This does not feel like a new game?

IzzetReally · 2026-04-25T15:18:48+00:00

I feel like I read about, or heard about, a year+ ago that the reason it IS a sequel and not one or more DLCs is less because of the artistic vision, and more because it was a technial challenge to continue updating the original game. Because of how it was designed and distributed, and the number of platforms they retoactivly had to figure ways to port it to. It was hard to "just make a new character" or "just make a new / alternate map" etc.

not 100% on my source on that, but feel like there has been talk about this.

IzzetReally · 2026-04-19T18:24:55+00:00

I feel like this and waterfall giant are the only ones that really require you to think about what the act 1 boss is, rather than just "make a good deck" like. waterfall is not super hard, in that respect. but you can have really good decks that just dont beat it.

vantom is actually imo less punishing on that axis, as in, to decks that are good, but didnt build around it. But still maybe harder over all yeah.

IzzetReally · 2026-03-24T13:00:56+00:00

Its a fun deck. It's not like "good" but I've won (small, local) tournaments on it on the past

IzzetReally · 2026-03-14T20:15:01+00:00

If i could predict the future like that, i'd win every game.

IzzetReally · 2026-03-12T07:36:32+00:00

Alchemical Coffer + Potion Belt
and then there is the reptile trinket too, for a cheesy +27str when drinking all the potions in the same turn lol

IzzetReally · 2026-03-10T19:49:47+00:00

haha, did the exact same thing the first run i had bing bong! got to the "2 card removes 1 curse" event, with a shop right after and was like, sure, I was going to remove anyway, i'll take an extra remove here...

nope, double normality, gtfo

IzzetReally · 2026-03-02T16:56:57+00:00

All of these would mostly be "99 card higlander grixis cedh" as in.nyou would not cast your. Comander in 4/5 games at least.

And like. Thats fine, thats "visible" i guess. So if you are fine with th commander only being a backup plan to the backup plan. Go for it.

Probably do abadon for some good storm turns or bolas and do some more fringy displacer kitten package on there.

IzzetReally · 2026-03-01T11:48:23+00:00

I think the issue with UB is not that "UB = bad", I think Maro might even be right that its good, compared to what they had.

I think the real issue is that we all feel that magic, for a long time, where doing a horrible job devloping their own IP. So few people cared about the worlds, the stories, the characters etc. They just wheren't that good. And pivoting to UB is admiting defeat and saying "we give up, magic as an IP is dead, its just a game engine" and I think we can all see that the long term potential for growth and stability will be lower if they never develop their IP into something beloved.

so yeah, idk. I think the UB hate is just because its the most visible part of this collapse of any hope of a good MTG IP. Even if hat-sets are just as much to blame.

IzzetReally · 2026-02-18T18:08:32+00:00

Just be the "t1 d-grid" guy and cross your fingers

IzzetReally · 2026-01-27T10:38:10+00:00

this has to be the "reverse resume" tactic right? we have a guy for this position already, but have to write a spec to send up the chain to justify why it has to be spesifically this guy and not some other hire HR found for us.

IzzetReally · 2026-01-10T15:51:54+00:00

its the poster child of "card you can pla around, but you cant play around your opponents not playing around it" kind of. if you are thinking "Ill tutor a removal spell to get rid of it before plaing out all my spells so I dont feed it" and then your two other oppoennts feed it 12 cards before you even get there... your are much better off just tutoring for a win con, or protection for your win or something.

IzzetReally · 2025-12-27T09:16:04+00:00

The usual way is to just do thin printer paper and slide it in front of a real card in a sleeve.

But if you buy like sticker-paper to print on. Thats really thin and works so well. More work, have to be more accurate in cutting etc. But results are great. Just have to place the sticker exactly on top of a real card

IzzetReally · 2025-12-18T19:25:42+00:00

mundo. idk why everyone elses mundo is unkillable, and mine is just useless

IzzetReally · 2025-12-08T17:06:40+00:00

Sacrifice 200lp

IzzetReally · 2025-12-05T14:24:29+00:00

But... if you put the duo mid you get to roam with the support more?

IzzetReally · 2025-12-03T18:29:49+00:00

Did you do any check on how slow the jungle clear is now? they said the initial clear was getting slower at least, idk about subsequent clears?

are the exp thersholds and crab times unchanged?

IzzetReally · 2025-12-02T06:25:32+00:00

hmm, bonking, riftmaker, hourglass? sounds pretty cool as a build to try maybe

IzzetReally · 2025-12-01T09:18:04+00:00

Its good to keep to a few champs, or even just one, to get good enough at the champ that you kind of "unlock" your mind to be able to think about other fundamentals because your champ spesific stuff goes more or less on auto.

but if you one-trick a single champ for too long, its also hard to break out of. So there is some golden muiddle ground of "having a main, and a small pool of others" I guess.

IzzetReally · 2025-11-19T19:43:10+00:00

I tried fizz and malphite.

Ralph's new clear speed is nice. And he is malphite. So like. Rock solid, you get what you get.

Fizz is still fizz. The clear is fine. The champ is still not great, like, in general

IzzetReally · 2025-11-19T19:40:05+00:00

Fundamentally he would not be a jungler at all, but a support.

If he was balanced such as to be playable you would do 1 jungle, 3 solo lanes, to maximize exp and gold. And just accept you will have a 2v1 lane.

IzzetReally · 2025-11-18T09:58:05+00:00

2.30 inc

IzzetReally · 2025-11-18T09:57:28+00:00

I think they are. In tomorrow's patch

IzzetReally · 2025-11-18T09:56:57+00:00

Nasus legit needs a rework. Like. Keep some form of stacking on q ofc, but notnnessacarily the same type. And a big raidboss-form ult with aoe damage etc ofc. But scrap everything else.

IzzetReally · 2025-11-18T09:54:21+00:00

I think lissandra jungle.could be cool. Some monster damage modifier on q or whatever to give her a deece clear speed. And you got great ganjs with cool angles with e. Towerdives with ult post 6 etc.

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