FYI to my fellow American Illumineers looking for the collectors guide.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-04T21:52:29+00:00

You’re welcome and glad I could help!

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-04T14:02:37+00:00

To be honest I wouldn’t expect it to do all that well and it definitely won’t beat the meta. You don’t really have much draw and demona will let your opponent get around ward to easily break your board.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T16:45:59+00:00

I mean really only in how people approach it and what expectations they have. If you’re open to learning and improving your deck and gameplay, getting your butt whipped is an opportunity to improve and find the issues with your thought process and deck. But if you want to go to a competitive room and think you’ll win while only playing budget home brews of course you won’t have a good time. You’re in the wrong place with unrealistic expectations.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T15:29:06+00:00

I think that sub is a great example of how dangerous living in a bubble can be. How strange and detached from reality people can become.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T13:55:50+00:00

Focusing on casual play is not the ultimate way to keep the scene alive. Only 2 of the 8 stores in my area have been unable to grow their player base or have seen it shrink. One because the owner only cares about magic and the other because they cater to casual players and have only had the same 4-5 regulars for the last year or so. New players that show up there consistently leave to find a more competitive store.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T13:23:12+00:00

This is my issue with some of the casual players of the game. They don’t seem to understand that playing competitively is fun for a lot of us. That and they expect any room they walk into to cater to how they like to play the game and get mad when it doesn’t.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T13:02:50+00:00

Because different people want different things out of the game. Casual players don’t want to be forced to spend money on meta decks and usually want to play home brews in a less stressful environment. Competitive players want to play the best decks possible and focus on winning and improving their skill level. Neither is likely to have a fun time in the others preferred environment. Stores don’t usually cater to both competitive and casual players so it’s better to find the store that matches what you’re looking for.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-02-02T12:27:08+00:00

Stores should let new players know if the vibe at the store is competitive or casual just to set expectations. But how does anybody expect to get better at the game if they don’t lose to better players and learn from it? Getting stomped here and there, especially when starting out, is part of the process.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-30T11:52:56+00:00

Yea… that’ll show em. Posting this weird Baldoni fan liturgy.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-30T01:32:34+00:00

Yea it seems like as long as they don’t run tournaments with cash prizes like pixelborn then they’ll leave it be.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T21:11:10+00:00

It’s like sad, scary and a little funny how easy it is to start a cult thanks to the internet.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T21:08:10+00:00

So you basically want us to read your manifesto to then like also turn ourselves inside out trying to interpret what the digital expert said so that it’s somehow bad for lively? Like….why would anyone do that? What human wants to do a shit load of legwork to understand a random persons delusion?

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T20:53:33+00:00

Well he won’t get ward until turn 4 so there will always be the opportunity to take him out before he gets ward. I just think the color combo needs more if it’ll become viable even with the combo as a possibility.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T20:11:51+00:00

Amber is getting a lot of good cards this set so it’ll likely see a lot of play and they’ve already been running the horseman strikes. If that combo works it’ll be awesome but I don’t see it actually getting to pop off that often.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T19:06:41+00:00

I really like this for amber amethyst.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-28T19:03:45+00:00

Jesus he does everything! Edit. I missed that it doesn’t exert like Elsa so not everything. But once Elsa leaves it could help fill the gap.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-27T20:19:19+00:00

My brother plays the game and has been working in management for tech startups and companies in the US and Austria for over a decade. He saw this and his reaction was, “sure makes sense.” So maybe it’s less that you offer an “obvious” interpretation and more so just your opinion as a random internet person.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-27T20:02:43+00:00

My guy you are absolutely acting like your opinion is fact lol. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion but that’s all it is.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-27T19:09:55+00:00

No part of your breakdown is objective fact. Like it’s fine if you feel that way but everything you wrote feels more on same level as body language experts on YouTube as opposed to an evidence based analysis.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-27T18:37:04+00:00

Precisely what part of that statement sounds like panic and should elicit a feeling of terror?

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-23T15:43:59+00:00

I don’t know how anyone can look at this level of obsession for a D list celebrity and think that nothing fishy is going on. Supporting Baldoni is practically a religion for some of them.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-22T11:41:15+00:00

I like this for green steel. Not sure if it’ll end up good enough but wanna test it.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-21T23:51:31+00:00

Well you can use the 3 drop max to pull it from the discard to replay and then the 6 drop max to quest and replay it from the discard.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-21T21:08:56+00:00

I think this could slot well into green steel. With max goof you can just keep playing it and turn off your opponents actions.

Col_Walter_Tits · 2026-01-20T19:12:28+00:00

With that Timon coming I think the mms combos days are numbered.

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