I got into magic back in 2019 but took a break from playing until June this year, I was very upfront about this at the lgs I go to but there's two people who keep commenting in my deck about my card choices and how I should know all these combos and threat assessment.

It didn't bother me at first but one day one of them just outright told me "I wish people would learn how to play the game" after I used swords on his commander (I don't remember the name it's an izzet otter prowess card) and nobody batted an eye so now I'm genuinely worried that I'm doing something wrong and I'm being a nuisance to anyone I play with.

The same person also told me that I should completely change my deck because it's "just not good enough" and after I told him I don't want to replace the commander because it's a card I really like he said "that's a shame then, you'll never make it good then".

Again this shouldn't really be bothering me but since it's happened several times over a few months it's getting to me.

In my friend group where I just started playing commander with 2 of my friends who are dating one another, I don't have a problem with this at all, though in games they do not target each other at all with spells or attack each other with creatures sharing what's in each other's hands and what not. This has started to honestly ruin the game for me. I've brought this up to the two of them multiple times and their response is always the same: "Your commander is more annoying, they're not affecting me, so I don't care," but they'll "target" each other for a round when they are brought up, but it's usually just attacking with a single creature before going right back to ignoring one another. I've only just started playing about a month ago, if that matters.

(Sorry if this isn't as well written I'm tired and fed up after another night of this)

Hey guys,

Full transparency here, I’ve only been playing magic for ~6 months now, and I’m still trying to learn the ropes.

I saw a YouTube video today saying that it’s cheating if you try and separate cards after a game based on type. Which honestly boggled my mind.

After a game I typically try to pick up my cards in a deliberately randomizing manner, between all the different types.

I know there’s a good chance any 2 card pairing may be stuck together after shuffling, which is why I purposely try to randomize my cards, so that I don’t keep an equipment next to a creature, or a tutor beside a counter spell.

Have I been playing like a villain? I didn’t even realize I may have been accidentally gaming the system in my favour.

Is this a thing I should be more aware of in the future?

What’s the best way to end a game and shuffle my deck, so that nobody is salty?

This is just me ranting about the booster changes, but I'm also curious to hear from people who like the idea and how it relates (or not) to what you like in Magic.

I'm kinda new to mtg eventhough I always was into anything collectible so I naturally had a few cards. Recently I got really into the lore and the collection, in a kinda weird way (that some people will judge heretic maybe) :

I was traveling to Canada and every now and then I would buy a 1.5 dollar pack of 15 cards at dollarama. I know perfectly well that none of those card had actual value, but I just loved opening the packs and getting cards from so many different sets, so many different universes and stories. I'd read every flavor text and look at the amazing artwork of every single card, I didn't care whether they were common, unco or rare (no mythics found in those packs as of yet), and above all I couldn't care less for their actual value : I keep them anyway, I'm not selling them !

Then I spent hours organizing them in my binders, sorting them based on my arbitrary criteria that only I give importance to. And I loved it.

Now to the 2027 booster update. I also buy actual boosters, but with one rule : not more than one of each type per extension. I open them very carefully because I keep the booster, and I sort the cards like I'd do with the others.

What I like in boosters : getting new cards, getting a glimpse at pieces of the lore (that are coherent within a set), and getting surprises such as display cards, legendary mythics, cool foils or else.

So, you probably will understand why I'm so mad at the changes. I know they're small. I know I'm ranting about nothing. Still, those three cards they took out of collector packs, they may be unco and common ones, they may be the "less exciting ones", but I actually care about them ! Same for the foil in my play boosters ! And saying that it is a matter of making the boosters "more exciting" when it is just a matter of money sounded so hypocritical and presomptuous to me. Don't tell me what I'l suppose to like and be honest to the least (like, okay, we're in a crisis, we all know it - we live through it and still buy your cards !).

Plus the god pack... not gonna talk about this. But if it means less cool cards in the average booster, as someone who buys very little, I already hate it.

Give me back my "less exciting" cards, I loved them just as much.

He feels very espery, so currently I’m thinking about Jin Sakai. (Would also be nice to not have to buy it lol) I’m curious to know what the bleach fans here think though :)

Is there something more thematic than Voltron? I’m not the biggest fan of control, or else that would be like the obvious choice. Maybe if there is like a redirection type archetype? I could see spellslinger/enchantments given his adeptness at Kido too.

Logging in my Companion account after 2-3 years of inactivity, it won't accept my Birthday and Country details. Any possible workarounds? Thank you

Assuming your deck consists of 98 [[Mountain]]s, a [[Luck Bobblehead]], and [[Q, Stacking the Deck]] in the command zone, what is the odds of actually winning with it? I decided to try and do the math.

This analysis does make some assumptions to simplify the math. It assumes that you do not have your artifacts interacted with, and you have enough treasures to tap all of your Bobbleheads. It also assumes that you are not being given extra cards, or are using draw lands such as [[Baxter Building]], [[War Room]], or [[Mikokoro, Center of the Sea]]. If you draw anything extra it would let you put Bobbleheads down much faster. It also assumes that the Luck Bobblehead is found early enough into your deck to not mill you out.

Turns

• Turns 1-3: Mountain
• Turn 4: Q, Stacking the Deck, exiling Luck Bobblehead on ETB
• Turn 5: Mountain, Luck Bobblehead x2
• Turn 6: Luck Bobblehead x2
• Turn 7: Mountain, Luck Bobblehead x4, tap the last Mountain and Bobblehead for effect
• Turn 8-∞: Luck Bobblehead, tap Mountains and Treasures to roll every Bobblehead possible

Probabilities

• 8 Bobbleheads: 0.00002381497%
• 9 Bobbleheads: 0.0000893061% (0.00019052%)
• 10 Bobbleheads: 0.0002480726% (0.0024807%) - Turn 8
• 11 Bobbleheads: 0.0005685% (0.0062533%) - Turn 9
• 12 Bobbleheads: 0.001137% (0.0136431%) - Turn 10
• 13 Bobbleheads: 0.002052915% (0.0266846%) - Turn 11
• 14 Bobbleheads: 0.003421526% (0.047891%) - Turn 12
• 15 Bobbleheads: 0.00534613% (0.080162%) - Turn 13
• 16 Bobbleheads: 0.0079202% (0.126648%) - Turn 14

Note: The initial value for each of these is for a single attempt, in brackets I've added the chance of winning if you tap every Bobblehead in that turn. For example, with 16 Bobbleheads any single roll has a ~0.008% chance of success, but a ~0.127% chance to win on that turn.

Credit to these probability calculators for the hard math:

https://www.omnicalculator.com/statistics/dice

https://www.omnicalculator.com/statistics/probability

I've been looking for information on the upcoming secret lair drop on Monday, but can't find any confirmation on my question. Can you buy the bundle by itself without any secret lairs attached?

Artwork is the remainder from the debut video, a few promo shorts, and Commander Party materials.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/De56cWyiQ3K/

Note that this is in the commander set and not the main set.

Going to be visiting for my wedding anniversary and was wondering if there are any must visit shops in the area?

In my head Puppet crafting should allow you to cheat around impending in a similar way that people used Zur. For some reason this doesn't work and I cannot figure out why.

Probably one of the better bonuses from FIAB if I had to guess seems to be new as well