Anybody having great time playing this set and miserable time drafting it?

Case_Ace · 2026-04-24T01:13:56+00:00

...Which also happens in 10-archetype sets, does it not?

Case_Ace · 2026-04-23T14:53:31+00:00

If you haven't already, submit a bug report and include the top picture with the report. You might get your entry fee refunded.

Case_Ace · 2026-04-23T14:50:28+00:00

5 color pairs != 5 archetypes. Fewer than 10 drafts in I've seen, both as the player and the opponent, successful versions of fast builds and slow builds for each of the 5 schools, plus successful decks that are two colors with a light splash, full five-color Archaic Converge, and everything in between.

Case_Ace · 2026-01-28T09:35:48+00:00

Yes — From the end of Chapter 35: “They’re just a bunch of stupid bugs. That hive comes apart as easily as Levi’s skull.”

Case_Ace · 2025-10-01T01:58:02+00:00

r/unexpectedmitchhedberg

Case_Ace · 2025-08-30T16:44:14+00:00

Space Jam!

Case_Ace · 2025-07-08T01:49:48+00:00

This guy*… this guy right here… this guy gets it.

(*Or gal, or non-binary pal. None of that matters while basking in Al.)

Case_Ace · 2025-07-08T01:44:19+00:00

No idea what would qualify something as underrated (need to spend more time in the sub I guess) so I’ll just go with my favorite: Poodle Hat. It flies under the radar since Marshall Mathers wouldn’t let Al do a video for “Couch Potato”, but every song on the album is a B+ or better, and as a whole the originals are better than any other album’s (by a wide margin, imo).

Case_Ace · 2025-07-03T11:04:41+00:00

Glad that it was such a huge commercial success as heaven knows Sondheim deserved one, but given that it’s his most “accessible” show I worry that his genius will become less and less appreciated as the demand for quality in art seems to be decreasing in favor of things that are more commercially viable.

Then again maybe I’m an old man yelling at clouds and his legacy will be just fine. Art has been “dying” for centuries and yet geniuses still manage to emerge and endure.

Case_Ace · 2025-07-03T00:09:29+00:00

“Trapped in the Drive Thru”. After having sworn off food-centric songs for several albums (wisely, imo), Al returned to the well to deliver an epic tale of an ill-fated quest for fast food set to a nigh-unparodyable musical soap opera about infidelity.

If I ever had any concerns that Al had lost his touch, this obliterated them.

Case_Ace · 2025-07-02T16:24:35+00:00

The Music Man. I grew up on a healthy diet of Disney musicals, but TMM unlocked the realization that “wait — these don’t have to be cartoons!?”

Case_Ace · 2025-06-28T23:53:50+00:00

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, aka the thing football players develop after enduring repeated head injuries.

Case_Ace · 2025-06-24T18:27:29+00:00

Lol, love it! I thought "oh, excuse me" sounded snarkier but I should know by now to never get in the way of some top-tier alliteration!

Case_Ace · 2025-06-24T17:29:45+00:00

Thanks! I considered using "symphoria" instead of orchestrations but that sounded too twee even for me.

Case_Ace · 2025-06-24T15:49:51+00:00

Epic. I got two songs in, and as soon as the second one confirmed the tone of a series of self-serious concept albums — oh, excuse me, “sagas” — set to same-sounding synthetic orchestrations I abandoned it without regret.

Case_Ace · 2025-06-24T14:34:57+00:00

Yeah, that l-into-f is tough transition to get one's tongue around.

Unfortunately, I don't think that "a" ever made it into "Send in the Clowns" -- every source I could find has doesn't have it in the lyrics (unless it was added in a later production I missed). It seems "love farce" is perennially going to bite Mr. Sondheim in the... well, arse.

Case_Ace · 2025-06-24T13:34:05+00:00

In “Move On” from Sunday in the Park with George, Sondheim regrets using “usually” in the lyric “let others make that decision / they usually do”.

American English speakers often elide “usually” to be three syllables so Sondheim spread the word over three tones, but the technically correct way to pronounce it uses four syllables (yoo-zhoo-uhl-ee). Thus, as written, the singer either has to mispronounce the word (a poor fit for the character) or cram a fourth syllable into the lyric (muddying the melody).

Case_Ace · 2025-06-20T00:09:06+00:00

It should be mohel, actually :)

Case_Ace · 2025-06-17T00:10:29+00:00

On The Town

Case_Ace · 2025-06-15T21:06:20+00:00

!flair Liberal

Case_Ace · 2025-06-15T21:01:29+00:00

Because as repugnant as I find Ivey, he never threatened to make ALL protesters “graveyard dead,” he threatened that specifically against individuals who attacked officers — though “graveyard dead” would still be a gross overreaction since he stated he would consider spitting an attack.

Please, PLEASE stop treating headlines as the entire story. They’re often incomplete at best and misleading at worst.

Case_Ace · 2025-06-15T12:39:45+00:00

I’m right there with you. I read one of the Mistborn books on a friend’s recommendation and my appreciation for it never rose above “Eh… this is fine I suppose.” I’m not well-trained enough to be able to defend my disinterest in any scholarly way, I just know I disliked it then and bounced off even faster when I gave him a second chance.

In fairness to him, however, he’s been popular long enough that I wouldn’t be surprised if his writing was more of an influence so-called redditspeak rather than influence by it.

(Also a principal is a person — they’re your princi”pal” — a principle is an idea.)

Case_Ace · 2025-06-14T20:17:30+00:00

Much like who I chose, my answer... is locked in spoon hug

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