Lurker > pyresword

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Suite Photoconductivity
End of the Summer

Yeah the Bankbuster substitution is definitely sketchier for that reason. I've been playing a very similar Grixis list and crewing the Bankbuster doesn't come up often though, at least. I almost always win either with Hullbreaker Horror or by using the Fable 3rd chapter to spam Wandering Mind tokens every turn

Behold the Multiverse is a common anyways. I was talking about Behold the Multiverse as a budget alternative to cards like Memory Deluge or Reckoner Bankbuster which are rares.

The list I'm envisioning wouldn't run Goldspan Dragon even with access to the entire cardpool. This is the type of thing I have in mind as a starting point https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4896576.

And yes you would definitely weaken the deck by skipping on lands, I'm only saying that in the scenario where you're pinched on wildcards but looking for anything that isn't a starter deck then it's maybe worth taking a 5% hit to winrate in order to save the 12 wildcards that would be needed to go with this manabase.

(Disclaimer: I don't know what the starter decks look like and for all I know that is a better route to go)

Also I really do think you can build a pretty competitive Izzet Control deck for <10 rares. This won't be what you'll see if you look up lists online, but I think all you really need is 4x Fable, 2x Hullbreaker Horror, and maybe 1 rare board wipe. If you're playing a 2 color slow deck you can more realistically afford to cheat on the manabase (though there is still a cost to this), and you can replace some of the rare card-draw options with say Behold the Multiverse.

Peace___Frog posted...

Somehow I have more mythic wilds than I do rares?

I think this is actually more common among people who aren't just trying to collect everything, especially if you're getting into older formats where the entire manabase is filled with Rare lands.

I don't think burn is quite there, is the problem. You could still try it and it's probably one of the better options if you just want as good a deck as possible with minimal wildcard use, but I don't know. There are aggro decks in the format like Boros and Mono-Green, but they all have a lot of rare creatures that they sort of rely on I think.

Honestly I think the best bet as far as cheap but playable decks go would be some type of Blue/Red control shell.

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Misty Er'a

Wir fliegen
Prophecy
The Final Song

U.N. Owen Was Her?
Rock Castle
Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit

A song called Fetus of God and it's not from Binding of Isaac. Top 10 VGMC plot twists imo. The song unfortunately doesn't do a lot for me. It's going for this mix of cool and dark/creepy and it doesn't really feel like it nails either. U. N. Owen is one of the Touhou songs I actually like. Very cool melody.

Gusty Garden Galaxy has never appealed to me; I just find it kind of boring overall, though the solo trumpet part is pretty cool. Rock Castle is a really interesting song with cool instruments. Sometimes there's a bit too much going on without a clear melodic direction and I'm not sure exactly how much I like it overall, but fortunately its opposition is weak enough that I don't really have to figure that out.

Match 3 pretty cleanly has the best songs today. Like both of them a lot.

Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit > Shard > U.N. Owen Was Her > Rock Castle > Gusty Garden Galaxy > Fetus of God

To be precise, it got its last nomination 22 minutes and 18 seconds before nominations closed, which was 5 minutes and 12 seconds after it received its first nomination

Oh and Fable of the Mirror Breaker is terrible card design and I hate it send tweet

Been playing MTGA again after a several month hiatus.

Standard is a lot of fun now, which is a refreshing change since the last time I played was before the Alrund's Epiphany ban. I suspect the format is very unsolved right now though. Seems like people have settled on Jeskai Hinata as the deck to beat, but it fundamentally just doesn't feel like a #1 deck to me. It is probably the one I've had the most success with though, so who knows maybe I'm just crazy. I've also been having a lot of fun with Grixis Control which feels solid but maybe not quite there.

Explorer seems fun. Historic is probably still good, but they nerfed both of my decks and I don't feel especially incentivized to use more wildcards on another one that might be nerfed when the Arena economy is as garbage as it is. It's a shame though because I loved playing Arclight Phoenix in Historic. The deck is probably still decent but idk.

