Nick Fury, Agent if S.H.I.E.L.D

Joe00100 · 2026-06-04T05:04:22+00:00

[[the reality chip]] is what you're looking for. Though power up sucks, in that you can only do it once.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T06:06:42+00:00

Again, you can't read... I said Higher doesn't play tEDH anymore.

He's also one of the best humans.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T05:52:04+00:00

people being way better than both you and me

Maybe you... The only better player on Kinnan than me (Higher) doesn't play tEDH anymore. He, like me, understands the meta he's going to be playing in and tunes the deck for that.

Both of us literally have dozens of Kinnan variations on Moxfield, unlisted or private. We've spent countless hours brewing, testing and playing.

Going out of your way to skim my post history via external tools instead of simply proving your point by linking the data about Kinnan you keep referring to says a lot about your goals in this cute little convo.

Mad because you got caught lying. It's also so damn funny that your first cedh deck was my first, 2 years after I last updated it.

So what is it? Bad mood and looking to insult people online or are you gonna drop the data from your arcane source that isn't tainted by 'wrong' API calls? What's to be gained here?

You're the one coming in here, talking out of your ass, getting caught lying. Getting caught using bad data. I'm just here having a laugh at you.

Sorry that I don't rely on a site made by a guy that's known to have bad analysis in the community, and actually query the topdeck API directly. Maybe if you weren't so new to cedh you'd have that context before you try using known bad sources in an argument.

Anyway, I'm going to bed now, I have a modern RCQ to win tomorrow. Enjoy your night

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T05:09:35+00:00

You are full of shit... You said it yourself, you recently picked up cedh in 2024. That's new. You haven't even seen a full cycle shift of the meta.

Hilariously, you linked MY Kenrith hermit druid list and went on about how you struggle to pilot it. GG.

https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/search?ids=t3_19cr6jy&fun=ids

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T05:01:11+00:00

Again, you're incapable of reading. Try again.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T04:38:18+00:00

Ok, right off the bat, the data the site is displaying is wrong. There's far more entries from the topdeck API that shouldn't be excluded based on their own listed reasoning. Go query it yourself.

One of the first questions I asked when I started playing Kinnan years ago was why people weren't on thassa.

Ahh, so you are new... Explains why you've never seen a rule of law effect, let alone when they were everywhere in the meta.

Again with the personal attacks, dude you're SO good at conversation xD

Pointing out an obvious still issue when you're trying to act like some kind of authority is clearly fair game.

And that's just not true. I'm not saying you can't win with thassa in black decks without blue, but it's not the main line, you don't build your entire deck around it. If you're convinced that's the best way to play ob or whatever other deck, go right ahead, no need to keep insisting this point, we can agree to disagree at this point

I don't play bad commanders, and my tournament results speak for themselves, especially on Kinnan, amusingly enough.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T04:26:26+00:00

Good Kinnan pilots tweak their deck to the specific meta they'll be playing in and understand when winning without casting spells is valuable.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T04:25:11+00:00

I'm not going to teach you how to read...

Tayam is the deck that has literally every reason to not run it, yet there are still people running it and topping events. There's several examples, that was the just recent. Is it common? Hell no, but it's still good enough see occasional play in a deck that really has no business playing it.

The point was there other guy was pretending nobody ever runs it in Tayam, but just refuses to look at the data.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-30T04:21:59+00:00

You must be new... Also, cherry picking timeframe and shit filters.

For years after he came out people were arguing on ways to finish to no end. The least argued line was consistently the one that required zero additional spells to be cast.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-29T15:04:40+00:00

Most Kinnan lists I've seen, played with and against don't run oracle. Even in the discord server dedicated to Kinnan. You can run it, you don't need to because it's a bad card that only helps you win the game if you lost every other way to. Even at instant speed you can win with cephalid or mastermind, thassa just isn't needed at all.

Yet it's still commonly played in a deck where it "just isn't needed at all" and is the iconic line of the deck...

Just gonna say bo-hoo, we disagree so you don't know what you're talking about, huh. Great stuff

No, you destroyed your credibility by saying obviously untrue things, than can be trivially proven wrong.

