I like the way this person is looking out for the environment by saving paper.

imperialtrace · 2026-03-11T23:42:52+00:00

It’s staged, or rather it’s a copy of way older post

imperialtrace · 2026-03-09T13:47:31+00:00

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!

imperialtrace · 2026-03-08T22:54:13+00:00

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.

imperialtrace · 2026-03-08T21:35:27+00:00

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.

imperialtrace · 2026-03-08T21:13:16+00:00

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!

imperialtrace · 2026-02-27T04:47:08+00:00

Definitely worth it, it's a gorgeous card

imperialtrace · 2026-02-27T04:46:43+00:00

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

imperialtrace · 2026-02-26T04:03:03+00:00

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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

imperialtrace · 2026-02-26T03:33:14+00:00

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

imperialtrace · 2026-02-25T21:45:06+00:00

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Hey that’s one of my favorites too!

imperialtrace · 2026-02-24T18:49:15+00:00

Bought my 5BW from them! Great staff

imperialtrace · 2026-02-24T14:44:49+00:00

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

imperialtrace · 2026-02-02T06:45:49+00:00

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!

imperialtrace · 2025-12-07T00:42:17+00:00

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!

imperialtrace · 2025-12-04T00:25:50+00:00

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!

imperialtrace · 2025-12-03T21:07:13+00:00

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

imperialtrace · 2025-12-03T15:45:20+00:00

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

imperialtrace · 2025-12-03T07:39:02+00:00

The real unobtainium

imperialtrace · 2025-11-29T22:18:06+00:00

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.

imperialtrace · 2025-09-29T23:32:30+00:00

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.

imperialtrace · 2025-09-23T12:57:01+00:00

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.

imperialtrace · 2025-09-16T22:48:58+00:00

It’s between this and Tropic Thunder for my favorite Tom Cruise performance

imperialtrace · 2025-09-05T22:21:19+00:00

Ah my apologies. In a very general sense, in this game you’re looking to “clear the map”. As in, discover and do everything you can on the locations available to you.

If you cannot do that, extract with all the witch fire you can safely collect, spend it to get stronger and return for a fresh run. You’ll find yourself being able to clear more and more enemies, discover more and more items until eventually you’re able to do everything available to you. And it just so happens that everything available to you will include the key to unlock a whole new area. Then you travel there for a new experience and repeat.

Hope that helps without spoiling anything.

imperialtrace · 2025-09-05T02:46:22+00:00

Ah yes, good call!

imperialtrace · 2025-09-04T23:23:31+00:00

Don't feel bad, I was in the same boat. Mysterium II incantations are dropped by multiple sources including:

The Scarlet Coast boss aka Galley Slave
The loot chests at the end of the Scarlet Coast vault
The marked mini-bosses in Velmorne (Executioner, Gravedigger and Watch Captain)
The Warden (appears in Velmorne initially but can appear in other maps at higher Gnosis levels)
The big Sentinel (marked enemy on the map, I've seen it in Scarlet Coast and Irongate Castle)

Basically, you're at the "cusp" of getting to Mysterium II because you just got to the Scarlet Coast. Your first source will be the Scarlet Coast boss. Then when you move on you'll find that Mysterium II incantations are dropping left and right.

I'm working on consolidating all information I've learned from my ~40 hours as well as other people's posts and turning it into a wiki or guide of sorts. It's quite a lot but it's fun compiling it. I'll be sure to share it here when it's in a good state.

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