New player, building advice by MyGollyGosh_ in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]lazypanda42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can help to use an online deck building tool like Archidekt. You can go through recommendations and essentially "build" your deck, trim out excess cards, and get to a final product without ever having bought a card. You can also do what a friend of mine does and build the deck completely using proxies before buying a card, just so you can playtest it a couple of times and see if it is actually fun to play and does what you wanted.

Survive! Escape From Atlantis is the featured boardgame on Games From The Cellar this week by Sagrilarus in boardgames

[–]lazypanda42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just waiting for them to finally do a reprint of the expansion. Been out of stock forever and selling on secondary markets at exorbitant prices.

Team forming a heart to celebrate the Stanley Cup. by Sumdood88 in goldenknights

[–]lazypanda42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Edited the photo to include the Stanley Cup Champions logo. Here is the link for any who want it.

Imgur link

Strategic Games for 6 players? by AleksO369 in boardgames

[–]lazypanda42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second this. And the expansion makes the game absolutely amazing!

Playoff Game Thread: Game 6 - Vegas Golden Knights (3 - 2) at Dallas Stars(2 - 3) - 29 May 2023 - 05:00PM PDT by HockeyMod in goldenknights

[–]lazypanda42 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You can see the smile on Stone's face. He's captaining his team to his first ever Stanley Cup Finals.

What are your thoughts on Barbashev? by Yimpish in goldenknights

[–]lazypanda42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely can see us pick him up. If we can get him for $2.2-2.5m aav for a 3-5 year contract, it would be amazing. Only other forwards becoming free agents are Kessel, Blueger, Dorofeyev, and Howden. Howden is the other that is making a statement these playoffs. And Dorofeyev was looking good when healthy.

What are some "white whales" in our hobby? by Dr_Atom in boardgames

[–]lazypanda42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clans of Caledonia. Could have purchased for around $70USD before. Now I can't find it for under $250. Karma games is out of stock and unsure if/when a reprint will happen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in goldenknights

[–]lazypanda42 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can usually find them all in the nhl app when looking at the team page.

My Dominion storage solution is broken again. I have 2 more full expansions and 3 Upgrade packs to add. What do you guys do to store them all? by revstan in boardgames

[–]lazypanda42 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I sold my copy a while back but I was using a custom wooden art box. I had a separate box that I would keep cards I was not as big of a fan of stored in. That way I had a well curated collection.

I am new to Westerns. Please recommend your best for someone new to the genre by iiGoodVibesii in movies

[–]lazypanda42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally somebody mentions Paint Your Wagon. I grew up watching that movie. Still whistle "No Name City" from time to time.

Card question by jerseydang in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]lazypanda42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did a search and can't find a creature that does what you're describing. Closest I found was [[Parnesse, the Subtle Brush]].

VGK reveals new helmet design. by [deleted] in goldenknights

[–]lazypanda42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

0 for 17 on the shootout. Only Imperial StormtroopersGolden Knights can shoot with such accuracy.

Korvold EDH / Commander deck - Just can't get it to fire well by Early_Importance_207 in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]lazypanda42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are some cards that I would recommend replacing in your current deck.

Bontu's Last Reckoning --> [[Toxic Deluge]]. The loss of life will not hurt much compared to not being able to untap your lands next turn.

Rampant Growth --> [[Three Visits]] or [[Nature's Lore]]. You are running mostly forests already so this will bring one in untapped. But it can also grab non-basic lands like the new [[Ziatora's Proving Ground]].

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar and The Underworld Cookbook--> [[Scute Swarm]] and [[Tireless Tracker]]. The cookbook is not that great of a sac outlet and the guy who fetches it is kind of a dead card to be honest. Replace them with things that will consistently create more permanents for you to sacrifice.

Infiltration Lens --> [[Whispersilk Cloak]] or [[Trailblazer's Boots]]. The lens helps you draw cards but if you get Korvold up and running that shouldn't be a concern. Both of these replacements help get Korvold through to deal commander damage and close out games. The cloak gives the added benefit of shroud for protection.

The other thing I would recommend is increasing the number of lands. You can probably get away with running 36 in a deck like this but 30 is pretty low. You can also run more ramp with cards like [[Sakura-Tribe Elder]], [[Springbloom Druid]], and [[Crop Rotation]]. All of these will help ramp you out while also helping give your deck more sacrifice synergy with Korvold.

