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Today, 02:51 PM

FTW replied to a thread Tog Smash in New and Developmental Decks

Delver isn't good anymore. The "Delver shell" now plays 0 Delver. They've pivoted to Nethergoyf, Tamiyo, and Dragon's Rage Channeler. So if you want...

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Today, 12:29 PM

FTW replied to a thread Tog Smash in New and Developmental Decks

How did it go? UB Frog is already a Tier 1 deck. You could just play that. Standstill is risky when you lose the die roll, since so many decks are...

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Today, 12:08 PM

FTW replied to a thread Wizards in New and Developmental Decks

I like the idea. Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student is the strongest 1cmc Wizard and could be 3-4 copies. Doubling Clues forces opponent to remove...

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Today, 04:46 AM

FTW replied to a thread [Primer] Six Shades of Dressnought aka Vaka-Nought in Established Decks

BUG Dreadnought tech: https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=59246&d=643828&f=LE Back on Uro and no Thrulls, so there are no threats that can be...

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09-06-2024, 07:13 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Black Lotus is the main one that might be viable at enabling some high cmc terrible cards. But that isn't necessarily banworthy.

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09-05-2024, 09:31 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Agreed, Reanimator still seems the best deck. Most people blame Frog. Focusing on Maxtortion winning 1 Challenge with UB Froginator. But Rood got...

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09-03-2024, 03:51 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Like Mockingbird, it's been 4CB legal for just a month! Many new sets coming out lately to pay attention to.

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09-03-2024, 12:26 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Oh, wither counter is a smart way to race 3/x suspends without racing the 4/1 first strike!

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09-03-2024, 12:14 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

FTW: Swamp, Corpulent Corpse, Dark Ritual, Pox GoblinSmashmaster: City of Traitors, Lotus Petal, Magus of the Moon, Goblin Cadets OTP...

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08-31-2024, 07:44 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Today's Challenge: https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=58984&d=641743&f=LE 1st place Rood's Worldgorger Dragon again! Top 8: 2 Frogless Reanimator...

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08-31-2024, 12:56 AM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

This is still early days (EW will show how the format settled), but preliminary results on MTG Top 8 show other decks competing with Frog just fine....

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08-30-2024, 04:14 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Bad faith argument. Nobody's claimed the banGoyf or banBob crowd were dumb, that Bob and Goyf weren't banned because they were crept into...

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08-29-2024, 11:06 AM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Fair point. Will stick with original goalposts: Untap with. By that bar DHA is fair. I did also argue DHA may be unbannable, that it was banned...

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08-28-2024, 10:47 PM

FTW replied to a thread Mono U Martyr Reboot in New and Developmental Decks

So post-Grief ban, as the meta toys with ways to play Froggy Tempo, this meme deck actually looks pretty good at out-tempoing and out-Frogging. Not...

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08-28-2024, 02:15 PM

FTW replied to a thread [Primer] Six Shades of Dressnought aka Vaka-Nought in Established Decks

@Fox: TombNought Challenge Top 8 https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=58575&d=638363&f=LE 4x counter target Eldrazi/Bauble 8Stifle+Parallax Tide is...

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08-28-2024, 12:24 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Wouldn't be surprised if Long Goodbye saw play in decks that can't cast Decay (e.g. Grixis). Smother saw a lot of play in the Goyf-Bob meta. I...

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08-28-2024, 11:57 AM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Magus makes Vortex cast 2 turns faster, but doesn't speed up the counters. Then I also have to slow down around the land. I can either: - always...

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08-27-2024, 07:51 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Yeah the people complaining about Frog must not remember how ubiquitous Goyf was. Bob was unfair too at first. They saw wide play as better than...

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08-27-2024, 01:34 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Reanimate on its own isn't happening on turn 1 (without fast mana) and loses to all that hate. Its strong, but falls into the box of all-in combo...

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08-27-2024, 01:26 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Magus is too strong for both players! It pays for Calendar, then you double calendar every turn, which wins in about 10 turns (much faster than...

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08-27-2024, 12:59 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Huh, a very rare functional errata. They removed the target, and it doesn't Enchant Player either.

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08-27-2024, 11:55 AM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

FTW: Saprazzan Cove, Energy Vortex, Repudiate, Noxious Revival, comment: Needs more Subtlety Should have just played the Calendar. Vortex is...

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08-27-2024, 02:51 AM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Well Reanimate was always unfair, but you could normally fight it with Surgical Extraction, Endurance, Faerie Macabre, Force of Negation etc., and...

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08-27-2024, 02:40 AM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

False, Grief saw many 5-0s and some Legacy Challenge results since the first week it was printed. It started as Bx Grief scam with junk like...

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08-26-2024, 08:36 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

No one said it would "fix" the format. But people have been sick of Grief for a while, it should have been banned last time. UB won't decline,...

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08-26-2024, 02:20 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Does Grief ban in Legacy affect format legality for 4CB immediately? Luckily this week is the Backbuild round, otherwise it might be relevant to...

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08-26-2024, 02:17 PM

FTW replied to a poll All B/R update speculation. in Format & Article Discussion

Good ban. The fast tempo disruption is oppressive. Good to keep Frog legal too. As people said years ago in this thread Dark Confidant dies to...

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08-20-2024, 06:04 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

I had that exact deck and regretted not playing it. 6/6 Dreadmaw would have cleaned up against all the 5/5 draws. It was a tradeoff between whether...

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08-20-2024, 12:05 PM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

FTW: Bayou, Lotus Petal, Gerrard's Verdict, Durkwood Baloth, comment: Pays for Channex dte: Gerrard's Verdict, Lotus petal, Undiscovered...

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08-20-2024, 11:40 AM

FTW replied to a thread 4 Card Blind: The Silkster Seasons in Community Board

Lol Such a wide card pool to choose from and we have 3 Durkwood Baloth 3 Gerrard's Verdict

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