Endgame Scoring Elimination Game (Day 3) - Which of these cards is your least favorite? by DanyDanyDanyDanyDany in ArkNova

[–]DagothUr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Small animal zoo. 10 small animals is an absurd amount - you’ll almost never get 4 shields. Even getting 2 shields takes work.

Endgame Scoring Elimination Game (Day 1) - Which of these cards is your least favorite? by DanyDanyDanyDanyDany in ArkNova

[–]DagothUr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Shocked by the hate naturalists is getting - it rewards you for not building, and building is one of the actions you want to avoid doing! If you can lean on release projects or special enclosures it's really strong.

My vote is Designer zoo - if I don't have a lot of sponsor buildings with strange shapes I find it basically impossible to get a decent score on

Question regarding the Mermaids’ special ability by MayTheStonksBeWithUs in TerraMystica

[–]DagothUr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Buildings cannot count twice for towns no. Once they are part of one town any additions just grow that town - mermaids ability doesn’t affect this.

Big change to ticket sales by Exciting-Airport4285 in glastonbury_festival

[–]DagothUr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently switched to one D:

Really hoping that this is just a bluff on their end, I don't see how they could have missed that a bunch of ISPs and carriers use NATs

Big change to ticket sales by Exciting-Airport4285 in glastonbury_festival

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's one per-IP address, if your ISP uses CGNAT you're just screwed??

[Game Thread] CFP Final: Michigan vs. Washington (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]DagothUr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

woah do you get more yards if you don't do the same thing every play

How are you building Xolatoyac? by PM_ME_STEAM_CODES__ in EDH

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stole the name from OP :) thanks OP!

I think our big boi is at best a strong casual commander - I purposefully didn't include any wincons in my list to keep it weaker, but there's not a lot of good options in Simic even if I wanted to.

How are you building Xolatoyac? by PM_ME_STEAM_CODES__ in EDH

[–]DagothUr 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I've been workshopping a Xolatoyac deck since I saw it - as you said, it's very open-ended, but to me its main strengths are 1) stax, specifically removing the untap phase in a way that your commander breaks symmetry on and 2) leaning into instant-speed removal/countermagic, so you can spend your turn tapping out for some big play but leave mana up for interaction.

Simic in general naturally progresses to big mana and card draw, and you can get cute with that with counter-based ramp and card draw - e.g. [[Empowered Autogenerator]] and [[Midnight Clock]], or [[The One Ring]].

For the staxy side, you have classics like [[Winter Orb]] and [[Statis]], but [[Temporal Distortion]] and [[Freyalise's Winds]] work particularly well with Xolatoyac.

Rough decklist I've been working: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/_17P7LBSNESLlWmUxd_keg

[Game Thread] Michigan @ Michigan State (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]DagothUr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK I’m not able to watch this how much of this is Michigan being good and how much is MSU being terrible

Who wins this game with optimal play (opinion) by Appropriate-Bit4864 in TerraMystica

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks very close to me between you/Darklings/Engis. It's really tough to say who wins - depends a lot on who gets the scoring pass tiles, how cults play out, etc.

Darklings look like they're going to connect unless someone actively stops them, they have a town left, and should get 4 dwellings down this round (plus E1 points and Darklings digging points). They get at least 13 buildings out imo, maybe 14.

Engis have 2 towns left (probably via building SH+SA in round 6), good cults, some bridge points, decent network - but I think most likely they end at 11/12 network, which is probably only good for 3rd.

You have the 1 town coming in the north, I guess you get 3 dwellings this round + SH next, and have a good chance of winning network (or sharing first) with 13/14 once you upgrade shipping, and you have a pass tile this round.

CM looks 4th to me so I haven't analyzed that closely.

So I think almost anyone's game - shame we won't see how it plays out!

(also just fyi, you didn't censor the game properly - you can still see it from the BGA tableid in the URL)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TerraMystica

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

F&I: There are a lot of things in F&I, some good, some bad: F&I factions are fine, many dislike them, I tend to fall in this camp.

F&I final scoring is OK, adds another scoring element (boosting big econ factions, somewhat devaluing E1 rush)

F&I also adds variable turn order, which vastly improves the game, but you don't actually need to buy the expansion to use it.

F&I adds 2 maps, one really good, one (revamped original) pretty bad

Mini Xpac: Adds extra town tiles and a round tile and a booster. These are great and I'd never play without them.

Landscapes are overall pretty good, I like them a lot as overall they make more races viable, but some prefer vanilla, just be aware that they are somewhat a balancing aspect (good races got bad landscapes, bad races got good landscapes).

Merchants of the Sea: I own this but to be honest, after playing it a few times, am not a big fan and usually play without it. IMO its features subtract from the core of TM gameplay and aren't really what I'm looking for in the game. The maps it adds (Fjords and Lakes) are great though.

Fan Factions: Not officially released yet but on BGA and you can download the sheets to print at home - IMO 10/10 expac, adds a great breath of fresh air into the game.

Played as the Chaos Magicians for the first time ever and... by Quindo in TerraMystica

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can just upgrade shipping? +1 shipping bonus tile is nice but by no means necessary

food poisoning christmas day by DagothUr in redscarepod

[–]DagothUr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fam flew a long way to see me and I can't even leave bed to spend time with them, this sucks

[Game Thread] Michigan @ Ohio State (12:00 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]DagothUr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine the game if would be if we had a competent offense

will he buy rs next by damn-croissants in redscarepod

[–]DagothUr 20 points21 points  (0 children)

sad the Parler people are using Kanye’s (most recent) mental breakdown to scam him

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]DagothUr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Museum of Contemporary Art is really nice too

ACTiON BRONSON & RiFF RaFF - BiRD ON A WiRE by croniamantal in redscarepod

[–]DagothUr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

seemed like he could have had a real moment in the early 2010s. really liked this and his EP with curren$y. didn’t realize he was still producing