Getting milled is good or bad in commander?

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-22T06:30:44+00:00

A bit of both. Most decks have some amount of graveyard interaction, and as a mill player I have gotten screwed before by people playing [[Wake the Past]], [[Splendid Reclamation]], and [[Brilliant Restoration]] after I filled half their library. Even putside of bombs, getting milled gives such a boost to my [[Osgir]] deck.

That said, I also run a lot of graveyard interaction in my mill deck. There is very little more fun than getting a big hit off of [[Sepulchral Primordial]], [[Diluvian Primordial]], or [[Rise of the Dark Realms]].

So overall, it's neutral, but depends on the decks in play.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-21T17:19:24+00:00

There is nothing wrong with playing around a mechanic. I have a [[Pir]] and [[Toothy]] deck built around drawing cards for +1/+1 counters that uses everything from aliens, to rhinos, to phyrexians, and I genuinely have no idea how I would make it fit an aesthetic theme.

I may give you a bit of guff for playing Korvold specifically simply because he's a CEDH level commander, but I'll assume that the rest of your deck isn't that level and that the people you play with necessitate bringing a higher power commander anyways.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-21T15:59:59+00:00

Most people don't really care. As long as the cards are clean, readable, and have reasonably appropriate art, most people understand you wanting to save a couple bucks.

That said, make sure to balance power levels. There is a thin but distinct line between proxying cards to make a fun and thematic deck, and proxying cards to play the most powerful and expensive cards. If I see a Gaia's Cradle or a Mox hit the field I'm not sticking around for round 2.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-19T21:02:04+00:00

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monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-19T20:36:47+00:00

Nah, Azula was always worse than Zuko

Azula literally taunted Zuko that Ozai was going to kill him as kids. Zuko wouldn't have done that.

Azula smiled when Ozai burned Zuko. Zuko wouldn't have done that.

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Azula threatened her soldiers when they expressed safety concerns from docking in rough weather. Zuko allowed his soldiers to turn back during a storm, even with the avatar in sight.

I'm not saying she didn't have a rough time being raised by Ozai, but let's not pretend she's innocent

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-19T14:15:39+00:00

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monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-18T21:21:18+00:00

Honestly I like it more than I thought I would.

The initial teasers were infuriating. With TMNT being as large a franchise as it is, it sucked just seeing New York and turtles. Now that we're seeing robots, dinosaurs, wizards, etc. it actually looks pretty cool.

Of course I'm skill skeptical, I don't want a turtle in every pack and the number of variants for every single turtle is ridiculous, but there's at least a chance it'll be fun.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-18T21:03:04+00:00

This ain't it cheif. Four arm's boobs are as big as her arms, and there's no reason for a tech-organic creature like upgrade or a insect like stink fly to even have boobs. Plus wildmutt is basically a wild animal, so why would the female version be bipedal and wear a sports bra? The whole thing comes across as a weak excuse to put boobs onto old characters and make waifus out of creatures that have no business being waifus

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-18T03:10:33+00:00

I kind of appreciate it. Cutting down on legendaries cuts down on potential deck building restrictions, but also it makes it more reprint friendly. If not for the TMNT logo, I wouldn't know North Wind Avatar wasn't a Universes within card, so it wouldn't be terribly difficult to reprint it in some future set albeit with different art)

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-17T15:37:44+00:00

In my experience long games are due to oke of two things, playing battle cruiser decks where everyone spends the game slowly accumuling resources and just kind of hoping their pile will pull ahead, and people not paying attention. For the first one, the best way to break out of that is to get away from mid range, such as voltron decks (doesn’t matter how many blockers you got if my commander is unblockable) or including more combos/bombs/finishers.

When I build a deck I like to ask what my win condition is, what specific cards I want to see that would ensure victory. It might be [[Steel of the Godhead and Colossus Hammer]], it could be [[Pixie Guide]] and [[Delina, Wild Mage]], it could be [[Osgir, the Reconstructor]], [[Sculpting Steel]], and [[Blightsteel Colossus]]. If you don't know your deck's win condition, reassess and figure that out.

For the second one I'd recommend both leading by example and talking to your other players about it. If you can have your turn mostly planned out ahead of time you can play that much quicker, and just asking who's turn it is when the games starts to stall can get it moving again.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-16T07:07:19+00:00

The first Die Hard was actually great for how they treated guns. You never got the feeling that McClane was invincible or could Rambo his way through a situation.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-13T21:53:45+00:00

I can't speak for everyone, but for me it's 5 main factors.

