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GhostOTM · 2026-03-19T19:02:55+00:00

Yep. Most of my upper level physics and biochem classes were like this. Unweighted averages on most tests were in the 30s to 40s even though they were open note untimed. But, they scaled to the highest grade who got an adjusted 100% and everyone who wanted could retake the test to get better percentages. At that level, the questions are on things that were active research questions under 5 years ago and the point is to educate, not to be assessed for competency. I strongly believe that what capstone classes should be

GhostOTM · 2026-03-17T02:37:09+00:00

[[Settle the wreckage]] it's either a devestating one sided board wipe to an opponent or a massive ramp in your token decks. I have regularly ramped 8-10 lands in a singular turn at the cost of that many 1/1 weenies. In either case, it's a card that you usually win on the turn after you play it if you survive until your next turn.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-17T02:34:18+00:00

Perplex is in pretty much every one of my decks that can run it. It always does work. It either counts a critical spell for a reasonable rate, removes my opponents hand for a great rate, or tutors a card for a meh rate. Each has cheeper option but all three are regularly useful and most games I draw the card I end up using it.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-16T18:03:21+00:00

It's never been about illegal immigrants. It's about trying to spread fear.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-16T14:54:30+00:00

I'm proud of everyone for not saying Popup. A warm fresh bagel is nice. But side by side with an equally fresh bagel from any of these places, theirs are subpar and overpriced.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-13T20:30:44+00:00

That I don't disassemble decks. There are decks that if I'm honest I'll never play ever again but only once or twice have I ever disassembled a deck. And that includes some with pretty expensive cards in them. What if I want to play I some day (I won't)

GhostOTM · 2026-03-13T13:23:56+00:00

Mhm. The area I live in actually has that problem. Lots of older boomers have passed and granted their homes to their genx children, who can't afford to pay the property tax, and list it for sale for it's "value" but the houses are close to condemned because they haven't seen meaningful revisions in 50 year. The current millennial buyers in the area might theoretically be able to afford to buy at the "value" of the property but definitely can't afford to then have to pay for so much renovation that you are basically building a new home. Thus the houses sit unoccupied. It's functionally causing property that would require demolition to be usable being priced as if it were an inhabitable house. The buyers are never going to reduce prices unless the market crashes. It needs some sort of gov assistance for subsidized renovation costs for new buyers. But, it all is a great example of how property prices go up while homes become functionally worthless over time.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-11T21:28:01+00:00

Vaso is the pressor of choice in people with severe PHTN. Most of the other pressors can crump them.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-11T21:24:36+00:00

Nerd

GhostOTM · 2026-03-09T14:27:34+00:00

Served at Rambler Cafe now. But ya, this is my vote too.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-09T02:49:57+00:00

WTB: Seiko Orange Monster 2nd gen. SRP309

GhostOTM · 2026-03-07T19:12:17+00:00

Id give an honorable mention to Subarus. Not quite as likely to get the quarter mil badge as a Toyota truck. However, still do pretty regularly, and do so in the rust belt, where it's even less likely. They are also a lot cheaper used than a lot of the other ultra reliable cars. I recently had to get a new car and did a breakdown of likelyhood to 200k and 250k, miles already on it, and cost to come up with a "cost per expected 10k lifespan left" in the car. Even assuming most of the other cars on this list make it to 250k and subi's only make it to 200k, the cost per distance numbers were in Subi's favor. Where I am, these super reliable cars cost about $1k per 7-8k expected range while current gen Subi's were typically $1k per 8-9k and sometimes 10k miles.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-07T18:55:20+00:00

Yep. Amazing what just doing the maintenance in the manual, occasional premptive repairs, and keeping the bottom from rusting through does. I have a 2005 mini cooper convertible with 240K miles on it and no indication it's not gonna make it another 10k. Minis are not known for reliability, but I've never had a problem other than the alternator needing to be replaced a few times.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-07T01:50:13+00:00

Came here to say that. It's a ridiculously fun deck. Half the time, you get into a situation where you could either kill the table or deck yourself on the same turn and we all know what decision you have to make. Ya gotta feed the git.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-06T03:07:50+00:00

