#goreclaw

[logicalcalamity]

Second Hatsune Miku piece, this time with a more punkish theme, made to be used as a proxy for my Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma deck.

The creatures in the background are references to cards in my commander deck, from left to right; Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma, Poison Dart Frog, Archetype of Endurance, Yeva, Nature's Herald and Ghalta behind the rest of them.

[magic-the-girlbossing]

The Wanderer vs. Goreclaw

Magic: The Girlbossing Round 1, Match 26

[almostlookedhuman]

[sovenasark]

Been working on a lot of cards over the past few days :>

[markrosewater]

Hiya Mark! Today is my birthday, and I would like to invoke birthday trivia please if that is okay! Is there anything you can share about my favorite woman in all of magic, Goreclaw?

Ethan Fleischer, winner of the second Great Designer Search, has a Commander deck based around Bears. I believe he made Goreclaw for that deck.

Happy Birthday!

[whatsthatmagiccard]

Ongoing list of the cards under the MB2 playtest cards, as per the official card image gallery. Just text. There's so many. Somebody go put these into the Scryfall Tagger like they did last time.

Interestingly, not all cards that directly reference another make the backing card visible as part of the joke (see Intangible Vibes).

If there wasn't a direct reference, usually, they just used the most recent card they had that fit the frame. Unique cards are bolded.

A Girl and Her Dogs + Abbot of the Sacred Meeple + Defender of the Queue + Jeskai Baller + Knight of Lost Causes + Noble Ox + Plain Walker + Sliver of Hope + Tax Taker -> Phyrexian Pegasus (MOM)

Arcanum Things + Avacyn's Collar, the Symbol of Her Church -> Kor Halberd (MOM)

Brigid, Who's Seen Some Stuff -> Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile (LRW)

Champion of the Hareish -> Champion of the Parish (DDQ)

Essence of Ajani + Friarball -> Surge of Salvation (MOM)

Intangible Vibes -> Intangible Virtue (ONC)

Muraganda Eldrazi -> Eldrazi Displacer (OGW)

New Master of Arms -> Master of Arms (WTH)

Alberix, the Trade Planet + Duelist's Convocation International + Heart of a Duelist + Map to Lorthos's Temple + Two by Four -> Temporal Cleansing (MOM)

Blurry Visionary + Catch of the Day + No-Regrets Egret + Panglacial Shinobi + Search Elemental -> Preening Champion (MOM)

Can't Quite Recall -> Ancestral Vision (TSR)

Night of the Flying Merfolk -> Kiora Bests the Sea God (THB)

Subgoyf -> Sharding Sphinx (MOC)

There / They're / Their -> Said / Done (MH2)

(Wisedrafter's Will is inconclusive; digital print)

(Your Wish is My Command is inconclusive)

(Call from the Grave is inconclusive, though likely Call to the Grave (SCG))

Cleaver Blow + Common Black Removal + Halving Season + TL;DR + You Compleat Me -> Vanquish the Weak (MOM)

Creepy Crawler + Lifening Elemental + Magus of the Chains + Pinchy McStingbutt -> Nezumi Informant (MOM)

Lich's Duel Mastery -> Lich's Mastery (DOM)

Liliana's Other Contract / Liliana's Undead Minion -> Grasping Shadows (LCI)

Odric, Lunar Marquis + Toofer, Keeper of the Full Grip -> Syr Konrad, the Grim (likely MOC)

The Many Deeds of Belzenlok -> Rite of Belzenlok (DOM)

Yawgmoth's Day Planner -> Witch's Cauldron (CMM)

All-Star Kicker + Boulder Jockey -> Trailblazing Historian (MOM)

Bolshak Dragon -> Shivan Dragon (M20)

Boltfire -> Firebolt (MH1)

(Dwarven Confluencer is inconclusive)

(Flanking Licid is inconclusive, but likely Convulsing Licid (STH) or Enraging Licid (TMP))

Gobland -> The Autonomous Furnace (ONE)

Immerstum Battlefield + Planeswalkerificate + Snap Judgement + Toddler's Rage -> Volcanic Spite (MOM)

Pyromancy 101 -> Start From Scratch (STX)

Vuzzle Spaceship -> Shrapnel Slinger (ONE)

Wormhole Warp -> Chaos Warp (likely MOC)

