How to Play BLUE w/ Josh Lee Kwai | The Command Zone 636 | MTG EDH Magic Gathering

[@traviscochran9253]

Complete? Clearly they haven't anticipated the demand for How to Play COLORLESS!?

[@theg3843]

Colorless players assemble 🐙🦑

[@k9commander]

Guest starring Ashlyn Rose the Eldrazi queen.

[@traviscochran9253]

@k9commander I couldn't think of anyone on the spot but that's a great choice!

[@thriftypsgr]

Ummmm eldrazi. That is how you play colorless.

[@MisterSirDaddyo]

Grazz is a good choice

[@AuronCommander]

I clicked on the video and immediately drew 5 cards. I love blue!

[@Nvrmr_]

I tried to click the video but someone Stifled me. I hate blue

[@jasonwild7395]

I clicked on the video and then watched a second video after this one. I also love blue!

[@sashalittledemon6766]

Now you will lose 10 life out of my Sheoldred.

[@rossdaigle1024]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Oz__MTG]

Hell yeah you did! 😂

[@krucewayne4349]

I’m here to understand the enemy

[@ertai222]

I'm here to take notes 🗒️

[@wayneleblanc1287]

I feel like Batman would be dimir though no?

[@samyoung5895]

​@@wayneleblanc1287 probably Esper imo.

[@orvar7035]

We cant be understood

[@AlfredoWasTaken]

I'm here for revenge (my commander was countered too many times)

[@imaginarymatter]

How to play Blue: 1) Bring beaker 2) Counter opponents' spells 3) Collect tears in beaker 4) Use tears as mana to cast more blue spells

[@Dragon_Fyre]

My mind strayed to the Muppets when you said “bring beaker”. I was picturing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew playing Magic the Gathering.

[@augustobs24]

The real mana drain

[@brendans1983]

Those aren't blue mana symbols, they are the tears of those I have vanquished 😂

[@Ashacarlosalbert]

"I like to feel safe." Proceeds to make everyone else feel unsafe.

[@oliverpuffer6333]

Safety is a zero sum game

[@robflothree]

As a blue player I love that my shout out happened on this particular episode! 🙌🏻

[@abecascade]

With all due respect, I disagree completely on 29:20 . As a Blue player myself, I usually use my resources to control the person on my RIGHT side, because I know after this I get to my turn and untap all my stuff. When the person on your LEFT acts, you usually win on turn order priority because the other 2 person might have a response before you do. That's the logic why you dump big X spells like Blue Sun's Zenith at the latest possible end of turn, which is the person on your right.

[@benbarclay4239]

Eh its a balance. You should really be controlling whoever is the most threatening to your own win, regardless of seat position.

[@chickennoodles4491]

I think the logic is if you sit to the left of the blue player and make a move to win, they’ll counter it and now your other opponents are safer when they try to do so

[@awilddevereaux]

I think you're misinterpreting what he is saying. He's saying its advantageous (as an opponent of a blue player) if you're last in turn order before the blue player cause you have a greater chance of the blue interaction being used before it gets to your turn. There's not really anything to disagree with there. He's not saying you should prioritize the player to your left.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

@@awilddevereaux There IS something to be disagreed with there. On occasion a blue player leaves up mana for a counter and had nothing else to spend it on, yet the next two players do nothing dramatic. Oh what to do what the third player does absolutely anything of consequence. Oh, right. Counter it. Yes, the last person before blue also gets unfair attention. If anything, the position opposite blue is ideal.

[@arkknight92]

Have two islands untapped at all times, give people funny stares, and mention you’ll counter anything that comes your way. Someone needs to police the table haha

[@DommyXMommy]

Every time they cast spell be like “one sec,”then look at your hand for like 5 seconds, move a couple of blue lands around and act like you’re counting them, tap them, then untap them and shake your head and look them dead in the eyes and say, “I’ll allow that”

[@TeifitV]

LETS GOOOOOOO! Thanks a lot Josh! This was a long awaited one!

[@lotrloreman]

Underrated blue spell: Candlekeep Inspiration, 4U sorcery all your creatures become X/X where X is equal to the number of instants, sorceries, and adventures you have in discard or exile. It's definitely one of my big finishers in my Alela deck.

[@gabrielkopp9248]

Great mention here, I was wondering if Rachel would include this while talking about Overruns. It’s a sweet finisher in those Faerie-esque decks or in like Izzet token spellslinger lists

[@Persy55]

Yeah that card is crazy in the right shell

[@donutunknown5559]

"exile my graveyard? thats okay they still count for X :D"

[@lotrloreman]

​@@donutunknown5559that's the craziest part!!!

