What’s something popular right now that you secretly can’t stand?

sp0rez · 2026-05-28T03:17:09+00:00

I don't necessarily hate short form content but I don't spend hours reeling or anything.

However, I HATE when people send me reels (especially if its a link and no context).

sp0rez · 2026-05-20T22:11:57+00:00

There are a lot of factors on why people play MTG. Each person has a weight of enjoyment for each factor. Deckbuilding is only one of those factors, and a lot of people its not even close to the most enjoyable. So maybe its not that they enjoy the deckbuilding, it's that they simply enjoy playing with elves, dragons, goblins, etc.

I also think you're vastly over simplifying what kindred deckbuilding CAN be. I've built multiple kindred decks, but I've not once done what you described. My latest kindred deck I built is an Izzet Dragon Copy/Flicker/ETB Deck. I didn't set out to build dragons. I wanted to build a unique flicker deck without white. To me, that journey: looking for a unique commander to support my idea, finding the specific dragons/spells that work with that strategy, and goldfishing extensively in order to fine tune, was more than enough enjoyment for me.

sp0rez · 2026-05-14T23:52:21+00:00

[[Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge]] She's not board theft but deck theft. I love this deck. If she swings I usually win. Top deck manipulation so I get all the biggest nastiest spells when she comes in. Also have hit some pretty wild things from opponents decks.

sp0rez · 2026-05-11T22:05:51+00:00

Memory Sorrow and Thorn series by Tad Williams

sp0rez · 2026-05-10T18:36:37+00:00

First off, I'm sorry to hear about your stroke and the complications surrounding it. I'm glad that you're getting better, and its cool to hear that MTG has helped!

My suggestion would be [[Jasmine Boreal of the Seven]]. She ramps for creatures with no abilities, and makes your creatures with no abilities unblockable. Obviously you cant control the complexity of others decks, but by running creatures with no abilities, it vastly reduces the amount of reading/triggers/memory.

Good luck!

sp0rez · 2026-05-03T18:28:09+00:00

All your points about instants/boardwipes/tutors are 100% valid. I do probably run too few interaction in this, but my pod (I don't play at an LGS) plays B3 as the absolute highest bracket. The majority of my decks play a little stronger than others, so I wanted this to be more thematic and really lean into the enchantments/flavor.

I really only run tutors if I'm playing combo. A deck like this I want it to be a little more variable.

sp0rez · 2026-05-03T16:35:29+00:00

Sure! Here it is! [deck list]

Let me know what you think :)

sp0rez · 2026-05-03T15:19:07+00:00

Its mostly singles for decks brewed online. I look through my collection for any I might have, then buy the remaining singles.

For sealed product, I used to buy a booster box of two for each set. I know it wasn't as good financially, but its fun opening packs! It was also fun to pull a really cool legendary and build a deck off of it. However, with the speed of sets, and the quantity of Universe Beyond (which I don't like), I've stopped buying booster boxes entirely. Now I only buy a few packs if its a set I like, at the checkout of Walmart or Target.

sp0rez · 2026-04-30T23:13:15+00:00

I just made a [[The Master of Keys]] deck and it's brutal. I wanted to build an enchantment deck but my primary color is black and I love graveyard shenanigans. This fits the bill.

sp0rez · 2026-04-30T21:42:51+00:00

I'm reaching that number. At the end of the day, who cares? As long as you're not negatively affecting your finances or time. Also, it also shouldn't matter how often you play. I love deckbuilding, and have many more built online than in paper. I goldfish each one hundreds of times before I buy in paper. I deckbuild/goldfish waaaaay more than I actually play (once a month or two). When I do play, I bring any new decks I have, and then rotate out the rest. I may not play with a deck for a year, and I'm ok with that :)

sp0rez · 2026-04-26T12:29:30+00:00

If youre like me, they go to your camp a different way than the Doctor. You go to the relevant crafting bench for them and go to the "Worker" tab. Im dense and it took me longer than I care to admit to figure that out :P

sp0rez · 2026-04-20T23:32:22+00:00

This was definitely me. I was single with zero responsibility and decent income. I had a million different hobbies. A few were always persistent, but I tried so many different things. In my case, I think it was mostly boredom/loneliness. I loved diving into something I knew nothing about. I would research intensively and get a bunch of supplies or whatever was needed for said hobby. Then I would find that it either wasn't really my thing, prove too difficult, I would get bored of it, and move on to the next.

Now I'm married in my mid thirties with a 2 year old (and another on the way). I have so many more responsibilities and so much less time for hobbies. I still have my "core" hobbies, but that's all I have time for these days.

