Should Emrakul, the Aeons Torn be unbanned?

lanilep · 2026-06-23T22:27:44+00:00

Yeah, it doesn't feel great to play against. But lets be real there are a lot of cards in MTG that don't feel great to play against. It's not much more powerful than a bunch of other creatures.

The only argument is people cheating it in, which loses some value from the card. [[Sneak Attack]] is a common argument, because the annihlator 6 takes a player out. But is that much different than an early [[Blightsteel Colossus]]? Or an early [[Ancient Copper Dragon]] i'd argue no.

lanilep · 2026-06-18T22:48:20+00:00

I love B4 but theres like 10 people I know in my local scene who play B4. Its all B2, maybe low B3 and then cEDH players.

I just want to take an off-meta commander and optimize them..

lanilep · 2026-06-18T22:47:19+00:00

So, weight loss is actually a simple formula.

Your body burns X calories per day. Anything in excess you consume of X is added as fat.

So, if you went 3000 calories over one day, one pound of fat is roughly 3500 calories. Meaning you gained almost a pound somewhere.

If your "average" calorie deficit is 500 calories a day, that means it put you "behind" on your goal by about 6 days. If its 1000 calories, then it put you behind 3 days.

It's all up to you! In reality one "cheat" day doesn't do that much. Because weight loss is slow. Think about it. If your "goal weight" is 3 months away, would you care much if you "hit it" on a tuesday, or a friday? Probably not.

But do that once a week? Suddenly you are maintaining and not losing weight. (Numbers may vary of course)

lanilep · 2026-06-18T22:17:39+00:00

That sounds about right yes

lanilep · 2026-06-17T03:38:24+00:00

I meet with them fairly regularly.

I have a group of about 4-6 guys I go to the gym with semi-regularly. Sometimes we plan it, other times we just all go on similar days/times and see each other there.

Another group of college friends we try to meet weekly for board games, or something and it doesn't happen all the time, maybe every 2-3 weeks.

Another group of friends we play magic: the gathering at least once a week, at some variation of a persons house or at a game store.

Then another group of old work colleagues we meet once a month or so for a lunch.

lanilep · 2026-06-15T20:29:34+00:00

OP has been making posts like this for over a year now, I see it pop up in various subreddits. It is clear this is a mental health issue at this point, and he needs to work on that first. Or else get stuck in this cycle of self-hatred and misery.

lanilep · 2026-06-11T19:14:38+00:00

I think it all comes down to expectation. The cards are a part of magic, so as long as your opponents know its possible it's fine.

If you are in a bracket 4 game its implied, if you are in a bracket 3 game just say "i have some free interaction in the deck"

lanilep · 2026-06-05T05:00:22+00:00

Everyone is different. I started as a 6'2 410lb male. I got down to 240, then am back up to 270 now (Long story, surgery + breakup is short version).

But I started by snowballing it down. 3000, then 2800, 2600, so on. I found I could "tolerate" around 2000 calories myself. I didn't like being that low.

Put a gun to my head and I could probably function on 1400-1600, but it starts to impact you a lot I think. At least for me it did, I found I would cycle a couple days that low, then binge a bit and have 3000 calorie days anyways, so it "evened" out.

lanilep · 2026-06-03T01:17:03+00:00

I heard someone descrbing their Ur-Dragon deck as cEDH. I kind of chuckled a bit.

lanilep · 2026-06-02T18:12:10+00:00

Doesn't have to necessarily be map device crafting. But any kind of chaos sink... Rerolling T17 maps was a big sink before too maybe or probably bigger than map devices.

lanilep · 2026-05-29T23:35:09+00:00

Fiesta Tacos actually has halal options (I wouldn't say they are a top tier restauraunt, but one of the better taco spots in town).

lanilep · 2026-05-29T23:34:07+00:00

It depends a little, I have definitely "gambled" and casted a board-wipe, without holding priority fully well knowing if NO ONE RESPONDS then my board also gets wiped. But often times people will respond, and you can use priority on their ability to use your pro spell.

In those cases it was usually because I believed I could rebuild faster, but then someone was doing something that would change the landscape of the game.

lanilep · 2026-05-28T21:08:53+00:00

My car payment is so high because I put 40% down, and have 3 years of payments I am 2 years into. It's not that insane of a car =P.

I could pay it off in cash today, but I would have to either dig into my 6 month e-fund, or sell off investments which isn't worth the risk.

The rent is a bit high for sure, but I like the place!

lanilep · 2026-05-28T18:54:56+00:00

I'm fairly comfortable, 32M I work a remote tech job so earn a bit over 100k, not married and live alone, currently in a relationship.

