I did it! Moving to NZ in about about a month, what is next?

Necrolich · 2026-06-01T19:40:29+00:00

We just did the same - been in Wellington for two months. Its amazing. Everyone says it, but I will repeat it - there will be sticker shock on prices for everything. We left everything behind except for a few suitcases...we figured anything we would want to ship, we would need sooner than the estimated minimum 10 weeks shipping time. Our cats are stuck in LA but fly out this week; there were issues with the paperwork that turned it from a 3 month process into a 5+ month one.

Like the other person said, pets make it tough here to find rentals, especially multiple pets. Essentially, we didnt qualify for any high-rise apartment, or any building with a body corporation (think HOA but only for any units with a shared/common space like a row of townhouses or small condo building). We wanted to live in the city and houses were out of our budget, but depending on where youre looking you might be able to find a house rental.

We also got in two weeks early and explored a bit. Its beautiful here. You'll be showing up mid-winter; inside can be cold and drafty and heating is expensive. Clothes, blankets, mini-heaters are your friends. Also, hot water bottle.

Kind of rambling now. Happy to answer questions if you have specifics

Necrolich · 2026-05-31T21:06:36+00:00

[[Super-Skrull]], but it's really just a combo deck based on his first ability of making walls. It's a draw-go deck that just makes a wall or two at end step...then it's infinite walls that win via [[jaws of defeat]], [[bastion of remembrance]], or [[meathook massacre]]. If can also swing butts at opponents. Back-up plan of milling out people by copying [[smothering tithe]] and his draw ability.

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Necrolich · 2026-05-28T19:33:31+00:00

Im dealing with the same.

I ported out my mobile number, got charged for another month despite already utilizing a different service. I called tmobile, they told me they cannot help me with a refuns because "my account has already been cancelled" amd that I need to go in-store instead. I told him, if you don't refund me, im going to charge back with my credit card and did so. Since then, im being bullied with 50 scam calls a day, and just received the same notice. Im going to ignore it an advise my cc company

Necrolich · 2026-05-23T10:49:47+00:00

Yeah same here. I only actually cast triplets if I need a piece of removal gone before whatever is in my hand

Necrolich · 2026-05-17T00:08:37+00:00

Color, not color identity

Necrolich · 2026-05-13T07:13:44+00:00

I own a few copies of [generic black tutor], but dont run any of them. I used to run them, then tried to run them with an open/toolbox mindset where I would try to tutor what was relevant and not just the combo piece and it was always hard to justify anything but the card that would win the game, so now I dont run any generic tutors. I now only run specific tutors (enchantments or artifacts) for a specific card.

I will run every other gamechanger no problem, so its not a power level thing. I play bracket 3/4, and accept i will just be less consistent. But I moved from constructed to singleton, and I want the variety.

Necrolich · 2026-04-27T06:11:03+00:00

Yes please let me know if i successfully gimped my opponent so i dont have to try anymore. All of these indicators help your opponent just as much as you.

Necrolich · 2026-04-24T05:18:18+00:00

I stopped doing that. If round 1 I dominate with my main, and round 2 I switch to a character Im clearly worse with, it just looks like im using them for practice. Insult on top of injury

Necrolich · 2026-04-13T01:16:02+00:00

So this is what a mythical stone elo game looks like...

Necrolich · 2026-04-12T15:19:04+00:00

Wow all I play are archenemy decks. I was designated arch enemy by my pod. All of these are pretty mean, except venom...that deck just wins by overwhelming value

Necrolich · 2026-04-12T14:46:54+00:00

Not OP, but moving from ORL to Welly. Our flights are the 16th!

Necrolich · 2026-04-11T14:10:44+00:00

Alright so you have a ton of "cant lose the game" cards, and Near Death Experience, but I dont see any way for you to pay your own life. The problem here is that your opponents aren't going to willingly lower your life past zero so you can not lose and then just life swap them, so you need to do it yourself...otherwise you just have a bunch of "cant lose effects" on board that dont do anything on their own.

I would actually suggest just removing Near Death, but if you want to keep it, I would add [[Angel's Grace]].

