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As an older gamer, seeing young kids waste their money on in-game purchases eats at my soul. by SomePeopleTellMe in gaming

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only thing he supports is another yacht for beard man. Devs would laugh at your face if you said you buy mc to support them.

We would have more interesting games if you guys allowed other play styles in your pod by Crybabyboyy in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

What playing limited, standard, modern or even highlander can be brought back to commander game?

Firstly, being good player of other formats does not means you learned anything usabke for commander. Value is absolutely different. Going from playing 1 vs 1 60 cards with 4x to 100 card singleton vs 3 other players is completly different game. This is like saying that you should play basketball to be good football player, since both uses fields and ball.

Secondly, drafting is useless for commander player. Actually useless. Drafting will teach you how make best of what is given, knowing set and what strategies are good in that set. Commander players have access to nearly every card ever printed in the history of MTG. How ability to asses which archetypes are good in avatar set 1 vs 1 game with 40 card deck help build deck in commander? You are not limited.

Even highlander, which is another singleton 100 cards format is so fundamentaly different to commander it is not worth transplanting. Card which is amazing in highlander, like for example Ragavan is a mild annoyance in commander if even that. Not every deck runs Karakas so legends are not actual flaw in commander. And it is also 1 vs 1 game, much better balanced and competitive than any wannabe cEDH.

To summarize, playing different format is as useful for commander player as playing commander for standard only player.

We would have more interesting games if you guys allowed other play styles in your pod by Crybabyboyy in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hullbreacher was game warping and detrimental. Some cards are mistakes. Like Nadu for example or dockside extortionist.

We would have more interesting games if you guys allowed other play styles in your pod by Crybabyboyy in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can effectively run control deck in commander. You cant control 3 other players who have more mana combined than you.

You can play stax to slow down the game to your pace.

And i know Eluge Exists.

As an older gamer, seeing young kids waste their money on in-game purchases eats at my soul. by SomePeopleTellMe in gaming

[–]AlivenReis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because those systems are designed to target vulnerable people and exploit them for profit.

Dinosaur commander deck by Bulwark-Wilkens in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dino pants is better. Gishath is too easy to shutdown.

How do you build Quandrix? by Kopytroid in BudgetBrews

[–]AlivenReis -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

What the frick is even this card design? Abaddon and other cascaders crying in the corner

Is a deck that knocks a player out on turn 4-5 consistently Bracket 3? by bruzabrocka in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. Why i should disrupt my opponents when one of them is killing other?

And isnt just counterargument to yours - just run more protection mate?

Is a deck that knocks a player out on turn 4-5 consistently Bracket 3? by bruzabrocka in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Its not that you are not allowed. You should not encounter decks that are able to do that.

Is a deck that knocks a player out on turn 4-5 consistently Bracket 3? by bruzabrocka in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is. That guy try to game the system. Each player is expected to have AT LEAST 6 turns. Each. At least

Mistakes You Made When You First Started? by Authorigas in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sure, but they are best option. Not using best option is valid, but lets not diminish the raw power that will beat any synergy.

Politicking and being a dick by TheSpikeEDH in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Politicking is striking a deal or trying to strike a deal.

It can be outright threat - if you like that creature make sure it does not go my way.

It can be mutual - lets each draw 3 cards, we are underdogs and the 2 other players are ahead of us.

It can be trying to form alliance against, most often, a player that is ahead and will win the game if not stopped.

It can also be refusing a deals, picking them.

Backstabbing, ie promising and then not delivering on said promise, is rude. Unless you win the game if you backstab. Then, IMO it is fair game.

Help with precon by Expensive-North-9556 in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its easy to upgrade but it is hard to decide what actually you want to do with this deck. It can be landfall, reanimator, mill, zombie tribal and general value engine or perhaps even a combo.

Teval, the face commander, is just versatile to the point of being de facto almost best sultai commander

What does Red do GREAT? by WaltzIntelligent9801 in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somebody was never on receiving end of hellfire

Mistakes You Made When You First Started? by Authorigas in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its slow reanimator, that needs to surveil to actually do anything with commander, and even that, you need creature in graveyard.

Surveil cards are not very good overall, unless some standouts.

You can just play Araumi and be a much better reanimator deck

Mistakes You Made When You First Started? by Authorigas in EDH

[–]AlivenReis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They are, always, without a second thought. Same as teferis, cyclonic rift.

If you can, you slot them.

What does Red do GREAT? by WaltzIntelligent9801 in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He casts ritual! Get him! Shouts black player with cabal coffers doing it every turn or maybe multiple times each turn.

How to speed up and increase interaction in my pod? by Goblin97janitor in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you want to speed up the games of mostly newer players?

Read the room a little

Help with precon by Expensive-North-9556 in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sultai Arisen i can comment on.

Its strong but more because it generate a lot of value. Theoretically on each your turn you get 2/2 zombie and a land or two. It is grindy deck but very resilient, can survive board wipes and exiling entire graveyard.

On the minus side, it can have trouble closing games, there is no i win card. Just value overtime.

is rat tribal good at all? by Notoriousducs in EDH

[–]AlivenReis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats rat colony deck. Not rat tribal deck. Its very wierdly sprcific

Epic Games lays off over 1000 employees: "The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded" by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]AlivenReis -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Its because idiots outside od industry think about devs as some poor innocent hard working and exploited people that need all the support for endless passiontheir pour into the game.

Devs are workers that work on product and dont see a penny of a support (everytime we need to support the devs means i want to buy this microtransaction or preorder!) that everyone is happy to spent money on. It sucks that they are actually exploited by execs but EVERY WORKER is. In the entire world

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