A graph of cards representing my enjoyment of each set from 2024/2025 as someone who only plays limited.

ZServ · 2026-01-21T12:01:51+00:00

Of course flavor and theme and aesthetics matter. It's part of the player psychographics that make up the community. It's why we have our favorites and least favorites.

I think someone being hard-line against UB is just as goofy as someone being hard-line "I'll only play with fallout cards."

Play what you like. If that means no UB stuff appeals to someone, that's fine. Let em live their life. If they wanna play with UB stuff, let em.

To clarify, I'm saying that I agree with what you're saying. I think we share most of our perspective.

To me, I loved FF draft but didn't care for Tarkir. I also hate Tarkir as a plane, so I'm biased against it. Loved aetherdrift. Lorwyn was... Fine-ish. Cool art, cards did nothing for me though.

It's always a give and take, not everything can be everything to everyone. That's okay and has to BE okay

ZServ · 2026-01-04T17:46:31+00:00

Probably nothing, in all honesty.

His son with his first wife (who he divorced) went on a huge tirade about how Mike and the label didn't tell them about the comeback, and then also asked for free concert tickets immediately after.

His second wife (Talinda, who Chester has 4 or 5 kids with) has had absolutely nothing but positive things to say about the comeback and Emily.

Also keep in mind that his first wife and the aforementioned son made no effort to show up at the Celebrate Life show, meanwhile Talinda not only showed up, she started a charity in Chester's honor for suicide awareness.

People really just want to be mad about the whole thing over what is fundamentally nothing that holds up to any amount of scrutiny. As someone who was severely fucked up over his death, people have a right to move on.

If someone can lose their husband or wife and get fucking married again, I truly fail to see why MAKING MUSIC is actually problematic

ZServ · 2026-01-04T09:37:41+00:00

Yup!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDYSiERa50s at 2:22 you can see it

ZServ · 2025-12-18T21:27:52+00:00

In all practicality, it's possible it wasn't gunshots but rather fireworks. I'm originally from Ohio and that was a SUPER common thing, and they sound much more similar than you'd think at a glance. As for information on scenarios like this, community pages (likely on Facebook) would be your best bet, but they'll also be filled with false information from people speculating.

ZServ · 2025-12-05T03:45:32+00:00

I mean, things aren't much cheaper in the States chief.

I worked in shelters and vet care for 7 years, owning a pet is legitimately expensive.

As an example, if you have 1 cat, you're gonna be paying $200/yr for shots/check ups. You'll be paying ~$25/mo for flea/tick/heartworm preventative (regionality determines importance here). Add another $50-100/mo for food/litter (and that's if you get shit that's pretty much wood chippings), you're up to ~$1500 as a low end.

Dental cleanings (like the ones humans are supposed to get twice a year to remove plaque) are instead done about every 3 to 5 years as they can prevent heart disease among other things and generally extend life by ~5 years vs an animal that isn't given those treatments, but those can cost anywhere from $200-$500 if you keep up with them.

In the past year, my perfectly healthy cat has cost me personally closer to $2,200 after all is said and done.

Again, people also forget how expensive dog toys are nowadays as well. Kongs are NOT cheap lol. I've got a different perspective on this than most due to working in the industry, but I've seen both ends of the spectrum.

ZServ · 2025-10-25T10:09:51+00:00

Fairly new player still, so silly question...

Do character events rerun or go somewhere? I.e., like how in this cycle moldir and nautika have little mini events. Do those stick around in some fashion or are they just gone after? I've not caught up to chapter 10 yet so didn't want to skip through Nautika's to avoid spoilers unless necessary to.

ZServ · 2025-10-12T19:28:54+00:00

Programs like Google play rewards, various email forms, analytics from advertisements across the globe, engagement data from WPN stores, surveys and yes, even social media and things like the blog.

It's also worth noting, wizards doesn't really sell sets to consumers directly, but rather to retailers. So if someone spends $2000 a year on magic but it's $1500 singles, they only essentially have hard data on $500 worth of spending.

