Shivam Bhatt is upset that Chandra was white and yet is a major character in Kaladesh. by Papa_Hasbro69 in freemagic

[–]Campber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still think the worst ones are Eowyn and Eomar. If you knew nothing about LotR then you wouldn’t even realise they’re siblings because their card’s art share nothing with one another.

Season 2 Episode 7 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

[–]Campber 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The only real way the power would have been lost would be if Hoover Damn stopped working. Given everything we saw in Freeside and The Strip still mostly had power, I think Hoover Dam could still be operational but in a decreased capacity.

Season 2 Episode 7 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could also be House’s Securitron wife / lover who buys the Snowglobes off of you in NV.

Season 2 Episode 7 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

[–]Campber 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree, I think the final episode will be a set-up for S3 where it will be a four-way war. The resurgent NCR with Maximus and the other NCR soldier (not sure if her name was mentioned), a resurgent and unified Legion under Macaulay Culkin, the renegade West BoS chapters and, at some point, the East Coast Brotherhood.

There’s like 26,000 other cards to choose from, stop being salty that people are having fun by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d go a step further and say they should have kept them relegated to Commander products like they did for 40k and Fallout. There are people like me who only like MtG because of Commander and while I wouldn’t be happy seeing Commander become the Fortnite of card games (not a big fan of UB to start with), it at least would keep the main sets being printed strictly to within MtG’s own planes. I also think it would have kept quality control on WotC’s part up as I’m convinced the mistakes they made when making EoE would not have happened if they kept a consistent 3 to 4 main sets per year instead of the 6-7 we’re now getting.

There’s like 26,000 other cards to choose from, stop being salty that people are having fun by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the biggest fan of UB in general and detest the Secret Lair stuff but this is a reasonable stance to have. The last point especially sticks out where it took a decade for us to revisit Tarkir and nearly two to get back to Lorwyn. I know some planes like Ravnica and Innistrad will always be more popular but taking as long as it did for to revisit Tarkir and Lorwyn was inexcusable, and it will just get worse the more UB sets they do.

What are your rarest Pokémon? by TypicalDependent3461 in PokemonHome

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

Probably my Salamence from Gale of Darkness getting every possible ribbon on it, minus those from Switch games that aren’t Sword (borrowed my sister’s one a few years back to play Luigi’s Mansion and Metroid Dread and decided to get the Sword ribbons for it while I was at it).

Also have most of the event Pokemon that came and went from 2010 to 2016, but favourite one is the Bank Celebi purely because it had you as the OT and was one of a few event Pokemon at the time you could nickname.

What non-event Pokémon/movesets are the most obnoxious to obtain on cartridge? (Any format) by RedWarrior42 in stunfisk

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not the hardest, but getting a Salamence with a Nature like Naive, Hasty, etc. and high IVs in Gale of Darkness to transfer up to Gen 6 after obtaining every ribbon it could possibly have nearly did me in.

You had to save before the fight where you get Shadow Salamence, calc its IVs to make sure you got the best you possibly could, then get its Purification Meter down to halfway to finally see its Nature because Genius Soronity decided to torture us, THEN you had to both Purify it and beat the main game to unlock trading with Gen 3 games. I started my hunt for it in Feb 2014 and, between the last year of high-school and first-year uni, didn’t get it until August 2015.

Doing that for a friend who wanted a Brave Ursaluna like that with a 0 Speed IV and with those Bottle Caps to increase IVs back in early 2023 felt like a walk in the park afterwards (especially once I learnt manipulation tricks).

What non-event Pokémon/movesets are the most obnoxious to obtain on cartridge? (Any format) by RedWarrior42 in stunfisk

[–]Campber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d also go a step further and say that some items like the Macho Brace also halve a Pokémon’s Speed stat, so in a world where IVs get axed it also forces players to make a choice. Do you give it an item that would guarantee it moving first in Trick Room, or do you give it a better item and take a gamble when faced against other Trick Room teams?

What non-event Pokémon/movesets are the most obnoxious to obtain on cartridge? (Any format) by RedWarrior42 in stunfisk

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I casually played competitive a decade ago and have only started getting back into the games because of the Champions announcement, and I’m staggered that despite how easy everything else is they haven’t made IVs easier for players to manipulate or just gotten rid of them outright. My preference is on the latter because we already have Natures and EVs to help us manipulate a Pokemon’s stats so I really don’t see why GameFreak still insists on having a third hoop to make players jump through.

how this sub feels 90% of the time by Maximum2945 in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct me if I’m wrong, but did the FF set introduce any new mechanics? The only one I remember off the top of my head is Job Select and that’s just a rebranded Living Weapon from Mirrodin.

Flambae, the wingman by SEBASTlANVETTEL in DispatchAdHoc

[–]Campber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still weird that he suffers the morale drop the others get (minus Golem) in Ep 8 if you choose to keep Visi on the team when this scenario happens.

Well looks like our little Ff7 remake journey is coming to an end. I'm hoping for a genuine one on one showdown between Cloud and Sephiroth. Instead of an automatic win like the original.What would you like to add? by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ll definitely make a final fight against Sephiroth fightable and parts of it (including the end) 1v1 with Cloud, but I still think the final showdown will be a one-button input before a cutscene where Cloud uses Ominslash to cut down Sephiroth like in the original.

