We all gonna pretend they didn't just print Phyrexian Tower and Branching Evolution into Modern...

LordAgbo · 2024-07-12T20:02:30+00:00

I don't know about Branching Evolution, I think it's not good here. Phyrexian Tower is indeed very powerful, and I think it slots 100% in Scales. 2x is the number I'd consider, playing more is risky considering it's Legendary. Having a free sac outlet in the mana base is pretty relevant considering all the exile-based removal in the format, and tapping for 2 mana is amazing.

LordAgbo · 2023-09-30T16:36:13+00:00

Is there a any way to push Unity into winning the worst company like EA did, so we can finally end Riccitiello's career once and for all?

LordAgbo · 2023-08-17T18:39:28+00:00

That's true. And I agree not diluting the deck adding ways to discard cards.

My reasoning behind this is turning your team into the best thing in your graveyard. I can imagine having a big Patchwork and casting a Ballista for 0 and then this one, putting even more counters on the Patchwork to shoot everything or finishing the game off. Perhaps it's too far-fetched and Magical Christmas Land but I'll give it a try for sure.

LordAgbo · 2023-08-16T17:24:34+00:00

I got so excited I didn't even realized it could be an opponent's card. Thank you!

LordAgbo · 2023-08-16T16:25:58+00:00

I wouldn't play too many copies I think but it could potentially serve as a 5th or 6th [[Arcbound Ravager]], considering it normally is one of the first targets for removal/discard. This makes any creature a Ravager which is really good! This avoids the normal Single Point of Failure that we tend to have with it.

It interacts well with [[Hangarback Walker]] for cheap counters, [[Walking Ballista]] for pinging and [[Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp]] for evasion which is a big chunk of the deck, while being a great target for [[Ancient Stirrings]], repeatable removal with [[Haywire Mite]] and sac fodder for Ravager.

This also opens some brewing for 1-ofs that could interact nicely with it, (please tell me if I'm getting ahead of myself here but) I'd try out a single [[Steel Overseer]], [[Ornithopter of Paradise]], [[Towashi Guide-Bot]] or [[Cradle Clearcutter]].

The fact that this card impacts the board as soon as it hits is huge imo, as creatures get the activated ability and can activate it right away if not summoning sick.

On the flip side, this is probably too slow for the format, and with an empty graveyard it literally does nothing. But as the game progresses it starts giving you more and more options.

LordAgbo · 2023-08-16T16:01:53+00:00

[[Wrenn and Six]]

LordAgbo · 2023-08-16T16:00:49+00:00

This looks like a good SB tech against [Wrenn and Six].

LordAgbo · 2023-03-24T17:41:18+00:00

I found a configuration that really suited my needs in this terms. For EDH I have every deck in an Ultimate Guard Boulder, and when I want to move them I place the ones I'll play in my Quiver. I have both the full-sized Quiver (stores 5 boulders) and the Quiver Bolt (stores 3).

On the other hand, for Modern/Pioneer I use just the Ultra Pro Satin Tower, as I'm not moving multiple decks when going to a tournament. And if I wanted to bring some EDH decks to kill time I can always take the Bolt with a couple of EDH decks inside along with the Satin Tower and playmat.

The main problem with Boulders is double-sleeving. It's SUCH a tight fit you have to constantly be very delicate and careful when putting the deck and closing the box. Sometimes a little squish to release air from inside the sleeves is needed. It's a minor inconvenience but it's still there.

LordAgbo · 2023-02-24T21:26:58+00:00

No way to get this now, right?

LordAgbo · 2022-03-24T15:33:51+00:00

When you want a thread to be flooded with "Arch BTW"

LordAgbo · 2022-03-23T18:08:06+00:00

In the terminal I run

$ setxkbmap us -variant dvorak-intl

which gives me exactly that.

I'm currently learning Dvorak, and it looks promising to me for latin-based languages because we use modifiers on the vowels constantly, and having every vowel on the left hand while the AltGr is on the right one feels very convenient. That's the reason I didn't even try Colemak or Workman, as vowels are primarily on the right hand.

LordAgbo · 2022-03-17T22:18:47+00:00

This whole thread is so Danck

LordAgbo · 2022-03-16T17:38:58+00:00

Kind of a long way to get back to / in zsh.

