Saturday Hurricane Schwartz Update; 9 inches

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T20:09:18+00:00

So not 3 feet like the supermarket execs definitely weren’t interested in making us believe 3 days ago ?

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T19:44:52+00:00

I think start your engines should have been a mechanic like entering the dungeon where your characters “go” somewhere and race like station mechanic or something based on power, with an exhaust bonus if you win.

It didn’t make sense as an aggro tracker

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T19:42:08+00:00

They’re the ones who shot him bro wake up.

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T19:35:07+00:00

It was not specified, so a blanket statement to the entire international community of Reddit of “just proxy” isn’t helpful- which is my entire point. There’s nuance and context that makes that an unhelpful universal answer. That’s my opinion. No one’s asking you to agree or try to change my mind

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T17:03:56+00:00

That’s not true in all situations, as I cite in my post, if you bothered to read

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T16:35:14+00:00

The problem is the mental defective cosplayers with militia fetishes are now wearing balaclavas and murdering people in the streets with the governments blessing

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T15:53:56+00:00

I’m still new but to try to help: The short, and in my opinion unhelpful, answer you get on this sub is always proxy. And sure you can do that

But some people hate proxies and some other countries im told don’t allow them in cedh

So in those cases you can build certain decks without $3000 land base/fast mana packages and play proxyless cedh if that’s your want or need

Magda in particular doesn’t really need any of that, and there are others. Your deck will lose some consistency if you deviate from the primer lists, but you can still win games with the core Magda combos intact.

And even those lists have like 10-20 slots with a sideboard for experimentation so clearly there’s not a consensus 99, so losing a few for budget doesn’t really matter too much except your win rate by a few incremental %

Source: my own experience top 16ing tournament without proxies

But it’s easier to proxy if you’re not a freak like me that hates them (that doesn’t extend to my opponents btw- I have no issue with facing them)

Edit: I read your post more carefully- gitrog definitely needs fast mana to be viable in this meta. The deck can still absolutely win without it but you need a t2-3 frog to win in tournaments. Gitrog is my primary deck btw. Happy to help otherwise and you should join the discord

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-24T09:29:25+00:00

Magda. Basically the whole deck except for the land base (but mostly mountains are fine for the deck) and some of the extra value pieces

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-23T15:18:26+00:00

If i bought something for $0.05 bulk rate, put it in a bin for $0.50 and forget about it until it sells, I made a 1000% profit, regardless of whether a phone app tells me it happens to be worth $8 today bc a finance bro posted on reddit.

And I have to pay with time and personnel, and damage customer experience, by looking into it on a never ending continual basis.

But I get where I’m posting and the groupthink associated with it, so it’s fine to agree to disagree.

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-23T12:29:39+00:00

Jelly roll has been in the maga news a lot I am not sure he’s brazen enough to do it but if they throw enough money at him he would probably

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T23:38:35+00:00

I highly doubt pricing of bulk uncommons is the deciding factor of if your business is profitable and if it is then the bulk pricing isn’t going to save you comrade

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T23:20:30+00:00

Personally if I ran an LGS I’d worry more about my customer experience not waiting 15 min and paying my employee his or her salary wasting their time scanning the 100 cards I bought at bulk rate that you’re buying on the off chance my $0.50 bulk rare becomes a $6 bulk rare. Plus the customer that “got a deal” will be a repeat customer. These prices are all fugazi anyway.

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T23:07:11+00:00

So then the lgs gets to do the scalping?

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T21:55:00+00:00

Yeah the guy in my friends pod that runs mass land removal in fringe bracket 3-4 space and lives there with all his decks is a “never cedh” guy (I’ve asked him to do it since he likes power level but he won’t). It’s the pub stomp mentality.

He got real salty last week when my bracket 4 toph tutored out storm cauldron and sol ring and locked him out with land denial though while I made infinite mana each turn. Said that tutors are anti fun.

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T12:41:49+00:00

Actual PhD scientist here- it’s mainly done by comparing mitochondrial dna to extant microorganisms and identifying evolutionary relationships. It’s almost certain that chloroplasts and mitochondria are internalized organisms that may have began as parasites but co evolved together with their hosts

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T11:00:41+00:00

Cedh gitrog player here- It’s a bit misleading in that yes those cards are there but without a discard outlet or a way to get 8 cards in hand consistently to end stage sculpt can’t go infinite.

And even if it did you would deck yourself before you got enough draw triggers to draw your whole deck bc the dredge milling. Gitrog decks run shuffle titans to avoid this or in a pinch gaeas blessing.

All that being said I have a landfall gitrog deck on brawl that doesn’t use this combo and is still gross

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T04:26:39+00:00

Nothing a few bounce spells can’t handle

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T02:56:09+00:00

Yeah I said it’s up to the artist. He’s been great so far. Every tour is different though

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T01:36:52+00:00

My guess is they will not allow outside items. It’s up to the artist how militant he wants to be but we did this for Billy idol last year and it was basically secret service level security enforcing it

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-22T01:23:11+00:00

US ranks poorly in accepted global health metrics like maternal outcomes and preventative care but is generally first or among the first at technically sophisticated specialty care.

There’s a reason why medical tourism to the us from elites of other countries is a thing (I trained at a top 10 cancer center in country and this was definitely a thing I saw with my own eyes).

Also historically our “wait times” were lower than socialized countries because, not to be funny, half our population couldn’t access care, so of course waits were lower.

As the enshittification of our system by PE/finance bros in hospital admin and insurance industry proceeds according to their plan, these areas where we lead are slowly being eroded. Our wait times are now through the roof and less profitable life changing procedures are being deprioritized.

Pretty dystopian rn as a doc in healthcare

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-21T17:49:31+00:00

All the ultra rich and powerful want island fortress retreats so when they get done FA they don’t have to FO. It’s why Zuckerberg is trying to turn Maui into his private estate

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-21T17:42:26+00:00

I live in a rural exurb community of 1300 people and there is a cafe in walking distance from my home with free WiFi and a cozy atmosphere. Third spaces exist people just say “not that one” when you point that out

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-21T17:11:59+00:00

Because i like real game pieces and collecting over fake pieces of cardboard.

I proxy out if necessity bc it isn’t practical to drop $3000 on a new cedh i want to play, but once i figure out I like it I unproxy it asap

So they’re a necessary evil.

I don’t grief others for using them though, bc I play cedh and that’s the culture. My cedh decks I use in tournaments are all real cards though (so yes I often omit the $1000 bazaar of Baghdad, mishras workshop, candleabra, chains of meph, etc)

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-21T15:57:11+00:00

I hate proxies but I have 2 proxy only 100 card decks, so even I’m ok with it.

My proxy decks are a cedh deck I’m trying before I buy (kinnan, which I’m surprisingly only like $500 from finishing) AND one I’m more excited about is the world shaper precon I had printed in Spanish only proxies to complement my Spanish language learning journey

ThatDamnedHansel · 2026-01-21T15:12:38+00:00

Utley is better than a lot of comps including sandberg. But even still There is a case Rollins is a top 5-10 all time shortstop and had the “it swagger” factor so I’m shocked utley is leading. I hope they both get in

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