[@just_zohan]

That's a fantastic card for Talrand. Play a bunch of spells, create a bunch of drakes and make your "craterhoof-at-home" impression :)

[@calebscott148]

I think one of the reasons blue is so hated by newer players is that it’s the least immersive/most meta color. The word “card” feels like it appears on blue cards the most, the most iconic “you win THE GAME” spells are in blue, even milling as a win condition inherently interacts with play patterns more than board state. The way other colors win is by summoning a giant dragon or dealing a ton of damage from a fireball or some evil pact with a demon or something and I think the main reason people get started playing magic, at least commander, is because that top end super cool stuff is just super cool. Blue is the color that makes it a card game instead of an rpg. This is also what makes it one of, if not the most powerful color. Everything blue does is about attacking the game instead of the other player

[@dancarne5501]

Interesting take - well said!

[@christophercrane2323]

As a newer player to magic thank you for this series! I’ve learned so much and would love for you to continue the series with colorless and deeper breakdowns of the multicolors!

[@MrBrawler65]

50:45 JKL and Rachel made a small mistake, when it comes to approach of the second sun. It does not matter that it"s a cast trigger for the second approach of the second sun, the spell still needs to resolve to win the game, so you can counter it even if it's the second time.

[@ChristopherSmithGPlus]

Yup. It's the first time where the counter doesn't matter.

[@ducciotarno3900]

it's not a cast trigger at all

[@taizelgiraomartins4326]

Came here to say the same, yeah it's not a cast trigger

[@thecosmiccall3802]

"Listen, do you really wanna know how to play Blue? It's easy because your opponents are constantly in fear of you telling them no. However, what are the most important cards to play in blue? Rhystic Study? Force of Will? Fabricate? An Offer You Can't Refuse? All excellent answers, however the most powerful cards in blue might actually be: two untapped islands." *The doors open to a Vegas casino room filled with tables of players playing Texas hold em* "Come on, let's learn from the pros."

[@joshwarrey3728]

Blue is what makes MTG a combo of poker and chess.

[@johnbuffo1870]

I've been looking forward to this. And congrats Josh and Rachel for being named to the Commander Panel!

[@monkeeb]

Seeing hatred for Blue in the comments just makes us Blue players want to counterspell your favorite spells even more. Win or lose, your tears are the real victory.

[@xaxscratchxax926]

Indeed. I don't need to win when I thrive of your misery. No you shall not play that card.

[@monkeeb]

@@xaxscratchxax926 your win condition is simply my fodder. your actions do not have an equal reaction because I have already reacted. I am the ending and beginning of your game.

[@peewee0224]

@@monkeeb-god

[@chickennoodles4491]

This is beautiful

[@jaycue7641]

We Green players will simply cheat out another big Monster to Stomp all over your empty board. Counter us. Go ahead. We'll see who runs out first: Countermagic or Big Stompy Boys.

[@alexgrover7693]

0:31 "The cycle is now complete" love this Vader reference

[@chickennoodles4491]

I can hear it in his voice

[@RafaelBueno-racabu]

Graham was wrong about "Dig Through Time".

[@ChristopherSmithGPlus]

Dreamscape Artist & Thieving Skydiver... two of the best "under the radar" ramp spells in blue.

[@davidh5840]

came here to say this. loooove dreamscape. and oftentimes the discard synergizes with other things that a deck with blue but without green wants anyway. so good.

[@brendans1983]

Skydiver is great, makes people's lips drop to the FLOOR 😂

[@dylanmiller1140]

I swear to god this video finally coming out was in my dreams last night

[@theBlueFox2]

"Drag them out to deep water and get them tired" is so accurate seeing that the boss creatures in blue are krakens and sea serpents.

[@Lezi156]

You forget one of the most underrated blue pump spells in recent history: Candlekeep Inspiration

[@jaycue7641]

I was on a 5 hour drive home from a work trip today, and with about 3 hours left to go, I was so happy to come across this much anticipated video! Thanks to Josh and Rachel for keeping me company on the ride home!

[@davidm1756]

Glad CGB got a shoutout in the blue video Surprised he didn’t show up himself for this one tbh

[@peewee0224]

My favorite thing about blue is it can do literally everything. I have a mono blue commander deck where it has a shell of 65 cards and then I just sub in 34 cards plus a commander (currently have 20 different commanders) and it changes how the deck functions. Everything from enchantress-blink-voltron-storm-self mill etc.

