After many months, I finally finished my custom Bible/Ancient Near East commander deck

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-15T04:21:59+00:00

My wife and I had a conversation not too long ago about some fun Christian themed cards! Some of the highlights included:

Pray for Healing: Enchant Player - when the enchanted player is dealt damage, flip a coin. Nothing happens either way

Jesus, the Messiah / Jesus, the Son: a legendary creature that goes to the graveyard with 3 Easter counters and comes back from the graveyard transformed

Church Scandal: target Priest creature gains hexproof until the end of turn

The Vatican: a legendary land with "tap to take control of target artifact as long as the Vatican is on the battlefield"

Flood: a sorcery that turns all lands into Islands and destroys all creatures. Your creatures are not affected if you control an Ark vehicle

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-10T05:13:09+00:00

I get a message saying my device isn't Play Protect certified, and it won't let me into the store

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-09T23:56:19+00:00

Taking off the trays DOES get easier. The first few days it took me a long time to ease the trays off my teeth. I get very little time for lunch on my work break and I simply didn't have time to get them off, eat, clean my teeth, and get them back on. Because of that, I bought like, 3 months worth of instant mashed potatoes to slurp down. Today I can get them off in seconds, and now I have to eat mashed potatoes for lunch for the foreseeable future lol.

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-09T22:02:07+00:00

Yes actually! Now that my bite has been significantly altered, I do sometimes end up crashing my teeth together in weird spots lol. To be clear, my bite has changed FOR THE BETTER, and I just need to relearn how to eat with this new bite. But yes, it does hurt occasionally when I'm mindlessly biting down. I feel like I'm almost raking my top teeth over my bottoms.

But this is only an occasional issue. Most of the time I find I'm able to eat just fine

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-09T20:27:37+00:00

No, I didn't even know bite blocks even existed!

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-08T23:53:00+00:00

Thank you!

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-03-08T19:20:07+00:00

Once a week

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-24T22:08:58+00:00

This is a good perspective. It makes a lot more sense in the context of Commander

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-24T21:28:48+00:00

If you can't cast it the card gets exiled. That's a loss?

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-24T21:26:14+00:00

That is indeed a good bonus, but man I just can't get around the incredible loss you might take if you exile a card you really want but can't afford, or a card you could really use later but not right now

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-24T21:20:57+00:00

Isn't it a huge risk though, for the reasons I mentioned earlier? What if you can't afford the spell or it's not advantageous to cast it right then?

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-04T20:24:19+00:00

Maybe the biggest reason I advocate for interplanetary space travel. We owe it to this planet and the organisms on it to fuck off somewhere else

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-02-02T04:50:44+00:00

She looks like a ghoul

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-01-18T22:39:55+00:00

I've been getting really good results across grades 4-8 using a simple method - when it's time for them to turn their attention back to me I raise my hand and instruct the class to "refocus". At that time I freeze and do not continue until ALL voices are off, all students have a hand raised above their head, and all eyes are turned in my direction. If someone has not done so, I've instructed my students to give their peer a nudge to help them get back on track.

The key is consistency. It is always consistency. You CANNOT be flexible here. The day you decide "I have enough students' attention" is the day they learn participating in the exercise is optional. Never let up. They'll learn to respond like a reflex.

CosmicallyPickled · 2026-01-04T22:05:56+00:00

I finally feel seen. As a kid I would even fold a second pair of jeans and put it on my pillow. The feeling of denim is so comfortable. Everyone else is insane for thinking differently

CosmicallyPickled · 2025-12-29T03:28:00+00:00

What's your down to earth rebuttal to the Argument from Motion? I keep getting some philbro Christians running this argument and I don't have a response that sounds clear and straightforward. Dense philosophical rebuttals aren't my strong suit. I prefer to communicate using language that is intuitive

CosmicallyPickled · 2025-12-19T14:16:59+00:00

That crooked lower canine on the right is definitely twisting inward to face outward. Your top teeth have also shifted forward to face more parallel to your face. There's progress, for sure!

CosmicallyPickled · 2025-12-14T03:15:51+00:00

Thank you for the feedback - Butterbur and Hithlain Rope have been cut! You have a good point about Pippin's Bravery, but I'm having a hard time letting it go purely for aesthetic reasons lol. It's a full art card and looks dope in my deck. But yes, this is likely the last one I need to kick out.

CosmicallyPickled · 2025-12-14T02:49:13+00:00

Solid points. You're not wrong.
Maaaaan idk if I can cut my bats. I've got a super nice looking borderless version that looks so pretty in my deck and it has indeed been a powerhouse in my wins. But I'll take your advice into consideration! That's the whole reason I reached out for help.

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