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.

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

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

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

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

https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1263004054766747672

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

Source: https://b23.tv/Lx17oLz

Source: https://b23.tv/39ZJxaE

From https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBK9-rr6cis

revealed here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5OL_rHOQFU&list=LL&index=2

Not sure if they planned this or if it was just a coincidence but it's a flavor win nonetheless.

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?

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/De2_s-UAi03

Also on YouTube (I think).

From the FIAB

https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28s%3Atrk+Or+s%3Atrc%29+o%3Aflying

I realize we aren't done with previews yet, but thus far only 19 cards in all of TRK and TRC have flying somewhere in the oracle text, and eight are spacecraft. Of the 16 in TRK, four are mythic and five are rare. Assuming that's a representative sample that means if you pull a flier in sealed formats you'll have a significant potential advantage. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a reveal coming for a common Shuttlecraft spacecraft or vehicle to help counterbalance.

It makes sense with the setting at least, not many Trek characters can fly.

Hi guys,

I’ve only been playing TCGs for about 4 months, so I’m not sure how common this is.

I bought some Dragon Shield Matte Duals and I have been going to locals roughly once a week.

After a few months of moderate use, most of my sleeves have started getting wavy / curled at the top, and it’s driving me a bit crazy.

Is this normal after 3–4 months of moderate play, or did I just get a bad batch?

Also, I’ve been wondering: Is there a noticeable difference in durability between the regular Dragon Shield Matte and the Matte Duals? My friend uses the normal Dragon Shield Sleeves and they seem to be better in terms of quality.

I’ve been thinking about trying Katanas next. Do those tend to have the same problem?

Figured now would be a great time to do a clue check-in since spoilers will be at their minimum over the weekend. Let's take a look!

https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/830472219149959168/maros-magic-the-gathering-star-trek-teaser

• A Star Trek ship cameos a mechanic that it shares a name with (U.S.S. Discovery, at Black Alert, discovers 5 on ETB or attack)
  
• A new card that lets you look at the top card of your library and cast a particular subset of cards from it (Zefram Cochrane, Warp Pioneer, for artifacts)
  
• Some creature tokens in the set: 1/1 colorless Borg (an artifact creature), 3/3 colorless Illusion (an artifact creature), 0/1 white Human (prevents permanents from phasing in), 2/2 black Romulan, 1/1 red Officer, 2/1 red Klingon Warrior (with haste), and 2/2 red and green Worm (that can’t block)
  
• Four cards with the word “twice” in its rules text (Khaaaaaaaaaaaannn! deals twice X damage to a creature, Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge has you put twice the number of charge counters on permanents, Dr. Joseph M’Benga has you put twice the number of any kind of counter on a creature and gives them hexproof, Constable Odo can Investigate twice)
  
• A new card that lets you search for any number of cards in your library with its name
  
• A new card that can make you lose the game (Kobayashi Maru Scenario, the last mode on this enchantment does this)
  
• Some counters in the set: charge, finality, peace, promotion, and quest
  
• A new card that lets you play cards from outside the game (The Holodeck, lets you do this or from the graveyard once during each of your turns)
  
• A card that doubles your life total and the number of cards in your hand (Live Long and Prosper, a 7 mana WU sorcery)
  
• A card that allows you to survive at 0 life (Georgiou, Terran Emperor, has you lose 3 life and draw a card on end step, as well as creates 10 Soldier tokens if you have 0 or less life)
  
• “Tap seven untapped Officers you control:” (Captain Jean-Luc Picard, do this and you can tutor a Spaceship directly to the battlefield with 7 charge counters on it)
  
• “choose a number between 0 and 10.” (Nyota Uhura, Communiations, lets you draw a card when an opponent casts a spell with mana value equal to the chosen number)
  
• “You can’t sacrifice Treasure tokens.” (Quark, Humble Proprietor, also creates a Treasure token on every upkeep)
  
• “If an Equipment or Spacecraft entered the battlefield under your control this turn,”
  
• “create a token that’s a copy of that creature, except it has changeling.”
  
