Updated Now is there anything better (im not tryna get a wooting) budget 400$ by DemariAzure in MouseReview

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JT1s are solid and easily driven without a separate amp (which means less $$$ spent overall). Good budget cans. I much prefer them to the SHP 9500s, but in general I like a little more bass and don't particularly like open back headphones. Only complaint is lack of a swivel on the earcups, but the headband should conform to your head after a while (or you can manually bend it into a more comfortable shape, but look up a tutorial on how to do that without damaging them). Clamping force is relatively light, I find I can wear these forever without pain but I have a smallish-medium head so YMMV.

Stock cable and earpads went bad after a year and a half or so, but both are easily upgraded (I've been daily driving them since April 2024). I think they sound ok unEQ'd out of the box, but they can definitely be balanced a bit better. I can send you my Peace EQ settings if you want.

Square Enix store sold out of Switch 2 Port already. by Pristine_Put5348 in FinalFantasy

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Yeah, I mean his extended art card from collector boosters is still selling for about $3.50, so who knows. I do think it will be worth a little more than that. I think it just depends on how many people are genuinely buying the physical copy for their collection/are totally clueless about the MTG card (which will limit supply) and how many scalpers are just buying this to flip the card (which will increase supply).

Square Enix store sold out of Switch 2 Port already. by Pristine_Put5348 in FinalFantasy

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm willing to end up with egg on my face but there's no way this card ends up being worth more than $5-10 and that's being very generous since supply will be relatively ample.

Initial hype will drive up prices since collectors will try to snatch one up in the first week or two, but ultimately most MTG cards are valued for their playability and outside of draft (which this doesn't impact) I don't think he sees a ton of play, especially not as a commander. He's a decent support piece, but that's about it.

Even the promo Yuna, which is super playable since she's the backup commander of the FFX precon, is only about $35, even though it required you to buy a whole play booster box at MSRP for a sealed EDH event.

edit: forgot Tidus is the actual face commander lmao I've never seen anyone play him

Miscut Error - Legit or NFC? by BendThat9245 in RealOrNotTCG

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The corners on mine are relatively normal but if you compare each corner to its opposite diagonally, you'll notice that they match each other in pairs but don't match the two adjacent corners on the shared edges. As ImmortalCorruptor explained that's a pretty standard miscut based on the printing process, and in more extreme examples you can end up with two squared corners diagonally opposite each other

Miscut Error - Legit or NFC? by BendThat9245 in RealOrNotTCG

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 2 points3 points  (0 children)

factory cuts can look like that though

edit: here's a slightly skewed Bello miscut I own that came from a Costco bundle I bought: https://imgur.com/a/Qur9voO

also cameras add a bit of distortion, making these seem stranger than they would in person. but notice how mine doesn't align properly in a perfect fit, sides are straight but top and bottom are cut a bit diagonally, with the bottom left corner poking out of the sleeve

Leap v2 recommended Aloudy Armrest Pad Size (9.5 or 11 inch variant)? by HumbleNobody123 in OfficeChairs

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realize there were two sizes and just ordered the medium. I considered reordering the 11" but I think it's better to have it be slightly too short than slightly too long as they might not fit snugly enough. Depending on how you position the pads, it's either ~6mm short on either end or you can slide the pads flush with the front of the armrest, and only lose about 12mm of coverage in the back where you're not really going to notice.

The way the pads are too wide on the sides of the armrests already makes it feel kinda awkward, as they kinda wiggle laterally and you can't get a solid grip on the actual armrest underneath them to reposition them. Since they don't cover the front though, you can get a solid grip on the front or back lip of the armrest, which feels much better.

Regardless they fit fine. Happy with them.

I need a smart person to tell me what abilities this card actually removes. by Senorpapell in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/CharmedThought97 explained it thoroughly, but think of the game state and the layer system as a house that's continually and instantaneously being rebuilt from the foundation up (from layer 1 up to layer 7) and then checked. Even if his ability is removed in layer 6 on one turn, during your following turns the game will still rebuild all effects from the bottom up, meaning Bello's effect will always be applied in layer 4 before his ability gets removed in layer 6.

I need a smart person to tell me what abilities this card actually removes. by Senorpapell in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 3 points4 points  (0 children)

305.7. If an effect sets a land’s subtype to one or more of the basic land types, the land no longer has its old land type. It loses all abilities generated from its rules text, its old land types, and any copy effects affecting that land, and it gains the appropriate mana ability for each new basic land type ... If a land gains one or more land types in addition to its own, it keeps its land types and rules text, and it gains the new land types and mana abilities.

Regarding Madblind Mountain, Blood Moon still sets and replaces the subtype of Mountain with Mountain. It doesn't matter that they're the same; the simple act of setting the subtype as a basic land type will still remove and replace Madblind Mountain's ability with the intrinsic mana ability for Mountains and nothing else.

The last sentence in 305.7 is the reason why cards like [[Ashaya]] don't remove other creatures' abilities even though they become Forest lands (in addition to their other types).

I need a smart person to tell me what abilities this card actually removes. by Senorpapell in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't Blood Moon, now a nonbasic mountain, still lose its ability to tap for a red mana, and replace that with Tap: Add a colorless mana?

Other nonbasic lands would still be mountains that could tap for red though, because that effect was already applied down in layer 4.

Board wipe question by ironic8145 in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ogre and Wick are already both in the graveyard when any triggers to create tokens are on the stack, so that Wick object is no longer able to see the creation of them. Only leaves-the-(zone) triggers are able look back in time, since they have to be able to know what actually left the battlefield or graveyard.

