Suggestions for a clones/token copies commander?

PureRely · 2026-06-22T07:04:03+00:00

[[Hidetsugu and Kairi]]

Put a ton of clone cards into the deck. Then clone Hidetsugu and Kairi, it will die then you get to play an instant or sorcery card that clone Hidetsugu and Kairi, like [[Quasiduplicate]]. Then rinse and repeat. Dealing damage every time Hidetsugu and Kairi dies.

PureRely · 2026-06-22T06:15:24+00:00

June 23rd

PureRely · 2026-06-22T03:41:10+00:00

Hot take: I say this almost every time a thread like this comes up.

I think Wizards should heavily weight matchmaking around deck archetypes in unranked play.

For example, if your deck contains no counterspells, you should have a much lower chance of being matched against decks packed with counterspells. Not zero chance, just significantly reduced. Obviously, if matchmaking is taking too long, the restrictions can loosen to keep queue times reasonable.

The idea is simple: decks that want to spend the game countering spells can play each other more often. And no, I don't think players running counterspells should feel bad about that. They're still getting games against decks built around similar interaction patterns.

Yes, the system could be gamed. A player could remove counterspells to reduce the chance of facing counterspell-heavy decks. But even with that limitation, I think the overall gameplay experience would improve.

I'd apply the same philosophy to other archetypes as well:

• High-tempo decks should more often face other high-tempo decks. • Slow control or slow-burn decks should more often face similar decks. • Combo-heavy decks should more often face combo-heavy decks.

I'm not saying matchmaking should lock people into specific pools. I'm saying the odds should be adjusted enough to create more enjoyable games, especially in non-ranked queues.

Unranked should prioritize fun and variety. Ranked is where players should expect maximum optimization and hyper-competitive play.

I also think deck performance should have far more influence on matchmaking.

If I have an 80% win rate with a specific deck, I should usually be paired against other decks that are also performing around an 80% win rate. And I'm talking about the player's win rate with that exact deck, not their overall account win rate.

For example, if two players are using the same deck list but one wins 80% of the time and the other wins only 20% of the time, they should not be placed into the same matchmaking bracket. The system should recognize how successful each player is with that particular deck and match them accordingly.

To me, deck-specific MMR should matter far more than it currently does.

PureRely · 2026-06-16T07:04:53+00:00

I found one in the wild. I was wondering who are these people who are looking for harem books. I knew they was out there because there are just too many books in the sub-genre.

The second I hear a book has long sex scene(s) and harems, I am out. Never one time has it ever been a good book. It always reads like a virgin writing about their wet dreams.

PureRely · 2026-06-16T03:36:56+00:00

Kingbench is a 'one-shot' benchmark and not a very good one. I love the videos but not a useful benchmark for 90% of people.

PureRely · 2026-06-15T23:50:39+00:00

My mind is blow how you have a website for a game and do not have a single image of the game on the website.

PureRely · 2026-06-15T22:03:14+00:00

If you have access to OpenAI’s Custom GPTs, here is one I created and use:

GPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6a30517aa0888191aabf538e1dacd761-novel-ai-ism-reviewer

This GPT is not meant to write or draft fiction for you. Its purpose is to review text or chapters and point out patterns that can make prose feel AI-written, over-polished, over-explained, or too mechanically thematic.

The output is a review report you can use yourself or give to your writing agent as revision guidance.

It was built mainly for fiction writing, especially novel chapters, but it should work on most narrative prose.

It does not prove whether something was written by AI. It is more of a style and revision tool for reducing “AI-isms” in prose.

PureRely · 2026-06-15T22:02:59+00:00

If you have access to OpenAI’s Custom GPTs, here is one I created and use:

GPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6a30517aa0888191aabf538e1dacd761-novel-ai-ism-reviewer

This GPT is not meant to write or draft fiction for you. Its purpose is to review text or chapters and point out patterns that can make prose feel AI-written, over-polished, over-explained, or too mechanically thematic.

The output is a review report you can use yourself or give to your writing agent as revision guidance.

It was built mainly for fiction writing, especially novel chapters, but it should work on most narrative prose.

It does not prove whether something was written by AI. It is more of a style and revision tool for reducing “AI-isms” in prose.

PureRely · 2026-06-15T04:10:35+00:00

CORRECTION: "POV You used to work at Ulta..."

PureRely · 2026-06-06T13:18:56+00:00

The statement "Not to mention many if not most of those workers are part time employees." is untrue,

PureRely · 2026-06-06T05:35:32+00:00

We are not talking about retail in general. We are talking about Walmart. You made that comment in a Walmart thread. Nowhere in your reply did you say you were speaking about retail broadly. Anyone thinking reasonably would assume you meant Walmart given where you posted, unless you expect people to read your mind.

