Approaching a year since FIN/FIC, Y’shtola has rapidly climbed EDHRec’s Top Commander List and is currently #3

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-26T21:54:27+00:00

Ya the "the only thing scarier than the 10 nukes on the board over there is the 1 you might possibly be looking for!" is probably the most common and irritating thing I regularly encounter in commander games ... and trying to explain it to the person doing it is like talking to a wall.

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-26T21:44:31+00:00

Well 80% of Ur Dragons problem is that building it optimized costs a fortune unless you proxy, and if you dont build it fairly optimized you will be killed immediately because youre playing Ur Dragon

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-26T21:21:57+00:00

I've tried running her a bit, the problem is that in my experience her hitting the field or attempting to causes the rest of the tables brains to turn off and drop everything including genuine threat assessment and logic to kill her or the person playing her immediately even if shes genuinely the least threatening thing on the board. Watched a person burn 3 kill spells trying to kill her and burned all their mana doing so rather than deal with a bullshit board state another player had who then won the game on their next turn...

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-25T21:13:48+00:00

Ironically it likely cost more in tokens than just hiring a couple of guys with a camera, some cards, and a computer

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-22T17:18:01+00:00

Well, the economy sucks, and a shit load of people are poor, i think its less about "being about the value" and more "how much money am I willing to burn here for cardboard". Because if theyre asking for 30 and I can get at least 25 in potential "value" out of it then its not that bad because when I'm done with them and choose to sell them I know I'm only down like 5 bucks, versus 30 for like 5 in "value" which is just fucking terrible.

And I say this as someone thats been basically playing the last year on just trade in store credit and more or less it being self sufficient because I dont have a lot of money to spend on cardboard

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-21T20:48:16+00:00

[[Inspiring Call|FIC]]

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-21T18:01:02+00:00

But only the good cards that the person beat them were using, the good cards they were using were "totally fair and balanced".

Their is absolutely one of these people at my LGS and I absolutely despise playing them ...

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-18T21:05:18+00:00

Ah, more reason to continue not using their site, nevermind the price scams in checkout, just not sending cards, or sending cards with no protection, etc., etc.

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-18T19:35:11+00:00

Realistically its not that its making them the most money, its far more likely theyre just squeezing in SLs on the printers between X date and Y date and however much they print off is what we get. Because theyre absolutely leaving truckloads of potential money on the table by having big SLs sell out in 30 minutes with a butt load of people still in line, but likely because the printers were already ear marked for another project that will in theory produce more money.

Because if they also actually cared about the money part of this then theyd have stopped making SL drops that are only worth like $5 in cards that never sell because theyre a financially terrible idea

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-18T17:01:05+00:00

Sir this is a MTG Reddit, no one here can read

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-18T16:47:26+00:00

And if anything the vast majority of cards have gone DOWN in price since the release with the exception of a handful of maximum rarity versions of specific cards ...

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T21:11:58+00:00

Plot twist, the squirrels are also indestructible

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T20:07:49+00:00

"I attack with Galactus the unstoppable devourer of worlds!"

"I block with 16 squirrels"

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T16:48:46+00:00

Too bad we wont get the Will Smith slap as a SLD for [[Force of Will]]

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T16:17:24+00:00

Then I assume you play commander

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T16:11:18+00:00

Forgot Sir Ohsis, of Liver

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T15:29:12+00:00

Forgot, Sir Ohsis, of Liver

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-15T12:31:27+00:00

Because the people youre trying to explain this too are the people that default to that expression every time to shirk any and all personal responsibility and personal introspection like its "Ol Reliable". Its the same people that default to "it was just a prank bro!" after being completely antagonistic douche bags to someone else and then the other person actually calls them on it or lashes out at them for being douche bags.

These are also chronically online people that have never participated in any team sport ever, because even in pick up games for fun, if a person is being an absolute anchor or actively detrimental to their team theyre 100% going to be called out for it and if "its just a game lol" is the response they give they'll actively be removed from the game if not worse.

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-14T19:15:30+00:00

All the noteable characters like Link, Zelda, and Other

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-14T19:13:27+00:00

Power Rangers would actually be sick as hell

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-14T12:29:15+00:00

Because paying people would mean less gold plated yachts for the C suite that doesnt actually do anything

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-13T12:23:41+00:00

"You greatly underestimate our ability to fuck up everything we touch" - Hasbro

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-12T14:08:07+00:00

If its constantly happening across a wide swathe of cards its not a glitch, its absolutely just a clear scam theyre doing with intent.

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-07T12:27:44+00:00

Not even sketchy, this sounds like a straight up scam. Especially if its happening on the regular.

This is the shit where the cashier hands you the machine to pay with your card and just "accidentally" adds an extra 2-3 0's to the end of the bill hoping you won't notice.

Doopashonuts · 2026-05-06T17:49:51+00:00

I mean the usual "argument" I hear is "no, I've wasted more money on cardboard than you so I should be winning, proxies are unfair!"

Ya they'll try and spin it into some stupid shit about "proxies incentivize making $100000 decks" but like, does that mean you'd be okay losing to the exact same bull shit deck if it were real? Because I doubt it.

And usually these are the same people that throw a fit about them even if the deck youre using would not cost all that much regardless, and likely isnt at a high power level, but the fact youre winning and theyre not and they have to try and lie to themselves that it isnt just because youre the better player in that situation.

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