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they/them! 🏳️⚧️ trans nb, ace, MTG (EDH), pencil pusher, former massage therapist, non-state actor
Why wait? I have a UB Vehicle deck called "Cybertrucks" that's a ton of fun, led by an alter of The Cyber-Controller
I think this hinges on the 'if able' phrasing to those abilities? For example, if Galactus somehow gained the abilities from Mogg Toady but Galactus's new controller had the least creatures, would that prevent the attack and all those 'if able' conditions?
There's one other caveat to LGs too - shroud is noticeably worse than hexproof if you target your own creatures For example, my dinosaur deck is led by Marath partly because Marath is great for quick Enrage pings. Protection that turns off pings is worse than no protection at all.
Somebody's going to say Harmonic Prodigy because of course they will, it's everywhere But my love lately has been given to this bug in my Notorious RBG goad deck - build up a bunch of Treasure, drop bug, deal tons of damage
Also bears the distinction of winning a beef more conclusively than anyone else in history
Same reason I like these two! SotD hits any permanent whatsoever and Oubliette has the added benefit of removing attached equipment too, but both are very hard to deal with compared to straightforward removal. ...And these are part of why I'm increasingly using "nonland permanent" removal spells.
Tbh I think Contact might be my top pick too, just from that one impossible dolly shot
I appreciate that they consciously made a dimir clone that is *not* yet another inclusion in Gyruda.dec
Important to highlight that if they don't die from combat damage, there's another step afterwards where they can still die while attacking
Up there with Celestia Sends You To The Moon, TREE!, and Would You Still Love Them If They Were A Bug as commander removal
For those mentioning golf balls - yes, that's old technology, but that involves reducing the size of the wake more than reducing the actual surface drag (Picture shows a car whose fuel efficiency improved 12% just by the addition of dimples)
He played one of the creepiest perps SVU ever had and was an absolute joy between takes
Columbo was my second-favorite of the barely-disguised references in that set
Its price has been steadily rising as more people learn how good it is But if you've never used it, you have no idea how much it tilts combat math in your favor, without being obviously threatening