KnightoftheHokeyPokey

It's one of my favorite angels, largely because you can yell "smite!" when it kills something.

Hmm ... how bout Agrus Kos? In all seriousness, I'm having trouble choosing a rare. Legion's Initiative, Firemane Avenger, Frontline Medic, and Boros Reckoner are all so good, it will take me forever to choose. I'm leaning towards firemane for boatloads of lightning helix. I think it could kill those cursed souls of yours.

Nice work. If you want my dastardly opinion, Gisela or Curse of Bloodletting would be downright hilarious. Hell, maybe even Darien. You simply must sideboard Ash Zealot. Golgari will cry.

Vexing devil would fit the deck's flavor greatly. Oh, and Boros Fury-Shield might save your ass against green ramp, or even better, infect. If you redirect a kill-shot from an infect deck on turn 3, your name will be legendary.

Finally ... you ever hear of balefire liege? Guess who's in my aristocrat deck. That card is downright cruel with assemble the legion.

Redirect damage? Dude, that's brilliant. There's souls of the faultless, boros fury-shield, and curse of bloodletting. If that brutality doesn't please you, Ash Zealot can come along too! Run a circle of protection: red, but maybe even darien, king of kjeldor for hiliarity. Gisela, Blade of goldnight isn't bad either. Prepare yourself for the lulz!

Would you stop breaking cards? :).

I really love the idea. Clever impersonator leads to so many shenanigans. I would run stolen identity in place of the archetype, but that's your call.

FYI, clever impersonator can copy planeswalkers.

Lol ... let's see ... how to take advantage of redirectining damage ...

Also, if the avatar is exiled, the second ability does not trigger.

Fine ... how bout Personal Incarnation. :)

Nice work Puschkin!

It's okay Puskchkin. I understand. :)

Muhahahaha ... meekstone, anyone?

Hmm ... I'm gonna use my mana barbs and meekstone to make two diametrically opposed decks of awesome power.

There can be only one.

XD

I challenge you to make a deck around ... The Rack.

I heartily agree. Who couldn't love a possum with such uplifting and enlightening comments? Cuts right to the core of the matter, no bones about it! ;)

Man ... I have a ton of catching up to do.

Hmm ... I like this. Certainly an awesome take on the idea of counter abuse. Maybe ... stolen identity, followed footsteps, or something like that would be fitting.

I totally avoid said players by not playing standard. It seems we think alike ...

I recall you describing your method of trading; sell expensive standard cards that experience tells you won't keep that value in the long term, then buy those same cards post rotation.

Could one ... make a mix of regular magic and EDH? Keep the commander, lose it's extra damage, but it's abilities trigger from the command zone IF it has been cast at least once, etc. Taking the best from both worlds would be awesome.

That makes perfect sense. Which deck is it in now?

Puschkin, I understand that you have issues with EDH, and that's fine. In fact, I agree. But I have to disagree that the format is to blame. True, the format is restrictive, but it is amplified by the mindsets of individuals. If these hyper-competitive players played in any other format, the result would be the same. The only difference is that the rules of EDH make it even more pronounced.

You are correct in stating that morality is independent of religion; natural law stems from the fact that all humans have free will and reason, not from religion. Anyone with free will and reason has, at the least, basic knowledge of the natural law. Killing is wrong; anyone with reason is able to see that, and doesn't need to be told that. The UN, a secular organization, agrees. It's in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the precedent was set in the Nuremburg trails. Natural law is part of all major religions (officially accepted by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and all schools of Islamic Law), but it transcends them, and remains a part of virtually all legal systems. Basically, morality informs religion, not the otger way round. Morality tells us not to kill. From there, we must choose how to value life. That second step is where religion or philosophy comes in.

Those who merely follow the rules out of fear of punishment never truly live out their lives or beliefs. These individuals will choose to pursue conformity no matter what holds power, be it government, majority opinion, law, religion, business, or merely the whims of a powerful individual. Their actions are not at the fault of what is followed. Invariably, these followers are shallow in their conviction and ignorant in their understanding, and bring a bad name to genuine followers. The saddest part - some people choose to live this way. Actually, what's even more sad is some individuals are coerced into following. They often don't admit when they transgress their "beliefs", but hide behind their religion or ideology with shallow justifications. Is organized religion the worst thing one can conform to? No, and I would argue it's one of the best. Conformity is the enemy, not religion.

Like ... circles of protection. On the other hand Puschkin, this problem might be mitigated by the pentagram variation. That way, each player has 2 opponents, and 2 allies.