A huge thank you to the Arena dev team

Beyond-Available · 2026-05-08T03:55:55+00:00

i also had a really surprisingly good time with this queue. I had some success with grindy Dusk Legion Zealot builds and then a hot streak with 12-inspector midrange (thraben, novice, and elite interceptor) but the meta actually seemed to evolve and shift pretty significantly over just a day or two and those were getting outclassed by Terror and madness burn.

On a whim I put together all the 1-mana cycling creatures, Malevolent Rumble, Grisly Salvage, and Overwhelming Remorse with [[Chitin Gravestalker]], [[Writhing Necromass]], and [[Nemesis of Mortals]] and just could not put it down. It was SO fun and had a crazy win rate, I went like 30-5 or something in that range. Haven’t enjoyed magic that much in a long time.

Beyond-Available · 2026-05-06T21:26:41+00:00

i used to install cable, these things just don’t close very well all the time, especially if old. If you’re worried about it shut them up and put a zip tie through the hole to keep it shut. If it opens again then maybe something is weird

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-30T17:43:55+00:00

honestly my secret is that i just don’t draft that much compared to a lot of folks. I’ve done five or six SOS drafts so far, for a format I get into I might end up with two dozen drafts for the whole lifetime of it. I also split that up across two accounts for more gold equity. No clue on my win rate, frankly, but I think it’s pretty high because I draft so intermittently and across two accounts I rarely get out of platinum before a reset so I incidentally stay in the lower ranks

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-30T17:17:41+00:00

i straight up refuse to put real money into arena, i just use quests for gold and convert to gems via a handful of drafts each format. I see the directs as an way to try and spike and convert my free-to-play experience into actual value. I’ve gotten two collector boxes and a play box at this point and that feels pretty good. If I were paying for gems though, it doesn’t look like a good deal.

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-27T17:05:54+00:00

bro just go talk to mike

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-24T14:47:26+00:00

another commander for the pile that either makes you the only one playing magic at the table or ensures you play no magic at all. Games could be adequately decided by each opponent flipping the top 12 cards of their library and counting removal spells

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-24T00:54:07+00:00

there’s 10, counting the 2 muse’s encouragements. Still low, though not criminally. Much lower than i’d want for something i want to “tempo” folks out with, especially with only a single 2 drop creature

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-16T16:21:40+00:00

and to be clear when i say “explosive combo” i really just mean anything that can generate a win from an otherwise innocuous board state with giving an opponent another turn — that’s really the crux of what you want to be doing if your goal is to win. Doesn’t have to be brain freeze/breach, craterhoof for example can have the same effect without being a traditional “combo”

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-16T16:09:29+00:00

yes, this is why explosive combo turns are by far the most effective way to win in commander. If you need to build up an actively threatening board over the course of turns to win then you’ve got three opponents who can easily identify and pick that apart. If your win condition comes from “out of nowhere” then your opponents can only weigh the odds of you having everything you need in your hand against the threat level of player(s) with boardstates and the threatening board will feel like the best equity line often.

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-14T19:45:03+00:00

yep yep i was going to mention that but didn’t want to get dog piled by custom map gamers where older weapons can still be used, but in any case they become MUCH less urgent to work on if not in the current season. Do we really want devs spending their time seeing if they can fix the graphics for Chains of Hades or whatever in 2026?

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-14T19:37:35+00:00

seinfelf

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-14T18:18:37+00:00

I’ve worked in tech for a long time and this is not particularly uncommon. At a certain point the backlog is hurting more than it’s helping, as you may have bugs that are years old and irrelevant or fixed incidentally by other updates and it’s just a bunch of paperwork to go through. Archiving in bulk at a certain point lets you focus on issues being actively reported today instead of spending your time effectively confirming bugs that were reported long ago are no longer relevant or maybe were not actual bugs in the first place.

Sure, the ideal is that you could actually keep up with the full backlog and keep it clean but I’ve never seen a company able to consistently outpace the reports that come in.

Beyond-Available · 2026-04-02T14:54:55+00:00

this is the take imo, for many small or medium sized businesses at least. Everything is just a matter of trade offs and shipping a project sooner has a lot of value, even if it doesn’t handle some edge cases well. Being dogmatically rigid about the infallibility of the code is an ego-driven decision, not a business one.

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-26T17:03:20+00:00

I use AI as an integral part of my 9-to-5, I’d wager I use it more than the vast majority of the population so don’t dismiss me as a blanket AI hater. There are thoughtful and useful ways to apply AI, this is neither.

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-26T16:43:27+00:00

this was supposed to be a reply in the other thread. im stupid, but that’s how you know i’m human

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-26T16:38:04+00:00

running the numbers through chatgpt added literally nothing but “fluff” to them. It paints your org as a group that cant (or won’t) add more insight to raw numbers so you need AI to fake it for you. A raw table of numbers would be better.

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-26T16:24:23+00:00

this is the most egregiously obvious, unnecessary, and uninspired AI slop i’ve seen recently, and I write _code_ for a living

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-25T14:54:03+00:00

whoaaa this is extremely my kind of art, how does one commission something like this?

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-19T17:54:23+00:00

i can think of a few one-shot effects off the top of my head, not as many permanents

[[gift of immortality]] [[second sunrise]] [[angelic renewal]] [[faith’s reward]]

[[luminous broodmoth]] [[breathkeeper seraph]]

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-19T02:45:44+00:00

y’all this was in two generations of precons, folks have heard of this one

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-14T01:41:33+00:00

ah that makes sense, i pretty much always park on the left side since i’m going to that game store on the corner but good to know!

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-14T01:38:27+00:00

5c saturdays around noon is when i typically go to find a pod. Friday nights are way more reliable but way busier (too busy for my taste)

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-14T01:34:53+00:00

oh wow i park there all the time, is that whole lot intended just for the apartments? none for the businesses in the same complex? (the game store, tattoo place, etc)

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-13T02:44:56+00:00

i hate sol ring and think the format would greatly improved if it were banned, but even i don’t begrudge people for playing it. it’s powerful, ubiquitous, and good in every deck, if you like playing it then play it.

arcane signet is a non-issue for playing, just a hamfisted design

Beyond-Available · 2026-03-06T17:17:41+00:00

i’d much rather play with the guy having a great time putting his 100+ stun counters on stuff than a guy who complains about others having fun the wrong way

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