#nulldrifter

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

Let me null this over

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Nulldrifter by Johann Bodin

[thousand-year-storm]

Modern jeskai control

There is a small resurgence in jeskai control with two archetypes that are interesting, the stifflenought route where you try to cheat a Nulldrifter or a Phlage early:

And the wizard route where you try to maximize the value of flame of anor:

[markrosewater]

On your note about disliking when people refer to a design as being "lazy". I think there's different connotations to the word and being lazy isn't inherently a bad thing (if anything, to your generation it was considered a grave sin while it really isn't a bad thing to be specially given how overworked most people are).

I think a better word for what gets called "lazy design" would be "raw design". The straight to print ideas that don't have an extra layer of flavor or an attempt to conceal the cheekiness. It comes off, to some people, as unpolished when you have the flying cow creature be called Holy Cow for instance, instead of letting the players figure out that was the intent name. Champion of the Perished or Nulldrifter present clever wordplay where Meathook Massacre II relies on a meta-level reference to sequels that would usually only happen on acorn. Original eldraine had some twists on classical fairytales but then Wilds had some 1:1 on ideas that had already been there and that felt bad to some.

What I'm trying to say is that people calling those kind of designs as "lazy designs" probably means "I'd have liked it better if there was a bit more to it", not "designers are lazy and didn't spend time thinking about it".

"Lazy" by definition means "unwilling to work or use energy", so the implication is the designer didn't work or spend energy on it as much as they should. I wish the design was more layered. I wish the design was more subtle. I wish the design had more facets to it. There are plenty of ways to ask that a design has more structure to it than calling it "lazy". It truly is an insult to the design team.

As a general rule, when the words you use upset people (and that's not your intent), find better words.

[whatsthatmagiccard]

Here's a(n incomplete) list of every new MH3/M3C card that's a direct reference to an older card.

Null Elemental Blast -> Red/Blue Elemental Blast

Nulldrifter -> Muldrifter

Warped Tusker -> Krosan Tusker

Wastescape Battlemage -> Sunscape Battlemage

White Orchid Phantom -> Knight of the White Orchid

Brainsurge -> Brainstorm

Harbinger of the Seas -> Magus of the Moon

Kozilek's Unsealing -> Sarkhan's Unsealing

Serum Visionary -> Serum Visions

Shadow of the Second Sun -> Sphinx of the Second Sun

Strix Serenade -> Swan Song

Chthonian Nightmare -> Recurring Nightmare

Consuming Corruption -> Tendrils of Corruption -> Corrupt

Etherium Pteramander -> Pteramander

Gravedig -> Gravedigger

Marionette Apprentice -> Marionette Master

Necrodominance -> Necropotence

Wurmcoil Larva -> Wurmcoil Engine

Frogmyr Enforcer -> Frogmite & Myr Enforcer

Powerbalance -> Counterbalance

Spawn-Gang Commander -> Siege-Gang Commander

Colossal Dreadmask -> Colossal Dreadmaw

Evolution Witness -> Eternal Witness

Lion Umbra -> Daybreak Coronet

Primal Prayers -> Aluren

Wumpus Aberration -> Hunted Wumpus

Cranial Ram -> Cranial Plating

Wight of the Reliquary -> Knight of the Reliquary

Winter Moon -> Winter Orb

Final Act -> Farewell

Siege-Gang Lieutenant -> Siege-Gang Commander (again!)

Sphinx of the Revelation -> Sphinx's Revelation

Bloodbraid Challenger -> Bloodbraid Elf

Broodmate Tyrant -> Broodmate Dragon

Stone Idol Generator -> Ancient Stone Idol (and Stone Idol Trap, but that one's not popular)

[lootthekey]

For those not in the know by now, Modern Horizons 3 was being leaked a notable amount online by what seemed to be not just one, but multiple different sources. The leaks have slowed down now, but the damage was done and we were starting to get into a phase where so many leaks were happening that some fake leaks were being made and everything was getting wonky.