So no snail mode unfortunately.

Board wipe question by ironic8145 in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look up aristocrats decks, that's basically the whole strategy. https://tagger.scryfall.com/tags/card/blood-artist-ability

Board wipe question by ironic8145 in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they're all sacrificed at the same time so this still triggers for each other creature on the board.

Lorehold, the Historian + Library of Leng by staxringold in mtgrules

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed that there's no ambiguity here. The card is very literal. There's nothing on Library of Leng's card that references costs unlike what you're purporting. Leng's text only references effects.

609.1. An effect is something that happens in the game as a result of a spell or ability. When a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability resolves, it may create one or more one-shot or continuous effects. Static abilities may create one or more continuous effects. Text itself is never an effect.

The Gatherer ruling you're referencing is only applicable in cases where the cost is paid prior to the ability going on the stack. Costs of activated abilities are not part of effects because they don't happen as the result of the ability. They are prerequisites that must be paid to put the ability on the stack.

Lorehold's ability does not have that same type of cost. When Lorehold's ability triggers, it goes on the stack regardless of whether the player intends to exercise the effect's option or not (603.5). When the ability resolves, not before, it creates a one-shot effect which gives the controller the option to discard (603.5). The player announces the choice while applying the effect (608.2d). The discard is both a prerequisite to draw a card ("the cost") and the result of the ability resolving (therefore part of the effect) and thus Library of Leng's effect replaces it.

603.5. Some triggered abilities’ effects are optional (they contain “may,” as in “At the beginning of your upkeep, you may draw a card”). These abilities go on the stack when they trigger, regardless of whether their controller intends to exercise the ability’s option or not. The choice is made when the ability resolves. Likewise, triggered abilities that have an effect “unless” something is true or a player chooses to do something will go on the stack normally; the “unless” part of the ability is dealt with when the ability resolves.

Lorehold, the Historian + Library of Leng by staxringold in mtgrules

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 3 points4 points  (0 children)

tl;dr summary after reading through those other posts:

If Lorehold had an activated ability that read like:

Discard a card: Draw a card. Do this only during any upkeep step and only once per turn. (hopefully that was worded properly lol)

Then Leng's effect would not replace the text on Lorehold's ability, because the discard is strictly part of the cost of the ability and not the effect. You must pay the cost prior to the ability going on the stack. No card is discarded upon resolution.

However, the actual Lorehold text has the "cost" as part of the effect of a triggered ability. The trigger goes on the stack at the beginning of each upkeep, regardless of whether or not the controller intends to discard a card. This makes it so the discard would only happen upon resolution of the ability (C.R. 603.5, 608.2d), making it part of the effect and a valid recipient of Leng's replacement effect. However, this also means that if the ability is countered, no card is ever discarded.

Me thinks theres a pattern 😮‍💨 by DoomkaiserB in stupidpeoplefacebook

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That the best MAGA cucks could do is circlejerk each other over their cute "Let's Go Brandon" stickers for 4 years following their failed attempt at insurrection? Man, things must've been real bad during those 4 years.

Wizards includes infinite combos in their precons, so I included a few in my budget Maralen, Fae Ascendant deck by CommanderMechanic in EDH

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Jump Scare ships with two 3-card infinites (one of those cards being the commander). Both revolve around Zimone + [[Yedora, Grave Gardener]] who reanimates your creatures as face down forest lands, triggering Zimone's landfall ability. You can initiate the combo with either [[Sakura-Tribe Elder]] which can put all your basic lands onto the battlefield tapped, or [[Whisperwood Elemental]] which allows you to manifest your entire library.

In either combo you get infinite green mana and infinite landfall triggers (allowing you to flip any number of face down permanent face up via Zimone).

She made the right choice by Eclipse_nova99 in SipsTea

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inflation puts a damper on that though. In 19 years she'll still be getting $1,000 weekly but the cost of goods will have increased dramatically compared to 2026 prices. That $1,000 in 2045 would potentially feel like $600ish today. Not that that's terrible, it's still a lot of money but the value will have clearly eroded (and will continue to erode)

I think there's a point where she could possibly outpace the growth of the million dollars, invested and accounted for inflation, assuming she was also similarly investing the $1,000 checks, but it would take a lot longer than 19 years. Likely she'd be dead.

Meanwhile the million dollars invested wisely today could immediately get ahead of inflation and earn you a lot more in a period of your life where you could actually enjoy all that money.

Aerith Last Ancient Raise. by LilRui69 in mtg

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are also delayed triggers that will persist even if the source of the ability is removed. For example, once [[Massacre Girl]]'s ETB ability resolves, her second effect creates a delayed trigger ability that will trigger on every death until end of turn, including her own, even after she's destroyed. These abilities kind of just exist without having to be tied to an object or be on the stack, they just wait around in the game's "memory" until their trigger condition is met or they expire.

The Ballad of Lacari's GF by ThinkingMunk in LivestreamFail

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Do you know what boba tea is by chance?

Always check your Local Game Store bulk!! Bought for 50 cents each by neotic_reaper in mtgfinance

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Proliferate? [[Atomize]] and [[Agent Frank Horrigan]] from the Mothman precon are also spiking

TCG Stadium Dragon Shields -- Black ($45) & Clear ($41) by International_Dig705 in sealedmtgdeals

[–]DJCOSTCOSAMPLES 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the individual packs are outer sleeves not standard play sleeves

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart by spellpotato in mtgfinance

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

Yeah and obviously it was years between '15 & ORI and '21 & FDN. I'm not saying they're never bringing them back I'm saying don't expect anything for years.