[@GngrViking]

That sounds like a blast! Not that it matters, but does it ever win?😂

[@peewee0224]

@@GngrViking does what ever win? I don’t think you understood what I meant. It’s 20 separate decks and I just pick which one I want and shuffle it into the shell and it makes a 100 card deck

[@GngrViking]

@@peewee0224 Gotcha. I did misread it. Sorry about that haha.

[@peewee0224]

@@GngrViking it’s fine lol I highly recommend it to anybody that has a color or color combo they really like. It saves a fuck ton of money on lands and the staple type cards

[@jaycue7641]

Do any of them win? I would assume so.

[@cliffordsylvester1661]

My favorite blue card is dismiss into dreams. Blue enchantment that makes creatures my opponents control illusions in additional to their type and if it's targeted that player sacrifices it.

[@drrockd9460]

Would love to see a Josh personal deck video at some point!

[@VictorQuinnts]

this is the episode I was waiting for !

[@SuperDemogorgon666]

I really liked this episode. Going deep into one color, how it plays, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it plays with other colors, really was informative and gives me a better perspective on what it means to be a blue player. Also, I am stoked that Josh was here to talk about this. He feels very qualified to talk about this subject, and I appreciate his perspective on things.

[@bradenp76]

Thank you guys! Been waiting for this one for a while!!

[@IronRage]

Im super happy that Josh is on the commander pannel.

[@christopherrue1773]

This channel makes my heart smile 😊 with my wife's diagnosis it's great to have an escape. Bless you all who see this 🙏

[@davidcrain453]

Prayers for you and the wife my dude....

[@Someoneelse415]

Awesome work! I really appreciate the effort and experience that went in to this. Thank you!

[@rockandroll1850]

Ravenform and resculpt are massively slept on for mono blue removal

[@peewee0224]

Ravenform at 3 mana is just a death sentence. There’s just better removal in blue.

[@Thoughtmage100]

Kasmina's Transmutation is also pretty good. Cyber Conversion too.

[@HollowdTV]

resculpt is so good. but you have to be ok with whatever you're exiling becoming a 4/4

[@peewee0224]

@@HollowdTV yeah a 4/4 is a surprisingly good beat stick lol

[@rockandroll1850]

@@HollowdTV true, but not much different than a generous gift or beast within ultimately and people often run those. A little more narrow but exiles instead of destroys and 1 less mana.

[@JadedGray]

So glad for the josh episode on blue! I dont think ive seen a more blue player 😂🎉 watching his shenanigans against the table is worthy of a mad scientist laugh

[@davecoburn6934]

The best thing about playing blue is drawing cards. I love one mana cantrips. I love draw a card stapled onto other things. I supplement its weaknesses by playing it with either white and green, or red and black.

[@coatesjk1]

For me blue has always been the color of POTENTIAL: nothing you need to pay attention to on the battlefield more than untapped blue mana. It could do anything

[@sergepicme]

i learn i learn and ,, i learn sooo much about Commander becose of ,,, The Command Zone ,, Thank you so much to ALL the team ,,, even staff that we cannot see on cam ,,, God bless you ... from : Canada

[@ChrisDavis-tt1dj]

Great episode! When I started playing, (in the 90s) I hated playing against blue. Now I enjoy playing and a playing against blue decks. I like the off the wall stuff you can do in blue. My favorite blue pet card has always been Ertai’s Meddling. It is such a gotcha moment when I cast it.

[@ryank9825]

I been waiting on this episode!!! Thanks Command Zone. I'm the blue player of my playgroup :)

[@jonlamoreaux2228]

Im really glad that josh is on the commander panel. He's had his finger on the pulse of the community, and is a huge reason for the growth of the format. He also has the best takes imo on cards in the format. Im sad he wasnt on the "examining the banlist" podcast because he's the type to have the opinion of unbanning most things and letting the players police what they play and dont play, which i believe is the best way to run a casual format and keep it open to all mtg mindsets.

[@blackdemon250]

Been waiting for this episode for a long time!! Yiipee!!!

[@Syncopiia]

I played a 99 lands deck with Child of Alara as the commander, and my friend casted Tasha's Hideous Laughter, exiling my entire deck. He never thought he would take somebody out with it.

[@jaycue7641]

Did your Child of Alara deck contain a lot of the "Man-Lands?"

[@JimFaindel]

Can't believe Graham won with that Blood Seeker and Iguana despite being wrong.

