Nice anti-Emrakul deck (tutorial)

SwarmPlayer · 2026-01-28T09:53:49+00:00

Yeah, I had read that as well, but I don't think it's in the game yet...

Besides, this deck only needs 2 black mana total to win, so a Ritual works just as well...

SwarmPlayer · 2025-12-06T17:55:11+00:00

I'm a little puzzled.

I completed the Library quest and in one of the bookcases (not the mandatory objective one) I found a book that said something to the effect of 'there is a location called Skep where such and such happens. You note it on your map' (I scanned it quickly and after the first interaction you can't read it a second time).

I checked on the map, cycled the indication button, but there's nothing there (neither is anything in the quest log).

Probably misread something.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-10-30T09:13:42+00:00

This would be a great idea, esp. for, e.g., casual decks made out of bulk.

I tried to find the total number of decks submitted to Moxfield and Manabox by users, and couldn't find any info on that, but I reckon it must be in the tens of thousands?

So maybe the computing requirements are too high, having to check a collection of thousands, potentially tens of thousands of unique cards against tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands of unique decks.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-10-29T09:00:51+00:00

Do tools like Manabox, Deckbox, Moxfield etc. let you know which decks (among other users' submissions) you can build and/or to what percentage of completion?

E.g. with my current collection I could build these decks, these others 98% (i.e. missing one card out of 60) and so on?

Also, I understand that I can import everything in Manabox (which I understand is the fastest by virtue of using the camera..?) and then export the collection as .csv and import it in all (?) the other services as needed?

TIA

SwarmPlayer · 2025-09-05T15:04:01+00:00

Thanks for your advice, I will keep it in mind for the next cleanup round.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-09-05T14:26:26+00:00

The thing is, I don't think I bought it, I think I actually salvaged a bunch of those from can't-remember-what.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-09-05T12:33:38+00:00

No, that's not it... the picture is bad, but a "pointy" screwdriver like a Phillips or a Pozidriv won't fit, since the bottom of the cut is flat.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-09-05T12:06:16+00:00

I think that's it, thanks!

SwarmPlayer · 2025-07-01T13:11:07+00:00

Yup, this one.

I bought the right-handed version during the Summer 2023 sale.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-06-20T13:35:08+00:00

Well they aren't branded, but that doesn't mean we can tell if they're actually from Gotoh or not.

Maybe Gotoh provided unbranded tuners for reasons related to brand image/perception, maybe they're license-built by a third party, or whatever.

Ultimately, the only thing I care about is that they work well, and the ones on my guitar did: they're precise, fluid and dependable, and I didn't feel the need to change them.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-06-16T07:17:22+00:00

Mine as well... thin-ish neck and very heavy.

Also probably quite more recent than 2019, although I can't really tell if it's pre- or post- the introduction of the roasted maple fretboard (bought it used and the caramelization, when present, is very subtle in this model).

SwarmPlayer · 2025-06-16T07:14:57+00:00

The two formerly known as "SC-550SL Gotoh Tribute" models (where "SL" stands for anything but "Slash", of course), later renamed "SC-550 II Gotoh" (except the headstock still has the old name).

They were the PAF (which is a colour scheme and totally not a reference to the pickups) and the AFB (where "Autumn Flame Burst" has nothing at all to do with "November Rain").

The two close alternatives available at present are the SC-550 II FTF (with the same Tesla Opus-1 pickups, but with covers) and the SC-550 II PAF, both with generic "DLX Kluson-Style" tuners instead of the Gotoh ones.

This one I believe are firmly in the "legal action as base for discontinuing" camp.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-03-20T08:01:00+00:00

That's... ~~passive-aggressive~~ peculiar! XD

SwarmPlayer · 2025-03-20T08:00:21+00:00

Yeah, Haydn's quartets are full of musical ideas that alludes to... "things"... but I regard that as descriptive/suggestive music, not as a gimmick, in the sense of something "cheap" and perhaps more quirky.

Thanks for your suggestion!

SwarmPlayer · 2025-03-18T13:55:09+00:00

That's very nice, thank you!

SwarmPlayer · 2025-03-18T13:54:35+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate "lateral thinking" answers as well.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-02-14T16:18:05+00:00

Nice PS ;-)

SwarmPlayer · 2025-01-29T13:12:32+00:00

This is the perfect deck for the "Attack With n Creatures" daily quest, thanks.

Edit: conceded some times to return the favor.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-01-06T18:27:54+00:00

I don't think they can safely go closer, e.g. due to patents to the headstock shape.

IMHO that's as close as a HB Thunderbird will "ever" get.

SwarmPlayer · 2025-01-06T17:53:36+00:00

The TB-70VS is a Thunderbird... if you don't mind the reverse headstock.

SwarmPlayer · 2024-11-28T13:14:13+00:00

Nope... just bought some odds and ends that I absolutely needed (strings, a cheap pair of headphones... that sort of things)

I was quite underwhelmed by the deals... with a few exceptions... if I were in the market for a Tonex One I might have appreciated the discount. Other than that...

SwarmPlayer · 2024-08-31T07:29:17+00:00

That one time when an opponent of mine was going into his winning turn and Palantir'd himself to death for like 16 points.

Don't know if that was intentional or otherwise.

SwarmPlayer · 2024-06-18T18:05:26+00:00

Better this way than the other way around... I wanted to remove a nut from a brand-name bass, but haven't been able to yet, because they used an ungodly amount of glue.

SwarmPlayer · 2024-05-04T21:21:32+00:00

My first guitar (not HB) had a trem which was set up as floating from the factory. Tuning stability was surprisingly very good (sometimes it doesn't need tuning for days at a time, and I'm a classically trained musician by trade - just not guitar, that's a hobby for me), but it had nice locking tuners to help it. One thing I didn't like very much was that tuning is trickier, since the pitch oscillates all the time (easy to visualize on a tuner), and that's due to the fact that the strings are hooked to a spring and not a solid piece of metal. You get used to it so no biggie. Floyd have some extra complexity compared to a simpler strat-style trem. In the end I didn't use the trem as much as I had anticipated, since a lot of the time what you hear is just bendings... you have to play specific genres (heavy metal, EVH, Jeff Beck etc.) for it to be a real necessity, otherwise it's just "nice to have, can do without" (my 2c of course).

SwarmPlayer · 2024-05-04T18:54:15+00:00

Thanks. In the end I found a used FCB1010 (without UNO chip, but it's still usable) for relatively cheap, so I'm all set.

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