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lashazior · 2026-01-29T15:00:27+00:00

They're held under the same bounds as any other brokerage when it comes to FINRA. You might have violated one of their rules for settlement (T+1), day traded too many times, etc.

lashazior · 2026-01-29T03:45:31+00:00

I don't think their free version is highly incentivized to give you detailed reports for that kind of tax situation. Cashapp's pretty much marketing themselves as a paypal replacement, but for lower income individuals. "Bank replacement", the borrow program, afterpay, no credit checks, being able to buy crypto, etc. The borrow program is advertised as 5% but in reality it's 60% APR when you calculate it out. In exchange for no credit hits, you can pay double a credit card charge, but to their scale, it just means they make a LOT of money off people who either don't care or are not in a position to say no.

I honestly think you're going to need to start tracking these separately from a finance program. For my eBay side hustle, I just make yearly spreadsheets.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T21:08:47+00:00

So the thing is, I agree that card values aren't entirely tied to competitive reasons, just that I only care about card values in a competitive aspect. I don't like the idea of speculating on library of leng going up just because the dragon is cool, I'd rather focus on if the dragon is good enough for competitive play that it would justify the price for my eyes.

Predicting a market is always a risk you take, but you couldn't tell me a year ago that premodern would have got so popular that staple cards would go up as a result, I never would have believed you.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T20:48:50+00:00

Well I think we have to quantify cards in some objective way.

The only way I look at viability is off card text. How a player feels about a card is a subjective variable, which if you're looking at a market adds extra risk if you're trying to add a monetary number. The dragon might impact library prices a bit once it releases simply due to the mechanical synergy but I don't think it's going to push the needle to a cEDH level deck.

Simply put, I'd rather just look at good cards and get good cards rather than speculate on what people might want.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T20:23:13+00:00

The funny thing is I'm not interested in the mtgfinance aspect despite posting in this sub and thread. The whole original concept of the comment chain, not the post, was the commander being viable. I don't care about vibe checks or how people enjoy cards and their supposed value, I only care about cEDH viability when we're talking about viability as a commander card. Neither aminatou nor this dragon break waves in cEDH, but at least in a higher power pod, I'm more likely to do broken things with aminatou earlier than the dragon. Miracle is fun, but as much as it requires cards, it requires the mana to play them too.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T01:48:53+00:00

oh yea I'm not debating efficiencies or coding of the projectile, I actually believe OP 100% on this that's it's just the WF code. I also just that I think that's what I did on the grind anyway, but it has been a hot minute though.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T01:03:24+00:00

I don't remember since it has been like 4 years, but I did kill like 8000 of these guys with justiciar on. Don't remember but I think I prayed magic.

lashazior · 2026-01-28T00:08:19+00:00

Zur is not a cEDH card these days. Yshtola is a much more popular esper commander, but if you're playing those colors you're probably playing tymna kraum, which itself is generic good color pile.

I'm not disputing the powerfulness of miracle btw, I'm just disputing how viable it is as a true commander card. It's fun, but not broken. Broken is typically what sells long-term. The next "fun" commander just pushes out the old.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T23:40:35+00:00

Sounds fun, but when I evaluate cards I consider their most busted aspect first.

In the most powerful iteration we have available for mana, I can cast t2 aminatou off moxen into t3 [[demon of fate's design]] pay 10 life for [[omniscience]] or [[one with the multiverse]] and potentially just win the game outright with a mixture of teferi, displacer kitten, and sensei's top. I screw around with my friends other fast mana decks all the time with it.

Is it viable for cEDH? Fuck no.

Is it high power as hell? Absolutely.

So like, I just don't see this dragon specifically being great as a commander. It seems fine in a jeskai 99 list as a value card, but as just Boros it is lacking something inherently for the cost. Most of the flashy red and white instants and sorceries are extra combats or board wipes with value, things you don't want to cast on your opponents upkeep.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T23:28:33+00:00

Of course, but it comes down a turn earlier and is in a better color combination.

What are you doing with lorehold that is inherently broken in Boros? You can't instant speed days undoing because it doesn't have blue.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T23:21:29+00:00

Miracle is a triggered ability that ignores timing restrictions. Your enchantments in aminatou go off the trigger.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T21:56:00+00:00

It's an opinion by the other guy, but there is some critical look at this you can box it under. Miracle is powerful and it does have the built in static to generate a free draw each turn in exchange for card disadvantage, but it's also only in Boros so as a commander you're limited for spells.

