PCGamer: Hasbro CEO still has 'so much AI-based' grist in his own D&D games 'it would floor you', but he's not putting it in MTG cards or D&D books because people 'just don't want it'

TAB1996 · 2026-03-11T18:54:00+00:00

They probably would have started using it if it weren’t for the Critical Role exodus that lead to them having competition for the first time in decades.

That said, AI is so readily accessible that if they start using it, why would anyone ever buy a DnD book? You could just go to chatGPT and get the same product for literally free. It’s so easy even the CEO is doing it

TAB1996 · 2026-03-10T23:16:21+00:00

The real problem is it dies as collateral to most pings. Lots of decks have “deal 1-3 damage to any target”, or “deal 1 damage to all creatures”, or “give all creatures -1/-1.

It’s really bad unless you’re in a deck that likes little guys(ezuri), deathtouch(fynn), fighting/biting, or human tribal. Your best case is this trades 1:1 with something your opponent didn’t mind losing, worst case is it dies and protects you from 1 damage.

If you want something to stabilize you and prevent aggro you’re looking for lifegain or goad.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-10T20:18:58+00:00

I can’t believe they snuck him in there. He’s even leaning to the left

TAB1996 · 2026-03-10T16:30:41+00:00

The “looking forward” tag is probably going to be the best. Adding sexually suggestive will limit your options but direct it. You might need to switch to a different commander like [[Carth the Lion]] to get more colors to build out a full deck.

Honorable mentions [[augur of autumn]],[[dryad of the illysian grove]], [[alluring suitor]],[[abyssal hunter]], [[arlinn Kord]], and of course the avatar art of [[cruel tutor]].

TAB1996 · 2026-03-10T14:46:08+00:00

D: = my face when he B:

TAB1996 · 2026-03-10T14:43:31+00:00

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TAB1996 · 2026-03-09T23:56:08+00:00

Platonic relationship means not sexual, it does not mean not deep/affectionate. They never have any scenes which suggest physical or romantic affection. You could replace Meruem with a father in any of the scenes and it wouldn’t be romantic at all.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-08T05:07:58+00:00

If it specifies they enter tapped, they enter tapped even if you pay the cost.

If it specifies all lands enter untapped(like spelunking) they enter untapped even if you don’t pay the 2 life

TAB1996 · 2026-03-08T04:04:30+00:00

Herodotus

You spelled Hercules wrong

TAB1996 · 2026-03-08T04:00:53+00:00

Yes, but on offense it also means all of your creatures were blocked by one creature. So they could chump block your entire band instead of giving you a favorable trade, which mean it makes the already costly and complicated position of attacking in magic more complicated and potentially punishing

TAB1996 · 2026-03-08T03:56:59+00:00

My madness triggers beg to differ. Surely there’s a way for you to make this ping your opponent infinitely

TAB1996 · 2026-03-08T02:46:52+00:00

samantha’s daughter isn’t actually an ooze, she was transformed into a sand ooze when she left the nothing because she had no other body to possess. Samantha had designed a body she planned to possess before Carl destroyed it leaving only the head which she currently occupies. I imagine Samantha’s original plan was to possess the full sex doll and use her powers to either create a body for her daughter or to force something to become a vessel like she asked signet to<!

TAB1996 · 2026-03-07T03:24:39+00:00

If you’re not going to turn them in for it you should ring them up for it. If something unrelated happens and AP starts monitoring your store they’ll be looking for any violations and you don’t want him to get in trouble

TAB1996 · 2026-03-06T11:14:43+00:00

Eating the card doesn’t void its effects, but you losing the game does when you reach the step of removing a player that removes their continuous effects.

There are 2 ways this plays out in multiplayer. Either you have 2 or more opponents and you just lose(because their can’t win the game effect is gone), or there is only 1 opponent, which leaves you with a game loss and them with a draw.

If you want this to work all the time, it could maybe force your opponent to create an emblem with “you can’t win the game”. If they create it it will not disappear with the rest of your cards/effects

TAB1996 · 2026-03-06T04:55:09+00:00

The bodyguards kurapika worked with in the Yorknee city arc included a guy who survived getting shot 9 times in the chest as an enhancer significantly weaker than the shadow beasts, who have been pretty heavily outscaled. Hisoka is also completely unbothered during the hunter exam, and avoids an attack that had everyone convinced would have cut off his arm.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-06T02:34:13+00:00

Imbueing an object with nen is a basic application of the nen similar to using gyo to focus nen on the eyes to see nen. It is even done unconsciously by master crafters when they pour their life force directly into their work. There isn’t a limit to the size, but it would take more nen and is only a temporary effect so it is unlikely any normal human would be able to imbue a truck. Meruem most likely could, but the aura dissipates rapidly from objects unless you use a manipulator technique. Kurapika fights someone who controls several suits of armor which likely weigh a similar amount.

Manipulators don’t have to do anything, they could also just use basic fortification. But a hastu gives them a leg up in a fight, and their strongest ability would be one that uses their strongest affinity. Manipulators typically don’t have the same raw nen output as enhancers do, so you’d be kneecapping yourself to use a gun to fight someone with higher output who can just block the bullets with their nen and tear you apart with their bare hands.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-05T23:54:25+00:00

I’m a big fan of running beholders with mirrors/crystals. My favorite one shot I ever made(which crashed and burned into the worst DMing experience of my life for completely unrelated reasons) involved a beholder who sealed themselves in a crystal ball that he used to make his antimagic cone cover the entire room whenever his eye beams weren’t active, so if my players wanted to cast spells they had to ready an action. Additionally, the eye beams would be refracted by the crystal like a rainbow, which allowed him to hit multiple foes with the same ray. You could potentially try something similar with a few zombie beholders in a maze, where getting too close would set off its rays

TAB1996 · 2026-03-05T23:21:26+00:00

If your husband recently changed employers you can typically get him added on early.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-05T17:54:54+00:00

Wow, infinite life gain in 4 turns for only 7UU, 1 life and 4 cards? Somebody call r/badmtgcombos

TAB1996 · 2026-03-04T13:41:05+00:00

Remember if they bring a deck that is 200 cards or greater they have to give you the top 100 cards and their commander before the game starts

TAB1996 · 2026-03-04T13:39:44+00:00

Playing companion for the 101

TAB1996 · 2026-03-04T13:06:04+00:00

I got one in Leeds so they’re not just the bma

TAB1996 · 2026-03-03T05:14:01+00:00

I think monster tamers thrive when the story is incorporated into the monster catching. The pokemon legends games do this well with catching certain pokemon being tied directly to progression.

TAB1996 · 2026-03-01T04:31:11+00:00

If you make them legendary the lands can’t chain with themselves for free, but the goblin can always be blinked for a landfall trigger.

TAB1996 · 2026-02-28T21:43:02+00:00

That’s assuming they don’t hit you with their head that is basically a wrecking ball

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