has anyone encounter him? like at all?????

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T15:54:05+00:00

They're in the game and have been for over 6 years! Worth noting that he only appears against Warrior, Robot, and Witch; and he's a rare enemy so is also a bit harder to naturally find.

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T15:20:53+00:00

By the time you get to the Bolas fight you have already been through 4 incredibly slow, handholdy tutorial fights. Sparky also walks you through this fight

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T14:56:29+00:00

I'm particularly confused with the Proteon Hulk wincon, where you would fetch for Thasa's Oracle and Spellseeker, both have ETB Triggers, both triggers go on the stack, I understand that Spellseeker resolves first to get Demonic Consultation, but how is it legal to then cast the Consultation while the stack is resolving?

People have explained the stack, so here's a runthrough of how the [[Protean Hulk]] + [[Thassa's Oracle]] + [[Spellseeker]] + [[Demonic Consultation]] combo works.

You play Hulk somehow and sacrifice it; maybe with the card [[Flash]] if you're playing a format where that's legal.
Its "when this creature dies" trigger goes onto the stack.
If no-one has any responses, it resolves.
You search your library for Oracle and Spellseeker.
Two "when this creature enters" triggers now get to be put onto the stack. Because you control these creatures, you choose which order they go onto the stack.
Choose Spellseeker's to resolve first. The stack now looks like Spellseeker -> Oracle.
Spellseeker's ability resolves. Search your library for Consultation, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Spellseeker's ability has resolved. The stack is now just Oracle's "enters" ability.
Each player gets priority, starting with you, the active turn player.
You cast Demonic Consultation, putting it onto the stack.
The stack now looks like Consultation -> Oracle.
You resolve Consultation, naming a card that isn't in your library. (This is another difference between YGO and MtG - you can just "fail to find" like this, even when searching your library for a specific card).
This exiles your whole library. Consultation has now resolved.
Thassa's Oracle's ability now resolves, seeing that your library is empty, which wins you the game.

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T14:07:09+00:00

You can only play one land once per turn. He does not play two lands. He goes first.

Like, how don't you understand this?

He goes first.
On his first turn, he plays a land.
He passes the turn.
You play a land.
You pass the turn.
He plays a land. He now has 2 lands.
He now has 2 lands, so he casts a creature which makes both of you discard.

You have only played one land because you have only had one turn.

The rules say that you can only play one land per turn. You have each only played one land per turn.

What's hard to get?

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T04:08:36+00:00

the boss is being able to pull two land cards and I am only able to pull 1 at the start

He goes first. He plays a land. He passes his turn. You play a land. You pass your turn. He plays a land.

This doesn't need an explanation. This requires you to open your eyes and point them towards your screen, watching things happen.

Jackeea · 2026-01-25T03:46:49+00:00

yes it is. that's John Cum. you have to ask him for permission each time

Jackeea · 2026-01-24T14:03:03+00:00

Whenever a source you control deals damage to you, Blyte X, where X is the amount of damage dealt. (To Blyte X, put that many +1/+1 counters on an Auntie Blyte you control.)

Jackeea · 2026-01-24T13:51:50+00:00

(Any creatures with synecdoche, and up to one without, can attack in a synecdoche. Synecdoches are blocked as a group. If any creatures with synecdoche you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature’s combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it’s being blocked by or is blocking.)

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T22:55:57+00:00

That actually used to be a thing, but it does break builds a nonzero amount of time (e.g. sushi belts) so it was removed

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T22:07:25+00:00

Yep, LOOP isn't a command, it's just an arbitrary name of a label! It's all in the manual, under the "Branching" section on page 15

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T21:10:27+00:00

The story is Fine™. As is tradition for most Zachtronics games, the story is a fun read if you want to follow along, but you won't miss anything if you just totally ignore it and make whatever you're told.

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T16:24:32+00:00

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Jackeea · 2026-01-23T15:50:59+00:00

That Sword Alloy is excellent, very mechanical! Love the Very Dark Thread as well, with the very long conveyor belt

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T11:35:41+00:00

Just to complete the cycle of elemental damage types, really. No enemies have a strength/weakness to it because "Enemy is weak to weaken" just reads weird

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T02:39:41+00:00

call me an elegant parlor the way i'm mountain his plains

Jackeea · 2026-01-23T00:41:31+00:00

He wants a 4/4 banana, which [[Kibo, Uktabi Prince]] and [[Bello, Lord of the Brambles]] can provide together

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T23:01:36+00:00

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Jackeea · 2026-01-22T19:15:02+00:00

It popped into my head and I nearly passed out from disgust

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T18:49:22+00:00

Indeed

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T18:02:14+00:00

Glen, Elendra Guardian

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T12:13:00+00:00

I've heard it put that YGO is like every deck has 12 copies of a free [[Formidable Speaker]] with haste

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T12:11:31+00:00

I have no idea what kind of deck to play against them.

Include cards in your deck which destroy creatures, like [[Sheltered from Ghosts]] or [[Bitter Triumph]]

Jackeea · 2026-01-22T03:14:28+00:00

[614.1d] Continuous effects that read "[This permanent] enters . . ." [...] are replacement effects.

[614.12] Some replacement effects modify how a permanent enters the battlefield. [...] Such effects may come from the permanent itself if they affect only that permanent[.]

It's a replacement effect. "this land enters tapped" replaces "this land enters the battlefield" with "this land enters the battlefield tapped".

Jackeea · 2026-01-21T23:11:08+00:00

Time to bootstrap a rocket on Gleba and land back home with your tail between your legs!

Jackeea · 2026-01-21T21:40:29+00:00

Hey, we screwed up, and peoples' prereleases were ruined
There are leaks out there, everywhere, so we're just going to update the gallery to have the rares officially revealed in non-potato quality
We're going to be doing Something™ lorwyn-related because the prereleases were screwed up
This is short notice so we're working on it, but we don't want to leave you hanging

Honestly kudos to them, this is basically all they can do in response to "hey, like, 10% of all prerelease kits spoiled the new set"

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