cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20472413

The Dynasty Cube is a collaborative, league-style draft in which teams of players draft through the history of Magic, starting with the first handful of sets, and cumulatively adding sets in chronological order in subsequent Seasons. Drafts are done rotisserie style online, with matches played through the following weeks to determine a Champion. The collaborative aspects of The Dynasty Cube have also heavily inspired by Blaseball - expect The League to evolve into something entirely different over time.

The League is currently looking for additional participation to keep the final Beta phase moving before the first Season begins at the end of this month.

The first Beta phase (Season 0) just completed (congrats to the Season 0 Champions, Innistrad Creeps!), and The Season 0.5 Draft begins today, Thursday Oct 3rd. This will be a "Draft-Only" Season intended to work out any bugs in the progression between seasons. The League will reset before beginning the first real Season that follows.

As no matches will be played in Season 0.5 and everything resets shortly after, the stakes are as low as they're ever going to be to jump in and see what The Dynasty Cube is all about!

The inaugural Season 1 will begin the week following CubeCon, with the Draft kicking off Oct 24th.

Additional details about The League and Season 1 list.

The Season 0.5 draft list

Discord server where you can join a Team and start participating!

If you have any questions about The League that aren't answered in the links above (or, hell, if you're just to lazy to click them), I'll be answering them here for as long as people are asking 'em!

Sorry if this question was asked before.

I am currently waiting for a "Phyrexia: All will be one" Set Booster. I ordered from a site which in any way seems to be legit, as they got actual customer support, etc. The Display was marked with "new ones are already ordered, delivery may take longer" which is okay as i can wait. My question is, is there a chance that the store also just tried to get new displays and does not know if they'll get one or are these cards still produced and its safe to say i'll get my Display? Otherwise i'm thinking about buying from Amazon for 30 bucks more, before it's sold out there too.

Is there a specific number of cards that are produced from one set or does it differ?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

Okay, so today I had a weird interaction. My opponent played a temporary lockdown. I exiled it later with my Kaya, Intangible Slayer.

This produces a 1/1 spirit token, that should theoretically exile itself. This did however not happen in Arena. Why is that?

Is it a bug or is there a rule that I don't know?

Hey all, I have not played MtG for about 20 years, but I did join an draft a few weeks back and it was really fun. We had the current Pyrexia-Box and it had this nifty handout at the top, showing you what kind of decks and color combination made sense (I went for a white/blue posion/artifact deck, went surprisingly well).

Now, is there a place that has more of these handouts available? I got Zendikar Rising and Innistrad: Midnight Hunt to draft with some friends (who also have not played in ages) and that would probably help a ton.

Thanks

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For a while I've kept a text document for each deck I build (that I have to order cards for), I try separating by card type and organizing by mana cost but it would definitely be easier if I used a site made for this task.

It'd be great if it also:

• Supported other card games (Pokemon and Flesh and Blood)
• Could export a deck to a text list (Mostly for proxying (are we allowed to talk about proxies here?))

With Gandalf on the field, Lagrella enters the battlefield and takes two permanents from each player because she is a legendary creature and she is triggering a permanent (herself).

However, when she leaves the battlefield and the other creatures return, her suspended ability puts two +1/+1 counters on those creatures if they enter under your own control (i.e. if you took your own creatures and now they are returning to the field).

If Gandalf is still on the field, would those creatures get four +1/+1 counters instead? Would those creatures only get four counters if they themselves are legendary? Am I completely off the mark and those creatures only ever get two counters regardless of Gandalf?

Thanks for the help!

I'm pretty new to paper Magic, just started dipping my toes in it after a friend got me into Arena.

I've found a private seller selling new MOM commander decks for around $30 equivalent, while other listings are around twice as much, give or take ($50 to $60 equivalent).

This is on eBay so I should be covered by their buyer protection in case anything goes wrong, but is there any chance those are bootleg/knockoff decks? Does anything like that even exist? If they were fake cards I probably wouldn't be able to tell, to be honest.

I should probably ask the seller if those decks are new and sealed, or just new but opened for display or something like that; although I doubt they'd admit to selling bootleg decks, that's why I'm asking you guys.

Lastly, the seller has 100% positive feedbacks, but few of them (less than ten, I think, so pretty easily faked).

What do you think? Thanks in advance!

