TTC - Constructed with Cam & Alex

[Graham]

Cam and Alex join Paul to talk about formats other than Theros limited.


Cam's Sharuum Commander Decklist:

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Commander: Sharuum the Hegemon

Creatures (23)
Azorius Guildmage
Etherium Sculptor
Ethersworn Canonist
Perilous Myr
Tidehollow Sculler
Spellskite
Grand Architect
Master of Etherium
Porcelain Legionnaire
Treasure Mage
Trinket Mage
Dimir House Guard
Lodestone Golem
Master Transmuter
Phyrexian Metamorph
Solemn Simulacrum
Kuldotha Forgemaster
Steel Hellkite
Wurmcoil Engine
Magister Sphinx
Myr Battlesphere
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
Blightsteel Colossus

Artifacts (24)
Mox Opal
Mana Vault
Skullclamp
Sol Ring
Voltaic Key
Azorius Signet
Dimir Signet
Ichor Wellspring
Lightning Greaves
Mind Stone
Orzhov Signet
Ratchet Bomb
Thopter Foundry
Mimic Vat
Pristine Talisman
Sword of Light and Shadow
Worn Powerstone
Thran Dynamo
Trading Post
Unbender Tine
Gilded Lotus
Scourglass
Mindslaver
Spine of Ish Sah

Other Spells (17)
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Doom Blade
Go for the Throat
Reshape
Blue Sun Zenith
Detention Sphere
Dimir Machinations
Forbid
Forbidden Alchemy
Oblivion Ring
Tempered Steel
Supreme Verdict
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Wrath of God
Venser, the Sojourner
Merciless Eviction

Land (35)
Academy Ruins
Adarkar Wastes
Ancient Den
Azorius Guildgate
Dimir Guildgate
Drowned Catacomb
Fetid Heath
Glacial Fortress
Godless Shrine
Halimar Depths
Hallowed Fountain
Isolated Chapel
Marsh Flats
Orzhov Guildgate
Seat of the Synod
Sunken Ruins
Tainted Field
Tainted Isle
Tolaria West
Underground River
Vault of Whispers
Watery Grave
Island (4)
Plain (4)
Swamp (5)

Alex's UW-lander Deck:

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Creatures [35]
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Blade Splicer
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Dryad Militant
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Flickerwisp
1 Frontline Medic
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Judge's Familiar
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Knight of Glory
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lyev Skyknight
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Phantasmal Bear
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Precinct Captain
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Savannah Lions
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Soldier of the Pantheon
1 Soltari Champion
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sublime Archangel
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Trinket Mage
1 Vendilion Clique

Planeswalkers [2]
1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Spells [28]
1 AEther Vial
1 Armageddon
1 Brainstorm
1 Condescend
1 Dismember
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Faith's Shield
1 Force of Will
1 Force Spike
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Harm's Way
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Mana Leak
1 Mana Tithe
1 Miscalculation
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Path to Exile
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Remand
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Stifle
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Vapor Snag

Lands [35]
1 Arid Mesa
1 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Flooded Strand
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
4 Island
1 Karakas
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Moorland Haunt
1 Mutavault
1 Polluted Delta
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Sejiri Steppe
10 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Tundra
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath

[TheHokeyPokey]

The difference between Hydroblast and Blue Elemental Blast is Hydroblast can target a permanent even if it isn't red.

Singularity was the name of a Reset/High Tide legacy deck. Riddle of Steel is a much better name for a Sharuum/Blightsteel deck.

Urza appeared on a card disguised as a Hill Giant (Blind Seer).

Yawgmoth appeared on several cards. He was on Jilt disguised as Hanna, Phyrexian Arena as the crowd, and on Last Stand in his true form: a great black mana cloud.

[korvys]

Cam, you need to put Sculpting Steel in your deck.

If you return Sculpting Steel with Sharuum, as a copy of Sharuum, state based actions put the Steel back in the graveyard (due to the Legend rule) BEFORE the ETB trigger is put on the stack (I just looked this up, CR116.5 for anyone interested), meaning the Steel is a legal target for the Sharuum/Steel's own ability.

I'm not sure what you do with an infinitely dying/reanimating Sharuum/Steel, but I'm sure there's something.

[Professor STAFF]

Neat! Decklists!

<coughs> Treefolk EDH? <coughs-and-maybe-sobs-a-little>

A lot of fun to see everyone open up an Ice Age pack. That was my last set back in high school too. Then no Magic while I'm in college. Then I got a job and had disposable income and that goes great with Magic!

Really good episode. I always enjoy having Alex on in particular (and Cam is welcome too!)

[Lord Hosk]

I'm not sure what you do with an infinitely dying/reanimating Sharuum/Steel, but I'm sure there's something.

Black Market
Casting of Bones
Dying Wail
Grave Pact
Moonlit Wake
Proper Burial
Sadistic Glee
Blade of the Bloodchief
Jar of Eyeballs

Ogre Slumlord, Requiem Angel, or Teysa, Orzhov Scion for infinite creatures

or the simple Blood Artist or Falkenrath Noble

[VestMan]

Cam, you need to put Sculpting Steel in your deck.

If you return Sculpting Steel with Sharuum, as a copy of Sharuum, state based actions put the Steel back in the graveyard (due to the Legend rule) BEFORE the ETB trigger is put on the stack (I just looked this up, CR116.5 for anyone interested), meaning the Steel is a legal target for the Sharuum/Steel's own ability.

I'm not sure what you do with an infinitely dying/reanimating Sharuum/Steel, but I'm sure there's something.

Grossly, Disciple of the Vault.

[Jenelmo]

Cam, you need to put Sculpting Steel in your deck.

If you return Sculpting Steel with Sharuum, as a copy of Sharuum, state based actions put the Steel back in the graveyard (due to the Legend rule) BEFORE the ETB trigger is put on the stack (I just looked this up, CR116.5 for anyone interested), meaning the Steel is a legal target for the Sharuum/Steel's own ability.

I'm not sure what you do with an infinitely dying/reanimating Sharuum/Steel, but I'm sure there's something.

You play Bitter Ordeal and then you win

[zombub]

Was this the nightmare fuel picture of Yawgmoth? Some comments on the thread I found it in said it's just some random Phyrexian, but opinion was divided. Most agreed that Yawgmoth's one true form was the black mana cloud.

[gremcint]

WRONG Urza has a card, Blind Seer is Urza. He disguised himself to get on the weatherlight and steer events during the invasion and then later reveals himself to be Urza.

[Professor STAFF]

WRONG Urza has a card, Blind Seer is Urza. He disguised himself to get on the weatherlight and steer events during the invasion and then later reveals himself to be Urza.

The Blind Seer was indeed Urza in disguise.

So, if Urza made the Weatherlight, conceived of the quest for the Legacy Weapon, was in charge of the battle against Phyrexia...why did he need to disguise himself to get on the Weatherlight and steer events a certain way? "Hi, guys! It's me! Urza! Ya'll need to make a left over there."

Ah, old storyline confusion!

[Dusk_Shine]

Has anyone else noticed that the first 4 commons from BOTH packs of Ice Age they've cracked in this 'cast series have been the exact same cards in the exact same order?

[MrPayneTrayne]

Not sure if Cam or Alex will read this, but I was listening after teaching a history class. Would that burnt offering joke be a reference to the Holocaust?