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I came 32nd, the lower end of the 5-3 players.

Wrote up a tournament report here
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Alrighty. So having moved recently and having mo friends who play legacy (or magic at all) close by, this is all just theory-crafting. So I need some real-life fact-checking please!

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I was wondering, since we have all the fetch lands available as old-border, what would give me more of an edge;
1. as the original shortcake build had it (mires, foothills)?
2. as big a spread as...

I’ve been noticing that having all these urzas sagas means that we’re more ‘gung-ho’ into finding stone via the last saga level.

My thinking is that 3 saga, 2 stone, 2 etutor, 3 engineer, 3 karn...

Also, karn wish painter is 6 mana, which is kinda nutty. It’s not a big mana deck, so having 4 main is easier to naturally find.

I was on your side too a while back, but having tested both...

Rb daretti is good. Very good in control games, just for grinding.
I’m not sure this place is nearly as active as it once was though; if you’re not on the discord, my suggestion is to go on there! ...

It’s been a tough sell, but I’m still giving it a go.

Speaking of tough sells though, does anyone have anything good to say about earnest fellowship? The only card it’s been weak against is...

For me, coatings effectiveness really hinges on karn surviving. It’s that that really gives me pause when I wish for stuff.
I’ve also run original karn and gorilla shaman before too, just as an...

I really wanna ask about liquimetal coating.
I personally think it’s great, but at times, it’s so bad, and dependent upon karn, I’m not sure it’s worth the sideboard slot. How useful was it for...

So I’ve been away from the game for a short bit (combination of hospitalised and sick of the shifting meta), and have been trying to find a nice stock list to start from again. Currently, I’m...

Wait you only run 1 helm? I figured the strategy would have been to go side in at least 1 and keep 1 on the board for karn (you can engineer-tutor the boarded one, then welder it in).

I’m not...

If you’re going with 4 astrolabes, you need only 19 lands. They cantrip, Fox colours, and with the London mulligan, it’s probably the way to go.

All the cuts are all the silver bullets, shaving a...

Unfortunately, I’ve been trying 4 arid Mesa, 2 red fetch, 4 snow mountains and 1 snow plains, 2 plateau, and have never really thought about the vista. It seems good though; but feels a bit silly...

Leyline of the void vs Rest In Peace. Is there an argument for rip in that it’s at least in colour, costs less?

The asymmetry of leyline is awesome tho I guess.


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That’s the whole point of recruiter. It gets all the stuff that makes your deck run, and improves card quality as the game goes.
It’s one of the best cards in the deck actually. Recruiter for magus...

Yea sorry guys; I’ve been hammering on about it to the folks at EDH about Painter being really tame for possibly up to years now.

Might get a reprint in some commander set in the future though,...

I run 3/1 coating main/side in my mono red build. But I don’t see where you can find space in shortcake to be honest.

Nice tourney report! I think it’s important to find a decent karn-mirror...

What was your actual list? I’m trying to find space for the led, engineers, karns, and coatings. So far, I have 2 coatings main, but I’m on 62 cards. Dunno what to cut. I’m edging on going down to 1...

I guess it's a more all-in play style.

I'm not sure it's earned its place in shortcake though. in imperial painter yes, probably, and definitely awesome in spaghetti.

In terms of targets...

i'd be more into the idea of key+coating on welder or something to do a double-weld.. or weld in response to a fatal push/stp?

...actually, that sounds pretty awesome. but a huge resource sink....

It won’t work well where I tend to play, since wasteland is very real, but it might work? I don’t have any lands to test tho.


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So over the weekend, i had a chance to go for a small local legacy shindig. was ok, not great, but again, it's the pilot i think who's at fault more than the opposition. I think this is the kinda...

K.command is red, right? That really sells it for me. I seriously hate that card.

Pro black can be relevant too I suppose, but some number of black removal are edict effects, and that goes...

Just curious; are those plateaus specifically just for that 1-of canonist? Is it really that backbreaking in the deck to weaken our mana so much?

Congrats on your finish tho! I’m looking forward...

I had to look up that solar blaze. Certainly looks interesting, but 4 mana is pretty intense. And also a sorcery. But it could be a thing. Means you can’t even sunforger it.


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