After his deep dive into The Weird History of Red Deck Wins W/ Javier Dominguez, Carl from Cardmarket tells the tale of Jund with Reid Duke in this ~half hour video.

I'm relatively new to magic and I've been enjoying all the various tribes/types/groups/themes you can build around. I like that you can build a cat deck or a dragon deck or a crab deck or an angel deck or a vehicle deck and all work with lots of options. What's your favourite theme and what are some of your favourite cards for that theme?

Hi all. I developed a PowerShell script a while back to scrape the latest wallpaper from the MTG website and set it as my desktop background. I finally got around to updating it today since it hadn't worked for a while. My background changed to Frodo and I disabled the script.

If you want that though, here you go:

Function Set-WallPaper {
 
<#
 
    .SYNOPSIS
    Applies a specified wallpaper to the current user's desktop
    
    .PARAMETER Image
    Provide the exact path to the image
 
    .PARAMETER Style
    Provide wallpaper style (Example: Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile, Center, or Span)
  
    .EXAMPLE
    Set-WallPaper -Image "C:\Wallpaper\Default.jpg"
    Set-WallPaper -Image "C:\Wallpaper\Background.jpg" -Style Fit

    https://www.joseespitia.com/2017/09/15/set-wallpaper-powershell-function/
  
#>
 
param (
    [parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
    # Provide path to image
    [string]$Image,
    # Provide wallpaper style that you would like applied
    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [ValidateSet('Fill', 'Fit', 'Stretch', 'Tile', 'Center', 'Span')]
    [string]$Style
)
 
$WallpaperStyle = Switch ($Style) {
  
    "Fill" {"10"}
    "Fit" {"6"}
    "Stretch" {"2"}
    "Tile" {"0"}
    "Center" {"0"}
    "Span" {"22"}
  
}
 
If($Style -eq "Tile") {
 
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop" -Name WallpaperStyle -PropertyType String -Value $WallpaperStyle -Force
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop" -Name TileWallpaper -PropertyType String -Value 1 -Force
 
}
Else {
 
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop" -Name WallpaperStyle -PropertyType String -Value $WallpaperStyle -Force
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop" -Name TileWallpaper -PropertyType String -Value 0 -Force
 
}
 
Add-Type -TypeDefinition @" 
using System; 
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
  
public class Params
{ 
    [DllImport("User32.dll",CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] 
    public static extern int SystemParametersInfo (Int32 uAction, 
                                                   Int32 uParam, 
                                                   String lpvParam, 
                                                   Int32 fuWinIni);
}
"@ 
  
    $SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 0x0014
    $UpdateIniFile = 0x01
    $SendChangeEvent = 0x02
  
    $fWinIni = $UpdateIniFile -bor $SendChangeEvent
  
    $ret = [Params]::SystemParametersInfo($SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, $Image, $fWinIni)
}

$result = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://magic.wizards.com/en/news#wallpapers'
$result -match "//(.*?)2560(.*?).png"
$wallpaper = $Matches[0]
$picfolder = [Environment]::GetFolderPath([Environment+SpecialFolder]::MyPictures)
$filename = $wallpaper.Split('/')[-1]
$foldername = "MTG Wallpapers"
$savefile = "$picfolder\$foldername\$filename"

If (-not (Test-Path "$picfolder\$foldername")) {
    New-Item -Path $picfolder -name $foldername -ItemType "directory"
}

If (-not (Test-Path $savefile)) {
        Invoke-WebRequest http:$wallpaper -OutFile $savefile
        Set-WallPaper -Image $savefile -Style Fill
}

Paste that into PowerShell ISE and run it and see if it works. If you like it, save it and put a shortcut in your startup folder. By default it downloads the 2560x1600 version but if you want a different one just replace the 2560 in the line $result -match "//(.?)2560(.?).png" with 1920 or 1280. It saves images in a folder under your Pictures folder called MTG Wallpapers. You can change that too if you want by editing the $picfolder and $foldername lines.

Have fun.

I've been making custom proxies for a while, and these are some of my favorites. Opponents' reactions are always either utterly confused or hilariously distracted.

We need someone posting the MTG news on Lemmy!

