Toshimo posted:

If you want my previous edition of "cards that were under a dollar when I made this list a couple of months ago and are actually quite good", then here's that one: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/rAj7puhPlEmtNnrIfeY5aw

I'm sure that if you are looking for any sort of list of "Best cards matching XXX criteria", then there's half a dozen people in this very thread willing to knowledge dump on it, just like happened with the 2-drop mana rocks a couple pages ago.

Dizz posted:

lmao what. and i actually saw a few of his videos and was like "hmm some of these decks are interesting in comparison to what i've seen so far"

quote:

Resignation Letter from Ammo37:

I hereby tender my resignation. I'm going to be stepping away from magic completely for awhile. One of the criticisms we've gotten is that we're just "playing government." I had believed that we were actually trying to build something, but it seems true building isn't actually feasible. I'll likely be pulling away from other areas of life too.

Farewell and good luck.

quote:

Resignation Letter from Shushir:

Hi, all.

This message is to notify the community that I will be retiring from my position effectively immediately. Much like Ammo, I am stepping down because I thought this community had the potential to develop into something new and exciting, a metaphorical "shining city on the hill", at least so far as Magic the Gathering is concerned: a truly democratically ran format, where the voice of the community is what matters, not some shadowy rules committee or some corporate black suits. However, Hobbit, the owner copyright of the Constitution has made it abundantly clear that they do not have the interest of the community at heart. While the copyright for the Constitution was created for the purpose to be used as a shield for the format and the community, a way of preventing outside interference into our delicate, but potentially crucially impactful format, Hobbit has instead decided to use it as a a sword. Hobbit has chosen to resort to threats, saying that they would revoke all copyright to the constitution if proposals they liked didn't pass. So far, there's been one threat, and this was only the first full meeting of the EA body. There is nothing stopping Hobbit from continuing to do this any time a proposal they don't like comes up, and there is no accountability structure in place that Hobbit can't counteract. "Do as I say or else" is not democracy, it's the opposite. The fact that the community now has to live in fear of Hobbit's shadow saps the democratic will of the community. It is due expressly to Hobbit's lack of accountability in this regard and willingness to threaten the format's democratically chosen foundations that I am leaving. I have left screenshots concerning Hobbit's actions in the #sm-ea-discussion channel for people to go to to find the unfiltered, unedited information themselves, free of bias. I will be here and there for a while, at least to make sure the community is properly informed as I am able.

Good luck, and best wishes.

-Shushir

Drowning Rabbit posted:

With his ties to WotC, I am not surprised really.

Lynch from I Hate Your Deck recently posted on twitter asking if people had the original dual lands ( While the Gif I made said Dual, he wrote Duel... ) and Sheldon replied saying how he doesn't want people to think they need them for EDH.

Batterypowered7 posted:

According to the RCA:

Turns 1-4: Set up some durdly poo poo. Do NOT ATTACK ANYONE, WHY AREN'T YOU UPHOLDING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, OH MY GOD

Turns 5-??: Try to execute your game plan, but only if you 1) don't use tutors, and 2) you don't stop anyone else in any way from executing theirs.

Aranan posted:

Toxrill is a generic dimir deck (so baseline is already solid) which means it has a pretty good turbo adnaus/thoracle plan. It also allows you to run the dramatic scepter combo with Toxrill being the outlet. Actually casting and swinging with Toxrill is Plan C or D at absolute best, but that's still a decent fallback case because it eats hatebears alive, gives you card advantage, and is a decent clock.

Edit: I can't see Kormus Bell being in the actual optimized deck list. It's just a cute interaction.

Sheldon posted:

Accepting that all styles of play are valid only goes so far in what we want to accomplish, which is to be the best social format around.  We can recognize the former while still understanding where some source of friction arises.  The big takeaway is that we can’t ban our way out of trouble.  Social problems require social solutions. 

Gynovore posted:

The big difference here is that VTES was designed from the ground up with multiplayer in mind. There's no bullshit about pretending be the least threat at the table until you can bust out your combo.

Dizz posted:

playing casual competitively, and competitive casually.

