Growing ranks is great for any token deck and is cheap to get.

Open or keep sealed?

I bought this in Dec 2023 for $40 at Target. Forgot I had it till now when I found the bag. Corners and the packaging are a bit dented, but it’s still all sealed.

Does anyone else feel like magic is slowly losing its identity?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy franchises like Marvel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Star Trek. My issue isn't with these franchises themselves, but rather how heavily they're being incorporated into Magic.

I think there's a big difference between releasing crossover cards through Secret Lair and building entire sets around outside franchises. At what point does Magic start losing the identity that made it special?

Magic was built around a rich fantasy universe filled with elves, goblins, dragons, and countless original creations like the Phyrexians. Its unique lore, characters, and worldbuilding are what helped distinguish it from other games.

I understand Magic has never been exclusively traditional fantasy, and I actually appreciate its variety. Even The Lord of the Rings feels like a natural fit given its fantasy roots. But superheroes, cartoon turtles, and characters from completely unrelated universes just feel out of place to me.

My biggest concern is that Magic is slowly becoming the trading card equivalent of Fortnite, where every popular franchise eventually makes an appearance.

While I understand the business appeal, I worry these collaborations will gradually overshadow the original storytelling and creativity that made Magic unique.

I'm not against crossovers entirely. I just wish there were a better balance between welcoming new audiences and preserving Magic's identity.

Does anyone else feel this way, or do you see Universes Beyond as a positive evolution of the game?

I'd genuinely love to hear different perspectives. Let's keep the discussion respectful!

You won't play any other cards the whole game. What 4 or less mana card wins the game by itself on turn 1?

Initiative seems like it can be crazy good. Same for my favourite hamster and his owner [[Minsc and Boo, Timeless Heroes]]

What else?

Hello, I just played a SpellTable game where I play a [[Kilo, apogee mind]] upgraded precon. It is focused on a few combos but mainly just artifacts on artifacts. In my last game I had a [[Virulent Silencer]] on the battlefield and before my next turn my opponent [[blasphemous act]] the table. Once he passed the turn I played [[wake the past]] and all of my board came back in. My opponents berated me about how I shouldn’t run a toxic deck in B2 and how BS it was that they could die in turn 7/8. Virulent Silencer is my only card in the deck that gives toxic/has toxic, I offered to keep my virulent silencer in the graveyard, or I would just exile it. In response they berated me more about how I should cut it if I want to make the deck a B2 and then they left.

I’m still very new to magic and this was my first upgraded precon so if it is really unfair, I will remove it.

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/7Gn9TfgRAECg_smfTMzg3g

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I love u/PleasentKenobi’s [Party Box](https://youtu.be/S1TzcivSUZE?is=I1AtsxZG-SAPeH-2) concept.

For years, I’ve been holding onto every card that might potentially fit into such a box. But, to be honest, game nights are so infrequent that we’d rather play our own decks—into which we’ve poured so much money and love—than try out a fresh Magic variant.

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For a long time, Magic cards were so sacred to me that I wouldn’t even use a proxy for a deck intended solely for play at my own kitchen table.

I still consider the creation and circulation of counterfeit cards to be illegal.

Since the *Zeta* set, I’ve noticed that certain boundaries have shifted for many players. I’m seeing highly creative proxies more and more often.

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I think the time has come to combine trading cards from other games and 28 meters of DYMO LabelWriter tape into a 100% proxy deck—one that can hold its own against other "Bracket 4" decks during a regular game night.

5x Hello Kitty and Friends

5x Star Wars Unlimited

4x King of Tokyo

1x Yu-Gi-Oh!

