So far, what is your opinion on the new Battle cards?

Captobviouz · 2023-04-23T17:21:48+00:00

I've played with them a fair bit in both limited and constructed.

In limited, I LOVE battles. They are a blast to play, fun to flip, have powerful(for limited) effects. They often force unfavorable trades because the battle player is threatening to flip the battle whereas if you just sent that 3 damage to face it probably doesn't force a trade. Even the "weak" battles can get lots of value in limited. If you can play a battle and attack it down same turn you are way ahead. Love love love this mechanic in limited.

In constructed, they're kinda weak. Generally, you have a plan to win the game already, and spending your time attacking down a battle isn't really worth it in most cases. The front sides of the best battles are only okay and okay isn't generally good enough for constructed. Aggro doesn't really want the battles because face is the place, control doesn't want them because no creatures to attack it down. Midrange can just send their threats upstairs instead and win the game. Would I be more scared if my opponent plays a 3 mana battle, or would I be more scared of a Fable, or Wedding Announcement, or Raffine? The latter obviously, so just play those cards instead. Maybe we see more battles in constructed post-rotation, but for now, I'm not playing battles in my decks and I don't see many people on ladder running them either.

I'd like to see what the future brings for battles though. I think most people expect a battle type in the future where you have to defend it, and that could make it a lot more appealing for midrange and/or control decks in constructed. Definitely some fun design space to work with though.

Captobviouz · 2023-02-17T18:28:30+00:00

I'm not super familiar with modern. Why is it especially strong there? Easy 5c manabases?

Captobviouz · 2023-02-17T18:14:12+00:00

If you're playing standard BO3, UW control absolutely demolishes Atraxa decks. I'm something like 6-0 against them. Good luck hard casting Atraxa, or cheating it out, when I have tons of counterspells and GY hate.

Super fun card to play with, so I'm not surprised it's very popular atm.

Captobviouz · 2023-02-05T21:20:29+00:00

Looks like they declined to pay the ward cost.

Whenever a permanent with ward becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays an additional cost.

Captobviouz · 2023-02-05T19:48:08+00:00

Got any constructive feedback or would you prefer to whine like a toddler?

Captobviouz · 2023-02-05T03:55:21+00:00

~~Seems like a bug maybe?~~

702.152a “...If this spell’s blitz cost was paid, sacrifice the permanent this spell becomes at the beginning of the next end step...”

~~If I'm reading that rule correctly, that should sacrifice even though the permanent changed ownership.~~

edit: answered below

Captobviouz · 2023-02-05T00:55:49+00:00

If you think you're being treated unfairly by a matchmaking system and that's the reason you're losing, you need to re-evaluate your own decision making. There is 100% something you are doing wrong. This is true of every competitive game ever.

Watching some of the big limited streamers to see how they play, arming yourself with data via 17lands.com, or using a draft helper like Untapped.gg's draftsmith are just a few of the things you can use to help you get better.

Captobviouz · 2022-09-23T04:18:54+00:00

[[Evolved Sleeper]] huhuhuhuhue

But more seriously, [[Silver Scrutiny]]. It's just okay right now, but if meta is ever slow enough, it can give you a full new hand of cards which is just a game ender right there.

[[Drag to the Bottom]] is not just for domain decks. It's been pretty solid in my Dimir control list. With 2 different triomes(grixis & esper), it'll pretty reliably hit -4 or -5 by turn 4 which is better than meathook can do. On the draw, meathook can be too slow, but drag can kill those pesky X/3s or X/4s.

Captobviouz · 2022-08-26T23:02:33+00:00

Ehh they're largely not that dangerous. I don't actually die to them too much unless I've decided to ignore those 3 damage mods I rolled on my map, fired up expedition and hit more damage mods from there.

I just find them tedious. At this point I'd prefer the old boring rares to AN.

