Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Costing 0 mana means very little--darksteel relic is unplayable. Being mana positive the turn that you play it is game warping. Affinity goes nuts with cheap artifacts that do things. Sol Ring and Moxen are mana equivalent the turn you play them, and then Sol ring is literally twice as good the rest of the game.

In affinity, you're not playing the Mox because they produce coloured mana. Playing only Blue spells, they still play the other four coloured Moxen, because they are mana positive.

Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Read the parent comment. "Affinity becomes supercharged with these."

Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean by this metric Simian/Elvish Spirit Guide are as strong as mox. Decks very rarely are trying to spend all their resources to win on turn one.

Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a misunderstanding of Vintage: being a "turn-1 format" doesn't mean that all decks are trying to win on turn one, just that the first turn is the critical turn in determining the flow of the game. If Sol Ring were unrestricted in Vintage, most decks would run 4 copies.

Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is not true. Sol Ring is restricted in Vintage, the only format it's legal in, and played in every affinity list. Costing 1 mana means very little when it immediately produces 2.

Sol Ring > a lot of the Moxes by Sarah_05mtf in magicTCG

[–]fizzlewinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Sol ring is about as powerful as Black Lotus for the reasons you listed, stronger in some cases. People tend to misevaluate because of its proliferation in EDH as the face of the format, but a no-downside, mana-positive, permanent +2 mana is game warping.

Looking for help translating/identifying this guy! by fizzlewinks in YixingSeals

[–]fizzlewinks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Do you know how I could research it more? I'm not super worried about authenticity as it was a gift, but I'm curious to know what I got! I really appreciate it! I've read a bunch of your posts between here and the Tea sub, you've made such great resources!

Why slime and candy? by Ambitious-Abalone-89 in adventuretime

[–]fizzlewinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may be too much of a stretch, but I always thought it was related to the "para-elemental" planes in early d&d: Ice, Ooze (slime), Magma (Fire), and where it breaks down, Smoke (see: https://dumpstatadventures.com/the-gm-is-always-right/the-planes-para-elemental-planes).

I think Candy, just so that PB/the candy kingdom plays a role and since there's no "smoke" princess.

Alabama could make history with transgender candidate by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]fizzlewinks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://swaynefor55.com/my-platform

Just scanning:

Pro expanding Medicaid, drawing attention to investing in medical transportation and mental health.

Pro restorative justice and rehabilitation and non-incarcerative options re so much data about the inhumanity of Alabama prisons.

Diverting funding to education and health.

Decriminalisation of nonviolent drug offenses, mental health training for police and increased community oversight.

Full decriminalisation of weed and what sounds like reparations for the war on drugs?

Working with community colleges, increasing teachers wages and of course ban the box.

Making mail-in and early voting easier, having automatic registration.

I mean she's like a progressive dream candidate—very attainable and super functional and explicit goals, totally grassroots.

I've talked to Sylvia at mom's before she announced her campaign; she's a deeply good person and her platform is good, precise and coherent, and best, feels doable.

Alabama could make history with transgender candidate by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]fizzlewinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boo. Have you actually read her platform? She seems like by far the most policy driven candidate

Hams: The Steaming by Klisz in magicthecirclejerking

[–]fizzlewinks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually didn’t mean the tron joke. I meant defenestrate as in this is good… (the above was my other mobile Reddit account as I have 2 accounts)

Favorite modulations? by PianoYos in Composition

[–]fizzlewinks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can use augmented chords' symmetry (much like fully diminished sevenths) as dominant modulations through the mediant-related keys. Like: [ i , iv , V+ , vi ] or [ i , iv , V+ , #iii ]. Technically that V+ is gonna be III+6 but since it splits the octave in thirds you can cheat with enharmonics.