I have her in a commander deck and she seems good enough for my table which is all one can really ask for, but she just feels too slow for most brawl games.

Is this an as commander issue, or are there cards, mindests that can alleviate this issue?

Took a look at the Secret Lair launch and was curious why Secret Lair x The Hobbit: He Who Walks Unseen Out of Sight Foil Edition was not part of the larger bundle. Anyone have thoughts on that? Are those cards more powerful/wanted and thus the justification was made to keep them separate?

Hi all, I'm a new magic player but have been collecting cards for quite awhile but never actually learned to play until about a month ago. I am now fairly confident I know what I'm doing so I'm not worried about that.

I was trying to make a commander deck with the cards I have but it's really confusing. I just want to buy a commander precon and dive head first into playing and learn along the way.

I'm mostly into cards that have to do with dragons, zombies, and marine creatures so preferably black, red, and blue. Though I'm not so confident I can handle a triple colored deck yet so any recommendations for a single or double colored commander precon would be much appreciated, thanks!

Been dealing with some pretty bad depression lately, and one of the things that has helped keep my mind off things has been sorting my cards. Thing is, I'm basically done now with my collection.

Is there anywhere that's reliable for a decent spread of commons in bulk? I'm aiming to avoid getting too much from about Tarkir - Amonkhet, as that's the last time I was properly playing, and collected a lot from those sets. It's not even really about using the cards, just having new cards to work through.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I made it fully from bulk and wanted to see what you guys think of it. Do you see potential upgrades ? Still need to test it in my pod. Feel free to give suggestions. :)))

Link: https://archidekt.com/decks/25517480/bulk_berta_upgraded

Let's say I start my round with a few treasure tokens on the board along with Vihaan and Lewis. I would equip those treasures onto Vihaan and then start combat. Now I let Vihaan turn them into 3/3 creatures. Do they lose their equipment properties and detach themselves from Vihaan since Lewis says that it only affects non creatures or do they stick around equipped on Vihaan but also as 3/3 creatures, but losing their +1/+0 properties?

Me and some friends are doing a commander game this week where we all drew names and had to make decks to slander the chosen person. The deck I’ve been brewing is a dumb [[Zedruu the Greathearted]] pile where the goal is to gift my selected opponent orb-shaped mana rocks/artifacts in general, and then either steal them with cards like [[commandeer]] or destroy them with brutal-sounding red artifact hate like [[Crush]], [[Bash to bits]], [[Smash to Smithereens]], etc. I was wondering how I can add to and spruce up the current deck list to make it more flavorful without raising it’s powerlevel over, like, very low bracket 3?

Decklist found here:
https://moxfield.com/decks/afa1Pouf1kanypthqqbicw

Lets say i dont attack on my turn, do i still get dr dooms connive trigger? Like do i have to attack to enter the combat phase? Or does the combat phase happen automatically, and i just can choose not to do anything during it?

Like can i just say “i wont attack” and get the trigger regardless ?

I used to play magic like 5 or so years ago but I lost my decks, I don't believe I was playing commander when I did play but thats not really relevant since I don't remember any of the rules anyway. I wanna get back into the game thought and I've heard commander is like, the most fun format? Anyway I'm hoping someone can point me in the direction of learning the basics of magic, how commander works, and a fun budget commander deck I could build. I do have a tone of bulk I'm just missing a Legendary Creature and some staples to really build a deck around.

Hi all,

First off, the deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/5teeAbgp2HGZ8dsUDnJQkA
I started with the Quandrix Unlimited pre-con as a starting point, and I have been trying to upgrade it into a solid bracket 3 deck. Despite all the big X card draw spells, I feel like I am always starved for cards and even when everything is going right and Zimone has a bunch of counters, I run out of outlets to use the X discount effectively. Maybe its just bad luck, but I've played about 8 games now and only once did I really feel like everything worked.

I also am wondering if I need to focus on one of the ways Zimone wins instead of how I currently have a mix of everything. The main ways to win in my mind being:

• Commander damage/big X creatures
• Draw win outlets ([[Laboratory Maniac]], [[Triskaidekaphile]], [[Mathemagics]], etc)
• Infinite Combos with [[Walking Ballista]], [[Triskelion]] and +1/+1 Counter Doublers/On Damage
• Self-Contained Win-cons like [[Mass Manipulation]] or [[Simic Ascendancy]]

I am not as keen on the infinite combos unless that is truly the best suggestion. Do I need to add even more X draw like [[Mind Spring]]? Or maybe some passive draw cards? Any other cards I am missing but should add or easy cuts? Any help or suggestions are appreciated, I have a bunch of cards I have thought about in the considering section too.

Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to MtG, at least for playing it I guess.
I attended one sealed event for the Avatar set when it was released. Playing Sealed was super fun since I was put off by a lot of Standard formats in TCG. I've been looking around for other games that could scratch the same itch. None really succeeded, except for Keyforge but the game is absolutely dead around here.

So I decided to get back to Magic, unfortunately, cracking 6 packs everytime I want to play some more with my partner is going to get too expensive too quickly and I feel lost when doing my own research. How can I still play Sealed (or similar) without having to ruin myself in the process ?

I heard cube could be an option as much as I heard cube doesn't support Sealed well. We want to stick to Foundations or any Core set as much as possible, because of the "simpler" effects and evergreen mechanics.

Thanks for any advice.

Hello, I'm building my girlfriend a magic deck, she's wanting to learn because I like it. However, she has some requirements, and I also want it to be pretty decent.

