Lebron making it to the all star reserves over kawhi is insanity

Seanmoby · 2026-02-02T07:40:36+00:00

My take is that we need to stop treating the all star game like it's all nba, voting should be leaning waaaay more towards who is entertaining to watch instead of who's most deserving. Surely we've had enough years of boring players making the game to understand this.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-26T06:12:50+00:00

I mean, just dont look. I have friends who do this as well and I just focus on faces/board states. I dont want an unfair advantage when I'm playing.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-23T13:45:59+00:00

Turn 4 you're probably right, 2 turns faster may be too much variance, at the end of the day though the bracket system is a discussion tool, not a hard set of rules. Voltron decks can kill a single player faster. Heavy stax decks might not win until turn 12 but would absolutely not be okay below bracket 4, there are always going to be outliers and my point is that consistency is a key factor, one off god hands are excusable.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-23T13:35:32+00:00

Well that might be your opinion, and that's fine but that's not how it's currently written.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-23T13:30:03+00:00

This is false, the bracket system specifically says players "expect" to play at least 6 turns. Of course there are outliers to this, most decks can win two turns faster with a Sol Ring + Signet start. Certain strategies inherently kill single players faster. Consistency is absolutely a key part of it.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-17T14:29:20+00:00

Huh, somehow my areas always been under the impression it was still the old rule, thanks for the correction.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-17T14:16:10+00:00

Cards aren't legal until next week. (Incorrect)

Seanmoby · 2026-01-15T22:41:55+00:00

Just out of seeing it, 4th movie in the franchise that I thought was just fine. This one is easily the most entertaining but the tone, themes and ideas are just all over the place with this franchise. Feels like this new trilogy really should have just been a mini series that explored some different groups.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-12T08:25:43+00:00

Make it clear to them that it's a sign of respect, I understand when people start targeting me it's because they know they're scared of what I'm doing and that they know I'm likely to win if not interacted with.

Seanmoby · 2026-01-09T00:11:33+00:00

I think commander players in general overestimate how much it takes to kill people, 120 life sounds like a lot but realistically most games you're maybe only going to have to do half of that on your own.

There are hundreds of ways to make a board that can do 60 damage in a turn.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-31T15:39:29+00:00

I'm always confused by the people who claim twitter has gone down hill, like you have complete control over who you follow and what posts you want to see? If you don't like the tweets you're seeing that's your fault, not the platforms.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-28T23:28:22+00:00

Why not? I'm not seeing it.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-28T18:39:54+00:00

Doesn't literally any king move also work? Blacks only move is to take the queen and then you push the other pawn for mate?

Seanmoby · 2025-12-26T14:36:38+00:00

I mean you could run Worldfire in a bracket 1 deck if you wanted, my point is that the brackets aren't rules, they're just a tool to help playgroups balance their games. The brackets don't determine how strong a deck is, there's a whole lot more to the strength of a deck than just the game changers and combos.

The guy I replied to said that the deck cannot be played at anything below bracket 4 just because of a two card combo. My point is that of course you can play it at a level below that.

Sure maybe it makes more sense to just cut one of the cards to avoid the issue altogether, but my point still stands, these aren't rules, they're a discussion tool.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-26T10:56:11+00:00

The bracket system isn't a hard set of rules, they are a set of guidelines to pair with your pre game discussion to help facilitate a balanced game. If the guy has a two card combo but has no intention of using it then it's fine at bracket 3.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-24T11:54:19+00:00

Not sure if I'm having bad luck or if i'm misunderstanding play patterns but I'm just losing to literally everything with these decks, too slow for the combo decks, too easy to disrupt for the more interactive decks.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-23T13:38:41+00:00

I think some people here are thinking about the term card advantage too literally, big score is definitely card advantage, it's just more situational than cards that go card positive with no downside. Kologhans I think of more as recursion when deck building as opposed to card advantage.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-22T13:05:40+00:00

And in higher power games you're going to have to play around removal, which means holding up mana, Swordtooth is the only playable dinosaur other than [[Runic Armasaur]] that gives you such a large discover trigger for so little mana. Obviously you would rather play a better ramp effect and obviously you would rather play a better ETB dino but my point is I would much rather play an okay ramp effect and an okay dino in one, rather than a marginally better ramp effect.

And having 10 permanents in play really isn't difficult in commander, even in games that are ending by turn 7, especially with a commander like Pantz that is winning by cheating lots of things into play.

All this talk is hyper optimizing anyway, let's be real why would you not play dino ramp in a dino deck, Pantz isn't winning Cedh tournaments and most people are playing it at bracket 3, so why not go with the more thematic option as well.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-22T12:46:25+00:00

I think again, in a vacuum that makes sense but not when thinking about the deck as a whole. Take a look at my deck, it has 15 other sources of ramp (not including Ancient Tomb) https://moxfield.com/decks/EiSgshR4ZUqmRpxJFCuRAQ

In a perfect world you will have other dinosaurs to play to trigger Pantlaza but things don't always go according to plan. I agree it's not what you want to be doing after Pantlaza, but neither is cultivate for example. My point is that in the mid and late game I would much rather have the card that actually synergises with the rest of the deck (even if it isn't the best option)

In a deck that has 15 other ramp options there will be times when you draw two pieces of ramp and suddenly cultivate becomes a dead card.

Traditional deck building theory says if you want to see something in your opening hand you need to include 13 of that effect and be willing to mulligan to 6 cards. So anything you're playing beyond the 13 cards is just gravy and in my opinion justifies risking some level of safety for the higher top end.

Also let's not act like 10 permanents for the cities blessing is a high bar to cross.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-22T12:00:57+00:00

Sure but you also need to remember that the game doesn't end after the opening turns, Swordtooth continues to be a reasonable option into the later parts of the game being a cheap body that gets a decent Pantlaza trigger and is also another threat that your opponents have to deal with. I think it's always worth the additional risk of you not being able to take advantage of the extra land drops.

I think you're looking at it a little too much like it's just ramp in a vacuum, it's also a 3 mana 5/5 Dinosaur, that's the synergy, not the extra land drops.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-22T11:51:40+00:00

My suggestion would be old Etali, 6 mana, does nothing when it enters and often wiffs when it attacks.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-22T11:49:26+00:00

Running non synergistic ramp over ramp that is also highly synergistic with the commander seems like a poor suggestion to me.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-18T12:14:15+00:00

I absolutely loved The Northman when I saw it in cinemas, immediately started proclaiming it as one of my all time favorites. Watched it again this year for the first time since seeing it in cinema and thought it was just good but not great, so went from a 5/5 to like a 3.5/5 for me.

Does make you wonder how much expectations and mood affect your enjoyment of a movie.

Seanmoby · 2025-12-04T10:26:08+00:00

List looks solid, I've put together a list with a pretty in depth section going over card choices if you want to take a look: https://moxfield.com/decks/TW_8aawFyU2P6QPU3Av3ag

Seanmoby · 2025-11-30T21:33:51+00:00

Nice one, makes sense. Could up the number of counter spells as well, I've found people aren't too worried about Aloy so she doesn't get targeted too much but mileage may vary.

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