Don't care enough about Alchemy to invest wildcards into it but I'll probably give it a try at some point, especially if there are going to be Opens/whatever that use the format.

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
floatable

White Palace is great and in some sense I might be happier if Hollow Knight was able to pick up a win, but lol if I was ever going to vote it in this match.

If Id (Purpose) can retire then anything can retire!

MI09: Angel

Already voted in the other 2 earlier.

Ring Ring Ring!
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Flow

Beyond the Bounds
Theme of D4
Yoru ~ Sailing

Beyond the Bounds does a lot I like a lot but also I really hate the talking/rapping/whatever vocal lines. This could honestly get a huge range of ratings from me on any given day depending on what part of the song I'm fixated on. Today I think it's solid. Shadoubt Shaps has cool sounds and atmosphere for sure, but something about the rhythmic construction makes it a bit hard for me to grab on to.

I've always liked the pleasant sax melody in Theme of D4. The Ace Attorney song has a lot of personality and is generally good, but it feels like it's missing an extra melodic line to support the main melody or something, I don't know.

I've been a bit down on her other pieces in the contest so far, but this one is peak Yoko Kanno. Yoru has the pretty vocals and very expressive flute, and the combination of guitar and violin/viola(?) in Sailing gets across the vibe of fantasy and adventure really well. I like Poets of the Fall, but this isn't my favorite song of there's, and even their best probably wouldn't be enough in this match anyway. Still an enjoyable song for sure though.

Yoru ~ Sailing > Theme of D4 > Game is Afoot > Beyond the Bounds > Take Control > Shadoubt Slaps

Good day.

It's possible I might have 10 above 8 if I had finished it. I'm sure the parts later on are better than the early parts just because that's how the books are in general, and even as-is 8 and 10 were close-ish (and clearly below everything else)

I didn't finish book 10 but this is about as far as I got in the series. (Partially because book 10 was kinda boring and partially because I was moving at the time and just never picked it up again afterwards)

Pretty similar to my rankings overall, though I think I liked book 3 a good deal more than you. Not super confident since it's been years, but I'd probably go something like 5 > 4 > 7 > 3 > 6 > 9 > 2 > 1 > 8 > 10.

I need to get back to this series at some point in my life.

Flow
Beat Eat Nest
Tree of Life: Roots

malyg posted...

I never felt like do do do

ok first off it is clearly da dot, dot dot da, da da; and second off no

Started watching Love After World Domination. This is a fun show. Also the OP is a bop.

VOTE CHANGE in match 3 to Tachi

No idea what the score is but sorry if my vote ends up mattering >.>

Healthy Unicorn Girl
Wicked Child
Battle with the Devil

Good day.

Man match 3 is unfair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeGV3MUlSpU

cakophon posted...

GEOMETRIC DANCE (Long Ver.): Gigantic polyhedra invade the city, attacking skyscrapers and morphing into unfamiliar and fascinating designs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgYIimWk6YY

Crocus
we've got to believe in something
Renata Glasc, The Chem-Baroness

Love the relaxed, countryside vibe of Crocus. The transition to the different movements is sometimes a bit awkward but the piece overall is quite good. The overall vibe of Limitless Cinderella doesn't do a lot for me, but there's a few isolated woodwind lines that are really cool. They do a decent job dragging my opinion of the song up, but not enough for this particular match.

Why'd you have to do Yuki Kajiura like this?

Match 3 is evil. I go back and forth on liberatedliberator, but right now I feel it's a bit too on-the-nose compared to some of the other zts songs. Renata Glasc is great throughout. Love the variety of instruments and the diabolical-yet-sorrowful feel of the whole thing. League of Legends does a really good job painting pictures of their characters with the musical themes imo.

