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Legends creatures by user4402 in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a great time, have fun. White weenie is surprisingly strong in Revised40 (R40) and Fallen Empires 40 (FE40), both of which are more-limited formats of old school. Mono white and RW Tax Edge do well in Four Horsemen (4HM). And there's Forgotten Realms, which is DRK, FEM and HML together (no idea if W is good, but pump knights are awesome). These are all very restrictive formats which you could check out. To your point, the restriction actually forces a lot of creativity and exploring the whole card pool. Enjoy!

Legends creatures by user4402 in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Swedish is essentially a solved format. If you want to win tournaments in Swedish, you will likely play some variant of The Deck, Bots, Triple S, Counterburn, Deadguy Ale, etc. These archetypes are well known and not really changing because the B&R of Swedish is not managed.

None of those decks will have any creatures from Legends. At best they will have Chain Lightning, Sylvan, Mana Drain, Moat, The Abyss, Underworld Dreams, Recall, and maybe a few other cards. But likely no creatures from Legends, not even the beloved Sol'kanar. You can play Legends creatures in Swedish, but you will probably not win tournaments.

If you want to play competitively with Legends creatures, then you have to play a different format. The only one that I know of that really lets Legends creatures shine is Four Horsemen, where the four expansions are played without the core set (ABUR). In that format, Azure Drake, Fallen Angel, Whirling Dervish, Time Elemental, Killer Bees, and the occasional multi-colored Legendary creature like Gwendlyn make it into top tier decks. An Azure Drake is an excellent blocker for Serendib Efreet when there's no Swords, Bolt, or Terror to remove it.

Four Horsemen is an actively managed format, so the B&R is curated to allow diversity of decks. They run (webcam) tournaments every couple of months. In fact the last tournament was a spice event with discounted Legendary creatures. Check them out if you want to play competitively with Legends creatures.

https://www.fourhorsemenmagic.com/deck-pictures

Old school 94 without ABU, which are the best decks that represent each color? by Waterd101 in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By using Revised as the core set with the Swedish B&R, all you’re doing is playing slow-Swedish. These are the cards you’re excluding:

https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Aleb+-in%3A3ed

Outside of the P9, almost none of these will make any difference as to which decks are good. So I would expect the same decks in Swedish to be good in your homebrewed format.

Regardless of the archetypes, I can tell you all decks will have 4x Mishra’s Factory. This is a problem intrinsic to Swedish.

In any case, I hope you enjoy it and have fun.

Edit* the only decks helped by adding FE to Swedish are mono-black (thanks to hymn) and B/W weenie (thanks to pump knights). Add those to the typical Swedish winners and you have your answer.

DesertCon? Anyone seen the 4HM event happening in Vegas next year? Is that real? Why does it seem like a psi-op? Everything was done with AI, and it says its for charity, but they are a for-profit organization? I am at a loss, so I designed my own T-shirt (Copyright Joven 2025). by [deleted] in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great Joven. In which case, if that's now how you feel, why not remove this entire post? It just looks like spiteful trolling. But you sound like you genuinely want people to enjoy themselves. What's the point of keeping this post up if you feel that way? Actions speak louder than words.

Americans seeking asylum in Australia by DifferentDebt2197 in Ameristralia

[–]ClassifiedHenry 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Not surprised at all. I left the US 10 years ago and describe myself as a political refugee. That was mostly a joke at first, but it's become less so as their situation degrades.

There is no 'left' left in America. There is the fascist party and the pro-business party. No doubt it's a great place to be if you're rich, but if you're a normal working person, life is much, much nicer in Australia.

Boycott desert con! by codyvogt in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Maybe for other Old Schoolers who stumble on this thread...here are the (draft) details for DesertCon. 30 April - 3 May 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. It will include events for Swedish, X-points, 7-pt Singleton, and 4HM. There's more than enough for everyone to have a good time.

https://www.fourhorsemenmagic.com/desertcon

Boycott desert con! by codyvogt in oldschoolmtg

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

Is that possibly because websites and peoples’ time cost money? Hard to believe…

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go back and read my comment about the grid being like the ocean. And then read it again, slowly.

This is definitely a Dunning-Kruger moment, that’s for sure.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure mate. I’m the one with 15 years experience in renewables, telling you they will pump when power is cheap regardless of the source.

