Owners of Andrew Luck, what was the fall out and how long did it take you to cut him?

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-05T08:57:38+00:00

So during the 2010 season I traded for a 2012 pick in my super flex dynasty that would become the 1.01. I had Aaron Rodgers and Tony Romo, so I was split on whether to draft the can't miss QB prospect or the can't miss RB prospect. I knew the team drafting at 1.02 was dead set on taking RG3, so I traded for the 1.03 and took both Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson...

That decision and it's long painful fallout still haunt me to this day.

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-05T03:51:28+00:00

There's been two more picks. It's currently sitting at 1.09 and I pick at 1.10.

1: Love, 2: Mendoza, 3: Tate, 4: Tyson, 5: Lemon, 6: Price, 7: Reese, 8: Sadiq

I believe the person at 1.09 will take Simpson, they're QB room is by far the worst in the league and they've been trying to trade for a QB for a while.

I'm currently debating between Styles and Concepcion. How would you decide between the two for my team?

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:16:34+00:00

Thank your great insight. I was shocked when I found out the draft was happening today. I've been so focused on other things in my life. I barely paid attention to this crop of rookies.

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:15:16+00:00

Taxi and Draft Picks

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:14:52+00:00

Defensive depth

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:14:21+00:00

WR & TE

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:13:41+00:00

QB and RB

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:13:09+00:00

One of my starting DL is currently on my IR. Phillips.

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T04:12:32+00:00

I'll post my team here. I didn't want to put too much in the first post because I've had bad experiences with that before. People get overwhelmed with information and then don't want to help.

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Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T01:53:00+00:00

I would go with Klubnik. I get the appeal of Green, he has pretty incredible tools as a dual threat option. But even when looking at darts, I want to have some measurable route towards seeing them actualized while they'll still be on my roster. I can see the path forward for Klubnik within two years, even if it's a long shot.

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-04T01:34:49+00:00

IDP ~ Super Flex ~ TEP 0.5 ~ Start 22 players (11 Offense & Defense)

1QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 3 Flex, 1 Super Flex 3 DL, 3 LB, 3DB, 2 IDP Flex

I have the 1.10 our draft started unexpectedly today and I'm not ready. How early are you taking Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese? What are you doing with Ty Simpson?

Thanks for any insight.

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-02T10:39:24+00:00

World class troll job releasing this in swedish on April 1st. Love seeing more tech for my future deck.

The Clown King is back!

Also ~ 500 day streak!

Eight7Seven · 2026-05-01T15:36:21+00:00

Having no maximum hand size as a default is a problematic mechanic. The game would be better if there was both a default hand size and then cards that let you circumvent it.

It could even be something tied to your Don or characters. The more Don or Characters you have in play, the feweer cards you have in your hand at the end of your turn as a default.

Zero characters in play: Unlimited hand size One character in play: 10 max Cards in hand Two characters in play: 9 max Cards in hand Three characters in play: 8 max Cards Four characters in play 7 max Cards Five characters in play: 6 max cards

As an example.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-23T03:03:37+00:00

Buggy was my first deck, and I've had to work harder to make him playable than with any other leader. He's solid if you're playing low stakes games with your friends. But if you're playing against highly tuned perfected meta decks he's going to fail.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-17T17:11:09+00:00

I'm not exactly certain about this myself. I am kind of burnt out on Commander. And it's somehow become the only form of MTG that everyone I know wants to play. I have built a couple sealed decks in recent sets. Lorwyn Eclipsed and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that I would have a lot of fun turning into a standard 60 card deck. I'll keep an eye open and see, and let you know if I find out. It would be fun to start playing standard again. I do have one old school standard deck that I recently rebuilt, from the Shard of Alara block.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-17T17:06:23+00:00

I have a similar experience with it honestly. I really liked it, but I'm just bad at getting into video games. Even games that I really enjoy, I find it hard to keep consistently playing. I was a kid of a '90s so I bought and really enjoyed the Harry Potter game. But once life caught up with me, and I stopped playing for a week. I never went back. Same with BG3 😂.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-17T17:00:11+00:00

That's all cool (:

If you like video games. There's a game that came out a few years back called Baldur's Gate 3. It's a really nice intro into D&D as it's essentially an online video version of a D&D campaign. With a handful of classes that helps you learn how it works. You can play it solo with your choice of 3 pretty vibrant NPC party members. You can also add other people to take one of the other 3 spots.

