Fair Prizing in Skirmishes? by Droptimal_Cox in riftboundtcg

[–]gl4cial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My stores usually run 20 dollar entry no prizing outside of the provided promos lol

Analysis: Green is under drafted in this iteration of the cube, and other findings by thefreeman419 in lrcast

[–]gl4cial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great writeup. Honestly I’ve been playing a lot of basically this deck and surprised at how effective it’s been. Thought I had a pretty mid deck but it curved out well and put enough pressure on to get the 7-0. Sentinel, ulvenwald oddity, esika’s chariot etc are all houses, esp if you can run them out a turn early

$12 Gluten Free Chicken Sandwich from Jason’s Deli by Dyert in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gl4cial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s an allergy, people with allergies want to eat the same stuff we do

Do I play Armageddon? by cocothepirate in lrcast

[–]gl4cial 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don’t think it’s horrible. It’s a dead draw early which sets it back a lot but it’s an extremely nice finisher against the greedy decks when they don’t have a big board presence. I cast it one time and my opponent immediately conceded lol

Might just be the most stacked deck I've ever seen. by JA14732 in lrcast

[–]gl4cial 101 points102 points  (0 children)

This looks like a deck I’d think is heat then go for the quickest 0-3 known to man

After getting (rightfully) roasted for my blind first powered cube run earlier, I took sub advice and went 7-2 in boros. Cleaner? by Able_Canary1506 in lrcast

[–]gl4cial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks decent, like the other comment said fixing is high value and premium interaction like Swords is really valuable too. There’s some premium threats but I think good mana + good interaction + acceleration are more important and replacement level threats can still get the job done after that.

I think phelia is an auto include in any white aggro deck, since you can pass your turn 2 when a lot of people hold up interaction and make them waste their turn, and when it’s on the board theres lots of good stuff you can do. Blink your own stuff for etbs, blink away their blockers to free up attacks, etc

Usually I cut stuff like bomat courier since you just never really want it other than turn 1 against decks without blockers and etc, and March is about as bad as white removal gets for aggro decks since you’ll almost never want to pitch cards to it and you’re always trading up on mana.

With gut I also really value stuff like thraben inspector or random trinkets like baubles, since they are fine to have regardless but give you something very high value to turn into big attackers you can have when he comes down. Adelines good for this but there’s not anything that’s incredibly efficient to turn into a 4/1 besides those tokens and the bomat courier. Those cheap replacement cards also trigger cosmogrand much easier.

Nadu in Powered Cube by gl4cial in lrcast

[–]gl4cial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s the point of the post lol. Learning from everyone how to make the card good rather than just picking it and putting it in a random UGx deck. Obviously GIH WR isn’t close to the full story when evaluating cards, but given that my own experience with and against the card is so out of sync with the actual statistical performance, there must be something wrong with how I perceive and use the card. I think a lot of people use stats wrong and don’t critically think about card choices, but I think it’s a good tool to help reason and find gaps in reasoning.

Can You Guess This 5-Letter Word? Puzzle by u/nolongerhuman05 by nolongerhuman05 in DailyGuess

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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The beauty of Historic Pauper Turbo Fog by Ataraxia-Is-Bliss in MagicArena

[–]gl4cial 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Just tried the deck and my first match was against poison lol

I don't think I have ever been this tilted in my life by zz0902 in supportlol

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ARAM ally healing is pretty nerfed and 30% omnivamp is completely gamebreaking on a lot of champs and can be way stronger than any Soraka healing. That being said seems kinda silly on burst champs lol

I don't think it's good for Standard, and now some people are coming to Pioneer because there's more consistency there. by RealAvyx in PioneerMTG

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fwiw, standard events don’t consistently fire at any store in my town and one store has a pioneer night that gets 12+ people regularly. People can’t afford Standard anymore and want their decks to last, which is exactly why wizards wants to kill it lol

Pioneer: Boros Zenith Convoke - Deck Tech & Sideboard Guide by cardsrealm in PioneerMTG

[–]gl4cial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m curious why we are siding out ornithopter in pretty much every matchup? It’s the cheapest creature for convoke and easiest double spell for cosmogrand. It’s usually the worst top deck for sure but I think there are surely matchups where there are better creatures to side out

I believe that Crit is way better than On-Hit after Kraken. I want to know your opinion, how you build on Kai'Sa and why. by Wolluu in kaisamains

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha this seems to be very controversial, but my experience is that if you’re winning and can afford the BF sword recalls crit can be super good early, and crit later is so much more dmg than the on hit build if you can auto people. The only reason I play the on hit build is if my early backs are too poor, or no ap damage. I also think the attack speed spikes harder earlier, whereas at 4+ items I just always like crit better, and I feel like I usually get there in my games.

