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pyresword posted...

Got to mythic in Limited for the first time nice. Did it with a Jeskai Control deck which is not an archetype I usually go for, but I had a ton of good cards for it. It was already looking good with stuff like Lightning Helix, Counterspell and several other good removal spells, and then I managed to find a Crackle With Power in the 3rd pack >.>

Congratulations! I always seem to plateau in lower plat, getting to mythic is really impressive

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Ryokles posted...

So two of my coworkers are confirmed positive coronavirus cases after being fully vaccinated > a month. One of them ended up being hospitalized ughhhhh

Oh shit

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Every PW poll on this board, my brain reads as "favorite p1p1?"

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Yeah I expect a hockey stick effect as the deadline draws nearer

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Same reason as ranked in general

Bragging rights and personal satisfaction

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That's a really good point, yeah. I thought I'd be golden with all that removal, but inefficient lesson summons are enough advantage to go around that if you don't have sufficient low drops for going aggro

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Congrats, plum.

I've only had time to do one sealed since the weekend, and I went 2-3. Silverquill with tons of removal and good uncommons/rares, but only three creatures at 1 or 2 mana meant I couldn't go very aggressive and I lost out on the value game.

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Ok, I did one single Sealed. Went for an aggressive-ish G/B and splashed for Multiple Choice. Wandering Archaic felt really strong, and Karok Wrangler also did a lot of work for me.

7-0!

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That's ridiculous. Learned nothing from the EU messaging debacle?

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Getting my first dose this Friday. I'm giddy.

Now if only I can convince my mother to stop being a conspiracy theorist and get her vaccine too, that'd be nice.

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I'm kind of sad to see limited kaldheim going soon, even though it's been pretty solved from an archetype perspective. The strixhaven mechanics don't sound quite as exciting but I really hope I'm convinced otherwise

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masterplum posted...

Biden currently has something stupid like a 98% approval among Democrats

Yeah I'm gonna call bs on this one

Unless you don't count leftists as dems?

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I tried one the other day and felt helpless against most decks, but I'm willing to chalk that up to user error because mono white aggro has never made sense to me.

Gruul aggro has been fun for me ever since I hit platinum in draft. Can't get more than 3 wins against better drafters and players.

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KamikazePotato posted...

Wait Ted Cruz left his dog behind? What the fuck

Yes, and its name is snowflake

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Work friends is a good way of putting it, yeah

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FFDragon posted...

didn't he also (very ineffectively) launch like 60 missiles into syria?

Man, i forgot how hard trump was stomped over in international affairs. Talk about pointless.

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"Parish"

These people are awful

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Sorozone posted...

Fossil fuels may not directly cause a hurricane to show up, no.

There is plenty of science, reports and articles that show that the frequency of natural disasters have been on the rise for a while though due to climate change.

Whether you think fossil fuels leads to climate change(hint it does), what Gov Abbot said is still incredibly stupid and dangerous.

It pains me to say this, but I agree with plum and you're entirely missing the point.

Regardless of what the truth actually is, if it's punishable by law to go against it then a corrupt ruling party (the GOP) will be able to weaponize those consequences as they see fit.

I agree with you that Abbott is a moronic shit who shouldn't be in power.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1361700960159100934?s=19

Gross.

Is it?

The prosecutor, Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, said Ms. Cooper had participated in five therapy sessions that focused on how racial identities shape peoples lives. Her therapist had reported that the sessions were a moving experience and that Ms. Cooper learned a lot, Ms. Illuzzi-Orbon said.

Ms. Cooper had been offered the program, part of an alternative solution that falls under the rubric of restorative justice, partially based on her lack of criminal background, Ms. Illuzzi-Orbon said. Restorative justice, an alternative to traditional prosecution, looks at the harm done and implements a process for reconciliation among the parties involved, including the offender, the victim and the community.

If this is at all sincere, then this sounds like a positive outcome.

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What happened?

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Starting 0-2 with 2 Falls, one Kaya, a Troll, tons of removal, and 3 2/2 lifelinkers. Unsure how I lost one game to aggro and a second game to control.

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Clarion spirit looks like not that impressive but those fliers can do a lot of work

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Flo Milli - Roaring 20s

https://youtu.be/4DUj_Jrq1hs

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When people say that capitalism is anti human, that's kind of the exact scenario they have in mind. Someone being punished for doing the right thing because it means a company is going to make $100 less than they would have otherwise.

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I use a spare bedroom for some weights and calisthenics, but I haven't been to the office gym in nearly a year and I miss it a lot.

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Dancedreamer posted...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-ice-haiti-children-deportation-b1799788.html

ICE defies Biden's orders. Once again, I will say: Abolish Ice. And just so it's clear, yes I want them to ABOLISH the organization. Not just defund, or move funding around. Outright abolish the organization, and lock up any of the people who were complicit in these illegal deportations.

Agreed. They're a rogue agency with no accountability.

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My tears aren't salty, I've never even played against it!

More just conceptually - it's probably fallen off in effectiveness in the last week because of the rise in blue or black disruption tools.

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pyresword posted...

I'm totally okay with banning it on account of the fact the card isn't fun, and would be fine with that even if it's win rate was 30%, but I don't think the numbers or the results suggest it needs to be banned on power level alone.