Toshimo posted:

As always:

BAN

• The Reserved List
  
• 0-1 Mana rocks
  
• Demonic Consultation
  
• Doomsday
  

UNBAN
Sway of the Stars

pseudanonymous posted:

Get a coin flipping app and use dry erase tokens cards.

Bust Rodd posted:

Yeah Gitrog is still an insane monster but I think you’ll find that over time really demanding and gimmicky decks don’t have a lot of staying power, even if they are super powerful. Krark & Sakashima is arguably like the 10th or 15th most powerful thing you can be doing in the command zone, so it’s about asking yourself to jump through hoops, instead of your opponents. That’s gonna fatigue a pilot over time, or at least that’s been my experience watching over 20 people build and dismantle Korvold or Chulane because every action you take has 5 triggers and if you make a mistake it leads to really frustrating games where you feel like you made 50 choices and they were all wrong.

Batterypowered7 posted:

Danke schön.

I was a little excited when Inalla was mentioned and then a little disappointed it was just a Thoracle deck.

Macdeo Lurjtux posted:

What am I missing? All three of the listed cards work fine with Gate?

Chakan posted:

Yeah it's baffling to say "we're the people who write the rules, but if you just put in the work to mould your group right, there's no problems".

Grevlek posted:

i totally understand it is very chud-brained, just not sure if it's chud-brained enough I can get away with getting a Hanna playmat

Bust Rodd posted:

(Japanese page) https://article.hareruyamtg.com/article/59716/

quote:

pre:

Leader	color board	Number of users
"Weaver Timna"
"Rudevic's masterpiece, Krum"	Black and white red	9

"Nazira, the person who blooms the blade"	5 colors	6

"Civilization, Winota"	White red	5

"Wild soul, Ashaya"	緑	5

"Kinan, the ⁇ priest"	turquoise	4

"Foolish Destruction, Tevesh That"
"Rograkow, son of Rovkafu"	Black red	4

"Sir of the Supreme Design, Urza"	青	4

"Ritual magician, Inara"	Blue black red	3

"Crushing vial"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	Blue black red	3

"Tiger's shadow, Yuriko"	Blue and white	3

"Noisy manuscript, Cody"	5 colors	2

"Weaver Timna"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	Black and white	2

