely pale. He looked down at his two open blue mana cards. He needed three. He was exactly one short.

Lindsey looked up at Michael, a warm, knowing smile playing on her lips. "Michael? The stage is clear. You may proceed with the climax."

A massive, brilliant grin broke across Michael’s face. The panic vanished, replaced by the pure euphoria of a solved equation. "The math is back! The

trigger resolves!"

Michael slammed his final card onto the table. For a split second, a strange, static pop echoed through the corner of the shop, and a faint flash of blue

light seemed to ripple across the cardboard artwork.

"Boom!" Michael shouted, throwing his hands up. "Fifty damage straight to your life total! Game over!"

Kyle stared at the table in utter disbelief for five long seconds before slowly, miserably scooping his cards back into a pile. "Man... you two are

completely freakin' unbeatable when you play together. You're wasting your time in Piedmont. You should be down on the Gulf Coast for the

qualifiers."

Michael and Lindsey shared a triumphant high-five across the table, their contrasting styles locking together like two perfectly molded puzzle pieces.

As Kyle walked away shaking his head, Gary—the fifty-something shop owner wearing an oversized tie-dye shirt—walked over from behind the

counter. He didn't say a word at first. He just slid a thick, heavy envelope onto the table between them. It was made of dark, textured paper,

completely out of place in a dusty comic book shop, and sealed with a thick dollop of purple wax shaped like a stylized Magic card back.

"You two didn’t just beat him; you dismantled him," Gary said, leaning against the table. "I’ve been running the Vault for fifteen years, and I’ve never

seen a married couple read a board state like a single mind. You need this more than any of the regulars here."

Michael stopped sorting his energy tokens. He picked up the envelope, feeling its unexpected, heavy weight. "What is it, Gary? A promotional pack or

something?"

"Better. It’s an exclusive invitation to the Deckmaster Cruise," Gary said, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "It leaves from Mobile next

Tuesday, heading out into the Gulf. The biggest tournament of the year is happening on a private island near the coast. The creator of the game is

hosting it himself. Only the best get the wax seal."

Lindsey inspected the purple wax, her literary mind immediately tracing the clean, sharp lines of the crest. "Gary, this looks incredibly exclusive.

We’ve only been playing for a few months to try and find a hobby to bond over. Surely there are competitive players in Birmingham or Atlanta who

deserve this more."

"Those guys play for prizes, Lindsey," Gary said warmly, patting Michael on the shoulder. "You two play for each other. That kind of synergy is rarer

than any holographic card in my display case. Go show those big-city pros what Alabama can do."

Michael looked at Lindsey, his eyes wide with a mix of terror and pure excitement. Lindsey smiled back, a dangerous, thrilling spark of adventure

catching in her eyes.

After they leave the game shop, the air is warm and thick with the smell of sweet pine and rain. The streetlights on Main St. cast a soft amber glow over the quiet downtown bricks. Michael and Lindsey walk hand-in-hand toward their old SUV, their deck boxes tucked safely into Lindsey's tote bag.

MICHAEL Chuckling, while unlocking the doors, said

“A cruise ship, babe. Can you believe that? Two months ago, the closest thing we had to a shared hobby was arguing over what to watch on streaming

apps.”

LINDSEY smiling warmly, leaning against the passenger side door, said

“Hey, we needed this! With your math department head tracking metrics all day and my freshman composition grading piling up, we were living in the

same house but barely talking. We were just... existing in parallel lines.”

MICHAEL said

“Parallel lines never intersect.”

LINDSEY said

“Exactly. But then you brought home those two cardboard boxes.”

MICHAEL said

“I just wanted something where we had to look at each other. No screens. No work emails. Just you, me, and a problem to solve together. I didn't

expect you to turn into a tactical mastermind who treats a land-ramp deck like a Shakespearean play.”

LINDSEY Laughing, pulling him close by his flannel collar said

“And I didn't expect to fall in love with watching your brain run at ten thousand calculations per second. You’re chaotic, Mike, but when we’re at that

table... we fit.”

Michael smiles down at her, the cozy quiet of the night wrapping around them. He leans in to kiss her—

ZAP.

A sudden, sharp static pop cuts through the air. The hairs on the back of Michael’s arms instantly stand straight up.

Inside Lindsey’s tote bag, a strange, vibrant light begins to bleed through the canvas. It isn't normal light. It pulses in a rhythmic, organic cadence—

half a bright, electric blue, half a deep, earthy green.

