Jessie

I love me some Lotus Petal...overall, it is my favorite card in Mtg.
I recently bought a playset of them, this year.
However, you are probably right about taking 3 out for the above mentioned cards. But as you stated yourself...it will sorta devalue the combos.

This is very combo of you!
Are you feeling okay, friend?!
First I look at a deck you just built and it has mostly playsets of cards AND NOW this combo deck?!

You will definitely make some enemies playing Tendrils of Agony...some would even argue that Tendrils of Agony is the worst Mtg card ever made, lol.

Ever since I got a Sleeper Agent, from a booster pack back in the day, I have wanted to use her.
Nice catch with Light of Day!

This may be my favorite deck of yours. :)
Are you running full playsets of cards?!

Guided Passage...that is a new card to me. It seems so dangerous to play! True, you are going to get some great cards for it...however, your opponent will know your exact game plan. But then again, it will give you some good cards in your hand.

And the Elixir...I see the point, keep reshuffling your 1 mana cards back into your library. Umm, however, may I suggest run only 3 of those and add 1 more Morphling? Probably will make the deck more expensive...but Morphling is a powerhouse! And you already have 4 Gaea's Blessing.
Besides that, this looks like a fun deck.

Good job!

Done. :)
I really, really enjoy the concept of your deck! Very neat.
I suggested an idea or two.

Good luck!

Good luck, friend.
Post the link to it, when you get done, and I will definitely give it a look over. :)

I like that idea :)

Very interesting concept, there!
Quickly looking over the deck...I might suggest to reduce the Spellheart to 3. That gives you 57 cards in the deck. From there...maybe add in 3 more Instant/Sorcery cards. And probably wouldn't hurt for those 3 cards to be 1 mana cards...that will help to quickly pump up Pike, Academy, Spellheart.

Here is a neat way you might could take this concept...self mill.
Here me out. Use cards like Tome Scour on yourself!

Turn 1. Play Mountain. Play Blazing Salvo (not sure how much it costs...but might consider Shock)
Turn 2. Play Island. Play Tome Scour on yourself. Self mill 5 instant cards.
Turn 3. Play Mountain. Play Spellheart
Turn 4. Play Island. Play Pike on Spellheart.

Now...since you milled 5 instant cards and played Blazing Salvo....Spellheart will be 12/3.
Mind Sculpt could work too!

Turn 5. Play Mind Sculpt on yourself...self milling 7 Instant cards! Now Spellheart is 26/3.

Anyways, you get the idea.
Good luck!

Oh yeah, if you do go with the Self Mill idea...you could use Instant/Sorcery cards with Retrace/Flashback. That way, if you needed to...you could cast those cards from your graveyard.
And Accumulated Knowledge would rock with the Self Mill idea.

Sure thing. Going to check it out, right now.

I think that is part of my hate with it being so expensive. Just like Variable...i don't have the money like you do, to spend.

I remember...back in highschool...the smartest guy I knew, in our group, tried to pick up the game and play with us. The thing was...regardless of how brilliant he was...he was very, very poor. He had to, basically, play with the trash cards that we donated to him. So, here we were, winning against him ONLY because we had expensive cards.

It was sad and embarrassing. Here he was, Brilliant! But losing every single game. He finally, one night...in aggravation...got mad and walked out on all of us. He said, "Fuck it, I can't afford to win. I can't afford the same cards you can!"

To this day...12 years later...it still upsets me to think about that night. He was abso-fucking-lutely right. The ONLY REASON he was losing was because he was poor. That is fucked up. Losing a game because you are poor. Because that is what poor people need, to be reminded that you are poor while playing a freaking Game.

So yes, even Casual games are marred by money.

I think...if i ever get a team of people to play Casual together....we/I will make it MANDATORY to proxy cards. You can't have real cards. They all have to be copied using a printer. That way it is fair.

Very well said, friend :)

I think shitty casual play is what Magic should be about!

Idea is to...after a long day of working...gathering up with a few friends. Drink a few beers...and have fun playing Magic together.
It shouldn't be all about trying to make a Career winning Magic Tourneys.

There is something to be said about a game not being a game. I am sure, Richard Garfield (the inventor) might agree.
Or there is something to be said about a game costing thousands of dollars to enjoy.

This is a sincere question...can not Magic be fun, relaxing, enjoying, without having to make a Tourney Worthy deck? Is Mtg shitty if you aren't willing to spend thousands of dollars?

