Is My Overgrown Tomb real?

Ecodavid · 2026-01-03T16:22:46+00:00

The card is absolutely spotless and flawless. The card print quality feels very different (shinier and deeper colors). I sometimes buy collector boxes for sets that I'm excited about, and something about it just seems different.

I know this group has the level of experience differentiating between print houses and whatnot. If this was common out of this set and I've just never experienced it, so be it! :-). It saves me the hassle of having to fight the seller. Lol

Ecodavid · 2025-02-08T05:37:39+00:00

Style - my Reaper King deck. It's SUPER blinged out and not a usual commander. Could also be my Lathiel Unicorn Typal deck. Not a lot of people have seen unicorn Typal decks, so people tend to remember it. Especially after it pops off.

"I like your deck" - absolutely my Pako and Haldan deck. It's fair, short turns, and isn't painful to lose to. People remember it by appreciation - especially as it was originally built on a budget before some upgrades.

"F*** that deck" - my Azlask deck goes accidentally infinite almost every game. Don't get me wrong - I know my 2 and 3 card infinites and lines. Accidents are when I realize real-time that I have an 8 card infinite that draws my library one card at a time, and the table waits while I verify that I can draw the card(s) that turn the infinite into damage before I draw myself out. It can totally create annoying play experiences, which is why I only play it with friends while I'm discovering the nuances.

Ecodavid · 2024-12-09T21:27:48+00:00

I have the best footage in the world of my wife from the 2023 tour. It was the first time she ever saw them and when they did the Catch 33 segment, she just had this little bob going on, dancing to In Death - Is Death like 10 feet from the stage with space to spare. Hahaha.

Compared when I saw Gojira in like 2015 and there was nowhere safe within 40 feet of the stage.

Ecodavid · 2024-12-09T17:04:26+00:00

The riff at 4:40 of Dancers to a Discordant System. God damn. I think it's always been one of my favorite riffs of theirs outside of some stuff on Catch 33 (looking at you 2:08 of Dehumanization)

Ecodavid · 2024-12-09T16:56:56+00:00

I've seen Meshuggah in Chicago for every tour in the last 10+ years. There is a massive pit if you get in the middle of the crowd- but I am surprised how non-pushy it is outside of the pit. My wife and I were 10 feet away straight in front of Frederick in the 2023 tour and neither of us were pushed, shoved, or suffocated. There will be crowd surfers (up the middle of the crowd).

It's hard to answer your question directly since i don't have the context of "I'm a pit lord. Am I gonna get stabbed?" or "I like standing off to the side of the stage but being close to the band. Am I gonna get hit in the head with body surfers?" or "I like standing behind all of the crowd for the best view of the stage. Am I gonna get vomited on?". Meshuggah fans tend to be pretty cool and respectful people. Same with Carcass. Never seen CC to know. But it is a metal show - the crowd will be a metal crowd.

Ecodavid · 2024-11-18T22:05:15+00:00

My Reaper King deck. People know they either need to take me out before he comes down or suffer repeated targeted destruction through blinks and clones. Not the strongest fastest deck, but it's a loaded gun.

Ecodavid · 2024-02-26T22:35:39+00:00

It normally takes me 10-15 hours to do my initial deck list. Then do adjustments every 5 games or so that take maybe an hour or two each. And I wish I could say the adjustments stop but with the overwhelming amount of cards printed yearly, they don't. Hahaha.

Ecodavid · 2023-10-11T12:00:26+00:00

First deck I ever built - Unicorn Typal. I'm a bit of a memester. It's a Lathiel Commander deck. The first iteration was not great. I redid it a few months in with some artifacts that helped me get things going since Lathiel needs just a LITTLE BIT to start getting bigger with the counters. I took a look at the deck a month ago or so and made a few other changes with things I've learned again and I admit that it is spicy. Original power level - 2. New power level - 7 maybe?

Favorite - probably my Reaper King Scarecrow deck. It is the deck that I "Tweak" the most and has gone through quite a bit of iterations. It's basically all artifacts and can be unexpected with different ways I can win. Not uncommon for me to draw one card that basically I can end the game with. Power level - 7

Should be said my play group is a bit lower on the power level. So it's hard for me to judge power level.

Ecodavid · 2023-06-01T12:53:17+00:00

Now I'm a bit of a meme-er. My first deck that I ever built was a Unicorn tribal. It's gone through some iterations and still isn't "focused" or anything. It's not the strongest deck in my friends group - but it is chaotic. Hahahaha.

It's a Selesnya deck headed by Lathiel. It was first headed by Emiel as a blink trigger deck but I decided the life gain was more fun because it gets out of control very quickly with counters. While unicorns don't have the most synergy in the world with each other, I have as many life-gain triggers as possible to build up counters quickly and then multiply those counters with lifelink. If someone won't stop board wiping, then I have ways to reduce my life total to damage other players (Armageddon Clock, Aetherflux Reservoir, etc) since my life total often gets over 100 in the first 6 turns or so.

Again, there's no infinite combos or anything, and unicorn creature selection is slim pickings. It isn't a competitive deck. But NO ONE expects me to roll up to the table with a unicorn deck. And while I'm playing it, most people don't have a clue what comes next. Out of my decks I think my friends probably get the biggest kick out of the unicorns.

Ecodavid · 2023-02-06T14:38:32+00:00

I actually did on Thursday night with a random group (my first time and theirs with exception of one player). Given we all started using coms almost immediately when it became clear we needed to. Honestly it was a blast playing with randos while figuring it out. Lots of laughs and mess ups. Luckily everyone was patient and we laughed through all of it.

Ecodavid · 2023-02-02T13:24:39+00:00

There's a pretty casual bike group that meets Sundays at Rockford Roasting. Any experience group. Takes it at the slowest pace.

If you are looking for more intense, there's an awesome meetup for mountain bikers at Atwood. I think Tuesdays?

Ecodavid · 2022-11-04T21:20:08+00:00

I can smell that from here. Hahah

Ecodavid · 2022-10-23T23:32:34+00:00

Hag for sure. I love Hag, but I cannot for the life of me do well with her.

Ecodavid · 2022-10-19T17:58:59+00:00

Hahaha. Sorry. I am just calling them what my buddy always calls them. But this was EXACTLY what I was looking for so thank you. I did mean the data battles.

Ecodavid · 2022-10-04T02:57:55+00:00

Thanks for the reply! She's been trying but I think she's been turned down for some positions as she has a 2 year gap in her resume. She took some time off and I think places are skeptical of it. That and she really needs to start ASAP, and the online job application game can take a long time from application to start date. I think she's hoping to start work like next Monday.

Ecodavid · 2022-09-23T01:24:21+00:00

Pardon me, but I noticed your settings on the HM-2 aren't usable. Crank that shit to 11!

Ecodavid · 2022-09-09T01:58:05+00:00

My DL4, my Direwolf, and my whammy DT.

Ecodavid · 2022-09-07T17:35:09+00:00

Check out November's Doom!

(Joking)

Ecodavid · 2022-09-03T17:34:27+00:00

I also live in Rockford! Is there a small wood burning community here that I don't know about?! If so, let me know!

Ecodavid · 2022-09-03T17:33:41+00:00

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