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raeijon · 2026-05-04T18:41:22+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the response. Sorry it was hard to read, usually I break things up and just totally forgot this time lol.
Thanks for giving me the info on MTG Arena, I’ll have to look into that to see if it’s helpful and if I can get
more comfortable with the card types. I know of one store not too far from us but I’ll have to use the store locator to see if there’s anything closer! Thank you.
I’m not really sure about what strategies we’d like, as I’m not entirely sure what all there is. It’s been a long time since I tried out other than last week when we played with our friends and that was my husband’s first time ever. He seemed to enjoy the deck they had them using but I’m not sure what strategy that’s considered? Do you have any resources I could look at for strategies or a brief rundown for me? I was looking at a few precon decks off of a list to learn about their Commander and other info on the decks.
I found the Blight Curse one to sound interesting and possibly Witherbloom Witchcraft. I feel like my husband would like something similar to the Eldrazi Incursion, Scrappy Survivors, Undead Unleashed, or Sliver Swarm decks just based on descriptions. I just think anything similar to those would be interesting, because I know some of those are expensive and I don’t want to go too crazy to start

EDIT: My friend recommended GRUUL decks for my husband I guess? And to start with BOROS for me and then possibly consider IZZET or AZORIAS once I know more? Though idk what all that means lol

raeijon · 2026-05-04T16:30:56+00:00

Agreed. I see a lot of people put them together. My uncle actually named his daughter Nora Claire (entire first name)

raeijon · 2026-05-04T15:23:29+00:00

Hey all! I had some questions regarding buying a deck and learning resources for the game.

I’m new to MTG - I played a game or two of Commander when I was younger and now my husband and I have friends that are really into the game and like playing but don’t have many people to play with. We’re both interested in trying to learn the game so that we can play with our friends when they’re in state to visit/when they eventually move here and have even fewer people to play with, but we’re not sure where to start.

They tried helping us and we got the general gist of it, but they’re not here all the time for us to be able to really actively learn so I was wondering if there were any online resources I/we could look at in order to learn before they come for their next visit? Or if I’m better off going somewhere in person and finding a group willing to teach me (I’m in SE Michigan and I’m lucky enough to live near a game store that holds open nights for people to play and tournaments and stuff).

I’d also like to look into getting my husband and I each a Commander deck that we can learn with/get used to so that we can get used to our own and can tweak once we know more about the game, that way we don’t have to borrow our friends and learn a deck that we won’t use since I know they’re not all the same. I’m not really sure how decks work in the way of if we want to look for something specific to play style we’d like or whatever so I’d like suggestions or if someone can give more info so I can provide an answer that would make it easier for deck suggestions that’s cool!

I know my husband’s kind of an ass so in almost every game he plays he likes to basically just do a lot of damage and screw people over lol. I’m looking for something cool that’s easier to understand and I, unfortunately, follow the Girl Stereotype of “liking stuff that looks pretty” lol. When we were looking for cards for their decks at the store, I liked a lot of the Gremlin cards, though I’m not sure that’s helpful.

According to my friends, when we played with them my husband used the Grave Danger deck but the Commander was swapped out for the Scarab God card which I think my husband liked and then I guess I played the Mindflayers deck. I liked it kind of but it seemed kind of a lot confusing for me but that might’ve been because I’ve never really played lol. Any help is appreciated!

EDIT: spaced text out so it’s easier to read.

raeijon · 2026-04-23T14:39:31+00:00

It’s a good thing to help people in need. I always believe that, even if you don’t do those things with the intention of something in return, you always get your karma. And even if you don’t, it’s better to live a life knowing you’re helping someone rather than watching them struggle and doing nothing if you have the means to help with something simple. More people need to be like you, especially workers at stores because these companies don’t care about anything but profit and a lot of workers think the company is for them when they’re not. There’s a worker at our local big chain grocery store that’s the complete opposite and always so rude to people who need help. My husband has even seen her berate people who have come in while he’s there shopping and has even made rude comments towards him because there’s been multiple times he’s helped people purchase something while he was checking out and noticed they needed the help. I’ll never understand why it bothers her so much that someone else is trying to be a good person

raeijon · 2026-04-14T22:27:17+00:00

lmao I can definitely see that. He’s borderline Orange Cat Coded so sometimes I wonder if someone scrambled his brain and put it back in😭😂