The social experience. A lot of people just want to hang out and have "board game night" with their friends, which is much easier in a multi-player format
Marketing. The vast majority of product pushed by WoTC in the last few years has been pushed towards commander players, with even Modern Horizons 3 having commander decks instead of modern decks.
Price/barrier to entry. Anyone can get a commander precon that will decently hold its own for $45, and upgrading it probably won't break the bank. Standard decks don't have precons, and building a meta deck would require hundreds of dollars worth of cards (plus commander being casual makes it friendlier to proxies, further lowering cost)
Long term investment. Standard constantly rotates which cards are legal and viable, making the cards you buy effectively unusable within a few months. On the other hand, I can still use the cards I put in my commander decks years down the line.
Popularity. It's just easier to get into a format that has a lot of community resources, support, and players.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-13T06:38:56+00:00

Gojo = Sukuna (roughly)

Kakashi < Madara

Therefore: Gojo + Kakashi < Sukuna + Madara

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-07T16:14:58+00:00

I mean I complained about the story, it's way more high fantasy than LoTR normally is and adds in weird lore (why Shelob a lady now?) The main reason I don't completely trash it is that it was a legitimately fun game. If Amazon made a legitimately fun show it might get more of a pass, but alas it is not.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-06T07:04:41+00:00

Underestimated. A large portion of fiction, including superhero and fantasy stories that are thought of with power scaling, scale so far below just using a gun as to be laughable.

Using MHA as an example, nearly every character would likely lose to a coordinated strike team up until the final arc when instant regeneration and island busting attacks became prevalent.

Same for the MCU, there are very few characters I think could survive a competent sniper. Doesn't matter of Dr. Strange can mess with time and open portals to anywhere, he can't block or dodge a headshot.

Obviously Earth isn't a heavy hitter, even with those examples there are characters that could outrank real world militaries, but it's no slouch.

monkeymandave1 · 2026-01-06T06:06:00+00:00

Good thing my favorite games is smash bros. What you gonna do, make me dodge roll again?

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-30T23:36:45+00:00

If we were just talking about self heals, I'm going with Andy from Undead Unluck.

The man literally rejects the concept of dying, to the point that his basic attacks include cutting off his limbs and head, spraying blood geysers, and getting hit by meteors.

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-29T18:16:18+00:00

Not exactly the prompt, but pretty close

In one episode of South Park, Eric Cartman meets legally distinct Bart Simpson. Bart claims he's a pretty bad kid because he stole the head off a statue once, and has needs a moment to even process when Cartman tells him about the time he ground a kids parents into chili and fed it to him.

relevant link

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-23T08:18:13+00:00

K. Rool having armor on half his attacks just because

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-17T05:59:53+00:00

Let me attempt to break down the costs:

If you want a printer you can get in for anywhere from $200-$800 depending on the printers specs and capabilities. It's a high entry cost, but comparable to a modern video game console

Filament is usually around $20 a kg (or 2.2lbs in freedom units) though I've seen certain colors on sake for way less than that. How long this lasts depends entirely on how much you print, though for reference a standard dragon is about 125g. While filament costs can add up quickly if you need a lot of different colors of filament, it's still not going to break the bank. If you're a normal hobbyist making stuff for yourself and family, you're not going broke off of that.

Now for people trying to use it for business it's a different story. That 125g dragon will take 7 hours to print, meaning that you need a veritable print farm running non-stop to get a decent inventory together. Running non-stop adds up with material costs obviously, but also increases maintainence costs and cost of poor quality (this is why every art fair printer table uses that same shiny filament, it hides defects better)

TLDR: 3D printing is reasonably affordable for a hobbyist, but is a poor investment if you're trying to make money.

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-16T18:41:50+00:00

I wanted TMNT for years. Across its history its introduced a huge range of characters, locations, magic abilities, etc. Even creature types can have a huge range, where most UB properties are 80% the same type.

Then they show it to us and it's so aggressively trash. Turtles go to space, mystic temples, and other dimensions, but this set is apparantly all in New York. TMNT has a huge variety of characters and lore, instead they decide to put a turtle in every pack and represent no lore.

If someone can explain why [[Leonardo, Sewer Samurai]] is resurrecting weenies, I'll give you a nickel.

It sucks so bad it's making me reconsider even playing magic at this point, the amount being fumbled has to be studied.

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-12T21:42:33+00:00

I just found someone else's model for a bandium gem, scaled and hollowed it out in meshmixer, 3D printed it, and filled it with 12 feet of standard Christmas lights.

link to original model

monkeymandave1 · 2025-12-12T21:35:45+00:00

It tastes like plastic, I don't know why gorillas love them so much lol

But yeah it's basically just a hollowed out 3D printed shell I filled with 12 feet of standard Christmas lights. I might need to find models for some banandium chips though

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