Algernone25
@algernone25.bsky.social
Magic Gatherer, Phone Tapper, occasional disc golf thrower. Aiming to do enough of these that I get tax forms for being good at them, that’d be kind of neat.
Hot takes are my own.
Hot takes are my own.
Probably close to 6, maybe a little below it, like 5.75. Better than average but haven’t gotten an RC Day2 or a PT invite yet.
The grind continues.
The grind continues.
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Probably close to 6, maybe a little below it, like 5.75. Better than average but haven’t gotten an RC Day2 or a PT invite yet.
The grind continues.
The grind continues.
UR Spells and Gx Creatures are definitely the two best things to be doing in format RN! One gets good, the other adapts and crushes it, now it's good, the other adapts and crushes it.
Is it good for standard? Hardly. But it's at least not 1 deck to rule them all like cutter/vivi were. I'll take it!
Is it good for standard? Hardly. But it's at least not 1 deck to rule them all like cutter/vivi were. I'll take it!
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
UR Spells and Gx Creatures are definitely the two best things to be doing in format RN! One gets good, the other adapts and crushes it, now it's good, the other adapts and crushes it.
Is it good for standard? Hardly. But it's at least not 1 deck to rule them all like cutter/vivi were. I'll take it!
Is it good for standard? Hardly. But it's at least not 1 deck to rule them all like cutter/vivi were. I'll take it!
It does still boil down to “are you pro-cub or anti-cub” but regardless of your answer there’s like 4-5 viable decks to fit your taste.
January 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It does still boil down to “are you pro-cub or anti-cub” but regardless of your answer there’s like 4-5 viable decks to fit your taste.
Guybrush Threepwood: “Never pay more than 2.0 gigabytes for a video game”
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Guybrush Threepwood: “Never pay more than 2.0 gigabytes for a video game”
What a fucking madman for the call, what an absolute DOG for the effort!
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
What a fucking madman for the call, what an absolute DOG for the effort!
Came out pretty decently! Didn’t want to discard the browned butter and folded it into the sauce which made it a lot darker than I expected, but it tasted pretty good still!
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Came out pretty decently! Didn’t want to discard the browned butter and folded it into the sauce which made it a lot darker than I expected, but it tasted pretty good still!
A world class player can probably 5-4 with this into this standard format.
In a world where izzet lessons isn’t a known thing and the #1 deck in the room? 8-1 looks free.
In a world where izzet lessons isn’t a known thing and the #1 deck in the room? 8-1 looks free.
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
A world class player can probably 5-4 with this into this standard format.
In a world where izzet lessons isn’t a known thing and the #1 deck in the room? 8-1 looks free.
In a world where izzet lessons isn’t a known thing and the #1 deck in the room? 8-1 looks free.
For all the top cuts the Simic ouroboroid deck has been putting up lately it’s shocking to see it not even mentioned.
Do you figure it’s just most people are priced out of the deck (all cheapest printings still ~$800 TCGP Mid/300 tix) or is it just not as good as the results make it seem?
Do you figure it’s just most people are priced out of the deck (all cheapest printings still ~$800 TCGP Mid/300 tix) or is it just not as good as the results make it seem?
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
For all the top cuts the Simic ouroboroid deck has been putting up lately it’s shocking to see it not even mentioned.
Do you figure it’s just most people are priced out of the deck (all cheapest printings still ~$800 TCGP Mid/300 tix) or is it just not as good as the results make it seem?
Do you figure it’s just most people are priced out of the deck (all cheapest printings still ~$800 TCGP Mid/300 tix) or is it just not as good as the results make it seem?
And sure, I’ll admit commander is still bigger. Standard isn’t what it used to be, but it’s infinitely bigger and better than it was 2 or 5 years ago, because to answer your question:
Why play standard? Because wizards needs them to - standard players buy new standard cards (and EDH players don’t!)
Why play standard? Because wizards needs them to - standard players buy new standard cards (and EDH players don’t!)
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And sure, I’ll admit commander is still bigger. Standard isn’t what it used to be, but it’s infinitely bigger and better than it was 2 or 5 years ago, because to answer your question:
Why play standard? Because wizards needs them to - standard players buy new standard cards (and EDH players don’t!)
Why play standard? Because wizards needs them to - standard players buy new standard cards (and EDH players don’t!)
We were starting to see this in 2019-20 where product just didn’t move, then Covid froze things, but it became glaringly apparent in late 21-22. WotC had to either throw major support into 60 card constructed events, or relegate their releases to only quarterly precons. They chose the former. [2/3]
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We were starting to see this in 2019-20 where product just didn’t move, then Covid froze things, but it became glaringly apparent in late 21-22. WotC had to either throw major support into 60 card constructed events, or relegate their releases to only quarterly precons. They chose the former. [2/3]
The simple answer is that the overwhelming majority commander players, by & large, buy a precon, maybe change 2-3 cards and they’re done. They don’t buy packs or boxes of the new set, maybe one or two singles. This means the LGS has less reason to break boxes, and revenue enters a death spiral [1/3]
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The simple answer is that the overwhelming majority commander players, by & large, buy a precon, maybe change 2-3 cards and they’re done. They don’t buy packs or boxes of the new set, maybe one or two singles. This means the LGS has less reason to break boxes, and revenue enters a death spiral [1/3]
This was the list I won with, decklist in alt text.
Biomass Mutation won me three games, two where I cast it for X=8 and once where it was pitched to force of will, protecting Bow of Nylea which won me the game in the end.
Biomass Mutation won me three games, two where I cast it for X=8 and once where it was pitched to force of will, protecting Bow of Nylea which won me the game in the end.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This was the list I won with, decklist in alt text.
Biomass Mutation won me three games, two where I cast it for X=8 and once where it was pitched to force of will, protecting Bow of Nylea which won me the game in the end.
Biomass Mutation won me three games, two where I cast it for X=8 and once where it was pitched to force of will, protecting Bow of Nylea which won me the game in the end.
Indiana if the tagger is to be believed - which was a surprise to me and I live here!
October 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Indiana if the tagger is to be believed - which was a surprise to me and I live here!
I’m not going to say these promos are good.
I am going to say there’s a pretty narrow band between “promos aren’t worth enough to attract players” and “promos are worth so much stores pocket them to flip for profit”
And WotC has to aim almost a year in advance.
What more can we expect?
I am going to say there’s a pretty narrow band between “promos aren’t worth enough to attract players” and “promos are worth so much stores pocket them to flip for profit”
And WotC has to aim almost a year in advance.
What more can we expect?
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m not going to say these promos are good.
I am going to say there’s a pretty narrow band between “promos aren’t worth enough to attract players” and “promos are worth so much stores pocket them to flip for profit”
And WotC has to aim almost a year in advance.
What more can we expect?
I am going to say there’s a pretty narrow band between “promos aren’t worth enough to attract players” and “promos are worth so much stores pocket them to flip for profit”
And WotC has to aim almost a year in advance.
What more can we expect?