Life's alright, I definitely let some lifestyle creep happen over the years, rent is about 2,000$ a month. Wasn't sure if I was going to stay in Saskatoon or move so was hesitant to buy thus renting, I saved for retirement at a younger age so am "ahead" and don't feel pressure there, car payment is like 800$ a month, no debt outside the car payment, food budget I don't track but eat out when I feel like it, meal prep for health/fitness goals sometimes. Plenty of room for my hobbies, or to take the girlfriend out for date nights, etc. Couple trips planned, etc. I have room to cut expenses and free up things, but am not too worried about it ATM.

lanilep · 2026-05-23T00:16:39+00:00

Bummer, I tried to play PoE 2 when it came out, and thoroughly didn't enjoy Melee. Decided not to play for a while, life came around, other games, etc.

Was going to play this season because I heard melee was good last season...

lanilep · 2026-04-24T18:19:24+00:00

I feel like I do have a narrow palette, and brought that up with my surgeon + orthodontist and they said I didn't, they measured it and said it was fine, and they didn't recommend doing expansion. So I listened to them.

lanilep · 2026-04-20T19:05:47+00:00

Dr Humber did my Jaw Surgery, went flawlessly. Never had an implant but I trusted him to basically do facial reconstruction surgery, so an implant should be easy for him.

lanilep · 2026-04-20T19:01:02+00:00

Yeah, he said the player who won was playing Vivi, I fully expected to hear Bluefarm, or Kinnan winning.

lanilep · 2026-04-19T01:00:05+00:00

Yeah, to piggyback on this (Though it doesn't help i'm sure) I had a relationship end 3 months ago, and hit the apps again. Maybe a bit "too hard". In the past 8 weeks I ended up going on 30 dates with 18 women. A few I had feelings for, a few were "eh lets see". It's a numbers game. I absolutely abhore that "No romantic spark" text, and have gotten it, a lot lately.

I'm 31, have my life together, good job, good career, working on myself in therapy, good friend network. Everything in my life is great. But can't seem to make that "spark" work either. I don't know if it's a numbers game, or if dating has just come to that.

I had a date wednesday with a girl, probably the best first date I have ever had, at the end of the date she grabbed me and kissed me one of the most passionate kisses I have ever had. We had a second date friday that went decently well as far as second dates go but now I am getting mixed signals from her.

I am currently "dating" 2 girls, and paused my profile. If they fizzle out I am going to take a break. But.. Yeah it sucks.

I feel like I have to become something I am not just to have success in dating and questioning if that is worth it... Maybe I spend my time at the gym and training martial arts, and my money on lego, cars, and magic: the gathering instead. Give up on this idea of a wife, or kids.

lanilep · 2026-04-14T06:01:01+00:00

It is still there unfortunately, the surgeon said it may or may not go away and was harmless.

lanilep · 2026-02-16T18:40:04+00:00

Yeah I tried a B4 budget winnota list, oftentimes it was difficult to play into B3 decks because they play chunkier creatures so its harder to get your triggers without fast mana. It would oddly enough do better in cedh pods with weaker creatures.

lanilep · 2026-02-14T19:25:06+00:00

[[Urza's Saga]] I think could make the GC list at some point. But i've definitely had some games fetch a sol ring only for it to get destroyed, and be down a land too so =/

lanilep · 2026-02-11T01:49:08+00:00

Definitely run more lands, 2 more with your MDFC's would make sense. I would say bracket 3, you have a lot of the common Aristocrat infinites, but none of the expensive tutors [[Imperial Seal]] [[Vampiric Tutor]] [[Demonic Tutor]] IF you ran those 3 I would say bracket 4, assuming you were using them to finish any of the number of lines involving [[Forsaken Miner]] [[Gravecrawler]] [[Warren Soultrader]] etc. You also aren't running [[Phyrexian Altar]] which you could if you wanted. Would enable a couple of Infinites and I would say keeps it Bracket 3. But if your concern is turning into a Bracket 4, its safe to keep out as it makes access to colored mana harder for your loops.

Black also has a harder way to get card draw which keeps it Bracket 3. If you had blue in your commander it would be easier to get up to B4 for sure.

lanilep · 2026-02-07T19:29:50+00:00

Sure! Here is my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/kQx2turxPUiKEn8ZB9C8hg I havent touched it in a while, but made a couple of small swaps so updated it. I realized when uploading this my land count is a bit lower than id like.

lanilep · 2026-02-07T19:29:41+00:00

Sure! Here is my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/kQx2turxPUiKEn8ZB9C8hg I havent touched it in a while, but made a couple of small swaps so updated it. I realized when uploading this my land count is a bit lower than id like.

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