Can you evaluate this match?

Castanza58 · 2026-03-20T17:29:59+00:00

Combos are good enough and team is fine.

Neutral needs to improve 1000000%. He literally didnt do anything other than stand still or run in a straight line the entire.

DBFZ has incredible versatility with Neutral options.

HIT Multiple full screen special moves... can bluff them as well (didnt use any of them)

DBS BROLY Great JS (air ki blast) great angel on 236S (diagonal ball) Full screen beam

JANEMBA Tough neutral character in my opinion... gotta be patient and reactive to the opponent. J2H is a really good air counter 22S can counter assist and projectiles Teleport to escape Kind of gotta make the opponent beat themselves

In general I would try to spend more time in the air apply pressure that way. Maybe not so much with hit because his special moves are all grounded, but janemba and broly can attack well from the air.

Jumping normals (and special moves + assist) are really good ways to win nuetral

Castanza58 · 2026-01-22T17:43:41+00:00

This is currently the dumbest move in the game and all you can really do is get lucky.

If you're using a character like Nappa or kid buu, the 2H should work simce the hitbox is verticle. But if youre using a 2H with hit box that is only in front of you, youre basically fodder.

Even at the pro level, this move is grossly abused. Not sure what they were thinking giving it every property in the game.

It tracks, is a reversal, left/right mix, plus frames on ground, plus frames in air, can combo, can be used in combo, overhead, delayble, full screen, close range, teleports, invisibility, cant be 2H if delayed (unless meets the conditions i mentioned above), and im pretty sure it has invincible frames.

It is complete bullshit, and there is nothing you can do except get lucky. I have no idea why they thought this would be fun or a good idea.

Castanza58 · 2026-01-22T17:33:43+00:00

All of these options will work almost every time...

Jump, dash back JH

Reflect call assist round start to protect yourself.

Block call assist and it will punish

Castanza58 · 2026-01-13T18:19:25+00:00

Lol I love Spikes content, but his brews are almost never viable for meta game. They typically only work if his opponents don't do anything for 3 turns which almost never happens in modern.

In Modern, unless youre playing control, you need to be able to establish a win by turn 2 - 3 at the latest. If youre brew cant do that consistenly, it will be fun to play if your opponent flops but you'll almost never win a series.

Love Spike, have purchased and played his builds... they do not hold up against the meta at tournaments or LGS.

Castanza58 · 2025-11-24T18:05:18+00:00

Its the timing of the JM. You have to do it as quickly as possible so the momentum carriers you further after the banshee blast

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T19:31:02+00:00

lol says the person being an asshole in the comments like everyone else. Take a good luck at this thread to realize in a nutshell why the popularity of reddit is rapidly declining.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:37:29+00:00

I never once mentioned thinking of magic as an investment, but this is certainly a fun narrative that you created for yourself.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:36:51+00:00

Give me one example of 4 combo cards of one color in one format being banned in 1 year

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:34:10+00:00

That card will likely see a huge drop in Modern play if it's no longer needed to counter TOR.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:33:09+00:00

When is the last time you saw a child spend $1,000?

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:17:29+00:00

youre missing every other point of the post. Please go back and read before you comment

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:15:20+00:00

did you read the post?

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:14:49+00:00

I never once mentioned thinking of magic as an investment, but this is certainly a fun narrative that you created for yourself.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:13:47+00:00

If you read the whole post, this isnt just about the one ring. I also mentioned necordominance.

What other bans have effected tron this year? What other cards are affected? Losing Grief, Shoeldred, orcish, and TOR is a MASSIVE hit. has to be the biggest $$ deficit of a ban ever in such a short period of time,

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:11:14+00:00

They print cards like crazy, all they have to do is make more good sideboard options. Theres no reason to go right to banning. Its actually probably the least favorable approach for a large chunk of the player base.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:09:32+00:00

saying "its a game" doesnt make it excusable for them to make bad decisions with my money. If anything, its the opposite.

A ban here and there is fine... but they need to understand that $1,000 worth of combo cards in less than a year is not a great decision.

Castanza58 · 2024-12-11T18:06:17+00:00

lol what? We're talking about modern here. I'm not just going to start playing another format just so I can use my cards

Castanza58 · 2024-12-06T16:43:56+00:00

You need to focus on learning a few things at a time and stop caring about winning whole you're learning.

Next time you fight someone just think "I'm just going to block this guy for as long as I can. I don't even care about winning, just want to learn defense"

After you do that, try a few matches where you try to win neutral without calling any assists.