Wizards of the Coast has decided to preview some of the leaks (and some cards not even leaked yet) in this article, but more importantly for a lot of people here in the Tumblr MTG Community, also confirm Modern Horizons 3 will also bring with it new stories involving the rise and fall of the Eldrazi starting May 13th (that also come with card previews). It is spaghetti time!

[a-magical-recap]

MTG Pro Tour—USA and JPN-KOR Regional Championships

Last weekend (Feb 8-9 2025), the Modern Regional Championships continued with the Japan/Korea and (first of two) United States tournaments. The winners of these tournaments will be invited to participate in one of the biggest competitive events of the year, Pro Tour Final Fantasy in June, and potentially earn their way into the World Championship tournament.

Let's take a look at which decks came out on top in Portland and Chiba. Congratulations to Peter Husisian and Noah Ma for winning the tournaments.

Energy continues to be a powerful, dominant archetype, even after the banning of Amped Raptor. Modern Horizons 3 gave us the powerful removal spells Galvanic Discharge, Static Prison, and Wrath of the Skies, each having the ability to remove nearly any threat for just one or two mana and a little bit of energy.

Energy Aggro plays Guide of Souls as its energy-generator of choice, combining it with strong go-wide threats like Ocelot Pride and Ajani, Nacatl Pariah as well as strong value plays like Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury. It combines these powerful creatures with Galvanic Discharge and Static Prison, using them to disrupt the opponent's early-game plans and control the pace of the hopefully brief game. Noah Ma piloted this archetype to win the JPN-KOR Regional Championship, and in the USA Gabriel Nicholas made the semifinals with it.

Energy Control replaces the go-wide creatures with Counterspells and value engines like Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student. This deck plays Tune the Narrative to fuel its Galvanic Discharges and Wrath of the Skies-es, looking to control the board until it can swing for a win with Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury. While significantly less popular than its Aggro cousin, Energy Control was still able to make it into the top 8 of the JPN-KOR tournament in the hands of Ryo Ito.

Amulet Titan is a green ramp strategy which looks to generate mana to cast Primeval Titan as quickly as possible. Primeval Titan—or "Prime Time"—is a big threat which, upon entering or attacking, searches the library for two lands and puts them onto the battlefield. Lands—not basic lands, any lands. This allows the deck to search through a toolbox of lands, among which is one of the deck's primary win conditions: combining Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle with Dryad of the Ilysian Grove to repeatedly bolt the opponent in the face. To accomplish this incredibly fast mana generation, the deck combines Simic Growth Chamber and other lands that come into play tapped with Amulet of Vigor, which untaps them when they come into play. Having multiple Amulets allows for multiple untaps, potentially generating absurd amounts of mana very quickly. Scapeshift and Aftermath Analyst can be used to put a ton of lands into play at once for a sudden win, usually with Valakut. While it has lost popularity in favor of Eldrazi Ramp, Amulet Titan remains potent enough to have made Peter Husisian the USA Regional Champion.

Eldrazi Ramp looks to use double-mana lands to play 4-mana spells on turn 2. The deck then runs a variety of expensive Eldrazi spells—World Breaker; Devourer of Destiny; Emrakul, the Promised End; and occasionally Nulldrifter—both to ramp into and to fuel Ugin's Labyrinth. Eldrazi Ramp either wants to play Ugin's Labyrinth into Talisman of Impulse or Utopia Sprawl into Eldrazi Temple to have 4 mana on turn 2. From there, the deck plays a turn 2 Sowing Mycospawn, which puts any one land card from their library onto the battlefield. Finding an Eldrazi Temple with it allows the deck to access 7 mana on turn 3 to cast either World Breaker or Devourer of Destiny, destroying one of the opponent's key permanents while adding a colossal threat to their board. Eldrazi Ramp decks also play Karn, the Great Creator, as it is one of the more powerful and flexible cards for shutting down opposing strategies using a sideboard toolbox of strong "hate" artifacts. This deck helped bring Damian Del Nero to the USA semifinals and Ryuji Mimido and Alan Hubbard to the top 8s of their respective tournaments.

