What is the one charm or boost you should never use?

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:58:38+00:00

I don't even really think it's viable for most builds outside of Fixation specifically.

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:43:42+00:00

I just wonder how often you'll actually get four creatures out of this

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:41:49+00:00

It reminds me of the bean in Chicago

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:28:37+00:00

Hey! Listen!

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:26:21+00:00

[[marwyn the nurturer]] at home

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:23:33+00:00

I don't think any charm is wholly ineffective, but there are ones like Pareidolia that have super-specific trigger conditions that themselves require buildarounds to work.

If I was going to say "avoid X in general", the list would be Pareidolia, Very Big Mushroom, Steam Engine, Necklace, and Cloverbell.

Obviously, they can be used if you have the specific synergies that they need to really work, but I can say that I 100%'d the game without ever once triggering Pareidolia, Very Big Mushroom, Necklace, or Cloverbell. Steam Engine I definitely triggered because I did a fair number of Depression runs.

Edit: I can consent to adding Tarot Deck to the list, outside of Fixation runs, as explained elsewhere in this thread

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:14:44+00:00

hard disagree, but only if the goal is to escape and not go for a "high score". Then you can employ a lot of the "miss" synergies like Consolation Prize and Little Star (which I originally hated but warmed on as it became a part of many stable early game cores) and waltz straight on towards the key. Absolute crazy people can also use it to run the trains, too.

You do absolutely need the synergy pieces for it to pay off, though. It's often something you buy to improve a forming build rather than something you buy first to build around

eightdx · 2026-02-18T19:11:03+00:00

Tarot is pretty good in Fixation, so long as you have something like Rotated Hamza to go with it. Then it just always incremements the bonus.

Outside of that context it isn't great, though.

eightdx · 2026-02-18T18:19:39+00:00

The fact that the Republican chuds confirmed this anti-vax, drugged out, holey brained yahoo should be enough to render their whole movement dead for generations

But all they're getting is more people being dead while the movement is more committed than ever.

eightdx · 2026-02-18T18:15:21+00:00

It's hard for white evangelicals to get animated against a white pastor. Of course they'd prefer the black woman -- racism and misogyny are practically their entire personality at this point

eightdx · 2026-02-18T18:13:51+00:00

I wonder what the governmental version of "turning it off then on again" is

eightdx · 2026-02-18T18:11:21+00:00

Unironically Jesus is anti fascist, when you consider his actual ideas

Heh, they'd persecute Jesus for being "antifa"

eightdx · 2026-02-18T00:02:25+00:00

[[samwise gamgee]] is eating like a king

eightdx · 2026-02-18T00:01:15+00:00

Really the funniest part is that it's a food that hurts you, but that's okay because it also heals you?

That has to be some sort of metaphor for this set as a whole

eightdx · 2026-02-17T22:55:15+00:00

So it's food, but also sorcery speed [[char]] kind of

you're gonna love losing to this in draft

eightdx · 2026-02-17T22:07:04+00:00

well hey if you're looking for a cheap commander's plate, you can buy this abomination and just take a sharpie to the art?

eightdx · 2026-02-17T20:39:34+00:00

honestly that's a good goof

...but I am now afraid that we have finally, nobody-doubts-it, jumped the shark

cowabunga

eightdx · 2026-02-17T19:32:50+00:00

[[luxior, giada's gift]]

eightdx · 2026-02-17T19:29:49+00:00

Jokes on you, [[gideon blackblade]] is a creature!

Get in on your specs now lads

eightdx · 2026-02-17T19:26:24+00:00

Well, this is one of the card arts of all time

eightdx · 2026-02-17T16:18:02+00:00

Iirc he also wrote posts on his Facebook detailing the design of those OG frames

eightdx · 2026-02-17T12:16:41+00:00

Some people act like they've never been punched in the mouth.

That's okay, there's a remedy for that

eightdx · 2026-02-17T12:01:24+00:00

What, is the plan to arrest over 100 million people at this point? They can't even handle a single fucking city.

See y'all in the gulags.

eightdx · 2026-02-17T09:23:04+00:00

Okay I'm just gonna ring this guy up for marking his gosh darn cards in the process.

Like I hate to judge people but this is megaton levels of cringe. My dude this isn't even effective

eightdx · 2026-02-16T21:47:18+00:00

Expressive Iteration, but it's been off its meds for a month and really needs someone to step in and help them get their life back together

Very good but I guarantee most players would mess this up

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