"Weaver Timna"
"Krosa's Heart, Kamal"	Black and white green	2

"Coursesman, Cyrus Ren"
"Rograkow, son of Rovkafu"	Blue black red	2

"Thousands of face reverse images"
"East Tree Spirit"	turquoise	2

"Gitrag Monster"	Black green	2

"Around-life, Orvar"	青	2

"Kerik, son of Yogmos"	黒	2

"Thick face outlaw, Magda"	赤	2

"Parent, Marwin"	緑	2

"Archer Dragon"	5 colors	1

"First ancestor River"	5 colors	1

"One-eyed girth"	5 colors	1

"Kenris, the returning king"	5 colors	1

"Creation, Omnas"	White blue red green	1

"Knaiji Zuar"	Black and white	1

"Wind wrath, Kaika"	White blue red	1

"Currection Tactician, Delhi Vee"	White and blue	1

"Angus Mackenzie"	White and blue	1

"2 Tian-1, 1st heart"	Black and white red	1

"Giant Kalia"	Black and white red	1

"Minsk, a beloved ranger"	White red green	1

"Counter-establishment mage, Kess"	Blue black red	1

"Asterious Lagoon, Arcelos"	Blue and white green	1

"Sword of stone, dummy"	Blue and white green	1

"Korvold, the King cursed by Faye"	Black red green	1

"Open ⁇ Organization, Victory Instrument"	Blue white	1

"Taisa Karlov"	black and white	1

"Awaken, Zada"	White red	1

"Returned explorer, Selvara"	White and green	1

"Autumn Monarch, Renor"	White and green	1

"Voice of Toyonake, Sharai"	White and green	1

"Naichi's Riere"	Blue red	1

"Parn, Nivu-Misette"	Blue red	1

"Joyla, captain of Weatherlight"	Blue red	1

"Fire of fate, Yousuri"	Blue red	1

"Trest detective, Edrick"	turquoise	1

"Chief Chairman Vanifar"	turquoise	1

"Eternal creator, Rashmi"	turquoise	1

"Sloor Druid, Tatoyova"	turquoise	1

"Lactus, the chief of the riot"	Black red	1

"Hapachira, a samurai of poisons"	Black green	1

"Ominous hunting needs"	Red green	1

"The Apostle of the Goddess, Teshar"	白	1

" ⁇ Blood, Razakesh"	黒	1

"Desolation Dragon, Skizirix"	黒	1

"Gess, King of the Great Spirit Hall"	黒	1

"Perforos, the god of blacksmithing"	赤	1

"Pandit's head, Corporal"	赤	1

"It's agile, mud, Ragaban"	赤	1

"Neheb, the hero of the horror"	赤	1

"Titania, Asylum of Argos"	緑	1

"Grossama that plows everything"	緑	1

"A lost seeker, Azusa"	緑	1

"Weaver Timna"
"Trichon's hero, Trasios"	White blue black green	1

"Trichon's hero, Trasios"
"Throwth, Akiri"	White blue red green	1

"Trichon's hero, Trasios"
"Crushing vial"	Blue black red green	1

"Rudevic's masterpiece, Krum"
" ⁇ Robber, Ikura Sidiiki"	Blue black red green	1

"Weaver Timna"
"Thousands of face reverse images"	Black and white	1

"Weaver Timna"
"Rograkow, son of Rovkafu"	Black and white red	1

"Rough rancher Bruce Tar"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	White blue red	1

"Trichon's hero, Trasios"
"Foolish Destruction, Tevesh That"	Blue and white green	1

"Those who sow blood, Tana"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	Blue red green	1

"Paco, carrying a secretive ring"
"Hardan, an avid esoteric"	Blue red green	1

"Those who sow blood, Tana"
"Foolish Destruction, Tevesh That"	Black red green	1

"Briechess, Abbreviation of Iron-Way Union"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	Blue red	1

"Clark without thumb"
"Thousands of face reverse images"	Blue red	1

"Magic of burning nails, Kedis"
"Malcolm, a keen-eyed navigator"	Blue red	1

"Three times re-birth, Jesca"
"Shipbreak, Dargo"	赤	1

Dizz posted:

Can't make a claim without knowing the dude in depth but the only thing i can comment on is when you spend a whole day playing with 3 other players and focusing on everyone's moves and board state, things will eventually get hazy.

quote:

Trigger warning: Disordered eating, body dysmorphia, coercion

Recently I have been made aware of a Buzzfeed article addressing actors who were pressured into filming nudity and sex scenes they were not comfortable with. The writer of the Buzzfeed article pulled quotes from a story I consented to in 2018 by the Washington Post, and did not reach out to me for comment, or even to let me know it was being published.

Since the article was published Mike reached out through his representation to apologize. I accepted his apology, believing at the time it was sincere and motivated by his time in therapy as he said. I did not realize that after the article was released he began lashing out at me on Twitter through the I hate Your Deck twitter handle. I did not realize that after the MTG community rejected his reactions, he changed his words. I didn't realize that it took all of this happening over the course of 2 days before he decided to reach out and apologize to me.

I took his email at face value and believed him when he said he’d been working through this in therapy. I have spent lots of time in therapy myself processing this, it was many years ago, and I was happy to accept his apology and move forward.

However, after reading his public statement, tweets he has since deleted, and having been asked by his representation if he could tell Buzzfeed I don’t want my name in the article either so Mike can avoid getting “canceled”, I no longer think the apology was made in good faith.

Key events in his statement were left out that point to his actions being abusive, coercive, and intentional rather than a simple disagreement or misunderstanding.

The events Mike left out of his statement are as follows:

● I have a history of disordered eating and body dysmorphia and was triggered by seeing my full frontal nudity in the film. This is why I asked for the nudity to be cut. I shared this with Mike and was met with the quote from the article. I looked so hot so many guys wanted to F–k me, etc etc

● He suggested prior to shooting any footage I would have full right of refusal on nudity no questions asked

● Prior to shooting he suggested shooting it both ways, once nude, once in a tshirt, but on the day of shooting said there wasn’t enough time to do this and instead he’d shoot around the nudity so he could cut it together if I decided against it.

