Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #116: Competitive 5-Color and Contract

I could make a deck that could be quite competitive with the best in the format – but that would take including my power, all my duals and fetchlands, and stripping out all the “just for fun” cards and replacing them with cards that just win the game. But that would mean carrying a deck worth thousands and thousands of dollars that contained about three win conditions – and forcing one of them out game after game. I could probably win, but would it be fun?

I’m doing some philosophizing this week, then I’ll stick my nose in the biggest hornet’s nest in 5-Color. First, I want to ask a question: How…

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