Grinding Breach has emerged from the recent unbanning of Mox Opal. The deck combines 0-mana artifacts like Mox Opal with Grinding Station, an artifact which can tap and sacrifice other artifacts to mill cards and which, crucially, untaps any time another artifact enters the battlefield. In addition to being able to use Mox Opal and Mox Amber to very quickly generate mana, this also means that the deck can very, very quickly fill its own graveyard. It's entirely possible for the deck to get its combo started on turn 1 with the right combination of Opals, Ambers, and cheap legendary creatures like Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student and Emry, Lurker of the Loch. Once the deck has a Grinding Station in play and a well-stocked graveyard, it can then play Underworld Breach, returning the free artifacts to play, untapping the Station, sacrificing them again, milling more cards, and using those to recast the artifacts. Eventually, it mills its entire library and escapes Thassa's Oracle or Grapeshot to win. Between the two tournaments' top 8s, this archetype was the most well-represented, with Jackson Knorr making it to the USA finals with it, Riku Kumagai to the JPN-KOR semifinals, and Charles Namchaisiri, Enzo Birk, and Pieter Tubergen to the top 8 of their respective tournaments.

White-Black Blink decks make me think of the post-Modern Horizons 2 "Scam" decks combined with Legacy Death and Taxes decks. This deck looks to enact a midrange gameplan, overwhelming the opponent by playing threat after threat, each also generating lots of value for their caster. Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd is the star of the deck, not only able to blink powerful creatures like Witch Enchanter or Skyclave Apparition, but also Overlord of the Balemurk, allowing the deck to skip past its Impending downside. Flickerwisp can fill a similar role, and while Ephemerate can't target the non-creature Overlord, it can scam a Solitude into play, which can then also be repeatedly blinked into play by Phelia. While White-Black Blink will struggle against decks that just attempt to overwhelm it with a very early-game win, it does seem particularly well-positioned against Eldrazi, due to many of its creatures being able to remove the massive threats that the Eldrazi deck presents. Masataka Hori made it to the finals of the JPN-KOR tournament with this archetype, and Kenta Masukado and Joel Doolittle to the top 8 of their respective tournaments.

Goblin Charbelcher is capable of winning the game in a single activation, provided you can guarantee that you'll be able to reveal 20 cards before you hit a land. Decks that combine 'Belcher with a way to ensure that the deck has no lands in its deck have seen varying amounts of play throughout the history of the Legacy format, and with the addition of Modal Double-Faced land cards in Zendikar Rising, it became not only possible, but viable in both Legacy and Modern to play Belcher in a deck that never had any lands to begin with. These decks got a further boost when Modern Horizons 3 introduced even better MDF lands. The current Modern Belcher deck uses Lotus Bloom to essentially establish a ticking clock: as soon as the deck gets mana, it can win. Until then, it uses Flare of Denial, Disrupting Shoal, and Spell Snare in order to control exactly what the opponent is allowed to do. Tameshi, Reality Architect can be a card advantage engine and can bounce MDFC lands back to hand to be cast. Only one Belcher deck made either top 8, piloted by JPN-KOR semifinalist Hiroki Kageyama.

[phulkor-resource]

So you say you can play nulldrifter in omnitell and play a completely blue omnitell deck, I love it:

~ source: https://www.hareruyamtg.com/en/deck/907773/show/

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Decks I Loved from Prague

Before diving into my favorite decks from Eternal Weekend Prague, I want to address why I’m not sharing my own results. Simply put, it’s been rough lately. My Modern performances have been pretty dismal—I’m often finishing near the bottom—and my last Legacy competition, the Belgian Legacy Cup, didn’t go much better. It’s been frustrating, but that hasn’t stopped me from digging through decklists and finding inspiration. So, here’s a look at the decks that stood out to me this time around.

Modern

The deck diversity was kind of boring—mostly Boros, Dimir, or Scales Combo, with a few Eldrazi decks thrown in. Storm didn’t perform well at all. That said, one Jeskai Nulldrifter deck managed to snag #3, which caught my eye.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460524

Of course, the list runs four copies of The One Ring (TOR), and I’m sure it’ll look very different in a week or two. Still, it gives me a good starting point for improving my mana base.

At #23, there was a Ruby Storm deck with a really clean list. It had a green splash for Veil of Summer and a white splash for Prismatic Ending.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460741

I love how streamlined it is while still having those options.

Another thing that stood out was how Broodscale Combo dropped all the Eldrazi cards and instead focused on +1/+1 counter synergies. It runs playsets of Walking Ballista and all sorts of +1/+1-themed cards, often in small numbers.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/459548

No Halfling cards at all! The #4 list is super lean and worth taking a closer look at.

Legacy

I saw via twitter that someone brought BUG Chain of Smog combo and was very excited. Unfortunately, the deck didn’t do well overall, but I’ve kind of built a reputation as the Smog guy, so I have to mention it. 😊

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/459682

On the brighter side, Breakfast won the whole thing, piloted by a really strong player.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460449

That is awesome to see! It’s a solid reference for me, and now I’m on the hunt for footage of the deck in action so I can level up my own gameplay.

Another deck that grabbed my attention is Omnitell running Borne Upon a Wind. It’s a clever way to get Show and Tell into play, but I wonder how often you can hit five mana consistently?

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460426

It’s an idea I’d like to explore further.

Vintage

Of course, I couldn’t resist checking out the Vintage results, especially the unpowered decks (since they have their own prizing). The strongest option is probably Dredge, though you’ll need four Bazaar of Baghdad to build it*. Even though it’s not part of the Power Nine, it’s still a pricey card.

The next best thing is Stompy variants, and this time Mono-White Stompy did pretty well.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/459886

It uses three Elvish Spirit Guides and a playset of Null Rod. It’s less expensive than Dredge, but still not exactly cheap.

One deck I’d love to try is a Frog Midrange build in a Sultai shell.

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460827

It looks pretty solid, running the usual suspects like Collector Ouphe (x4) and Oko, Thief of Crowns (x3), but surprisingly no Deathrite Shaman. The Thinker target is effing Blighttseel Collossus! Unfortunately, I’m missing way too many cards to even think about building it.

For those lucky enough to have Power Nine cards, the first Oath deck on the standings was really fun to see. It’s running some old-school tech: 2x Spaghetti Monster, Dragon’s Breath, and Channel to hard-cast la nonna!

https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/460857

It’s a blast from the past, and now I’m tempted to rebuild that version of the deck. I would be pissed, ending #9 but that's life!

That's all this time around for me. Catch you at FNM!

*Apparently, Bazaar of Baghdad and Mishra's Workshop are considered power as well for this ranking

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Vaga-Anulador/ Nulldrifter

Tipo de criatura:  Eldrazi Elemental

Custo de mana: 7 incolores e/ou de quaisquer cores

4/4 de Poder e Resistência

Por que ela é interessante? Quando conjurar essa criatura você vai comprar duas cartas. Essa criatura tem voar, sendo vantagem sob oponentes que não tenham nem voar e nem alcance para defender. Ela também tem Aniquilador 1, o que é o Aniquilador? Toda vez que você atacar, independente de dar dano no jogador ou não, simplesmente atacou você obrigada o jogador defensor a sacrificar uma permanente dele. Qualquer permanente, aí o defensor quem escolhe, mas sempre que atacar isso vai ocorrer. Ele também tem evocar, você pode conjurá-lo pagando apenas 3 manas, sendo uma azul, mas se fizer isso ela será automaticamente sacrificada assim que entrar em campo.

Preço da carta: em torno de 11,00 até 110,00

Disponível em Português

Link: https://www.ligamagic.com.br/?view=cards%2Fsearch&card=+Vaga-Anulador&tipo=1

Até a próxima postagem, Ulli e Thiago

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

Great joke, but I do miss Mulldrifter

[zmanthetech]

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[markrosewater]

Hello, I always try and avoid leaks because I look forward to spoiler season, but I noticed there have been so many MH3 leaks that y'all put up an article about it today, but when I go to click it it says file 404 not found - is this an error or did yall decide to take it down?

The link has been fixed.