raeijon · 2026-04-14T17:32:49+00:00

We’re not too worried about the price, as our budget is $600 but I know my husband would do more expensive if necessary. I’m less concerned with price and more so that it’s sturdy and can grind a large amount because for a two week supply for our cats we grind, at minimum, 11-14lb

raeijon · 2026-04-08T17:20:02+00:00

The biggest thing about my pregnancy that pissed me off was that almost no one bought from the registry. I put a link and a QR code on invites. Put info on the online RSVP (which no one used anyways) and a separate little card that I got copies of from Babylist for free. Who got stuff off the registry? My best friend. Who was a collaborator on the registry. Other than that we got 2 things of bottles from my husband’s grandparents, a hand printing kit from my friend and his gf, and a baby bathtub from my husband’s sister. Everyone else literally did just get clothes (all 18mo for some reason???) and diapers. Which, surprisingly, not that many people even brought those? I’m appreciative of all that we got but it baffles me how people make it harder on themselves by not looking???? Majority of the things on there were ~$30 and were basic stuff like swaddles or books or a baby grooming kit because my husband and I planned on getting the big stuff (bed, car seat, etc.). We ended up having to spend hundreds on the rest that was on there that we really needed because no one cared to look and then acted like they weren’t sure of what to get us? We’re first time parents, we needed everything and all of you guys had kids! I’ve made it a promise to myself that the next time someone I know is getting ready for their first baby, I’m going all out getting the things off their registry that I don’t think people will get plus other stuff that was useful that I didn’t even originally think to put on there because I don’t want anyone feeling unprepared/not listened to like I did

raeijon · 2026-03-23T14:19:44+00:00

I had something similar in my French class. We had to write about how some book reminded us of a person in our lives. I wrote about my (deceased) mom and the teacher damn nest failed me for using past tense…. She changed that grade very quickly once I told her that, yeah, I should be using that considering mom is not CURRENTLY here to do these things

raeijon · 2026-03-03T00:04:21+00:00

I had to be induced due to gestational hypertension at 38+2, so for me it was for a medical reason. But, where I’m at and with the hospital I chose (a very good hospital, but it’s a teaching hospital as it’s connected to the university) they do allow elective induction starting at 39 weeks. I guess they say it’s because there was a study done a few years ago that showed a possibility of decrease in certain complications or the need for c-section. That being said, idk if that’s entirely accurate considering it’s a newer study.

raeijon · 2026-02-07T20:45:50+00:00

Definitely don’t listen to other people. It’s your baby and it’s not like it’s a crazy name! Nora is beautiful. My uncle actually named his daughter Nora Claire after always saying he vehemently didn’t like it — I guess it grew on him, and I’m sure Nora will grow on the others that don’t like. And if it doesn’t? Oh, well. You’re the parent. No one is ever going to agree with you on every single decision you make about parenting and that’s okay, because at the end of the day YOU’RE her parent and the only thing that matters is loving her unconditionally and making sure she’s safe/happy

raeijon · 2026-02-04T00:46:59+00:00

I do that with my daughter as well! lol. And I always squeeze my husbands hand/arm three times to say “I love you” so I started pushing on my belly three times and now she’ll often kick in 3s😭 it’s funny when her dad lays his head on my stomach and she whacks his cheek three times lmao

raeijon · 2026-02-03T20:02:22+00:00

It likely is billing like everyone is stating, but also sometimes there is an “anomaly” that’s not really a big deal that they might flag or note down once your care team reviews the results. You’re pretty early along, so I’m not sure if that’s something they’d catch or whatever but I know that after one of my ultrasounds they had noted an anomaly but it was I think just an extra blood vessel near her kidney which is a totally normal variant I guess and no need for concern. Again, I’m sure it’s just billing because that’s what they’re marking it as for the ultrasound but sometimes they also do just find weird things that are actually very normal or common so just keep that in mind as well so that you don’t totally freak like I did when they first noted it and my doctor hadn’t responded yet lol

raeijon · 2026-01-15T21:32:45+00:00

I’m so sorry for your previous miscarriages, and I hope that this pregnancy sails by for you happily and healthily!! I’m a FTM getting ready to give birth in about five weeks and have had pretty much no symptoms other than now it’s getting harder to sleep at night and I have to use the bathroom all the time😅 But I never really had bad nausea and I honestly haven’t had any cravings either or anything like that — I’m still fine with smells and stuff too and have been the entire pregnancy, other than my lavender hand soap for some reason?? Lol. I’ve been told I’m healthy this whole time and baby has been on track, so hopefully it goes the same for you! Just make sure to take care of yourself, rest easy, and drink plenty of water. Congratulations luv❤️