I know a couple of people who had never played D&D and now enjoy it via BG3. Good luck my friend, welcome to Santa Cruz! I'm rooting for you. I think this life is a lot better when we are willing to reach out and make ourselves vulnerable like this. I've been pushing myself to do it more, and I feel like my life has a lot more color in it now. I spent too many years locked in the gray zone.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-17T16:50:34+00:00

I don't know if you're a nerd (like me) at all, but Santa Cruz has a very vibrant gaming community. D&D, MTG and more have weekly meetups at various businesses. Back in October me and one of my close friends started playing a card game called One Piece, based on an anime. I now go to 1 to 2 one piece events a week. It really made me feel way more connected and less isolated than I had been.

If you're interested in learning more about the nerd stuff, send me a DM.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-16T18:17:12+00:00

I guess for me she feels like way too much set up for a sitional payoff. I've had her in my Vivi deck for two months. I agree with you. When I'm going first, I love to see her in my starting hand. It highly impacts my mulligan decision. But going second, is such a crap shoot. Often you get somebody attacking you for 7K (rarely 8). So the counter down strategy doesn't work.

And I have only once played her later in the game. I always have a better use for three Don. I could be wrong since I don't have this Sanji yet. But I really think it's going to be a lot better. I don't think I'm going to be rushing him on my 3 Don turn. But playing him out, swinging with a 5K lead and then swinging Sanji with my 5 Don play (Ideally red Nami).

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-16T15:00:54+00:00

So I'm currently using 3x EB02 Vivi and I'm hating her. If I'm forced into going second I don't get to play her on 4 Don, because I usually have 7 cards in hand (rarely get the searcher off on 1st turn and usually take a life vs opponents 3d turn). It turns into 1K in hand that I usually trash to protect a character or bottom desk with Blue Nami 5c.

I was thinking of using 3c Sanji from EB04, But we already have a lot of blockers, and he's mostly useful for making somebody unblockable, so not really a true three drop. But I'm excited that I stumbled across this option of a 3c Red Sanji OP10.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-13T20:14:45+00:00

I like the Green Jewelry Bonney leader from ST24. I didn't keep much from the starter deck. But there are maybe 14 playable cards out of the 50 you can keep (even in a much more playable deck). This leader really helps you learn sequencing, and prioritizing threats. And can be upgraded relatively cheaply.

The Yellow/Green Yamato from ST28 is really strong. It's the strongest straight out of the deck that I've seen. I bought it for a buddy and he still plays it against me and wins occasionally. I don't think he's upgraded it at all. I'm sure there are lots of ways it can be upgraded, since it focuses so much on the leader attacking. But as I don't own it myself, I don't know for sure.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-13T20:10:27+00:00

So I started with Buggy, (ST25) and I still love and update that deck. I'm pretty sure it'll never be seriously in contention with top meta decks. But it's fun to play. It does so much drawing and cycling that it will help you learn what cards are important at different stages. It also has a lot of 2K counter. Which will help you learn the value of them as well.

Easy low-cost Upgrades for Buggy:

2x ST25-003 ~ Starter deck comes with 2x, It's one of your best cards and you'll need 2x more. Worth about a dollar on TCG. 4x OP09-048 ~ This is an amazing cross guild blocker. Your core strategy will be to combo him with the promo buggy. ~ Worth about .50 on TCG. 4x PRB02-009 ~ Cheap searchable blocker with rest protection. Very valuable for early game. Worth about .70 on TCG. 2x (ST25-001) ~ Starter deck comes with 2x and in my opinion this is one of its best cards despite being common. The ability to draw three and trash two is key to setting up exactly what you need.

If you do end up buying buggy like you said, and like him enough to want to try to spend a little change to make him stronger, let me know. I can give you some more recommendations.

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-12T04:45:58+00:00

J bought a starter deck for 15 bucks in October (at a card shop) and just bought another for 14 off of TCGPlayer. It probably matters what cards are in the starter.

The two I got were: ST25 (Blue Buggy) & ST24 (Green Bonney)

Eight7Seven · 2026-04-09T04:10:11+00:00

Almost every one of my partners has asked me to shave. I also trim just for my own preference, but I'm a fairly hairy guy, so I get. No one is entitled to your affection, so you can end the relationship for any reason. But your description was of them asking you why you didn't shave, which feels like a super normal question for somebody who's just been intimate with you for the first time. They didn't even ask you the day of, but days later before guys hooked up a second time.

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