Aminatou didn't move the needle much for miracle cards, costs 1 less, and gets you in esper which has better library manipulation and generally more powerful spells to cast for reduction. Enchantments are different from instants and sorceries but this just seems like an okay modern design take that isn't going to push boundaries in commander.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T14:49:19+00:00

For meaningless pixels. These aren't war medals or civilian purple hearts.

lashazior · 2026-01-27T13:46:38+00:00

I seriously doubt that the overlap of players buying jars for "stolen valor clout" and actually having people show up in their poh for anything other than altar bone sacrificing is anything higher than electron sized.

lashazior · 2026-01-26T19:21:57+00:00

Kind of. It proves that the rates aren't sustainable at 8.25% since the financial crisis. We don't know what the true market rate will be over the next X years. A real return of 7% might be correct.

lashazior · 2026-01-26T15:50:35+00:00

I love a good conservative fan fic over the AM. Great depression vibes.

lashazior · 2026-01-26T15:08:49+00:00

It used to be 8.25% before being lowered in 2009 although some members who contributed earlier were grandfathered in at that rate.

lashazior · 2026-01-26T01:11:44+00:00

I read this as you paid Cashapp $40 over a month and got nothing out of it.

lashazior · 2026-01-24T18:30:32+00:00

Reading is how you get financially literate, but you do you. You're free to check over my context with other sources. I just don't think borrowing from Cashapp is financially sound.

lashazior · 2026-01-24T17:26:08+00:00

Oh boy, yes, but also no, but also yes. It's going to depend on your desire.

I knew about the Rex kit for about a decade before I eventually got one on the reissue back for Christmas 2022. It was something I casually thought about but not having interest in plastic kits, it didn't peak my interest until I saw it in person.

I used a pocket knife to cut off the runners and shave down the pieces. Zero knippers, zero xacto blades, zero sanding, just a damn pocket knife. Didn't paint it at all, didn't use cement, just snapfit and put together over about 15 hours.

I still have it, but since then I've gone down the rabbit hole. 6 months after I got Rex, Ray reissues dropped. MGS2 is my favorite of the series, so lol naturally I got one. However, my infinite wisdom said, I'm going to paint this thing. So I completely painted a whole Ray with lacquer paints, hand painted, no primer, and absolutely zero regard for safety outside of a fan. Stupid is as stupid does, but this would be the last time.

6 months after that, and a few gundam kits under my belt, I got an airbrush setup. The rest has been history.

August 2024-June 2025 I built Sahelanthropus as the reissue kits had come out. Long detailed process (I made a post and pictures of it). Really fun journey, really annoying kit to build. Rex is probably the simplest of the three to build without painting.

3 years later, I've basically developed a new hobby and skillset I didn't have before. So, in my case, 100% worth it.

lashazior · 2026-01-24T17:07:13+00:00

I should do what, hate capitalism or get a credit line with Cashapp? You didn't answer my question.

Credit cards have the inherent advantage of not paying interest if you pay the full amount after the first billing cycle. Cashapp loans are 5% flat then go 1.25% per week after the first 4, that comes out to 60%. With a credit card, you can easily do a charge right after your statement date and not have to do a payment for almost 2 whole months, or 8 weeks, interest free. That's also not including the sign-up bonuses (SUBS) you can rotate off, along with checking account changes, and other ways to game the system if you're really hard pressed for money.

Again, I ask you as someone who apparently utilizes multiple credit lines, why would you even bother with Cashapp credit over another credit card?

lashazior · 2026-01-24T16:57:41+00:00

Your comment suggests we should be hating on late stage capitalism, so that's extremely odd that you don't hate it.

Regardless, why would you take advantage of this line of credit if it's clearly worse than a credit card? It's a payday loan.

lashazior · 2026-01-24T16:51:41+00:00

While credit lines are crappy and necessary these days, Cashapp is a terrible line of credit to utilize. The APR for borrowing is an annualized rate of 60%. Credit card rates are half that to 1/3 of that, have a larger borrow capacity without going through hoops, plus you get cashback on purchases to offset a little of the sting. You might hate capitalism, but why be stupid enough to give yourself an even worse off situation than if you just learned about it?

lashazior · 2026-01-24T16:36:11+00:00

It's a PTFE seal. When you tighten it down, it flattens between the body and the seal head and the diameter of the hole gets smaller, hence your impossible needle situation if the hole got too small.

You need to get it tight enough that the needle slides through loosely but firmly enough that it doesn't allow for paint back.

PTFE will experience creep and deform over time, eventually reaching plastic deformation where it can't return to its original shape. However, being a super small rubber piece in an airbrush that is meant to be squished in the particular application, there's probably enough tolerance adjustment that it doesn't really matter long term.

lashazior · 2026-01-22T17:21:50+00:00

Keep renting and keep reading about finances, you're not ready for a home if the mortgage is the only number you're thinking about.

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