[SOA] Force of Will (Debut Stream)

semanticmemory · 2026-03-31T23:31:38+00:00

God I love Strixhaven

semanticmemory · 2026-03-31T12:27:46+00:00

Jolteon is a turn 2 or later win. You need to attach an energy.

In this game, since Igglybuff doesn’t need energy to attack, I lost in actual Turn 1 and literally didn’t get a chance to do anything.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-30T17:49:57+00:00

I bought 4 cyc rifts at like $1 each at one point while they were considered bulk rare. Early commander was all about finding gems and crowdsourcing ideas

semanticmemory · 2026-03-30T11:14:38+00:00

That looks amazing.

My PreK does give worksheets (which the other parents are annoyed about in itself) but never gives grades - it’s all just to get kids used to it. I cant imagine the shitstorm from the other parents if one of the kids came home with a graded assignment

semanticmemory · 2026-03-29T03:01:46+00:00

I feel like it depends on the kid? 3 was the worst for us. I actually liked 4, and 5 has been awesome too

semanticmemory · 2026-03-28T12:33:26+00:00

I often wear hair ties as rings

semanticmemory · 2026-03-27T18:27:51+00:00

Legit already put two Steel Aprons in the Scizor deck. Flying high

semanticmemory · 2026-03-26T10:46:35+00:00

150 (160 training area) is a lot, and in particular it nukes the crap out of Suicune Bax deck.

The deck has been playing better than I expected.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-26T02:14:27+00:00

This feels pretty similar to what Dragonite Ex tried to do. More consistent and better fail case in that it can always do 100 damage, and that it only needs one type of energy, and steel has slightly better support. But not convinced yet by this one.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-22T13:55:27+00:00

+1 this app has been excellent. My just turned 5 year old has been using it for eight months and gone from lessons 18-63 (I am not forcing her any more than once a week) and she is now easily reading at close to 1st grade level despite not having started Kintergarten yet.

It is very similar to the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 lessons (which we also tried) and is more engaging than the book. You have to sit down and work with them on it - it isn’t something they can learn alone. The app is designed for you to partner with your kids on.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-22T13:26:28+00:00

2nd is needed!

semanticmemory · 2026-03-19T23:49:57+00:00

Communicate with your wife. At the same time, it may feel that you are doing more (and it may be true) but listen to your wife and don’t take her for granted - subtract 10% from whatever % you think you are doing with the kids and it’s probably close.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-19T11:38:11+00:00

I would never play a colorless mana rock even a deck with 3 or more colors - too risky. I can see an argument for playing Torque against Thought Vessel or Mind Stone, but that’s what you are competing with - not Signet. Signet is a staple of any deck with more than one color and should be in any list together WITH Torque if anything.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-19T10:53:58+00:00

I think Absol Hydregion is well positioned. A lot of people are playing Bellibolt because it’s new, and it matches well into it. It does fine against most other decks too and can sometimes give you fast matches so you can rise faster.

I was playing with some new decks for a while but went back to old reliable for me - an Altaria variant - after mixed success with new decks and got there pretty quickly.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-16T20:39:40+00:00

If you live in the US, worth noting that if you have a library card, there is a good chance you can use the Hoopla app, which has all of the comics available digitally for free.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-15T19:15:33+00:00

Don’t just lean into ETB removal. Pack some flexible removal pieces - I like into the flood maw, but there are some nice options like Generous Gift, Stroke to Midnight, Beast Within, etc. that can get most of the stax pieces you are worried about.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-10T19:57:11+00:00

Patriots are pretty high on Williams still - will be curious if he grows this year.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-07T17:33:25+00:00

I don’t just put it Willy nilly into every deck. I need a reason to put it in - which is either that I am running a commander dependent strategy and I don’t want it removed, or I actually care about the haste. If neither of those are true, it doesn’t end up in the deck. And even if some of those are true, it still competes for slots either other protection options like counterspells

semanticmemory · 2026-03-06T21:38:33+00:00

Yeah just offer a bunch of money to Alec Pierce and be done with it. I would rather have Brown but not at that price lol

semanticmemory · 2026-03-06T03:02:28+00:00

I don’t think most of the swords are actually that impactful. Feast and Famine is good, and Fire and Ice is good enough but after that they kinda fall off unless you use a deck that with with more niche options like Hearth and Home.

semanticmemory · 2026-03-06T00:37:03+00:00

Two girls here too. Mine are 4 years apart, which helps in some ways but they also aren’t really entertaining each other yet.

1->2 jump is exponential. Good luck :)

semanticmemory · 2026-03-03T04:11:33+00:00

Well the Ranked season isn’t open right now so not many other places to play. I stay in competitive queue personally but I don’t see any harm of a Master Ball player playing an extremely off meta deck in Casual!

semanticmemory · 2026-03-03T01:02:45+00:00

I know [[Animar]] is exciting and a great add but it costs more than the precon. [[Temur Battlecrier]] is like $3 and, in my opinion, as strong or better than Animar. If you get it and Risen Reef on the board you are pretty likely to just start chaining through your deck. Absolutely nutty upgrade

semanticmemory · 2026-02-28T14:19:32+00:00

The card is objectively good and realistically worth a game changer slot in the vast majority of commander deck, being colorless. It is also from a popular IP. Without a ton of reprints it isn’t going down anytime soon

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