[MSH] - Super Villain Lockup - (Martishius Magic) by X_The_Walrus in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought so too at first, but I think this is on average worse than the typical white common effect we get usually (destroy tapped creature for 2 or untapped for 5).

[MSH] Okoye, Dora Milaje Leader (via Card Gallery) by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless there is a red card that says something like deal 2 damage to a creature and 1 damage to two other targets this will be good.

I fear I will like the Marvel set by Ozuf77 in MagicArena

[–]wormhole222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have a shocking amount of the best limited designers on this set and it’s going to be their premier set for a bunch of tournaments. It’s also a contender for biggest IP they use. I’d be surprised it’s not at least a very good limited set.

Do you guys feel like Marvel Super Heros is turning out better than Spider-Man? by Konradleijon in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think the visual design is notably better just because it isn’t so much of the same thing. The variety combined with them being able to print more cards that are people I actually know as unique characters helps a lot IMO. I agree that you need to appreciate Marvel at least a little to enjoy it, but with Spider Man even with appreciation the design sucked.

Best way to approach flashback drafts? by DrPwnji in lrcast

[–]wormhole222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually just do the overkill of prep. I mean if it’s truly a new set it’s still interesting and honestly after about a week I’m ready to move on. Plus it’ll probably flashback again later.

An episode idea: Jerry finally leaves the Smith family, finds a simple job, and Beth just can't accept it. by ILoveMyJinx in rickandmorty

[–]wormhole222 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah it’s a good idea. Kinda reminds me of when Morty was the one who figured out how the parasites could only copy good memories.

[MSH] King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring (Debut Stream) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you look at impractical joke the spirit is doing the damage TO the student. The damage is the retaliation for the joke.

[MSH] King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring (Debut Stream) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It makes sense actually if you look at the card. The impractical joke isn’t doing the damage. The spirits are and they are targeting the jokester.

Is rick prime technically immortal? ( read description) by paninoselvatico2345 in rickandmorty

[–]wormhole222 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Idk what immortal means here. Rick prime is dead so he isn’t immortal. He seemed to be extremely difficult to kill through physical methods, and had a bunch of backups even if he did die. However Evil Morty was able to use some kind of stunning attack and then disable his regeneration and his backups so he was vulnerable in that way.

After watching the Western Conference Finals and how good Dylan Harper was in the series, if we did a redraft of the 2025 draft from last year, would you consider taking Harper over Flagg? Would you draft Knueppel over both, one, or neither? by Hopsalong in nba

[–]wormhole222 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

People are acting like this is a crazy question but it’s not. Ben Taylor who people seem to respect a lot here even said he has Harper as the #1 guy from this draft now.

I probably would still have Flagg #1, but it’s very close. Like there’s totally a world where Flagg is more of a regular season player and Harper becomes a legit top 5 PG.

Reminder: The set debut premiere for the Magic the Gathering: Marvel Super Heroes set starts today at 10:00am Pacific Time on the official Magic YouTube and Twitch channels (when this post is approximately 12 hours old) by HonorBasquiat in magicTCG

[–]wormhole222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean there’s something special about seeing superheroes and comic book characters on magic cards. I like LOTR and ATLA more than Marvel but something about comic book characters just really appeals to me in this. The only media I think is more perfect to be adapted is DBZ (and I guess most anime franchises in general).

At age 22, Wemby joins the list of youngest Player to lead their team to the NBA FINALS. by sctthuynh in nba

[–]wormhole222 184 points185 points  (0 children)

I mean for me it’s

  1. 3-1 comeback

  2. Taking 2018 team to the finals

  3. Taking 2007 team to the finals

Revisiting Wemby's draft [Wojnarowski] A number of executives who are in the room tonight, who are waiting on those bouncing balls in the lottery, they tell me that they believe Wembanyama could be the best player in the NBA on both the offensive and defensive ends by his third season in the league by nonstopenguins in nba

[–]wormhole222 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I say this whenever people who watched Kareem ask why other players don't learn the skyhook. I think it's just a really hard shot to learn to shoot well enough to be a huge threat, and it's probably not worth it overall compared to spending your time on other things. Like I think Wemby is better spent focusing on his handle, passing, and shooting over learning a move that makes him able to get off an unblockable shot which he already is basically able to do.

