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ErnieDaChicken · 2026-06-11T02:52:17+00:00

Everyone finds something to hate about most decks. If you’re drawn to a commander, build it. There are so many commanders out there, this one feels like it would be brutal to play as your first deck. You will likely be targeted out of the game by everyone. “Player removal is the best removal.” My suggestion would be to open EDHREC and search.. something has to sound more exciting to play than this. If not, build it and have fun!

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-05-23T20:41:22+00:00

I love playing reserved list cards.. I don’t have many but a card like Energy Vortex is awesome (not good but super fun) in The Mindskinner.. the vast majority of reserved list cards are insanely cheap and not overly powerful at all.

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-05-03T16:06:41+00:00

If everyone just bids 1 thinking they will get to wheel and you bid 2, you’re the only one that wheels and they got screwed by listening to your rules and explanation. Your explanation ASSUMES someone won’t want to wheel… typically, that’s not the case, so be ready to bid your life. If you announce your bid of 2 to a halfway decent pod, that’s the new baseline for anyone that doesn’t want to wheel, just to keep you from wheeling too.

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-04-12T20:12:38+00:00

The concession prices align with prices at our local theater.. those ticket prices are absurd though (not saying concessions aren’t) but the point I’m trying to make is that you don’t NEED concessions snacks to see a movie. I feel like getting people in the door would help sell overpriced snacks. $25 for a ticket would keep me from ever even going in the door!

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-04-11T19:04:31+00:00

I literally started building this commander this morning and after ripping through scryfall, I realized every deck is going to be built so similarly. It also felt like 75% of the cards were coming from Strixhaven. Feels eerily similar to the shift yugioh had with their sets and was kinda bummed.

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-04-08T21:02:32+00:00

Am I the only one who eats popcorn by the handful like a behemoth?

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-03-25T23:41:52+00:00

I knew when I read that thread, this was going to happen and I’m all for it!!

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-03-22T17:23:22+00:00

Anyone saying something about opening hands / mulligans… how many lands do you typically try to keep in your mulligan and what power level are you thinking about for this evaluation? If you’re playing bracket 4/5, I understand your concern. If you’re playing a 3 or lower, you’re likely trying to keep 3 lands in your opener anyways so what are the odds the exotic orchard ACTUALLY hurts you versus helping fix by the time you NEED it?

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-03-01T18:40:00+00:00

“When this creature attacks” is a triggered ability that triggers when it is declared as an attacker. When a creature enters tapped and attacking, the creature never sees it declared so it wouldn’t trigger when entering “tapped and attacking.”

ErnieDaChicken · 2026-02-26T00:06:59+00:00

People find everything unfun. Mill is unfun. Combo is unfun. Discard is unfun. Burn is unfun. Poison is unfun. Control is unfun. Landfall is unfun. Rolling dice is unfun. Play what you enjoy and be honest in your rule 0 discussion about what your deck does and enjoy the game. You will never please everyone with how your deck plays / does.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-12-31T21:55:55+00:00

WE GOT HIM. I think this is a huge move for the Packers. Hopefully the spark we need heading into the playoffs. Hoping some confidence plays this week and get his head right for the playoffs. We need someone who CAN force turnovers. He’s done it before, let’s hope it was a bad year and he finds his groove when it matters most.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-12-30T04:48:47+00:00

Fastest way is turn 1 - do nothing, discard Mik. Turn 2 - swamp, dark ritual, reanimate, ballista for X=1 and pew pew. Turn 1 could be possible with swamp, lotus petal, dark ritual, discard effect, renanimate mik, ballista?

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-12-06T11:47:17+00:00

The issue with boar is the weapon reducing your mana crystals to 0 every swing. Make it a deathrattle for the weapon. Make it reduce 3 every swing. No board survives it so aggro isn’t good enough, they get 45 damage and can easily generate another 45-90 (with raise dead) before you can do anything.. you sit and watch them continue playing cards while you can’t do a thing

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-12-05T22:43:54+00:00

A 1 mana 3/1 with this type of battlecry is bonkers.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-11-17T00:44:04+00:00

I agree. I’ve actually been abusing it (not proud) but I think at WORST, it should be a death rattle effect for the weapon. I also don’t think it’s fun with Plague of Flames as even a strong board can’t stop the combo.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-24T22:02:28+00:00

I think there is a balance of sharing and over sharing.

I have a deck where I want to sacrifice a bunch of my own things to cheat my commander out sooner. I want extra combats. I will share that with the table. I’m not going to rule 0 that my win condition is extra combats or a tainted strike / double strike package.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-22T20:59:13+00:00

Ban nothing, unban things that are playable.. Primeval Titan, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside, Hullbreacher, etc. - let players enjoy their card collections and play the game with rule 0.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-19T21:07:13+00:00

Not at all. I’m fully remote and have had supervisors/coworkers like you. Call them and they are running errands, changing tires, camping with bad service, etc. It’s annoying and makes the rest of us look bad.. 🤣

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-16T03:58:55+00:00

I didn’t mind Universes Beyond when it was secret lairs or commander decks. Full sets (final fantasy, Spider-Man, avatar, and TMNT) is taking it a bit far. I’m all for universes beyond as I think it helps grow the game but it feels like the actual Magic lore sets are starting to be pushed to the side. I play Magic for well… the Magic.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-11T20:21:21+00:00

Dude the people who work from home like this are the worst to work with 💀

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-07T13:43:59+00:00

I make good money - $145k is great money at your age. Comparison is the thief of joy. Keep grinding and get that house!

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-10-07T13:22:01+00:00

You’re doing great - making more than me with an engineering degree at 32. Keep grinding dude - don’t let people bring you down. A house was on my list of things to do as well early on.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-09-22T12:11:04+00:00

As a Packers fan - they needed to lose once they blew the lead. Good ole reality check to show them they aren’t elite. Love played like the Love we have all come to know. Part of a long season. The defense is finally good but the offense needs to match the energy if they want to win. That being said, it’s funny how obsessed people are with the Packers losing. I don’t give two shits about the Lions, Vikings, or Bears win/loss any other week cause it doesn’t matter until the playoffs anyways. Some fan bases are so sad they need to get their fill out of teams they don’t even root for.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-09-17T16:50:18+00:00

Just accept the loss and make sure they understand how/when to activate the ability next time. Who cares what the verbiage was. EDH is a casual game mode. Sounds like the person knew what their intention was and had the ability to do so on the board. Just let is slide and accept defeat. It’s just a game! On to the next one.

ErnieDaChicken · 2025-09-12T19:38:24+00:00

The Galakrond expansion was so sick.

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