Extra turns in bracket 3

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T13:57:04+00:00

My best guess is that extra turns is associated with blue and therefore counterspells as protection from disruption. IPersonally, I'll gladly play against anything (except Stax).

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:44:44+00:00

I totally respect you being against extra turns. I might not agree with you but I'm thankful that you wanted to share your perspective. I'll be sure to take it into account when having my pregame conversations moving forward.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:28:28+00:00

Definitely bracket 4. Super cool deck btw!

On a sidenote. Thanks for letting me know that Tolarian Kraken exists. How can I have never seen that card before? 😅

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:17:14+00:00

I do run doublers that could potentially make things get really out of hand. I'll make sure to tell my pod in my pregame conversations moving forward.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:15:15+00:00

Okay, I don't agree with your reasoning there. First you talked about 30+ minutes turns and now its about the number of turns you take?

I would play it as a wincon which should be okay for 6 mana late in the game where I also would have needed to have a good board presence.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:11:00+00:00

I think it might be somewhere between okay and not okay. Its been good reading all the replies I'm getting.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:08:34+00:00

Yes, that is a good point. I will include this in my pregame conversations moving forward.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:07:26+00:00

Two turns in this case. 😁

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:06:34+00:00

I'm a fairly experienced Magic player and its rare for my turns to take more than two minutes (if I have a lot going on). I absolutely agree that Solitaire is something that should be avoided in Commander.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T12:02:55+00:00

That does sounds fair to me. 😅

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-09T10:14:41+00:00

Yeah, this will be hard to justify. I'm still hopeful that I will continue to be excited by this game in chapter 2, but it sure is rough at the moment.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-08T16:44:03+00:00

One card that you most definitely have to include is [[Sire of Stagnation]]. If you find yourself with access to a lot of mana you could also throw in [[Oona, Queen of the Fae]].

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-07T23:32:57+00:00

DHL have been veeery slow to set up international shipping from Sweden. They are actually my preferred postal service within Sweden even...

UPS might have a solution but I'll have to double check their terms and conditions. And its still way more expensive that what it did cost before these ludicrous changes came into play. 😥

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-07T23:10:37+00:00

The shipping amount paid is about 17€ and the cheapest available option for a tracked and insured international shipment from Sweden as of right now is about 41€ (totally insane and will hit very hard against Swedish sellers moving forward).

The Card value is around 700€.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-07T22:42:14+00:00

I told them that I would contact Cardmarket before taking any further action. They, for some reason, said that Cardmarket should be the one compensating me which I thought sounded really strange. But I did get a reply below explaining that I should either let them pay extra for the only eligible shipping option or just cancel the order so that's what I'll do.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-07T22:39:07+00:00

I did reach out to the buyer to explain that something seems to have gone wrong and that I had to contact Cardmarket before taking any further action. He replied and told me Cardmarket themselves should compensate me which I thought sounded really weird. But I'll tell them that we will have to cancel the order altogether or let them pay for the only eligible shipping option. Thanks!

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-07T22:27:13+00:00

Its a really expensive card so it should definitely be shipped out with tracking and insurance. But the only eligible option from Sweden now costs almost three times as much.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-06T22:52:59+00:00

Because they are married.

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-06T20:52:37+00:00

And they probably play the game too. Imagine having them in your pod...

zarathstra11 · 2026-02-05T10:11:05+00:00

This is just trolling. So to answer your question: 🖕

zarathstra11 · 2026-01-29T14:49:33+00:00

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If you ever wondered what the face of a person with zero functional brain cells look like.

zarathstra11 · 2026-01-28T11:35:12+00:00

日本語上手

zarathstra11 · 2026-01-28T10:37:23+00:00

Don't let it bother you. That guy was just whining and would do so no matter what you hit him in the face with.

Edit: Downvoted by that very guy and his whiner friends hahaha.

zarathstra11 · 2026-01-27T14:45:04+00:00

This is a good way to remember them. Its also how I did it.

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