(Zone of Flame is inconclusive)

(Built Bear is inconclusive)

Dairy Cow, Flavor Nightmare, Phyrexian Seedling, Spuzzem Strategist, Starting Town NPC -> War Historian (MOM)

Glade of the Pump Spells -> The Hunter Maze (ONE)

Keeper of the Crown / Coronation of the Wilds -> Lovestruck Beast / Heart's Desire (ELD, showcase)

Meandered Towershell -> Meandering Towershell (KTK)

Naturalize 2 -> Naturalize (M19)

Penumbra Umbra -> Penumbra Spider (MM3)

Plant a Sapling / Fully-Grown Treefolk -> Herbology Instructor (MOM)

Questing Cosplayer -> Questing Beast (ELD)

Teferi, Druid of Argoth -> Surrak and Goreclaw (MOM)

The Colossal Dreadmaw -> Colossal Dreadmaw (XLN)

Werewhat -> Tireless Hauler / Dire-Strain Brawler (MID)

Wrenn and One -> Wrenn and Realmbreaker (MOM)

Anax and Cymede & Kynaios and Tiro + Convention Maro + Chea, Friend to Maybe Too Many + Hish of the Snake Cult + Wowzer, the Aspirational -> Niv-Mizzet, Supreme (MAT)

Chatzuk, Mighty Guitarist -> Melira, the Living Cure (ONE)

Don't Worry About It -> Growth Spiral (DMC)

Fludge, Gunk Guardian -> Yargle and Multani (MOM)

Glimpse, the Unthinkable -> Hidetsugu and Kairi (MOM)

Jund 'Em Out -> Rebuild the City (MAT)

Lutri, Pauper Otter -> Lutri, the Spellchaser (IKO)

Mothers Yamazaki -> Djeru and Hazoret (MOM)

Narod, the Beige Flower -> Doran, the Seige Tower (LRW)

Pokey, the Scallywagg + Terry Pin, Turboturtle -> Baral and Kari Zev (MOM)

Rin and Seri, Inseperabler -> Rin and Seri, Inseperable (M20)

Stone Drake -> Halo Forager (MOM)

Wrath of Finkel -> Shadowmage Infiltrator (inconclusive)

Indicate -> Vindicate (EMA)

Kozilek, Compleated -> Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (ROE)

Marchesa's Surprise Party + Rule with an Even Hand -> Sovereign's Realm (CN2)

Omnipresent Impostor -> Farfinder (IKO)

Who's That Praetor? -> All Is Dust (UMA)

Luxior, Ignited -> Luxior, Giada's Gift (SNC)

Microscope -> Urn of Godfire (MOM)

(Mox Poison is inconclusive)

(Orb of Origin is inconclusive)

Runed Terror -> Skittering Surveyor (MOM)

Fetching Garden -> Blossoming Sands (MOM)

Lazotep Archway -> Scoured Barrens (MOM)

Madlands -> Bloodfell Caves (MOM)

Maestros' Totally Safe Hideout + Omenpath to Naya + Processing Plant + Temur Elevator + Under-Construction Skyscraper -> Jeskai Monastery (MOC)

Slumbering Waterways -> Thornwood Falls (MOM)

The Heron Moon -> Geier Reach Sanitarium (CMM)

Value Town / Take a Trip To... -> Swiftwater Cliffs (MOM)

[mtgtips]

Magic the Gathering tip: Get a monogreen value engine going that lets you cast your entire goreclaw, terror of qal sisma deck full of creatures all on the same turn and get hit with the most massive wave of dopamine you'll ever experience.

Magic the Gathering tip: this sounds like you’re speaking from experience

[dailymtgflavortext]

I wanna hear more about your Thromok deck. I had a fling deck based around it, but it was slow and inconsistent and easily disrupted.

Absolutely, here's the deck as it currently stands:

Thromok

Originally the deck made a lot more tokens, but I guess I've sort of veered away from that strategy over the years. Of course there are still some tokens, but it's more about getting things into play and then gobbling them up when you're able to win.

The problem is that Thromok isn't good. Yeah, it gets huge, but without trample, haste, and a way to take out multiple players you're kinda stuck. So buffs like Surrak and Goreclaw, Xenagos, and Giant Ankheg are extremely important. Heart-Piercer Manticore does offer a "fling" strat in there, and Pathbreaker Ibex turns your entire board (or what's left of it) into Thromoks as well.

