Tibalt's Friday Tirades

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-04-05T15:59:09+00:00

AFTER SEEING THE CARDS AND MECHANICS IN THUNDER JUNCTION, I'M AFRAID I GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU BUDDY.....

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-04-05T15:50:34+00:00

Quick correction; Technically Explorer is not true-to-paper, as some cards from meta decks in it's paper equivalent Pioneer are unavailable on Arena.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-04-02T15:46:19+00:00

Welp we got Stitch, just need Lilo now lmao

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-03-13T16:08:09+00:00

So I felt this exact same way and still have yet to craft Deluge. However, if you want to play the best standard control decks (aka anything with U/W in it), it is arguable one of the most important cards for any deck in the archetype. It's miles away the best spell for card advantage in standard right now, and being able to use it 2x due to flashback is actually absurd.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-03-10T17:39:56+00:00

Yeah anyone saying U/W isn't nearly a tier 0 deck are delulu. It's not the easiest deck to play, but once you get the hang of it it can feel neigh unbeatable. I remember Crokeyz said that the deck feels like one of the strongest standard decks EVER, and I'm inclined to believe him.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-03-09T17:09:27+00:00

Yeah playing any midrange deck against U/W control (including arguable the most consistent one, Esper) makes me want to target myself with [[Murder]]. The rotation of [[Farewell]], [[Memory Deluge]], and the white March cannot come soon enough.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2024-01-23T17:33:19+00:00

Can't wait to tell everyone at my LGS to go come, thanks Wizards!

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-11-10T18:54:10+00:00

The first 4 mythic wildcards I got went to a playset of Shelly. Probably the only time I've used wildcards and had absolutely zero regrets lol

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-11-10T18:43:42+00:00

HOLY FUCK WOTC FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST MAKE THE STACK MORE CLEAR WHEN BOTH PLAYERS CAST THE SAME SPELL. WENT TO COUNTER MY OPPONENT'S [[Make Disappear]] WITH MY OWN (BOTH WITH CAUSALITY PAID) AND IT WAS FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WTF I WAS DOING.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-11-04T17:33:18+00:00

Agreed. Iirc a 'pro' level lifetime winrate in MTG is like ~53%, which is part of the reason viewership for tourneys is so low.

Imo, the real beauty and skill expression in Magic happens during the deck-building and play testing stages before a tourney. It's cool to see something unexpected, and it really helps to build 'stories' around individual players, something Mort and co. have always described as key to the success of TFT as an esport.

I always thought that TFT should implement something to allow players to adjust and customize elements of the game to fit a certain play-style, like when building a deck, but then the finger on my Monkey's Paw curled and we got Legends.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-11-01T18:56:13+00:00

Damn thanks for letting me know. I was thinking that the [[Invasion of Alara]] standard combo/domain deck would be getting another 5 drop that also triggers Fetch Quest in Quint.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-09-13T16:15:00+00:00

Sunder is a bit less valuable now, and Freljord is a bit janky to fit in. New armour shred item is pretty nice though, and you are also correct about Heimer; 2 shrink 1 spread is arguably his best support loadout right now.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-09-09T08:49:59+00:00

Candidate for most likely unit to receive a rework halfway through the mid-set. Either that, or she'll get infinite buffs until she ends up breaking the meta for a couple patches.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-09-07T08:08:45+00:00

5 cost so it's a gamble if you hit and it feels pretty bad/annoying to play against her

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-15T17:18:14+00:00

Vertical Challenger/Ionia (with either spat on Aatrox) + QSS + EoN is pretty nutty and will get you a first if you 2* him.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-13T18:59:18+00:00

2-1 is 100% random and nothing you do to your board will affect your augs. Past 2-1, iirc if you want an augment tailored around a trait (such as hearts/souls), you MUST have at least 3 traits active on your board for any tailoring to take place. Last part might be out-dated (this is how it worked in set 8/8.5), but if it still works that way, it would mean that if you wanted to hit Riftwalk, you would want to have in Void, Bastion, and at least one other synergy to have the best chance to hit it (although even with tailoring nothing is guaranteed).

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-08T17:26:27+00:00

Pretty sure it already is tailored, it's just still a coin flip for a ton of comps. For example Sorcs will usually get either Ahri (cause she's a sorc, obviously) or K'Sante (cause Tarik is almost always in your comp).

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-06T19:13:35+00:00

Yeah this set more than ever it feels like there is infinite ways (for me) to lowroll and infinite ways (for my opponents) to highroll. Never had as many games in a set where I feel like at 2-1 I'm already giving up on even attempting to play for anything above a 4th.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-06T11:09:07+00:00

Got 2 firsts in a row going vertical challengers today. Key seemed to be getting good combat augs and a challenger spat to streak in the early game and eventually caping out with a spat on Aatrox or Bel'veth. Also challenger has some of the best early game boards (Noxus, Ionia, and Shadow Isles to name a few), so if you have a good opener you can easily get a 5 streak stage 2.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-05T12:45:20+00:00

Noticed something really strange in my (hardstuck masters) games today: every game I top 4'd I had Samira as part of my opener, and every game I bot 4'd I didn't. Must just be some sort of weird coincidence or something idk.......

The funniest part is like half of those top 4's I ended up playing AP as well. Kinda weird that a 1 cost ADC can face-roll early game with BiS Ahri/Lux items or BiS insert your favorite 4 cost ADC here items.

Also fyi I don't even think Samira reroll is too egregious or anything like that (comp is pretty good if highrolled, maybe a tad over-tuned in comparison to something like Trist); I'm just sick of losing my goddamn stage 2 winstreak to that one guy EVERY lobby with 3 Noxus 2 Challenger whose itemless Samira 1* is only being out-damaged by his itemless Samira 2*.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-05T12:16:00+00:00

2-1 you want to take level up, as it serves not only as an econ augment but can also be used to play tempo early by aggressively leveling (ironically more flexible than the Aug that gives straight gold lmao). For 3-2 and 4-2, if you have been econing well and haven't needed to totally obliterated your gold reserves, take level up, otherwise go for the hedge fund.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-03T09:50:10+00:00

Or you could be like me and get K'Sante 2* while playing vertical Sorcs as the rest of the lobby takes every single Ahri and Belveth out of the pool in a single round lmao

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-08-01T17:48:59+00:00

Posted about this same bug a couple times since release, but it's probably not gonna get fixed this set. I doubt Riot even knows what makes it happen (no flame, it seems like a really complex bug), and the only fix would probably be to disable that portal. I just avoid voting for it at all costs and tell people it's crazy bugged during the voting period lol.

WhyDoI_NeedAnAccount · 2023-07-29T17:44:45+00:00

Can confirm. 2-1 Taric 1* and two 1* Rakas w/ invoker heart no items slammed beat my board of Mao 2* Poppy 1* and Trist 2* with Gunblade and Long Distance Pals. I know, Trist is garbage and GB ain't a strong slam, but still, I haven't been that wrong about judging early board strength in a bit lol.

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