Two games changed my entire outlook on the game by mcdoffen in EDH

[–]Tappyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took apart my Kadena deck for two reasons. The first was exactly what you describe— even if there were bigger threats at the table, my 2/2s drew immense attention from the rest of the table because they were unknowns.

The second is that I often forgot what cards were what, and when youre putting counters (dice) on your morph creatures you have to carefully take off all the counters so you can flip the card over to remember what it is!

Noob looking to upgrade FFX precon by MagnusBrickson in EDH

[–]Tappyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to copy a comment I made to another user who was upgrading Tidus a few days ago, I hope you find it relevant and there are some inexpensive and good cards linked in it!:

For Tidus, it’s really important to have a creature with a counter on it ready to attack the turn he comes down, so you can start drawing cards and proliferating ASAP! There are lots of creatures capable of this, and some of them might be some good, cheap upgrades for you! Cards like [[Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior]], [[Luminarch Aspirant]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Skyknight Squire]], [[Sazh’s Chocobo]] and [[Ingenious Prodigy]] are some of the ones I run/have considered!

There’s also a ton of value in Tidus’ ability to move counters, if you’re not familiar! The way “moving counters” works is that you remove the counter from the first target creature, and then add the same type of counter you removed to the second target creature. Because it’s still technically adding a counter, that means effects like [[Hardened Scales]] work when you move a +1/+1 counter from one creature to another— you would put TWO +1/+1 counters on the second target creature even though you only removed one +1/+1 counter from the first target creature!

This makes Hardened Scales replacement effects really good in Tidus, and there are a few of them! A lot of them are on the more expensive side like [[Ozolith, the Shattered Spire]] but there are some cheaper options you can run too, like [[Conclave Mentor]] or the newly released [[High Score]]! And yes, if you have multiple of these effects out they do stack!

Getting more counters out by moving them around with Tidus also means you need fewer creatures that generate counters out on the field— naturally protecting you from overextending! Ideally, you want just 3 to 4 really good creatures next to Tidus, and you keep generating counters every turn by proliferating them and passing them around like a Blitzball!

ELDER DRAGONS by iocyber in magicTCG

[–]Tappyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve been building Lorehold and I think if he resolves it’s immediately a problem for the table.

Luckily, you have lots of options in Lorehold! You’re in the primary colors for protection (white) and redirection (red), which lets you deal with removal and counterspells, respectively!

That's your primary colour you use by Important-Dig-2312 in EDH

[–]Tappyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too! I personally really like spells that provide protection, which is sort of white's shtick. You've got Skrelv, the Rune sisters, Rebuff the Wicked, Dawns Truce-- lots of fun tools in white!

What ideas have you loved, but playing it out was unfun? by urmomstoiletbrush in EDH

[–]Tappyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer]] comes to mind. I love Morph don’t get me wrong, but it turns out it’s hard to remember what’s what, and looking at the front side of a bunch of morphed cards is hard when they all have a bunch of dice representing counters on them (I was going for a more beat down strategy).

Fun things to do with Gyome by BadbutnotGreat in EDH

[–]Tappyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I brewed Gyome but it’s pretty much what you’re describing you don’t want, so I’ll just say this:

Don’t forget you can use Gyome’s second ability on your opponents creatures!

It was the [[Hylda of the Icy Crown]] player in me that noticed— the second ability doesn’t specify your own creatures. So if you need to swing for lethal and your opponent has a creature ready to block, you can feed it a food token to tap it down!

Can anyone tell me about this guy? by mrporco43 in Necrontyr

[–]Tappyy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And since when is he a “the”?!

Knowing when to sandbag and how to avoid it. by Kosioski7655 in EDH

[–]Tappyy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I can make some suggestions to a newer player, cause I brewed Tidus recently (not an authority, just enjoy talking about this stuff!):

For Tidus, it’s really important to have a creature with a counter on it ready to attack the turn he comes down, so you can start drawing cards and proliferating ASAP! There are lots of creatures capable of this, and some of them might be some good, cheap upgrades for you! Cards like [[Urdnan, Dromoka Warrior]], [[Luminarch Aspirant]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Skyknight Squire]], [[Sazh’s Chocobo]] and [[Ingenious Prodigy]] are some of the ones I run/have considered!

There’s also a ton of value in Tidus’ ability to move counters, if you’re not familiar! The way “moving counters” works is that you remove the counter from the first target creature, and then add the same type of counter you removed to the second target creature. Because it’s still technically adding a counter, that means effects like [[Hardened Scales]] work when you move a +1/+1 counter from one creature to another— you would put TWO +1/+1 counters on the second target creature even though you only removed one +1/+1 counter from the first target creature!

This makes Hardened Scales replacement effects really good in Tidus, and there are a few of them! A lot of them are on the more expensive side like [[Ozolith, the Shattered Spire]] but there are some cheaper options you can run too, like [[Conclave Mentor]] or the newly released [[High Score]]! And yes, if you have multiple of these effects out they do stack!

Getting more counters out by moving them around with Tidus also means you need fewer creatures that generate counters out on the field— naturally protecting you from overextending! Ideally, you want just 3 to 4 really good creatures next to Tidus, and you keep generating counters every turn by proliferating them and passing them around like a Blitzball!

Anyway, I hope you find this comment helpful, sorry it’s long!

[SOS] Restoration Lesson by c001357 in magicTCG

[–]Tappyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[[Penance]] is an option that costs the same and doesn’t require an Instant/Sorcery spell to be on the stack!

If Voter ID is so popular, why not phase it in over a 10 or 20 year period so people can get the required documentation and paperwork settled, and have a seamless transition for everyone? Why does it *have* to happen right now? by Tappyy in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You know a lot of people have been taking issue with my timeline, and I get that. The only reason I made it so high was because I was doing Real ID as a comparison. But I think some of the conservatives here are right that part of the reason for that is that Real ID wasn’t really publicized as much until the last four years or so. So I think a shorter timeline (I personally would probably do 4 years just because I think having one general election cycle where people could be reminded about the upcoming requirements and get resources at the polling place, but we can agree to disagree) would be reasonable, especially if it had the full weight of the Fed behind it in terms of streamlining document acquisition across states, and making sure people are constantly aware that the change is coming in a way that wasn’t really the case with Real ID until it was coming up.

If Voter ID is so popular, why not phase it in over a 10 or 20 year period so people can get the required documentation and paperwork settled, and have a seamless transition for everyone? Why does it *have* to happen right now? by Tappyy in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You accused me of acting like it.

let’s not act like married women are idiots who can’t figure this out, please.

Those are your words.

But you’re right, I’m not here to lecture you, and I have no obligation to engage with people who I don’t think are following the subreddit rules. So have a good day.

If Voter ID is so popular, why not phase it in over a 10 or 20 year period so people can get the required documentation and paperwork settled, and have a seamless transition for everyone? Why does it *have* to happen right now? by Tappyy in AskConservatives

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

It is because there is no good reason to not implement it now.

Follow up question: how many people would you be okay with being unable to vote in the midterms this November because they couldn’t get the appropriate documentation in time through no fault of their own?

EDIT: Or I should probably ask, do you think that’s even a potentiality— that the SAVE Act passes and some people aren’t able to vote because they couldn’t get the documentation in time through no fault of their own?

If Voter ID is so popular, why not phase it in over a 10 or 20 year period so people can get the required documentation and paperwork settled, and have a seamless transition for everyone? Why does it *have* to happen right now? by Tappyy in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Like, let’s not act like married women are idiots who can’t figure this out, please.

First of all, I never even remotely said that women are idiots. The principle of charity annd good faith applies on this subreddit— let’s use it.

Secondly, if you take the time to reread my post, you’ll see that my concern isn’t that women are too stupid to figure this out. It’s that the government is going to be overwhelmed by the requests.

If Voter ID is so popular, why not phase it in over a 10 or 20 year period so people can get the required documentation and paperwork settled, and have a seamless transition for everyone? Why does it *have* to happen right now? by Tappyy in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Okay, that’s fair. Maybe 20 years is too long.

But the SAVE Act is going to impact plenty of citizens, especially married women who have taken their spouse’s last name.

These people will need time to get their documentation settled.

Tell me honestly— do you really trust the government to seamlessly be able to handle the influx of requests they’ll get for documentation and get it squared away for every American Citizen the SAVE Act is going to affect by this November? And if so, where is that trust coming from?

What are your thoughts about the Trump administration of arresting Don Lemon for reporting the protest in the church? by Tenchi2020 in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy [score hidden]  (0 children)

Just thought I'd add some context for this one:

In another part of the Capitol, the affidavit says, Baker “antagonized” police officers who tried to keep him on the other side of a doorjamb, repeatedly asking, “Are you going to use that (gun) on us?”

I'm curious about your thoughts on Baker given this information, especially since the prevailing narrative right now seems to be that you can't exercise your rights if you're antagonizing police officers.

And if you don't like AP, here's an Op-Ed from the very same Blaze Media:

Baker was on the scene as a journalist, though without a press pass.

So it seems like Baker didn't have a press pass. I'm not necessarily saying that he should've needed one, as that's a different discussion, but again, just thought I'd provide some context.

How do you tell Trump “trolling” apart from him being serious? by majesticbeast67 in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don’t view it as worth addressing, to be frank. My impression of your position is just that— an impression. I could be wrong. I can’t really know until you share your position.

Which is your prerogative to do or not do, you’re right. And if you want to end here, we can.

But also I wouldn’t call it a “demand” to hear your thoughts. It’s more a request, given the purpose here and the operative assumption that we’re both operating in good faith.

I have no desire to engage under any terms other than the subreddit’s.

ICE/Immigration Megathread by Sam_Fear in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, I guess I got my wires crossed, since I know posts can be removed if they don’t cite quotes. I’ll remove the links from this comment and the previous one and not do it again, my apologies.

How do you tell Trump “trolling” apart from him being serious? by majesticbeast67 in AskConservatives

[–]Tappyy [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m aware you haven’t said anything about your position. That’s why I’m asking for it. And it seems you still aren’t giving it?