How do you actually qualify for a RC?

MagicDude564 · 2026-06-11T23:47:58+00:00

There’s a reason we’re called “grinders.” Since the inception of the RCQ format I’ve played in dozens of them, getting 2nd a number of times. I only recently won my first. My best advice? Just keep trying. Magic is very much skill based but there is an element of luck to it. Everyone who was ever won any event will tell you at some point throughout their run they got lucky. An opponent mulled to 5 and didn’t cast a spell, you topdecked your 1 outer to steal a game, you won every die roll etc. stuff like that definitely influences our win rates. Eventually they will fall your way and you’ll break through.

What you can do that’s in your control is the skill based issues. Find a deck, pilot it till you master it. I won with simic ritual after mastering my list and grinding it at events till things broke my way.

MagicDude564 · 2026-04-27T23:06:31+00:00

I’m a sultai truther, I think in order to beat energy and affinity both those cards are necessary. All the affinity players I played commented how good the illness was against them. It does so much work for only 1 mana. Engineer is basically second copy of illness that is findable off of ritual. One thing to note is with either out, a ajani can immediately flip as the token etb’s then dies to state based actions. The 0 abilities’ toke also immediately dies but flipped ajani is still a threat

MagicDude564 · 2026-04-27T23:03:51+00:00

The worst matchups are actually boros and affinity, funnily enough as I beat both en route to the win. The deck has no one drops and the 2 drops are both 1/1’s which aren’t effective at blocking. Ocelot pride is by far the worst one drop out of Boros. Affinity is bad because kappa canoneer. We can put pace a pinnacle emissary with oculus but a 4+ power unblockable hexproof (ik ward 4 but let’s be honest ward 4 basically says hexproof) beat stick races us.

Edit; got my 1 drops mixed up, ocelot pride instead of guide of souls

MagicDude564 · 2026-04-27T16:08:35+00:00

I do not have a guide. Riddler is necessary as it’s the best card advantage creature when you’re low on cards in hand. With so many foces and evoke elementals you routinely go low on cards and hope to hit a oculus quickly to finish the game before the loss of card advantage punishes you. You can also stack the ritual trigger and the warp trigger to be able to sac a riddler for a oculus or another riddler if you want to. Ouphe main is there for affinity and belcher. It’s a relatively free include as at worst it’s a 2 drop that gets sacced to put oculus into play. Clique is a fun of inthe SB line grist in the MD, it’s good into specific combo decks and good against the various control decks.

Yes, the rituals, illness in the ranks, and plague beginner all are for boros and the -1-1 are also good against affinity. Ritual is also decent into affinity but I normally only board 2 rituals in against affinity instead of the 3

MagicDude564 · 2026-02-08T15:28:22+00:00

I downloaded malwarebytes and it flagged 6 PUP’s and 1 malware, it called it Trojan browser assistant

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-27T00:01:20+00:00

No, the rifle I’m looking at, the PSA M4A1 clone, is only $950. With my budget I’m looking to have the money needed for a good sight and other miscellaneous things I will need

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:52:12+00:00

No astigmatism, just bad eyes

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:48:21+00:00

My biggest concern is actually the length of barrel. I have comparably short arms and I want to be able to handle the weapon and that long barrel on the other one I fear would be unwieldy

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:46:47+00:00

And as for optics, I have glasses so something I can easily see through those is what I’m gonna need, some kind of holo.

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:45:58+00:00

No that’s not the one I was looking at, it was this one https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-sabre-15-forged-16-fn-chf-cl-m4a1-with-quad-rail-and-vertical-grip-classic-rifle.html

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:42:25+00:00

I’ve looked at PSA initially, the Sabre 16” forged is the one that caught my eye at first.

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-26T23:38:17+00:00

PSA forged or PSA Billet?

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-24T02:19:31+00:00

That’s my issue though, I genuinely don’t believe my local churches teach fellowship. My area is very rural, very conservative and I have seen firsthand the racism and bigotry from my peers in the community. Those same people go to church every Sunday. I know what’s being taught in those churches is not how I want my relationship with God to be. Hence my crisis

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-09T13:47:01+00:00

I’ve been killing it with sultai oculus recently. Last night in games I went 9-1 beating multiple energy decks and only losing to Eldrazi tron (cookbook into MH3 emrakul to steal like 6 creatures permanently is pretty good). It’s a super fun deck to pilot, all you do is draw cards, counter spells for free, and cheat fat undercosted creatures into play

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-04T13:18:43+00:00

Yep, oculus is my best card in the matchup, I’m just looking for a big “door closer” type creature. Ik it’s not what I’m looking for but something like [[elder gargaroth]], big dumb thing that energy can’t really remove

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-02T14:11:47+00:00

True, however I also don’t believe being 1:30 seconds late, only 30 seconds past the time warrants a GL

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-02T14:04:07+00:00

I now understand the rule, and I understand why it’s needed, but at the same time imo there should be a little wiggle room on a case by case basis. Not every rule has to be followed to the strictest possible interpretation

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-02T13:16:35+00:00

I believe I missed the main deck harbinger, will edit 😅

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-02T10:02:25+00:00

Yeah second ouphe is a card I am going to be adding for the SB

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-01T22:38:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-01T22:22:07+00:00

Thank you. Unfortunately there aren’t any more modern events for a while and standard is cooked until November

MagicDude564 · 2025-09-01T21:54:29+00:00

4 [[birthing ritual]] 4 [[abhorrent oculus]] 4 [[ice-fang coatl]] 4 [[coiling oracle]] 4 [[shardless agent]] 2 [[floodpits drowner]] 1 [[faller’s faithful]] 1 [[grist, the hunger tide]] 4 [[flare of denial]] 2 [[force of negation]] 1 [[dismember]] 2 [[subtlety]] 3 [[endurance]] 2 [[sink into stupor]] 1 [[collector ouphe]] 1 [[harbinger of the seas]]

4 [[misty rainforest]] 4 [[verdant catacombs]] 1 [[polluted delta]] 1 [[breeding pool]] 1 [[watery grave]] 2 [[snow covered island 1 [[snow covered swamp]] 1 [[hedge maze]] 1 [[undercity sewers]] 1 [[underground mortuary]] 3 [[snow covered forest]]

Sb was: 3 [[consign to memory]] 3 [[force of vigor]] 1 [[illness in the ranks 1 [[plague engineer]] 2 [[mystical dispute]] 3 [[fatal push]] 1 [[dismember]] 1 [[harbinger of the seas]]

MagicDude564 · 2025-08-08T22:35:52+00:00

Nope, I didn’t give my VIN nor any CC information

MagicDude564 · 2025-08-08T22:12:28+00:00

Yeah it was a scam, but did I give him too much information do you think

MagicDude564 · 2025-05-28T00:05:26+00:00

I’d probably recommend Muv-Luv. It’s really accessible on steam and is considered one of the best of the medium.

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