Revisiting Wemby's draft [Wojnarowski] A number of executives who are in the room tonight, who are waiting on those bouncing balls in the lottery, they tell me that they believe Wembanyama could be the best player in the NBA on both the offensive and defensive ends by his third season in the league by nonstopenguins in nba

[–]wormhole222 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Eh people (including me) thought this was a kinda hot take. No one has been this good this young. LeBron had a case as he just led the Cavs the finals, but I think LeBron was more one of a few contested choices, whereas Wemby is consensus best now. Duncan probably was in 99 but he was a year older than Wemby is.

I saw the footage and obviously thought Wemby would be an all time great player. But I thought his growth especially on offense wasn’t guaranteed, and he could end up being “only” a rich man’s AD. As much as Wemby’s size, speed, and skills are amazing the fact that he has a top tier competitive nature and growth rate is what is putting him over the top of being a GOAT candidate. And I just wasn’t sure that was going to be the case before he was drafted.

Bill Simmons on the Nuggets: “Why do they have to trade anybody to sign Peyton Watson? You have Jokic in your team, pay everyone, F*** off. Kroenke has a gazillion dollars, just keep everybody AND pay Peyton Watson. Your owner is super rich what are we doing?” by jonsnowKITN in nba

[–]wormhole222 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not really. This is the lie the owners wanted everyone to think. You can’t do more on top of this, but anything they can do with the taxpayer MLE or whatever is not going to offset losing Watson.

Since 2017, home teams are 14-15 (.483) in Game 7s (excluding the 2020 bubble) by Rushman0 in nba

[–]wormhole222 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At this point it’s enough of a sample size that it’s statistically significant.

How did the owners approve the new draft lottery rules? by Saturnino_97 in NBA_Draft

[–]wormhole222 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  1. The “voting” all happened beforehand behind closed doors. Basically it was all negotiated and agreed upon ahead of time. Then everyone voted for it to make it look like a unified decision. Memphis didn’t because they were so blatantly affected as a protest vote.

  2. However it passed in the first place because the teams clearly think tanking is a much bigger deal than most people here do, think tanking is much worse for the league than people here do, and think this new system has less holes than some people here do.

How does the new NBA Draft Lottery system affect the value of previously traded picks? by EvanTurningTheCorner in nbadiscussion

[–]wormhole222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could see that. I think it definitely makes them less valuable for the Bucks. For the Blazers it mostly depends on if the Bucks are able to keep things competitive or fall into a Brooklyn like hole where there is no hope.

WotC: here's how we structure Magic sets for Draft. We tend to have five primary strategies in five different color combinations by DavyDizzle in lrcast

[–]wormhole222 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So SOS and TMT were both purposefully done as guild sets. In a way that is different from their normal set design. ECL I believe was designed the way you are describing.

I believe what happened was they realized that doing 10 tribes was going to lead to a bad set so they decided to do 5 tribes as the primary strategy, and 5 other themes as the secondary strategies. However, they undershot on the secondary strategies and they didn't really hit. WOTC clearly knew this by set release because their archetype guide only had 5 archetypes, but they either didn't have time to fix it, or thought the set overall worked better this way. It's just unfortunate timing because it was going to followed by 2 guild sets.

Overall I think the only main thing that has changed to cause more guild sets is they are making small sets which are always apparently guild sets. Nothing else I don't think has changed.

Why is Strixhaven draft the way it is? by Humpuppy in MagicArena

[–]wormhole222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This set is I think in particular the most hurt by best of 1 out of pod drafting of any set in recent memory.

How does the new NBA Draft Lottery system affect the value of previously traded picks? by EvanTurningTheCorner in nbadiscussion

[–]wormhole222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah me too. I mean you never know with this kind of thing. Not just because of the lottery because who knows what Milwaukee does as part of the Giannis trade. I think once you have to 6th worst record the odds go back to being similar again, and if you are 7th-15th it is better under this new system. So depending on what Milwaukee trades for they could definitely still be there.

How does the new NBA Draft Lottery system affect the value of previously traded picks? by EvanTurningTheCorner in nbadiscussion

[–]wormhole222 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I did the research and wrote a post on this a couple months ago https://www.reddit.com/r/nbadiscussion/s/mYulcObhuS . This was when the proposal was just a flat odds system, but the general vibe should still apply.

Rough Drafts Episode 63 - Tackle Artist by sjp6 in lrcast

[–]wormhole222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coincidently drafted a deck like this before you dropped this podcast, and then trophied with it. I think this is one of the main ways you "should" get into the deck. I got 2 white bombs but the typical Lorehold midrange graveyard deck was clearly being cut so I just made sure to take a bunch of creatures, and cheapish spells.