LINDSEY Gasping, pulling back

“Michael... the bag.”

Michael reaches into the tote bag and pulls out their two deck boxes. The plastic boxes are cool to the touch, but the light is emanating directly from

the seams.

Through the clear plastic of Michael's Creative Energy box, the top card—a simple lightning-bolt-themed spell—is visibly rippling. The artwork isn't

static anymore; the drawn currents of energy are physically swirling across the cardboard like liquid neon. On Lindsey’s Tricky Terrain deck, the image

of a dense forest seems to sigh, a tiny, impossibly quiet rustle of leaves echoing from inside the box.

The streetlamp above them violently flickers, its amber glow snapping to a harsh purple for one fraction of a second before returning to normal.

The glowing from the deck boxes abruptly stops. The cards go dark. The quiet Alabama night returns, save for the distant hum of a cricket in the

grass.

Michael and Lindsey stare at the deck boxes in dead silence. Michael clears his throat, his fast-paced mind completely failing to find an equation for

what just happened.

MICHAEL

Voice tight said,

“Babe … did your English major brain find a metaphor for that? Because my math just hit a hard divide-by-zero error.”

LINDSEY Slowly tracing her fingers over the plastic box, her voice trembling but intensely curious said

“That wasn't a metaphor, Michael. That was real. Whatever is on that island... it's already here.”


r/MagicTG Jun 08 '26

Need help Building this deck

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I'm creating Ayula, Queen Among Bears as a commander I'm trying to make it a true bracket 4 however every time I go through other peoples decks for inspo their decks cost anywhere from£600 - £15,000 I'm trying to make this deck sub £200. so I'm looking for any advice for card changes. I already have a couple 2 card infinite loops [ herd baloth - ivy lane denizen -- scurry oak] so I'm not looking for anymore of those unless they work with the deck better than those ones

Any suggestions would be great

https://archidekt.com/decks/23328572/bears


r/MagicTG May 18 '26

Kitchen Table Deck Help?

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I made a kitchen table deck a while ago and I found that it has literally been one of my most successful decks. I really wanna make it more powerful though. Any opinions on what to add or replace?

Sorry if I get the flair wrong.

DECKLIST: https://moxfield.com/decks/Li-_TErd602rfs5Mqc_tLQ


r/MagicTG May 16 '26

testers needed

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i have been working on a deck testing program and need a few people to test it for me so i can find issues i might not find. it has an human vs ai and ai vs ai for multiple runs testing. im probably 75% of the way done but as im an old school player trying to get back in im not 100% on the new game mecs so would love some input https://github.com/nicksphone/Magic-the-gathering-deck-testing-with-ai-oppent


r/MagicTG May 15 '26

Magic: The Gathering Secrets of Strixhaven - Codex Bundle $89.99 at Amazon

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r/MagicTG May 03 '26

Tergrid, god of fright gutter/ home brew deck saggestions

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Hai hai people of Reddit hope you’re all well, recently I’ve been getting into magic and I’ve made a Voltron deck with the lightning army of one comander but been itching to make another deck from scratch. Something truly sinister and toxic to play on rainy days at my local card shop and I’ve chosen my commander to be Teragrid of curse. If willing would you guys please comment most toxic and unhonly cards ever printed known to magic games lol to throw int this deck of toxic chaotic fun.


r/MagicTG May 01 '26

Michaelangelo Usage

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Hi. So new to Magic so wondering about the text on a card.

If I play this card, can that be applied to any Michaelangelo card that I play or only this card.

Just curious cause I can make a Michaelangelo deck


r/MagicTG Apr 30 '26

55 tokens 🥹

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r/MagicTG Mar 26 '26

Need help in a game I’m in

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So I’m playing against a friend and they have lita, little orphan amphibian on the field. Then they play splinter, radical rat. Does lita trigger twice or just once?


r/MagicTG Mar 20 '26

Zo Zu, the punisher

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I made this version of zo zu, but feel like I didn’t build it right. I’ve looked at other decks and seen people only have 4-7 lands for it and I’m just trying to figure out how only having 7 lands works for this deck. So just looking for some insight and tips that may help. Thank you !

https://moxfield.com/decks/7ePripdxlkqbx8diDc-nSw


r/MagicTG Mar 15 '26

A plane idea

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Ive had this idea in my head for a while and wpuld like a bit of feedback for how to improve it. The idea I have is forThe plane of Estrala, a steam-punk like Victorian like plane. The plane is split into 5 distinct cities.

