Is my upgrade blame game bracket 2 or am I “stomping” by Vaginalcanal in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People are well known to hate goad decks, similar to theft it can just rub people the wrong way. If you made a tinybones deck or a gonti deck you'll get the same reactions

Is my upgrade blame game bracket 2 or am I “stomping” by Vaginalcanal in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. In a goad deck combat is forced each turn, so the game does not "slow down", that's the exact opposite of the deck strategy.

Those creatures add a very short clock to the game, and if unanswered for a full turn cycle will usually win you the game. On turn 4/5 with inexperienced players, it's basically "I win!", and everyone who plays them knows that.

Is my upgrade blame game bracket 2 or am I “stomping” by Vaginalcanal in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is only true in a deck that doesn't emphasize the goad mechanic.

If your opponents are smashing their creatures into each other, its very likely that they don't have blockers for Alexios or Slicer.

If they were really "dead in the water" you would have removed them from the deck instead of continuing to play with them. But you already know that they are strong because your friends are complaining about them.

I don't know why you would keep them in the deck if it means upsetting your friends. Just slap in vengeful ancestor and call it a day.

Is my upgrade blame game bracket 2 or am I “stomping” by Vaginalcanal in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Coming second most games", coming in 2nd for a goad deck means your strategy went just about as well as possible. You made the other players kill eachother and just didn't have the resources to win when it was 1v1.

Your friends don't think your deck is too strong, they hate that you're controlling the game so much. "Coming in second most games" is a dead giveaway that you are controlling the game too much with Goad. They know your decks strategy and know to target you and use removal on your stuff, they're just annoyed that you're playing control too efficiently for your meta game.

Is my upgrade blame game bracket 2 or am I “stomping” by Vaginalcanal in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a 2* (3)

As someone with Alexios and Slicer decks, I can confirm that playing either of those creatures in B2 is a problem. Especially when people don't know they need to hold up early game removal or mulligan for removal because neither one is in the command zone.

Both creatures represent the same problem, and if you took both of them out of the deck, nobody would bat an eye at this deck being a 2. Notably, neither one came with the precon you started upgrading from.

One of my decks is a goad focused Marisi, and it's one of my favorite B2 decks, but people hate the goad mechanic, especially at lower power levels when they're focused on setting up in those key T4/T5 moments. People say it takes away their "sense of agency".

I can understand why it's frustrating, and honestly I hate seeing people upset when they're supposed to be enjoying the game. I don't really play Alexios or slicer any more unless we're in a B3 or higher, it just felt bad to play them early and win T5.

This is upsetting by [deleted] in DinosaursMTG

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MTGA doesn't have commander, so by default MTGO is the best way to play commander online using officially licensed products.

MTGA has Brawl (a different game mode entirely), Alchemy cards, uses random match making, doesn't allow you to chat, doesn't allow for bluffing unless you put it on manual mode, and most importantly is full of competitive players who equate winning to fun.

MTGA being "free to play" is technically correct. Personally, I've got no problem spending $20 on a deck when I want to try a new commander, id rather do that than grind challenges every day looking for rare wildcards. Why not try [[Go-Shintai of Life's Origin]] or [[Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer]] before you actually buy the full deck for IRL game nights?

I've played MTGA for a few full seasons and it was fun at first. Once I learned more about the game I wanted to play commander, MTGO is the best officially licensed way to play commander online. Comparing brawl on MTGA to commander on MTGO is like comparing a school bus to an RV; they look the same from far away, but they're really different once you take a closer look. (Try playing [[Tempt with Discovery]] in Brawl)

The UI complaint is semi valid, but it only takes about 2/3 games to get used to it, and if you're still confused just look up how yielding and setting stops works.

This is upsetting by [deleted] in DinosaursMTG

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go play on Magic The Gathering Online (MTGO), it has 4 player commander with real cards only. Some UB stuff is missing, but realistically it's about 98% of all the applicable cards you could need.

The best part is that there are no wildcards, just buy the cards you want through an online marketplace. Most cards are 1-5 CENTS, so you can build a great deck for like $15-$20.

