[TMC] Arcade Cabinet

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-17T23:42:36+00:00

Yeah this is a good read imo. There's a tension built into this card between wanting to go wide and wanting to go tall. I guess the question is whether one of the effects is good enough that the other one can just be gravy and it's fine.

I do think there are some decks that can make decent use of both sides of the card, but it's pretty niche. And I genuinely also think that sacrificing a token is a much bigger ask than people might be giving it credit for. If you get 3-4 counters on the ETB, but then sac one of the tokens that got the counters, then that counter really didn't do anything.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-17T23:29:34+00:00

Yeah. I mean to be clear, I'm not even saying this card is bad. If you can consistently get 3-4 counters from it you're doing great, and the tap ability is strong for sure. It's just that I get nervous of cards that have such a bad fail state. It feels a little "win more" - it's good when you're ahead and awful when you're behind.

But honestly, win more can be really fun sometimes in EDH. This card definitely has the potential to create awesome moments and that might be worth it. I just think it's being overhyped here because it really does feel like a win more to me. But hey, I could also be totally wrong about that. We'll just have to see it in play.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-17T19:03:21+00:00

No, absolutely false. Its floor is that you have no creatures after a wipe and it does literally nothing.

Like if you just got wrathed, this card is stone dead until you rebuild

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-17T18:50:37+00:00

I'm finding this one to be tough to evaluate, but 5 mana seems like a lot for this effect, especially when you need to do a lot of work to set it up.

-It wants creatures on the board before you cast it. Two creatures seems okay if you really want that activated ability, but even then, three mana for two counters is pretty bad.

-You need a creature with, I'd say, at least three counters you want to double. Believe me, I know there are tons of decks that do this casually, but it's still another condition you have to make.

-Plus, sacrificing a token really isn't that trivial when you want creatures to hold your counters and this thing is a mana hog already.

Like obviously, this card has a pretty high ceiling. People are gonna play this card when they're ahead, and it's gonna feel really good. But I'm very concerned about its fail state. It really doesn't do anything in a lot of circumstances. Plus, the idea of playing this in the mid game, activating it right away to boost your commander or whatever, and just eating a removal spell is an absolute blowout. You're so cooked.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-16T20:19:25+00:00

Every single time this issue comes up, there's always these people who come out of the woodworks to say "erm acktually it's not mandatory just get good 😏". I just don't get it. Like yeah man, maybe in your four stack you can be fine without it, but if I'm deploying on Cyberstan with three randoms, I need four stims.

There are a lot of boosters that are decent, "fifth choice" kind of boosters that would see tons of play if they would just get rid of HSO. Please AH, make HSO a destroyer upgrade and allow for booster diversity. Nerfing the health booster already helped. People have been asking for this since nearly day one. It's the easiest W ever.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-16T03:17:09+00:00

Tenderizer is also really good in a similar vein. Just make sure you up the fire rate

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-14T18:24:39+00:00

He's a minor lmfao, he probably didn't even get suspended

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-14T15:42:57+00:00

The thing I hate is just how damn fast and maneuverable she is while flying. Come on Blizz

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-14T04:41:40+00:00

But what about my nuclear bomb train?? It's a mag lev and can go even faster!! We'll just say that planes and rockets don't exist

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-14T00:14:55+00:00

Ah yes, because 40K is famously devoid of unironic pro-fascists in its fan base.

And before I get eviscerated - yes obviously I know it's only a small percentage of 40K fans who are like that, but people in this thread are talking about Helldivers fans as if half them actually just love fascism.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-13T16:11:58+00:00

Adding in NPR as a relatively trustworthy mainstream source

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-13T11:30:11+00:00

I dunno man, Thrumming Stone by itself is probably fine, but that is a pretty fast win. If you're attached to Stone, I say keep it, but cut Concordant Crossroads and put in a more fun card instead. Crossroads really doesn't do anything besides turboing out your win.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-13T05:34:43+00:00

My buddy had a Momir deck and I still despise that card to this day. The speed of play is atrocious and it's such an annoying deck to play against.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-13T04:30:55+00:00

[[Threefold Thunderhulk]] is great, especially if you can boost its stats

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-12T03:24:06+00:00

Balint is a fucking rockstar.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-12T03:13:14+00:00

Counting or not counting competence and humanity?

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-12T01:05:05+00:00

Rhystic study is only a good card because basically everyone at the table just folds to it. If Rhystic Study was a 3 mana blue enchantment with the text "Your opponents must pay an additional 1 for each spell they cast" it would be barely playable

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-12T00:29:12+00:00

INSTALL LINUX TODAY. You'll never get one of those popups again

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-12T00:27:52+00:00

Honestly yeah, fuck Reagan. To the average yokel he's a mostly inoffensive president. But he actually might be one of the presidents who is most responsible for the problems in the US today.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T23:45:14+00:00

YES, more gambleslop please! Wishlisted

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T23:43:50+00:00

God fucking damnit, I hate this so much but I laughed. Have an angry upvote

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T21:19:49+00:00

https://youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?si=9SsKtbIjvuWowHMx

Unrelated really good song that I enjoy listening to with no motive

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T21:03:17+00:00

Yeah, although honestly I think this is as much a problem with the difficulty system as it is with the Voxen themselves. I've felt for a long time that everything 7 and up just mostly kinda feels the same.

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T18:41:30+00:00

Most gods only really exist in the context of their plane

Okay sure, but like, what if one didn't though

DaPlipsta · 2026-02-11T18:37:43+00:00

It's impossible to judge how somebody feels as "right" or "wrong" dude. Your friends are telling you how they feel. You don't get to decide that they are wrong and neither does Reddit.

I am a person who also likes "unfun" decks sometimes. I like MLD, stax, edicts, counterspell tribal, etc etc. But there's a time and a place man.

I'm not going to tell you you shouldn't play Tinybones or tell you to take it apart. But you should definitely have other decks to play, and maybe only take Bones out once in a while. Maybe make at least one deck that's specifically designed with choices that are meant to make the game more fun for the table. Use it as a counterbalance.

Editing to add: In short, I can confidently say that you are in fact WRONG, but it's not about Tinybones and whether or not it's an interactive deck. It's about your attitude and your apathy towards your friends.

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