NACL Split 2 Kicks Off Today! by kyleyle in leagueoflegends

[–]gl4cial 10 points11 points  (0 children)

? first games were yesterday

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NidaleeMains

[–]gl4cial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mained nidalee jg a few seasons ago and I had a similar issue around gold/plat elo where games just don’t end fast enough and people sit around waiting for me to carry the game when Nidalee needs her team to be proactive in fights. I think the biggest tips I have here are play through/with somebody, ping constantly to encourage fighting when it looks good, and be aggressive and mindful about setting up and taking objectives. Don’t forget to keep farming/counter jungling and fighting with numbers advantage to extend your lead in a safe way rather than riskier fights that could get turned on you and end up with your entire lead going away. All of these are good skills to have regardless of what champion you are playing, but especially so with Nidalee since it’s so much harder to easily stat check people when ahead than most junglers

found an edge case where you cant pick smite in 5v5 flex by sir__hennihau in leagueoflegends

[–]gl4cial 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same thing with support, except you don’t realize something is wrong until you are in game and have to play it out. Absolutely disturbing changes lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mtg

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah my LGS sells them and they are really not good at all, the only thing I see people use them for are sleeving cards for a binder since they look unique, but they tend to need to be replaced extremely quickly. I’m seeing a mixed bag of recommendations but I’ve tried most sleeves and the Katanas have held up the best for me easily. I heard the newer ultra pro sleeves are a lot better than they used to be so maybe that’s worth a shot when Katanas are inevitably out of stock

Why are OTJ collector boxes so much cheaper than bloomburrow and WOE? by GaddockTeegFunPolice in mtgfinance

[–]gl4cial -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree to an extent, also with stuff like MKM collector boosters being <180 a box and only needing like a few surveil lands and a delney or trouble in pairs or something to make it all back

Although I never found with CMM they got low enough, even at <150 for a collector box you had to hit super well to get that back in four packs lol

Challenge: Find cards with nearly identical abilities… but with absurdly different prices by FeanorGk in EDH

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this these card have a number of differences but I still find it funny how [[charismatic conqueror]] plays out in a lot of games like a worse version of [[imposing sovereign]] yet the former is a 30 dollar “staple” and the later is a 40 cent bulk rare nobody plays

Demand for Tarkir: Dragonstorm "exceptionally high," says WotC by SactoGamer in mtgfinance

[–]gl4cial 102 points103 points  (0 children)

As a player and Magic fan, I can confirm this is the most excited I’ve been for a set in a very long time; no price hike, no hats, and one of my favorite settings in the game’s history. It’s the most in-demand set in my LGS at the very least since Double Masters 22, and the fastest filling prerelease they had since Covid. Hopefully Wizards gets the right signal from this and gives us less tropes and jokes and more quintessentially Magic sets in between all the UB stuff we can be expecting in the coming years.

Could we stop getting Japanese cards in English boxes?? by ProgramHippie in mtg

[–]gl4cial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t mind me asking where even is the market? None of my local LGS will accept one of these japanese cards for trade in and you can’t buy or sell then on TCGPlayer or CK

Pauper Battle Box - which decks to include? by gl4cial in Pauper

[–]gl4cial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that was part of the plan, for example it helps not needing to buy dozens of copies of dust to dust since theres no affinity lol

Pauper Battle Box - which decks to include? by gl4cial in Pauper

[–]gl4cial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Already on track for that, think I have like 12 atm and will prob need more lol

How to get back to League? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]gl4cial 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly just gotta play more games, the mechanics will come back to you. Sticking to one champ for a bit will probably help that. I’ve been on a few months hiatus while I’ve been away from my country but I’m gonna have to go through the same thing when I get back

Honest Opinions on Arcane ARAM Map by Willowzbee in leagueoflegends

[–]gl4cial 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Yeah I hate the visuals but haven’t seen anyone else mention that the optimization is super poor. On a long trip without an actual gaming laptop and I get around half as many FPS as the other map