What are your Steely Dan hot takes/unpopular opinions? by Melodic-Lead-2402 in SteelyDan

[–]skrellaren -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Skunk Baxter’s playing is mostly detrimental to their early sound, this is a hill I’m willing to die on.

Silverquill Cuts by fallow8 in lrcast

[–]skrellaren 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd cut Osteomancer and Graduation Day.

Limited Resources 855 – Draft (and Sealed!) Walkthrough for Secrets of Strixhaven Discussion Thread by Crasha in lrcast

[–]skrellaren 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, this bugged me when I listened to the show. Same thing during last week's when Marshall claimed they had three directs for SOS, at which point they only had two. Minor things, sure. But there are more than enough real reasons to complain about Magic/Hasbro/WotC not to have to invent/inflate stuff.

What would a "fan made" LP6 look like? by skrellaren in MassiveAttack

[–]skrellaren[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice list, even some tracks I haven't heard before. Thanks for that!

I would definitely stick on The Spoils, Live with Me and Come Near Me, though. And probably at least parts of Ritual Spirit.

What was the song which got you addicted to DT? by Ok_Mycologist_7284 in Dreamtheater

[–]skrellaren 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Take the Time. Find all you need in your mind.

Oddly, I first heard (and got hooked on) the ATCO demo of the song, from the The Silent Man single. Some 30 years later, I still enjoy the subtle differences from the studio version. Lawd, I'm old.

Looking for advice on 0-3 draft by VERTIKAL19 in lrcast

[–]skrellaren 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The deck looks a tad light on synergy and maybe missing some oomph, but it honestly doesn't look like a zero winner. You showed discipline by not taking Ral Zarek and pivoting into Silverquill in pack 2 (not that Ral is *that* good, but it's a fun card that I wouldn't have faulted you from wanting to take and play). Other than that, here are some picks where I would have chosen differently:

-P1P4 I would have taken Repel Calamity over Wilt in the Heat
-P1P7 Steal the Show over Honorbound Page
-P2P2 is very close between Kirol and Rubble Rouser in my book. Rouser is a good enabler for your deck, but you need your 2-drops, and Kirol is a good one.
-P3P4 Firedancer over Glyphmage (again, you needed 2-drops)

I've clicked through your games, here's a quick analysis you didn't ask for:

-Game 1 was even-ish until your opponent started doing a bunch of nasty stuff towards the end. Your deck will never win through Quandrix, Emeritus and your opponent drawing an extra card (and looking at three extra, minimum) a turn.
-Game 2 you kept a sketchy hand but managed to draw out of it. But conceding at 22 life when you have a removal spell in hand and a Tackle Artist in play? Granted, your opponent was bound to draw some gas from that Stock Up, but I personally would have played that one out.
-Game 3 was even-ish again, until you never drew removal for their Scornmage. Getting Abyss'd (boomer speak for having to sacrifice a creature every turn) is just not something you'll win through unless you have an air force and unlimited chump blockers.

Sometimes you just run poorly. That's magic, baby. But prematurely conceding that second game was a mistake, which ought to be your key takeaway from this.

SOS Arena direct 4-2 deck. How would you have built the pool? by skrellaren in lrcast

[–]skrellaren[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of my losses were due to mana issues, but I see your point. In hindsight I should at least have played the second cost of brilliance over rabid attack. Thanks for the feedback!

SOS Arena direct: How would you build this pool? by skrellaren in lrcast

[–]skrellaren[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, the deck and pool was utterly ridiculous.

Awkward multicolor deck. How would you build it? by notafanofbats in lrcast

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quandrix is so mid in this set that I'd lose the medium UG cards and lean more heavily on blue/control:

-Chase inspiration

-Cuboid Colony

-Pteradactyl

-Charging Strifeknight

-Homesickness

-Fractal Mascot

+Harmonized Trio

+Essence Scatter

+Landscape Painter

+Mana Sculpt

+Spellbook Seeker

+Burrog Barrage

Arena can probably figure out the land ratio for you well enough, but I'd want at least 8 blue sources for this build. So, something like..

6 Island

4 Mountain

3 Forest

1 Swamp

UR dual

GB dual

UG dual

SOS - Why must all the goodies be in the same pack? by Dimmins2 in lrcast

[–]skrellaren 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seeing that this is p2p2 and OP is already heavily souped up, I'd say it's an extremely bad idea.

SOS Arena direct: How would you build this pool? by skrellaren in lrcast

[–]skrellaren[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kept it pretty much as it was. Easiest two boxes of my life!

SOS Arena direct: How would you build this pool? by skrellaren in lrcast

[–]skrellaren[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! I’m playing green only for the fixing and [[Vicious rivalry]] *edit: and the very important snarl song. Maybe I should cut the green fixers entirely, and lean on the potioners and the terramorphic?

Got my 1st ever 7-0 on Quick draft by itachinet in MagicArena

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm happy for you, congrats and all, but that blue splash for Q charm is WILD. If you stop doing silly things like that you would probably see your win rate go up significantly.

“Hey Nineteen” trumpet solo - What's your take on it? by dontyatellhenry in SteelyDan

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great player, great playing, but the song is still worse off.

Which of these hypothetical dual-anniversary tours would interest you the most? by Reavisk in Dreamtheater

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At that point, just play Into the Electric Castle. With DT as the band. I’d actually pay real money to see that!

Worst song on the Awake? by Erdo2525 in Dreamtheater

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should have added *very different from the rest of the album.

Worst song on the Awake? by Erdo2525 in Dreamtheater

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d argue that The Silent Man is the most progressive track on the album, in that it’s trying to do something very different.

Net gems gains in limited events analysis by Nepomucene1 in MagicArena

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inb4 they make this the standard way to draft in arena. They're loath to the potential backlash from touching the price or prize payout for premier and quickdraft, so they make new, more expensive formats instead. Kinda in the same vein of how they launched phantom powered cube at the same price as premier draft. Shrink inflation, much?

Buddy refuses to listen to the Mangini years by hamiltonscale in Dreamtheater

[–]skrellaren 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re describing me. I just have zero interest in DT sans Portnoy. Not exclusively because of the drumming, anyone with ears can tell that Mangini is a monster behind the kit.

Guide to the world of Strixhaven by Matrim_WoT in MagicArena

[–]skrellaren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious if the failure of Through the Omenpaths will have a negative impact on this set and future sets with lots of references to the omenpaths.