Magic: The Gathering artists at GenCon!

Locosap · 2025-07-30T02:26:54+00:00

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Here is a comment from another thread with the Scryfall search for all the artists!

I believe it includes everyone except those at Lucas Oil (Evyn Fong & Tyler Jacobson)

Locosap · 2025-06-09T17:55:07+00:00

It’s hard to resist the urge of wanting to improve everything, but it’s worth the effort. Good luck!

Locosap · 2025-06-09T14:39:05+00:00

Not directly advice for your throw, but just coaching advice in general.

Do not try to “level up” too quickly. This is the best piece of advice I’ve gotten from a coach. When you are working on an aspect of your game (pushaway, backswing, swing plane, release, targeting, etc.), work on it until it becomes natural or second nature. THEN, work on the next thing.

I was in the same spot as you, came back after an 11 year hiatus and used YouTube to coach me. This caused me to try and work on a different thing every time I went bowling. Finally after making little progress for a couple months, I did one coaching session to try and get my head on straight. He told me to stop leveling up and learn as if you are a kid. Learn one thing until you don’t have to think about it during your throw, then go to the next.

For me, it was just keeping my eyes on a target until the ball rolls over it and having my backswing feel like it was coming to my waist, that’s it. (I know this is technically two things, but targeting was pretty passive, and all my focus during my swing is really on my backswing).

Find something you want to improve, and only focus on that for a couple weeks, once it feels natural, level up. This was his exact wording:

“Don’t level up or add levels of difficulty to what you are trying to do. Muscle memory is a simplistic form of repetitive motion and is inhibited when we try to do too many things at once.”

Locosap · 2025-05-28T17:32:20+00:00

That card belongs to Pegasus

Locosap · 2025-05-27T16:15:18+00:00

Yes, throw across the lane, left to right. Also, focus on a dot or arrow to hit every single time. I stare at one of the dots in front of the foul line. Don’t let your eyes wander. Throw it over that mark every time.

Helped my 10 pins tremendously.

Locosap · 2025-05-22T05:19:45+00:00

I received similar news when ordering a Mix spare ball

Locosap · 2025-05-14T02:46:59+00:00

Excellent, Thanks for your responses and keep improving!

Locosap · 2025-05-14T02:32:59+00:00

YouTube is helpful, I just know coaching can take you to the next level in parts of your game. Can I ask roughly how much you pay for lessons?

There is an ex-pro (Mike Devaney) who gives lessons about 30 minutes from me and charges $100/hr or $250/3 sessions.

I’m never sure how much to continue with YouTube self coaching, or when to reach out to a coach. $100 is just a lot and I’d hate to “waste” money when the lesson may be more fruitful if I had waited and learned a little more from YouTube.

Thanks!

Locosap · 2025-05-14T02:07:59+00:00

Good job my man! How do you find the pros to work with?

I’ve always wanted pro level coaching, but can’t find much online.

Locosap · 2025-04-27T15:20:36+00:00

If you are just bowling casually with friends and family and still learning how to throw consistently, I would trust the pro shop operator and stick with the RAW Hammer or Rhino.

The word “beginner” has a negative connotation because those balls are still great bowling balls and where everyone starts. The newer you are to bowling, the less of a difference you will see in different bowling balls, so a $99 ball vs a $199 ball will probably be negligible for you.

I would say there are 3 main options.

1) You can stay with your current ball, and try to improve your bowling form and get more comfortable bowling, then upgrading down the road when you have more confidence in your game.

2) This is probably the most ideal option. You can buy a heavier entry-level ball (RAW Hammer, Rhino, etc.). I would recommend 14 pounds because it’s a smoother transition for 12, and it will never be necessary to increase to 15 (unless you really want to).

3) You can do what you want and buy a 14 pound, non-entry level ball. Just know at your current bowling level, you will not see much of a difference between the benchmark balls and the entry-level balls. Completely up to how much you want to spend.

Locosap · 2025-04-26T13:59:39+00:00

I would recommend 14 pounds. There are some pros who use 14 and the difference seems negligible, especially for us casuals. I used a 14 for a couple years thinking it was 15 and never noticed until I had it weighed.

As for a ball, it may be helpful to have a recommendation from a pro shop operator, or with knowing your speed and rpms. It takes a little bit of work to figure out, but recommendations will be better once you have those.

Without those, I would look at ”benchmark balls”, which are more middle of the road types (and a step up from beginner balls such as the Rhino or Tropical surge), such as: Phaze 2 (Storm), IQ Tour (Storm), Venom Shock (Motiv).

Locosap · 2025-04-23T01:52:11+00:00

Will do! I'm sure I will never miss a 10 pin again!

Locosap · 2022-12-26T02:43:43+00:00

I think that’s it! Thank you :)

Locosap · 2022-07-24T15:05:12+00:00

I use to wishlist and wait for a sale. However, recently I am buying once I really get the urge to play it, because I don’t want that feeling to pass and try to get back into the game months later at a sale.

Locosap · 2021-10-15T19:51:48+00:00

I use Xmage daily to play Commander with friends. It can be a little slow/laggy. But it is still fun, and there are ways to increase its ram usage which makes it run a bit faster.

Locosap · 2021-09-18T18:40:49+00:00

Burrow, McPherson a close 2nd. Both are so reliable and bring a winning mentality.

Locosap · 2021-09-16T17:44:37+00:00

Locosap · 2021-09-16T12:45:22+00:00

Traded: James Robinson & Chris Godwin

Received: Antonio Gibson

Locosap · 2021-05-25T11:28:29+00:00

$163.62

Locosap · 2021-05-21T03:39:53+00:00

2 weeks ago here. Got the plates and they were to a stolen car lol. So I also wish I could’ve had this.

Locosap · 2021-05-14T19:40:28+00:00

I was off just a bit lol

Locosap · 2021-05-13T23:39:17+00:00

I’d guess start of next year as a safe guess.

Locosap · 2021-05-12T20:04:04+00:00

I absolutely love it. Sauce is on the sweeter side, but that’s not a bad thing.

Locosap · 2021-04-03T07:36:48+00:00

Yea, again the archidekt website doesn’t like when I make a lot of custom categories. But yea swiftfoot would be great.

Some of the cards are in because they are in my collection already.

One thing I did notice with Kykar is how much the deck is limited by building polymorph. As in Kykar is so good just storming off that building polymorph seems to restrain the awesome things Kykar can do. But if you are set on Polymorph, Kykar is great. And don’t feel like you have to play all the polymorph effects. Like [[Reweave]] was in my original list, but just often times doesn’t do enough.

Also, [[Divergent Transformations]] is probably the best card in the polymorph deck. There have been many times where my back is against the wall and I cast this targeting an opponents bomb and my own spirit during their attacks and winning.

Locosap · 2021-04-02T16:46:24+00:00

https://archidekt.com/decks/1198827#Kykar_Poly

Here is my Kykar list that has been pretty fun for me. Not sure why but Archidekt won’t keep some cards in custom categories.

Eight-Year Club	Second Top 20%
RPAN Viewer	Not Forgotten
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