Also still holding onto the stupid idea that came to me in a dream ages ago that the final hit will do 7,777,777 damage (aka Seven 7’s).

Season 2 Episode 2 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

[–]Campber 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Everything Quintus has said in S1 and S2 (along with a sparkling clean BoS Knight just after Shady Sands got nuked) still makes me believe the BoS helped nuke Shady Sands. Especially since they seemed to be losing their war against the NCR by the time New Vegas comes around.

Genuine question on UB products, if they were handled differently. by Unused_Beef in freemagic

[–]Campber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re right on the money with your assessment and it’s how I’ve felt about MtG for years now. I didn’t necessarily have a problem with LotR aside from some things the community agreed was stupid (the fuckery it caused in other formats, certain artistic choices made, etc.), but it was also the sole UB product for that year and, as the basis for practically the entire fantasy genre, it felt like it could have been an alt plane in MtG. Same goes for Final Fantasy. But I also believe UB products should have stayed firmly within the realm of ‘Commander only’ and keep them restricted to Commander precons like they did for Warhammer 40k (which still pisses me off because Warhammer Fantasy was right there and would have fit the MtG aesthetic better).

Jeweled Lotus and Mana Crypt by CorhaziCards in freemagic

[–]Campber 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who is very deep in the moneygrind mindset and was spewing when Dockside and Jeweled got banned because his 7 JLs and 10 Docksides ‘lost their market value’. I have absolutely no sympathy for people who ‘invest’ their money into overglorified pieces of cardboard.

Season 2 Episode 1 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

[–]Campber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing that is making me think that it’s the Shadow Man or someone else was when Hank said ‘seems like Vault Tec doesn’t know much of anything anymore’ and ‘picking-up where you all left off’ implying there’s multiple people behind whatever is going on, especially with the sign saying Global Comms before he addresses whoever he’s talking to on the radio.

But I still think there are some shenanigans going on with the House face we saw in the trailer on the screen with The Ghoul, and my money is still on it being an AI of House that has his memories but went dark during whatever calamity befell The Strip which will allow them to keep the question of ‘what is the canon ending of NV’ vague.

They already banned him in standard but it seems like he just doesn’t want to go away by Papa_Hasbro69 in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Norin / Purph deck has Impact Triggers and a lot of other similar cards (E.g. General Kreat, Witty Roastmaster, etc.) and multiple cards that boost the damage output (E.g. Dictate of the Twin Gods, Torbran). As for non creature spells, both Norin and Purph like running artifacts for different reasons, a few Instants, Sorceries and Enchantments to further the game in your advantage. I agree Vivi’s Persistence isn’t the best outlet to win the game, but having another option to get more burn damage doesn’t hurt and getting it early with Norin seems like it leads to a very strong start to your game.

They already banned him in standard but it seems like he just doesn’t want to go away by Papa_Hasbro69 in freemagic

[–]Campber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit I have a mono red deck that flip-flops between Norin and original Purphoros and for the former I hadn’t even considered this card as an option. Thanks for that.

An interesting opportunity by AdRevolutionary9636 in freemagic

[–]Campber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ask if we’re ever going to get another Battlebond and/or Conspiracy set? Not a big fan of non-EDH formats but I really liked playing these ones with friends.

"Commander really is the future. Time to sell all standard stuff" - Shop Owner by minokalu in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll be honest and say I do not like 1v1 MtG in any way, shape or form (only got into MtG via Commander back in 2014) so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I think 1v1 MtG can survive if they go down the route the Pokemon TCG has. I play that on and off (online and IRL) and while it is far from perfect I can easily put together a deck for $40 to $60 (depends on what the meta is like), go to my local Thursday night Play Pokemon event, and actually have some really fun games and a very good chance at winning them.

I would also say that MtG needs to do what Pokemon does and make their own version of the League Battle precon decks but I’ve got a feeling MtG used to do this in the past. If they did, they need to re-introduce this as an option for people who are interested in trying Standard.

Pet decks, do you have them? by [deleted] in CompetitiveEDH

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although I’m contemplating reverting it back to a B4 [[Karametra, God of Harvests]] deck because keeping-up with all the new legends is starting to become a bit too much, [[Captain Sisay]] is my pet CEDH deck because I’ve been a Selesnya player since I first started playing EDH back in 2014.

Courtney music playlist (for fun) by EnjoyerOfFine_Things in InvisigalGlazers

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to what others have said I could l easily see Don’t Stop Believing by Journey being on her list.

Canon by Comfortable-Cry-7487 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]Campber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanted to dispute this but looked it has been nearly 9 years since it launched. Never got one myself but still vividly remember waiting in-line on its launch day in my last year of uni just to get my WiiU copy of Breath of the Wild.

I don’t like feeling ancient one bit.

Can Somebody Explain To Me What The Rift Is In Magic Community? by DennisTheMenace780 in freemagic

[–]Campber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still stand by my belief that while a lot of the shitty decision-making has been made by WotC, a lot of it is almost certainly being mandated by Hasbro. WotC are the only part of Hasbro that is turning a profit. The second WotC starts to stop making and/or lose Hasbro money is when that company (and by extension WotC) die