Dies to Removal

Luminarch Ascension is a bad card in EDH.

Sure, it's usually active once around the table. It's also a huge fucking target on your face.

@ Sacred Mesa: What am I not getting about this card? You can't play it before T5, if you do play it on 5, there's a very good change of blow out. It ties up two mana a turn to keep it around, but by T7 + is it really that out of hand?

You can play it on turn 3. It costs two mana during your next upkeep, yeah. But look at it and Mobilization. In the end, you get 50% more tokens for your mana.

Also, the tokens fly. That's not insubstantial.

Mobilization is crap. Try Sacred Mesa.

LD: Needs Militia's Pride.

You should fit in some aggro and tempo cards in your pristaxcontrombmodruu deck

I can't afford to make the name of the deck any longer.

Wait, you actually play slivers? You don't have the Overlord as a placeholder for 5c Hermit Druid?

Or play green and have no issue with your 3-color $20 mana base.

Or you could go fuck yourself and the green you ramped in on.

Yeah, same thing happened to Pristaxcontrombmodruu. I spent more money on it than I want to think about. And yeah, totally not built to be competitive. I mean, come on. My main win condition is Enduring Ideal.

Favorite EDH lockdown card: Mana Maze.

EDH, the only format more capable of making my wallet scream in terror than pimping my Legacy deck. On that note, Sliver Overlord 4 lyfe, yo! /failthug

S'cool. I run Ruination and Blood Moon.

Do you build your deck differently if you don't plan on winning an event... you only care about hitting money?

Is this directed at me? What do you mean?

Agreed on both counts. Screw Boros, add blue and go Pristaxcontrombmodruu.

What's the thing with that deckname btw?

It's kinda prison. It's kinda stax. It's kinda control. It's kinda combo.

It's all Zedruu.

Also, it's really fun to say it.

Pristaxcontrombmodruu.

And type it.

Oh, I played swords, Sunforger, equipment tutors, and board wipes with indestructible dudes.

Yeah, see, I tried that. But somehow it always turned into "Well, I could tutor for X, but at this point I'd be better off with Worldslayer."

Agreed on both counts. Screw Boros, add blue and go Pristaxcontrombmodruu.

What's the thing with that deckname btw?

It's kinda prison. It's kinda stax. It's kinda control. It's kinda combo.

It's all Zedruu.

I also put in a heavy dose of "You can't play the game the way you want to" things like Torpor and Winter Orbs, Stranglehold, and Meekstone.

Angelic Overseer is clutch, but more so was the heavy mana rock package I put together. There were days where a turn three Armageddon was the correct play.

I don't run a huge equipment package, though. I have Worldslayer and the hasteboots, but nothing to tutor for them.

Tajic is my second favorite general. It's just that no one likes it when I Obliterhaups.

It's the only EDH deck I'm aware of to have won with Battle of Wits.

Agreed on both counts. Screw Boros, add blue and go Pristaxcontrombmodruu.

How to make a French Flag:

1. Start with a white cloth.
2. Tie it to a pole.
3. Wave it around then run away.

Death and Taxes: It's from the phrase "There's only two things certain in life." The deck is all about the inevitable lockdown.

Guys, I'm drinking and attempting to write a Magic article for this site and I'm afraid I've bitten off more than I can chew. As in, I'm rambling, but I've got a lot of points to get across. I may sober up and realize that this whole thing is crap.

Good advice from (I believe it was) Ernest Hemingway: Write drunk, edit sober.

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Hey you scrumps. Come play with us.

It's like hydroplaning, except when sand blows over the road.

So, as it turns out, sandroplaning is a thing in this country.

You mean, aside from the craigslist part of the url?

Play drums instead? Don't know.

He wants to be a musician, though.

We're all dead. We just haven't figured that out yet.

Speaking of sleight of hand:

Do you guys know the difference between a con man and a magician?

A magician tells you what he's doing is a lie or illusion. A con man wants you to believe it to be real or truthful.

It's a trick question. There is no difference.

Speaking of sleight of hand:

Do you guys know the difference between a con man and a magician?

Yeah, beat you to it, but that shows how much I pay attention to Standard.

Oh. Right. Theros happened.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Shocks are still in rotation and Fetches have been reprinted. What better manafixing can you expect to have?

I wish I could get interested in Standard. It does sound like a lot of fun to follow and play.

The Star Horn Royal Club vs. OMG games were fantastic. Fiddlesticks and Pantheon, WTF, but it worked.

I was also happy to see both Cloud 9 and TSM take a game from the Korean teams they got put up against. Cloud 9 was close to taking that to five games, even. It's clear that the other regions are getting better.

No, I don't expect SHR to beat SSW in the finals, but I'm still going to watch.

I can't believe you nerds are watching a bunch of other nerds play card games, let alone how you're providing commentary.

The League of Legends World Championship is happening. This year has been amazing.

I also can't remember my login. I don't care for the new format. I still can't access the site from work. Their mods are a bunch of fucktards. Except Cryo. He's legit.

I have other excuses for not going back to MTGS, but those are the big ones.

Eh, close enough.

Glad you're OK, Red. That's the important part. Hopefully they replace your car with something better. Unfortunately, you'll never get your car back. I'd miss mine, even if it got replaced by a brand new car, you know?

You know what bothers me? You could have died in a wreck like that and we'd never know. You'd just stop posting altogether and we'd be left to wonder what happened to you. Like Kaze. I miss that guy.

Yeah, dude, that happened a long time ago.

Redthirst went all "I have a job" and Zem was all "I'm above you."

We're left with you, Spam, and gimmicks.