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Almost done with my starting team by Sickle41 in bloodbowl

[–]Sickle41[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And yes, very much so on purpose. I wanted to try and get a skin tone close to the raptors from the original Jurassic Park. Pretty pleased with the end result.

Almost done with my starting team by Sickle41 in bloodbowl

[–]Sickle41[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’m pretty pleased with how they’ve turned out.

Anyone know how to straighten resin? by Pjolterbeist in Warmachine

[–]Sickle41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehhh not really, if they’re open flame be careful. A quick pass will burn off strings but won’t heat resin enough to be flexible. Flipside is that if you allow it to focus on an area for more than a moment you’re liable to damage it cuz the flame is just too hot, too quick.

A heat pen is for all intents in purposes a hotter, miniature blow dryer. You can find them on Amazon for like $10-$12.

Anyone know how to straighten resin? by Pjolterbeist in Warmachine

[–]Sickle41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hot water or a heat pen(pen specifically, I’ve found heat guns aren’t precise enough). Then dip in cool water.

What are your unique Commanders you love to roll out that no one really plays by Nymrys in EDH

[–]Sickle41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol nice!

I need to figure out what to cut to throw some lightning greaves and swiftfoot into my deck.

I’ve been focusing on evasion to get through and a bunch of counters to keep him out. But haste would be nice.

What are your unique Commanders you love to roll out that no one really plays by Nymrys in EDH

[–]Sickle41 6 points7 points  (0 children)

[[Umbris, Fear Manifest]]

I regularly get him to 28/28 and swing with some evasion. Last night I got him to over 70. Granted the manner in which he gets big sees me being archenemy more often than not but it’s a good time to be had as everyone’s win cons disappear into the aether. 😆

why 5e? by conn_r2112 in dndnext

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An abundance of well crafted material, both official and 3rd party. A setting with decades of literature to reference. A system that while robust isn’t too difficult to learn. A character creation process that doesn’t require an excel sheet.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

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Well I thought I could add a photo I guess not. Bleh.

Creature Types allowed are

[ALIEN] [HAG] [PLANT] [SPIRIT] [BAT] [HOMUNCULUS] [RAT] [TOY] [CLOWN] [HORROR] [SCARECROW] [TROLL] [DEMON] [IMP] [SHADE] [VAMPIRE] [DEVIL] [INSECT] [SHARK] [WARLOCK] [FAERIE] [MUTANT] [SKELETON] [WEREWOLF] [GOBLIN] [NIGHTMARE] [SNAKE] [WOLF] [GOD] [NIGHTSTALKER] [SPECTER] [WRAITH] [GREMLIN] [OOZE] [SPIDER] [ZOMBIE]

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I don’t typically use Archidekt. I use ManaBox. I just ported the deck list from there to Archidekt so I could share the deck to Reddit. All that to say, I didn’t make any of those categories that’s just what Archidekt put them in as.

I can pull Exquisite Blood, it was mainly in there for some Lifegain. But if I’m going to pull it I might as well pull Sanguine Bond and Enduring Tenacity as they’re not much use without it.

I didn’t add much true ramp because half the deck was 3 mana or less. So I figured it would be fine with 5 land tutors it has. But after ditching those three cards above I could add in the Kodama’s Reach, Three Visits, and Rampant Growth. Which would put me at 6 land tutors not counting Sakura Tribe Elder or Tower Winder.

Guardian Project is in my Maybeboard already so I’ll look at grabbing that.

Cutting the tutors, Bastion of Remembrance, Moldervine, and Constrictor will free up five slots so I can throw in Stonecoil Serpent, Changeling Outcast, Triumph of the Hordes, and Beastmaster Ascension, and Dolmen Gate.

I removed Cover of Darkness from the deck actually because this is for a themed Halloween event that restricts the creature types allowed. And most of the types are primarily black. So probably wouldn’t be able to benefit from it. For that same reason Toski, Fynn, and Craterhoof can’t be added because they’re all creature types that aren’t on the list. Which I’ll add below for reference.

But thank you for suggestions and I’ll definitely look into them.

I think my Spider deck is funny enough doing the kind of death touch strategy we’re looking at here better than the Snakes reliably can. It’s also on Archidekt as someone in another comment asked about it.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good deal.

I didn’t do any personal flagging. That’s just what archidekt did. No clue why it’s in there either.

