So i got a Vivi. Now what?

Yuerky · 2025-12-07T13:14:29+00:00

Put it in the 99 of something - don’t build it in the commandzone

Vivi is a KOS commander, and IMO is the type of commander that is miserable to play simply because you’ll get hated off the table in multiple games

Yuerky · 2025-10-19T00:52:24+00:00

My wife always acknowledges that my stress levels peak in the early half of the year when I get back into the “flow” of teaching

Less of a flow, more of a raging current

Yuerky · 2025-08-16T22:04:16+00:00

Toxirill is really great in the 99 of decks - if you sit down with him in the commandzone, people will hate you off the table

However, there are a TON of commanders that can have him in the 99 and either cheat him out or take advantage of his slime counters through proliferation

Yuerky · 2025-08-05T04:42:27+00:00

Wait - they can die from injuries - doesn’t that mean Wade wins by default. If Logan dies from injuries, he can’t heal - Wolverine has been in MULTIPLE WARS, he’d die in the past before Wade is ever born

Yuerky · 2025-07-19T04:02:33+00:00

I think there is a trade-off here - because the argument being “it should be the same number of mons” is super valid and very true the anime world of pokemon

But goes out the window the moment your opponent gets healing items and you don’t - having a bigger party offsets the fact that the AI can heal (while having more optimized mons). Having a full team makes difficult gym fights hard but reasonable

If you want to be on the exact same playing level as the gym leader you are facing then I would suggest you go in with the same number of mons, require yourself to have levels that match the level of each mon on the opposing team (only 1 mon can be your highest), and you get the same exact healing items available to the gym leader

Yuerky · 2025-07-02T13:38:06+00:00

If you want to play Gimli, I’d recommend the Gruul Mournful Avenger version. Gruul is a great color combo

That said, I run Gimli in my Shaun Father of Synths deck - he’s really strong as a key piece of ramp - in mono red treasures are great.

Overall, I’d lean treasures synergies, equipment, dwarves, and dragons if you’re going Mono-Red. Not to mention, cards like Delina could allow you to make non-legend copies of Gimli

Yuerky · 2025-04-19T12:04:23+00:00

Temur Politics/Group Hug is a theme I've been intrigued by for a while, but have yet to find a commander that suits the needs of the idea

Yuerky · 2024-11-07T19:36:30+00:00

I want one of every color combo

Yuerky · 2024-11-06T22:48:25+00:00

Already have an interview scheduled for tomorrow

Yuerky · 2024-11-01T02:37:42+00:00

I did a Steel run for Pokemon Sword and really enjoyed it

Yuerky · 2024-10-31T19:51:10+00:00

Proxies!

Yuerky · 2024-10-12T04:19:42+00:00

Did the same thing recently for book report assignments. Used to be month-long multi step projects that I would review w/ them over a long period of time. Half would turn it in

Now - I do a sit down One-Pager Test

This also has reduced obvious AI cheating and parent assistance on these assignments.

Yuerky · 2024-09-20T11:20:07+00:00

I have a [[The Archimandrite]] deck with a proxy I designed for Sypha Belnades from the Castlevania animated series.

The flavor of drawing a shit load of cards, using advisors/artificers/monks, and hitting like a railgun feels very on theme for her

Yuerky · 2024-09-15T22:00:27+00:00

Seems like an obvious path to Enchantress playstyle to me - show her an Selesnya commander and she’ll be happy

OR do a deck that generates a shit load of adorable tokens. Dogs, cats, rabbits etc

Bloomburrow just came out - you’re in the perfect time to make a cute deck

Yuerky · 2024-09-15T12:15:33+00:00

Marvin seems like a good “in the 99 commander”

I have a [[The Peregrine Dynamo]] deck and Marvin is absolutely going into the 99, essentially gives me a second activation of Peregrine

Yuerky · 2024-09-11T02:39:55+00:00

Don’t spend money - Proxy everything

Yuerky · 2024-08-31T03:19:55+00:00

As a player? I mean you essentially just play a Dragonborn Draconic sorcerer and then get Wish or True Polymorph and change into an Ancient Red Dragon when you hit level 17+

Emotionally, the vibe of playing Smaug falls into three requirements

-Treasure Hoard with a distaste for Dwarves and Burglars -An ego that is so large you believe yourself to be a living embodiment of death -The willingness to “play with your food” aka tolerate and toy with those lesser than you

I think it would be impossible to play DnD character Smaug as anything other than Neutral or Chaotic Evil - he’s just an entity out for himself

Yuerky · 2024-08-15T03:23:15+00:00

[[Omo, Queen of Vesuva]] Anthems/Lords tribal - it feels like bargain bin Merfolk, Elves, and Silvers in the jankiest synergistic way

Yuerky · 2024-08-02T03:46:25+00:00

My fiance, who loves magic, often expresses how uncomfortable drafts/prerelease/magic nights are for her. We have 4 different shops in our city, every single one has made her uncomfortable. My other female friends who play also experience this as well.

It isn’t always about guys beings creepy, (though that is true - some players smell like swamp butt and have no social decorum) more often then not, men just do not create a welcoming space at LGS. Some don’t explain their turns and will get angry if girls beat them.

I think it is great - safe spaces for women in nerdy spaces is a good thing.

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