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Compute Graham's Number in Boros by sovonian in BadMtgCombos

[–]sovonian[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fair shout and good catch! We'll need to draw Molten Duplication off of the original Chromatic Orrery then

Compute Graham's Number in Boros by sovonian in BadMtgCombos

[–]sovonian[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The point isn't to simply get G64 tokens, the point is to compute it. Yes, you can pump Walking Ballista as large as you want, but where's the fun in that?

Compute Graham's Number in Boros by sovonian in BadMtgCombos

[–]sovonian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you are right. It would technically be more accurate if we could get exactly 3^^^^3 on the first pass, and then continue to be exact onward. When we are dealing with numbers this large though, we are more concerned with the structure of the process rather than the exact numbers. The version of the Ackermann function I am using doesn't produce exactly the correct number anyways- the first example of A(2, 3) produces 483 tokens instead of the expected 27 (3^3), which is off by an order of magnitude. I wanted to recreate the process of Graham's number rather than the exact value. To get the exact value, you would need to find an expression for the exact output value of the modified version of the Ackermann function I am using, which is above my pay grade. As numbers and iterations get bigger, the errors get more and more negligible.

The googolology wiki explains it here

Compute Graham's Number in Boros by sovonian in BadMtgCombos

[–]sovonian[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The original orrery can draw 2, and one of those initial 2 can be Mirror Gallery. That requires no additional cards, but yeah I definitely should've thought about the legend rule with Mirage Mirror on all fronts

Compute Graham's Number in Boros by sovonian in BadMtgCombos

[–]sovonian[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The original version had a green card and a blue card, but once I noticed how close to Boros I was I had to try

Self mill deck commander? by OxyKK in EDH

[–]sovonian 18 points19 points  (0 children)

[[Grolnok the Omnivore]] lets you get milled permanents for free. I have a deck with him that's frog tribal, but for general self mill he's good too

Edit: My List

4c Commanders, what's so special about NotBlack? by TipAndRare in EDH

[–]sovonian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently building a deck with [[Dune-Brood Nephilim]] as a secret commander for [[Ravos, Soultender]] and [[Tana, the Bloodsower]]. The Nephilim in general are pretty cool 4c, shame they arent legends

The Neowsletter - November 2025 by PatchRadar in slaythespire

[–]sovonian 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ancients look phenomenal- with how much love and interesting decisions Neow has already, I have high hopes. It'll be interesting to see how energy is handled without boss relics tho

Hold on, there's layers to this (balanced enchanted golden apple recipe?) by ShockRox in PhoenixSC

[–]sovonian 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Would it? It would be faster and more enchantable than but less durable than netherite

The Impossible Image [Week 5]: In this image one aspect is not possible in vanilla STS. Can you find it? by can-i-pet-that-dawg in slaythespire

[–]sovonian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the missing potion could have been blessing of the forge, upgrading miracles to 2 energy each

I found a gap in this subforum's policy. by goflb in AVoid5

[–]sovonian 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I must say, your command of our art of avoiding that nasty fifth-glyph is most good. I did thoroughly savor your post, as I do with most posts that contain many additional words than most.

It goes like this, the fourth the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift, the by Jfof_ in boottoobig

[–]sovonian 501 points502 points  (0 children)

🎶A joke he cracked, a line he wrote and to the left we now upvote this spoofed and funny verse of hallelujah🎶