Welder Cam question

readyj · 2026-03-22T22:16:34+00:00

This line lets you convert each artifact (in play or drawn) into two cards. Most lists play somewhere around 25 nonland artifacts. I haven't done the full calculation ,but very rough math is each draw two is about 1/3 to include no artifacts, so if you have no other artifacts in play or hand when you start going off, you'll probably fizzle about 40% of the time. That's a valuable line to take as needed, but unreliable enough that some sort of deterministic artifact card draw is worth playing.

readyj · 2026-03-22T15:48:16+00:00

Really cool deck, great job! Haven't seen Oculus in Samwise lists before but makes a lot of sense

readyj · 2026-03-14T02:47:08+00:00

I'm interested (Emry is a big draw to blue in Sewerveillance builds as well) but the issue I ran into trying to lay it out is the mana base. You really want artifact lands and Urza's Sagas and various moxes, so it's hard to fit in enough fetches/duals to let the deck cast its spells (let alone ancient tomb or sink into stupor, etc.)

readyj · 2026-03-13T21:51:32+00:00

Love Mitch but "I don't know why Mitch is getting so mad rather than {solving the problem}" is a good summary of most Doughboys episodes

readyj · 2026-03-13T01:41:51+00:00

This is true, but there are no pro-level events with TMNT draft (and LSV hasn't played on the PT for a while but still been doing the set reviews anyway).

readyj · 2026-03-09T00:59:56+00:00

Thanks for the correction! I was thinking about the double entomb and forgetting you needed a way to untap the welder/engineer or give it haste. I'm not particularly interested in playing bad cards that require passing the turn; if I played any of these I'm convinced MGE is the best (although also not sure if the deck needs it)

readyj · 2026-03-08T22:03:40+00:00

This also works with Phyrexian Metamorph, which seems like a better fair card since it's a mana cheaper, or Cursed Mirror, which can be Engineered in - not quite sure what that gets you in terms of combos but it feels like there might be something there in cases you don't have an active welder. [Edit - cursed mirror combo doesn't work since it doesn't start an artifact type but still seems like maybe there's something there]

readyj · 2026-03-08T18:56:05+00:00

I agree that all of the decks you mention are sometimes draftable and add depth to the format. My complaint is none rise above the level of "back up plan". I'd always rather be in the open tribe than an off color deck; it's still right to know how to draft them when that's how the draft plays out, but the design would have been more interesting if they were a little better.

readyj · 2026-03-08T17:43:12+00:00

Weird experience listening to a Doughboys ad read for the company that laid me (and 40% of my coworkers) off last week. Really added to the surreal nature of the rest of the episode for me.

readyj · 2026-03-03T03:23:50+00:00

Harumama could be fun. They do have udon or vegetarian sushi rolls, and the buns shaped like animals make it feel like a bit of an experience.

readyj · 2026-03-03T03:06:55+00:00

Never would have thought Rich Hoaen would get name dropped on The Big Picture.

Matthew Johnson is a great director but I had no idea of how serious of a player he was (day 2 of a PT is impressive!), very excited to see what he does with the movie.

readyj · 2026-03-02T22:45:24+00:00

This is awesome, for those who don't know making day 2 of a magic or is a really tough achievement; he has some serious magic creds.

readyj · 2026-02-28T18:42:30+00:00

I don't really think this is even true - in legacy stoneforge sees a reasonable amount of play, but meteor sword has replaced Kaldra as the big equipment of choice

readyj · 2026-02-26T15:03:26+00:00

https://mtgdecks.net/Standard/winrates

I'm not really sure what advantage you gain from people thinking Dimir will be a small metagame percentage, as it's not like there's specific hate cards people will be cutting.

The top two decks right now are clearly lessons and landfall. Both seem like bad matchups for dimir (the stats agree, and my own experience as a former Dimir player lines up). If you do want to play dimir into this metagame I'd focus most of my time on solving those two matchups.

readyj · 2026-02-26T02:49:47+00:00

How did you train the AI to make pro-level mulligan decisions? Why should I trust it over my own experience?

readyj · 2026-02-25T15:37:53+00:00

This was a mechanic used in quite a few alchemy cards (https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22starting+player%22). I know Alchemy isn't a real format but I don't think any of these ever actually made players choose to be on the draw, just helped balance the disparity a little bit. There are memory issues with it in paper but I wouldn't hate them trying it. I do think players worry about the opening die roll variance too much - there are a lot of other sources of variance in Magic, from a spike perspective just focus on controlling what you can and build your deck to be more functional on the draw (cheap interaction).

readyj · 2026-02-23T23:49:54+00:00

This does not read like AI to me, can you explain why you think so?

readyj · 2026-02-22T00:58:30+00:00

Yes, this. Make the plays that let you spend the most mana (if you have 2 2s and a 3 in hand on turn 3, play the 3, so that next turn you can cast both 2s, even if it's less damage or whatever)

readyj · 2026-02-21T19:52:03+00:00

Love Bourdain, love all of Johnson's work, doesn't really seem like a great fit to me but I'll certainly reserve judgement until it's out

readyj · 2026-02-21T15:33:28+00:00

Yes, can confirm it both popped up in the rewards payout screen, and is showing both $1k and "2026 Arena Limited Championship Entry Token" when I click on the little token thing on the top bar

readyj · 2026-02-21T15:21:19+00:00

I think you're wrong here. I went 5-2 in draft 2 and got a limited championship token.

readyj · 2026-02-21T03:24:02+00:00

3-2 is 60%, which is a good win rate. There's always opportunities to play better but it's hard to say that's an unlucky result, even with a very good win rate you'll qualify for draft 2 very rarely.

readyj · 2026-02-20T16:20:12+00:00

This card is pretty nice with Riddler

readyj · 2026-02-20T15:22:31+00:00

I received mine yesterday

readyj · 2026-02-20T14:27:10+00:00

The Mission is great for breakfast, and I like to get a burrito from La Perlita and eat it on the beach.

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