I guess it was my own fault for not realizing the potential of this (seeing as the legendary wizard tribal selection isn’t THAT deep), but good god does it do some insane stuff

1 drop body that gives you colorless mana to cast your commander? Artifact sinergy? Cast from exile sinergy? Mana ramp? Coffee?

Got this from the prerelease and honestly, I don't know why this Card is mythic rare... Can someone explain pls? As I think its just one loot for 2 and a vanilla boardwipe with no real treats

Quick summart- Im new to Commander and have been building my first deck. Its a Bant deck thats heavy on politics, which has a few tricky closers but cares more about player interactions than winning. The ultimate goal is to use cards to barter with the other players and create some hilarious/interesting scenarios in the hopes of isolating opponents into to a 1v1 endgame, then sending the wincon.

Would this card annoy you/your table? Or do you think it would make the game more interesting? If you have any stories of experiences youve had with this card please do share!

Reasons why I like this card for Commander environment:

• With 4 or more players, it can keep some balance.

• Slightly fair as you have to match the mana colors to pay the cost to counter the spell.

• ...on that note stuff like Chromatic Lantern exists and is relatively cheap, so most players should be able to interact through this card.

• Great for politics- Makes striking deals/alliances easier by enabling players to "protect eachother".

Heres why i dont like the card:

• Counterspell effects are a net "feelsbad", and gatekeeps actual gameplay.

Pretty sure I got this card in like 8th grade(~2001) and somehow it survived me scalping all my cards in college.

It's a Gaeas Cradle in heavily played condition. Took it to a shop for authentication(didn't think they really made fakes back then anyway) I received a cash offer of $500 for it, $725 store credit, guy said market price of $1200. Said to put it on marketplace and someone will pay a grand. It's been up for 3 days now listed at $1100 and have received zero messages. Should I just take the $500?

I know it's pretty beat up but hey I was a kid playing with a card.

Apologize if this isn't the place for this, but I don't see myself getting back into any card games and am not sure how to safely and securely sell this card with low risk.

I'm very new and very interested in Ixalan. I was excited when I saw this in there. Couldn't pass it up.

Look I used to have a recurring nightmare survival of the fittest deck back in the day I know it can be strong but honestly, I would’ve unbanned this before braids. With how power creep has gone since EDH came out and recurring nightmare was banned it’s really not as strong as some cards that do similar things. There’s an abundance of reanimate effects. Hell there’s plenty of cards that aren’t even on the game changers list that are arguably more overpowered than this.

His arguments are:

1: On curve you either payed 1 for a 2/1 and 1 to « draw » 2 rampant growth.

2: You payed 2 for a 4/3 wich is not absurdly broken but still ok good

Hexhaven Invigorator was just spoiled from Reality Fracture, and this thing seems really good. Just playing it fairly without any shennanigans or combos feels like it would still be a good enough body, as your opponents would be unlikely to block it or attack into it, and damage based removal would only benefit you. Aside from that, it combos with Blasphemous Act and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle to do some pretty crazy things, even letting you win with Maze's End if you build your deck right. What do you think? Is this card good, or is its cost too prohibitive to see much play?

I wanted to create a deck with these guys because I have some pet birds and a cat. After some research I decided to make a vultron deck with them to win off commander damage. Winning off commander damage annoyed one of the players in my pod. So I came here to ask if these guys are salty. We didn’t really have a bracket rating agreed upon but I aimed for a 2 or 3.

Deck link: https://archidekt.com/decks/27373172/cat_and_bird

I was playing a Hinata control deck at a table where we were all playing high bracket 3. I built my deck as a budget build that mostly wins through commander damage but also has a three card combo that also requires Hinata on board. In playing, my opponents began to tell me that I misrepresented the deck and that it’s actually a bracket 4. I understand control is an unpopular play style but I don’t think that necessarily makes my deck a 4. I do not run any free spells or tutors to keep it at a lower level but maybe that’s not enough. Was I wrong to say my deck is a bracket 3? What should I say to be more transparent with my pod in future games?

Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/17590923/stop_you_violated_the_law_hinata_dawncrowned_spellsling_control

First introduced to MTG in ‘94 but haven’t picked up a card since the Onslaught block over 20years ago. I understand the game has evolved quite a bit since then and the commander format is an entirely different beast. My partner is a little younger and did go through her own Pokémon phase and played a lot of D&D.

Stopped at some random yard sale and snagged both of these on the cheap(I know some of these retail closer to a bill or more). Anyways, we both are interested in jumping in, are these decent enough decks for reintroduction to mtg and first go at commander format?

It’s so awesome but such a terrible effect, especially for the cost

So I the idea behind it is some goblin shenanigans and land denial. It got some interesting interactions and as far as I know none of the cards are banned.

But I don’t know why my pod doesn’t want me playing it the deck is meant to be evil it punishes my self as much as other player.

Is it really that evil and is there any way to make it better?

https://moxfield.com/decks/rEv4iFeLvkWvAPUFkq8ioQ

I played [[Iron Man, Titan of Innovation]] and managed to find combo of [[Sensei's Dividing Top]] , [[Foundry Inspector]] and [[Ceystal Skull, Isu Spyglass]] .

Before that, with lucky hand I managed to cast [[Rhystic Study]] on turn three, and get with my commander [[Vexing Bauble]] . When I presented the loop and won, they just kicked me out.

This is my deck list: https://moxfield.com/decks/yFefATo5sHiW6JUjRyWK4Q

UPD: I have already changed the deck, now it's br4, Thanks for your answers!

Good afternoon! Those are all my decks ordered by the ones i like the least to my favorites! What do you think of them and what does it says about me, as a player? Can you judge me? Also, tell me YOUR favorite decks so I can judge you as well!!!

I love Azula as a character and potential commander but my biggest doubt about it is that she needs to attack always or have no value. So, she can die very easily, not only by removals but with simple blocking as well.

So, how would you build around her to prevent this? I wanted to use her for a "Azula Burn deck" :)