IvoryTower
@1vorytower.bsky.social
EDH enthusiast and recovering PhD. Decks: https://www.moxfield.com/users/IvoryTower
Sir, this isn’t limited, you’ll have seven cards in your graveyard!
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sir, this isn’t limited, you’ll have seven cards in your graveyard!
*fills graveyard, not discards, but you know what I meant!
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
*fills graveyard, not discards, but you know what I meant!
Since Dihada discards, you’ll almost certainly hit threshold, and while the board wipe is nice, since most shrines care about seeing shrines entering, killing them and bringing them back stacks all of their triggers again.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Since Dihada discards, you’ll almost certainly hit threshold, and while the board wipe is nice, since most shrines care about seeing shrines entering, killing them and bringing them back stacks all of their triggers again.
The autocaptioner goes with “synco fan” and honestly I think that’s both right and also kind of beautiful.
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The autocaptioner goes with “synco fan” and honestly I think that’s both right and also kind of beautiful.
Since Morcant cares about elves entering and can tap them to proliferate, Flourishing Defenses makes infinite elves while also infinitely wiping everyone else’s board. Nest of Scarabs is kind of “nice” in comparison.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Since Morcant cares about elves entering and can tap them to proliferate, Flourishing Defenses makes infinite elves while also infinitely wiping everyone else’s board. Nest of Scarabs is kind of “nice” in comparison.
But wait we definitely need the end of that sentence. “It only uses cards…” reminiscent of Ohio?!?
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
But wait we definitely need the end of that sentence. “It only uses cards…” reminiscent of Ohio?!?
My wife thought that Wyclef’s “Perfect Gentleman” said “We gonna /eat a tomaaaa-aaayy-to/” for years.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My wife thought that Wyclef’s “Perfect Gentleman” said “We gonna /eat a tomaaaa-aaayy-to/” for years.
THAT I knew, but since you said that chat was zigging and zagging, I needed to reconstruct how we got there 😅
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
THAT I knew, but since you said that chat was zigging and zagging, I needed to reconstruct how we got there 😅
I mean obviously hell yes, but what were the prompts?!
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I mean obviously hell yes, but what were the prompts?!
Curse of Opulence, because for the low low price of one red mana you make a bunch of mana down the line and likely murder someone.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Curse of Opulence, because for the low low price of one red mana you make a bunch of mana down the line and likely murder someone.
I’m so glad that I scooped this single before people realized that it is absolutely bonkers with firebending, but particularly Zuko.
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’m so glad that I scooped this single before people realized that it is absolutely bonkers with firebending, but particularly Zuko.
Ah, I hadn’t clocked that your protest was in the saga context. Sure, but that’s why I think Tomer’s case for this as a generic staple is better than the abusable cases. I’d rather run this in Sokka, where flipping is almost a win con, than in Tidus, where you can move counters to stay on the front.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ah, I hadn’t clocked that your protest was in the saga context. Sure, but that’s why I think Tomer’s case for this as a generic staple is better than the abusable cases. I’d rather run this in Sokka, where flipping is almost a win con, than in Tidus, where you can move counters to stay on the front.
My case in favor is: on the first stage, I’m generally a fan of anything that gets players talking or evaluating risks, so I’d rather see this than an O Ring or sweeper. On the back, I think it’s good design to have a major threat on a time delay. The table gets time to kill it!
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My case in favor is: on the first stage, I’m generally a fan of anything that gets players talking or evaluating risks, so I’d rather see this than an O Ring or sweeper. On the back, I think it’s good design to have a major threat on a time delay. The table gets time to kill it!
Totally fair. I feel like my sense of the set being “too much” is summed up by the doubling (quadrupling?) up on all the clan leaders. Two Uremis, two Eshkis all pulling at different things. Multiplied by all 5 clans. A smidge more focus, and maybe it edges out Edge for me.