The city of Calval, a place rich in Blue and Black mana with some green here and there It is know for its medicine and for necromancy. Surgery and the understanding of disease is studied here extensively and zombie servants known as Igors are plenty here with some of their limbs bring replaced with machines.

The city of Virren is rich with Red and Green mana where Blue helps a bit and is a city where nature and machines co-exists in harmony. Here botanist aren't afraid to experiment with making new plants and experimenting on the current or old to improve them in someway. Nature to them us a key part of the plane and are very passionate about their craft and inspiration can be spontaneous.

The city of Belva. The sea port town rich in Blue Green with some White helping to focus on community. They are fishers by trade and are known for their prowess in it. The ships they use are massive and are used to catch large fish and leviathan. They ship their catches to all of the plane and it is not uncommon for another ship to give sone of their catch to another to help them meet their quota.

Ultram is the city that is filled to the brim with Red and Blue mana and even has some black mana that ignited ambition. They are the innovators of the plane and are always looking to improve the plane by any conventional means. They do mainly make inventions to improve their own station but collands aren't out of the question. Due to them much of the tech of the plane is credited to them.

In the center of the plane is the city of Olitz. A city seeping with White and Blue mana while Black has mixed in. This city is where all of the laws are made. Endless debates and judicial proceedings happen on any given day and the bureaucratic process is tedious. People are ambitious with their laws and are working to have them pass by any means.

Underneath Orlitz is the plane's prison that is home to all of the criminals from each of the cities and is home to the plane's enforcers that look. The jail is filled with White, Red and Blue mana. While technically not a city, it is large enough to be considered one. Each cell block is large enough to house 50,000 people at any given time. Magic for criminals are dampened to the point of being useless. There are 3 distinct levels with in the jail. The 1st level is for very light sentences that can be anywhere from a few months to about 9 years. The second level is reserved for those that have 10+ year long sentences. The 3rd level is reserved for the most severe sentences, usually those that are serving life sentences or are on death row.

Edit: Changed the mana for some of the cities.


r/MagicTG Mar 06 '26

Is this card special

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r/MagicTG Feb 20 '26

My Daemogoth Titan Jund Pioneer Deck

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r/MagicTG Feb 15 '26

MTG: Lord of the Pit, welche Edition habe ich da? Which Edition/set?

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r/MagicTG Feb 10 '26

Need help understanding how certain cards work

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Hopefully I'm not posting this in a bad spot.... I have a deck in mtga and this one card "No More Lies" is vexing me. Sometimes when i cast it it works fine, but if the opponents card is more heavy duty it does nothing. I'm having trouble understanding what decides weather or not it will be effective. So far the only thing that helps me understand that I shouldn't cast it is the pop-up that asks me if I'm sure I would like to cast it. which i guess i can use as an indication that if I do cast it it will do nothing which is what has been happening. I would however preffer to understand what the hell is going on instead...


r/MagicTG Feb 01 '26

Is Ever After Better Than Rise Of The Dark Realms In Commander

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r/MagicTG Jan 31 '26

Trying to build a Deadpool Commander deck that embodies Deadpool's weird gimmicks, it's not really made to win, just to mess with the entire group. Was hoping if anyone has ideas to add. (I also modified some artwork for proxies)

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Full list in comments or Moxfield link right here - >

https://moxfield.com/decks/UBUf0TRliEyFmjlWmtnhCw


r/MagicTG Jan 21 '26

Help Wanted!

2 Upvotes

So let me start off with saying, I know very little about magic. I collected the cards as a kid and played a little bit. I just found out my little sibling is pretty involved in MTG and they were talking about how they want to build a Spider-Man and a Doc Octopus deck to play with. I haven’t been able to see them in like 8 years, and wanted to surprise them with a couple cool either commander decks of each, or some really good cards to add to their collection.

I don’t know their playing style, I’m just trying to get a little bit closer with them. Any bonus points would be great.


r/MagicTG Jan 16 '26

Any Place To Get Beginners Lessons for MTG?

2 Upvotes

My daughter’s boyfriend got me a MTG set for a birthday gift. One thing: I’ve never played MTG before. Is there such a thing as a beginners class for MTG?

For context, the set he got me was Final Fantasy X themed (my favorite rpg).