2x Buffy the VampireSlayer

2x Dice Masters

1x Hellboy (Deck of Doom)

1x L.O.L. Surprise

5x Lorcana

1x DuelMasters (Happy Holidays 2024)

2x K-Pop Demon Hunters

2x Stranger Things

3x Lord of the Rings

2x VS System - Upper Deck (signed by artists)

2x World of WarCraft (signed by artists (Clint Langley (Dark Ritual)))

1x Gravity Falls

2x Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2x MASTERS of the Universe - Battlegrround

4x LEGO Ninjago

2x LEGO Minecraft

1x Flesh & Blood

2x DragonBall

4x One Piece

1x DigiMon

5x Pokémon (some are counterfeits)

2x Warhammer - Age of Sigmar

1x Fortnite

8x Italian Brainrot

2x Panzer-Quartett (Happy Families - Tanks)

1x Bagger-Quartett (Happy Families - Excavators)

1x Romme (Joker)

1x We Bare Beares

2x Jurassic Park

2x Bone (Jeff Smith)

1x Spiel mich! (Comic Solidartiy 2018)

2x DC Comic - Future State

1x The Advertures of Batman & Robin (1996)

1x Marvel Spider-Man (1994)

1x Batman Masters Series (1995)

1x Superman - SkyBox Promo (1996)

1x Wert-Bon Voucher - SaniFair

1x Diriver's license

1x Genshin Impact

1x Donnie Darko

1x Druna (Serpieri - 1996)

1x Die2 - Tarot (TV newspaper and women's magazine)

1x Weiß Schwarz Blau - Chiikawa

7x MTG (30th Anniverasary, counterfeits, ... other non turnament legal cards)

1x Mountain Goat - Portal (The only tournament-legal card in this deck. It's kind of a meme thing in my playgroup).

Hello everyone! I recently created a game using magic cards called Hostility. It’s heavily inspired by the single deck, single graveyard, control-based antics of Dandan, but in mono red. The rules are as follows:

- 2 players.
- Both players begin with a copy of Hostility on the battlefield. Hostility is a creature that prevents damage that your spells would deal to opponents, instead making 3/1 elemental shamans equal to that damage. Like the other Lorwyn elemental incarnations, if it would enter the graveyard, it is instead shuffled into the library.
- While Hostility is on a players battlefield, that player cannot attack with any creatures they control, but they can block. Meaning, no matter how many 3/1s you make from your burn spells, you have to destroy Hostility to swing them.
- If a player would draw a Hostility that got shuffled into the library, they immediately put that card into play under their control.
- Each player starts with 40 life, draws 7 cards, and has no free mulligans. As previously mentioned, each player shares one deck and graveyard.

In play, the goal is to burn your opponent in order to produce a bunch of hasty 3/1s, and then later attempt to kill your Hostility so that you can swing them. However, there are numerous cards in that copy spells or change their targets, so your opponent may use your spells to destroy their own Hostility.
I’ve been having a blast playing this with friends and finding new, unique cards to add to the deck, so please give it a shot and feel free to give me some recommendations!

Here is the current deck list:
https://archidekt.com/decks/27717863/hostility

I have several questions regarding if the cards are flavorful and on point. So far I have only one person that's seen discovery and like half of another series. Is there anyone in this thread who can answer some trek questions? I'm so lost here...

I really mess w the edgy and tacky fantasy art from the early 2000s but all the sleeves I can find online are ai slop or kinda basic.

Im sorry if this is a bit of a wild goose chase. Thank you in advance.

Hand painted.

So I've recently gotten into magic and made my first commander deck. Is there anything else that I should add/remove to make my commander better? Commander is Tom bombadil

I'm wondering if I can cast a dreadnought (or adjacent effects) and let the etb go on the stack, can I then cast another dreadnought in response?

Reason as to why I'm conflicted is cause on one hand the ability can be activated any time during my turn, but on the other dreadnought doesn't have flash. Does that non-flash matter when it's on an activated ability?

Can I destroy ANY creature or any blue/red planeswalker or would the creature also have to be blue/red as well?

Hey everyone! I’m fairly new to MTG, and so far, I’ve really enjoyed Kaalia, Henzie, and Giada. I have been playing some Kaalia my favorite commander with some lists online, they are too powerful for my pod.