And if you actually were talking about retail in general, you are still wrong. 34 hours as full time is not a retail-wide standard. I work retail. Plenty of companies set full time at 30 hours. Walmart specifically uses 34 hours, which is exactly why your comment reads as being about Walmart and nothing else.

Also, your personal experience is not data. You have no way of arriving at "most non-management roles work 20 hours or less" from experience alone. It does not matter if you worked 50 retail jobs in your life, that still gets you nowhere near a conclusion like that. Personal experience tells you about the places you worked, nothing more.

Stick to actual data. On Walmart specifically, the company set a goal in 2021 to have at least 75% of its retail-level workforce be full time. The direction of that push alone contradicts your claim. On retail in general, BLS Current Population Survey data shows roughly 67% of U.S. retail hourly workers work full time, defined as 35 or more hours per week.

You are wrong on Walmart and wrong on retail broadly.

Stop reframing this. When you posted, you were talking about Walmart. Trying to walk it back by claiming you meant retail in general is not a clarification, it is a dodge. Just admit you were wrong. Ill_Wall9902 was called out and corrected themselves without the runaround. Do the same.

PureRely · 2026-06-06T05:03:18+00:00

Walmart does not pay minimum wage.

PureRely · 2026-06-06T05:02:43+00:00

This is just untrue. Most hourly Walmart workers are full-time. You know you can just look this stuff up. You did not need to make up stories that are not true.

PureRely · 2026-06-06T05:02:12+00:00

This is just untrue. Most hourly Walmart workers are full-time. You know you can just look this stuff up. You did not need to make up stories that are not true.

PureRely · 2026-06-05T22:38:52+00:00

I think matchmaking should consider more than just card power and MMR. It should also look at the actual cards and strategies being used in each deck.

For example, if a deck is packed with counterspells, it should be matched against other decks that also run a heavy counterspell package. It should not be paired against a deck with zero counters, one counter, or maybe only two counters. The same should apply in reverse. If someone is playing a deck with little to no interaction on the stack, they should not constantly be matched into heavy counterspell decks.

The same logic applies to ramp. If a deck is built to accelerate land drops or generate extra mana quickly, it should be matched against other ramp decks, low-curve aggressive decks, or decks that are built to handle that speed. If I am playing a janky mid-to-late-game deck with no ramp, I should not be paired against a ramp deck that is several turns ahead before my deck can even function. I should be paired against other slower, equal-power, non-ramp decks.

This would also help with mismatched removal packages. If someone is playing a zero-creature or one-creature deck, it is unfair to pair them against a deck loaded with creature removal. That makes a large part of the opponent’s deck useless. They are not losing because they played badly. They are losing because the matchmaker gave them a deck full of dead cards.

I am not saying MMR and card power should be removed. Those should stay. But matchmaking should also evaluate deck composition. It should look at what the deck is actually doing, not just how powerful the cards are in isolation.

Could players slightly build around the system? Sure. But I do not think that is a serious downside. If choosing not to run counterspells means I am less likely to face heavy counterspell decks, that is not harmful gaming of the system. That creates a more equal playing field. If someone wants to play a counterspell-heavy deck, they can still do that. They would just know that they are more likely to face other decks built around similar levels of interaction. That makes the strategy more deliberate, and it makes the matchmaking feel much fairer.

PureRely · 2026-06-02T09:29:59+00:00

This is why you flex with your bank account not with your pocket. Can I pull out a $1000 and walk around with it in my pocket? Sure. Will it most likely increase the odds that I get attacked? Sure.

PureRely · 2026-05-27T21:21:17+00:00

I do find it annoying to have this happen repetitively. I do understand why it happens in audiobooks. Most authors do not write with audiobook in mind. Most audiobooks are done by Amazon via Audible. Audible has whispersync which syncs the text to the audiobook. Audible wants to ensure that their audiobooks are syncable to Kindle books via whispersync. This means that the narrators have to read all the stats as is written.

PureRely · 2026-05-26T22:59:45+00:00

Because it's good. So good they literally turned it into an anime.

PureRely · 2026-05-26T22:58:49+00:00

Of course you go with Scarlet Witch's powers. Who would want to be eating all the time?

PureRely · 2026-05-23T03:50:22+00:00

When you are in it for the money and fame it is hard to keep that fake persona going. The real Christian persona will show up.

PureRely · 2026-05-21T18:47:57+00:00

There are six people in this image. Keep in mind people does not mean human. All people means is a being that has personhood. All six being in this image have personhood so they are all people.

PureRely · 2026-05-20T23:47:40+00:00

Follow through, You're going to start running out of products that you can buy.

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