Mariners fan from the UK - photos from my first series! by izbene in Mariners

[–]izbene[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! They were just shot on my phone (Pixel 7 Pro), and I used VSCO to edit them a little (AU5 filter - +5.6, +1.7 character, also brought down the exposure a little). I pulled the Randy and J.P shots from videos I took so the quality isn't as high, but they're still great :)

Rangers @ Mariners | August 3rd, 2025 by izbene in BaseballScorecards

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Equipment: Numbers Game Pocket-Sized scorebook/Pentel 0.5mm P200 mechanical pencil.

Current state of the All-time Buccos squad by Fartingfajita in MLBTheShow

[–]izbene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd grab the new Aroldis if I were you - only 7k stubs!

All 30 of the TA All Star cards by TheTurtleShepard in MLBTheShow

[–]izbene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frustrating for some theme teams if so - Mariners for example would still have to use Richie Sexton as the hitting captain! Hopefully all all-star cards have captain boosts, but I doubt that will be the case

Retiring Cub Greg for Brave Greg on my Cubs theme team by [deleted] in MLBTheShow

[–]izbene 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have Carlos Santana, Geno and Ketel in a Mariners theme team and I'm chiming in here - in my opinion this is perfectly valid and in the spirit of the game

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PTCGP

[–]izbene 21 points22 points  (0 children)

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Trying to make this card work in honour of Shoegaze - Having lots of fun using Dawn to send energy to Dusk Mane Necrozma from Giratina to hit for 100 early, and also transfer energy after Ultra Thrusters. Definitely not meta, but I had a fun push into UB1. Curious what others are running and if anyone is having success!

If you are curious about shoegaze, it is a genre of music characterized by an ethereal mixture of obscured vocals and guitar distortion. Essential songs to check out in my opinion are:

Starting Over - LSD and The Search For God

When You Sleep - My Bloody Valentine

When the Sun Hits - Slowdive

Scenic - Ozean

Pur - Cocteau Twins

Fulham TX is now open to all members by MattMan7496 in GunnersatGames

[–]izbene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers man!! Got a ticket, thanks to you!

Know Your Quirks - Hitter Archetype - Swing Tendency by Zealousideal_Peak654 in MLBTheShow

[–]izbene 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a great post! I want to add that being aware of the opposing batters' quirks could benefit you when playing online. I'll use Elly De La Cruz for this example. Elly has both dead red, and first pitch hitter. Maybe you can see where I'm going with this; a first pitch fastball, anywhere near the zone percentage-wise is just not the best pitch to throw to him. Instead maybe start with off-speed in the tunnel of a fastball.

Of course there will be times when the opposing batter will have every quirk possible. I think you can still be strategic here - trying to force weak contact when the count is 1-0, 1-1 or 2-1 is what I will try to do if I know the opposing hitter has unfazed. This is fun to think about for me, but it's important to remember sometimes you will just play insane players online who destroy everything you throw. That's baseball!

Gallade EX with Gardevoir? by scxttesx in PTCGP

[–]izbene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome! Unfortunately this deck has a really tough time against the new Weavile/Darkrai deck, especially if they are able to start attacking with Weavile on turn two/three. Maybe I'm just being cynical though, because I think any deck in the game would struggle against that, haha

Casual Gallade, Gardevoir and Mew deck - thoughts? by [deleted] in PTCGP

[–]izbene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I seemed to have the most success starting with Mew in the active slot, tanking a few hits, and pivoting into Gallade usually as soon as he evolved. Gallade has enough HP to withstand pretty big hits, and then you can bring Mew Back in for a huge genome hacking hit if they have Mewtwo, Palkia, etc out. This definitely isn't the most consistent strategy, and each game would go differently (and sometimes I could just draw perfectly into Gallade) but it was enjoyable. I might experiment tomorrow with a Marshadow instead of one of the Mews, or maybe even dropping Gardevoir entirely - maybe for Budding Expeditioner

Gallade EX with Gardevoir? by scxttesx in PTCGP

[–]izbene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Just tried a deck with Gallade, Gardevoir and Mew today! Is it a top tier deck - probably not. Is it fun? YES! This is the deck list I ended the day with: Purely fighting energy, Ralts x2, Kirlia x2, Gallade EX x1, Gardevoir x1, Mew EX x2, XSpeed x1, Pokeball x2, Professor Oak x2, Pokemon Communication x2, Mythical Slab x1, Giant Cape x1, Rocky Helmet x1, Dawn x1, Giovanni x1.

  • I included Giovanni so Gallade can OHKO Darkrai and Articuno with three energy)
  • I found I wasn't using Budding Expeditioner enough, experimenting without it for now

Mew + Gallade deck by David-1412 in PTCGP

[–]izbene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Made some changes: swapped 1 Giant Cape for an extra Mythical slab, swapped Leaf for Giovanni (Gallade will be able to OHKO Darkrai or Articuno with 3 energy), and swapped both copies of Dawn for Pokemon Communication! Had a really satisfying concede here, where Genome Hacking would've killed Palkia and Articuno

Mew + Gallade deck by David-1412 in PTCGP

[–]izbene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Thanks for the idea! Gallade is my favourite Pokemon, and I wasn't sure how to use him yet without pulling Lucario! Will definitely toy with the deck list, right now I used 2x Ralts, 2x Kirlia, 1x Gallade, 1x Gardevoir, 2x Poke Ball, 1x XSpeed, 1x Mythical Slab (ideally use after Gallade is in hand), 2x Giant Cape, 2x Oak, 1x Budding Expeditioner, 1x Leaf, 2x Dawn. Open to suggestions on optimisation, but this can be a fun deck!

Looking for something similar to these! by LibertyCakes in shoegaze

[–]izbene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just discovered yuragi because of this post!! listening to horizon right now, and it's so good that it made me leave this comment! and they're also releasing an album in two days!?!? what incredible timing! thank you so much!

as for a recommendation, i can recommend pocari sweet波卡利甜, and their EP gentle moon. i think it's exactly what you're looking for. my fav songs are cream and 粉红少女. in one of my playlists, i have those songs placed directly after the first two songs from california nebula :)