I've been experimenting a bit with 2-mana mana dorks that tap for 2, and they've been doing okay. A loooong time ago I had more Wood Elves effects to ramp, but they're too slow now to rely on entirely.

Since this deck is entirely creatures and lands, I've also added in a bunch of hate effects for other types. Ruric Thar can be game-warping against some decks (heck, even Magebane Lizard can be), and cards like Arasta and Heartwood Storyteller give you extra value when your opponents do stuff. It's a neat little sub-theme that makes games more interesting.

Finally, and this was the most fun part of building the deck, I got to dig really deep to find weird "instant/sorcery-like effects" to use instead of true instants or sorceries. Sure, technically the Adventure cards have instants attached, but in the deck they're still creatures. But, Trumpeting Carnosaur is also a (bad) Lightning Bolt! Magus of the Order is a (bad) tutor! Generous Patron is a (bad) Divination! Weaknesses are part of what makes a deck fun, and building this way in spite of that has been a blast.

[dimestoretajic]

if yargle paired with goreclaw instead

[toskarin]

Ms Toska of the Rin, could I have a bit of deckbuilding advice for MTG?

I have a goreclaw deck, yannow. Big stompy. Commander. Creatures. And as always I've been wanting to improve my mana production, for those massive pop-off turns where I cast like a dozen massive bodies through cards like nyxbloom ancient/vorinclex and stuff that draws me cards on creature cast or ETBs.

And I've been looking at my Nissa, Who Shakes The World and I've been looking at her passive and I've been looking at her ult. And those are really really tempting. But. She's five mana. And while sure that's not really an issue in monogreen ramp, it's a matter of opportunity cost. She's not getting cost reduced by most of my options there. She's not going to directly contribute to my board state. Her 3/3 lands don't ping off of Goreclaw's combat ability and all it does is make them vulnerable to creature removal. And she herself is kinda vulnerable.

But it's another mana multiplier. Another mana multiplier.

Truly I am in a bind.

[my eyes glaze over because I don't actually play mtg] oh you definitely want those numbers up

[angel-advise]

if i had a pussy i would give it a name like deathtron or goreclaw and i would put my fingers in it also i think. is that what you do with them

[magic-the-girlbossing]

Magic the Girlbossing: Round One

It's finally time! The first Magic: The Gathering Girlboss battle will commence shortly! Bracket below:

Starting tomorrow at 12:00 PM EST, I'll begin posting one matchup every hour. Each matchup will last 24 hours in total, which means round one will be finished just under a week after it starts! So fun!

Links to matchups once they're up and methodology below the break.

Round 1 matchups:

Alesha vs. Palladia Mors - Alesha Wins!

Tamiyo vs. Exava - Tamiyo wins!

Greasefang vs. Dina - Greasefang wins!

Magda vs. Thantis - Magda wins!

Huatli vs. Elas il-Kor - Huatli wins!

Marit Lage vs. Grandmother Sengir - Marit Lage wins!

Karona vs. Titania - Titania wins!

Radha vs. Atraxa - Atraxa wins!

Elesh Norn vs. Dromoka - Elesh Norn wins!

Reaper King vs. Garna - Garna wins!

Marchesa d'Amati vs. Autumn Willow - Marchesa wins!

Isona Maive vs. Narset - Narset wins!

Gisa Cecani vs. Ria Ivor - Gisa wins!

Thassa vs. Jinnie Fay - Thassa wins!

Nissa Revane vs. Serra - Nissa wins!

Niv Mizzet vs. Jace Beleren - Niv Mizzet wins!

Liliana Vess vs. Lathril - Liliana wins!

Rootha Squallheart vs. Grist - Grist wins!

Savra vod Sado vs. Ashiok - Ashiok wins!

Kari Zev vs. Monoxa - Kari Zev wins!

Thalia vs. Rowan Kenrith - Thalia wins!

Atarka vs. Llawan - Atarka wins!

Olivia Voldaren vs. Zacama - Zacama wins!

Syr Gwyn vs. General Tazri - Tazri wins!

Nahiri vs. Aurelia - Nahiri wins!

The Wanderer vs. Goreclaw - The Wanderer wins!

