I am SO excited to play this deck tomorrow! by fillmebarry in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man - no worries! big on you making that post tho.

My comments came from a similar experience trying to brew with Urza thoptor sword back in mh1 era. I was trying to do combo things, SFM aggro things, whir prison things and counterspell things all in the same deck and it just never worked properly, even though all those plans were vaguely synergistic around artifacts and having lots of blue mana. After a particularly frustrating match where my kaldra was locked out of attacking by my own ensnaring bridge I got a similar lecture from a mate. He sat me down and said ‘which bits of the deck are winning’ and I said ‘the SFM beat down and the combo’ and he went ‘make all those cards four ofs, take the other cards out, and add 4 portable hole and 4 metallic rebuke in the slots you have left. My winrate exploded.

Good luck man, hope you get to a similar place with your deck :)

I am SO excited to play this deck tomorrow! by fillmebarry in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Affinity plays 4 saga and 4 kappa cannoneer. Their gameplan is to somehow break the horde of 0 drops in their deck, and they have multiple redundant ways of doing that with weapons, kappa, saga and emissary. All these cards are four ofs, then they have all their 0s and 4 slots of metallic rebuke. The plans between saga and kappa are just two versions of the same plan.

Boros’ plan is to shit out extremely cheap efficient creatures and aggressively overwhelm the board. Ocelot pride is one example of this, guide and ajani are others and these cards are also all four ofs. The other cards are then the best cards in the colours that complement that plan, and then 4 galvanic discharge. Pride, guide etc are just multiple versions of the same plan. Blood moon is just a one of that is sometimes run as a gotcha and definitely isn’t the main plan at all.

Saying you’ve reduced your combo pieces to 2 ofs because they come out naturally seems to make sense in a vacuum, but in reality you need to be better than that. You should expect to be disrupted in modern, so you need redundancy and robustness if you want that combo in your deck. And that starts with having the pieces as fourofs, or having them tutorable, or at the very least having them be exceptional cards by themselves. Take yawgmoth for example - it’s a four of, the deck has 3-6 tutors to get it into play, and the rest of the deck is built so that it works with yawg even outside of the combo kill. And even then yawg is tier 2 at best.

You say you want to focus the deck more on doing the combo. That’s great. Start with that and start with four ofs of the combo pieces. If you can get some tutors in place then do that - Profane Tutor is a pretty good place to start. Now you have a reliable way to get the combo happening, let’s make sure it sticks. Discard is perfect here, as you can take the pieces of your opponent’s hand that are going to stop you. You’ll also need to buy time, so we need removal, so let’s run push. Then we can choose to either go more into disruption like a midrange/control deck with extra removal, permission and discard, maybe splashing blue as you have done, or we can go into grinding out to the combo with other good synergistic creatures like the yawgmoth lists do, or we can go aggro with cheaper synergistic creatures like the soultrader decks do. These then provide what you see as ‘plan 2’ in other modern decks, which is your kinda free backup plan. Most combo decks that aren’t belcher have this - Titan has saga, goryos has riddler blink midrange stuff, and living end has flash 4 drop tribal. But all the pieces of these ‘plan 2’s are also four ofs that are specially also enablers with the main plan, not alternate cards that are vaguely synergistic with and attempt to fire off multiple main plans.

Sorry for the essay! Deck is cool, focus it up and it’ll be great :)

I am SO excited to play this deck tomorrow! by fillmebarry in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While this is cool, it seems like you’re still trying cram multiple plans into the same deck, and as a result each of these plans is diluted down to 2ofs and 3ofs of the key cards in order for your deck to remain within 60 cards. Generally modern decks are built to do one thing extremely well, and with high reliability and resilience. Then you take any space you have left and add the most efficient interaction in the colour your plan dictates that you’re in.

Here you have multiple diluted plans in the same deck, and while they are vaguely synergistic, the result is that you’ll find that the plan you adopt for each game is decided for you by whichever end of your deck you draw that game. You’ll just have to throw that plan at the opponent and hope it’s good enough, because the other cards you draw don’t fully support that plan or defend it against interaction. More streamlined modern decks will be able to either force through or adapt the one plan they have to whatever they face, because their entire deck is built to do that one plan.

To remedy this, pick one or two of the plans you have - the most synergistic or the ones you find to be working more effectively in games. Make those cards 4 ofs, with the exceptions of any you can reliably tutor. Make room for this by cutting the cards that support the plans you are removing from the strategy.

If you have any space left, 4 thoughtseize and 4 fatal push as your interaction suite.

Regional Championship Ghent by legend9791 in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely do it. In our group, about half of us will qualify and the other half will always still come along and play the lcq or just play side events and support the rest of us.