I’m looking for a mid-power Kaalia deck, but most of the lists I’ve come across seem to be Bracket 5. This is the list I’ve liked most so far: https://moxfield.com/decks/KGMhuLW9yEiN0wyGC2czrg

Does anyone have a Kaalia list they enjoy that can hold its own in a mid-power pod? I’d love some recommendations!

Does anybody else feel like commanders that can ramp have an advantage over commanders that cannot

So basically i was playing against my husband yesterday and I drew a card in combination with Maelstrom, sadly i didn't get to do anything with because i miraculously won first (he used his evil deck and i won by the skin of my teeth i swear)

Lunar frenzy says target creature you control gets +X/+0 and other stuff but i was wondering if i combine her ability with Maelstrom's "pay no mana for your spell" ability could or would it just pay like the red or smth?

Thanks in advance

I am a fairly new mtg player, so this may be a dumb question. However, I’m confused by this interaction. I was playing Brawl on MTG arena against a Heliod commander while I was using Judith, the Scourge Demon. I managed to get Heliod to 4 toughness on my turn, and I had Head of the Hunt on my side. I then played Languish which brought Heliod down to 0 toughness. Why did Head of the Hunt not exile Heliod and supersede the indestructible?

Edit: hi everybody. I lost a creature and Judith allowed me to do 1 damage to Heliod. I subsequently played Languish while Heliod was now at 4 toughness. Arena showed 0 toughness after I played the card.

Edit 2: I think this makes sense. I guess arena just = bad. Thanks for the help y’all! I really love this game :)

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edit: there is a typo on the 3rd card and the ward is ward 1

So, since "recent" unsets have some legal cards, what do you think would receive the same legal treatment of older joke sets (not necessairly un sets) being seen as not even too unserious to be illegal

Here are some picks:

[[The Cheese Stands Alone]] for obvious reasons, [[Get a Life]], [[Once More with Feeling]], [[Checks and Balances]] actual banger in commander, [[Clambassadors]], [[Clam-I-Am]] lmao they though rolling die was not profissional, [[Organ Harvest]] (may be banned for the theme), [[Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire]] Banger, then again, they though being flipped sideways was a problem, [[Chicken Egg]] I wont be mentioning die cards anymore cause come on, [[Giant Fan]], these next 3 may be a bit controversial... [[Head to Head]] and [[Frankie Peanuts]] and [[Hangman]], [[_____]], [[Magical Hacker]], [[Meddling Kids]], [[Mana Screw]], [[Urza's Hot Tub]], [[Fruitcake Elemental]], [[Season's Beatings]], [[Mishra's Toy Workshop]], [[Dungeon Master]], [[Chandra, Gremlin Wrangler

]], [[Do-It-Yourself Seraph]], [[By Gnome Means]], [[Clocknapper]], [[Crow Storm]], [[Extremely Slow Zombie

]], I dont know a lot about contraptions, but if atractions and stickers are fair game I dont know why they wouldnt be as well, [[Squirrel-Powered Scheme]], [[Chittering Doom]], [[Earl of Squirrel]], [[Alexander Clamilton]], [[Look at Me, I'm the DCI]], [[Johnny, Combo Player]], [[B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles)]], [[Blast from the Past]], [[Strategy, Schmategy]], [[Imaginary Friends]], [[Biting Remark]], [[Lazier Goblin]], [[Locus Cobra]], [[Phyrexian Adapter]], [[Ensoul Ring]], [[Yawgmoth's Day Planner]].

Also I just found out scryfall marks all legal cards as not funny, I think they have a terrible sense of what is funny...

For context my wife can be an overly emotional person, but in a "rational" way if that makes sense. She's not one to explode or make a massive deal out of absolutely nothing.

Magic has always been one of our bonding things since we met, we've been together 7 years. She's not a newbie and knows her way around a board, she's absolutely slaughtered our pod numerous times.

