Magic taught me how to lose.I used to be both super competitive and an incredibly poor loser. It was affecting my relationships. One of the worst ways that cane out was while playing commander, since there was one guy in the pod a with a much higher budget and I was always throwing tantrums about how that was unfair.So I decided to fix it. I built a deck headed by Olivia, Mobilized for War full of madness draft chaff. The deck had enough synergy that playing it felt like I was doing something, like winning was possible, but wasn’t powerful enough that winning was actually *likely.*Then I sat down with that deck and I forced myself to keep losing games until I could tolerate it.It worked! Nowadays people love playing with me and I always try to make sure everyone’s having a good time, regardless of who wins. I’m a much better person because of this game. Thanks for everything that you do!

Thanks for sharing.

Un-question: Longest Card Name Ever Elemental blocks Scute Mob. What is its power and toughness?

High enough to kill the Scute Mob. : )

Hey! For Mobile Clone, does a photocopy include counters, stickers, etc that are not on the creature, but ARE in the photo?

No.

What happens to a copt of a stickered permanent? For example if i copy a creature with helm of the host that has a p/t sticker on it will that copy also “have” the same sticker

No, a copy only copies the base qualities of a creature (aka what’s printed on the card). Mobile Clone will copy stickers, as well as counters, auras, and equipment on the creature.

With the card “Mobile Clone”, does the mobile device that photographs a card need to have a screen? Like what if I randomly want to use an iCarly digital camera from 2009? Would that follow the rules of this card since it can just “Photograph” a card.

You need to be able to see the image.

Concerning Mobile Clone, say I took the picture with a Nintendo DSi or 3DS would I get two copies since the device has two screens?

No.

Say I have March of the Machines and Chaos Confetti in play, and I cast Mobile Clone, targeting Chaos Confetti. If I then activate the ability of the phone creature artifact, do I have to destroy my phone?

You are allowed to represent the copy token with a Magic card at any point, so you can use that during the activation of Chaos Confetti.

For "Brims" Barone, Midway Mobster, does a yarmulka or other religious headwear/skullcaps count as a hat?

Yes.

Hi Mark, this is blunt but it comes from a love of the game. A lot of things said today were just incorrect. A lot of strong cards in commander are modern legal. A lot of strong cards in commander don't see play in legacy. Green's token making is much, much better than white's, and it is as recent as scute mob. Green is even better at removal. And a lot of green's strong cards are things white absolutely can do. That's why players are frustrated. The solution isnt impossible, it already exists.

1) There are cards legal in Modern that came out eighteen years ago. That’s a long time ago, 2) I said Commander stresses different aspects of the game, so, of course, there are cards strong in Commander but not in Legacy. 3) Green is better than white at larger tokens, but white is better at smaller tokens, especially in the modern day era of the game. 4) Scute Mob uses counters not tokens. 5) Green’s removal is conditional on its creatures. With an empty battlefield, green has a very hard time getting rid of creatures. The few good cards at doing this are breaks that shouldn’t have berm printed. 6) Grern and white do have a lot of overlap. That is true, 7) Making strong white cards is something we’re doing, but making weak green cards is not a viable answer.

Re Aggro in commander: Aggro can work, but you need a really good commander to overcome the fact that you're trying to do 120 damage rather than 20. Krenko, Mob Boss and Purphoros work well since they can quickly do large amounts of damage to everyone. Of course, aggro also has the meta downside that the other players probably want to play the usual long game and putting damage on the board early makes you a target.

What I was really trying to say is that the format of Commander, especially playing with a lot of people, makes aggro strategies significantly harder than in two-player formats. I didn’t mean to imply that you couldn’t play them.