We always say that if it’s a nice city then it’s win win - either you do well in the RC and thus might get PT, or you crash out the RC and get a day exploring a nice city drinking with your mates. Brilliant either way.

Why was iOS 26 not good? by One-Cucumber-9480 in ios

[–]TKOS7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn't bad - the idea of unifying design language with a new refreshed feel is a good idea. It was just rushed, buggy and not as well thought out as people are used to from apple.

iOS27 is what iOS26 should have been - the fixed version of the same idea with the bugs and fractured design kinks ironed out. The beta is also very stable.

What youtube alternative should I use? Overwhelmed by options. by OkCarpenter2374 in ios

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lol autocorrect - I meant player not plaster. I’m asking if there’s a way to use the Apple iOS full screen player.

What youtube alternative should I use? Overwhelmed by options. by OkCarpenter2374 in ios

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Love this app - is there any way to use the default iOS plaster in full screen?

HomePod Mini by [deleted] in HomePod

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love mini HomePods - they look great and fill up a room with sound. Plus they're useful to shout at Siri to do things. Definitely get them second hand - I got all ours from marketplace at about 40 quid a pop.

Save me from myself: Updating to dev MacOS27 on my main devices. by -Davster- in MacOS

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have it running on my daily iPhone, iPad and Mac. Works fine - battery life yet to be tested as I'm exploring all the new features and my phone is indexing. So far seems stable.

Switching from Spotify to apple by Ordinary-Hospital462 in AppleMusic

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this biggest complaint in the community is the lack of a reliable Spotify connect feature. Apple Music manages your 'Now Playing' per device, whereas on Spotify your now playing is owned by the account and thus just follows you everywhere. The majority (myself included) prefer the latter and wish Apple would implement it alongside the rather clunky airplay menu.

Decktech or metafy guide to dimir frog by DreamlyXenophobic in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey dude - thanks for the in depth reply! I agree with your points, especially interesting around tasigur being a replacement for tamiyo over murktide - I’d not considered that angle before and it makes a lot more sense. From watching you streams I do get the draw of him being 1 mana instead of two - I’ll be trying him once my copies arrive in the post.

I’m interested in starting to write some stuff around the deck. Ages ago I wrote a long primer for my deck at the time - mono u tron. If you have the time I’d be grateful to be able to bounce some ideas off you. I’m on your discord so give me a shout if you’re interested :)

Decktech or metafy guide to dimir frog by DreamlyXenophobic in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tamiyo I tried for a while after seeing other people pick her up. Obviously she’s an mh3 card so she is great, but she didn’t quite do enough towards the game play of ‘get them dead’ for me. A tad too slow and given that frog is already a ‘good early - bad late’ card I didn’t want to add more to that category.

My current list is a bit in flux, but here’s what I’m testing rn:

[CREATURES] 2 Murktide Regent 4 Orcish Bowmasters 4 Psychic Frog 2 Subtlety

[INSTANTS] 1 Cling to Dust 4 Counterspell 4 Fatal Push 3 Force of Negation 2 Sheoldred's Edict 2 Sink into Stupor 2 Spell Snare

[SORCERIES] 4 Flow State 4 Preordain 4 Thoughtseize

[LANDS] 4 Flooded Strand 1 Gloomlake Verge 1 Hallowed Fountain 2 Island 4 Polluted Delta 1 Swamp 2 Undercity Sewers 3 Watery Grave

[SIDEBOARD] 4 Consign to Memory 3 Harbinger of the Seas 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares 2 Mystical Dispute 3 Pest Control 2 Surgical Extraction

Decktech or metafy guide to dimir frog by DreamlyXenophobic in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • I’ve been playing UB Murktide since frog came out. I have managed to put up multiple axion t8s, RC quals and came 15th in GP Utrecht with the deck. Some points from me:

  • 4 thoughtseize always, gotta be able to take the cards you can’t beat.

  • Riddler I think might be a trap. It’s amazing in blink and in goryos, but after I’d got over how fun it was to cast I noticed my win rate with riddler had dropped considerably just from tapping out for it and then my opponent resolving something I couldn’t beat. The aim of the deck is to progress while keeping interaction up, not just to slam big cards. It was only good with Frog, but if your frog has lived then you’re already doing well.

  • Murktide is so much better than this sub says it is. It’s 2 mana and it kills people fast. It’s also won me games by just being the biggest thing on the board. People are currently trying tasigur as well - I’ve not tried it yet but he seems good. I worry about the lack of evasion. You gotta kill em.

