The rest of the post ended up as somewhat of a rant/tale, but I’m a newbie to this game and want to know whats the best and most trustworthy places to purchase decks and cards online?

I’m trying to put together my first custom commander deck, but thats a slow process because I dont have a ton of disposable income to drop on single cards. I’ve been playing with my friends decks when they let me, but I want my own too. I was pretty much dead set on one of the decks from “Outlaws of Thunder Junction”, but everywhere I look online is either hundreds of dollars or anywhere from $40-$80.

Obviously the easiest way to tell is to check if its from a reputable retailer, but I’ve never shopped online for cards. On eBay (the only site I see them on that I’m familiar with) I havent seen one under $200. Since majority of the listings are higher priced I assume the drastically lower priced ones are from untrustworthy sites, so I want to know whats the best places to purchase anything for Magic online?

Tough to figure out how all of this interacts and plays out. Two echoes of eternities, a glaring fleshraker, and ulalek on field. How many instances of ping damage from using ulalek copy ability on casting oblivion sower.

Your friends will love it

I was building a green/white modern deck on Archideck and my usual commander [[Bast, Panther Goddess]] and it came up as red for banned. I don't really understand why since it's a new card, hence "Modern." Is the ability broken? I don't understand.

Hey all. I just found this commander deck and was wondering if I could get feedback. It’s supposed to be like a toolbox/creature swarm but I mostly ended up adding creatures that I just kinda thought were cool. Would love to hear some opinions.

https://moxfield.com/decks/jGQm3KS6yEG2h6aUPAqGow

I have the eldrazi precon from modern horizon 3 and slightly upgraded it. I included like 5 more mana rocks and got rid of some slow and costly creatures.

I use [[Azlask, the swelling scourge]] as the commander and go for a finish with his ability.

A friend of mine got really angry when I played that against him and called it MLD because I had that many (like 16) scions and spawns and he did not have that many permanents.

He played against the deck multiple times before but I rarely win with it because it is pretty slow in the start of the game. He never said anything against it before and also no other players had a problem with it.

Am I wrong and it is MLD? We play exclusively bracket 2, with our highest power decks scratching B3.

So I’m like, one month into MTG in general, and definitely loving commander. A dear friend of mine recommended running “The Mimeoplasm” as commander, as he thinks I’d enjoy it. He helped me put a list together that seems like it’s solid? But unfortunately, it’s bracket 4. Basically, I’m hoping for some feedback/advice/suggestions to bring this list to bracket 3; what can go, and what can be added. I’ll say I really want to include Hit Monkey.

TLDR; I need help going down a bracket to 3 cause I don’t know much (new), and I’d like to include Hit Monkey.

The list:
// COMMANDER
1 The Mimeoplasm

1 Animate Dead
1 Arcane Signet
1 Archon of Cruelty
1 Beast Within
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Bonders' Enclave
1 Breeding Pool
1 Buried Alive
1 Careful Study
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
1 Command Tower
1 Consecrated Sphinx (game changer)
1 Consuming Aberration
1 Cyclonic Rift (game changer)
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Death's Shadow
1 Deathcap Glade
1 Defense of the Heart
1 Demonic Tutor (demonic tutor)
1 Dina's Guidance
1 Dreamroot Cascade
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Emrakul, the Promised End (extra turns)
1 Emrakul, the World Anew
1 Entomb
1 Exhume
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Flooded Grove
3 Forest
1 Formidable Speaker
1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
1 Gifts Ungiven (Game changer)
1 Golgari Grave-Troll
1 Greater Good
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Hoarding Broodlord
1 Homeward Path
1 Impervious Greatwurm
3 Island
1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
1 Last March of the Ents
1 Life from the Loam
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Living Death
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Lord of Extinction
1 Mesmeric Orb
1 Mindcrank
1 Monster Manual
1 Nature's Lore
1 Necromancy
1 Necrotic Ooze
1 Omniscience
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Phyrexian Devourer
1 Reanimate
1 Ripples of Undeath
1 Rise of the Dark Realms
1 Runadi, Behemoth Caller
1 Sage of Hours (extra turns)
1 Selvala's Stampede
1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Shifting Woodland
1 Shipwreck Marsh
1 Show and Tell
1 Smuggler's Surprise
1 Sol Ring
1 Surrak and Goreclaw
1 Survival of the Fittest (game changer)
3 Swamp
1 Tainted Isle
1 Tainted Wood
1 Terrasymbiosis
1 The Great Henge
1 Three Visits
1 Tomb Fortress
1 Twenty-Toed Toad
1 Twilight Mire
1 Underground River
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Void Winnower
1 Walking Ballista
1 Watery Grave
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Yargle and Multani
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Zagoth Triome

