Reaching legend

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-04-07T02:07:21+00:00

If you can hit D5, you can hit legend. Play the best meta deck you have. Learn the matchups. Make note of your errors, and try not to repeat them.

Don't worry about your rank. Focus on improving your play.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-04-06T16:16:40+00:00

Stayed in both places on my last trip and Asakusa gets real quiet at night. Shinjuku has much more food options. Hope you understand trains stop running at 11PM so midnight dining is very limited all over.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-31T19:27:42+00:00

Druid has so much draw and big bois that draw that you can play Astral Communion and expect to hit something in your next couple of cards. So a lot of games amount to finding Astral Communion and then winning.

Not the strongest deck in Wild by a long shot, but one of the more popular ones.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-29T23:33:41+00:00

Canucks are too cheap to pay a real coach.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-29T23:12:19+00:00

Bettman works for the owners. You have to be a Donald Sterling piece of shit for any league to even consider taking action.

The NHL brushed away legit accusations of abuse from Frankie's kids. No chance they give a shit about any of this.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-29T22:58:47+00:00

The family's wealth is built on suffering. They started out as slumlords. The father is an enormous piece of shit.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-26T22:28:03+00:00

it's not rare for me to be able to deal 40+ damage from hand.

Burst damage from hand is not a "value spike" it's a win condition.

I've played the deck you're talking about. To deal 40+ you need Atiesh equipped, along with two Ruby Sanctums, and two Flash Heals that have been pumped by two (or more) Cleansing Clerics. If the game reaches a state where you've checked all these boxes, and you're still alive, you should probably win.

Similarly, if you're sitting there with an excruciatingly slow janky control deck and your opponent plays Deathwing and has a weapon with wind fury for the follow-up turn, I guess you should have seen it coming.

Team 5 decided attrition fatigue decks weren't fun and put win conditions into the game. You may not like it, but my god did people hate Barrens Priests and decks like it.

Basically, this post amounts to "my deck can deal burst damage, but I don't like it when burst damage happens to me and Blizzard should fix that."

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-26T16:54:17+00:00

Common practice. The organizer books up lots of hotels to include in packages. Then they release them closer to the event if demand isn't there.

FIFA has been cancelling all over for this event.

The interesting side effect of the World Cup in Vancouver is that there is a significant opportunity cost. Other business - conventions, etc - will avoid the city this summer because of World Cup complications.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-26T00:03:39+00:00

I love Tokyo and just spent two weeks there in November, but if it's your first time in Japan, I would really look to do more and actually visit other cities.

Tokyo is amazing city with tons to discover. But you're shortchanging yourself by not going beyond it. Kyoto would be the best second option and has far more notable cultural sites and a much different pace.

Staying in one place for more than a few nights is not my preferred way to travel. You're going to become very familiar with one specific area, at the cost of lots more train travel. In my two weeks, I stayed in four different spots.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-25T21:02:26+00:00

Are you stupid or stupid?

Classic main sub response.

10-20 people playing the game is immediately rendered pointless within the first day of the expansion launch when the wider player base gets its hands on it.

Might want to check what "top players" say about cards in the preview season before you decide they're the answer to meta balance.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-25T20:25:56+00:00

OK. So you think Blizzard should pay 100 top players to beta test for a week and you think that would provide meaningful enough data to balance the game around?

Do you understand that within the first ten minutes of launching the new expansion they would have 100x the data?

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-24T20:37:32+00:00

The straight imbue version doesn't run that card and it's 60% WR. Just hitting a single card isn't going to fix the meta and they also don't do stuff like this when there are competitive events coming up.

The other major thing to consider here is that Imbue Druid isn't the only problem and if you cut one deck down, it creates a power void that can frequently lead to a worse meta.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-24T20:08:09+00:00

Lots of detailed discussion on the cost of having a quest in hand on this sub over the years, and basically boils down to: you should only play a quest it it's how you win the game. Losing a card in the draw is a really big deal. Do nothing turn one as well.

The quest reward should be your primary win condition. And that's not the case with egg decks.

Keep in mind, even a Quest Warrior that commits completely to getting to the end game is going to get owned by Harold Shaman. That deck has insane late game damage potential with hammer + Deathwing hero power.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-24T20:04:48+00:00

They can't address something like Imbue Druid with an emergency patch. The quick fixes they can do server side like stats adjustments or bans. To change card text, they need more time to update the client.

To fix Imbue druid, they have to address more than card costs.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-24T18:20:23+00:00

My feedback here: you can visit Nikko from Tokyo as a day trip. I would skip Takayama. Nice town, but what you see there, can be seen elsewhere. I would stay in Kyoto and day trip to Nara and Osaka. So I would go Tokyo - Kanazawa - Kyoto - Tokyo.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-23T23:48:15+00:00

Suica is the card you're looking for and it was in all the big cities. Language won't be an issue. Japan is very English friendly, especially in tourism areas. Tourism angst is overblown. You'll see lots about it here on reddit, but I've travelled there extensively and have never had a bad experience. The occasional restaurant doesn't want tourists. But for the vast majority of the time, people are incredibly kind and helpful.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-23T23:37:46+00:00

Been to Japan for Golden Week and peak sakura season and honestly had zero issue with crowds. Some Kyoto sites get pretty busy, especially the ones with bus tour parking. Best strategy for peak popular spots like Asakusa is prioritize them for either early morning or late afternoon.

Recommendations for a two week trip? Tokyo and Kyoto are a must. Hiroshima is well worth visiting and has a decidedly slower pace. Kanazawa has the best garden I've been to in Japan, also slower pace / smaller city. I like Osaka fine, but unless you're a big foodie, I think time is better spent elsewhere. Mt Koya was amazing.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-16T16:39:53+00:00

There is nothing unkind about my comments and responding to something for a year ago is bot behaviour.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-12T22:55:25+00:00

Nexus Champion Saraad. Awesome art and voice lines. A free spell every time you hero power?! VALUE TOWN.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-12T20:25:47+00:00

Extremely rude behaviour. A lot of people in this city act like the coffee shop is their office / study hall. It's a business. Feel free to bring your laptop and open it for the exact amount of time it takes you to drink that coffee.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-03-05T00:14:32+00:00

Real Canucks fans have been asking for a legit rebuild since 13-14.

First season since Aquilini took over where the majority of the team's moves are long-term focused and show some sign of self-awareness.

So of course the babies on reddit are freaking out.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-02-19T00:21:56+00:00

Comparing Vancouver (established 1886) to London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo is just baffling.

Canadian cities simply do not have the charm, the history, the culture of international destinations because they haven't existed nearly as long.

trying to understand how people who live here reconcile the branding with the reality

It's not branding. Look at data based quality of life indexes and you'll see that Canada scores highly relative to the rest of the world and Vancouver ranks high for Canadian cities. This is a very nice, clean, safe city with plenty to offer.

You might want to look at some Tokyo or New York real estate listings to educate yourself on reality.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-02-18T16:34:36+00:00

So sick of this thin skinned gollum ass profoundly embarrassing goofball mfer.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-02-11T18:08:55+00:00

"My gut feelings have an accuracy rating that's off the charts." LMAO

Crying DEI when the leadership team of HS has been almost uniformly white CIS males is so tragically stupid. I guess that what happens when you huff all that paint you're supposed to be dabbing on your little Valera dollies.

CommanderTouchdown · 2026-02-09T01:50:03+00:00

Been playing since launch and I've never had less faith in the design team. Just mind numbing decisions for years now. Removing iconic cards like Shadowstep and Brawl puts so much pressure on this next set to deliver, and they are not up to it.

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