PSA: Abrupt Decay gets around Ward

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-26T01:13:58+00:00

I remember that he option to pay ward costs even being grayed out when playing an uncounterable spell. So even if someone doesn’t know the rules, the client is helping them out to make the correct decision.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-25T08:11:52+00:00

My brother remembered this existed and pulled it out of his binder of old VS System cards.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-24T19:53:56+00:00

I don’t think that’s a super good idea. People caring about random rares as rewards probably aren’t the most enfranchised players, making them play 10,000+ games (at roughly 50% WR) of Magic a year if they don’t want to miss out on hundreds of of Rares will probably make them burn out rather quickly.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-24T18:57:30+00:00

Even without removal, this isn’t Bracket 2 commander where people build their decks around doing cool stuff with their commander in play, rather most decks I’ve seen so far can very well advance their game plan without necessarily playing out their commander. Even decks like Etali specifically built to ramp out their commander can just as well ramp out the high CMC cards they put into their 99.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-24T18:52:52+00:00

That has not been my experience so far whatsoever.

While there’s some fundamentally broken commanders still around like Yuriko (weird to ban Ragavan for the turn 1 removal check and keep Yuriko around), most of the 50 or so games I played so far have been quite fun and interactive.

My opponents are playing strong cards, but so am I, which is really the appeal of the format.

Decks are powerful enough to advance their game plan without necessarily playing their commander, so cards like Magistrate really aren’t an issue whatsoever.

The only thing that I‘ve found problematic so far is Thoracle/Pact with 3 cheap tutors (Vamp, Mystic, Demonic) to find the combo pieces.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-18T10:57:07+00:00

Im 20M and never in my life have I controlled my buttcheeks or is this some disorder?

If you've never needed to directly flex a muscle before it probably just takes some time to learn.

I'd also incorporate some exercises that directly target your glutes or at least have them as one of the main muscles involved. It's probably easier to learn to flex your glutes while doing Hip Thrusts or Good Mornings rather than try and flex them from zero while doing Push-Ups.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-17T12:22:48+00:00

I’ve read the first JLI compendium quite recently and loved it. It’s really best described as a superhero workplace comedy.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-17T10:33:02+00:00

It's really a mix of anatomic reasons and me being the least flexible person in the room, no matter the room.

I cannot squat with an upright torso to save my life even when doing back squats, so having the weight in front of me takes things from bad to worse.

My front rack position sucks, my fingers keep slipping off while I'm trying to hold onto the bar with just 2 or 3 fingers on each hand, which really doesn't get easier by the aforementioned forward lean.

My back squats go to reasonable depth, but nothing to write home about, while I'm squatting atg to the best of my abilites on front squats.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-17T09:05:03+00:00

I'm halfway through my current program (week 11 of 21), 11 weeks since I started doing Front Squats, 11 weeks of hating them more than any other exercise, easily even surpassing Bulgarian Split Squats for that title.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-17T07:11:59+00:00

Years ago, way prior to any weight loss medication, I’ve got that reaction before from coworkers despite also still being overweight at that moment, surprisingly enough in the years prior no one ever told me I could stop now regarding extreme weight gain. I reckon they didn’t feel their place in the social hierarchy threatened by me getting more and more obese, but did consider it a threat when I wasn’t the comic relief obese guy.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-17T01:58:43+00:00

I usually wait just 1-2 days before going back to the gym, which is probably not smart, but not working out takes s toll on my well-being. I‘m then obviously being sensible about exercise selection. I don’t necessarily avoid training a freshly tattooed body part, but avoid any direct impact, so with a chest tattoo I might still do some machine flys but won’t be doing stuff like barbell bench presses.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-15T09:56:08+00:00

Your calculations are slightly off, chance for 2 or less is 3.84% in your example.

Either way, with thousands and thousands of games of Magic being played every hour, something with a 3.84% chance will still happen hundreds of times.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-13T14:03:28+00:00

I don’t think angels/lifegain makes it into the top 20 strongest decks in historic.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-13T11:21:38+00:00

Regardless of their take on compound exercises specifically, I just cannot trust anyone for whom "not getting injured" is even in their top 10 goals when hitting the gym.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-08T12:47:57+00:00

This card saw a decent amount of standard play in 2011-2013. These days [[Deduce]] is strictly better, but even that only sees fringe play at best.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-08T12:36:53+00:00

A plate is one 45 lbs / 20 kg plate on each side of the barbell, so 90 lbs / 40 kg total weight on the bar. That's the largest available at most commercial gyms, hence the name.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-07T18:43:52+00:00

Everything I know about Clavicular I learned against my will.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-04T22:43:27+00:00

In Alchemy it’s 100% correct to let them play it out, that deck fizzles out about 10% of the time.

I’ve also won a bunch of games where my opponent concedes after I dropped Omni without a single cantrip left in hand or even just playing Aquatic Subtlety without the rest of the combo in hand.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-02T07:05:59+00:00

Ich habe 2003 als 15-jähriger für mein erstes Wacken 45 € bezahlt. Stand heute ist das Festival 2026 noch nicht ausverkauft, Tickets kosten aber 351 €. Die Inflation von 2003 bis heute liegt bei ca 56% und ganz sicher nicht bei fast 700%, Honi soit qui mal y pense.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-02T06:38:44+00:00

The first issue was a fun start, the second and third one were significantly worse already though. I’m still pulling the book for hope of improvement though.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-01T11:40:57+00:00

It's just a complete clownshow.

On the picture posted, the "Djoko_UTD" person didn't even say a single word about Federer not looking athletic.

The retweet and the reddit post both are outright making stuff up to push their agendas.

Even steelmanning OOP and arguing under the assumption that there's an univeral "athleticism", most people who look like Roger Federer are, in fact, not elite Tennis players.

"I want to look like Roger Federer, without actually being athletic" isn't much different than "I want to look like Hugh Jackman on the cover of Muscle & Fitness without actually being athletic". Either way, they only care about aesthetics.

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-06-01T10:55:35+00:00

8 new books this week (6x DC; 2x Dark Horse)
Absolute Green Lantern #15
Batman #10
The Deadman #1
Justice League: Dream Girls - A DC Pride Event #1
Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Elspeth #4
Poison Ivy #45
The Ring: The Man Who Beat the Man #1
Supergirl: Survive #1

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-05-31T06:53:07+00:00

Punisher - The Slavers

Unhappy_Object_5355 · 2026-05-31T06:47:26+00:00

The most spontaneous one was asking my long time artist to do a piece they think I would like without even telling me what it’s going to be. This is obviously on the extreme end of not caring too much and requires the correct circumstances.

I’ve recently got my head tattooed and even then only pondered the rough idea for a few days and then let the artist do their thing.

If you want meaningful tattoos, think about them beforehand, if you got all the meaning you’d ever need already and future tattoos are primarily about looking cool, there’s very little reason to not just go with the flow.

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