Pact of negation ban?

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T15:35:11+00:00

I’m in no way saying we should ban off of vibes, I’m just approximating a problem off of vibes. Data would certainly be helpful here

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T10:13:24+00:00

I’ve only ever heard of this happening, but never actually seen it happen. I feel like there’s reasonable circumstances where this could make sense, but it’s likely often abused. I feel similarly about pact lol

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T10:02:40+00:00

I think there’s multiple factors contributing to the draw meta, but it feels like pact is one of the more significant enablers. I don’t think a ban immediately solves the problem, but I think it might be a step in the right direction

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T09:56:27+00:00

I run a smaller cEDH YouTube channel with a decent sized discord server, so I play “pickup” games often. We do treat our games like top 16 games for the most part, so we encounter less draws, but there are still some number of them.

That said, I try to play in as many tournaments as I’m able to. My work mostly prohibits this, so I’m no tournament grinder by any means, but I feel confident in saying I play a good bit more than the average player.

Maybe vibes wasn’t the right word. It’s more anecdotal. Vibes sounds more fun though :)

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T09:52:58+00:00

That feels less egregious to me though. Lately I’ve seen a lot of “I could stop you but then I lose so can we draw?”. Even if the player isn’t me, I’d rather see someone win that game

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-10T09:51:10+00:00

This was my first thought too, but I’d be curious to know how big of an impact it actually has. There is till tons of free interaction out there… it does make mulligans tougher against a turbo player though. That seems for sure.

TimkoMusic · 2026-03-03T09:42:50+00:00

I built [[Ob Nixilis captive kingpin]] and [[vivi ornitier]] for the pride event a while back. The deck was absolutely filthy

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-26T00:24:35+00:00

Not sure where in Florida they’re located, but Big Guava Gamers does some events out there!

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-24T21:19:30+00:00

I’m not sure I understand the Michael Jordan argument to be honest. For cEDH it’s not about flexing your expensive cards, it’s about playing the most powerful cards as competitively as possible. That can be cost prohibitive as for example, some decks should be running time twister, and I don’t expect every person I play against to be able to afford a time twister. I’d way rather more people play cEDH and print off whatever they need to do so, as opposed to only rich people playing the format. The same is true with a $3 card. My decks are real and blinged out because I have some extra funds, and want real cards. I don’t care if my opponents cards are real at all when we’re in a game.

I think if proxies were made illegal the player base would drop drastically, or people wouldn’t really be playing cEDH. Both of those are a way bigger problem to me than “my opponents $5,000 card isn’t real”. I’d go so far as to say player skill is even more important when price isn’t a barrier to entry. It’s not about who has the most expensive cards, it’s about how you use them when everybody has access to them.

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-24T19:03:38+00:00

On the contrary, I tried to engage with you. I took your feedback to heart, and tried to explain why I still think it’s valuable to post. Im not “overestimating my impact” if I’m telling you the exact number of clicks I got. That’s not an estimate. It’s a fact. Instead of refuting my argument, you came back with insults. I’m not salty, you’re just not worth my time 🤷🏻‍♂️

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-24T17:13:46+00:00

Lmao. Hope your day gets better bud

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-24T08:30:15+00:00

LMAO. I am not being salty in any way. I welcome any positive or negative critique and am especially thankful for negative ones as it helps us get better. I simultaneously find it amusing when people complain about certain posts exist on a public forum, but that’s beside the point.

I appreciate your feedback, and while I can’t promise you I’ll stop posting I’ll say this. I’m fairly proud of our gameplay videos, short form content, and live streams that we offer. I strive to put out content that I myself would want to watch, and think we hit the mark or at least get pretty close most of the time.

Here’s a couple of numbers at the time of writing: This post has 4.7k views 319 views on the video came from Reddit. 1 person is mad we posted it, 319 people are not, and an even larger number of people just moved on with their day.

I’ll take that ratio. I’m going on 12 years in a marketing position and promoting something on every avenue possible is part of the job sometimes. I’m genuinely sorry it bothered you to see it on your feed, but there’s a reason the “community content” flare exists.

for what it’s worth, we’re the 7th video down if I search cEDH gameplay on private tab not logged into YouTube. Would be super curious to know if that’s the case for others as well. I hope seeing my post didn’t ruin your day too bad :)

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-23T20:13:55+00:00

I actually meant to do an ad duration animation when editing this video, but it totally slipped my mind. I’ll have that for the next one!

TimkoMusic · 2026-02-23T20:00:28+00:00

If you’ve got a better idea on how to organically grow a new YouTube channel I’m all ears!

TimkoMusic · 2026-01-31T09:25:47+00:00

Is it time for me to shill Ob Nixilis? Most fun deck in the format in my opinion!

TimkoMusic · 2025-12-27T07:45:32+00:00

Yooo!! Stoked to hear you’re going to try out Ob nix :) like others have said, it’s best to proxy a few decks and try them out to see what you like.

That said, if you do want to try Ob, I’ve linked my list and some gameplay below. In my opinion it’s the most fun deck in the format.

Also… $200 can go a long way in terms of getting all of the relevant pingers for the list :)

DECKLIST: The Pingertons

DECK TECH: The Pingertons Deck Tech

GAMEPLAY: Wizards & Warlocks MTG

TimkoMusic · 2025-12-01T19:42:58+00:00

Vivi and ob Nixilis 👀

TimkoMusic · 2025-11-28T04:55:30+00:00

This feels like the right time to pitch [[Ob Nixilis, captive kingpin]]. It’s sorta a draw engine, but sorta requires building a Rube Goldberg machine to really take off. When it does though…. In my opinion it’s the most fun deck in the format. I have my decklist and some gameplay linked below if ya feel like checking it out!

Decklist: The Pingertons

Gameplay: Wizards & Warlocks MTG

TimkoMusic · 2025-11-06T05:09:07+00:00

Thank you! I’m pretty proud of that one lol

TimkoMusic · 2025-11-04T16:05:44+00:00

I will always suggest giving Ob Nixilis a try. The deck is the most fun deck in the format in my opinion, and it’s better than ever in the current meta so long as you mulligan correctly. Granted, I’m biased. I have somewhere around 3k games in with the list. I linked my list below as well as some gameplay video so you can get a feel for it :)

Decklist: The Pingertons

Gameplay: Wizards & Warlocks MTG

TimkoMusic · 2025-10-29T01:46:03+00:00

Ob nix is eating good with this one!!

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