I recently just built a Dimir control deck I've been working on, specifically Vren, The Relentless. It focuses on edict removal and basically shutting down the opponents board or forcing them to sacrifice creatures. She was playing her Ulalek Eldrazi tribal. She's also 3 months pregnant with our son.

A Counterspell, Negate, Sound the Trumpet and some edict ETB effects later, she threw an absolute fit and stormed off and has not stopped crying in our room for 10 minutes.

Lesson of the day gentlemen: NEVER EVER play blue control against your pregnant wife lol.

EDIT: I love my wife and she's my best friend, we've raised 2 kids together so far already (both from previous partners outside the marriage), I was just kind of flabbergasted that this happened and then I remember she's very hormonal and going through a lot of bodily changes. I just wanted to warn all the upcoming fathers who play Magic with their partner lol.

Like the title says, me and my buds love Magicon and want to go! Its a longshot but I thought I'd post it and see if anyone has some tickets!

My best friend is making a rat tribal deck and want to remake all the arts on the rat cards to his style of drawing I would like to see if anyone on here can see if they can match the arts to some cards I made for him in his style of drawing ✍️
The last two are artifacts we made rat themed ⚠️

I personally love MTG Forge as they update it with new cards immediately, before they even drop another of times, it's free and completely fan made, and it allows you to try out any deck you want basically against Ai opponents before deciding to make it or not. Plus Adventure mode (in commander especially) is soooooo fun...Just wondering if anyone knows of a specific sub for it, or if it's cool to talk about it here or not...

So the 2 names I'm thinking of are Scotsman or outlaw, but this format is focused on preventing ultra efficient decks, that aren't engaging to play against. Personally I stopped loving the game because every game felt the same. Every game was just to do everything you could, to prevent the "I win combo". While more and more players are building decks, that sole job is just comboing off. If it's not just combo off, it's get the same exact cards out, every game to win.

To me, it was fun to run those decks for a bit. But it makes games feel too fast, and very non-interactive, or drug out slog, because everyone is just trying to set up the win. So my variant idea specifically addresses those issues, so games are more about tempo, more organic in how they play out, and add variance to each game between the same decks.

So the core of the variant is this:

-No infinite combos: why? Because it prevents decks from relying on them to win, which prevents players from building their decks just to win with them. It also makes combat more important again. It also prevents situations where players hoard interaction, waiting for said combo.

-No cards that say "you win the game": why? Because mostly the same logic for the first change, it prevents the same play style of not playing the game, and less homogenous deck designs. Plus these cards aren't fun for anyone besides the player (I'm looking at you thassas oracle)

-no tutors that target non-land cards: why? I'm sure people will hate this one, but it stops decks from being extremely consistent. It creates natural variance, and prevents decks from having the right card all the time. It pushes players to build decks that have more outs, and have more cohesion. It makes the Singleton format, actually play like a Singleton deck. It also doesn't gut green, land bases, or multicolor decks.

-storm: why? Because while storm doesn't directly go infinite, its entire mechanic functions almost entirely like an infinite "I win combo". As well as the mechanic is designed to be incredibly non-interactive, while having a high density of cards that make it extremely easy to get off the ground. Spell slinger is already extremely powerful, and storm is already a problem with everything I mentioned being legal. So rather than trying to ban 20 cards to make Strom more fair, the mechanic should just be shelved for this variant. Especially because so few cards actually interact with this mechanic.

So, I know many players will tell me the equivalent of "skill issue". I didn't come up with this variant because I couldn't handle decks or players, that played this way, I've actually been building decks with these restrictions, and have seen really good success. Does the game need this variant, just by looking at how much money the game is making, clearly not. But I think the variant just lets players have a more relaxed and engaging experience. It pushes players into new strategies, different cards, and lets players experiment with cards. The current climate makes experimenting, and brewing, challenging in a more exhausting way. But this variant is designed to have a more classic commander vibe, while still being commander. I think for a lot of players, it can just fix a lot of the modern games frustration points