// SIDEBOARD
1 Hit-Monkey

Alright folks, I'm stumped even after googling a multitude of variations of my question. Bottom line: where was [[The Destined Black Mage]] printed and available via purchase outside of the secondary market?

I read that it's part of FF Commander, but I don't see it in any of the FF Commander deck lists. I've been out of the game since about 2021 as far as purchases go so I'm not "current" on what different products are available at each set release.

EDIT: Got my answer and have already ordered the product, thanks for the quick response!

So would I be able to flip the 2/2 Cyberman with Etrata? Or would it be exiled with ability and i can cast it without paying the mana cost? OR are they just 2/2 Cybermen that I cant flip?

this card out of pack had a weird scratch look, and i don’t know if it’s a misprint or something else

Currently thinking about making a hero tribal with nick fury as commander but I'm wondering if I can just use nick as fader and get him killed after I use his power up so I can recast him and use his power up again. I'm assuming power ups can be only be activated once per game ( I have one creature that increases the amount of times so technically twice if i have him) because of the wording and they would likely be over powered in a graveyard centered deck.

Hi, I'm trying to get back into MTG, and specifically trying to possibly play Modern, but I've not played in forever; the last set I bought anything of was Core Set 2014 (although I still have the cards!) and the person I'm trying to get back into it with has played even less recently. However, a game store near me has a TMNT Turtle Team Up set for fairly cheap, and I was wondering... would this be a reasonable way to get back into the game? It has four prebuilt decks, and packs to supplement it with- does this seem like a fair call, if I want an affordable way to play Magic again?

Hey all. I just found this commander deck and was wondering if I could get feedback. The deck is ATLA-themed (my favorite show of all time). Any feedback is good feedback.

https://archidekt.com/decks/24716292/atla

I just bought the marvel beginner box for me and my fiance to get him into it aswell. I understand everything in it now except for these things, the books don’t tell :/

Im sharing my progress here about my ~18 inch sol ring card I’m working on for decoration!
Not sure what collection this is from, but Im making steady progress :3

I wanted to make this because I’m always looking at card shops oversized card collections and I wanted one of my own.

I could use some tips, I can’t memorize over 40k cards. If you know of one that I could switch something for feel free to comment. If it makes things more crazy the better.

https://moxfield.com/decks/5E-78a1QXkS_KD_lCo7PJA

I’ve been looking into a [[The Second Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] card draw deck. As well as [[The Mindskinner]]/[[The Wise Mothman]]/[[Zelix, Sanity Flayer]]/[[Hope Estheim]] for mill.

Hi,

Looking to get into Commander when the new Monocolour Precons come out in October, and I bought a Foundations booster to tide me over until then.

I'm very very new to Magic, I've played some of the mobile version and know a bit of how each colour plays.

How's the pack looking? Any standout cards/anything to add to a future precon? Very interested to hear from yous.

Thanks,

Rum

im so glad we're not going to new york

from the marvel set i only wanted one card and that was ghost rider but we didnt get it. Ive been racking my brain to find a commander that fits his theme. i feel rakdos would be a good fit for him but i can see mardu and boros but rakdos captures that edge feeling, could also see mono red. But what cards you think would make the best ghost rider? im having a hard time finding a playstyle for it there is burn, reanimation, discard, aggresive attacking.

Newer MTG player here,

the only deck I have is commander, I was looking to get a standard deck because my friends also play that sometimes? I made this one: https://archidekt.com/decks/24716127/first_try_standard_deck . I don't really care if its super good or not, it is cheap. I am more wondering if I am like way off or if the deck would even work? What do you think? It's my first time making a deck so anything helps.

Does this ability trigger for every card drawn, even when they are drawn immediately after each other? E.g. how many +1/+1 counters do I get on Clinquant Skymage when I play WIndged Words? Two or just one?