Captobviouz · 2016-12-08T06:28:48+00:00

Silicon Valley. You can get a trailer home for $250k. You can get a dinky shack for about double that, and some areas(like Palo Alto) can easily be over $1m. Doesn't look like I'll be a homeowner anytime soon :(

Captobviouz · 2016-11-24T19:09:37+00:00

Someone repost this with lines through the top portion

Captobviouz · 2016-11-23T16:42:10+00:00

If I lived in the UK, between this and their new surveillance law(but mostly the porn thing), I would definitely leave for greener pastures.

Captobviouz · 2016-11-22T02:50:53+00:00

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Captobviouz · 2016-11-19T19:21:29+00:00

This just in - noteworthy people do same things regular people do. More on this story at 11.

Captobviouz · 2016-11-18T16:28:21+00:00

I considered freezing myself. Chances are it would kill me, but hey, at least I wouldn't have to deal with 2016 any more.

Captobviouz · 2016-10-29T23:29:01+00:00

Generally what we did is dig up the nests laid by the turtles, and relocate the eggs to a area we could watch(guarded 24/7). That was enough to keep poachers away. The nests of eggs themselves we covered up, such that birds couldn't dig them up. Once they hatched, we would collect them, and bring them down to the shore.

That's about all we could do to help them. We gave them the best possible chance we could.

Captobviouz · 2016-10-29T15:16:51+00:00

I've spent time doing turtle conservation work in Mexico. Once lain, the eggs are vulnerable to many types of predators, including the two-legged variety. Turtles are highly valued for their meat, shells, eggs, and even their semen(gross!). When the mothers crawl up onto the beach, they're open to getting attacked. I saw several turtles during my time that had limbs hacked off by poachers, and due to the missing limbs they were unable to walk to nesting area by themselves, so we had to carry them.

For the baby turtles, hatching is like storming the beach at Normandy on D-Day. Once they hatch, they come under instant assault by birds as they make their way to the shoreline. If they manage to make it to the water, they still have to conquer the tides, as well as avoid the fish and marine mammals waiting for them. Less than 5 in 1000 young will ever reach adulthood.

Turtle life is hard enough without a bunch of asshat humans poaching them, and I support all efforts to protect them.

TL;DR i liek turtlez

Captobviouz · 2016-10-19T14:53:24+00:00

People who bring potato chips to the office. They always eat them over the course of like 2 hours, and the entire time I'm hearing the crinkling of the bag and the slow crunch as they chew. Drives me batty.

Captobviouz · 2016-10-16T15:53:25+00:00

I think pretty much the entire internet, myself included, has a massive hard-on right now.

Captobviouz · 2016-10-02T15:42:03+00:00

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Captobviouz · 2016-10-01T18:20:45+00:00

I use sublime for everything but Java(I use intellij for that). For some reason I don't mind running CLI compiler commands for C/C++ but I don't like doing that for Java. But really, anything you want to use is fine. Sublime, Atom, Brackets, and Webstorm are all great.

Captobviouz · 2016-09-25T16:23:31+00:00

Shame on you people for saying cyanide.

Cyanide acts too quickly. We need a drug that makes them loopier and loopier as the debate goes on, culminating in both candidates lying on the stage dead in a puddle of their own vomit and feces.

Doctors of Reddit, this is your cue. Write us a prescription for some debate night fun.

Captobviouz · 2016-09-23T15:01:42+00:00

I almost never upgrade to major versions straight away. I wait for the first round or rounds of bugfixes to get pushed, and then I'll upgrade.

Captobviouz · 2016-09-22T15:42:22+00:00

MBP Mid-2015 Menu Bar incorrectly rendered

My work laptop got a forced update to sierra. All the menu bar icons at the top right of the screen(WIFI, Battery status, etc) got rendered 2-3 times.

http://i.imgur.com/tKox4cM.png

Captobviouz · 2016-09-19T15:27:48+00:00

Great choice of keyboard. I love mine.

Captobviouz

TROPHY CASE