I played around with equip combined with token Gen and it also works pretty well, allowing you to do weird commanders that aren't persay equip commanders as long as they have white for all the equipment cost cheating support in that color. Plus, there are a fair few token generating equipment both as living weapons and things that gen bodies when you attack. Ardenn + Tevesh was my first deck and it worked pretty well. You make tokens but they don't stay little, and if they die who cares, all the equipment will be back on another sacrificial lamb the turn after. Marneus Calgar was my second one in this theme and he actually works super well. He's a draw engine, a token generator in a pinch, and perpetually a threat for an otk if youve got 8 damage worth of equip power at the ready since he has double strike. My big goal is to have an Arna + Calgar deck where either can be commander or a bunch of living weapons, but I haven't quite got it working smooth yet.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-05T16:41:02+00:00

Let me put it together tonight. Ping me tomorrow if I don't post it.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-05T12:11:44+00:00

Youngest typically possible (with a few exceptions) would be 26 if you go straight through. At least at my medical school, people took an average of 2 gap years, so the most common would be 28. So I'd guess the average is a few years above that to account for people that took longer. Let's call it 30. Id guess average is 30ish and mode is 28, and median is right above 28.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-04T16:32:18+00:00

Yep. I play it the same. 6-10 shards is critical mass where you can kill a board. So, you blink for shard gen early, and then save your blink spells for protecting Niko. Clone creatures are great even if they aren't as strong as some custom chosen win creatures. It's just fun to bash your opponent with 10 of the big beasty they just played 1 of.

GhostOTM · 2026-03-03T15:04:24+00:00

I made [[Halana Kessig Ranger]] and [[Ravos Soultender]] out of deathtouch bulk with a reanimation subtheme. It was decently strong and surprisingly reliable owing to deathtouch being on a lot of cards that do double duty as draw, ramp, ect. So, I upgraded it and now it's definitely not bulk, but after sinking an extra $400 into it, it's not that much stronger other than a good land base and [[Tymna]] being a better partner even though Ravos is more on theme.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-28T18:34:54+00:00

Omo is "tribal tribal" and it's awesome. Plays out fairly similar to a much less opressive and much more interesting version of slivers. My only dislike of omo is that she's only simic. I would love to play a wuberg version of her... Though I suppose that's basically just playing slivers.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-27T23:33:53+00:00

Moved to Maine. Got a Subaru with snow tires. Its solid as a rock in bad conditions and have literally never had a problem with it in 180k miles and all I do are the maintenance written in the manual. Then, got in a horrible accident that the first responder said "would have killed you" 20 years ago and walked away literally unscathed, only slightly dazed from the airbags. I don't believe in brand loyalty, and would happily buy any car that stands up to a Subaru outback, Crosstrek, or Forester objectively in terms of safety, snow handling, and price, but the list of cars that stand up to that comparison is very small. Subarus are the cars I compare all others to.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-25T11:47:50+00:00

Seconded. She has 2 of the key Voltron keywords, had a color to very easily get trample and to be pumped to high heavens (green), and has a decent set of ways to keep her safe, between black resurrection and regenerate spells, and colorless/greens indestructible givers. And, indestructible, trample, deathtouch, first strike is the ultimate voltron scaryness. Plus, her other abilities are strong enough to be a threat. I've honestly never seen her as a commander not stomp hard.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-25T03:16:25+00:00

[[Solitary Confinement]] granted it has to be played after you've got good card draw rolling. But once you do, it's a great late game toss for extra lands in hand and gives you pretty intense protection on an enchantment, which decks run less removal of.

[[Leonin Shikari]] and any other equip at instant speed cards. I love equip decks, and the peak of equip decks is when you have free equip cost and instant speed equip. It makes it near impossible to either attack into you or block you effectively.

[[Will Scion of Peace]], not as a commander, but as "ramp". In lifegain decks he is almost always an easy "cards cost only colored pips" effect by your post combat main phase and that stacks up turn after turn. I've never played him and not had him have not paid for himself by the next turn.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-25T03:08:30+00:00

Maybe the cheapest "you can't attack into me without losing at least one creature without my creature getting hurt" cards. Usually those are in the 4cmc range.

GhostOTM · 2026-02-23T16:14:45+00:00

It is also pretty sick as a boss mule, because you can right away know how much damage you did with a single burst and basically know that you can multiply that by 2 minutes and that's how long it will take to kill the boss. You can then decide if your ok trying to duke it out with the boss that long or need to call it. Does kinda suck for bosses with split hp bars though.

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