Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/reality-fracture-episode-2-purge-yourself-of-doubt

I debated for god knows how long that I should try to play this game. I'm old enough to remember when it first came out.

I finally downloaded Arena last week to give it a go and all I have to say is - wow, I should have done this a long time ago! This game is amazing. Arena does a great job onboarding. I've already put together a deck that has been really good through lower levels of standard ranked. I haven't even tried the other variants or any events other than jump in. Collecting cards and crafting decks is as much fun as playing. Though... I'm totally at a loss reading through reddit when it comes to meta deck discussion.

Anyway, though I'd share so you can remember what it's like to look at this game through new eyes. You only fall in love once.

My expression when I win with an absolute Jank deck.

Jokes aside, I know there are quite a few people who love cosmetics as much as I do (and a lot who don't care or even hate them), so I thought a quick headsup.

If you run into a [[The Infamous Cruelclaw]] deck with this pet, that's me, say hello.

Opponent was at 1 life, dropped a talisman then played farewell and was pinged to death.

Hey everyone, back again with Updates to the Tier Lists

Competitive Brawl

Timeless

Pioneer

Historic

When I'm on my phone, building/editing a deck, I can't zoom (press and hold the card) on any cards in the pool of cards. Once the card is in the deck, I can zoom the cards there, but the cards I haven't added to the deck aren't, zoomable. I

s anyone else having this issue?

I'm stunned I haven't seen anyone else talking about this, I'm hoping that means the bug is somehow on me. Still, I have no idea how to fix it. I'm open to suggestions.

Anyone else?

I want to make a case for the cycle of budget lands that I think are underplayed in Standard at the moment. That cycle is the "13 of less life" (thirteenland) duals from Duskmourn. (https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3Acycle-dsk-thirteenland). If you are playing a slower, grindy deck such as control or midrange I argue these lands are quite good in a budget deck. Against aggro decks you will often be behind and in trouble on the early turns. In these cases having the land enter untapped without paying life (as compared to non-budget shock lands) is huge. It is functionally equivalent to the non-budget slow lands cycle in these cases. Conversely against other slow decks, yes the land enters tapped but if you aren't under tremendous pressure that's not the end of the world.

I will even run a copy or two of these lands in non-budget decks because at the moment Standard only has half of the cycle of slow lands (https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Aslowland+f%3Astandard&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name). So in a 2 color deck after the surveil lands, shock lands, and verge lands if I still need more duals and slow lands aren't in my deck's colors, I will add a copy or two of these "13 or less life" duals.

I hope you'll consider when putting the manabase together for your next deck.

So I really enjoy the food and fellowship precon IRL, and I figured hey it's in the shop, I can afford it why not! About 17-20 matches later and not even remotely close to a win, I can say money well wasted. Just a friendly reminder, do not buy store brawl precons, they are a trap!

I am tired of anything related to the standard. The same 5 decks over and over. I am also tired of having to play the same boring meta decks to have fun, so I'm hoping to find modes that encourage jank decks!

First come first serve. Best of luck with the packs :)

Set a personal MWM record of 7 minutes 3-0!

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/1tlcQcBKkkWGQ9hhR9dr6Q

This is how the new draft is advertised:

For those who prefer their draft environments to be a bit spicier, we're holding a Mixed-Up Premier Standard Draft from September 4–18! In a Mixed-Up Standard Draft, you'll draft from packs containing cards from a variety of Standard-legal sets to create a deck and battle other players in ranked, Best-of-One matches for a fun, unpredictable event.

Reality:

In the packs I received most extremely old cards that have not been standard for years! I was hoping for cards that are Standard NOW as they said! I can't use any of these cards!

This deck held up well against the other aggro decks I was seeing, got wrecked by Lilliana board wipe control, pretty fun,

Deck

4 Samwise Gamgee (LTR) 222

9 Forest (USG) 348

7 Plains (USG) 333

4 Belladonna Took (HOB) 4

3 Peregrin Took (LTR) 181

3 Rosie Cotton of South Lane (LTR) 27

2 Meriadoc Brandybuck (LTR) 177

3 Shire Shirriff (LTR) 30

4 Mushroom Watchdogs (LTR) 180

1 Many Partings (LTR) 176

4 Hobbit's Sting (LTR) 20

3 Pippin's Bravery (LTR) 182

2 The Shire (LTR) 260

2 Temple of Plenty (FDN) 703

1 Stew the Coneys (LTR) 189

2 Second Breakfast (LTR) 29

2 Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper (LTR) 197

4 Llanowar Elves (DAR) 168

Hey all.

Just hoping to get some advice to help me with my strix quick draft. Sorry to ask, but living out bush makes attending drafts nights next to impossible so my knowledge surrounding them is limited

Went with the BG infusion, seemed interesting.

What I pulled and what I made of it.

Will not actually be playing for a few hours due to work so yeah advice is welcome and appreciated.

Many thanks

DropBear

Specifically the denial aspect of the card. I get torpor stone is more or less the same effect for creatures, but is there a more blanket version like Elesh's? Realistically i am looking for an alternative to her (and white).

I've been grinding a lot of standard and brawl but the meta gets a little boring once you reach diamond. I just saw that Alchemy is on a 2 year rotation and the new cards at least offer some entertainment value. Anyone have any tips and which sets have the best Alchemy cards? I know bloomburrow rotates pretty soon.

Here’s my deck list. Entity tracker draws cards whenever you cast any enchantment/room, you’ve got the 2 drop enchantment creature that procs eerie on etb and lowers the cost of all enchantment by 1, gremlin tamer to make a huge board whenever you cast auras/enchantments, blue Itself has some good auras and you’ve got counter magic and things like get out to protect your creatures and enchantments in the case of removal or board wipes.

Mono white aura decks aren’t resilient. If they remove your board the deck gets shut down. Azorius seems to be the move I’d love to hear people’s thoughts though! Also feedback on my deck thanks!

Woo! Just got my first draft trophy in MONTHS. After a few 3-3, 0-3 runs in SOS and HOB before, I’m proud to say pulled a trophy jamming B/G aggro.

I got the tip from another redditor who said they’d miss HOB quick draft, where they could easily jam B/G aggro, because the AI often skipped black in the pool. By the time I logged on SOS quick draft was up, but lo and behold the strategy still worked lol

Started off 0-2 and was really expecting to go 3-3 at best, but the lifegain combo worked out well. I got the sign posts for golgari: 2 [[pest mascot]] 2 [[bogwater lumaret]] an [[old-growth educator]] and [[moseo]] who came in clutch for my last 3 wins. being able to recur [[mindful biomancer]], [[thornfist striker]], and even the mascot at the end of the turn was CLUTCH.

The secret fav that pulled me out of the 0-2 hole was [[leech collector]]. collector plus lumaret is a nasty combo. 2 damage each turn for 1 black adds up fast.

I am trying to complete the collection of the hobbit set complete playsets. All i have left to get is 12 mythics and 1 rare is it smarter to buy mythic packs at this point?

My game has weird texture glitch often, but I didnt expect that one! I was honestly confuse because I didnt see a cat, I just saw a big flame with wings.