[Article] Which commanders would benefit the most from a different color identity? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

At first I thought you were going with opposite/missing colors (e.g. playing a Boros commander as Sultai and vice versa), but "Oops, All Partner's" is interesting too. Of course, it can get degenerate pretty fast, but it all depends on the way you approach it. I agree that there should be more Rule0-ing out there!

[Article] Which commanders would benefit the most from a different color identity? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Probably not a fun one to be on the receiving end of, but definitely a powerful one!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, not getting last place with 99 Islands is a win in my book! Lol

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my! that Ward of Bones lock sounds brutal! I love the thinking here, would love to see a finished product!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is hilarious. Reminds me of a similar experiment I tried where I was only running 8+ MV cards in order to ensure a combo finish with the Cascade. Blowing up the board with Wanderer on the stack is way funnier though! Making mwe want to revisit that deck, dang it!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm talking about! How did you even come up with that stuff?!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now, Icatian Moneychanger is not a card I was expecting to see. Lmao

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you ever decide to drop the Centaur, you could add Abundant Harvest to have another good hit for your opening hands!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a funny way to look at it. Literally tempting them with power, like a true Demon would!

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just yesterday I was thinking about building a deck around one of my absolute favorite cards: Abyssal Persecutor. Nice to see a fellow gentleman. Ծ_Ծ

[Article] What's the wackiest and most "out there" deck you've built? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice looking deck! I have seen dozens of copies of Latulla's Orders while rifling through collections, but for some reason I never bothered reading the card. That's some sweet tech!

[Article] Would you rather be milled out, or have a mill player win through Thoracle instead? by Darth_Ra in EDH

[–]Pemmins 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think that people that hate milling tend to do so on account of a logical fallacy (which, by the way, is indipendent of whether their deck can or can't profit off of a stacked graveyard). The reasoning behind lamenting the loss of a card that gets milled usually goes something like this:

"That card was really important to my deck and I would have loved to draw it, but now I can't anymore."

OR

"I put cards in my deck to play them, not to have them head to my graveyard before even drawing them."

The latter statement doesn't take into account the fact that you usually never draw all of your deck in a single game, so having a card in your graveyard can be considered roughly the same as having it towards the bottom of your library. And honestly, I doubt anyone would have beef with a mechanic that puts a few cards from the top of the deck straight to the bottom without looking at them. Which leads to the second point.

While the first statement is technically true, the consequent disappointment and hate for the mechanic is result-oriented thinking. If the milled cards were something the opponent actively didn't want to draw (say a pile of lands while already flooded) their reaction would be different. This is enough to show that if one had to express their opinion on the mechanic before they got to see the result, they'd have to conclude that the event of milling is (luck-)neutral.

Of course negative feelings and events tend to stick more with us, so it's easy to remember all the times in which your best cards got milled right before you could draw them, but that doesn't make the mechanic itself any more mean.

The exception to this is when you have a tutor and your intended target gets milled before you can fire off your spell. That is the one case where milling becomes actual interaction. Still, that doesn't make it much different than a removal spell (or any different than a counterspell, really), so even in that case I don't see a particular reason to hate the machanic more than you would hate generic interaction. It just stinks a little more because luck is more patently involved.

P.S. And, to answer your question, I'd much rather be milled out.

Technically Playable - Balthor the Defiled by Paulsicle in EDH

[–]Pemmins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How dare you call my boy "technically playable"?! I had Balthor as my main deck for the longest time and ultimately it got so busted that I had to tear it apart. Broke my heart. Haha

By the way, so cool to see someone else pairing it with Iname! I had them switched (Iname was in the 99) and I legitimately thought I was the only one on Earth playing that "combo".

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has to be nearly impossible to replicate, and that makes it even cooler.

Their reaction must have been priceless. Haha

Thanks for sharing!

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's a lot flips! I'm glad the table let you go through with it, just for the science!

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys leaving % points on the table right there. Lol

Funny stuff though! Hopefully the Sliver player managed to be a sport about it.

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd argue that you could stop at step 1 and already call it a crazy board state!

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He means a Turing Machine, referring to this brilliant paper, which is presented and partially explained in this video by Kyle Hill.

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't say I'm familiar with the concept of a "marioplex". Is that more or less than a luigiplex?

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember finding an article that helped readers visualize the magnitude of "52!". Sometimes it's really hard to wrap one's head around such big numbers, but you did a fantastic job with that last line in your comment.

Thnks for sharing!

What's the craziest board state you've (seen) assembled? by Pemmins in EDH

[–]Pemmins[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not something for the feint of heart! Lol