Kolaghan vs. Liesa - Liesa wins!

Sidisi vs. Jaya Ballard - Jaya Ballard wins!

Kiora vs. Elenda - Kiora wins!

Obeka vs. Rashmi - Obeka wins!

Xantcha vs. Araumi - Xantcha wins!

The Ur-Dragon vs. Samut - The Ur-Dragon wins!

Teysa Karlov vs. Vela - Teysa Karlov wins!

Aminatou vs. Mirri - Aminatou wins!

Fblthp vs. Oona - Oona wins!

Massacre Girl vs. Pharika - massacre girl

Elspeth Tirel vs. Adriana Vallore - Elspeth Tirel wins!

Ziatora vs. Wort - Ziatora wins!

Kaya vs. Iona - Kaya wins!

Dihada vs. Saheeli Rai - Diahada wins!

Braids vs. Lavinia - Braids wins!

Wrenn vs. Jeska / Phage - Wrenn wins!

Linvala vs. Lyzolda - Linvala wins!

Xira Arien vs. Brisela - Xira Arien wins!

Ashnod vs. Anafenza - Ashnod wins!

Klothys vs. Raffine - Raffine wins!

Chandra Nalaar vs. Glissa Sunslayer - Chandra Nalaar wins!

Arlinn Kord vs. Fumiko - Arlinn Kord wins!

Emrakul vs. Atla Palani - Emrakul wins!

Hazoret vs. Saskia - Hazoret wins!

Jhoira vs. Sheoldred - Sheoldred wins!

Zimone Wola vs. Sisay - Sisay wins!

Ayara vs. Akroma - Ayara wins!

Vona vs. Avacyn - Avacyn wins!

Vial-Smasher vs. Yasova Dragonclaw - Vial-Smasher wins!

Linden vs. Sigarda - Sigarda wins!

Vraska vs. Oketra - Vraska wins!

Gallia vs. Masako - Gallia wins!

Beckett Brass vs. Tymna - Beckett Brass wins!

Halana vs. Alena - Halana wins!

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar vs. Merieke Ri Berit - Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar wins!

Drana vs. Rona - Drana wins!

Ayula vs. Wasitora - Ayula wins!

Sliver Queen vs. Pia Nalaar - Sliver Queen wins!

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Below is me talking about seeding

Honestly the seeding was pretty simple but I figure I should lay it out. First off, to be clear, this is a normal 128 slot bracket but just split up into 4 sections. The seeding pattern is based on this chart from printyourbrackets.com, its just kinda, folded and torn apart. So for example, on this bracket, Alesha is the 1 seed and Elesh Norn is the 8 seed. That should give you an idea as to how it was put together.

As for the seeding itself - The top 40-ish characters are ranked based on how many submissions they received. All of them received at least 2 submissions and they're ordered as such. Characters with the same number of votes are randomized. The rest of the bracket either got one submission or no submissions (I needed to fill out some space so I am counting MYSELF as the one submitter, thank you) and these were randomized with two exceptions: Halana vs. Alena and Niv Mizzet vs. Jace Beleren. In the case of the former, let's be honest they kinda represent the exact same thing on a bracket like this. And in the case of the latter: funny.

I hope that my intense bracket rigging isn't scandalous to you. Love you <3

Anyway, remember to girlboss on down to the polls when they open tomorrow at 12:00 PM EST

[mizts-magic-blog]

Weekly Brew #1 Baru, Wurmspeaker Commander Deck

The Wurms are Coming!

This week's randomly selected commander is: Baru, Wurmspeaker!  Printed first (and only) in Dominaria United Commander, Baru is a simple commander with a simple plan. Wurms! Wurms are the plan.  With him at the helm, this deck is sure to rain wurmy wrath down on your foes!

FULL DECKLIST

GENERAL GAME PLAN

As I said previously, this Baru deck is very straightforward. Play big wurms for as little as possible, and swing them at face until you win! Not enough wurms? Wurmquake, Crush of Wurms, Wurmcalling, Sandwurm Convergence and even Baru can help you generate plenty of wurms! Wurms not big enough? Caged Sun,  Unnatural Growth, Sylvan Anthem, and similar cards add constant boosts! Having trouble casting the wurms? A fair amount of reduction and ramp has been splashed throughout the deck in order to get you to your wurms faster!

