Plowshare

It is a mistake to Cabal Therapy on turn one for most decks besides HVAB.

Like, the only Cabal Therapy I can really get behind is, like, Cabal Therapy for Swords, Plowshares, Play Hermit Druid, right? Otherwise, like, just blind Cabal Therapy on one, like, a midrange.

Like, somebody did that to me the other day.

They were just playing, like, Black Green, The Rock with Graveborn Muse.

Like this is this deck is absurd against like.

Yes, this is a very

classic Sam deck that's really excellent and also has to draw Swords to Plowshares against a subset of decks that put creatures onto the battlefield quickly, right?

I mean, but then after Cyborg, it has three Legacies of Lore, four Meddling Mage, two Lightning Angel.

The Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville, which became a symbol of the conflict because the Charlottesville City Council had agreed to tear it down, which is what spawned the Unite the Right rally to march in Charlottesville.

It was a symbol of the conflict and it was ultimately transformed through a project called Swords into Plowshares.

The verse rings from Yeshayahu.

The Charlottesville Jefferson School African American Heritage Center proposed to take the 1100 pound bronze statue and melt it down to create a new public artwork.

Like, it's...

You're never going to play, like, Povtex on this deck over Souls of Plowshares, if I put it that way.

Yeah.

Alright, well, let's talk a little bit more about Orm's Chant, and why this is in the deck, as opposed to, say, something like Teferi

Personally speaking, I think there is a... a risk of bringing in too many of these sort of counter spells when you're going up against particular decks.

And I think you'll have some good advice on when the full suite is necessary and maybe when one or two is where you want to be.

And then we'll also talk about why we have two more Swords of Plowshares and a Prismatic Ending in the sideboard.

But from there, we're going to pause here.

This week on Tuesday, September 1st, the Church marks the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the opening of the Ecumenical Season of Creation, which runs until October 4th, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

For this year's observance, Pope Leo XIV has chosen the theme, They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares, drawing attention to the close relationship between peace, care for creation, and the consequences of war for people and for the environment.

In his message for the day, Pope Leo calls for an ecological conversion and urges Christians to work for justice, peace, and the protection of our common home.

Pope Leo will celebrate Mass for the Care of Creation at Borgo Laudato Si in Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican's center dedicated to putting the principles of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si, into practice through education and sustainable development.