Renata Glasc > Crocus > liberatedliberator > We've got to believe in something > Limitless Cinderella > Geometric Dance

Good day. There's probably a world where I support We've Got to Believe in Something which is my 4th favorite of the day.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Tower of God does get a bit...unruly, you have to admit.

This is true but I don't think it really becomes apparent until the content for a hypothetical season 3 (which...god help the writers if they're ever tasked with handling that monstrously large plot thread in a condensed form). I think making cuts to the next arc or two is much trickier. I'm sure it's doable, but I don't have a particularly large amount of faith in it being done well. I'd be worried about them skimping on characterization of new characters when I think the right way to do it is to shorten up bits of the somewhat bloated climax.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Land of the Lustrous had a traditionally animated promo trailer and the CG version looks better!

https://youtu.be/rYWOG9q2HpI

This looks better than the actual show to me and it isn't especially close.

As for Tower of God, I'd love to see a season 2, especially because there's some parts of the next arc I think would really benefit from an anime adaptation, but I think the source material makes it a bit tricky. It feels like they would either need more than 12 episodes, which seems unlikely, or they would have to decide between having the next arc be rushed or unfinished. I also think it's likely to be a bit offputting regardless because (Tower of God webtoon spoilers for the premise of the next arc) it would be starting off with a timeskip and focusing on almost all new characters.

The real contrarian take is that Land of the Lustrous looked solid but would have looked significantly better with traditional animation and that cgi=good was exactly the wrong takeaway.

I naturally don't think this looks good but I already didn't like Trigun to begin with for other reasons

I've thought about trying the Mask of Truth anime but yeah I'm a bit scared given the reaction to the MoD anime. (I've also played the game and lived it so I think I'm just asking to be disappointed)

The Final Smile
To The Distant Sky
Angel Rain

Not into Secret Cave much at the start, but the middle is very exciting and the end has some cool piano and stuff. I can't say The Final Smile particularly stands out, but it is exactly the type of song that I love. Pretty, wistful, and echo-y vocals are 100% my jam, which I'm sure nobody could have guessed by looking at my votes today. This song never stood out to me much when I looked at it in passing, but actually listening to the whole thing it's really easy to get swept up in the song.

Tenement of the Blue Spirit has the same issue I have with a lot of Caravan Stories songs where any individual section sounds pleasant, but the song as a whole just feels like jamming tense chords one after the other without rhyme or reason or sense of progression. I've been vocally critical of this soundtrack before but I just don't like it, at least based on what's been in these contests. To the Distant Sky is one of my favorite songs of all time and I'm going to be very sad if it's robbed in round 1 yet again.

Angel Rain is very pretty overall, though it is actually held back a bit by the vocals. Overall I still like them, but I think I'd like the song a lot more if the vocals were a bit less breathy. Chrono Trigger generally has a good OST, but I've never been huge on Magus Battle in particular. I kind of like the one main melodic line but the song as a whole is just a bit underwhelming.

To the Distant Sky > The Final Smile > Angel Rain > Secret Cave > Magus Battle > Tenement of the Blue Spirit

Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic

I also thought TWEWY2's battle system took some getting used to, though in fairness I also felt the same way about the first game.

Team, This One's Stronger!
Conviction Corridor
NightL

Dark Pit is fine. The guitar sounds good, but it feels like it's trying unsuccessfully to carry the entire song. The Bug Fables song is pretty fun.

Confronter is chaotic but in a way I actually like. Really cool use of dissonance to create tension. Conviction Corridor I like a lot for reasons that are somewhat mysterious to me because it really doesn't do much, but the song just feels dark and energetic in a way that I really like.

Xeno Arcadia has a very pleasant groove which reminds me a lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers, who are actually probably one of my favorite bands. Big fan. The Xenoblade song has a lot of really cool sounds--neat electronic things, driving violin, pretty flute, etc. The climax sections are also quite good, so really this just has everything I want.

Night L > Conviction Corridor > Xeno Arcadia > This One's Stronger > Confronter > Dark Pit

I wouldn't say any of the options are spectacular, but P3 MC/Yukari is pretty cleanly the best of them.

