#mtgorigins

[geekynerfherder]

'Liliana, Defiant Necromancer' by Karla Ortiz, from the 'Magic Origins' expansion set by Magic: The Gathering.

[svetlinvelinov]

Palladia-Mors painting on the back of artist proof card. . #mtgartistproof #mtgalters #mtgart #mtgcommunity #mtg #mtgoriginal #mtgtrades #mtgcollectors #mtgang #illustartion #sketch #pencil #dragon #dragonart #elderdragon #beast #evil #creature #instagood #instaartist #instaartist #instadaily #instagram #instacool #instafollow #instafantasy #artoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu-sxHClqoV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jxjmu9uljwii

[thesfid]

Someone send this to Chandra. Quote by @colettewerden. Art by @chasestone_art. #mtg #mtgorigins #ChandraNalaar #DoYouEvenSummonBro #MotivationalAF

[lycodrake]

Dang It, Jace

There’s apparently a misunderstanding between the MtG community and WotC regarding people not liking Jace. Jace as a character in the story? He’s fine. I personally like Ajani better, but that’s for various reasons, just like some people have various reasons to like Jace.

The most common problem I see people pointing out with Jace is that his reputation for being broken cards in Standard - Mind Sculptor and now Vryn’s Prodigy - and the price spike associated with that breakage.

It’s my honest opinion that Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy, given the leaks for Shadows Over Innistrad, will be detrimental to Standard to a crippling degree. I could be wrong. I’m not blaming WotC, but they should have seen this coming. Madness and the new mechanic Delirium? Just asking for “literal actual baby Jace” to dominate Standard - monetarily and high tier decklists both.

[vikingmagic-blog]

Nobody expected its dominance. (Old)

[svetlinvelinov]

Niv-Mizzet Parun! . #mtgartistproof #mtgalters #mtgart #mtgcommunity #mtg #mtgoriginal #mtgtrades #mtgcollectors #mtgang #illustartion #sketch #pencil #dragon #dragonart #elderdragon #beast #evil #creature #instagood #instaartist #instaartist #instadaily #instagram #instacool #instafollow #instafantasy #artoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BvD5newlP1q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kbciobj400sp

[affinityforanime]

Oh can you make flip walkers for all the walkers?? I like Elspeth's.

All of them? Even the ones I don’t like? And the ones who are dead? That’s a bit of a tall order. Tell you what. I’ve already promised to do three this week (so after Elspeth, I’ll do one on Wednesday and a third on Friday). After that, I’ll keep origins-style walkers on my to-do list as a recurring theme, how about that?

[palaguin]

A response to an article, questioning how brainy Magic is now.

[svetlinvelinov]

Nicol Bolas and Palladia-Mors side by side. Pencil sketch on the back of artist proof card. #mtgartistproof #mtgalters #mtgart #mtgcommunity #mtg #mtgoriginal #mtgtrades #mtgcollectors #mtgang #illustartion #sketch #pencil #dragon #dragonart #elderdragon #beast #evil #creature #instagood #instaartist #instaartist #instadaily #instagram #instacool #instafollow #instafantasy #artoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu8Vo1nlPun/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1y2383djyy99g

[tibalt-the-fineblooded]

New idea

Instead of Origins 5 we have Forgotten 5. List includes: Tibalt Venser Vraska Koth Tezzeret Where are these guys... I mean other than Venser, he's dead.

[fenrir009]

[gigaseifer]

Super Duper Best Friends - A Standard Deck

I talked about it before, so in an effort to post more things to Tumblr, I thought I’d post an update on the standard rotation and what I’m playing.

A year ago, I was playing a deck with one of every Planeswalker in standard at the time, because that’s how I roll (you can check out a previous post for a better explanation). I still use the mat that was made with that rotation of ‘walkers drawn on it.

Then Khans came out and Villainous Wealth was the coolest thing, so I ran a 5-colour ramp deck that ended up actually being a Chord of Calling toolbox deck that used Villainous Wealth as a finisher if the Chromanticores and other creatures couldn’t close a game.

When Fate Reforged came out, I HAD to go all in on Chromantiflayer, and you better believe I did. Dragons didn’t add a whole lot. Den Protector/Deathmist combo helped in games against control, but aggro was the majority of my meta, so they weren’t super relevant.

Then we got Origins. Believe me, I tried to play Chromantiflayer. I even tried to go above and beyond the meta and maindeck Feed the Clans and Circle of Flames. It just wasn’t working out. Despite the ability to assemble a creature that only a handful of cards in the rotation could even deal with, I still was losing more than I liked.

So I switched to 5-Colour Rally. Abzan rally is in a pretty terrible spot with Hangarback Walker (the best Walker in origins) right now. A single dead HBW means Abzan Rally can’t win. On top of that, Rally is too inconsistent a strategy. I loved the idea of an edict-oriented deck, plus a dredge deck, but it wasn’t good. With Jace and Liliana, the deck got a lot more consistent, but it needed a way to win without combat. Purphuros was the perfect fit, so 5-colour was the way to go. Unfortunately, Now we’ve made the deck more inconsistent by spreading out strategies and I couldn’t afford playsets of the ‘walkers needed to fix things, so I’ve shelved it for now.

Instead, I decided to go with the tried-and-true (kinda) One-of-Every-Planeswalker-in-Standard deck.

There are 21 right now (M15 had 6). Additionally, you can’t run a list like this without The Chain Veil, so we slap that in. Since we’re in five-colour, we need to play a playset of Sylvan Caryatid. Looking at mana costs makes me lean towards a 26 land build, so I really only have 8 cards left. Since the meta is still primarily aggro, I opted for the following list:

21 Planeswalkers

1 The Chain Veil

4 Sylvan Caryatid

4 Arashin Cleric

2 Anger of the Gods

2 Crackling Doom

As far as lands, we’re working with the following:

1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4 Mana Confluence

5 different Khans tri-lands

3 Temples (R/W, W/G & R/G)

4 Fetchlands (one of each, except Polluted Delta, since U/B are small splashes)

2 Plains

1 Island

1 Swamp

2 Mountain

2 Forest

Sideboard looks something like this:

2 more Anger of the Gods

1 End Hostilities

3 Siege Rhino

3 Circle of Flame

2 Hero’s Downfall

1 of each of the Charms from Khans (except Temur Charm)

I’m enjoying the list a lot. It leaves you with a lot of options as to play avenues, and makes it incredibly difficult for your opponent to play around what you have, since there’s so much you can do. It’s kind of like playing Mythic Pile in constructed. Your top-decks are almost always better, so control players get frustrated that you’re constantly drawing gas of some variety. Aggro players are put in a tough spot when the maindeck and a lot of the sideboard is devoted to stopping them and they have to constantly rethink combats to account for the planeswalkers’ influence.

There’s a lot of times where you just can’t do anything, and you’re praying you draw the one walker who can actually help your boardstate (usually Elspeth) only to see the one walker who can’t help any board state (Jace, the Living Garbage)

Regardless, it’s a lot of fun, and I might consider just playing this forever now that rotations are going to be more frequent and constant.

[svetlinvelinov]

Portrait of Dragetti! Pencil drawing on the back of artist proof card . #mtgartistproof #mtgalters #mtgart #mtgcommunity #mtg #mtgoriginal #mtgtrades #mtgcollectors #mtgang #illustartion #sketch #pencil #dragon #dragonart #elderdragon #beast #evil #creature #instagood #instaartist #instaartist #instadaily #instagram #instacool #instafollow #instafantasy #artoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_Xy8MF8Kx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x2o5datzzahk