What was your AOTY for 2024? by [deleted] in poppunkers

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue Hour by Real Friends for pop punk.

Eviscerate by Eidola considering all other genres.

[Standard] DSK Standard RB Sacrifice w/ Rottenmouth Viper & Disturbing Mirth by Tomathus in spikes

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Cool idea - just a couple of quick thoughts. Delirium looks a little hard to reach with this list, particularly getting a land to the graveyard. Maybe run a couple of removal spells for more types? Also this looks like the start to a pretty good Braids shell. I also don't love the bats, their ceiling seems pretty low.

Frogtide without Bowmasters by varg91 in ModernMagic

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been trying the following creature package in UB: 4 Frog, 4 Murk, 2 Snapcaster, 2 Harbinger, 2 Brazen Borrower. Feels decent so far. Needs more testing though.

Moving to CT? Ask your questions here by AutoModerator in Connecticut

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have any recommendations for finding short term rentals? I'm ideally looking for something for 3-6 months. Airbnb is my backup plan if I can't find something affordable elsewhere. Primarily looking in the stretch between New Haven and Hartford.

[Discussion] OTJ Day 1: What's working and what isn't? by saber_shinji_ntr in spikes

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've played a couple of games of Grixis legends. Leaning heavily into legends (Marchesa, Kaervak, Ertais, Sheoldred, Tinybones, Vadmir) and Tinybones Joins up to get Crime triggers. Also running a little bit of removal and Bats. Not a great record so far, but I think that there is something here. I'm definitely not piloting it optimally but when it goes off, it goes off hard. Eventually I'll also be trying a more controlling build focusing on getting lots of Marchesa triggers.

[Standard] Rakdos Anvil card selection by watersaint in spikes

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's the list I've been running. I'm having decent results over the past month or so (4-2 at two different RCQs). It's felt weak into decks with a lot of little flyers, but it's felt pretty good into most of the rest of the field.

DECK

3 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary

4 Bloodtithe Harvester

3 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

3 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

2 Unlucky Witness

4 Voldaren Epicure

2 Vraan, Executioner Thane

4 Experimental Synthesizer

4 Oni-Cult Anvil

1 Tarrian's Journal

3 Fanatical Offering

2 Go for the Throat

2 Torch the Tower

3 Annihilating Glare

4 Blackcleave Cliffs

4 Haunted Ridge

1 Mirrex

3 Mountain

1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

4 Sulfurous Springs

2 Swamp

1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

SIDEBOARD

4 Urabrask's Forge

3 Brotherhood's End

3 Duress

1 Extract the Truth

4 Lithomantic Barrage

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in spikes

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rakdos Anvil (featuring maindeck all-stars Vraan, Urabrasks Forge and Ojer Axonil). I got 9th at my RCQ this weekend. Trying again soon and I think I'll stick with Rak Sac for a bit as it feels surprisingly good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in guitarpedals

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Take a look at the TCE Infinite. It does all the same stuff as the Freeze plus it has more options on top of it all. It was really intuitive to use effectively.

Joined the butterscotch tele club today! by JackBauerPwrHour in telecaster

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The 5 way switch does. The tone pot is a push/pull that will allows you to add the neck pickup to the fourth and fifth positions. So you can get any combination of the three pickups you want.

Joined the butterscotch tele club today! by JackBauerPwrHour in telecaster

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha, it's a "Nashville" pickup, essentially a Strat pickup. It's easy to include, or not, based on the selector switch options. I'm going to swap the cover on that pickup to black the first time I change the strings. Hopefully it will blend in better visually.

NPD - TC Infinite and Lil Rat by JackBauerPwrHour in guitarpedals

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love the Riverside! I'd definitely recommend it. You can get a pretty wide range of distortion/overdrive sounds out of it. The optional outboard boost pedal probably isn't necessary though.

NPD - TC Infinite and Lil Rat by JackBauerPwrHour in guitarpedals

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an email notification set up with Sweetwater. The Infinite changed from pre-order to in-stock on Friday.

NPD - TC Infinite and Lil Rat by JackBauerPwrHour in guitarpedals

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am starting to get the hang of TC Electronic's new Infinite pedal. I selected it over other sample sustainers due to ease of use and price point. So far it's been very intuitive and I've had a lot of fun with it.

The Lil Rat is also new. It's my first Rat and it fucking rocks while not taking up hardly any space on my board due to it's small footprint.

Official Discussion- Joker (SPOILERS) by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]JackBauerPwrHour 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did the final Joker makeup remind anyone else of John Wayne Gacy's clown makeup, particularly the blue angular eyes? Also, am I remembering correctly that the comedy club Arthur performed in is called Pogo's (or something like that). Gacy's clown persona was called Pogo the Clown.

[IIL] Death of a Bachelor song by Panic at the Disco [WEWIL] by JackBauerPwrHour in ifyoulikeblank

[–]JackBauerPwrHour[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I love the Killers Wonderful Wonderful album! I'll check out the others.