[@GngrViking]

Finallyyyyyyyyy!!!!! I’ve been waiting for this forever!

[@rjpico98]

As a green player who knows how to play every color but blue, I need this

[@crawdaddy1234]

As a blue player, this is my advice for non-blue players: MAKE ME HAVE IT! If you don’t play something, because you’re afraid I will counter it, then I got the benefit of it not resolving AND the benefit of being able to hold up my Counterspells for the next player’s spell.

[@Gravy1255]

​@@crawdaddy1234I learned with blue to just throw stuff at them cause eventually they won't have that thing or may not use it as they worry about another player.

[@crawdaddy1234]

@@Gravy1255 That is exactly what you have to do. Chances are you have more questions than I have answers.

[@mearcstapa]

I literally watched the how to play red earlier today and wondered when they would drop blue, and if Josh was going to run point. Woot🎉

[@creightoncooper9836]

River's rebuke and Flood of Tears are two of my favorite blue boardwipes because of how flexible bouncing is. So many times, I've avoided death by Zulaport Cutthroat or similar by bouncing the whole board to the hand

[@PowerChordJack]

This is great guys - definitely going to improve my Noyan Dar deck ten fold!

[@Gegota82]

My favorite pet blue card is "Telepathy". playing it on turn 1 is really funny. For those that don't know what it does: it is a 1 blue mana enchantment that says: "your opponents play with their hands revealed". so on turn 1 you know what everyone kept if you go first. I have it in my now massively nerfed High power Temur pirates deck (I removed all the banned cards from it) and I use it the turn I want to combo off to see if anyone is holding counterspells or interactin for my combo. in a way it is beter than a counterspell because you see everyone's hand and everyone gets to see all my opponents' hands

[@jacobpourchot6294]

When they name drop some of my favorite blue cards. "Yeah, baby! That's what I have been waiting for!" Urza!

[@kazuallykunfuzed]

The Mystical Tutor for a Worldly Tutor is the big brain Simic stuff I'm here for.

[@awboqm]

I enjoy playing a lot of the weird counterspells like stubborn denial and finding ways to get my opponents with really cheap and niche answers.

[@itadorixfushiguroforever79]

I love blue it is the supreme pinnacle color in magic! I really love my Chromium Flash (thanks CGB for reping him) deck and my Talion, The Kindly Lord deck they are both pure control and are so much fun!!! Been waiting for this episode since "how to play white"!

[@BasementMana]

love you both and Jimmy, your biggest fan, hope Jimmy stays strong, love that dude

[@michaelkonomos]

Great episode! Got me more excited to try a blue deck. Also I feel like Blue breaks the fourth wall a lot! Like sometimes it just doesn't care about the story, it's peering past it into the game mechanics.

[@hunterlee2067]

Favorite Blue spell is Betrayal. U for an enchantment aura that targets a creature your opponents control. Whenever that creature becomes tapped you draw a card. Really great to punish tap abilities which there are lots of in commander and can even hinder infinites. * I used to play in a meta with a bunch of mana dorks so my card was hardly dead, power level may vary*

[@aDIFFERENTlenz]

These videos are so helpful. I’m going to revisit my Izzet dragon tribal deck with Sarkhan immediately.

[@kaiHELLyeah-vs5sq]

Of course Josh is doing this episode!

[@brianpendleton2674]

We need how to play colorless next!!! Eagerly awaited how to play blue, was not disappointed. 🎉

[@bradtrietsch9375]

1:03:34 Josh got way too excited when Rachel mentioned untapping a Lotus field😂

[@WarCorrespondentYT]

EXACTLY when I needed this video

[@Belena711]

1:04:57 Not sure if you meant before the etb trigger resolved, but just for clarification - after the text boxes have been exchanged, either creature dying doesn't affect the other's text box.

[@RazgrizAce67]

Playing Forgetful Fish (Dan-Dan) is a really great way to learn how to play blue I've found. If you want to get better slinging with Islands, i highly recommend it.

[@HydraSperati]

Good timing. I just won last night with Jin Gitaxias allowing me to play my entire 40 card hand at once. Proliferated 60+ times in one turn, and tripled all my swords of x and x with Jin G Progress Tyrant, spark doubled.

