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[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Jason Liang]

On cursory glance, I think room could be made for a pirate Jolly Roger. Also, you know how I feel about Judy.

Yeah, always wanted to stick Embercleave in pirates.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Jason Liang]

Although on second thought the color restriction can be akward.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Jason Liang]

Pirate lord is coming

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

DISGUSTING comeback from 2 life against a hardcore aggro deck. When the guy realized he was irreversibly fucked tried to make me get bored and concede by taking forever on his turns. Not happening, kiddo, I used to grind MMORPGs pre-2004. I could sit here all day without moving a muscle, punk. Got my hard earned victory and TWENTY FIVE gold pieces.

I'm ready to make a porno.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Jason Liang]

Coastal Piracy has Matthew Wilson pirate-themed art. That is worth +1 cmc on its own, which makes it strictly superior.

 

[Scruffy]

corsairs, buccaneers and pirates are not the same thing dammit

 

[Jason Liang]

Don't get me started on them retconning hounds into dogs for whatever absurd reason

 

[Thac0]

Tribe unification is good as tribal decks are a ton of fun and Magic as Richard Garfield intended

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Thac0]

could be interesting but I find it quite meh due to cost and lack of trample?

Looks exclusively for self mill EDH, Brawl and commander for me. You stick this down as your commander so that when you mill out and they counter your Thassas Oracle you dont die immediatly.
Too weak for standard.

 

[Jason Liang]

These cards aren't standard legal in the first place.

 

[ekrolo2]

So, this just happened: https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/wizards-ends-their-relationship-with-terese-nielsen/

 

[Jason Liang]

Hopefully my Force of Wills will triple value now

No FoW Reprints for you millennials KEKEKEKEKEKE

 

[Thac0]

So, this just happened: https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/wizards-ends-their-relationship-with-terese-nielsen/

Cancelled over liking tweets and following people on twitter, what a charade.
Although I think this belongs more into gaming drama since it has no actual list of interesting cards, unless we go posting Nielsens best art. She was a damn fine artist.

https://scryfall.com/search?q=++a:"terese+nielsen"+new:art&unique=cards&as=grid&order=released

Spoiler

Also since WotC art has become very safe and corporate I appreciated that her pieces were always a bit more daring. I like that old school horny fantasy pulp.

Spoiler

As a Bant player she made a lot of good cards in my colours

 

[Dawkinsfan69]

DINO BRAWWWWWLLLLLL

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[Jason Liang]

As a Bant player she made a lot of good cards in my colours

Therese was one of the most legit artist tribals

also explains https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Shadowmoor/Mana+Reflection#paper

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Skilled artist let go because of mutants. Sad days.

 

[Jason Liang]

Those great artists like Therese, Rebecca Guay, Mat Wilson, April Lee etc... work on things better than illustrating cash cardboard. April was the art director on HoMM Two and HoMM Three for instance.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Please God tell me a Gingerbrute deck is an actual thing.

Needing Haste to block/'catch' him is the greatest flavor for a card.

 

[Thac0]

Please God tell me a Gingerbrute deck is an actual thing.

Needing Haste to block/'catch' him is the greatest flavor for a card.

Its decent actually. The artifact snek that is X/X, all that glitters 4x Crystalline Giant and 4x Gingerbrute make for a really fast core that is hard to interact with.
Currently it also has the M19 artificer bot that taps to give them all +1/+1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYMI_WWu80&t=357s

This is Merchants version since I like the dude, you are not gonna top a tournament with it but its ranked playable.

 

[spectre]

Please God tell me a Gingerbrute deck is an actual thing.

You can see them being used in some variants of mono green aggro, the basic idea is to have a hasty, unblockable thing that get deliver the last damage with Giant Growth.

He's probably the best at home in a white enchantment aggro thing where he immediately turns 3/3 with a single All that Glitters.
Used to be a real deck too, before they changed how companions work and Lurrus got borderline unplayable.
Don't have a list on me, but it's basically:

Lurrus (you can put him up as a companion or inside the deck)
Gingerbrute
Stonecoil Serpent
Arseling of Life's Bounty
Healer Hawk
Glaring Aegis
Kalimera's Blessing
Sentinel's Eyes
Solid Footing
All that Glitters
Sentinel's Mark
God's Willing

Tweak the numbers until you get it. To save you some headache, you need around 16 creatures (if you go too low, there won't be enough shit to enchant and if they kill your only creature, you'll be sitting on your hands).
Your stuff mostly costs 1-2 mana, so 20-21 lands should be enough (not lower because you actually want to go to three lands rather reliably. The deck likes to keep 1-2 mana open).
Rest is enchantments and protection. The basic idea here is to get a creature on board and keep enchanting it until it turns into a 10/10.
Always keep one mana up, so you can protect it with Kalimera, God's Willing and Lifes' Bounty. Blessing can protect you from really nasty stuff, including Shatter the Sky.
Good hands are 1-2 creatures, protection and All that Glitters. Especially the latter is your prime way of dishing out the damage.

What can still touch you are sacrifice effects, especially Priest of the Forgotten Gods has gotten popular, and Extinction Event, so keep those in mind.
The Magic Negro can also be a problem, cause he stops a bunch of your protection. Arseling can still sacrifice, but Stonecoil Serpent can solve this problem rather nicely.
If you get caught with your pants down, drop a Lurrus and start rebuilding your board. You need at least 5 mana for it, cause in the ideal case you'll be immediately bringing an Arseling back and need to be able to use it.

This deck is a decent midrange, can be rather good vs. aggro, cause a 5/5 lifelink trample can be a pain (as long as you're quick on the setup and they don't kill your stuff too much), and you can protect your pieces vs control.
Biggest problem is that it doesn't really interact with the opponent, but it's a decent budget thing you can throw together and take it places.
You can add cards like Blast Zone (so you actually can interact with things, mostly costing 2-3 mana), other cheap creatures that have interesting abilities (Beloved Princess, Giant Killer, Hushbringer, critters with Afterlife),
it's also possible to add a color, though you pretty much only want Season of Growth from green. Makes your game more explosive, but adds a bit of complexity when it comes to mana which can slow you down a bit.