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  1. shamizy

    General Monthly Fun Q: What is your favorite hobby besides Magic?

    It's funny that HBO had been trying to look under every rock to find the next GoT when this was just sitting right there. The drama is just as good as anything we got on GoT, they just replaced the medieval fantasy by heaping on an extra helping of family turmoil and voila. It's definitely my...
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    General Monthly Fun Q: What is your favorite hobby besides Magic?

    I kind of rotate my hobbies and get really into different ones for stretches of time, but can also jump in an out of them. I like maintaining a variety of different things to do. Aside from Magic I'd say my big hobbies are basketball (both watching and playing), woodworking, listening to music...
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    General Which Shard/Wedge/Guild name is least intuitive to you

    Guilds made the most sense to me from the get-go, clean and easy to remember color schemes that were pretty universal after two Ravnica blocks. Shards took a bit longer since I wasn't playing back then but I understood it with enough exposure to Modern. Finally wedges filled in a gap that...
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    General (CLB) Magic: The Gathering: Commander Legends: Dungeons and Dragons: Battle for Baldur's Gate Previews. Even the NAME is long this time!

    This set looks to be mostly a bust for me. I'm sure there's one or two cards I've overlooked, but on first glance this has pretty meager offerings and I can't think of anything I'd want to add. Even AFR had an auto-include for me in Portable Hole, then Blue Dragon + Teleportation Circle on 2nd...
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    General Fight Club

    Adeline is definitely the strongest, especially if you run Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant in your cube. Free buffs by generating human tokens is nasty and then it can be ready to attack as something like 5-6 power creature on T4 after deployment. Being able to create tokens on...
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    General (CLB) Magic: The Gathering: Commander Legends: Dungeons and Dragons: Battle for Baldur's Gate Previews. Even the NAME is long this time!

    I feel like Falkenrath still fills that niche as the B/R finisher of choice with the haste and evasion stapled on. Being able to put in a hasty 4-5 damage while curving out, especially after setting up engines for reach ala Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat, is so big to that death by a...
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    General Alter card trade gone wrong. What do I do?

    This seller sucks. At least apologize for not following through on the request and putting it off for months. Like yeah, it's unfortunate that your dog died, but that has nothing to do with the job you were paid to complete. Four months ago. Unfortunately not much you can do or and it doesn't...
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    The Video Game Thread

    I have finally finished my playthrough of Elden Ring. Took my time with it after that initial launch weekend and spent a lot of time just finishing up as many side quests as I could while advancing through the story. Clocked about 165ish hours by the end. This was simply the best game I've ever...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Card seems great for Aggressive R/B decks, I'm not as sold on it as a generically powerful walker which is why I like it as a gold inclusion in my cube. You really need to be able to continue applying pressure through other means if you play this on curve. 4 damage isn't chump change, but it's...
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    General Edict Effects in Cube

    Yes, I'm in full agreement that value condensation is the biggest issue with Magic design nowadays. There is just so much bang for your buck when it comes to individual cards. The pendulum has swung so far in the direction of easily generating value just for doing things that you'd already want...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Otherwise it would fall off once the enchanted creature or planeswalker turns into a Clue.
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    General Edict Effects in Cube

    I think edict wise I'm down to the following: Liliana of the Veil Ranke, Master of Pranks Braids, Cabal Minion Innocent Blood Chainer's Edict Including Stax pieces just because they fit the mold despite not being straight up removal. I still like all these effects for their various utility...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Testing/Includes Thread

    I'm sure there will be a few others that crop up with stories in coming weeks, but I've only got one main cube inclusion for now: I've found defining the differences between blends of Aggro to be a little challenging over the years, but I think I'm finally getting to the point where you can...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Hmm, I guess it really depends on where you feel the gaps are in an aggressive B/x archetype nowadays. This does give some additional options and can certainly accrue value after something like a wrath, but I'm unsure of whether it's all that necessary nowadays with the plethora of options we've...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Unironically yeah, this would be super sick in EDH. Blue Sun's Zenith eat your heart out.
  16. shamizy

    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    As someone who plays a lot of EDH, arguably my most played format over the years, while there are complex scenarios that can arise in a game I'd say that the majority of individual cards aren't particularly complex. Doesn't apply to weird niche cards, but "staples" that see a lot of play across...
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    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Not for invested players who have been around, but I can't imagine getting into Magic nowadays as a new player. There is just way too much to process in a normal set.
  18. shamizy

    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Yeah this set is a mess to read through on first glance. There are a handful of cool designs, but the vast majority of it feels like a very busy set. It feels Strixhaven-y to me which isn't particularly encouraging.
  19. shamizy

    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    Wait, you're right. I misread it completely. I still don't think it's great because that's a strange condition but I guess it's not the worst. More cute than good. Having to still pay for the initial creature, 1 to sac, and then pay again to actually cast the new creature makes this a mostly...
  20. shamizy

    General (SNC) Streets of New Capenna Previews

    This is terrible. Like realistically this is usually going to get a 3 drop saccing a 2 color creature, rarely a 4 drop saccing a tri-color creature. This is mostly a brick unless you've somehow assembled 5 color stuff and even then how many silver bullet type cards do you have for this? Worst of...
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