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00R-Gundam said:
As part of my reformation(playing less mill) and cause my friend pod suggested me; ive decided to make a group hug deck, that way i wont be the asshole at the table. Any kiwi knows about good group hug commanders? This is like completely new territory for me.
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The Faggot Kings are a solid option, Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis. You get to ramp and draw and you opponents can do one or the other. Plus it’s four colors so you can play anything you want that isn’t in black.
 
00R-Gundam said:
As part of my reformation(playing less mill) and cause my friend pod suggested me; ive decided to make a group hug deck, that way i wont be the asshole at the table. Any kiwi knows about good group hug commanders? This is like completely new territory for me.
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The poster child of group hug commander in the recent year. Da rabbit of doom. (Don't actually build this if your pod is savvy about the game because of her infamous reputation)
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00R-Gundam said:
As part of my reformation(playing less mill) and cause my friend pod suggested me; ive decided to make a group hug deck, that way i wont be the asshole at the table. Any kiwi knows about good group hug commanders? This is like completely new territory for me.
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Maralen of the Mornsong,
 
Endless Torment said:
Isn't GLC closer to Canadian highlander as it is a two player singleton competitive format?
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Basically yes, there’s not a point system. I hadn’t thought about the two-player element as a different factor. It’s actually a fun time if you’ve played the game for a bit like I have. I got to crack out some of the old shit I’ve had sitting in binders for ages, and there aren’t a lot of actual meta decks. My buddy figured out a reanimator combo that lets you bypass basic Pokémon requirements and it’s NASTY.
 
00R-Gundam said:
As part of my reformation(playing less mill) and cause my friend pod suggested me; ive decided to make a group hug deck, that way i wont be the asshole at the table. Any kiwi knows about good group hug commanders? This is like completely new territory for me.
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If you're really into blue, I've personally witness Braids, Conjurer Adept decks both pop-off with extra upkeep and bounce spell-type cards and lead to games ending explosively by accidentally king-making just by sticking around the board. It's a lot of fun seeing what direction the deck will go and usually means no one will target your Braids since the other players want to take advantage of her effect.
 
Lancers said:
If you're really into blue, I've personally witness Braids, Conjurer Adept decks both pop-off with extra upkeep and bounce spell-type cards and lead to games ending explosively by accidentally king-making just by sticking around the board. It's a lot of fun seeing what direction the deck will go and usually means no one will target your Braids since the other players want to take advantage of her effect.
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Eh im no longer allowed to play any braids in my pod due to the last time i played Braids(Mono Black).
 
DagothUr said:
Is it realistic to play competitive (arena mainly) without the slop "universes beyond" crap? That shit is so gay.
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Plenty of explorer decks are fine without them, maybe some historic/timeless. You're gonna see a lot of them in other people's decks anyway though.
 
DagothUr said:
Is it realistic to play competitive (arena mainly) without the slop "universes beyond" crap? That shit is so gay.
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Because of (((Intellectual Property Laws))), Arena doesn't even have the rights to some of the UB art, so they only have the "MtG version" (I forget what they're actually called and don't care)

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However...Alchemy.
 
DagothUr said:
Is it realistic to play competitive (arena mainly) without the slop "universes beyond" crap? That shit is so gay.
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Depends on the format. There are several playable decks in Standard and Pioneer that don't run any. Izzet Spellementals is pretty hot right now and runs like one copy of Spider-Sense that you can easily replace with a cantrip/counterspell/burn spell. Also very cheap to build in paper. Save for a few decks like that Bringer Reanimator list in Standard where a UB card is core to the strategy, even lists that run them can usually be de-UBed by making a few strategic cuts. Meanwhile in Pioneer you've got MonoB Demons, Azorius Control, Azorius Spirits, and countless others, more good decks that don't run them than do realistically.

EDIT: I forgot Abandon Attachments, that card is pretty core to the Izzet package atm. If you must, cut it for some Thrill of Possibility-style effect, but honestly if you can tolerate imagining it as some Kamigawa nigga on a peak do that.
 
00R-Gundam said:
As part of my reformation(playing less mill) and cause my friend pod suggested me; ive decided to make a group hug deck, that way i wont be the asshole at the table. Any kiwi knows about good group hug commanders? This is like completely new territory for me.
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Jon Irenicus?
 
Polock said:
Because of (((Intellectual Property Laws))), Arena doesn't even have the rights to some of the UB art, so they only have the "MtG version" (I forget what they're actually called and don't care)
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I think the only part of that that made it to arena is Spiderman because they made it standard and no permission to bring Spiderman to digital so they had to. The other cards they did Universes Within shit for like Street Fighter and Walking Dead they never brought to Arena anyway
Polock said:
However...Alchemy.
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Generally if you avoid Standard Alchemy you'll see 0 alchemy cards because they nerf anything that's actually playable in historic and nothing makes it into timeless. Some small exception for a few really minor cards like Fragment Reality which is a path/swords that combos with Containment Priest to become the most efficient removal ever.
 
In the last few months my friends have convinced me to start playing magic again, and while Arena is fun in its own way, the most fun we've had has been commander FFA in cockatrice.
Three or four man magic adding realpolitik to the already chaotic gameplay makes it more fun for a close friend group. "Nah man remember I may have countered your board wipe, but he's the one who's killed your commander twice."
I still enjoy arena for what it is, but unless they add true commander to an official platform I'll never enjoy it as much.
 
Bristly Bill said:
while Arena is fun in its own way, the most fun we've had has been commander FFA in cockatrice.
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The couple of friends I have who play MtG with me occasionally are in a weird superposition where they like magic but don't really like commander but like brewing brawl decks but also rely on me to "Game Master" if we play on "manual" digital platforms like TTS or Cockatrice. The most fun we have is when we come up with weird brewing challenges for each other and just make really retarded decks and smash them against each other.

My point being that there's a place for Arena in my heart and I wish that WotC weren't so Semitic about the game economy.
 
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