● While shooting the nudity however whenever I checked in to make sure he was getting enough non-nude coverage he responded by saying I would love the movie so much I would want the nudity in.

● The final clothed version that was shot after I saw the film was not a capitulation to me, it was what he suggested and what we both agreed to prior to filming the movie.

These are the really big ones he left out

● As retaliation for refusing to allow the nudity Mike scrapped a personal project of mine that he directed and shot. He told me that if he didn’t get his nudity, I wouldn’t get my footage. To this day I’ve never seen a single frame.

● In 2016 when I won Best Actress at the Texas Hill Country Film Festival, Mike refused to give me my award unless I agreed to go to the film’s premier and pose on the red carpet next to him.

These last two events are very important as they point to a clear desire to hurt me and abuse his power as a director to get me to do what he wanted. They were not mentioned at all by Mike and so I’d like to expand on it.

As filming for Dependant’s Day was wrapping up, I created, wrote, and produced a web series with two women who were great friends of mine. We needed a cinematographer and I approached Mike. Dependant’s Day had wrapped, but we hadn’t come to the question of nudity yet and so our relationship was still positive. He agreed on the condition he could also direct. My friends and I put a lot of time, creativity, and money into this project while Michael came and shot one day.

Soon after shooting the first episode of my web series I saw the first cut of Dependant’s Day in theaters and asked that the full frontal nudity be removed, per our agreement. I knew he’d be disappointed, but I thought as my friend he would understand the pain it caused me and would be supportive.

This wasn’t an actress changing her mind, it was a woman who’d spent years battling anorexia not wanting to spiral back into one of the darkest periods of her life. He very bluntly told me if he didn’t get his nudity I wouldn’t get my footage. If I took something from him he would take something from me.

That is not a disagreement, that is blackmail.

In 2016 he finished the film and began showing it in festivals. When I won Best Actress at the Texas Hill Country Film Festival I was excited. Despite the abuse I suffered at the hands of Michael David Lynch I was proud of the work I did in the film. I asked my managers to reach out to Mike and pick up the award for me. When they called he was belligerent on the phone with them and demanded that I come to the opening of the film’s limited theatrical release. He wanted me on the red carpet smiling for pictures next to him without ever having addressed his actions or apologized in any way. He told my representation that he would bring the award to the red carpet and only there would he release it to me.

That is not a disagreement, that is a pattern of abuse.

When my story first appeared in The Washington Post in 2018, a fellow castmate learned what Mike had done, spoke to him about it, and then asked Mike to give him the award so he could pass it along to me. I received the award and an apology from my cast mate who had no knowledge at the time of what had happened or had anything to do with the abuse. Yet, he understood the suffering Mike’s actions had caused. Not a word of apology from Mike then either.

This is not a disagreement, this is a man who despite being called out privately refused to apologize to me.

I believe people can get help for their harmful behavior, and I believe in the ability of people to change their harmful behavior. However I find it curious that Mike found the will to apologize only after he’d been publicly called out by the MTG community and his livelihood was being threatened.

I will not allow his representation to speak to Buzzfeed and tell them I don’t want to be in the article either so that Mike can clear his name. Despite Mike’s (dubious) apology these things happened and I will not erase them from public record. I can’t erase the effect these things have had on my mental health, friendships, and career and so I will not erase them for his comfort. If his youtube channel suffers because of his behavior, that’s on him. I did not ask for this information to resurface nor did I know that it was happening, but I applaud the Magic the Gathering community for wanting to hold him accountable. It is not cancel culture to be held accountable, they are consequences. Consequence is not cancelation. I suffered consequences because I said no to nudity when I had pre-negotiated that right. Friends of mine suffered consequences when footage was scrapped, and a project was destroyed.

Instead of allowing his representation to speak to Buzzfeed for me, I am making a statement in support of myself, and all of the other women out there who have experienced the kind of abusive behavior I went through in 2013,2014, again in 2016 and 2018 and finally today in 2022 at the hands of Michael David Lynch.

