Recent content by Oversoul

I played this deck for my final game last night. My topdecks were surprisingly bad. I also drew too many removal spells from opponents who were unduly confident that my deck was about to find some way to win if I was left unchecked. I'd struggle, spending my mana just to recover a search rebel...

My attempt to bring this deck out last night was ill-fated. I mulliganed away a hand with all black cards and one Island into a hand with mostly blue cards and two Swamps. I honestly should have just shipped this hand too, but I tried to make it work. I ended up not needing to worry about it. I...

This deck put up quite a fight when I played it last night. Despite some unfortunate timing on disruption against me, I was able to keep drawing more cards and generating more damage. What really did me in was partially a bit of poor luck, but actually was more down to how this deck is built to...

Played this deck in my first game last night. I didn't get a very quick start, but I was able to make Presence of Gond stick on Ivy Lane Denizen at the same time as two of my opponents were deploying most of their resources to deal with the other opponent. I was able to adapt and build toward a...

Ashnod's Altar was already a powerful card before I started playing, but the late 90's and early 00's really gave it a boost. And I could cite several cards to illustrate that point, but two green enchantments stand out: Fecundity and Saproling Cluster. In any deck that could create a big...

I showed up to my LGS specifically hoping to play this deck. I ended up running it twice, for this first and third games of the night. These were three-player pods, as one player didn't show up until we were partway through my first game with this deck, then another one left after I won the game...

It's been a while. I played this deck last night. Right before I was about to untap and get enough mana to cast Defense of the Heart, one of my opponents cast God-Pharaoh's Statue. So I was stuck, and that left opponents fighting each other a bit while the same player attempted to softlock the...

My first LGS was a tiny shop in Kent called that was called "The Game Stop." I was playing my SQ deck there and another player saw some card and remarked on how he thought I was playing "Fruity Pebbles." I was unacquainted with that nickname for Enduring Renewal combo decks. But a year or two...

Looking at cards I've used a lot over the years, one that stands out as not having its own Magic Memories thread is Ashnod's Altar. I like sacrifice-themed decks and mechanics. I like creature-based combo engines. I like making lots of mana. Ashnod's Altar is one of the best cards for many of my...

I was having a lot of fun coming up with names for this deck. Ultimately went with the one in the thread title, but here were my candidates... The Firm (Where Everyone is a Partner) Time Enough for Friendship Partnership is Magic Group Marriage Star-Crossed Friends Til Death Do Us Part(ner)...

At long last, here it is. I have built what might possibly be my most stupid EDH deck thus far. The original inspiration for this project was WotC's Pride Month gimmick from 2022, where they'd temporarily make all commanders have the "Partner" ability. I quipped that I would build a deck that...

It had been a long time since I'd played this one, so I brought it out for the second and, it turned out, final game of last night. After mulliganing a hand with mostly lands and Battlefield Scrounger, I kept an opener with Nature's Lore, three Forests, and three Slimes. After I got Gamekeeper...

Only played two games tonight. First game I rolled a die and randomly chose this deck. It occurred to me that it had been the most recent deck I'd played, but by then I'd already shuffled it up. I kept a hand with Urza's Tower as my only land and did get some one-drop artifacts, but couldn't...

As mentioned in the Diseased Marsupial thread, I got a couple of Pauper EDH games in on Sunday after a Theros Block draft. In the first game, Casey's Persistent Petitioners self-mill deck helmed by Laboratory Maniac drew heavy aggro and was eliminated early. While the rest of us kept playing...

On Sunday, I participated in a Theros Block draft. Yes, it was quite the throwback. After the draft was over, four of us stuck around for some Pauper EDH. I only had time for two games, and I'd only brought five of my PDH decks. I hadn't played this one in a while, so I started with it. We...