RAMP AND REDUCTION

A fair number of your wurms (read:almost all of them) are a little on the pricy side, so ramp and cost reduction are a must have. We have our usual suspects, with Emerald Medallion and Rhonas’s Monument providing a decent reduction to all your spells. Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma provides a minus 2 to the cost of 28 creatures out of the 39 in the deck. If you’re looking for true ramp, this list uses some pretty standard stuff for it. We hit the usual Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Thran Dynamo, and Moss Diamond for artifacts, while throwing in a Caged Sun for good measure.  As far as creatures go, you’ll see the typical Fyndhorn Elves type cards, as well as Sakura Tribe Elder  and Karametra’s Acolyte. If those don't push enough, cards like Cultivate, Explore, and Rampant Growth have been slotted in as well (plus a few more)

CHEATING INTO PLAY

If the ramp simply isn’t enough, a number of cards in the deck will allow you to cheat your massive wurms in for a much smaller cost.  Monster Manual and Elvish Piper allow you to repeatedly play a much bigger creature for only 1 or 2 mana, and Mosswort Bridge allows you to slot away a card to cast later, provided you have enough power (you probably should have enough power with a deck like this).

GENERAL VALUE

This deck has a lot of big, expensive creatures. Garruk’s Uprising and Colossal Majesty take advantage of this to keep your hand full as much as they can. The aforementioned Mosswort Bridge and Fight Rigging take advantage of the massive creatures to try and activate their abilities as quickly as possible. Runadi, Behemoth Crawler and Goreclaw take advantage of their high power to boost them even further beyond!  Since most of the deck is green, a handful of cards are designed to take advantage of that as well. Wurm’s Tooth gives you small lifegain for each spell you cast, and Caged Sun and Sylvan Anthem pump (almost) every creature you control!

OTHER CARDS OF NOTE

Defiler of Vigor provides a handy decrease in green costs, while also pumping the full field when you cast your spells. Panglacial Wurm can be cast off the numerous “search your library for a land” spells for a fun surprise. Dirtcowl Wurm gets bigger every time an opponent has the audacity to try and play a land while Deathcoil Wurm (try not to get them mixed up) gets to totally ignore the fact that creatures are blocking it. Sifter Wurm, Ravenous Lindwurm, Pelakka Wurm, Bookwurm and Bramblewurm all provide some lifegain, with Voracious Wurm getting nice and fat off them if you can cast them in the same turn. Worldspine Worm slows down mill a smidgeon, and Elderscale Wurm will help keep you from dying to (most) combat damage. Having trouble closing out the game? Bellowing Tangleworm makes it harder to block your massive creatures, just in case trample isn't doing enough, and Unnatural Growth doubles the size of your already massive wurms.

FINAL NOTES AND CONSIDERABLE CARDS

Baru was selected at random using a complicated method (wheel spins and random number generators). This deck is built using primarily my own knowledge of cards + my raw scryfall ability. Combining these factors with the attempted $150 budget, there are likely a number of cards not in here that should be, due to budget concerns, my own incompetence, or my failure to understand a mechanic/interaction. I ask that you give me some grace, as I learn more about magic and how to better build decks. This deck’s raw power is not the highest, but I can’t say I'm too surprised. Combining the budget with an odd tribe, I really can’t say I was expecting much better. If you decide you need better lands, Three Tree City and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx can slot in quite well over any old forest. Garruk, Primal Hunter can ult for a large number of wurm tokens if you are inclined to use him. Last March of the Ents and The Great Henge are fantastic options for the deck if you are less budget inclined then I am.  Heroic Intervention is good to slot in for protection, as are other fogs and fog likes. Better and more ramp can obviously also be done, once again for a higher budget. If you feel any worms are not working, or that you need more, there are a LARGE number of them that could easily be considered, with some being notably better than others (looking at YOU Mungha Wurm).

[goreclaws]

raginganimal -> goreclaws

changed my username bc I got bored of the other one

[markrosewater]

At the beginning of upkeep, I'd like to move birthday trivia phase please!

Can you please tell me anything about Duskana, Ayula, or Goreclaw? Love me some Bear facts.

Ethan Fleischer has a bear deck and is a huge fan of bears. Many bear cards have his hand in them.

Happy Birthday!