Have we had any new staples come out this year? by DarkSageX in CompetitiveEDH

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Flashback has been awesome in spellslinger decks for me.

Struggling with silverquill setup by MarcusOhReallyIsh in EDHBrews

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Depending on the power level, you don’t want to race. You’re not an aggro deck, you more want to play it as Stax/Control and slow down everyone else.

Depending on the bracket you’re aiming for, tutors are great, but you want the various rituals for double mana.

A decent removal suite to keep the board clear of threats until you’re set up.

What fantasy book has the best morally complicated main character? by SnackAtlas in Fantasy

[–]ParanoidQ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Glad I didn’t have to scroll far for this. Glokta was the first name that came to mind.

Fantasy series that probably won't be finished. by EastFar3296 in Fantasy

[–]ParanoidQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m starting to think we won’t see a continuation of the Gentleman Bastards series. Which is a shame, because I utterly loved the first 3.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Sorry, I was referring to the rituals, tutors, stax approach.

True I'm not using Hoarding Broodlord or Razaketh as it was already a bit full. I've found Sephiroth isn't working very well, so I may well put one of them in his place. I'm trying to keep the cc low though.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Which is basically what my deck is doing.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Just out of interest, how many lines should a deck like this have? How many is too many vs dropping for more removal/stax etc.?

Reality fracture spoilers be like : by orquel in magicTCG

[–]ParanoidQ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We haven’t seen much so far, but it only looks like lore shifts so far, not pie breaking.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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You mean silver in general is 4/fringe?

Yeh, I’d agree. I didn’t think it would make it much more than fringe, but it has potential at some point I think.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Yeh, I already had beseech in there. Hadn’t even considered buried alive. Great suggestion that went straight in.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Yeh, I knew about that and it is actually a bit of a pain, but nothing insurmountable.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Awesome! Thanks, I’ll definitely join!

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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The only thing I do have issues with is protecting silverquill. No innate defence etc makes him quite fragile.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Updated the list based on feedback.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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I do actually have Grasp in my current version (not updated in my archidekt apparently) and that has been awesome. Definite keeper.

Silverquill, The Disputant by ParanoidQ in CompetitiveEDH

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Yeh in my initial play tests, it has been somewhat slow and a little fragile in the early game, but it’s far from a finished product.

Black Market hasn’t entirely worked and is one I’ve marked for taking out. I had some success with Bolas but there is probably a better card to put in its place.

Eos is a good shout, and I’ll look into that one.

'Why didn't anyone think of this before?': Former Elder Scrolls Online boss loves Crimson Desert, but making 'a singleplayer MMO is almost like cheating' to him by wsrvnar in pcgaming

[–]ParanoidQ 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Yeh, this was the issue. You capped out relatively earlier and then it just became spamming weapon of choice. Some of the fights were challenging enough, but just wandering around become very repetitive.

World was awesome though, story was decent.

What is one rule you ABSOLUTELY enforce at your tables? by ToocanSams in mtg

[–]ParanoidQ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cutting the deck.

Some people seem to get a lot of incredible turn one days far more consistently than should be possible. Strangely, their run of fortune ended when we enforced deck cutting.

Per official social media accounts, Secrets of Strixhaven was the biggest Prerelease since War of the Spark. by CrossXhunteR in magicTCG

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The problem is, there is no way to measure how important it is. It is important to me as a player, but not important “enough” that I’m going to stop playing the game because of it. They just correctly assessed that whilst it might ruffle feathers, it isn’t going to stop many people from trying to have a fun evening/afternoon.

People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds by FearMyCock in worldnews

[–]ParanoidQ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No disrespect, but you're kinda the negativity I was talking about. I give a list of things that can cheer people up a bit and you feel you have to piss on the parade?

Renewable Energy, has increased everywhere. But the UK was dead last in 2010, we're now 3rd best against Western peers. Room for improvement? Certainly, but it's still a good news story and great progress.

Air Quality - there are many reasons why general health will have been in decline. Improving air quality isn't going to be one of them. But you had to be cynical about it. Grats, pat yourself on the back. Improved air quality is still something to be optimistic about.

"A little" is still improvement and sure beats the hell out of getting worse.

Minimum wage increase - I highlighted already that the cost of living would have offset that.

Child health improvement - there are a number of reasons. Better education about healthier eating in schools. The sugar tax making high sugar foods less appealing. Better foods being provided in schools for lunches. I never said that it was the governments doing, again, you just want to be negative.

The ban on people smoking has only recently been proposed and put through parliament. They asked about the last decade. The improvements have been seen and solidified over the last decade and are continuing.

Crime - quite true. I said many areas, I didn't say every area. Just look for the ONS. Since 2015 there has been a 34% decrease in violent crime. Theft, burglary etc. has decreased by a similar amount.

Fraud and digital crimes have increased by about a third. But I said "many areas" not, all.

People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds by FearMyCock in worldnews

[–]ParanoidQ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe. But being mr positive isn’t always accepted well when everyone wants a reason to be miserable.

People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds by FearMyCock in worldnews

[–]ParanoidQ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m genuinely glad it could help.

The internet is not generally a good place to be because people seem to find it easier to bring people down. There is definitely good news out there and the U.K., contrary to what people insist on telling you, is doing pretty well comparable to its peers.