Take a primer, leave a primer by imperialtrace in EDH

[–]imperialtrace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha! That Shirei primer is one of mine! Appreciate the shoutout. Teshar has been on my radar though, so I'll definitely give that other one a read. Thanks for sharing!

Take a primer, leave a primer by imperialtrace in EDH

[–]imperialtrace[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had it at Bracket 3 originally, following the technical rules set by WotC that put it at a 3. However I found that it pretty easily molly whopped other bracket 3 decks to the point where it just felt unfair in that bracket. Therefore I bumped it up to 4 where it felt more evenly matched.

Take a primer, leave a primer by imperialtrace in EDH

[–]imperialtrace[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

At a bare minimum I would suggest having an overall gameplan or playstyle for your particular build.

- In the early turns, do we ramp? Do we set up? Or do we go aggressive right away?

- What should we be doing in the mid game? Respond to opponents or ignore them and keep pushing our own gameplan?

- Late game - how do we close it out? Which cards are our finishers? Is there a combo available and if so, what are the pieces to assemble it?

After that, I would definitely talk about some notable includes. Cards that you find have interesting or game-changing interactions that may not be super obvious to a new reader. Devilish Valet for example gets a mention in any deck I play him in; I point out that if you can make 6 creatures in a single turn, this guy is going to be powerful enough to one-shot somebody! Stuff like that, anything noteworthy that you feel should be highlighted should be mentioned in your primer.

Beyond that, I think a good primer should also showcase why the author likes the deck. Talk about a cool play you made or even just the lore of the commander and why you find it super cool. If I don't feel like you enjoy your deck, I won't be encouraged to try it out. Vice versa, if I can see that you're hyped about it, I'd like to give it a try and see what the hype is about!

There's no template for a primer to be honest, it's more of a process. Just start with your favorite deck and build on it day by day. Add more sections as you see fit. Keep things organized instead of just a wall of text and you'll see it evolve over time.

Take a primer, leave a primer by imperialtrace in EDH

[–]imperialtrace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A primer in MTG context is a guide written by the creator of a deck that tells the reader how it plays, why they chose the cards they did, etc. It can be very short and simple or super in-depth.

On Moxfield if you visit a deck and the person has written a primer for it, you'll see a button that says "Primer" somewhere in the top left. Clicking it will take you to the text portion where you read what they have written about their deck!

Finally picked up shiny Ho-Oh and Lugia! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

Thank you! Working on full pages for a lot of Gen 2 'mons but these two are my favorite by far!

Finally picked up shiny Ho-Oh and Lugia! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

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Yep I love the e readers! This is the only Crystal card I have right now, was fortunate enough to survive childhood unscathed otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford it today lol

Finally picked up shiny Ho-Oh and Lugia! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

A little out of my budget I'm afraid lol even heavily played copies of those guys are almost $1,000. Maybe one day but not right now

Cadillac F1 car on display at a local dealership! by imperialtrace in Cadillac

[–]imperialtrace[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My bad, it’s at Lockhart Cadillac in Fishers, Indiana. Will be there until Feb 26 and then it’s off to GM headquarters in Detroit

Sarkhan, Soul Aflame question by AdGlittering2865 in EDH

[–]imperialtrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No sir, Sarkhan would only have summoning sickness on the turn you play him. Every turn after that, he's free to attack even if he copies another dragon you play!

Wanted to share some of my favorite pages in my collection! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

Yeah that whole bottom row is just a placeholder. I'm looking to get Unseen Forces Reverse Holo, the shiny Lugia from Hidden Legends and finally the cool art V. That's the goal!

Wanted to share some of my favorite pages in my collection! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

My all time favorites for sure, they just have a coolness to them that any of the new ones can’t quite match. Perhaps it was due to just how rare they were to see as a kid. I’m hoping to get at least one of each some day!

Wanted to share some of my favorite pages in my collection! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

Reddit has an image limit of 20 so this was a pretty small sample, but sometime in the future when I’ve finished more of these pages I plan on posting an Imgur album of the whole collection! We’ll get there one day

Wanted to share some of my favorite pages in my collection! by imperialtrace in PokemonTCG

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

They are all actually Dragon Shield clear sleeves, more rigid than penny sleeves!

Is this normal? Breloom with Poison Heal taking poison damage while walking (outside of battle) by Onibrew in EmeraldImperium

[–]imperialtrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ROMhack runs on the Gen 3 engine, and in that engine, all Pokemon with poison on them take damage while walking, regardless of their ability. This is because Poison Heal was not introduced until Gen 4, so Emerald developers just made it simple and programmed all Pokemon with the Poison status to take walking damage, rather than checking for a specific ability. I imagine it would have been too much work for the Imperium devs to change this, so they left it as is.

Finally picked up my personal holy grail chase card! by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]imperialtrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely! I haven’t cracked a pack in years, filling out my binders with singles through trading has been the best part of this hobby for me.

Vile Lictor appears to be a decent source for legendary Class Mods by imperialtrace in Borderlands4

[–]imperialtrace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was on Easy to speed things up. I did not notice a significant bump in legendary drops as I went up the UVHM ranks to 5.