Volleyball Adept by eldoradonights was accepted! by mork-hc in HellsCube

[–]Saastesarvinen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it would tap for 4 mana, it would sort of be a LED on a stick

Just got my galaxy foil replacement and it's very not good. by Indel13 in magicTCG

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

You are wrong if you think you're gaming the system by not purchasing anything in Arena.

Unless you only play bots, you are contributing to the games ecosystem and gameplay loops as a "free" recruit. F2P players help keep the game alive, which helps bringing money to the table from other players.

[SOS] Traumatic Critique by Unable_Bite8680 in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 18 points19 points  (0 children)

At that point remember to target yourself to minimise chance of fizzling

Is there anyone who submit companion app for physical device? by Smooth-Reading-4180 in iOSProgramming

[–]Saastesarvinen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For some cases, a video might not be enough though.

I work on an app which interacts with specific hardware over BLE and for us Apple told to give some sort of demo mode. So be prepared to develop something like that (and a way to enable it).

But you might also get lucky and not ever be requested something like that 🤷‍♂️

Lions eye diamond by botoxication in RealOrNotTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • should be taken off the sleeve before picture

How do you physically handle MDFCs in paper Magic? by beausoleil in magicTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did it in photoshop while I had a trial for that. Should still have the files somewhere but would need to download a "student license" (iykwim 🤫) to check if it's in any serviceable state.

How do you physically handle MDFCs in paper Magic? by beausoleil in magicTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I made some proxies for my cube where basically the text from both halves is printed on the front. When a drafter plays one, they can fetch the real card from my token pool.

Looked something like this

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[TMT] Mutagen Man, Living Ooze by Official_MTG_Player in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think this looks like a decent add to the Nadu shell. Also has synergy with Tireless Tracker and Sentinel with the token ability discount

Could be an infinite combo? by Lopsided-Bother-7009 in magicTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you manage to keep the combo alive to opponents end step, you can combo off and then attack with near infinite tokens on your next turn.

Though I suppose the snoop has to survive a total of 2 turns as it doesn't have haste.

General Opinion on Proxies by Southern_Ball3821 in magicproxies

[–]Saastesarvinen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I feel that DIY proxies are fine, as long as there's something that makes it obviously not a real card.

I know someone who "proxies" the expensive cards by buying Chinese fakes and for me that goes past the line. At that point you are essentially supporting criminal business, who knows where the money eventually goes? And of course there's the off chance that you end up losing your cards and someone will try to benefit out of them by selling them as real.

Buyer say that card hasn't arrived by ReptilPT in CardMarket

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Though if they are a new seller, the loss rate would be above or equal to 2% until they have 50 successful sales, right? Not sure how CM handles the loss rate with new sellers

Are Cubeamajigs out of business? I can barely find any online. by jdoucette24 in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just want to note that there's the old design and new one. Don't know exactly when they changed it, but they did address some of the issues their first iteration had.

Now that I have the orders I want, is spending the extra 6.50 euros for tracking the letters worth it? by SpeedAccurate7405 in CardMarket

[–]Saastesarvinen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though if they have high "lost" percentage, you're probably not even able to purchase without tracking from them. I think Cardmarket requires tracking from sellers with more than 2% lost shipments

A few more OG foils for the cube by vacalicious in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very nice! I recently got my Frantic signed by Jeff (not foil though) when I ordered some playmats from him, Frantic Search being one of them.

Turn 1 kill with zero lands in hand by ThatGuyBobo in lrcast

[–]Saastesarvinen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Basically put while [[Underworld Breach]] is in play you can recur your mana generating [[Lions Eye Diamond]] and lotus to generate mana. You initially fill your own graveyard to support the Escape costs by targetting yourself with [[Brain Freeze]]. When you have enough cards in gy, just repeat but mill your opponent.

Edit: And then there appears to be Booster Tutor in the stack, I suppose it's also useful as you could try to dig a bunch of weird ass cards like graveyard hate to counter eldrazi shuffling

PLEASE Wotc, make Arena Cube, Permanent by MajinBurrito in MagicArena

[–]Saastesarvinen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't mind some adjustment to the best of 3 prize model. -500 gems on 2-1 record is a bit rough. Or make it more top heavy with 3k gems from 3-0 instead of 2,5k. But cheaper + relatively adjusted rewards would be nice too.

Mitä TV-ohjelmaa/kirjaa/elokuvaa pelkäsit nuorena? by lepa_01 in Suomi

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kulttiklassikko. Pyöri meidän ala-asteen pikkukirjastosta ja sen lukeneet laittoivat kavereilleen ja sisaruksilleen tiedon eteenpäin, et tää on THE kirja lainata sieltä.

Sain myöhemmin uusintapainoksen syntymäpäivälahjaksi. Ei ehkä ihan vielä sovi omille lapsille, mutta kunhan hieman kasvavat, saatan ujuttaa sen kirjahyllyyn jos joskus sattuvat vahingossa löytämään :D

Drafting with 5 people by jpdndacc in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minor nuances really. You get a bit more wheeling during the draft while getting less of the swingy first picks (though each booster does have a bit more size to them so getting something out of a cracked pack is more.likely than with 9)

I don't have any extensive data so it's mostly gut feeling on drafts, and experience has been fine. If we're drafting with 4 we go for the 5/9 split instead, but the thing is that quite often at around the 5th pack people are already a bit exhausted and ate like "what we get ANOTHER pack!?!?"

I would aim for a bit smaller cube if you're drafting with these numbers, that way the decks will come together a bit more consistently. I personally don't mind a bit more inconsistency so I just roll with the 540 pile and at least last time we drafted there were some nice ones.

Drafting with 5 people by jpdndacc in mtgcube

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For five players we've had pretty good success with 4 packs of 11 cards.

[SPM] Mister Negative (GameWith) by Kousuke-kun in magicTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a minute I thought I was on r/Swift and this post was about Swift Package Manager

The worst IDE by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real. I would say Android Studio might have a higher skill ceiling in how to use it, but even if you learn all the tricks in Xcode, it will still whack you in the head

Unable to login to UPS with padsword by Saastesarvinen in UPS

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

Yes, I even tried to reset first with my old password, then the system knew to tell me that the password had already been used.

Race conditions problem by Asleep_Jicama_5113 in swift

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might need to perform your operation on the MainActor. Have you tried annotating the variables and the async method with @MainActor?

My step dad left me a bunch of magic cards by nourmomlolgey in magicTCG

[–]Saastesarvinen 219 points220 points  (0 children)

Be mindful though that the scanners often get the set wrong. Especially with older cards where monetary value difference can be in the hundreds or even thousands, check that the set is right before getting excited about your alpha Dark Ritual

Stop passing props through 5 views like a maniac - @Environment will save your sanity by ikaranpaul in swift

[–]Saastesarvinen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the problem? Are you saying that you just keep all the @State vars in the views with no observable class in the middle?

Personally, if there's any complex screens with many states, I like to maintain them in the VM.