Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Excited about Magic again

 Well, I have also gotten excited about Magic again. A big part of that has been deciding to try a new format. Basically there are many different ways to play Magic. Mostly the rules of the game are the same, the main differences are about how you go about building your deck and what limitations you have to work within. This new format is called Pioneer. It has actually been around awhile but now it is possible to play on Arena where I have made the biggest investment in terms of cards and have a good number of wildcards available. (wildcards allow you to craft any card you want). Technically, Pioneer on Arena is still missing a good chunk of the cards that are available in the paper version but it is most of the way there.

So, the other night I was just browsing through the pioneer legal cards and came up with an idea for a deck where you would use spells to pump creatures that would also get a bonus from you casting spells.

Here it is.

 

So, I played 8 matches the other night and went 4-4 on the ranked ladder which is ok I think. I am not super experienced with deck building but it is the part of Magic that I am most attracted to. I did get a little bit of feedback from chatgpt but I didn't take all of its advice. For example it was kind of negative about the card "Jump Scare" but I feel it is good and it helped me win at least one match. 

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