Brye, Fancy Hat Trickster @SliverQueen@wubrg.social

For as much as I brew Commander, I almost never play. I should fix that.

It's so bad it voluntarily includes a card from Homelands!

https://deckbox.org/sets/2047325

Work Dominaria sealed league: 2-4 drop (including a bye), I'm going to stop that bleeding now and at least absorb that pool back into my collection. The guy I played today had a Karn and a Multani, which, eesh.

To clarify, that's Commander legal cards. There are a few more that refer to ante.

Just pulled Okaunn/Zndrsplt in a Battlebond draft with coworkers. Gatherer shows 58 red or blue (technically, not white, green, or black) cards with 'coin' in their rules text.

I want to make this Commander deck now.

Starting life totals probably want to be tweaked, at least to 30, maybe 40.

When play begins, your opponents are the ones sitting next to you, your partners are the ones across from you. (I think I like this configuration better, having your threats closer.) "Partner with" is modified slightly so 'target player' becomes 'any player' so you don't have to know who took the partner. As in normal Star, you win when both of your opponents have lost.

It helps that I don't think Battlebond has alternate wincons.

Players can look at the cards that go directly to them, but not the shared stacks yet. Those are used for a Winston-style draft between two players (probably two stacks instead of three, because there won't be six packs worth).

Those drafts should be done synchronously - each player picks from their left, then each player picks from their right, etcetera.

Deck construction proceeds as usual, though it is *strongly recommended* to use any partner cards you get.

Each player chooses an allied color combination. Sit between the two players that share your colors.

Each player opens three packs, open them simultaneously. Multicolored cards (and dual lands) go to the player in that combination. Monocolored cards get stacked between the players that share those colors. Artifacts are put in the middle, then used to even out the single-player stacks and the shared stacks.

I am having the most ridiculous ideas for how to run a Battlebond Star draft (Startlebond?)

It's convoluted but it all makes sense (if you are me)

LPS report, Standard night: not a lot of people there. A mother and her daughter, plus a married couple, all playing what appeared to be Dominaria draft/sealed deck conversions, then @DialMforMara and myself. My Saproling factory blew through all challengers, though it was a bit of a close thing when I couldn't deal with flyers. It seems weirdly out of flavor to Fatal Push a bird, but apparently it gets the job done?

Holy sh*t they're reprinting *Omniscience*? In Standard???

Oh my gods, the obnoxious dude's name is literally a synonym of irritate

Got there. (cc @DialMforMara)

The two decks we're playing for the night are... not very good. But just that pull is probably worth it.

Quick! Bad pun name for a Battlebond team of two trans women, go!

Watching LRR play Brawl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFf3jNBn7FY) and Nelson is getting away with exactly what I wanted my Venture Capitalism deck to do

Then I realized

What if

Mechanized Production / Aetherflux Reservoir

...?

New planeswalker, and mono-green is looking better and better in Standard: https://www.themarysue.com/magic-the-gathering-vivien-reid/

LPS Report: I've said enough about my experiences with one particular player. First round, I played Venture Capitalism, dropped Bolas too early without enough support and got targeted and knocked out. Second game, I switched over to Big Red, properly sowed discord and got people scared of other players, then took advantage of a well-telegraphed board wipe to jump out to a commanding lead. A few lucky Etali hits later, the game was basically in the bag.

A good sign that I will be utterly miserable sitting at the same table as you is that you never look up from your board and continually flick and reorder your hand and sound utterly condescending about everything the other players say as they play

Tfw the only other person there as early as you are gives you unpleasant vibes and the one game you played was awful. Then he challenges you to a match and your suspicions are confirmed.