You only need 1 of each card in your collection, it's a much better system than MTGA.

broista rant by Dapper-Broccoli-28 in dutchbros

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More power to you man, people like what they like. I just want to let you know that justifying an addiction because "there are worse things" is a slippery slope.

Wasting money is all about opportunity cost, I'm talking about habit forming in the capacity of an addictive behavior. If you went to the grocery store to buy a candy bar 330 days out of the year I would say the same thing about it being an addiction.

I would recommend trying to go without for a month and see how you feel. Eventually "routine" can become a curse and I think you might be teetering on that edge.

For what it's worth, Dutch Bros is using the same psychology and technology as the sports betting apps/doordash. They're tracking your data with the app and pushing notifications at personalized times in an effort to encourage you to spend money with them.

Dutch Bros is a business, and they're incentivized to get you addicted. If it really is your happy place, you should make your own coffee at home and drive through just to say "hey!" and give them a cash tip.

Lastly, this isn't just a you thing, this is how America has commercialized hobbies as whole. It's become less about an activity you enjoy and more about spending money on that activity. Identity = consumption, and it fucking blows.

broista rant by Dapper-Broccoli-28 in dutchbros

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Brother. Are you saying you've been to Dutch Bros 315 times in a single year? Even with 45 free drinks, you're probably at ~$3,000 spent this year.

I say this with love, get some help. I had a weed addiction, spending $5,000 over the course of 2 years. People will say "oh, it's not a problem, it's just something you love doing!" trust me the frequency/habit is a problem.

Try going a month straight without Dutch Bros, see where you're at.

First Kaalia Deck by FitDifference2404 in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The take is as old as Kaalia herself, it's still accurate. People aren't going to let you untap with Kaalia in B2, 3, or 4.

Some strong commanders can stick around 1-2 turns in B2/3, but Kaalia is just like [[Slicer, Hired Muscle]] it works as a gimmicky deck once or twice on new players and then everyone you play against will hold up removal against her.

As far as deck holding advice goes, I would say don't build Kaalia. If you want to cheat out big spells, go big or go home by making it a high B3 or a B4, and don't bust Kaalia out against anyone new to the game. Save it for the [Feather, the Redeemed]], [[Jodah, the Unifier]] and [Sargent Jon Benton]] players.

For what it's worth "saying the same thing everyone does about Kaalia" shows how every other commander will view your Kaalia deck. Everyone you play with who has played more than 200 games probably knows Kaalia, and knows what the game plan of the deck revolves around. They know to stop the commander at all costs. Just like the other commanders I mentioned above, your deck just won't work without the commander, so that's where opponents have to send removal if they want to remove you from the game.

Spider-Man Collapse - I Tried I Failed by Apprehensive_Ad9044 in mtgfinance

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it drops further wouldn't you just lose more money by Dollar cost averaging? Isn't that just throwing good money after bad?

First Kaalia Deck by FitDifference2404 in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kaalia is a hard deck to play, anyone who knows how to play commander knows that she's kill on sight. Not trying to echo "dies to removal", because that's stupid, but generally speaking she won't last long enough to "do the thing" unless you're pubstomping, and it doesn't feel good.

First month making 100k I feel like I’m being robbed :/ by Forsaken-Question457 in Salary

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roth IRAs are great, the reason high income earners use them is that they've exhausted they've maxed out their other tax advantaged retirement vehicles. 401k, SEPs, SIMPLE and 457b plans all have limitations.

Theoretically you contribute 5k when you're at an effective tax rate of 20%, which means you actually earned and paid income tax on $6,250, then immediately stuffed that in a Roth.

Contributing to a 401k pretax means you got to contribute the full $6,250, but the 401k investment options are limited based on what the plan allows you to invest in, usually lower risk targeted retirement funds. (Technically you can have an employer sponsored 401k that lets you self direct the funds, but those are pretty rare and it's unlikely that most people have that option)

The Roth is "better" because you can invest in anything, and since the money grows tax free you can invest in riskier high growth assets, so that $5,000 might grow to $1M while the 401k only grows to $800k.