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Totally fair. I feel like my sense of the set being “too much” is summed up by the doubling (quadrupling?) up on all the clan leaders. Two Uremis, two Eshkis all pulling at different things. Multiplied by all 5 clans. A smidge more focus, and maybe it edges out Edge for me.
Hearthhull is doing a lot of work there. But in the head to head with Dragonstorm, what I think I’m mainly feeling is that there was SO MUCH happening in Tarkir that never grabbed me. More swings, more misses, whereas I feel like EOE played in more unique design space.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hearthhull is doing a lot of work there. But in the head to head with Dragonstorm, what I think I’m mainly feeling is that there was SO MUCH happening in Tarkir that never grabbed me. More swings, more misses, whereas I feel like EOE played in more unique design space.
But meanwhile (and this was my chicken or egg bit), gating something behind 3 colors is also helpful for keeping something from becoming a standard or commander staple. So you more often wind up with powerful Grixis legends than Rakdos/Dimir/Izzet ones.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
But meanwhile (and this was my chicken or egg bit), gating something behind 3 colors is also helpful for keeping something from becoming a standard or commander staple. So you more often wind up with powerful Grixis legends than Rakdos/Dimir/Izzet ones.
There’s a bit of a chicken or the egg thing going on here, but: Grixis has become WOTC shorthand for “calculating or chaotic evil,” so it becomes a thematic fit for many UB property villains. But once you make something 3 colors, you have to make it powerful to justify the fixing for limited.
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There’s a bit of a chicken or the egg thing going on here, but: Grixis has become WOTC shorthand for “calculating or chaotic evil,” so it becomes a thematic fit for many UB property villains. But once you make something 3 colors, you have to make it powerful to justify the fixing for limited.
I went back and forth on the top 2, which is itself amazing since I had no prior association with ATLA and a relatively long history with FF. Ultimately I gave FF the edge only because I built more decks from it, but if ATLA had been out for a comparably long period of time, who knows.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I went back and forth on the top 2, which is itself amazing since I had no prior association with ATLA and a relatively long history with FF. Ultimately I gave FF the edge only because I built more decks from it, but if ATLA had been out for a comparably long period of time, who knows.
It would be interesting to ask people what they *think* the order will be going into the year compared to where they wind up at year’s end, because I never would have guessed my top picks this time last year.
Final Fantasy
Avatar
Edge of Eternities
Dragonstorm
Aetherdrift
Spider-Man
Final Fantasy
Avatar
Edge of Eternities
Dragonstorm
Aetherdrift
Spider-Man
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It would be interesting to ask people what they *think* the order will be going into the year compared to where they wind up at year’s end, because I never would have guessed my top picks this time last year.
Final Fantasy
Avatar
Edge of Eternities
Dragonstorm
Aetherdrift
Spider-Man
Final Fantasy
Avatar
Edge of Eternities
Dragonstorm
Aetherdrift
Spider-Man
I mean, to be fair, it’s a 4 mana counterspell on a body with summoning sickness, so it feels like the dude should try a little harder or at least not show up to the party hungover… wait, no, actually that also sounds like Ertai.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I mean, to be fair, it’s a 4 mana counterspell on a body with summoning sickness, so it feels like the dude should try a little harder or at least not show up to the party hungover… wait, no, actually that also sounds like Ertai.
Feels like the Commander’s Herald would take a guest column for this segment in a heart beat: commandersherald.com/what-would-t...
What Would They Play? Rasputin's EDH Deck! | Commander's Herald
Charlie and Dan answer the question: What if the famous Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin played EDH?
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November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Feels like the Commander’s Herald would take a guest column for this segment in a heart beat: commandersherald.com/what-would-t...
The best part of Brawl for commander players is that it lets you rapidly iterate on deckbuilding choices with real world resistance. The worst part is that it will turn you into a stone cold killer who thinks it’s okay to Stifle fetch lands.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The best part of Brawl for commander players is that it lets you rapidly iterate on deckbuilding choices with real world resistance. The worst part is that it will turn you into a stone cold killer who thinks it’s okay to Stifle fetch lands.