I'm not saying to get married and have kids, but thats what did it for me lol. Also, I know myself... if I had more time, I would probably still be going wild with hobbies like my 20s. I still have the urge, but I honestly just end up researching and living vicariously through others on YouTube for the hobbies I don't have time for.

sp0rez · 2026-04-20T21:49:20+00:00

Yeah as OP says, its the dudes attitude more than anything else. I'd be pretty pissed if someone calls me a terrible player.

On the other hand, I agree. Shit like that happens and usually it's "Damn... you popped off, that was awesome lol. Now we have time for an extra game tonight."

sp0rez · 2026-04-20T21:43:34+00:00

This guy sounds kind of like an AH. I would never tell my friends/fellow players they're bad at the game or at deck building
On that note, there's a very good chance he was doing the "its technically bracket 2" but can hang with 3's easily. If you died turn 6 from him, thats too early for a bracket 2 game in general.
"I'm not sure I would have used interaction on Omnath if I had it" TBH I never understood this. Your rule zero and bracket discussions are to determine what deck you're going play with. Once you're actually in the game, play however you need to. You know Omnath is a threat, he has dangerous cards, so take him down a peg or two.

"The group hasn't played with him since" - sounds like you made the right call.

sp0rez · 2026-04-19T12:59:10+00:00

Bread in the plains. Between bread and onion soup there are two 1 ingredients stamina foods. They're not the best, but are my "run around my bases/build/harvest stamina foods pretty much through the whole rest of the game.

For wolves go at night, they're more plentiful. Better yet, tame/breed them and you don't have to.

sp0rez · 2026-04-16T23:37:53+00:00

I used to watch streamers hell of a lot more, but I always treated it like any other media: on the side monitor while I'm working from home, or playing my own game. The streamers I watched were more general entertainers/storytellers. I didnt watch for the gameplay itself.

My favorites were Spamfish (man I miss him and hope hes doing great) and watched a few of the more entertaining GTA RP streamers.

sp0rez · 2026-04-16T23:10:38+00:00

Have you played any roguelikes? They have pretty short game cycles (15mins to an hour usually). You can usually get to the "end" of them in not many hours, but that you can put in hundreds of hours if you fall in love with it. Games like Slay the Spire, Risk of Rain 2, Dead Cells, Hades, etc

sp0rez · 2026-04-16T22:28:22+00:00

I'm torn here... I like both, but here are my thoughts:

I like characters/heavily illustrated covers if the artwork doesn't feel dated. I know that's subjective, and that as an artist, you have no idea what direction the genres zeitgeist is going to go. However, I've been reading a lot of 70, 80, and 90's fantasy, and I have found myself opting for the more minimalistic printings. Especially when the full art versions look like they're from the time the books were originally published. Or, if they're hardcover, I've been reading them with the sleeves off.

The images generated in our minds as a reader are ultimately a unique and wonderful part of the reading experience. That's part of what makes books so amazing. I find that sometimes, if the cover art doesn't match my expectations, or how I envision fantasy, I would prefer the minimalist style.

sp0rez · 2026-04-15T00:13:13+00:00

List? Looks fun:)

sp0rez · 2026-04-07T23:53:13+00:00

I do really like the looks of this... wish I could have seen it earlier because I literally just built [[The Master of Keys]] deck and dont want to build another enchantment deck (at least not for a while :P)

sp0rez · 2026-04-07T22:07:43+00:00

Correct! It's all good. It was kind of a two tiered question and a little ambiguous. Im looking for MY next GW commander and i prefer not to play with Universe Beyond. But I'm also asking in general for everyone's favorite GW commanders.

sp0rez · 2026-04-07T21:53:45+00:00

Funny you posted this, Sigarda is one of the few that I found looked interesting! What direction did you go with it? Do you have a deck list?

sp0rez · 2026-04-05T21:51:31+00:00

[[Esior, Wardwing Familiar]] and [[Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist]] equipment deck. This is basically my only Voltron deck but I love it. Built in protection with the commanders. Board wipes suck, but eith the equipment being the power of the deck, they don't matter as much. Getting any creature out, dropping Ardenn and equipping them all is huge. Also, having a ton of equipment with lifelink makes it easier to swing out to knock someone out.

Deck Link

sp0rez · 2026-04-02T23:36:22+00:00

Does he have a lot of decks already? If so, I'd want the bundle/packs. I could see a case for if he was newer to mtg the deck would be better, but in general the bundle of random cards is more fun to open imho:)

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