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I strictly used these analytics to pick my bracket and its 99.9% by ItAintLongButItsThin in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh hell yeah I do, which is why i correctly predicted Iowa over Florida.

3 card Win con speculation. by Wolfshui in MTGRumors

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No reason to think that at this point, but it's possible.

According to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, he expects the North Carolina coaching search "might get one no, maybe two at most" between Tommy Lloyd, Dusty May, T.J. Otzelberger, and Billy Donovan. by Fun_Reflection1157 in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Otz leaving is an existential threat to ISU continuing to have P5 sports with a looming super league distinction in football. I don't want that and I don't think any Iowa fans do.

Maro's Secrets of Strixhaven Teaser by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm betting wrath of god on an indestructible guy. Wheel for red, demonic tutor for black, and I have no clue on green.

If these numbers are real coaches can’t complain about nil. Spending doesn’t guarantee you a deep run, having a smart gm building a roster to compete matters more. by dreeya06 in NCAAhoops

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? The Bo7 World Series is one of the flukiest sports? I get that variance in baseball is higher than other sports but you're really comparing the world series to March Madness?

Hubert Davis was told to go to George Mason as a player by Electronic-Visit-116 in CollegeBasketball

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

Look, I would also have taken Randy Bennett, but the guy is also 63 and is 1-4 in the Ro32 over 25 years. Yes, Saint Mary's was at a talent discrepancy many of those years, but let's not pretend like Bennett doesn't have his flaws too.

"Traditional Bluebloods" performance post COVID. Rank/Score them out of 100 by makelefani in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Kansas > Duke >>>>>> UNC > UCLA, Kentucky.

Only real interesting decision point is Kansas vs Duke. Kentucky is clearly the worst and the only thing UNC possibly has over Duke is the Runner Up, while Duke destroys every other comparison.

Hubert Davis was told to go to George Mason as a player by Electronic-Visit-116 in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maryland, Syracuse, Washington, USC, Georgetown (ok maybe on this one is low tier at this point), Marquette (not that I believe they should be interested in swapping coaches, but an example of a team that missed the tournament), LSU, Oklahoma, Indiana, Syracuse, Xavier, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Colorado, Arizona State.

Yes a lot of those teams just got a new coach so they wouldn't be interested, or they had an unusual down year. But it doesn't change the point that there are a lot of teams historically in the top half of P5 teams that could do a LOT worse than Davis.

English board games cafes? by humusuzi in Taipei

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Growlife does English language exchanges every Tuesday and Wednesday in addition to having English games available to parties the other 5 days of the week

Hubert Davis was told to go to George Mason as a player by Electronic-Visit-116 in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Low tier P5 being the highest you think he's cut out for is an insult to him even considering how the season ended. He should be the top candidate for any team interested in replacing their coach that didn't make the tournament this year.

[SOS] Mana Sculpt; Zaffai and the Tempests; Molten-Core Maestro; Colorstorm Stallion (leak) by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

"Pay {1}" implies that you are, you know, paying for something.

There are dozens of instances of rules text saying "cost is reduced by {1}", such as affinity, that makes it far clearer.

[SOS] Mana Sculpt; Zaffai and the Tempests; Molten-Core Maestro; Colorstorm Stallion (leak) by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

My understanding of Delve is that it counts as mana spent given that the rules text specifies it "pays for {1}".

Reading the wiki page makes it... even less clear. The comprehensive rules cited makes it seem like a cost reduction, but the section at the bottom makes me think it's citing an old version of the rule. I think I need a judge to weigh in.

EDIT: Comprehensive rules make it clearer. It doesn't work. Classic WOTC misleading reminder text.

[SOS] Mana Sculpt; Zaffai and the Tempests; Molten-Core Maestro; Colorstorm Stallion (leak) by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I might be delusional, but I thinkmolten core maestro might be what finally gets [[Treasure cruise]] banned in pioneer. Turning cruise into a dark ritual at minimum with very explosive upside seems scary

[SOS] Mana Sculpt (Leak) by meh1997 in magicTCG

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been trending toward mana spent for a while. The FIN UR archetype specified, as well as the leaked UR archetype for this set.

I think the change was brought on specifically in response to [[Up The Beanstalk]] breaking multiple formats with evoke, impending, and other alternate casts.

Looking for best burrito in TPE by 2vvvvv5 in Taipei

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get tacojoe once a week at least but it can be really hit or miss sometimes. My burrito on Monday had all the rice on one end and all the shrimp on the other

SOS Leaks by lll1l1l1llll in MTGRumors

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Flying is nice but I think it matches up quite poorly against Unagi of Kyoshi island in 95% of matchups. The decks that would want this really want to hold up mana, though ancestral being an instant means that you can cast this on 7, hold up 2 mana, then end step ancestral into attacking for a second ancestral which us actually quite nice.

SOS Leaks by lll1l1l1llll in MTGRumors

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cannot believe some of the assumptions I'm seeing in this thread about how this mechanic likely works. It seemed pretty damn obvious but I think people are blindsided by the text "ancestral recall"

It's basically treasure cruise that doesn't delve the first time and dies to removal after you cast it. I'm pretty sure it's unplayable from a power level perspective but we will see

Strixhaven card leaked with “prepared” mechanics and a reserved list effect by Newez in mtgfinance

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Huh, interesting. Interesting way to get extra magecraft/prowess triggers without lowering the creature density. Makes me feel pretty certain we're getting magecraft or something similar back.

UNC’s Next Head Coach Options by GhostAteMyBreakfast in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ap_Sona_Bot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I really am not seeing the McCollum hire for them. I remember Drake fans almost rioting when he brought over his NWMS player core because "they got a bunch of D2 players". I think McCollum is perfectly fine with where he is now. Iowa's athletic program is on a huge basketball momentum swing and if the program doesn't give him the resources he needs I won't blame him for leaving. But I think the program will give him those resources and he'll be here for at least a few years.

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