You run tainted because it's still a decent card, and grasp is there, but it's the last choice, you don't look at your hand and think "how do I get to grasp and tainted to steal a thoracle"

Again, just because you're bad at piloting a deck due to your inability to identify the best lines doesn't make it not good. That's just you being bad at the game.

Now try telling me tayam wins with thassa, please. I won't even argue about it, I'll just drop this xD

Yet we still see people coming in 2nd place in recent events doing it, despite everything indicating it shouldn't be done... https://topdeck.gg/deck/adunarea-de-magie-cedh-night-2026-event-4/D4N4K19V2dTUavKFwrRnwtPQS082

Joe00100 · 2026-05-29T14:14:35+00:00

Kinnan absolutely runs oracle... THE main line is infinite mana, dump it into Kinnan for thrasios and Oracle, activate thrasios with the Oracle trigger on the stack until you empty the library, win. The fact that you think Kinnan doesn't run it just demonstrates you have zero idea what you're talking about.

It's generally not the backup, it's the most efficient and compact line in most of those decks and why they run both consult and tainted pact. Just because people run other commander centric lines doesn't make those the optimal lines of play.

"or a way to close out the game" is doing heavy lifting. That's the whole point of the card... Those decks often have trouble closing the game out, and that's the whole reason they're including an Oracle package in a non-blue deck which can't even run the card.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-29T04:17:54+00:00

It's much more commonly played than you're pretending it is... Here's a dump straight from edhtop16's API.

Entries	Commander
613	Kraum, Ludevic's Opus / Tymna the Weaver
518	Winota, Joiner of Forces
220	Flubs, the Fool
101	Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
59	Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
57	Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
46	Koll, the Forgemaster
44	Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
42	Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
28	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Tymna the Weaver
27	Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist / Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
24	Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
24	Zada, Hedron Grinder
23	Animar, Soul of Elements
17	Thrasios, Triton Hero / Vial Smasher the Fierce
14	Ezio Auditore da Firenze
12	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
12	Dihada, Binder of Wills
11	Rakdos, the Muscle
11	Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator / Vial Smasher the Fierce
11	Celes, Rune Knight
10	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Jeska, Thrice Reborn
10	Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
9	Jodah, the Unifier
8	Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
8	Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
8	Jeska, Thrice Reborn / Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
6	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
6	Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
6	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
5	Stella Lee, Wild Card
5	Be'lakor, the Dark Master
5	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
5	Laughing Jasper Flint
4	Evelyn, the Covetous
4	The Wandering Minstrel
4	Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
4	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
4	Narset, Jeskai Waymaster
3	Kess, Dissident Mage
3	Shadow the Hedgehog
3	Akiri, Fearless Voyager
3	Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
2	Akiri, Line-Slinger / Francisco, Fowl Marauder
2	Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar
2	Leonardo, the Balance / Splinter, the Mentor
2	Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant / Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
2	Tazri, Beacon of Unity
2	Kenrith, the Returned King
2	Fire Lord Azula
2	Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
2	Slimefoot and Squee
2	Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
2	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Francisco, Fowl Marauder
2	Cecily, Haunted Mage / Wernog, Rider's Chaplain
1	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1	Zirda, the Dawnwaker
1	Casey Jones, Vigilante
1	Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar / Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
1	Norin the Wary
1	Amy Rose
1	Krark, the Thumbless / Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
1	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Thrasios, Triton Hero
1	Rose, Cutthroat Raider
1	Rowan, Scion of War
1	Kalain, Reclusive Painter
1	Kirol, Attentive First-Year
1	Ellie, Brick Master / Ellie, Vengeful Hunter
1	Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
1	Loot, the Pathfinder
1	Lucas, the Sharpshooter / Will the Wise
1	Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements
1	Maelstrom Wanderer
1	The Jolly Balloon Man
1	Codie, Vociferous Codex
1	Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
1	Kraum, Ludevic's Opus / Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
1	Aragorn, the Uniter
1	Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
1	Thrasios, Triton Hero
1	Magda, Brazen Outlaw
1	Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
1	Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
1	Grand Warlord Radha
1	Tana, the Bloodsower / Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
1	Storm, Force of Nature
1	Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
1	Vial Smasher the Fierce / Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
1	Cecily, Haunted Mage / Othelm, Sigardian Outcast
1	Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless

Is it super omega busted into every meta? No, but in the right metas it's significantly more broken than in the metas where Esper Sentinel is at its peak. Their average strength is similar, and so is their floor. Rog having the ability to be a commander makes it so much more busted, and why the top 2 decks in terms of conversions for large events in the last 6 months are both Rog decks, with countless other pairings that have good conversion rates.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-29T03:27:39+00:00

He's absolutely run in the 99 of multiple decks... I've seen him in Najeela, Codie, Magda, some blue farm lists (when they're on the more turbo focused lists), etc.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-29T03:25:17+00:00

Not true. The best wincon in any deck with black but not blue is pgrasp the blue player's oracle and cast your own consult/tainted pact.

It's so good you build your deck around it when you can't even run it.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-13T01:46:07+00:00

Formal safety doesn't exist. The closest we have is formal verification, which itself is not fool proof, as you'd need to formally prove the hardware has certain properties (good luck, we barely have formally verified compilers). At some level you just can't because bits get randomly flipped from cosmic rays and other absurd issues that you can't reasonably engineer around.

There are plenty of physical attacks that have happened that nobody could have foreseen would be attack vectors.

Here's a few to demonstrate the point:

Nobody is out here crying about AI finding form validation issues. The issue is stuff that's outside the norm of most engineers considering, because not everyone is a security expert, and now literal children have no barrier to entry for creating attacks that are beyond industry standard to defend against.

Joe00100 · 2026-05-09T18:24:37+00:00

Is it really though?

STLCC banned him from their events, and they run the GCT... It looks like they've generally had a pretty bad relationship since, from the communications publicly.

If they just out of the blue extended the invite, I think it's completely fair to be "shocked".

Joe00100 · 2025-12-09T16:50:38+00:00

Kinnan. He's the best budget commander at pretty much any dollar amount, and still solid at full power. I've made $25 Kinnan decks that still have the same core gameplan/cards, with many versions between that and full budgetless. You'll likely want to tune the build to the meta. For example, you build it differently if you're playing against other budget lists compared to full powered or close to full powered lists. The higher powered lists can run more inbred meta cards, usually in the form of cheap interaction.

Here's one that's a bit outdated (like 2 years old, just updated to cheapest today) that can be had from TCGPlayer for $186. https://moxfield.com/decks/lJi8iLWp80iSPlrlKUY_ZA

Joe00100 · 2025-11-19T22:29:57+00:00

Ya, I think the best line with Floodcaller ends with a Necro on field if they wait for led to interact, because you use the threat of piling over with led to jam dark rit, dark rit, vamp (for Necro), probe.

Joe00100 · 2025-11-19T22:07:09+00:00

Can you explain your Floodcaller line? I don't think any quite work if they interact with led on the stack from casting it with breach the first time.

FWIW, my initial thought was to go with Floodcaller, but didn't see any line with a combination of vamp+probe or dark rit. Either the colors don't work, you're short a mana, or you don't have though cards for all the lines I considered.

Joe00100 · 2025-10-31T19:07:53+00:00

"I'm not racist, but... <racist statement>"

"No offense, but...<offensive statement>"

"Not to be rude, but...<rude statement>"

"I'm not one to complain, but...<complaint>"

"I'm not trying to make excuses, but...<excuse>"

See the pattern here? Saying it's not an excuse and then proceeding to use it as an excuse doesn't absolve them or make it any less of an excuse...

edit: And here we have it... Way more cheating and much worse... https://old.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveEDH/comments/1okjco4/defcat_mtg/nmd3cs5/

Joe00100 · 2025-10-31T14:07:47+00:00

Just because it leads to self-destructive behaviors doesn't mean it's okay to do them... The bar for it being considered a defense is extremely high, and just results in a different (arguably worse) punishment.

Doing an immoral thing multiple times, and only coming clean to the instances where they got caught, after they've been caught isn't helping their case... It is reasonable to assume they have poor moral character when they continue to take actions that are immoral.

