Niuttuc
@niuttuc.bsky.social
MTGGoldfish Arcanist. Preview handler, metagame curator, producer, rules advisor, lore repository, and more.
Nah, since people can't buy them even if they want to, Secret Lairs functionally don't exist
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nah, since people can't buy them even if they want to, Secret Lairs functionally don't exist
Fuck this frog not in particular (because it extends to his entire neighborhood too)
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Fuck this frog not in particular (because it extends to his entire neighborhood too)
The other two go on the bottom of your library, so how are you doing this?
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The other two go on the bottom of your library, so how are you doing this?
Stolen identity I've recently put back in a deck because it's so fun, and if you can get two cast in the same initial turn, not that bad a rate.
October 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Stolen identity I've recently put back in a deck because it's so fun, and if you can get two cast in the same initial turn, not that bad a rate.
The mechanics themselves are pretty fun but particularly with web slinging I looked into building with it and found... Two playable cards with it? Maybe three if I want to stretch? Mayhem fares marginally better but not by much.
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The mechanics themselves are pretty fun but particularly with web slinging I looked into building with it and found... Two playable cards with it? Maybe three if I want to stretch? Mayhem fares marginally better but not by much.
We see a lot of Anger and Wonder, a bit of Filth and Brawn, but not enough Valor. First Strike on everything is impossible to attack into!
Finally found a deck for Nacatl War-Pride and I'm very happy about that.
The Med Kit is a great curve filler for decks that just want artifacts.
Thrummingbird!
Finally found a deck for Nacatl War-Pride and I'm very happy about that.
The Med Kit is a great curve filler for decks that just want artifacts.
Thrummingbird!
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We see a lot of Anger and Wonder, a bit of Filth and Brawn, but not enough Valor. First Strike on everything is impossible to attack into!
Finally found a deck for Nacatl War-Pride and I'm very happy about that.
The Med Kit is a great curve filler for decks that just want artifacts.
Thrummingbird!
Finally found a deck for Nacatl War-Pride and I'm very happy about that.
The Med Kit is a great curve filler for decks that just want artifacts.
Thrummingbird!
Don't forget the nice 21 secret lairs they showed today!
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Don't forget the nice 21 secret lairs they showed today!
Surprise Test! A Simic deck that uses Kianne to flash in both creatures and noncreatures that have effects that get better or more interesting at Instant-speed, and wins by drawing many cards.
Deck Name: Surprise Test!
Commander: Kianne, Corrupted Memory
Color Identity: UG
Bracket: 2
Themes: Flash, Gotchas, Draw
Link: www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7200030
Commander: Kianne, Corrupted Memory
Color Identity: UG
Bracket: 2
Themes: Flash, Gotchas, Draw
Link: www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7200030
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Surprise Test! A Simic deck that uses Kianne to flash in both creatures and noncreatures that have effects that get better or more interesting at Instant-speed, and wins by drawing many cards.
Final note: This is my most recent paper deck, and I haven't gotten that many reps with it yet, but it scratches an itch of control play without, I think, being as obnoxious as most control decks. Plus, I get to play a lot of fun cards in interesting ways.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Final note: This is my most recent paper deck, and I haven't gotten that many reps with it yet, but it scratches an itch of control play without, I think, being as obnoxious as most control decks. Plus, I get to play a lot of fun cards in interesting ways.
And a couple more for the road. Illithid Harvester is one of my underrated sweepers for blue and green, and both halves of it work even better at instant-speed, blanking all the creatures in an attack, or tapping down to avoid it altogether. Time Stop is already an instant, but still fun to use.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And a couple more for the road. Illithid Harvester is one of my underrated sweepers for blue and green, and both halves of it work even better at instant-speed, blanking all the creatures in an attack, or tapping down to avoid it altogether. Time Stop is already an instant, but still fun to use.
Green also has its share of effects that work very differently when flashed in combat. Lure being able to be put on one opponent's creatures after they declared their attack is hilarious. And Vigor usually causes player to stop attacking you, but flash allows this initial burst of counters too!
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Green also has its share of effects that work very differently when flashed in combat. Lure being able to be put on one opponent's creatures after they declared their attack is hilarious. And Vigor usually causes player to stop attacking you, but flash allows this initial burst of counters too!