Given that Mike’s first reaction when this information resurfaced was to lash out at me on Twitter and he only apologized to me after his community rejected his statements. Given that after I accepted his rep asked if he could speak to Buzzfeed and tell them that I don’t want to be in the article either so Mike can have his name removed…Given that Mike’s statement still does not reflect the full scope of his abuse…Given all of these things I do not believe Mike is sincere in his apology or perhaps even fully understands the depth of harm he caused. Given all of this, I’m retracting my acceptance of his apology.

Mike, I do not forgive you.

serefin99 posted:

Yeah, that event does kinda read weird to me, but I'm not LGBTQ so my opinion doesn't really matter much. If they're doing good and having fun with it, gently caress it, they could identify with Nazis for all I care (please do not identify with Nazis even if you are doing [legitimate] good for the world).

quote:

Phyrexia has at its core a very gritty and mentally enticing philosophy. The ideas themselves are collectively called 'Phyresis', a phrase coined by Yawgmoth himself. This system is largely based upon the will to survive and the concept of controlled evolution. The key idea of the Phyrexians is comparable to social Darwinism; evolution by removal of all the foes of the favorable species, the Phyrexians. This is applied socially, by way of eugenics.

Yawgmoth acts as the director of this process. Eliminating all foes and striving for efficiency, no matter the cost is the goal of Phyrexia. This plan is, without a doubt, very effective; however, it is sentimentally hollow and void of 'human' characteristics. Yawgmoth and his Grand Evolution are without art, emotion, morals, and personal thought or freedom. In this, Phyrexia is the polar opposite of Dominaria, with its virtues and culture.

Batterypowered7 posted:

Heath posted:

You think? I didn't get the idea that anybody was all that excited about him

The Shortest Path posted:

I think what he was trying to get at with some settings not working with the color pie is that wh40k as a setting is absolutely hosed and if you tried to fairly represent an overview of the setting most of the cards would have to be black.

Hell even with just commander precons I am extremely dubious that they'll be able to represent stuff properly.

LotR in contrast can fit the color pie just fine.

Heath posted:

Etrata the Silencer is getting more viable with each set

Macdeo Lurjtux posted:

Weatherlight always gets me on the MTG financial situation. A sealed box is ~$3k, a full set is ~$400

pseudanonymous posted:

Isn’t there a website that turns tweet threads into a single thing

Heath posted:

One guy in my group has a Darien, King of Kjeldor deck and I kind of want to make a Varchild deck to oppose it purely for the flavor

Batterypowered7 posted:

You can only activate the bullies on the turn of the opponent you're giving a creature to, so no Sundial.

E:

I think it's beyond ridiculous to call playing a single card "potentially setting up a magical Christmas land," specially after taking the time to type out some multi-card gotcha play that doesn't even work because the Bullies don't work the way you thought they did.

Could even use it to just let your commander hit the bin and then cast it again from your hand without having to pay the commander tax.

Bust Rodd posted:

there is no way on Earth you’re donating someone a Leveler and getting back to your turn unmolested, and if you do, then you would have won that game regardless

DontMockMySmock posted:

Anyway, looking forward to sitting down for a commander game in the future and seeing my three opponents pull out a rapist from a zombie apocalypse, a genocidal space nazi, and a child from 1980s America.

Toshimo posted:

I'm a fan of high power level, but 4-5 minute games isn't what I'm really here for.

pseudanonymous posted:

Someone swift reconfigured my Atraxa and was like um okay and then proceeded to board wipe every turn until I got a couple of emblems and ended the game. People don't even seem to read their own cards.

th3t00t posted:

I remember how Sheldon wrote about giving “studio x” design input about how they should stop making good cards (like golos, korvold, kenrith, Hullbreacher, dockside, etc.) or he’ll have to start banning more.

kurona_bright posted:

I’m going to single out and pick on this example because it’s a bad one. Limited is a format that exists, and a 4GG 6/6 with trample is a perfectly reasonable card to have in multiples at a draft table, while a 4GG 7/6 with trample and more importantly _hexproof_ is not.