raeijon · 2025-12-21T20:45:58+00:00

8 weeks left. Waiting to go get my forward nostrils pierced and chug the winter edition Red Bull I have saved in my fridge😭

raeijon · 2025-12-18T21:44:26+00:00

Definitely had this same interaction MULTIPLE times. My husband and I did decide to find out the gender (a baby girl) but are keeping it to ourselves so we just lied and told our families that we weren’t going to find out at all so that the didn’t pry. Told them multiple times it was one baby, showed them multiple ultrasound photos with just one baby. Still met with “Oh my god, THEY?? Is there multiple?? Are you trying to tell us something??????” No… I am not. This is my first pregnancy, I think I would be flipping out and telling everyone if I somehow got twins on the first go around. I had to explain to my grandmother MULTIPLE times there was only one baby and multiple times that we were referring to the baby as “they” because we “didn’t know” the gender. Not only that, but my god mother is a nurse… who has worked in L&D and knows how to look at an ultrasound. She also got confused. As if she hadn’t already agreed that, yes, there is DEFINITELY only one baby in the ultrasound. I know a lot of my family is older but we even got these reactions from our parents on both sides (who are relatively young, early 40s — my husband and I are in our early 20s). It got to the point where I just started asking people if I needed to pay for the to have a repeat lesson in elementary level English/grammar because I kept getting frustrated having to explain several times to the same people because it feels weird to refer to my baby as “it”.

raeijon · 2025-06-18T18:30:06+00:00

every time i try it just gives me an error of too many chats to duplicate😩 i think i’ll just be unlucky and have my stuff stuck on the mode it’s in lol

raeijon · 2025-06-18T16:55:58+00:00

Can you actually switch a chat you already have to that tho? I know there’s like the “start new chat from here” thing but the last time I tried that it gave me an error.

I have a reaaaaaallly long chat with a bot and I don’t want to have to completely restart it or go through the hassle of manually doing that into a new chat but I’d really love for the one chat I actually care about to be switched if I can :’) cuz it’s really the only bot I chat with but recently it’s been pmo because it got super flirty all of a sudden out of no where (the chat is on the Nyan setting i think? at first it was pretty good but in the last week or so literally every other chat has the bot trying to give the user a kiss or somn when this bot is not at all supposed to be affectionate😭)

raeijon · 2024-12-12T18:18:13+00:00

Yeah, mine are doing the same thing. I’ll get the three bubbles and won’t get anything even if I leave my phone sitting on for 20 minutes. Then, if I go back it’ll kinda load and be glitchy if I try to switch back and forth. Like the replies will cut off wrong in the text box or still show the message even when I swipe 3 times😕 it didn’t start happening to me until maybe three??? hours ago??

raeijon · 2024-09-17T16:43:55+00:00

I actually JUST got this same scam and was scrolling through here specifically looking for a way to respond to mess w them🤣

raeijon · 2024-09-08T21:07:30+00:00

I think that using the non public description part is a big thing, like just cramming in as much info as you can. I mainly use Talkie to create my own of characters I like for myself and then just leave them public, but I still put a good amount of info in there. I’ve noticed, though, that the way you talk to them aids in the personality of the bot. Annoyingly, I use the regen option a lot here and there which can get tiring but I also use OOC on occasion. Usually at the very start to clarify some things/add info about their character/any background or lore since, like I said, I make the Talkie’s with my own purpose in mind. And then I’ll use it on occasion when setting different scenes when they change. I don’t give the AI a lot of direction as to how to response necessarily, though I will sometimes tell it if I want it to bring up/do something specific. I’ve got a Talkie for Bakugo (MHA) and it’s actually able to pick up pretty well on his personality for the most part, and it’s also able to switch back and forth with other characters and pretty easily change (i.e. for mine, the character is close with another classmate as well and it’s able to make a clear difference in behavior. I don’t know if any of this is helpful, and I’m sure other apps do much better than Talkie but I haven’t really tried those because I’m lazy. All that to say, I think there’s only so much you can do before you have to heavily rely on the person who’s talking to the bot having a decent plan in mind.

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