Quick summary:

• Bad to the Bone, featuring biker skeletons on discard-themed cards. Money card is [[Tinybones, Trinket Thief]].
• Death is Temporary, Metal is Forever, featuring metal-looking cards themed around [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]]. Money card is [[Waste Not]].
• Goblin and Squabbin', featuring, um, Goblins. Money cards are [[Goblin Lackey]] and [[Goblin Recruiter]].
• The Stars Gaze back, featuring some funky-looking Elementals, including [[Omnath, Locus of Rage]]. They couldn't give us 4C Omnath? Well alright.
• Artist Series: Ryan Alexander Lee, featuring big cool creatures. Money cards are [[Twilight Prophet]] and [[Worldspine Wurm]].
• More Adventures in Middle-Earth, featuring some LTR cards with art from the old animated movies. Nothing of value in terms of card prices, but maybe you'll like the art.
• Featuring: The Mountain Goats, featuring basic Mountains with Lorwyn art/flavor text (no actual [[Mountain Goat]]).

Rhystic Studies at it again with a wild examination of the loony years

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/480218

I had the idea for making trample matter outside of combat too. I'm not sure how to balance the mana cost of this, since there isn't really a similar existing effect to compare it to besides Ram Through. It could certainly do some good things if you really build for it, but I don't think it can really get broken. Thoughts?

I'd love to be able to just switch entirely away from Reddit, but we're missing a couple of key community pieces. Anyone know if there's a CustomMagic sub I'm not seeing, or any plans to make one?

Also, we need a meme/circlejerk subreddit, especially since the Reddit one is protesting.

Sorry to bring up Reddit but I figure most of us are probably from there anyway...

The new LTR card [[Last March of the Ents]] is an excellent Green "Ok I'm winning now" curve-topper. I doubt it'll see much play in Modern or anything (though I'll be happy to be proven wrong!) but for Commander/Historic Brawl where you can actually cast an 8 mana spell, fantastic.

I'm a huge fan of [[Verdant Rejuvenation]] which is unfortunately Arena-only (though it would have been so easy to make the paper version [[Majestic Genesis]] on par by making it actually reveal until you get X nonland permanents). Last March of the Ents seems like an excellent sidegrade/possible upgrade depending on the deck.

I'm thinking I'll run it in [[Tiamat]]. Cast Tiamat, then next turn you draw seven and can drop all the fetched Dragons in one turn without them being able to be countered. Any other decks that would be particularly synergistic, besides just high-toughness?

I hope crossposting like this is allowed or even appreciated <3 here is the Body of my post:

Hey!

I've been trying to make an equipments list work recently. Obviously not to play at the top of the meta but to be kinda competetive at least.
The deck is trying to play cheap equipments quick and stack them on top of Goblin Gaveleer or Champion of the Flame. I realized that I fizzle hard if my only threat gets handled and am trying to get a bit more staying power with 4 Reckless Impulse/Wrenn's Resolve. I am also playing some 1 offs just to feel out their impact when I draw them to see which direction I want to take the deck in. I usually side them out after game 1, though. 🙈

I am also eyeing Resolute Strike and Bladegraft Aspirant but I feel my equip costs are low enough on their own. Benevolent Blessing is really putting in work preventing removal, blocks, and also pumping champion.

Any ideas on what to change with the list?

I haven't been able to find an MTGA focused community. Anybody able to point me in the right direction?

Midweek Magic on Arena is Momir this week. I've never played it before, and I'm not sure if I'm doing it optimally.

I've had multiple opponents just pass turn for the first few turns, and I'm wondering if they're just confused or if there's a strategy I'm not seeing. It seems worth it to use the emblem every turn if you're not doing anything else, right?

I'm primarily a paper edh player, but I've been dabbling in arena lately. There's so many different formats, it's hard to know where to start and I don't want to waste my wild cards on a standard deck only to realize I like historic or brawl more.

So my question is what formats do you all play in MTGA and why?

I like building random Brawl decks on Arena (if you're not familiar with Brawl, it's like Commander but 1v1 on Arena). I like tribal decks and I recently made Phyrexian tribal with Atraxa, it's working ok so far but I think it could be better. I feel like it needs a more consistent way to get and build up poison counters besides just Atraxa herself.

I'll also share a few more decks I've made to get some more discussion in here. Advice is welcome but I am a bit low on rare/mythic wildcards to craft new stuff.

Atraxa Phyrexians

Prismatic Bridge Angel tribal

Krydle Rogues/Ninjas

Imoti

Nissa combo

New EDH community, feel free to join!