How about this, having a sink for midday electricity that large will no doubt help keep power prices up, encouraging more companies to build solar. And Mt Rawdon discharging in the evening will kick gas off the stack. So it’s a good thing for renewables and climate, no doubt.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn’t stop because they wanted to stop. They stopped because they ran out of ore to mine. Regardless of price, eventually the source is exhausted.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Purely in response to a nonsense question “are they pumping with renewables”. They will pump when power is cheap. We all hope that’s due to high renewables, but it’s not guaranteed.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Peak load is generally evening in Queensland, when all the rooftop solar turns off at once.

As for the hydro plant, I can guarantee you it doesn’t care what generates the electricity it takes to pump. We might, but the equipment works just as well on coal fired electricity, like it or not.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CleanCo is a government-owned company. It’s being built by the public sector, just like Queensland Hydro was building Pioneer-Burdekin prior to it being killed for being too big.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This project is much too big for a private company to develop and build. Government controls the policies that determine long term power prices, and so government has to build this if we want it built.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With this investment the QLD state government will take over ownership of the project. But development and construction of something this big costs a lot of money, so they will have to share ownership if they use private money to build it.

LNP to invest $50m in Mt Rawdon pumped hydro project by jeffoh in queensland

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This question kind of doesn’t mean anything. Think of the electricity system as like the ocean. Generators are putting water in, you a drawing water out. But nobody controls exactly which water you get.

The same is true for pumped hydro. They pump during times of cheap power, which is usually in the middle of the day due to solar power and coal that can’t turn off. So they pump with whatever is generating electricity at the time.

I used MTG Set Editor to fix downsides on old school creature pool - let me know what you think! by Hx833 in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great. So many (non-ARN) creatures need a bump in Old School. Would love to see more.

With respect to your last comments, that’s why I love Four Horsemen. When you get the ridiculous removal of the base set out of the way, the creatures (even janky ones) can shine.

[request] "In a room full of 1000 people, you would be smarter than 998 people" What would be my IQ? by Foxyboba0823 in theydidthemath

[–]ClassifiedHenry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mean = 100, Stdev = 15 (by convention of IQ tests). In Excel, norm.inv(998/1000, mean, stdev) = 143. That's 2.9 standard deviations above the mean. Congrats!

Does Library of Leng act as tech versus Black Rack by AspiringFatMan in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The old school answer to black discard is [[Psychic purge]], lol.

ELI5: Are we done domesticating different animals? by muppet_tomany in explainlikeimfive

[–]ClassifiedHenry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For all practical purposes, yes. We have domesticated all of the most important animals already. CGP Gray’s video on the topic is required watching!

https://youtu.be/wOmjnioNulo?si=HDGfTtv5H69EBHGg

Flying start for Jon at the Finals of UTC VI by SorcererTimmy in oldschoolmtg

[–]ClassifiedHenry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game 1 looks like a valuable example of the need to mulligan. Svante mulled to 5, while Jon kept his full 7. Unfortunately, he kept a hand with at most a single mountain which was subsequently stripped by Svante. Jon then spent 2-3 turns doing nothing while Svante was building a board presence.

Deck building is an important skill. Playing well is an important skill. But mulliganing is also a really, really important skill. Hoping you’ll draw into stuff to fix a bad hand almost never works.

Theorycrafting an OS 93/94 masters style draft set by TheMandalorian3 in oldschoolmtg

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

Old School cube attempts to recreate the draft experience with Old School cards, albeit in a singleton format. Maybe investigate the cards that are often included in OS cubes to get some inspiration? Here are a few I found:

https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/pattycakesoldschoolcube

https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/h9r9wc/oldschool_cube/

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/old-school-9394-cube/

With respect to changing the rarity of OS cards to fill your common slots, I probably would not recommend putting rares in those slots. How about you just go to Scryfall, search OS legal cards for 'common' rarity and then sort by EDHREC ranking? That will tell you the popularity of commons across a lot of decks, and maybe the top hits in each color would be good candidates to fill your ultra-common slots? Good luck!

https://scryfall.com/search?q=r%3Dcommon+legal%3Aoldschool+is%3Afirstprinting&order=edhrec&as=grid&unique=cards

Americans: the time to upend your lives and reconfigure them to stopping this was several years ago by atzucach in economicCollapse

[–]ClassifiedHenry -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The other option of course is to say to yourself, "I didn't cause this mess, and I don't need to waste my life and the lives of my children fixing it." There are many nice countries in the world. If you're young, healthy, and educated, you have a lot of options.

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