That's definitely a good point too. As I said I haven't had the pleasure of losing too it yet, but I feel like occasional un-fun is ok as long as it's inconsistent. This could be more consistent than wotc thought possible in standard.

I was too lazy to verify the actual math so thank you for confirming that.

I know that the legacy formats have some stupid turn 1 combos so it shouldn't really be a problem there. Is anyone here dialed into Historic or Extended formats at all? I'm curious if the bombs available there can make it more of a closed case, as opposed to standard where there's still a chance of losing even after getting a hit.

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Early on in this vod

https://youtu.be/p9i90LTHihw

I think it was 67% chance of hitting it, and could sometimes lose even after hitting it by turn 4, bringing the total to the 60% in the title.

The calculations ignore the probabilities derived from having cards in your hand, assuming that most of the time you're mulliganing down to where having one ugin in hand doesn't dramatically alter the probabilities.

Basically, it hinges on the fact that the London mulligan is absurdly strong for this kind of style. You can mulligan down to two and because of the number of scry lands, as long as you have a trickery in your opening hand you'll be able to see enough cards to set it up.

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https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2A335W

"We don't know how we're going to be able to get after this in a meaningful, productive, tangible way and that is why he had this meeting today and that is why he certainly ordered this stand-down," Kirby told reporters.

This on the a same day that news comes out that a GS-12 who's been receiving secret intelligence for decades was part of the organization behind the Jan 6 attack.

Edit to clarify - I mean one of the organizers, not that there is a dubious cabal that was the REAL culprits

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The math that day9 did on it was pretty convincing. Something like a 70% chance of having an absolute bomb on board by turn 4? Just because it instantly loses to counters or hand hate doesn't mean it isn't meta-warping.

I've only done limited so can't speak from experience. Maybe keep it in bo3 and removed from bo1, like they did for nexus?

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Yeah, basically what aecioo said. Your first souls will always take longer.

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I struggle to believe that any one specific tactic will make boots and boot lickers not play the victim.

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I can't find the source right now but it was something along the lines of, over 1,800 of Baltimore's current police force has at least one complaint lodged against them - and there's only 1,900 members of said force?

I understand Chris' desire for a more "pure" and "specific" argument here, but ACAB grew out of of frustration to the common refrain that it's "just a few bad apples." Those few will ruin the whole bunch, hence ACAB.

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Peaf as a Grave Robber, please

And good luck!

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Samurai7 posted...

I've never understood how people believe this when it's never played out as directly proportional to inflation in any instance of minimum wage being instituted or increased

They have no sense of economic scale and lack the mental capacity to realize that something other than 1:1 relationships can exist.

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Just go get it yourself. Takeout is a good excuse to change your surroundings for a few minutes

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... exactly. I love when you accidentally stumble into the truth

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LordoftheMorons posted...

(And to the extent that people are deciding to retire and live on UBI instead of working you're shrinking the economy, making it even harder to pay for).

How many people would get promotions if those people could retire?

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Ok so what are those companies, and which ones are doing well and don't have shit management

This is where the allure of investing absolutely loses me, that research sounds more boring than folding piles of clothes.

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Suppliers of biotech and pharmas might be interesting, then? If one link in a supply chain feeds multiple biotech companies, regardless of which biotech strikes big the supplier would likely still do well, right?

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Shocked

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tyder21 posted...

Word -- Exam C was ass.

Yeah. I've been a lot happier without the exam stress. It was all good experience and I still enjoy it as a curiosity / hobby, but having that tied to my job success was a pressure I couldn't shake in the long run.

Plus I feel like the health insurance industry is probably struggling right now, unless the increased mortality is offsetting increased life costs? Either way, the company I'm at now has had its stock increase by about 50% in the time since I've joined and is doling out extra bonuses left and right.

I've typed up and deleted a number of posts in this topic series, idk how acceptable it would be to say "hey guys this company in an industry no one here pays attention to its doing REALLY WELL," especially when I'm only familiar with the financials in one of multiple divisions. Probably better to just not risk the inside trading potential? Idk.

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Oh yeah. I ditched that in favor of just normal ass finance. Exam C was honestly too much for me. More in sales support & reporting these days.

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The wacky underlying math is actually the only part of it that I understand, the theory was part of my studies years ago. In practice is where I struggle, personally!

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I think that all of the equipment that basically have kicker are all really good! Runes are meh, but I guess you could have worse cycling.

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I was in meetings most of this morning and couldn't keep an eye on things. Dang

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Good point, the 2RW saga showing up on pick 4 or 5 for me helped me identify that that was the direction I wanted to go in. I didn't get much equipment or boasters until towards the end of the draft.

The 2UB one has been really underwhelming every time I've seen it, as well as the one in W/B that reanimates a creature on chapter 3. But most of the others have impressed me. The WG one that double pumps and then exiles is back breaking if played on turn 3 or 4.

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With an aggro RW deck that really only had the 4-mana enchantment as a great card and not many boast synergies, I finished at 7-2.

I think that there are some really strong uncommons in this set as well as efficient removal. It's easy to get baited by a lot of the value engines and ultimately damaging your deck's consistency by forcing snow, at least I think those are mistakes I made with my earlier drafts.

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I bought in at AMC last week at 12.61, if it drops below 13 I might put in more. Chris has convinced me that in the long run it'll be up.

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