[@jiratrello]

I love blue 💙

[@Burningtreeblood]

Haven’t seen it yet but gosh dang… waiting until the last persons end phase before tapping out into your turn. 😎 blue player respect

[@ryrysamurai92]

i just built a Baral deck with 0 counterspells in it as a one off game with my playgroup. i kept the fact that there were 0 counterspells in the deck a secret until the end of the game, but played like I always had one: it was really fun, and everyone thought it was pretty cool

[@SidewinderXp]

I think my favorite blue card is disallow. I know it’s not the most efficient, but nothing makes me feel safer than a counterspell stapled to a stifle. My favorite aspect of the color is I feel like I have some agency in what happens in the game, and it keeps me engaged in everyone else’s turn.

[@JesusMartinez-hv6kt]

bro i love command zone and i need more extra turns and games with jimmy rachel and the blue master, JOSH

[@Pierceyip]

1:32:30 is so true, just recently played in a pod with this Atrexa, Grand Unifier player with all sorts of counter spells and free counter spells packed into the deck. Counters my 4 drop commander on turn 3 (ramped once) even when it was not that threatening to him. Guess where all my resources went for the rest of the game.

[@briantwj]

That ads was so good that i didnt skip it. Everyone knows Josh plays blue! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cannonballbrad9522]

Consecrated sphinx. Polliwog prodigy. Enduring curiosity. Silent hallcreeper. Jin Gitaxias. Coastal piracy. Curiosity. Best cards for so many of my decks

[@charliemarlow647]

Underrated blue card: Tidal Barracuda! 3U 3/4 fish that gives everyone a Vedalken Orrery effect, but silences opponents on your turn. People are reluctant to remove it because they gain advantage from it, it's a creature that can help block, the advantage you get as a blue player is (typically) much better. So good and so fun!

[@prolimar7113]

How to play blue: Counter everything until you're the only one having fun and everyone scoops.

[@augustobs24]

Definitely more doable in 1v1 than a 4 player format

[@BlindTheRhino]

And then win with a morphling or man land... yes yes...

[@ToadimusPrime]

Yeah we've reached this point with one of our friends once he starts looping and copying extra turns, we just scoop

[@davidcrain453]

It doesn't work I've tried lol

[@peewee0224]

That’s not how blue works

[@lenore-bw6qz]

Blue is the color I play the least, so I'm glad to have this episode!! :D

[@metalx224]

Finally! I've been waiting for this!

[@theirishmanplays]

My favorite thing to do with a sudden substitution in my Codie deck is to cast a sylvan scrying when I've already gotten all the mana I need to then swap it with someone else's creature

[@FistKoozie]

Thanks Josh I'm excited for your teachings

[@Lazren]

I've been waiting for this.

[@jacobpourchot6294]

As a teenager, I used to be an aggressive Boros player who hated having my card countered and milled. Now, as an adult, my favorite deck is a Jeskai deck. I love drawing cards and problem solving into some crazy game winning combos.

[@Cypher1032]

I love leaving mana open-regardless of the colors I'm playing-because my friends always assume I have some crazy spell to mess up whatever it is they have planned. I love being a blue player. I was once playing a Mardu deck and passed turn 5 times in a row without acting. The table was scared that I was just sitting there... menacingly. But I really just didn't have any spells I could play. lol.

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! 🥳

[@OceanicBacon]

Approach of the Second Sun is not a cast trigger, winning the game is part of the effect of the spell so you can just stop it with a counter spell.

[@nickil3239]

I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS ❤

[@michaelwolfe6116]

I've had a mono blue deck i built as an answers/value deck with Atemsis, All Seeing as my hidden gem commander for yearsss in and out of playing MTG. Blue is best, seems like perfect timing to come back to the game!

[@malachivonschlegel2016]

Reminds me of my favorite Simon and Garfunkle song, "In my response, I tap two iiiissslands!".

[@sk84lafs]

Favorite mechanic to work around with Blue is cost alterations. Convoke, Delve, Improvise, ETC. make a Blue deck even more powerful. Im gonna play a spooky spell for cheaper and have the mana left to stop someone from preventing the desired outcome.

[@z-mashupz8069]

As a predomiantly Gruul player I find the best thing is brute force. Play the threat, attack the blue player if they take out your threats hope to pull another one. Not only will they eventually run out of control but you'll probably have more fun than not doing anything from fear to get controled.

[@PALIGames]

Im grateful for this, mabye this will make blue players better.

