Size approx: 2.5' x 3.5' (the size of a standard Magic the Gathering card) If you do not want to display Ability Text or Creature type, leave the fields blank or put N/A. In any case, I would advise strongly against 'gaining life just for the sake of gaining life', as this pretty-much always means your cards aren't doing more productive things, like establishing a stronger board-position, and usually just means the deck sets itself up for failure.Create your very own custom tokens! Our Foil tokens are actually Magic Card backed and sized! An example budget decklist using those cards is here on mtgGoldfish. I would suggest if you want to pursue a lifegain based deck to use cards like Righteous Valkyrie and Speaker of the Heavens as your build-around cards, as these are some of the very few cards available that make lifegain actually worth playing. I'd suggest going to 23 minimum, but probably 24 is the correct number here.Ī word of warning that lifegain is one of the absolute weakest mechanics in magic, and without some massive payoffs for gaining life, it's never really worth it. With 21 lands, your odds of getting 4 into play in any reasonable time is still really poor. I would suggest just keeping 3-4 of your 4-mana cards, and ditching the rest costing this-or-above.Įven once you reduce the mana curve, you will still need to play more lands. In particular, all those cards costing 6-or-more mana ( Angelic Skirmisher, Devout Invocation, Mass Calcify, Iona, Shield of Emeria) have no chance at all of being cast in a game with your current landbase (You'll have ~50% odds of having 6 lands by turn 9, which is longer than any magic game will take, and also pretty-bad odds). You've got a whopping 16 cards costing 4-or-more, which is going to lead to some really slow/clumsy plays. Most Modern decks typically can't justify running more than 4 cards costing 4-mana, and often run nothing above this. W a l l i s f a c e on Pure Lifegain 2 hours ago You might find that you like a different aspect of the game than what you've been presented with, and you can start looking for a setting that will work for you. Just step away from playing for a bit, and decide what keeps you coming back to the game and if it's worth staying for. Stay active in the community or not, as it suits you (although of course you're welcome here). If you're truly ready to call it quits, then put your cards on a high shelf and take a break. Is it possible to find a new meta? If you're at an LGS, is there another venue around? If it's a friend group, and they're truly willing to accommodate you, let them know that you're having problems, and that you would like to brew in a less competitive setting more often. Modern can be very competitive, and the highest-tier decks don't leave much room for error. Maybe try a different format? You might find Pauper or Pioneer to give you the breaks you need. Legendofa on Brewing in a toxic meta 36 minutes ago I would test it with adding a 'non-land' condition, but it may not be needed. Mechanically, I think this one is where it needs to be. My one tiny quibble is the aesthetics of next to, but that can't be helped. I would dial the stats back quite a bit, maybe down to 4/6. This thing can basically win games by itself. And 5/8 is a powerful stat line, especially at five mana. Does it trigger on every token, or when one or more tokens are created? I strongly suggest the second option, since it's already got double evasion and can create tokens independently.

Talrand's Sky Captain (nice callback with the name and flavor text) could use some clarification on when an additional token is created, similar to my question for Kazirak. The draw ability is more on-color than the 'add three mana' ability, but it's an LED reference, so it can work. I would drop that, push the stats up to 3/3, and call it good.

Pardic Arsonist - restriction + Faithless Looting + flying = a very active card.ĭiamond Scale Drake runs into color pie issues again with its mana tap ability. I like the ability, but maybe make it a 2/3? It feels like it's right on the edge of great and overpowered. Silver Scale Drake feels like it could be a rare, but that's completely a gut reaction. A functional reprint of a card isn't a bad idea by itself, but if someone showed up with, say, two functionally identical Mana Crypts with different names, that's going to be the center of a lot of discussion.

I don't think a functional reprint would bring the price of Gilded Drake down, Gold Scale Drake would become another $300 card (if it were printed officially). Gilded Drake is expensive for a reason-it's essentially a two-mana Control Magic, and that effect starts at five mana these days. Legendofa on Drake Support (Reworked) 5 minutes ago

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