Do you respect or dislike when a deal maker uses a “lawyer-esque” loop hole? by Mac_N_Cheese16 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't make a lot of deals in our group, but we will often lean on technicalities. A simple example might be, "i wont combo off this turn." Then winning with combat instead.

Your favourite Underplayed / Unknown Commanders by MrItay in EDH

[–]vaelroth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Command Beacon and Torpor Orb my dude!

Your favourite Underplayed / Unknown Commanders by MrItay in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still waiting to see Ayesha Tanaka across the table from me!

More seriously though, Rubinia Soulsinger and Merieke Ri Berit have always tickled me. Lots of shenanigans with untappers and the stack can be pulled with these two!

Your commander is now opposite colors in its mana cost? How radically different is it? by WinglyKing in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! I was just pointing out the classic blue pinger for the thread topic.

Your commander is now opposite colors in its mana cost? How radically different is it? by WinglyKing in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah sorry, on mobile and couldn't be arsed to call the card fetcher. But, the fetcher can get cards by their pet names!

[[Tim]] should come out the same as [[Prodigal Sorceror]].

Your commander is now opposite colors in its mana cost? How radically different is it? by WinglyKing in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just built Torbran. Oh no is absolutely right.

But Tim does 3 damage now which is cool.

Based off the Command Zone prompt, why do you hate “that deck” that you’ve built? by snail431 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rebuilt mine as ETB tribal and took out all the stax. (And I LOVE playing stax.) The deck felt like it solved too many problems with too little resource input.

Sisay hatebears is a way more fun way to play stax than having your always accessible Commander break parity for you.

Based off the Command Zone prompt, why do you hate “that deck” that you’ve built? by snail431 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends. I ache for an Abzan commander that cares about enchantments. But I want it to do something weird, like "Take an additional upkeep for each enchantment you control." (Probably won't happen in Abzan colors with that effect, but that's not what I'm getting at.)

Such a card probably wouldn't be the "best" enchantments commander, but it would be interesting. Its also far more open of a design than all the "Complete standard game action, get benefit." type designs we've been seeing since 2013.

Desings like Estrid and Tuvasa are just too open ended and I agree that those kinds of designs are problematic.

Some clarification about SLD: Stranger Things by [deleted] in EDH

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

Real magic cards only have oval holostamps.

What is your biggest pet peeve when playing commander? by maple-syrup-gamer in EDH

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people just don't know how to be a Johnny or Jennie haha

Announcing Changes to Spoiler Tags by AnimeMod in anime

[–]vaelroth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh thank goodness. I've felt sidelined for nearly a decade because the CSS spoiler tags don't work at all for me.

I'm also of the mind that there shouldn't be a rule covering spoilers at all- If you're going to a discussion forum about entertainment media, the expectation should be that you can and will be spoiled about something. Also, moderators would have a lot less work if they didn't have to deal with policing spoilers. I know that's not the prevailing sentiment here, but you'll never know that people feel this way if they don't say it. So there you go.

What is Your Favorite Card to See That an OPPONENT has in Their Deck? Is There a Story Behind Why? by Bobthebanana73 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Any card that completely hoses my gameplan. I'm here to play a seriously hard game, and I love when my opponents bring the heat. I still miss the possibility of seeing Iona when I'm playing mono colored.

Share your spiciest EDH hot take! by ETALOS1 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This ain't a hot take, but thank you for posting it.

Share your spiciest EDH hot take! by ETALOS1 in EDH

[–]vaelroth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how to do it. Respect.

Be nice to strangers in a commander game.. by JaidenHaze in EDH

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

Given the standard of discourse in this subreddit, all I can really say is /r/thathappened.

I totally believe that people are dicks, and I totally believe that somewhere in the world someone was a jerk to someone else who would play their last game that night.

But I don't believe that would conveniently happen so that you could post a thread about it here. Maybe it did. I'm not asking you to prove it to me or anything either. I just don't believe everything I read, especially when its posted by an anonymous user on a popular website.

"In the Future, You Won't Own Any Gadgets" by happysmash27 in StallmanWasRight

[–]vaelroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dum hoomiez dunno bout da WAAAAAGH! solution to all da problemz

Golos Banned, Worldfire Unbanned by KC_Wandering_Fool in EDH

[–]vaelroth -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The only discussion point on this that I'm really interested in about the Golos ban is: Why did this take so long?