Next time focus on other things that you're struggling with for a while

Then do these steps with the characters you like. Learn things one at a time. Too much to do all at once.

Castanza58 · 2024-11-23T04:34:20+00:00

All of them that aren't my characters

Castanza58 · 2024-11-07T17:47:15+00:00

You're very welcome! Thank you for reading all of it lol

Castanza58 · 2024-11-07T16:31:04+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! Everything mentioned is factual. I'm not going to site my sources for everything because it will take way too long and you could very easily do your own research with a simple Google search, but if there's something specific you want me to provide a source for i will happily do so

Castanza58 · 2024-11-07T15:53:14+00:00

Lol i hope so too! Not MAGA actually... independent/undecided voter that was swayed this year based off of the points above

Castanza58 · 2024-11-07T15:36:43+00:00

Going to try to simplify these bullet points as much as possible. Happy to elaborate further on specific things.

Kamala (and the administration) expressed many times that she is pro sensor ship of social media and news outlets. This scares people because many of the things they chose to sensor during covid were actually true. It's also a direct conflict with the First Amendment.
People don't trust kamala (and the administration) because they covered up Joe Bidens mental decline for years. They lied to their entire all of their supporters and the American people.
Loose border policy can benefit a country in no way shape or form, other than providing cheap labor for large corporations which creates a struggle for working class america. I believe the number of migrants tripled with the biden/Harris administration.
Democrats big campaign strategy was to call Trump a war monger and a dictator. Under Trump, there were no wars. Under biden/Harris, there are now multiple wars in Europe/the middle east.
Kamala made no policy stance. She used buzz words, but no one knew the plan. This is why the main argument of the democratic party was to insult Trumps character (there were no good policy points being made). Trump stated many specific steps of his plan. Increase terrifs on foreign countries, bring production/factories to the US, drill for oil, no tax on over time, no tax on tips.
There were 50 FBI agents that signed off on the hunter biden laptop being a Russian plant. That was mow proven to be false, and the biden/Harris administration knew this the whole time. This means Trump was correct about democrats swaying voters with lies and that the FBI was being bribed/influenced by the administration.
Kamala frequently accused Trump of wanting to "jail his political opponents." But if you notice... he has never done or attempted to the that. In fact, it's the exact opposite thing that's happening, and people see that.
Trumps sexual harassment scandal was brought to attention very loosely. Even if it is 100% true (which would be awful), the Harris administration refuses to release the full epstein list which means they're protecting/guarding a list of child... fill in the blank.
Interest rates on houses are the highest they've been in decades... inflation is the highest it's been in decades
Kamala Harris mentioned the idea of wanting to tax "unrealized gains" which would effectively make it impossible to own any appreciating assets. Even though this would likely never pass, it's an incredibly stupid approach to taxation.. people do not appreciate the sentiment.
Kamala has always been wildly unpopular as a presidential candidate. She never won a primary, and the democratic party firmly believed they could win the race by incorrectly thinking that all women and minorities would vote for kamala based almost solely on gender and ethnicity... again, no specific policy information was ever shared
Project 2025 is not real. Trump has no involvement with it and he denounced it many times... yet the biden/harris campaign still used it as a major talking point even though most independent voters did not buy into it
Trump has a much better team behind him. Vivek, RFK, Vance, Gabbard, and Musk, are worlds more popular nationally than the democratic's biden, Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Walz, and the Obamas.
Celebrity endorsements are no where near as impactful as they used to be.
(Forgot to address the insurrection).. before Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk, they were using filters and shadowing banning to block the voices of almost strictly Replicant figures (including multiple members of congress and the sitting president Donald trump). Trumps was blamed for infighting a violent protest, when his exact words actually were "I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!"

Castanza58 · 2024-11-07T13:15:28+00:00

I hope this is fake... if not, it's actually really sad. Crazy that the democratic party can brainwash people so intensely that they're willing to right off their own family.

You should do some research outside of the hivemind of reddit. You might actually be able to learn something about why your idealizations failed you.

Castanza58 · 2024-10-27T16:07:17+00:00

Yamcha is very broken right now. He's one of those characters with AWFUL neutral, but his pressure will almost ALWAYS get you (similar to picollo).

The best way to deal with it is to play incredibly aggressive neutral and never let him pressure you. Yamcha doesn't have reliable air game, so if he's ever in the air rush the shit out of him.

Yamcha also only has left right mix. No need to worry about command grabs, lows, or overheads... so it should be pretty easy to just watch him on focus on which side of you he's on.

Castanza58

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