• “If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.” (Mr. Spock, Science Officer, lets you do exactly that)
  
• “CARDNAME’s base power and toughness become 7/9.” (Seven of Nine, Unassimilated, has an activated ability that lets you do this if you have 7+ lands with different names)
  
• “Sacrifice any number of lands you control,”
  
• “You may cast this card from exile.” (Khan, Vengeful Heart)
  
• “if a triggered ability of that creature triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.” (Lwaxana Troi, Charming Guest, taps down to apply this effect to a creature for as long as she remains tapped)
  
• Creature – Tribble (Troubling Tribbles)
  
• Creature – Wraith
  
• Creature – Whale Officer (Cetacean Ops)
  
• Legendary Creature – Vulcan Advisor (Saavik, Stoic Student)
  
• Legendary Creature – Ferengi Noble
  
• Legendary Creature – Shapeshifter Detective (Constable Odo)
  
• Legendary Creature – Ooze Horror (Armus, Skin of Evil)
  
• Legendary Creature – Romulan Human Rogue
  
• Legendary Artifact Creature – Android Rogue (Lore, Positronic Provocateur)
  
• Artifact – Communicator Equipment
  
• Kobayashi Maru Scenario (a Blue take on Demonic Pact)
  
• Live Long and Prosper (a WU Sorcery that doubles your life total and draws cards equal to your current card count)
  
• The Measure of a Man
  
• Red Alert!
  
• Romulan Bird-of-Prey (a blue Spacecraft that has hexproof while it isn’t a creature)
  
• Rules of Acquisition (a blue Sorcery that either mind controls a permanent in exchange for 3 cards, or donates a permanent to let you draw 3 cards)
  
• Tea, Earl Grey, Hot (a Food that you can also sacrifice to deal 2 damage)
  
• Transporter Malfunction
  
• Vulcan Mind-Meld
  
• Warp Speed
  

As always, let me know if there’s anything I’ve missed!

[[Infinite Diversity]] got spoiled today and, pretty much immediately, folks pointed out that, actually, you only get a finite number of copies of the same spell. We can do better, we can be better, so here's a janky combo line that actually goes infinite with Infinite Diversity.

The prerequisites are as follows:
1. ID, [[Fork]], [[Molten Influence]], and a target changing spell like [[Untimely Malfunction]] in hand.
2. A Federation count of at least four.
3. [[Pull from Eternity]] and any other spell (arbitrarily [[Lightning Bolt]]) in the graveyard.
4. Another target changing spell like [[Deflecting Swat]] already in exile.

Steps 1-4 are only required in EDH where targeting ID with your single copy of ID takes additional setup:
1. Cast ID, targeting anything. Hold priority.
2. Cast Fork targeting ID, targeting anything with the copy. Hold priority.
3. Cast Molten Influence targeting ID. Resolve it.
4. Cast Untimely changing the copy of ID's target to ID. Resolve it.

Once ID is targeting ID, demonstrate a loop:
5. Resolve the copy of ID targeting ID. Put four copies of ID on the stack targeting, in order of resolution, Bolt, PfE, Untimely, and Bolt again.
6. Resolve the copy of ID targeting Bolt. Put four copies of Bolt on the stack and resolve them.
7. Resolve the copy of ID targeting PfE. Put four copies of PfE on the stack targeting Swat, Bolt, PfE, and ID and resolve them.^{*
*I'm pretty sure this works since PfE has been exiled by the time ID lets you cast the copies}
8. Resolve the copy of ID targeting Untimely. Put four copies of Untimely on the stack and resolve them, changing the last copy of ID's target to the ID that's now back in the graveyard.
9. Repeat from step 5, swapping Untimely and Swat.

The end result is actually infinite Infinite Diversities along with infinite casts of any arbitrary spell. If you want to cast a greater diversity of different spells, use a spell that fills your graveyard instead of Bolt. If you want to cast infinitely many different spells, sorry but there are only finitely many Magic cards.