[@Tclark6199]

I've been playing MTG on and off since I was a kid, but only the last few years really gotten into playing commander weekly. I always skirted away from blue but as I've grown as a player I've really come to appreciate the fun and flexibility it can offer, it makes me feel very clever when I pull off some weird line or interaction. TLDR; Play more blue

[@samuelgreen2443]

I was always drawn to blue (no pun intended) but dealing with the “I’ve got all these reactionary cards in my hand but I’m not doing anything” was what really tripped me up. Until Eluge. Mono blue Voltron ramp deck?! My god it’s fun and tricksy and the epitome of blue despite you one shotting each player to finish things up. Never had so much fun with any deck, so now I’m kinda a blue convert… although those flood counters do a LOT of heavy lifting :)

[@domsilvestri8681]

My favorite thing about blue is the powerful ETBs (Agent of Treachery). Shoutout Archaeomancer, Peregrine Drake, and Displacer Kitten.

[@Dragon_Fyre]

Part of what makes Simic so powerful is not just that it has no significant weaknesses but that the two colours fuel each other… when you ramp you draw cards, which gets you more land, which gets you more cards etc. Simic rewards you for just doing what every deck wants to do.

[@Hitzel]

Funny, the section about Simic described why Yeva is my favorite commander.

[@SpoonsDebonair]

retraced image, milotic manipulation and savor the moment are such all blue land ramp. the first two you really only want to play in mono blue with mostly islands as your lands but they put in work. Retraced image specifically has the downside of going down a card but if any color wants to trade away their ample card advantage for lands its blue.

[@Ceriva09]

great video 😄 now we can hope for all the color combinations i guess

[@wowomah6194]

Speaking of Azorius and control and shooting arrows from the top of the castle. Harbin Vanguard Aviator, who I will never stop singing his praises, is the best artillery Azorius commander for me. Literally just build a board of soldiers, build up a pillowfort, and then fling evasive soldiers at my enemies while they cannot get in with damage. Combine the Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Sphere of Safety, Windborn Muse, Baird Steward of Argive WITH things like The Wanderer and Blessed Sanctuary. It's just great. Add in a Maze of Ith and then some instants "No, you cannot kill me, I don't exist" cards and you have a recipe for winning a lot of commander games even against some pretty aggressive, combo heavy decks. Just dodge their big combos, remove the pieces, and then fly in for damage. It's wonderful. I can play it pretty slow against other people if I realize their decks are precons or lower power level like that or if they're just super new players and yet it can hold its own against some really toxically evil decks as well. Yuriko? Peace of cake. Niv Mizzet? Try not dealing direct damage to me at all. I've found the "pillowfort and evasive go wide" strategy works against almost every sort of deck I've played against so far. No it's probably not gonna last in cEDH but it absolutely crushes many games because people groan and say "uhhhhh I don't feel like using my 1 removal spell to destroy your Ghostly Prison, you're a problem but it will have to wait" and before that can happen they get player removed. So I either outlast or shut down enemy strategies meanwhile my army of Soldiers just overwhelms them whether from Strixhaven Stadium, Halo Fountain (by untapping 15 creatures which is super easy to do when you're running lots of 1, 2, and 3 mana creatures PLUS token soldier creators) or with absolute sneaky BOMBSHELLS like Starlight Spectacular that can make even a decent army become lethal with it's exponential growth in damage (for example, 5 1/1 creatures suddenly becomes not 5 damage, but 15 damage. Now imagine just 10 1/1 soldiers, it would be FIFTY FIVE damage, easily lethal and then some). Now that's without even considering other pumps to your soldiers like Lord effect creatures or the commander Harbin Vanguard Aviator. Azorius is my zodiac sign, lmao

[@SWNJim]

1:13:48 Bounce is the superior removal. I don’t want to hear someone say “tHeY cAn PlAy It NeXt TuRn.” As mentioned, this is the color of extra turn spells, there’s no guarantee they’ll get another turn. Bounce generally is “non-land” meaning that every new card type added, it gets stronger. Other removal needs specific to hit planeswalker or battles. Not blue. The same stuff you have will hit that too. What you didn’t mention is that blue is the color of free spells. There’s 128 cards in mono blue that say “without paying”/“mana cost.” There’s nothing more powerful than “free.” No amount of ramp can compare. There’s also no downside to its spells. This is different than weaknesses, which are pretty minor as mentioned in that section. Green is expensive , because it can ramp better than everyone else. Red often has to sacrifice it after you use it, so everything is temporary (or you lose the game in the case of their extra turn spells). White still has very little card draw and inconsistent ramp. Black requires additional costs like sacrificing creatures or paying life. Blue gets all of their effects and asks for nothing. They should be tapped or don’t untap during the untap phase. Something.

[@monsieurm0u731]

I love exchange of words in my Zur, Eternal Schemer deck XD