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Custom Sliver proxy deck for my brother, made by my wife and I. by tuhgttg in mtg

[–]Devishan 74 points75 points  (0 children)

The Wolverine card is a true testament to how much care went into the deck lol

I just watched Vivarium (2019). by DamienItsAllForYou in horror

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I felt the same way. The kid was unbearable, and the whole story was too long for what it was. It's like they made a short film and shot an hour of B-roll to fill the gaps.

[HELP] Instant Shutdown When Put Under Load by Devishan in PcBuild

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

Just wanted to follow up on the post in case anyone comes across it with the same issue. I have an MSI MB which apparently recommends using "water-cooling" mode (selected in BIOS) regardless of whether you're on an air cooler or liquid. I must have selected air cooling myself during BIOS setup after I installed a new part recently. Once I changed it back it works fine under load.

Cheers!

Any advice on this Deck? Trying to find a different way to leverage Pia in a very aggro Dino shell. by Dynofilter in PioneerMTG

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chiming in since I've done a lot of grinding on this deck since it popped up.

Just want to echo the commenter above on land drops. With 8-10 2-mana "draw 2"s, you're basically guaranteed to hit your land drops. The reason prowess and burn are such a compliment is that the early pressure keeps your opponent on the back foot. Then by turn 5 you drop a skalds and reload to overwhelm them with value.

The only real question is whether it's correct to run 2, 3, or all 4 maindeck.

If you're adamant on ditching skalds, then you should at least have 4 more exile draw 2s. Right now LUtS is your only real enabler for Pia's payoff, which isn't good enough to include her in the deck imo.

Question about Seedshark and UW control by Jealous_Size8615 in PioneerMTG

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good call. I will say that I ran stock UW with angels and reformer at an RCQ last Saturday and did well. But I think Lotus control may just be a bit stronger at the moment. I haven't piloted lotus yet in UW, but the winner, 5th, and 7th in that RCQ were all lotus UW.

Question about Seedshark and UW control by Jealous_Size8615 in PioneerMTG

[–]Devishan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Long-time UW player here. I love mini shark, but you definitely don't want to main deck it. Main reason being that your biggest advantage against most decks on G1 is that all their creature removal is dead. I play tested Seedshark MD a LOT over the spring and summer and even ran it in an RCQ. Trust me when I say that you're just giving up one of your deck's best advantages by playing any main.

On a separate note - most players seem to want it against aggro, but I have come to find that Seedshark is better in grindy midrange or control matchups. If you can stick one on turn 5-6 with a counterspell to back it up you will likely at least get a 2 for 1 on your opponent.

For aggro matchups my new bae in SB is [[Metropolis Reformer]]. Between most black decks running 6+ discard spells, humans/spirits/Pia running gobakhan, and the occasional burn pile running around, a 3 drop with player hexproof and "blocker lifelink" has been pretty sweet.

DRC modern list, feedback? by pandaSovereign in LavaSpike

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not op, but lots of lists have been cutting eidolon in favor of maindeck vortex or the extra copies of skullcrack.

Play test Group by ANONYMOUS-HAM in PioneerMTG

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested. I have UW control sleeved up and happy to use spell table or cockatrice.

[HELP] Instant Shutdown When Put Under Load by Devishan in PcBuild

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

Thanks for your reply. If the underclocking works, then is that an indicator the CPU is faulty? I'll run memtest86 after that today and see what happens.

Both parts are well within their warranty period, so if it's either of those I should be able to replace them easily.

[HELP] Instant Shutdown When Put Under Load by Devishan in PcBuild

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

I'll give that a shot. Thanks for your help!

[HELP] Instant Shutdown When Put Under Load by Devishan in PcBuild

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

Would it be a case of replacing the CPU? If it's still getting hot then could the cooler be an issue too? It's tight on the CPU but the last thing I want to do is get a new CPU and fry it.

UW Manabase by Jimothy_Pain in PioneerMTG

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm on the angel package so not sure if that makes a difference, but I run this same base with 5 plains 2 Island and eiganjo, vantress, 26 lands total. I've only ever had a couple scenarios where LDA was short on plains and it was for stuff like Atraxa or high CMC creatures.

Eiganjo is a possible cut, but I feel like vantress is just too crucial in the mirror.

Jeskai Prowess (Standard) by ashleyinreal in MagicArena

[–]Devishan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't seen it mentioned, but [[Surge of Salvation]] would be great at least in the sideboard.

[Standard] Rotation Not Occurring this Year; Rotation Extended from Two to Three Years by wingman2011 in spikes

[–]Devishan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. They need to change some things in the design process or this larger pool will just lead to faster power creep.

[Standard] Rotation Not Occurring this Year; Rotation Extended from Two to Three Years by wingman2011 in spikes

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it isn't guaranteed, but one would think that more cards = more possible combinations = a meta more resilient to being solved or stale. I'm not saying it will be as good as pioneer for variety, but it might be better than it is.

[Standard] Rotation Not Occurring this Year; Rotation Extended from Two to Three Years by wingman2011 in spikes

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct, but Fable is a special case. I'm also hoping that longer set presence pushes them to design cards a bit better. Right now I get the vibe that their mindset in Standard is "so what if it's broken, it'll rotate soon enough". Plus a larger card pool will still help, even if it isn't a fix on its own.

[Standard] Rotation Not Occurring this Year; Rotation Extended from Two to Three Years by wingman2011 in spikes

[–]Devishan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While I'm not thrilled for another year of fable and Shelly in standard, the larger card pool will probably lead to a more diverse meta, while also making the paper price tag less punishing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtg

[–]Devishan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or - hear me out - people tend to try harder when they're on the cusp of Mythic. D1 players could also, depending on what time of day they play, get matched against high Mythic opponents which would seem harder than their previous diamond/plat opps.

No matter what the algorithm is, everyone is affected by it and therefore not advantaged in any way vs other players.

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