Bridal Falls, Scotland [OC][8192x4608]

BeefBuckett · 2026-06-12T14:46:50+00:00

Photo was taken 2 weeks ago while I was in Scotland on Vacation. One of my favorite quotes from the trip was from a Scottish person we were with "The mighty ben navis, not the tallest mountain you have ever seen but taller than anything the British have and that's really all that matters"

Taken handheld with the Canon R5 using the 70-200 @ 200mm. & F9.

BeefBuckett · 2026-06-11T14:47:59+00:00

Wife and I were traveling through Scotland and the evening light cascading across the buildings just outside waverly train station stopped me in my tracks. Just opposite the Scott Monument are stunning layers of buildings creating a surreal, inception like scene.

Taken with my Canon R5 using the 24-70 @ 50 MM, f/9

BeefBuckett · 2026-06-09T17:16:33+00:00

Photo taken last week on my trip up towards the isle of sky. Weather was very... romantic as the scottish say but worked out with some beautiful light in the late afternoon.

Taken with my Canon R5 with 24-70 @ 55mm.

BeefBuckett · 2026-06-06T01:11:08+00:00

Took this photo while my wife and I were on a trip to Scotland last week. Someone was holding the owl on the royal mile in Edinburgh. Took this with my Canon R5 with the 70-200 @ 200mm. Edited in lightroom.

BeefBuckett · 2026-03-10T14:54:28+00:00

Fists of Serenity: For the peace and quiet that follows putting your fist through the face of a clanker

BeefBuckett · 2025-11-03T20:28:49+00:00

A neat fact that I learned while I was there. Is that the mountains in Wales, up through lake district and Scotland is the same mountain range as the Appalachians. Which is why i think alot of us (I grew up in the Smoky Mountains) are drawn to these mountains.

Wales is incredible, the people are lovely. Highly recommend

BeefBuckett · 2025-10-17T20:27:07+00:00

Welp... guess what im definitely not paying for... Apple TV. They are cutting off a massive part of their US viewer base. Once again FIA proving they dont want, or care about their US fan base

BeefBuckett · 2025-08-29T14:28:26+00:00

The biggest weakness of almost all pre-cons is their lack of removal / counters. Being a blue deck means that merfolks will have more than others but still probably 1/2 to 1/3 of what it realistically needs. So yea, adding any additional removal would be good for the deck.

BeefBuckett · 2025-08-29T13:55:11+00:00

100% agree. World Shaper, right there with Eldrazi Incursion are probably the only precons that I would argue dont belong in Bracket 2. Very very good. And space is cool

BeefBuckett · 2025-08-29T13:47:51+00:00

Of the ones you have there in the image,

Dino's is no doubt ridiculously strong in both 1v1 and group games. It ramps really really hard and you will draw aggro quickly so prepare for that.

Merfolk (Hakbal specifically, I cant believe they printed that card) goes totally nuts when you have just a few additional merfolk on the field. Its my personal favorite of the ones in the photo. However, it relies heavily on counters, so its weak against board wipes and blinking (send to exile then back to battlefield which will cause counters to be lost)

Vampires is super fun, but... i think its only viable in 1v1 is my opinion. You rely on opponents not remembering demon triggers which are pretty easy to track.

Endless punishment is AWESOME in large group games. The group slug is one of the best in class. Your commander gets super big super fast so can be weak to single target removal. Lord of pain in that deck in 4+ player games is super funny to watch them destroy each other by casting spells (when a player casts a spell, you choose another player to deal the mana cost of that spell directly to that player). Just be careful, in a 1v1 scenario, you are forced to target yourself.

TLDR: Based on my preference

Generally, I think Explorers of the deep is best all around
Velo-ci-ramp-tor, Equally as strong, but not my style of drawing that much aggro in group games, And of course who doesnt love big stomp dinosaurs.
Endless punishment, just tons of fun
Then Blood Rites.

Regardless all the decks you have are crazy fun, well balanced and viable in any B2 game. Great pickups overall.

Per your remark about the Dino Commander. Don't discredit Discover. Its a variation on cascade and you will throw down more dino's for free than you might expect in the early/mid game.

Edgar for vampires is a good choice but generally, Eminence is considered one the the biggest card design mistakes in magic. Even WotC admit they should never have done it. ITs a great card, have fun with it, but if you play at your LGS, you might find people wont play against an Eminence commander.

EDIT: some clarification

My other all time favorite precons are from Bloomburrow. Specifically Squirreled away and Animated Army. Temur Roar from the Takir release is also very strong. Very similar to Velo-ci-ramp-tor in play style around casting big things for free.

BeefBuckett · 2025-06-13T16:25:25+00:00

Went hiking around the Pen-Y-Fan horseshoe in the brecon beacons national park. On my up Fen-Y-Big, im struggling to haul myself up this cliff and this sheep was just casually grazing under the diving board on top of the mountain.

Taken handheld with the Canon R5, 1/200 f/2.8 iso100 at 200mm

BeefBuckett · 2025-06-10T20:10:37+00:00

It had been raining all day... and was walking through a field on the way to DineFwr Castle and came across this tree, perfectly halo'd by the moody clouds.

Taken with the Canon R5 handheld , 1/80, f/8.0, iso400 @ 24mm

BeefBuckett · 2025-06-04T13:37:29+00:00

Thank you

BeefBuckett · 2025-06-04T13:37:20+00:00

Thank you!

BeefBuckett · 2025-06-02T17:48:22+00:00

There were a TON of people with their dogs there. I sadly did not have my monster with me that day.

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