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Richard Garfield: "I guess I never expected people to take it so seriously. I've always tried to bring science to the games I play, but I never expected it to be taken so far. In Magic, players now analyze percentages for various land mixes and use almost scientific approaches to sideboarding. It's all gone far beyond where I expected it to go."

Umm...because it is a GAME! Was designed and meant to be Casual!

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Mark Rosewater asked Richard Garfield what he thought of Players playing Magic to make a living: "That's a scary thought."

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One more quote...because Mark Rosewater is very thick in the head.

MR: Where should Magic go from here?

RG: There are all sorts of ways Magic can go, but I'm not sure it needs to go any further than the parameters laid down by Portal, the expansion-level complexity, and Unglued.

And checked out your deck, gave it a like (it is hard to not like Goblins), and suggested some stuff.
Again, sorry for whoever downvoted you.
Please know that you have helped me out on this site...and I will always do the same.
Not going to downvote you.

I did not do that, friend.
I just upvoted it :)
There, it is fixed.
Honestly not sure who did that.

Thank you, PhyrexianPossum! "It's pretty neat" is a huge compliment from you, so I will take it. I do already have (great minds think alike) Remand in the Sideboard. I will trade it out for Accumulated Knowledge. What would you recommend as an added Win Condition?

If your decks get any cheaper, friend, then Mtg will be given the cards away! :)
Joking aside, have you did any Pauper decks?

I think, not too sure, that it is a 60 card deck with all commons.
That could be interesting :)

Question: Recent report states that 1 out of 6 people, in France, support ISIS.

You are French...so, was going to ask...why so much support?

Will check this one out, for sure, when I have the chance :)

As I have seen several people say...and as your post suggests...be ready with your checkbook.
All these different expansions/products to get what you could of got in a Core Set.
More and more and more side products?! Cash cow!

That is the number one complaint I have seen, when looking up people's opinion on the new change...be ready for Magic the Gathering to cost you even more to be competitive.

And not only be ready to spend more, especially in Standard...but be ready for those 400 dollar decks to cycle down to 100 dollars 6 months quicker.

I see what they are trying to do...make it more competitive, make it new, refreshed, interesting, etc etc etc...just not sure making Mtg more expensive to play is the answer.

And...for what it is worth, EVERY single person that has liked the change says this:
1) I think it is better for the Story of Magic. The Story won't seem so forced.
2) I think it will be more competitive with the change.

Well...no, it won't be competitive if they print much less reprints...but the few reprints they do print will be much more powerful. All that will mean is that the powerful reprints will be played by EVERYONE and they will be expensive. That doesn't sound like it will be more competitive....if anything, it will bottleneck into people having to run cards. That is the same flaw in Fetchlands.

And story of Magic? Really?! What are people expecting? Lord of the Rings quality? Chronicles of Narnia quality? I mean...come on guys, this isn't Neil Gaiman work we are talking about here! The stories are nice and all...but I would throw away all of the stories if it ensured better Card Play. If I want to read literature, I will go look at the true experts/classics/stories. If I want subpare writing/stories, I will go look at Dungeon and Dragons story lines and Mtg story lines.

Going to email Mark Rosewater and ask him for an allowance, so I can afford the new changes he is bringing about.

Core sets are some of my favorites.

What it sounds like is this: Do away with most of the Reprints...and keep a few really great Reprint cards.
I see that as making Standard more boring, not less boring.
Everybody ending up playing the same powerful reprints.
Better quality reprints...but much less to choose from.
Where it may be less diversity...not more. And that is the opposite of their intended purpose.

The next year or so will be interesting to watch :)

And half the fun, regardless of story (a side note...I am not expecting Tolkien or Lewis quality work in Mtg...or even something like Neil Gaiman,) is seeing what cards are reprinted in Core Sets....

Here is my issue...no Core sets.

So...since they will still be reprinting cards...where will they print them? In the main two sets, each expansion? If so...sounds like 1/4 of each set is going to be reprints...if they aren't going to dedicate Core Sets for reprints.

And, since, expansions will cycle in 18 months...that is just expensive cards to buy, that will reduce in price even faster.
So...your 400 dollar standard deck will be going down to 200 dollars 6 months faster than it use to.

And "mainlines." Not sure why you mean by that...but I do know that Mtg has said they already have the next 10 years planned out.

Also...he mentions, Mark, that they are looking into sets for beginners...so, is it going to be more stuff like Portal and Portal Three Kingdoms?

But where will they be printed at?
The two sets?