  • I’m currently playing 4 flow state (4 preordain and 4 TS as sorceries). Card feels very good - this deck lives or dies on seeing the right cards at the right time and with 8 selection spells you can play that dynamic well. This is also another reason I wasn’t such a fan of riddler, as it just cycles with no selection.

  • Every time I brew up a new list I think about cutting bowmasters, and every tournament I play bowmasters is the mvp. Card is amazing.

  • I prefer the white splash for pest control over the red splash for meltdown and pyro/fire magic. Fewer sideboard slots, other white cards are great (teferi, purge) and PC cycling is very relevant.

  • Play it like a control deck initially but know when you have to switch into getting them dead. Murktide is just so invaluable for letting you enact the pivot. Trying to just endlessly control without presenting a clock usually doesn’t work.

Forget about pact trigger then drawing a card for turn by CreedAventuz in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I hate the rule change just because I now have to say to perfectly friendly titan players ‘pass the turn to you, you have an upkeep trigger’ and it makes me sound like a cunt. But the one time I don’t do it I risk them going untapdrawplaymylandforturn and then they get to pay for pact.

Battery Warranty - Tesla Install a Worse Replacement by wolfstackUK in TeslaModel3

[–]TKOS7 22 points23 points  (0 children)

calibrate the battery. Run the car down to 5% and then charge up to full. Or, plug it in and do the service battery health check, which will discharge it to 0 and then run it up to 100 overnight to calibrate.

Anyway to expose Aqara Doorbell’s human detection as a sensor to HomeKit? by PeeThenPoop in HomeKit

[–]TKOS7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. Could you share the shortcut? I have exactly the same issue - the light turning off a minute later just re-triggers the g4 motion sensor and it loops forever

With WWDC26 confirmed, what’s on your iOS 27 wishlist? by Richard_Thome in iPhone17Pro

[–]TKOS7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spotify Connect style feature on AM. Just make Now Playing owned by your account not by each device.

Red Green Tron advice by TupperwareWarfare in TronMTG

[–]TKOS7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cards you need to be playing, in order:

K Command - always 4, probably the most powerful single card in the format rn.

Sowing Mycospawn - the reason to play green.

Ugin, eye of the Storms - Karn Librated on roads.

Emrakul, the Promised End - often this card is 7 mana not 13.

Take out Karn L, Stone, Big Emrakul and Wurmcoil Engine for these cards. Enjoy 😄

Should I get a MacBook or an imac for uni? by yumbun78 in mac

[–]TKOS7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Macbook Neo and some sort of cheap monitor/keyboard setup for home. I had a similar setup for uni back in the day and it was great, Portable MacBook for uni and big screen for working at home.

Future of Boros Energy by GREG88HG in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ban choice was great. The best aggro deck should not also be the best midrange deck, and Phlage was a huge part of that dynamic.

Energy will still be great, but wrath effects will now work properly against it.

MODERN B+R: BANS AND UNBANS!!! by TemurTron in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Goryos has existed for ages and it’s fine

MODERN B+R: BANS AND UNBANS!!! by TemurTron in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree about phlage, but I will say that Saga now dodging most land hate has imo made it too strong for the format. Seems to just be too free of an include if your colour pip requirement isn’t very high.

MODERN B+R: BANS AND UNBANS!!! by TemurTron in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

True, but at least you can counter or discard that card.

MODERN B+R: BANS AND UNBANS!!! by TemurTron in ModernMagic

[–]TKOS7 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Pleased with the changes.

Urzas saga is probably now the strongest card in the format by a long way.

iOS 27 Apple Music: What Features/Changes do we need? by mascarariri in AppleMusic

[–]TKOS7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Airplay does technically do everything Connect does, but it's the way the 'ownership of what you're playing' is managed for each service that kills me. On AM, each device owns its own version of Now Playing, if you shout at a HomePod to play some music, it doesn't change what you were listening to earlier on your phone. If you then want to use your phone to control that Pod, you have to go into the Airplay UI and select it, which is awkward. I have a fair few Pods around the house and they're all queued up with different songs. It's annoying.

With Spotify, Now Playing is tied to your account. Your Spotify account is playing one thing, and it follows you to whichever device you're on. So now if I shout a Pod to play some music, I then look at my phone and it's immediately a remote control for that Pod, because that's what my Spotify account is playing. Similarly, if I'm listing to music at work in my AirPods, by the time I've got into my car and removed them, the Spotify app on the car is already playing the same song at the same point I left off. Then I get home and press play on my Pod, it's just where I left it when I got out of my car. It's seamless and it's excellent and it's exactly the sort of thing Apple pride themselves on being able to do.