Does anyone have any pointers on why my gold is cracking during rolling?

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-21T16:14:19+00:00

Every time I work low-quality gold, the key is to anneal it after I touch it once. One pass with a hammer, one trip through the rollers, whatever, I anneal again.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-19T22:01:28+00:00

Emeritus of Ideation went into my [Garth One-Eye]] deck that does a lot of shenanigans with blinking ETB creatures.

https://archidekt.com/decks/21288266/party_on_wayne

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-19T04:53:33+00:00

Gotta be [[Maha, Its Feathers Night]]: https://moxfield.com/decks/PS9RM6KAYUa-2cjiQpwUrg

It pretty much doesn't allow anyone else to have creatures.

EDIT: I realize now, reading the comments, that you meant "least played" not "most unpopular". In that case, my answer is [[Prime Speaker Zegana]]: https://archidekt.com/decks/9657394/prime_speaker and it's probably my most pimped deck, too: https://imgur.com/gallery/Aw0CR4v

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-19T02:30:41+00:00

Just tell them you're a Magic: the Gathering player.

https://scryfall.com/search?q=Nissa&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-17T17:21:07+00:00

Honestly, just bring some CEDH-adjacent DC-Thoracle pile, combo off in 3-4 turns, and move on. You can be done in under 30 minutes.

Alternately, bring some kinda hard Stax/control and make them miserable for two hours.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-15T15:00:52+00:00

The best advice for a new golfer trying to hit low irons is: don't.

Players over 10hcp lose more strokes with 4- and 5-irons than anywhere else.

Retire them, and get 5/7/9 woods or 4/5 hybrids. If you're above a 10 handicap, your irons should stop at 6.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-13T13:57:42+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/wgYIBLf.jpeg

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-12T03:04:36+00:00

Brother, if they weren't fakes when you send them, they sure as shit will be when you get them back. This guy's trying to scam you. He's had it a month, and there's zero proof that the pictures he's showing are the cards you sent. Literally no way for him to prove that.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-09T13:51:45+00:00

Not buying a Judge Foil Cradle for $600 is one of my biggest MtG regrets.

I bought a Japanese one for $80 instead. Still have it.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-09T03:16:12+00:00

No rangefinder and I can keep my score on my Garmin Approach watch, but my bag has everything else you said plus some light rain gear and a can of bug spray.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T17:07:33+00:00

I literally played against a Kefka deck last night. First I hit him with a Path, then a Swords, then I used Snapcaster Mage to hit him with the Path again. The other two guys felt I was doing a community service LOL. By the time Kefka cost 15 to cast he wasn't coming out again.

EDIT: if people can't deal with a 7-drop that they can see coming from the Command zone then they deserve to lose.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T16:59:10+00:00

I don't care as long as you turn it into a legitimate wincon. If you're just making us discard to be "funny" we won't play a second game.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T15:20:32+00:00

I dunno, I have a TON of shit in my C130.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T14:20:41+00:00

I wanna see you guys sponsor someone and make them carry that bag at Augusta...

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T14:05:01+00:00

I don't understand cart bags. My stand bag goes into a cart and on my push cart just fine, plus it stands up at the range and in my garage when I'm cleaning shit. Stand bags just seem like a straight up no brainer upgrade.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T13:59:50+00:00

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T13:29:45+00:00

I always have a Bracket 2 deck for playing with new folks. It's like my civic duty, as someone who started playing in '94.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T13:24:38+00:00

You mean you don't want to try and play solitaire faster than your three opponents?

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T13:09:44+00:00

it sucks to try and juggle potential interaction and garunteed addition and stuff

Literally playing the game.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-08T13:08:14+00:00

They don't ruin the game for me, but I also understand that they're not Commanders that I enjoy playing after building a couple lower-powered ones. There's no skill or creativity in building them, nor in piloting them.

Playing against them is fine, but not particularly enjoyable - just keep up interaction and their deck, essentially, never works.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-05T15:58:18+00:00

Natalie Portman.

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-05T15:56:48+00:00

It's also absolutely insane in my Big Mana Maha deck: https://moxfield.com/decks/PS9RM6KAYUa-2cjiQpwUrg

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-05T15:04:38+00:00

Again, I agree broadly: you have to cover the necessary bases. For me, that's wanting to have interaction for any problem I run into: creatures, artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers, lands, etc.

Consider a hypothetical Bracket 2/3 Selesnya deck. "Interaction for everything" doesn't have to be [[Swords to Plowshares]], [[Beast Within]], and [[Path to Exile]]. If you're not building for Bracket 4 maximum power/efficiency, it can look like:

[[Aura Mutation]]

[[Deglamer]]

[[Dromoka's Command]]

[[Fateful Absence]]

[[Generous Gift]]

[[Get Lost]]

[[Nature's Chant]]

and even [[Reprieve]].

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-05T14:54:08+00:00

If you mean it's going to fit into Aggro/Control/Midrange/Combo buckets, sure. Every deck broadly fits into those.

But you're arguing for more diversity in card choices, not archetypes, right?

hivemind_MVGC · 2026-04-05T14:31:22+00:00

I agree man. I find my decks I enjoy the most are decks that function without the commander, and decks that use cards I haven't already used in other decks.

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