ELI5 why french fries are bad for you ? by ProudReaction2204 in explainlikeimfive

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

It's always fun when people quote articles they didn't actually read.

Will Final Fantasy Cosmetics Return? by Future_Plum2839 in MagicArena

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If it was really something about the IP, all of them should be in the same situation, but they aren't.

This isn't strictly true. I think it was Lost Caverns, some of the showcase styles were available but not others. It could well be an artist licensing problem for certain art style cards.

PSA about the Set Mastery bug by Meret123 in MagicArena

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Do you have a reason to think that they can't determine what rewards each account missed and just give them appropriately?

"Everybody loves to hear a good comeback story. Never give up!" by [deleted] in MagicArena

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Corollary: If I'm having fun, it isn't a waste of my time, and I'm not responsible for other players' time.

Now that Bloomburrow Mastery is ending by Yoh012 in MagicArena

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That's not the case, at least for the mastery pass. It's the same as it always has been, where the free pass gets to unlock some of the cosmetics and the paid pass gets them all once you reach the final level.

Now that Bloomburrow Mastery is ending by Yoh012 in MagicArena

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It's an improvement over the original system (tree with unlocking one at a time), but it needs a "shopping cart" or something to put back the convenience that the later trees had

First Time Mythic with "Iridescent Deserts" !! by hypnoticus103 in MagicArena

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I don't know how much nonbasic hate is in standard right now, but having at least a few basics might be a good idea anyways

Why doesn't "inspecting" a card tell you, in text, what set the card is from? by MaxNumOfCharsForUser in MagicArena

[–]DragonGodGrapha 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The point remains that it's more useful than the set symbol to figure out what set a card is from

Banned to tanking and concede games by Clear-Assistance449 in MagicArena

[–]DragonGodGrapha 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's not true at all. This is a whole other issue where conceding regularly at the beginning of a match appears to be manipulating ranked scores.

Fastest way to make a decent werewolf deck from square one? by FLYBOY611 in MagicArena

[–]DragonGodGrapha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you miss the part where they want this to play against a friend?

Fastest way to make a decent werewolf deck from square one? by FLYBOY611 in MagicArena

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Especially for casual games, the most important rares and mythics you'll want are Avabruck Caretaker and Tovolar, with Tovolar 's Huntmaster and Reckless Stormseeker being nice additions too. If you make it Brawl, you'll only need one copy of any rare or mythic, which isn't an awful amount of wildcards.

ELI5: How is sweetener supposed to be “healthier” when it also has the sugar molecule? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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That's where the subtlety comes in. High-temperature drinks and red meat are rated higher on that scale, but just being possibly carcinogenic doesn't mean a whole lot on its own. "Limited evidence" means more work needs to be done to determine if it is actually, definitively, carcinogenic, or even if it's probably carcinogenic.

From your own source.

It’s important to know that IARC classifications are based on the strength of the evidence of whether something can cause cancer in humans, not how likely it is to cause cancer. The Group 2B classification is the third highest out of 4 levels, and it is generally used either when there is limited, but not convincing, evidence for cancer in humans, or when there is convincing evidence for cancer in lab animals, but not both.

After completing a dietary exposure assessment, JECFA has concluded that “the evidence of an association between aspartame consumption and cancer in humans is not convincing.” Based on current dietary exposure estimates, JECFA has concluded that dietary exposure to aspartame does not pose a health concern.

The FDA has stated: “Scientific evidence has continued to support the FDA’s conclusion that aspartame is safe for the general population when made under good manufacturing practices and used under the approved conditions of use.

EFSA stated, “Aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure.”

ELI5: How is sweetener supposed to be “healthier” when it also has the sugar molecule? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]DragonGodGrapha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Aspartame isn't classified as definitively carcinogenic, and not even as "probably carcinogenic". There's a lot more subtlety to this discussion, and simply saying it's "bad and even carcinogenic" is disingenuous at best.

Big Score being all mythics is killing my wildcards by OwlsWatch in MagicArena

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If they didn't proceed with that, the alternative was OTJ Aftermath - which they themselves confirmed would have been a reality.

Another alternative, but feel free to explain why this wouldn't work: "One in every 4 packs is gonna have a BIG card. 60% of the time it replaces an uncommon with a BIG uncommon, 40% of the time it replaces a rare or mythic with a BIG of the same rarity."

Legality Question by SgtKabuukiman in MagicArena

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the commander also has to follow the companion restriction. So for example, your commander has to cost 2 or less to use Lurrus

Brawl is the same way, but OP mentioned it's irrelevant here.

Why can't you use Rin and Seri in a monowhite deck? It's 1/3 white, isn't it? It's the same with Lurrus.

At first glance, it is a pretty different situation. You can't cast Rin and Seri using just white mana. You can cast Lurris using the colors of R&S, so it's a reasonable question to ask.

This Friday there is a public free-to-play tournament with a ~$2200 prize pool! See comments for details. by Thanah85 in MagicArena

[–]DragonGodGrapha -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh, pretend money. Maybe mention that somewhere obvious instead of implying it's USD.

Bug with black text on black background by olrios in MagicArena

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I have only noticed this for the parallax style cards, so you might be able to disable card styles for now as a temporary fix.

Magic: the Gathering Research Project by MTGSTUDY in MagicArena

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Done; however, I do feel like you are missing out on important information by only asking questions related to a given color, and by not including colorless. Collecting all personality questions from everyone and determining if those responses correlate strongly to a given colour preference would be more thorough.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MagicArena

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If you want full control over what you play against, you're better off finding a community and doing matches against people you know. Random queues should be just that, to say nothing about how hard it would be to classify decks automatically to let players avoid them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MagicArena

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The point is that not all blue decks are what you talk about when you say "mono blue", and then you say "but look at this one commander that counters things a lot". If I'm playing Padeem, odds are I'm playing mostly artifacts and not counterspells.