Some notable cards: Some cards are fun to flash in because it allows you to use them to much better effect. Aura Thief is a backbreaking card if you can get it to die when you want, and similarly Fool's Demise is great at instant-speed in the middle of combat.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some notable cards: Some cards are fun to flash in because it allows you to use them to much better effect. Aura Thief is a backbreaking card if you can get it to die when you want, and similarly Fool's Demise is great at instant-speed in the middle of combat.
Bracket: 2
The deck doesn't really need any game changers to be good, it's in Simic, and plays rather fairly the whole time. With that said, since it always keeps up mana and has options ready, it can be difficult to play against if Kianne sticks around for a bit.
The deck doesn't really need any game changers to be good, it's in Simic, and plays rather fairly the whole time. With that said, since it always keeps up mana and has options ready, it can be difficult to play against if Kianne sticks around for a bit.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bracket: 2
The deck doesn't really need any game changers to be good, it's in Simic, and plays rather fairly the whole time. With that said, since it always keeps up mana and has options ready, it can be difficult to play against if Kianne sticks around for a bit.
The deck doesn't really need any game changers to be good, it's in Simic, and plays rather fairly the whole time. With that said, since it always keeps up mana and has options ready, it can be difficult to play against if Kianne sticks around for a bit.
Because we need to win the game eventually, we take advantage of Simic's strength to generate a bunch of mana and cards, and turn card draw into our wincon. Either indirectly with stuff like Jolrael, or quite directly with Psychosis Crawler or Triskaidekaphile. Also Doppelgang at instant-speed.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Because we need to win the game eventually, we take advantage of Simic's strength to generate a bunch of mana and cards, and turn card draw into our wincon. Either indirectly with stuff like Jolrael, or quite directly with Psychosis Crawler or Triskaidekaphile. Also Doppelgang at instant-speed.
There are more than 33 lands in the deck thanks to MDFCs and landcyclers, of course, but only technically 33 lands in the deck. The feeling that's created by the deck is hopefully the same one this Kianne was meant to inspire: that nightmare of being back to school for a test you didn't prepare for.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There are more than 33 lands in the deck thanks to MDFCs and landcyclers, of course, but only technically 33 lands in the deck. The feeling that's created by the deck is hopefully the same one this Kianne was meant to inspire: that nightmare of being back to school for a test you didn't prepare for.
The main goal of the deck is to try to find effects that work differently, or much better, at instant-speed, and use Kianne to enable them. To make sure I use both halves of the cards, I imposed a restriction on myself to keep the 99 balanced: 33 noncreatures, 33 creatures and 33 lands exactly.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The main goal of the deck is to try to find effects that work differently, or much better, at instant-speed, and use Kianne to enable them. To make sure I use both halves of the cards, I imposed a restriction on myself to keep the 99 balanced: 33 noncreatures, 33 creatures and 33 lands exactly.
Description: Kianne is actually a more recent commander than I usually work with, but I've always liked keeping my mana up to do things at instant-speed I'm not supposed to, and she allows just that in two colors without being the usual Simic Valuepile. Though the deck still has those tools.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Description: Kianne is actually a more recent commander than I usually work with, but I've always liked keeping my mana up to do things at instant-speed I'm not supposed to, and she allows just that in two colors without being the usual Simic Valuepile. Though the deck still has those tools.
I feel like MH3 being on arena marked a turning point for these eternal arena formats. They weren't the start of them adding powerful cards to the client, but they led to so much old power needing to be added afterwards to try to be relevant after them that these formats are unrecognizable now.
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I feel like MH3 being on arena marked a turning point for these eternal arena formats. They weren't the start of them adding powerful cards to the client, but they led to so much old power needing to be added afterwards to try to be relevant after them that these formats are unrecognizable now.
Supportive parents are uncommon. Yeah, that tracks
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Supportive parents are uncommon. Yeah, that tracks
It's always very fun and leads to faster game ends. If only my list of "cards I should play more" wasn't longer than my entire collection of decks. Too many fun cards! What a problem to have
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's always very fun and leads to faster game ends. If only my list of "cards I should play more" wasn't longer than my entire collection of decks. Too many fun cards! What a problem to have
(You can only choose noncreature card types, fixed on the site.)
September 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
(You can only choose noncreature card types, fixed on the site.)
This one? It was previewed on friday.
September 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This one? It was previewed on friday.