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Alex Ullman
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God damn it you have to be kind,
Member of the Pauper Format Panel,
Gut it out He/Him/His

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We take all Ws, big and small.
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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a man with white hair and a beard is standing in front of a green wall and pointing at the camera .
ALT: a man with white hair and a beard is standing in front of a green wall and pointing at the camera .
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January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Normally I'd want someone to fix that form.

Normally.
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Thanks - with that I'll delete my original comment.
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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HBD Friend!
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Huge in Pauper Sneaky Snacker mirrors.
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Gyatso is cracked...
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward {4}{W} Legendary Creature — Human Warrior When Abdel Adrian enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you control until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield. Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.) 4/4 Illustrated by Karl Kopinski Ashnod's Altar {3} Artifact Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}. “If you work at sawing up carcasses, you notice how the joints fit, how the nerves are arrayed, and how the skin peels back.” —Ashnod, to Tawnos Illustrated by Greg Staples
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Roots?
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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This is the deck I have had together the longest. I've more or less had Zirilan as a deck for well over a decade at this point.
January 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Totally. It was central to my Whisper combo deck but now I just run it in Zirilan since it auto-snaps and can help get more dragons.

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Zirilan Dragons - Commander (Zirilan of the Claw)
A deck created using Moxfield.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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It was the card that made my Whisper combo deck work back in the day.
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Thornbite Staff is another card that feels criminally underplayed for how strong it is.
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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"Pick it up pick it up pick it up. No, really, could you pick it up? I threw out my back."
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM