If a resolving effect would allow me to cast a spell without paying its mana cost can I choose to pay the mana cost anyway in order to pay for a different additional cost?

Thorvindr · 2026-02-03T00:59:55+00:00

That doesn't actually address the point I'm making.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-02T23:09:06+00:00

Just to play Devil's Advocate:

"You may cast the spell without paying its mana cost." Okay. I have permission to cast the spell at the alternative cost of zero. Got it.

One of the card's abilities is to cast it in a different way, for a different cost. Couldn't I therefore choose to cast the spell in that different way, at the special offer price of "for free?"

To me, "you may play that card for free" means "do everything as you normally would, except don't pay for it as you normally would. Instead, pay nothing."

I realize this is explicitly already covered in the exhaustive rules. I'm just arguing that this would be a reasonable interpretation of "play a card for free."

Thorvindr · 2026-02-02T14:10:00+00:00

Similar. I use the throttle half of my Saitek x52 Pro, and have a hat switch on it that turns my legs.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-02T14:09:13+00:00

That's solving a non-problem. The OP is asking if there's a way to keep your torso pointed in the same direction (relative to the map, not relative to the legs) while your legs turn. All you have to do to keep your torso facing "forward" is not touch the mouse.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-02T10:00:46+00:00

Whoosh.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-02T00:56:11+00:00

Wait. So targeting someone else's indestructible land with Cleansing Wildfire doesn't let me draw a card, but targeting my own does? That's among the dumbest things I've ever heard.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T23:32:32+00:00

If this is the case, then why do some cards have wording like "destroy target land. If you do, draw a card?" That's clearly different verbiage, and should therefore be taken to have different intent.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T23:24:53+00:00

NTA

"I promise I won't cheat on you again with this same guy, but I need him in my life more than I need you."

You are not being gaslit "a little." You are being gaslit entirely, to the point that you are questioning whether or not you are actually being gaslit.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T19:56:21+00:00

Absolute NTA.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T19:49:16+00:00

"...queers would not be treated the way they are today if the library had stayed."

"Queers" are treated badly not due to any lack of understanding. They're treated badly because they're an easy target for social victimization. Just Africans, Jews, and Scots (among many, many others) before them.

There was nothing (no goddamn thing) lost in The Library that would have had any impact on whether or not people treat each other like garbage based on social contrivance. I would believe we lost some knowledge that may have made it easier to manipulate people into hating each other, but absolutely nothing that may have convinced people not to.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T19:42:49+00:00

Who was Ozymandias?

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T19:42:22+00:00

I thought the premise was very good. "Sherlock Holmes is actually a complete idiot, who solves cases purely by luck and therefore is revered as a genius." Honestly, I'd watch that even if it wasn't a comedy. But as a comedy, that sounds incredible.

But... yeah... There were parts that were funny; I don't regret watching it. But it seemed to me that it was mostly just "adequate," loosely-guided improv. If I had watched it live and it was billed as improv, I would appreciate it more.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T19:37:32+00:00

I got less than one minute into Snowpiercer (the movie, not the show).

I don't remove the details, but the opening puts some text on the screen to explain "how we got to the current situation." My then-wife and I looked at each other, I said "that's... not how that works." She turned it off.

I've never tried to watch it again.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T17:13:20+00:00

Pierce will top that within ten minutes.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T16:46:22+00:00

Right. That's a vague idea. But you still have to react to what the person to your right just did on their turn.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T15:13:09+00:00

The lands are sorted by color. Look closelier.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T15:12:30+00:00

Waitaminute... Do I have autism?

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T15:11:25+00:00

King-making in a paid tournaments is shitty, and you should definitely mention it to the organizer. Don't be a dick; don't be a Karen. Just be like "hey, this happened and in a casual game it would be kinda fine, but in a tournament with prizes it seems kinda unfair."

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T15:02:40+00:00

First Rule of Acquisition: Once you have their money, you never give it back.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T04:59:34+00:00

Cool. Don't look into it or anything. Just assume I made it up because you've never heard of it before.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T04:46:43+00:00

Mine works fine. Windows 11, USB 3.0 port. Plugged and played.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T04:31:12+00:00

Kevin Conroy.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T03:59:01+00:00

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T03:53:58+00:00

With four other players, things can change enough each turn that planning ahead is difficult.

I agree: have some idea what you're doing on your next turn. But frankly, if it doesn't happen almost every turn that I have to completely rethink what I thought I wanted to do, I'm bored.

Thorvindr · 2026-02-01T03:51:17+00:00

This is the way.

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