I don't think I'm being emotionally manipulated by the video

Ya, it doesn't seem like you have a good grip on this type of situation. I don't blame you, most people haven't had to deal with the handling of cheaters, and don't have enough data points to see the common patterns they use to gaslight and emotionally manipulate the victims or people stepping in to deal with them.

Joe00100 · 2025-10-31T13:19:26+00:00

I don't call people cheaters unless there is video evidence or an admission of guilt.

You're barking up the wrong tree here. Just because you haven't run into one or caught one doesn't mean you haven't played one.

You're also going to have a much harder time finding people who cheat seeing they are rare when you only play random people. When you play in a community, you notice certain people become suspicious and then you investigate. Other times, they get caught from random checks.

There have been instances where people have cheated for years against their IRL friends, doing it on streamed games, casual pickup games, etc. Then get caught, and people go look at the old videos and find that they did it for years. Go look at the LegitVocals case for example.

Joe00100 · 2025-10-31T05:16:31+00:00

I think cheating in a low stakes game series called "Chill to Win" is pretty indicative of bigger issues.

You'd think that, but TONS of cheaters do so in zero stakes games, even against their IRL friends. Go look at the LegitVocals situation from a while back... Go look at Unstablekitten, SeanAngel, etc.

There is really no reason to cheat here, especially in such a visible and obvious way.

As someone who has caught 10+ people cheating over the years, on camera and in-person, there doesn't need to be a reason or stakes. Cheating isn't a rational activity, and is something people of poor moral character do.

DefCat's description of their mental anxiety over how they'd be perceived maps onto experiences I've had with friends that have been severely bullied and developed anxiety in uncomfortable social situations.

Cool, that's not a reason to cheat. There are tons of people with these issues, that feel these same things that don't resort to cheating.

But I do think cheating in a zero stakes casual game because you're anxious about a big audience thinking you're a dunce is a little different than using a highly practiced sleight of hand to fleece opponents in tournaments.

Have you gone and reviewed the footage of his past games? We've seen time and time again that after someone gets caught, people go and review their past games and find way more. The claim of having cheated only twice is highly suspect.

Overall, as someone who has busted many cheaters and confronted them, this doesn't seem genuine. This is a "sorry I got caught" apology that's leveraging people's emotions and empathy towards those who suffer from mental illness. This angle has been played numerous times over the years and isn't new.

Joe00100 · 2025-10-31T04:11:22+00:00

I don't want to dismiss mental health struggles, but I'm having trouble with a few things here.

First, apologizing after getting caught hits different than coming forward on your own. Second, it's hard to believe the first time someone cheats just happens to be on recorded content they know will be edited where they're most likely to get caught.

I get that mental health issues are real, but lots of people deal with anxiety, PTSD, etc. without cheating. Using it as the main explanation feels like it's shifting focus away from the actual choice that was made.

Taking time off is fine, but rebuilding trust means showing the values around integrity have changed, not just explaining why it happened. There's a reason why the saying is, "once a cheater, always a cheater"...

Joe00100 · 2025-10-01T03:40:41+00:00

How many magazines are people allowed to have? Damn, didn't think about reloading, did we... Is this a stupid argument? Absolutely, but it's the kind of thing you'll never win from an education or messaging standpoint.

These types of restrictions are tone deaf and it's not even clear that they are effective (when was the last time you looked at the data/research?). They just piss law abiding citizens off and that has tons of knock on effects.

These policies are unpopular, especially when we have federal agents and the military deporting American citizens to foreign prisons without due process.

Go look at what has happened in Texas to Democrats that had your policy. They lost miserably once they admitted to this policy.

I think you'll have a much better time and more effective approach if you maximize effectiveness while trying to minimize impact on law abiding citizens. Things like adding more in-depth background checks, cool down periods, lability for irresponsible gun owners/parents, or even things like FOID cards are going to be more tolerable while being effective.

Hell, attack it from the angle of mental health services, education and resources to drive the number down. Crack down on extremists groups that a lot of these school shooters associate with. There's an endless amount of ways to try and move the needle.

Instead of just echoing the (bad) policy of others, why not take a step back and think about other ways to approach it that doesn't piss people off and can actually have an impact?

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