I'm sure the @killjamesbond.bsky.social crew could come up with a whole bunch of ways to make it work or just let Bond as a franchise be dead and come up with new characters and stories in the genre.

ATLA asks the question "what if Mizzix Mastery overload was cheaper and more fun?" and Ral players answered "hell yeah"

Yeah, UU is a bit tough sometimes but most of the decks usually end up with that anyway. Rogsi might not end up on it but Tymna decks I can see trying it and another outlet in Kinnan is good.

Bird real good. It'll go in a bunch of decks even when UU might feel a bit of a rough cost. It gets itself out of Bowmasters range even when x = 0 with every tutor too.

Always time to start some, especially with Avatar previews just starting.

Have you ever really played Magic if you haven't cast Command Performance with a Krark or two play? Who says you only need to open or visit attractions once per turn?

I almost always have a deck on my desk or within easy reach. I often find myself shuffling it when I'm waiting for stuff to happen at work or when I'm in boring meetings (like right now). Occasionally I'll goldfish some hands too but shuffling is just a nice action to do for me.

Lurrus in the 99 of Dihada is amazing, feels great every time I draw her and I'm always happy to take 1 less treasure from Dihada down tick to get Lurrus to hand.

This has led to much more interesting games for everyone as knowing you can't just force a draw with a Pact or whatever means you have to actually try to play the game and be more careful with when you attempt to win. You still get draws due to time but not as often as forced draws usually are.

Which is partly why most games I'll say at the start that I'm not going to accept any forced draws, if someone is sending it then you shop stop them if you can and if someone tries after them then I hope the player who sent it didn't eat all the interaction.

I'd quite like to see Tymna, Rog, Kinnan, and Thrasios go as well. Shakes up the top of the format a good amount, removes the 3 most powerful commanders in the format, and gets people brewing more.

Theres definitely a mindset/gameplay issue to solve too which bans don't directly address...

One of the UK folks played a version with Najeela in the zone as a backup win con when it's clear people are holding up interaction. Gives you access to pact and some other interaction too.

And if you're not in a union (tech worker or not) then join a union.

If you're in the cEDH UK discord you could post about it there and I'm sure folks would travel to it, I know there's been events in Newport in the last year or two as well. If you're not in the discord hop in and I'm sure we can give you a hand running the event.

It is one of my favourite stifle effects though purely for the art. Got to love a goblin looking confused about why it's magic suddenly isn't working like it should.

I've seen the recommendation to stay in Coventry as it should be cheaper there and the train from there to the NEC is only a few quid. I haven't checked how much cheaper it is but might be worth a look.

Love to see a good stack laid out so it's clear what's going on. It's necessary with Krark but good to see others doing it too.