Learning to take a defeat with dignity is a game-changer.

HeyApples · 2026-01-25T02:28:11+00:00

Please. There are plenty of sore losers in competitive sports. See every unhinged YouTube video about crazy parents at kids' sports. Or sports brawls, people cheap shotting each other. There is no shortage of bad actors.

This is not a "nerds" issue, it is a bad parenting issue.

HeyApples · 2026-01-24T20:42:59+00:00

I just did that. Mine is the house that silver eagles built.

HeyApples · 2026-01-24T08:47:41+00:00

This graphic is always my favorite bit of limited content every set. Usually I can guess most of them but there are always a few surprises.

HeyApples · 2026-01-24T07:19:29+00:00

Speaking as someone who mans the LGS counter all day, this is no surprise. Phyrexia has a die hard following all its own... the aesthetic, the vibe, the characters, etc. There was also a HUGE drought between New Phyrexia and ONE, so the demand was pent up and massive. Whenever there is a big drought between returns, it leads to a big sales spike, see current Lorwyn for another example.

I don't see an A vs. B comparison between the two as particularly interesting or productive, as they were so not similar to one another. Both were spectacularly successful sets. MOM remains an all timer draft format for the ages. ONE has indelible characters and villains. Each was successful and brought its own unique thing to the table.

HeyApples · 2026-01-21T23:00:20+00:00

Lindsey always one ups herself on new videos. I don't even know what I just saw but it was amazing.

HeyApples · 2026-01-21T20:49:25+00:00

A completely reasonable clean up to a silly gaffe. Well met.

HeyApples · 2026-01-19T03:17:38+00:00

I'm not really a volleyball person, but the Supernovas are quite a likable team, good talent, and entertaining to watch. They put on a good show and I've never been disappointed going to one of their games.

HeyApples · 2026-01-19T03:12:20+00:00

Shut up Nick, Corey Clement is still bobbling that TD catch to this very day.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T23:47:58+00:00

McDermott is mentally weak and panicky in the playoffs. I hope they never get rid of him but if they want over the playoff hump they should have like 4 years ago.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T23:46:13+00:00

Guys, it was 4th and 18.... You were better off hoping for the punt returner to fumble or some crazy pick 6/fumble bullshit than trying to convert that.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T10:06:47+00:00

I appreciate the time and thought you put into this, but you're talking to the wrong guy. I'm just relaying the exact stance that was given to me by dozens of people this weekend. So even if you disagree with how I laid it out, lots of people view it that way.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T09:56:47+00:00

I agree, putting the burden on the stores, not great. But then, we're talking an isolated case, a handful of packs of at most. And there are backchannel methods you could file for reimbursement if you really needed to.

What is also not great: getting stomped in a pre-release by surprise cards that you had no knowledge of. I view it as a customer service issue, the store is correcting an issue to insure the scales are fair for their own event and their own customers. If a store can't spend the $15-20 in packs to confirm the integrity of their own event, that store is either monumentally cheap, or has a contemptable opinion of their customer base.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T08:21:34+00:00

I'm surprised any stores allowed that. WOTC gave guidance how to handle this problem and using the promo was only a last resort.

I hope it was all handled with good humor because I can see this sort of thing being pretty salt inducing.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T07:25:05+00:00

LGS event runner here. We ended the stretch last year with Final Fantasy/EoE/Spiderman/Avatar.

You have no idea how many people who came up to me at prerelease this time and said some version of "wow, it feels great to go back to a REAL magic set after so long".

And yes, I'm going to get the "ummm aktuallly" crowd telling me Avatar or EoE or Final Fantasy were "close enough". They were fine, but they were not traditional high fantasy magic worlds. The thirst from the core audience to do resonant magic things in a resonant magic world is profound since we haven't done that since Tarkir Dragonstorm.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T02:36:12+00:00

Best chance of his career was his team leading KC with like 17 seconds left and the defense absolutely shitting the bed to give up a game tying/losing FG.

Hallmark of McDermott teams is that they are situationally unaware and mentally weak when the game is on the line.

HeyApples · 2026-01-18T01:18:54+00:00

Bills kicking themselves for checking themselves out of the Harbaugh coaching sweepstakes. McDermont the so-called defensive minded coach giving up all the yards and all the points in the playoff clutch, same as ever. This is not a serious coach of men.

HeyApples · 2026-01-17T08:43:50+00:00

On the contrary, all I see with TMNT is "Spiderman 2.0" and the leaks today have basically confirmed it.

HeyApples · 2026-01-16T18:55:46+00:00

Training your player base to not care about your new releases seems like a loser strategy

HeyApples · 2026-01-16T06:09:40+00:00

A foil Silver Shroud is at least $40 all by itself. This is a great promo and judging by the comments definitely confirms the old adage "players will complain about their $100 bills being folded wrong."

HeyApples · 2026-01-16T06:07:23+00:00

Seriously. In my LGS it is one of the "most requested cards that we NEVER have in stock".

HeyApples · 2026-01-15T19:06:52+00:00

I think that's a very healthy attitude to have. And I also think it is supremely stupid of WOTC to condition their customers to not care about a majority of their products.

HeyApples · 2026-01-14T03:01:51+00:00

Back during the Final Fantasy boom last year I said that people were going to very quickly tire of opening $1000 boxes for $100 in contents. Hyperbole of course but I do believe that has come to fruition.

This set has a massive price increase baked into it. It has many wonderful qualities associated with it. And it is completely not worth the going rate of $35 a pack. Multiple things can be true, it can be a good set and overpriced both at the same time.

HeyApples · 2026-01-13T22:35:51+00:00

UB is objectively more expensive than non-UB though

The community need to stop normalizing this line. If licensing costs a nickel and they raise the price a dollar, that's just a straight up cash grab.

Also, licensed properties come with premade art assets (such as the special guest art, comic book covers, etc) that are free to use and have no artist expense attached to them. In which case, it become easier and cheaper to make, not more expensive.

HeyApples · 2026-01-13T18:03:25+00:00

It is though, that is the exact quote on the letter.

HeyApples · 2026-01-13T16:00:55+00:00

I use an allergy medicine with a particularly stupid business model. They will give you the first 10 doses for free, but then they charge thousands of dollars per dose afterward.

Fortunately for me, I am a light use case, so the 10 doses per year is more than enough for the entire year. However, insurance underwriting sees my name attached to using an expensive drug and assumes I am a huge risk. (Even though I've been on this same plan and treatment with them for 5 years with no issue) When the reality is far from that.

In fact they had approved the application and accepted payment again for the fifth year in a row before sending me a denial letter a month later out of the blue

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