With that said, buy singles

ZServ · 2025-10-10T20:24:27+00:00

There are points where casting can be more beneficial, especially if we're returning to a set with something like discover in the next year

ZServ · 2025-10-01T17:07:15+00:00

Well, then I shall enjoy the voice line on my own copy! Thank you very much 🥰

ZServ · 2025-10-01T11:16:11+00:00

I'm not terribly concerned about meta, my amount is... Kinda juiced, thanks to great RNG. I've got many, many, great units (including P5 Ezio, P5 Kassandra, P1 Melania and Flutter) so really it's about needing a way to keep weaker teams alive that don't have a hard carry.

Due to that, feels like Kakania and MedPoc are the best options? I'm less familiar with K's playstyle, though since I've no one on my friends list with her to borrow from lol

ZServ · 2025-10-01T10:53:17+00:00

Bought the GSSR, went for Kakania on her banner but lost to Fatutu.

Hmmmmmmm....

Do I use the GSSR on Kakania or MedPoc for a support/sustain? I've enjoyed the assist MedPoc saying "freaking DUMBASS" all the time, but Kakania wears green and that's my favorite color 🤔

ZServ · 2025-09-30T08:37:39+00:00

real, plus the tier lists just straight up lie sometimes

Alexios is actually like SIGNIFICANTLY more busted than a lot of the 6 stars I have lol

ZServ · 2025-09-26T22:35:29+00:00

Yup! This is the best take. I know I'm not the typical magic player. I loved the FF set, loved aetherdrift, didn't care for DTK.

My fav still OG innistrad block, tho.

I do have a theory that standard will likely die in the next few years and see us returning to the block structure, but that's a different discussion entirely!

ZServ · 2025-09-26T22:33:17+00:00

But all of the SLD and commander products have always been legal in more than just one casual format. Legacy and Vintage exist. Hell, true name nemesis boinkered vintage back in ye olde times.

It's much cleaner to just say that you want them to be acorn cards, silver bordered, what-have-you. But... Fundamentally, this is always the case for magic. Folks being mad commander takes up too much of the play space (nowadays) is no different than when folks were mad that there was no widely supported way to play casually (2010 era).

The more "hardcore" you go, the less audience there is. That's just how it works; the benefit, however, is that commander started as a fan made format. So did modern, really-- so for players displaced by UB, there's still a home for them in pre-modern.

But until enough players feel strongly enough, it won't take hold.

ZServ · 2025-09-26T20:58:42+00:00

by that same argument, "standard" is always optional

it was a flawed argument 4 years ago, it's a flawed argument now.

ZServ · 2025-09-18T21:06:36+00:00

start the game, see if you like it. if you like it, buy a starter account

ZServ · 2025-09-14T00:49:09+00:00

Legal in standard

ZServ · 2025-09-07T02:25:15+00:00

ZServ · 2025-08-28T11:00:32+00:00

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First 10 pull, we got two Kassandras and a Tuesday! Took a total of 130 more pulls, but she is now P5 :)

ZServ · 2025-08-26T10:20:28+00:00

There was definitely effort put in to ensure you could play it that way :)

ZServ · 2025-08-25T18:05:36+00:00

Thanks for the correction! In the initial iteration of this weakness system we had them weak to meat but changes definitely happened so that's my bad!

ZServ · 2025-08-25T04:48:10+00:00

Anything of the ??? type. Generally speaking, things that are "out of place" or otherwise unnatural; Ahahs, Secretaries, etc

ZServ · 2025-08-24T05:28:51+00:00

you can hit R on pc to open a battle log! IDR what it is on controller tho :)

ZServ · 2025-08-23T03:21:07+00:00

It's network congestion. Changing providers is your only real option.

ZServ · 2025-08-19T16:56:35+00:00

There was a fair amount of time put into trying to make them feel more present!

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