Oh, Teferi Pool, why you do this?

Magic decks (or just weird interactions) thread by Tomash on 2019-07-04 07:30:00 UTC Reply

Aegis mentioned his Teferi-Pool deck in Discord earlier (turns out between Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir and Knowledge Pool, due to a rules clarification, you can prevent opponents from casting spells), and it was pretty neat, so, since I have a passing interest in MtG, I thought I'd start a thread for people to share their cool decks, deck ideas, or just weird Magic card interactions.

(On the note of weird interactions, you can execute any computer algorithm using MtG triggers in a non-interactive way using this Turing machine construction)

- Tomash

Nuke the Mighty by Grundleplith on 2019-07-04 23:45:00 UTC Reply

So, at school I play Commander with a constructed vampire-themed deck called Vampiric Bloodlust. The commander Edgar Markov's Eminince creates a 1/1 vampire token whenever you cast a Vampire keyword spell.
However, in that deck is a card called Fell the Mighty. Which removes all creatures with a higher power than a target creature.
So I spawn literally almost anything in the deck, generate a token, and pop Fell the Mighty on the token. Instant field wipe.

Hmmm... by Granz the Ice Cream Monarch on 2019-07-05 00:49:00 UTC Reply

The only thing with that is, well, Vampires do rather like drinking from their opponents, don't they? So, well, should you use such a thing, you're almost certainly sacrificing nearly your entire army, and that's assuming your opponent can't deliver a shield unto their side of the battlefield.

That's why you save it for when you're outnumbered. (nm) by Grundleplith on 2019-07-05 01:02:00 UTC Reply

True, but... by Granz the Ice Cream Monarch on 2019-07-05 18:46:00 UTC Reply

... Why not use a flat board-wipe, then? The results will be essentially the same, and you won't have to waste a creature to use it.

It's not about efficiency. by Phobos on 2019-07-05 21:03:00 UTC Reply

It's about sending a message.

-Phobos

It occurs to me - by Granz the Ice Cream Monarch on 2019-07-06 20:56:00 UTC Reply

Given the colors of vampires, that is an appropriately Black use for a White card.

I play Commander by SillyPhilly on 2019-07-04 19:39:00 UTC Reply

I have a number of decks constantly being taken a part and out back together. Currently I've been playing Mirri G/W Tokens and I'm currently rebuilding Monored Goblins.
Oh, Teferi Pool, why you do this? by Phobos on 2019-07-04 16:37:00 UTC Reply

The deck got even better when they printed Teferi, Time Raveler recently. I'm a fan of any deck that makes it so your opponent doesn't get to play Magic.

In the set that gets released next weekend, they printed a card that allows you to do some nutty things. Here's how it works.

1) Play Marauding Raptor. The important bit of text is that when a Creature enters the battlefield under your control the Raptor deals 2 damage to it. Sounds less than ideal, right? Why would you want to damage your own Creatures? Well...

2) Play Polyraptor. Relevant text is that Polyraptor makes a copy of itself when it takes damage. Do you see where this is going?

3) When Polyraptor enters the battlefield, Marauding Raptor deals two damage to it.

4) Polyraptor makes a new Polyraptor. This new Polyraptor enters the battlefield.

5) Return to step 3 for infinite Polyraptors

Unfortunately, this is a never ending loop. If neither player has a way of interacting with the loop (probably by killing one of the creatures involved), then the game ends in a draw. Remember, don't get so busy thinking about if you could make infinite dinosaurs that you forget to consider if you should.

-Phobos