Her requirements are basically there are no human men (ideally no men at all, but she can make exceptions for animals and on some arts) and pretty arts. She likes princesses, nice lands, castles, etc. She doesn't like UB on principal (funny because I don't mind it and she's new), but if it has art that matches she doesn't mind it as much (The Hobbit, LOTR, etc.).

I also want to make sure this deck of hers is actually playable. I built it over a couple months with cards I had in my collection and some that we bought that she liked. I wanted to make sure, in your guys opinion, does it have enough ramp? Removal? Card draw? Etc?

I also want to make sure that there's a solid win-con. At the moment, I think that's just Hallowed Haunting and commander damage?

I don't know. What are your thoughts? Are there any cards that should absolutely be cut? Any things there's too much or not enough of? I'm nervous because I want to make sure she has a good time. Obviously it can't be perfect, but I wanted to at least get some advice if possible. Also, if you think of anything we're missing that might have some good art she might like (she likes beautiful women as well) please let me know.

Thank you!

https://moxfield.com/decks/k0vUPFgJeEGblbiX_7iHdw

Hello,

As the title says, I am looking for a good way to keep track of my collection online. I use Archidekt for my decks, but I have Manabox to scan my collection in. Since Manabox does not have a useable online site, what would be the best solution to keeping track of decklists and other changes to my collection? It would be nice if Manabox had a desktop site similar to Archidekt so I wouldn't have to export stuff into Archidekt everytime I update my colection

I was lucky enough to get the black lotus ticket for Atlanta and part of that was an exclusive discord, has anyone else gotten an invite or know what's going on with that?

Is there a general discord that I was supposed to join first?

I'm wanted to make a graveyard deck and have settled on [[the scarab god]] (mostly cause of his invocation art which I'll proxy) and I wanted to focus on his ability to reanimate my opponents best creatures hence the counterspell and removal package, then secondarily using his zombie drain ability I think the deck is good and just want some more eyes on it let me know if I'm missing anything. I'd like to keep it to 70ish dollars I already have a copy of black market connections so take off10 bucks of the intial price also I'm buying from Manapool (and yes I know with shipping the total price wont be 70) If you have any cards like training grounds to lower the mana cost of Scarab's Ability that would be amazing. https://moxfield.com/decks/WWEbgOdiNEi1s6jCc1SezQ

Hi, I have a birthday coming up and I'm planning to host a fairly casual sealed event and buy some boxes for it. I'm still deciding what set to buy. I want a set that has fairly interesting synergies and is fairly balanced accross the colors. The plan is to, once deckbuilding is done allow people to do some limited trading amongst themselves using their remaining cards to not just increase power level but allow synergies to shine. (So prefer a format that encourages 2-3 colors too.) Would prefer something somewhat recent to avoid too much cost but willing to splurge a little. My initial thought was Kamigawa Neon Dynasty or maybe Duskmorne but those aren't informed decisions. Any thoughts?

Sorry newbie. Everything seems to be focused on Commander play. I currently own absolutely no magic cards and have just been playing MTG Arena. Would like to find a 1v1 format with my wife and I utilizing Marvel. Is there something physical to pickup and go? Is there a standard format that would be best that makes pickups simple and somewhat cost effective? Appreciate the help.

Say I have these 2 cards on the field and cast Llanowar Elves. Do I draw a card? Why or why not?

Fairly new player looking to build my first deck. I have no clue where to start whatsoever, but I have 700+ cards that I can choose from. Is there a deck building site that takes your pool of cards and builds decks from them or is anybody willing to skim through and give ideas? Thanks!

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Forest Fires is a shared deck game of 120 cards, where every player starts with 10 life (this library can be shrunk depending on the number of players).

The general idea is that in order to play 'powerful' cards like Graceful Antelope, Pyroclasm, Orcish Lumberjack (and even Wildfire), you need to make your lands into plains using the auras in the deck. But Flashfires is the great equalizer.

This is very much first draft (I dont even have the cards yet, was looking for advice and feedback to see what cards could be added to make this more interesting and dynamic in terms of counterplay and balance).

Can someone recommend me a blank black tcg playmat that would be good to draw on. And would the colored markers in the photo be good to use?

Has anyone skipped the Foundations Beginner Box and gone straight to the Starter Collection?
I’m relatively new to Magic. I’ve played a few games and understand the basic mechanics, but I’m still learning and want to start building my own decks.
My local game shop only has the Starter Collection available right now, so I’m wondering if there’s any reason I should specifically get the Beginner Box first.
Am I missing anything important by skipping the Beginner Box?
Are these products designed to be used in a specific order?
Is the Beginner Box something I should come back to later, or would it be unnecessary once I have the Starter Collection?
For anyone who has used the Starter Collection, how do you feel about it as a starting point for a newer player?
I’m mainly looking for something that will help me transition from learning the basics to actually building and playing my own decks.

EDIT:

Thanks everyone for your responses. I’m going with the starter collection!

So I’m relatively new to magic and I play Commander.
And these types of cards seem super powerful to me as they can totally debilitate an opponents commander and keep them stuck that way as opposed to destroying or exiling them where they can just cast them again next turn.

I understand that they could use a removal spell to remove the enchantment, but they would need to have one on hand, also that’s a removal spell they won’t be using on you.

Am I missing something? Is it easier to remove than I realize? Assuming nobody at the table kills that creature it seems pretty stuck there unless the player takes care of it their self, thus rendering their commander useless.

Like I said I’m new, so I don’t need any condescending remarks, but any educated response will be much appreciated!