Kill Command
Break the Limit!
Battle - b2

In the Blood is also very cool and easily my 2nd favorite today. Big fan of the vocals and the use of dynamics.

Both songs in match 2 feel very disconnected to me and I don't particularly care for either.

Which ending did you get? I'm assuming based on the updates that you got the default ending where you go into the Temple of the Black Egg and beat the Hollow Knight, and the game ends with the player character absorbing the infection into itself. Assuming that's the case you might want to look up how to get the "Dream no More" ending and get that. Since you already have the Awoken Dream Nail and made it through White Palace, there isn't much more you actually need to do, and some of stuff related to that ending is pretty cool imo. I don't think it's critical though if you'd rather just move on.

Strangely, the full completion percent for Hollow Knight is actually 112% because of added DLC. Some of the DLC is kind of fun, but it's also insanely difficult and not necessary at all. I think I did maybe like a third of it or something. (For other people that played the game, I did the first Grimm fight as well as 2 of the Pantheons in the Godmaster area.)

In any case glad you enjoyed it. I'm a huge fan obviously. Gameplay itself was lots of fun and the lore and atmosphere was definitely engaging.

There is a sequel coming out which I am excited for. You play as Hornet and I don't know what else one could ask for tbh

Remember Me
Indignant Divinity
Time

I didn't especially like White Palace. Felt a lot less natural than the other platforming challenges and was also way more difficult, and at the end of the day that's not really the type of challenge I'm too interested in from the game. At least the music is good.

Rudeus definitely has child-like emotional maturity, but my interpretation is that it was due to past trauma and being a recluse for years.

To The Heart [Vocal Version]
Jungle Joyride (Night)
City Trial ~ City

Oh match 1 is actually real good.

We need more gamelan vgm imho

I think Rudeus is always not a good person in some ways, but the reason it works is because it's designed from the ground up to be a show about deeply flawed characters who are trying to improve on those flaws.

That said, it is probably true that he's depicted better later on in the show as compared to the first few episodes.

ctesjbuvf posted...

I beat the fourth Pantheon yesterday. I think I just need to beat the final boss and complete the Hunter's Journal before attempting the fifth

Yeah this is the part of the game I never did haha. Think I did the first 2 pantheons. Probably could have done the third, but the final one sounded way too frustrating to even bother trying to finish

Neko Nabe
Mor Ardain ~ Roaming the Wastes
CMYK (FM Arrange ver.)

Neko Nabe can be kind of annoying at times, but the melody is catchy and there's some cool chord harmony things going on. I also like it a lot more later into the song. Possibly because of Stockholm Syndrome who knows. Another Winter however has never been a song that's made much of an impression on me.

Tunnel Vision is pleasant but a bit too repetitive. I do like the sense of progression with the key change toward the end though. Mor Ardain is good-but-not-great Xenoblade battle(?) theme. Nice melody and strings and piano.

The vocals in Blue Orb are okay but there's a lot I don't like about this song. The kind of abrupt note clipping that happens a lot in this song is a huge turnoff for me and I'm pretty much never going to vote for songs that utilize it. CYMK is a song, which is pretty much all that's needed to earn my vote. I actually like it quite a bit though. Very pleasant track that does a good job giving off relaxed and mysterious vibes. Cool woodwind and synth melodies also.

CYMK > Neko Nabe > Mor Ardain > Tunnel Vision > Another Winter > Blue Orb

Gintama is pretty solid. It's not really the type of show I'm looking for but I think it's quite good at what it does. I should actually probably try and watch the rest of it at some point.

Well I doubt it's going to stick--it's just because it just finished airing.

Apparently right now Kaguya-sama Season 3 is ranked #1 on MAL and you know what that's totally reasonable tbh

City Trial ~ City
Twilight of the Gods
In Hell We Live, Lament