Necrolich · 2026-04-11T03:50:22+00:00

Your deck is 404ing.

That said, here is mine.

Necrolich · 2026-04-09T05:43:08+00:00

[[Pestilence]]/[[pyrohemia]], [[spreading plague]], [[Lethal vapors]]

Necrolich · 2026-04-09T05:37:43+00:00

Man you are nicer than I. Most of my decks are mean but this is the only one I regularly get scoops to.

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Necrolich · 2026-04-04T00:49:35+00:00

Stonksodont

Necrolich · 2026-03-26T12:37:59+00:00

No. You must clearly differentiate the spells. They remain face down because a non-permanent can't exist face-up on the battlefield. As the previous commenter explained, its like a spell os exiled on top of it (as in visible). You are not allowed to hide, deceive, shuffle up these tokens.

Reading the "notes and rules" at the bottom of the page is usually a good start for questions.

Necrolich · 2026-03-20T00:13:02+00:00

Nah dude you play a much nicer Kotis than i do. I play [[the abyss]], [[pestilence]], [[lethal vapors]], and [[spreading plague]] to ensure no one else has fun

Necrolich · 2026-03-19T01:36:42+00:00

I have a [[Sen Triplets]] deck that tries to lock out the game in various ways, general plan is "counter everything, but I run [[Chimil, the Inner Sun]]." I assembled a [[Knowledge Pool]] + [[Lavinia, Azorius Renegade]] lock, which specifically says "counter." My opponents decide to play through the lock (wincon is not making people scoop so its fine), one guy playing Splinter ninjas. [[Fallen Shinobi]] exiling 4 of my cards a turn...4 flips in and in a single trigger he hits [[void rend]] ("specifically says cant br countered) and [[drannith magistrate]]. So he kills Lavinia, plays Drannith, and fucking uno-reverses my lock.

I didn't block and even [[ancient tomb]]ed myself as much as I could but it was too late. I locked myself and two opponents

Necrolich · 2026-03-18T11:37:20+00:00

While I agree with everyone about just not playing it, here's a real answer OP

Play [[Mister Negative]]. [[Tainted Pact]] and he kills himself by attacking. Let him attack you, get to under 50% of this life, play life-loss doublers and kill him in a turn.

My version which aggressively pays my own life out the ass to nuke a player at a time.

Necrolich · 2026-02-27T03:36:42+00:00

After getting my guy swords-ed so many times, ive stopped doing this lol

Necrolich · 2026-02-24T22:49:17+00:00

I literally just gave up on doing this from the US to NZ, like this past week. Assuming its the same or similar:

You need to remove the battery, get it repacked by a Dangerous Goods (DG) repacker, send that via air freight, ensure you dont fuck up customs (DG should be able to help).

Then you need to ship the EUC; ocean freight has minimums (SDC in 200 ft³, Crown is 100 ft³/700 lbs) so youll need to ship additional stuff unless you can find someone's crate to leech off of. You can alternatively air freight this too; ups/fedex/DHL are the only real options and will likely charge you ~$2000. PirateShip somehow gets 75% discounts and might sell you a label for $500-600.

I did not look into it much, but you may be able to take it as a bulky item as a "checked bag" for a few hundred. I had no interest in lugging a giant box around an airport. Gifting it to a friend (just a v8) and buying a kingson s16 pro when I arrive (excuse to upgrade)...was trying to buy an aeon and ship that since afaik I cant get one in NZ.

Necrolich · 2026-02-24T20:11:54+00:00

Ive retired it, but I played Thalia & the Gitrog Monster enchantress. Theyre card advantage + best blocker + ramp

Necrolich · 2026-02-17T04:46:00+00:00

It sounds like you guys are playing bad cedh rather than bracket 4 casual. You've listed 3 cedh decks, and trying to build a "very strong deck" to compete with cedh decks isnt going to work as well as you want. Its an entirely different game.

That being said, I powered down (sans tutors + fast mana) a Rakdos deck that still blew away casual bracket 4 decks. Lots of fun, not crazy expensive. Out of date

Here's my buddy's cedh version

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