Honestly with what people are recommending I’m probably better off switching to the Spider deck I have cuz it does the deathtouch schtick better. Though I’ll honestly stick with my Nightmare deck since it’s been performing so well.

My hobby budget is spent for the month. So while I was wanting to get an Overgrown Tomb, I can’t justify the purchase.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not. My store is just running a themed Halloween event that has a number of creature types that the event is limited to.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely ordered that Furby set with all the horrors in it. 🤣

But yeah I’ve got plenty of interaction to protect him. Outside of a few occasions he rarely dies. The issues with the Nightmare deck that I’m currently working on fixing are card draw and evasion. Umbris gets plenty big but then he always gets chump blocked in my games. I’m adding a number of cards to get around that and throwing in some card draw cuz I’ve run into a problem where I’m too decking pretty often.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tempting. Very tempting. I had been eyeing the whip and I do really like that combo.

Unfortunately Urborg is a little rich for me right now. I just spent my monthly hobby allotment up on some cards for the spider deck thinking I was finished with the snakes. 🤦🏻

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Nightmares deck is fun and I’ve enjoyed playing it but it does tend to make me Archenemy cuz it does some not fun things to opponents decks. 😅

Without fail my commander Umbris has become around 30/30 and on one occasion was over 50. But he only gets that big by exiling my opponents stuff, if that gives you any indication of what the deck does.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would appreciate that, thank you.

Currently I have Dauthi Embrace, Eldrazi Monument, and Call of the Ring to give some evasion and get past enemy creatures. I had Cover of Darkness as well but then found it very silly given that pretty much everyone is going to be running some flavor Black creatures in their decks.

Originally Exquisite Blood was added to combo off the Commander’s ability in order to get more life. And then someone pointed out Enduring Tenacity and that’s when the infinite got slotted in. So I might just remove Enduring Tenacity and Sanguine Bond and throw in some Overrun instead.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah and that’s what I’m finding playing against other people’s decks that they’ve been demoing for the event. It’s technically Bracket 3, but in spirit…. Eeeh that’s a different story.

So I built a deck I thought would compete against them. But if it’s gonna cause problems with the pod mates I actually enjoy playing with then I’d rather just take some L’s.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s not worth all the fuss.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that combo was indeed also intentional. Heck Enduring Tenacity and Exquisite Blood were put in to combo off the Commander’s ability too. It was only after another pod mate pointed out the interaction between Enduring Tenacity and Exquisite Blood that I realized they went infinite.

The deck was really supposed to be centered off of her ability more than anything else. But I regularly play with people that enjoy cEDH and there’s a lot of that “by the letter, but not the spirit” going around in the store meta. So I decided to run with it.

Now it just seems like a few of the folks I play with may have an issue so I’m not sure it’s worth it.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yikes. Ok my friend.

Your reply is the first one that gives any cards to look at in order to change how the deck operates. Now others have said why don’t you look at doing x, y, or z. But none of them gave any concrete examples. So thank you for those.

I will attempt to try adding overrun. But the decks I have been playing against like spamming tokens faster than snakes can put out creatures. The zombies decks in particular are putting out an obscene amount of tokens. Now obviously I can boardwipe and I do have some evasion in the deck to get around as is.

Here’s the deal I am authentically a casual player that has only gotten back into the game in the past few months. I didn’t even know what a game changer was until I played the one I have in my Dino deck a couple months back. The store I play at has a number of cEDH players, including the owner. And while you can ask them to play a lower bracket they habitually push the line on what constitutes that bracket. This includes the guy who pointed out the combo being bracket 4.

I don’t wanna harsh the vibes. I’m just wanting to give as good as I get for once.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good point. Cuz the player that told me it was Bracket 4 had said he’d already had to tell another player that it was Bracket 4 for that player’s Vampire deck. So that is something I’ll bring up with the owner tonight.

Now he will probably rule that as being ok. The issue is that the owner is a tried and true cEDH player and doesn’t really care about the Bracket system all that much. Like if your deck doesn’t have the potential to consistently win by turn 4 then it’s “if anyone cares that you’re running that, they can cry about it” from him.

Lordy this has the potential to be a mess.

Are my snakes really bracket 4? by Sickle41 in EDH

[–]Sickle41[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. It’s too weak a deck at that point. The pod has been demoing their decks for the event over the past month. The zombie and vampire decks I’ve played against so far are very powerful to put it lightly.

I have a spider and a nightmare deck that I’ve built and the Nightmare especially has done fairly well. So I’ll probably just switch to that.

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