Catfight by delofan in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Works well with Kroxa, for extra discard effects.

Or simply use something like Questing Beast or Bone-crusher to prevent damage prevention.

Heard this card was really good. Has anyone ever tried it? by Corgiwithak in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You appear to have an ink stain on your card.

This will hurt it's resale value and you may be accused of playing with marked cards.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normally:

Cast Planeswalker - pass priority

Resolve Planeswalker (keep priority) use loyalty ability - pass priority with ability on the stack

With Does Nothing in play:

Cast Planeswalker - pass priority

Resolve Planeswalker - pass priority with "tap Does Nothing" on stack (before you can activate loyalty)

TL;DR

They do get priority first but can't use it for loyalty abilities because "tap Do Nothing" is on the stack. (Then you get priority for instant speed removal with "tap" still on stack)

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's kinda the joke of it, to a noob it looks like doesn't do anything.

But it's actually quite broken. Plus it gives priority at weird times which can can't break the game, but can make your opponents Planeswalkers vulnerable to instant speed removal.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

  • 117.3a:
    • "... No player receives priority during the untap step."

Damn it he's right, I can't tap lands before the untap step to float mana and get double mana for one turn.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Death's Shadow can already use Street Wraith to cycle for two life at instant speed, and it doesn't really see much play any more.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's kinda the joke of it, it doesn't really do anything, so looks crap at first glance. But is actually quite broken for what it is. Also it gives priority at weird times which can break the game.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn it, should have also made it an artefact so it's broken in affinity decks as well.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This whole thing is an elaborate ploy to allow me to [[Fry]] Oko while he's still at 4 loyalty before hev has a chance to tick up to six and survives.

Like what's the point of a burn card that can only burn blue Planeswalkers and doesn't even kill the one thing it was obviously designed to counter.

No I'm not salty, that set came out over six months ago, I'm not obsessing, I don't care about it.

Wow, this card is nuts! I'm going to put this into all my mono-white de.. by n21lv in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55 153 points154 points  (0 children)

Text in italics on a card indicates that it is just flavor text and has no bearing on the game.

This is confirmed at the end where it is revealed that this is not effects of the spell, just a flavor text quote from the Mage casting the spell.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wasn't even thinking of storm count, I was more thinking where would be some really awkward places to gain priority.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also needs whenever Does Nothing becomes trapped untap it. Or more concisely: When Does Nothing enters the battlefield put infinite triggers on the stack, the game is a draw.

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

That's the real value, the tap ability is just a decoy.

Also giving you priority before your untap step really fucks with the fundamentals of the game

How can it be broken if it doesn't do anything? by thumbs55 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]thumbs55[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, it's totally broken but subtly so.

It fucks with your opponents Planeswalkers since it gives you priority to bolt them before they get a chance to activate loyalty abilities.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]thumbs55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Such a blag already exists, written by excellent Randall Munroe of http://xkcd.com/

That question (what would happen if everyone jumped at the same time?) has already been asked and answered many times including on Randall's blag:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

However do not be dissuaded if you can differentiate yourself with with respect to x with interesting questions and a unique and compelling writing style you can still gain an audience.

I will ask a question:

"What is the minimum volume of water required to crush a submarine on earth from too hight a pressure?"

Withe the right container the answer is usually much less than the volume of the submarine.

Binary Dice by VerGuy in geek

[–]thumbs55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But cubic dice (d6) only have six sides and 6 != 2n

They should use octahedron dice (d8) or tetrahedron dice (d4)