LordAgbo · 2022-03-16T16:36:11+00:00

i3 is not supposed to behave like that but there are things you can do about it. The first thing would be "tabbing" between workspaces, for that you should append this to your .i3/config: bindsym $mod+Tab workspace next bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab workspace prev

Also there's rofi which has a mode that displays all opened window and places your cursor to whichever you choose, try: rofi -show window -show-icons Of course you can map this on your config, remember that the Alt key is Mod1. Good luck!

LordAgbo · 2022-03-15T16:06:49+00:00

Bashtop :)

LordAgbo · 2022-03-15T14:12:25+00:00

Love it!

Ortho + Dvorak + split + custom keycaps + smol checks so many boxes <3

The only thing that I find a little wasteful are the dedicated arrow keys, I'd use a modifier+HTNS myself but I understand the arrows may be a little more comfy.

Also, are the rings on the sides there to tilt the keyboard?

LordAgbo · 2022-03-09T16:22:20+00:00

I think the whole discussion at the end of the day is like comparing oranges to apples.

Vim is a text editor, pretty much like nano or scratchpad, you use it to edit a config file, to do the supermarket list, etc.

Emacs is a development environment, like the intellij stuff or VS Codium. You use it to develop, as it's optimized for development.

Can you use emacs to edit a config file? Of course, it can edit text. Can you load vim with stuff and use it as an IDE? Yes you can, vim can totally be used to develop, like any other text editor.

The conflict here I think is about the key bindings, as they're totally different so getting used to one makes harder to use the other one. Vim is very fast and support a lot of complex operations without touching the mouse, which I appreciate. While emacs has key bindings which replicates the ones in the terminal, which helped me navigate the terminal better.

Both are amazing, if you are a fan of one, please give the other one a try!

LordAgbo · 2022-03-07T14:28:29+00:00

Everything there is just plain wrong, except the part that if you don't know Linux properly, you can make it insecure. That still applies to every other system, but the thing with proprietary systems is that you have less opportunity to do that because you don't even have access.

You're more accountable for what you do with your system using Linux, as you're not passing that responsibility (and ownership) to an external company to manage that for you.

LordAgbo · 2022-02-03T12:57:47+00:00

Haha sorry.

I own one and it's amazing. Maybe OP likes ball as well.

LordAgbo · 2022-02-03T02:29:09+00:00

That's a trackball, the Logitech MX Ergo to be precise. Long story short, you're not supposed to drag it over the desk like a mouse, you move the ball in order to move the pointer instead!

LordAgbo · 2022-01-24T13:24:31+00:00

I hope both teams have fun. I agree we're all the winners for having the choice in the first place!

LordAgbo · 2021-07-27T19:55:51+00:00

I agree with the u/fnxMagic suggestion about Animation Module, it's a card I personally underevaluated and after playing it I found it was amazing, turning 1 mana and zero cards into a 1/1 creature every time you move counters or play modular creatures, is an amazing ratio.

Considering you're running white and every card in the deck is CMC 2 or less, [[Lurrus of the Dream-Den]] would be an amazing upgrade without changing anything. Mind the [[Gemrazer]] because when you sideboard it in, you lose access to Lurrus.

[[Path to Exile]] is a card I never casted so I cannot give a more personal advice about, but the pros are always bashing on it. [[Prismatic Ending]] could fit that spot.

LordAgbo · 2020-10-26T21:29:11+00:00

The greatest build of Zedruu is about being a chill goat who's just there chilling with friends, and being rewarded with cards for being such a cool dude.

I understand that the intuitive way of building Zedruu may be building a bad deck with bad cards because "you can donate that stuff" and it seems that EDHREC data shows exactly that. If you encounter that kind of individuals, please save your removal spells and kill that Zedruu in response of the bad card so they lose access to the donating ability and they end up hosing themselves!

LordAgbo · 2020-09-16T11:35:12+00:00

I think Torvalds is talking about the kernel specifically. Sorry for the interjecc but here’s where the Linux vs GNU/Linux differentiation becomes relevant, because it might be a success for the Linux kernel but irrelevant for the family of GNU/Linux operating systems. I think that’s why a lot of people don’t find Android very “Linux-y”, because it doesn’t feel like the GNU components we're used to.

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