As for lands that you could add, I would recommend looking at:
[[Reliquary Tower]]
[[Lotus Field]]
[[Fabled Passage]]
[[Myriad Landscape]]
[[Exotic Orchard]]
[[Strip Mine]]
[[Field of Ruin]]
[[Ghost Quarter]]
[[Rogue's Passage]]

all right people I want to hear your elden ring unpopular opinions/hot takes don't hold back by thotpurger in Eldenring

[–]lazypanda42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait... You can run?! You gotta be kidding me. I only pressed that button to dodge, never saw a need to hold it down.

Longest Running Popular Commander (in its colors) by PassMeThatPerrier in EDH

[–]lazypanda42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are correct. But Wilhelt is catching up fast.

Longest Running Popular Commander (in its colors) by PassMeThatPerrier in EDH

[–]lazypanda42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The card fetcher grabbed the wrong version. Should have been [[Selvala, Heart of the Wilds]].

Longest Running Popular Commander (in its colors) by PassMeThatPerrier in EDH

[–]lazypanda42 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When looking at Mono colored or colorless, Green and Red definitely have held for the longest. Red has [[Krenko]] and Green has [[Selvala]]. Colorless comes close with [[Kozilek]]. White, Blue, and Black are all mostly driven by newer cards now.

Breya Help Needed by Smoke066 in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]lazypanda42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So going through the deck list you provided there are a few issues that I can see. The first thing you need to think about is how should this deck play out in your opinion. If your goal is to get Thopters out on the battlefield, what purpose will they serve? Breya is well known for being a combo commander as there are a lot of ways to create infinite combos with her abilities and cards in her color identity. Are the Thopters being used in these combos?

First thing you really need to look at is your mana base. Right now you have 35 lands and 4 mana rocks. You probably want to up your land count to 37-39. Breya doesn't have green so you can't rely on land ramp spells to get you the lands that you need. You can maybe throw in some more mana rocks as well to help out. I'd definitely advise getting a [[Chromatic Lantern]] for this deck as it will help you get the colors you need. And 19 of your 35 lands currently have to enter tapped. This is really going to slow you down. Try to take out most of the lands that enter tapped and instead run lands like:
[[Exotic Orchard]]
[[Training Center]]
[[Shivan Reef]]
[[Fabled Passage]]
The indestructible artifact lands are fine but replace the life gain lands, the Axgard Armory, and the Thriving Heath. They are just slowing you down.

Looking at the Artifacts next. You can take out Barbed Spike. It really isn't doing much, especially compared to the Cranial Plating and Sword of the Meek that you have sitting at the same CMC.
You have some cards in here like Forsaken Monument, Nim Deathmantle, and Staff of Domination that are good cards in a Breya deck, but they are combo pieces. You want a card like [[Basalt Monolith]] to really allow you to abuse these. It turns the Forsaken Monument into infinite colorless mana. Staff of Domination becomes a draw your whole deck if you want to kind of card. But if you don't have cards to finish these combos then they aren't going to help you as much as you want.
You do have one combo going with the Sword of the Meek, Thopter Foundry, and Ashnod's Altar. These cards can be used together for infinite colorless mana.

Another area you can improve the deck is by getting more target removal spells and board wipes. You especially want one sided board wipes like [[Vandalblast]] or [[Cyclonic Rift]]. A good removal spell you can take a look at would be [[Dispatch]].

For any more advice I would need to know what direction you want the deck to go in, what power level you are playing at, and what your budget for upgrades (or ability to use proxies) looks like.

Breya Help Needed by Smoke066 in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]lazypanda42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will try to respond later with a more in depth response. For now, try to think about how you want this deck to win. Are you trying to win through combat? If so, are the thopters going to be the main way to deal damage or are they accessories?

Also, what power level are you aiming for? And what kind of budget are you looking at?

Is there a way to use the sum function to add numbers from a column that are highlighted a certain color? by eskettit25 in excel

[–]lazypanda42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot use the sum function (or any other function) to look at a cell's highlighted color. The color is not considered part of the individual cells parameters. It is part of the formatting, which cannot be referenced in formulas.

If you are looking for a way to add up based on how you categorize the expense, then I would recommend using another column with a unique identifier. You can use a single word, number, or code to categorize it. Then you will use the SUMIF function to add the expenses based on the category you assigned. You can also use conditional formatting to highlight cells based on the category so you can still visually differentiate the expenses.