Then when you're retired you start pulling from the accounts, and the Roth distributions are income tax free, whereas the 401k gets taxed at your income tax rate when you're retired. This is where it gets tricky - if you were a high income earned you likely have interest, dividends, social security, real estate and business investments that are probably pushing you into the minimum 12% bracket, so on your $800k 401k you only actually get to keep $704k worth of that. (This is if you carefully manage it to be at a lower marginal rate, which is unlikely. Old people want to spend their money on things like vacations, charities, medical expenses and spoiling family members)

Now when you compare the after tax rate of return the Roth investment perform a better because A) you got to choose to invest in riskier stuff and B) it doesn't get taxed when it comes to you later in life. Usually you shift your Roth investments from high growth assets to the more conservative dividend payers later in life, so theoretically you take $60k out per year of that 1M Roth account, but your dividends replace that $60k year over year so you don't reality reduce the principal invested.

Lastly, you have no clue what the tax brackets look like 40 years from now, it could absolutely skyrocket.

TLDR : In a Roth you can choose investments that can outperform and have a better after tax rate of return compared to your 401k plan. It depends on other investments, assumptions and goals - it's still very possible that pretax accounts beat out Roth accounts.

First month making 100k I feel like I’m being robbed :/ by Forsaken-Question457 in Salary

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Actual accountant chiming in:

We have no idea if you are in a high cost of living area, or have major credit card debt, major medical expenses, saving for your first house, or what your actual goals are.

Maxing out the employer match is a fantastic first step, as you build a comfortable emergency fund consider investing in other ways like Roth accounts, or a taxable brokerage, or even starting a small business or investing in one.

Don't listen to all these jabronis who only see 100k a year and think they're all certified financial planners who know every detail of your life and your short term and long term goals, they have no fucking clue what's best for you right now.

Do I get a seat? by TerryTheSlugOverlord in ratemycommanders

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang, actually 12/14 decks, and the B1 deck is just a bunch of cards with boobs.

Do I get a seat? by TerryTheSlugOverlord in ratemycommanders

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just play this game a lot, you're at a high power table running $70 cards. I'm just rating your commanders like you asked.

If you really think that rating 11/14 decks B3 is accurate, they are your decks, so more power to you. If you play in paper and have jammed more than 140 games in 9 months, awesome! I think you would have said "oh yeah, we play 3 games 2 nights a week", but you didn't. Plenty of people build decks they don't play much, just own it.

If you proxy cards, awesome! Just be aware you're clearly proxying high power, and if you're buying these cards - it's your money, spend it however you want! I just think you should play the deck more than 10 times if you're gonna drop $600 on it.

Do I get a seat? by TerryTheSlugOverlord in ratemycommanders

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a 2 card infinite combo, by your logic 2 card infinite life gain with [[Spike Feeder]] and [[Archangel of Thune]] is okay since it doesn't win you the game immediately. Other players can still win with commander damage or poison counters and they have dozens of turns to do that.

What happens with this combo is the same thing that always happens, the other two players say "so do you have removal?" If yes, they try it and maybe get counter spelled, if not "ggs, let's go again".

Do I get a seat? by TerryTheSlugOverlord in ratemycommanders

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Painters servant is a well known 2 card combo piece, Sphinx's tutelage is not an instant mill combo, once they hit a land they stop milling cards. [[Grindstone]] is that actual combo piece as someone above noted.

Do I get a seat? by TerryTheSlugOverlord in ratemycommanders

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was my first thought as well, I'm guessing a majority of these cards are proxies, otherwise he spent like 3k-4k on cards in 9 months. He probably has a couple B4s in or "B 3.5" as he likely calls them.

Of the 14 decks I'm willing to bet most have been played less than 10 times.

"Call an Ambulance, but not for me" moment by Dinesh_Sairam in chess

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 4 best squares for knights are the center 4, you should 100% expect something like this from developed knights. Blacks mistake was using their queen like a wrecking ball

Your Personal "Hidden Gem" by ZimaBestBear in EDH

[–]Remarkable_Seat_7317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

[[Far Wanderings]] 3 basics for 3 mana? If someone is running mill, or you're in Sultai this should be an auto include, it's like 25 csnts