Quote from MockingbirdIf you want, you can splash in land destruction to get maximum hatred with Teneb. Let me give an example of what someone did to me.
My opponent Mortify-ed my Primeval Titan. Then revived it with Teneb. They didn't trigger the land searched though because he then Armageddoned... I scooped.
I am testing Cataclysm to see if it's a viable win condition in conjunction with most of the fatties in my deck.
Yeah, I did in the combo. I want Marrow Gnawer to be my general. Sorry I should have been more clear. I'll edit the OP.
So, good ideas, but I'm going to need mono-black suggestions.
Anyway, I've recently gotten back into EDH and I wanted to make something combo-orientated, but semi-casual. Often times I'll enter a group that plays fairly casually and things like stax or Azami combo don't quite sync. Don't get me wrong, I love playing these decks, but I get it. Not everyone sees being locked out of a hand as a fun challenge. That's fair. However, the Johnny in me really wants to do something combo-related.
So I'm thinking I want to do Marrow-Gnawer + Thornbite Staff + Blasting Station. I think this could be a fun, consistent deck that won't be a tier 1 headache for casual-ish groups.
I love rats as a tribe. It's a silly reason, to tell you the truth. I just think overwhelming an opponent with vermin to be hilarious. So I think for this deck I want Marrow Gnawer to be my general. Like Azami, I figure it'll be easier to get the combo online with the key piece in the command zone.
Here's some other cards I had in mind:
Can I get some suggestions for developing a list? I think this might be super fun to play.
I was going to post this on "Real Life Advice" but I think that's specifically supposed to be emotional/social related. I still need advice though.
I want to purchase a Lee Enfield, the British marksman rifle of WWII. I would like to be able to display and use a piece of history like that, but I am concerned about the rarity of the round. I've been given the impression that the .303 British round is no longer in production and all of it remains in surplus. How hard would it be to get my hands on some? I might look somewhere else if that's an issue. Hoping someone knows something I don't.
Thanks!
Sorry, I'm just getting to this now.
Also, I lied. This is related to religion. The double standard is that we do not make concessions for female circumcision based on religious grounds, yet we do for male circumcision. Why is that? Because one is tied to Judaism? Why is that relevant? I know you've already distinguished one as mutilation and one as circumcision, but what is the actual difference there? Both are the removal of portions of an infant's genitals for what is essentially a cosmetic procedure; to distinguish that individual as a member of a certain culture or faith.
I found this video to be relevant. It's part of a broader subject, the specific topic of circumcision starts at 3:20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmAKQLFUlI8
Explain to me why forcibly removing the foreskin of an infant boy's ***** (I remind you, at GREAT physical and possibly psychological duress to the child) takes precedent over human right to bodily integrity? Again, we scoff at and denounce even the pricking of an infant girl's clitoris with a needle, but we find no moral qualms with the complete removal of an entire portion of an infant boy's *****. We find this socially normal.
I never said it did. I just said it didn't meaningfully correlate with STI rates. Yes, removing the foreskin does lower the disease infection rate, technically. Technically, removing your testicles reduces the risk of testicular cancer. The problem is that better solutions exist (such as condoms and basic hygiene) that don't require the removal of a large portion of an infant male's *****. It's an ethical issue of consent, but also it just doesn't pragmatically make sense.
Doesn't circumcision of infant boys originate from religious thinking?
I wanted to go on a rant about how this double standard is very troubling to me, but I think since it largely wouldn't involve religion, it's somewhat out of the scope of this debate.
Not according to this study:
http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/200/3/370.full
In fact, according to the following data, some of the highest reported HIV/AIDS populations reside within countries that reguarly circumcise their infant boys. Swaziland is one such country and nearly 28% of the population is infected! Conversely, not nearly as many British citizens are circumcised and they've settled on 81, at 0.33% infection:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html
The conclusion that one might draw is that there's not a meaningful correlation between male circumcision and reduced STI contraction.
I've been fighting an uphill battle with depression for most of my life, though I haven't been taking medication for about ten years. I definitely need it, but because of a complex history of mental health issues and sub-par therapy, I've grown to develop this schema that accepting this kind of help is a sign of weakness and my brain seems to do whatever it takes to not appear weak. I'm not sure exactly how that started, but those feelings have been with me for a very long time.
Depression has because a normal thing for me, to the point that I can compartmentalize it. I think of it like a black hole in the pit of my chest. I can deprive it of energy, and I can even be happy for a time, but it's only a matter of time before that black hole starts devouring things around it. The void leaks out and I spiral down. I've always managed to crawl back out, somehow, but I worry that there will be a time when I won't be able to. It's not even serious things like a parent dying that does this, just fairly banal setbacks towards life goals, or not getting the things I want out of life because it feels like I'm treading water a lot of the time. I'm afraid that if I lost someone I cared about, it would be too much. Hell, if it's not tmi, my fiance had an abortion a couple of years ago that I still blame myself for, even when she has told me she doesn't blame me. That one still gets its hooks into me from time to time.
So, now I'm seeing a therapist, and I'm working towards medication. I'm fighting the compulsive feelings of weakness because I know that I actually need these things. It's impacted my ability to work and put other people in danger. Not even being actually suicidal in college gave me that epiphany. I think knowing that other people could get hurt because I'm spiraling is what convinced me to seek help. It feels wrong to drag innocent people down with me. So no, I don't know exactly what it means to be happy for any length of time. I don't know what satisfaction with my life looks like or how serenity feels. But I'd like to find out.
Purpose and meaning is so subjective that nobody can just tell you what it means. The answer I give you will never amount to the answer you find in yourself. I won't try to tell you how or why you should live. I'll just tell you that this emptiness you feel inside, this void? You're not the only one in the world who fights it. Hell, you're not even the only one in this forum who fights it. As highroller said, the fact that you're seeking help at all tells me part of you desperately wants to live. Cling to that, because it's better than nothing, and who knows, maybe through the therapy and drugs, you'll find something you can care about again. I'm certainly trying.
My logic is undeniable.
But seriously, if you want to do the whole midrange thing, I think Abzan is your best bet. I think you'd have a fun time with Teneb, the Harvester.
You seem nice.
That's good. That was probably one of the biggest gripes I had about sites like that. Content moderation seemed lacking.
Such as? It seems like where furry art draws the line appears fairly bottomless.
Much of my art does involve "animal people," so people have labelled me a furry. I think to a layman, being in my position is enough to at least be peripherally in the subculture. I don't personally consider myself a furry because beyond my artwork, I don't really subscribe to the subculture at all, but at this point I'm not really bothered if that's what people think. I do have friends who are furries, some of which I have met through sharing my artwork online.
I do think that there are a contingency of people in this subculture who are generally unpleasant to be around, be it strange sexual fetishes or identifying as some sort of animal. As someone else mentioned, there's also the whole social awkwardness element to it as well. Certainly it's understandable that people have an aversion to this sort of strange behavior, as am I. However, I think like most groups, uncharitable assumptions are often made from the most extreme behavior in that group. It's not just subculture reactionaries who do this. Ideological groups, political parties etc. have a bad habit of "othering" based on the most inappropriate behavior of their detractors. Must be a survival instinct or something. *shrug* There's also the element of furries just kind of being an easy target for mockery. Certainly internet culture helps fan the flames of negative stereotypes.
I can only really speak to my personal experience, but the furries I've met are generally nice, approachable people. I think if people would get past the barrier of their interests, they might realize furries are like most anyone else. Ultimately, if they're not hurting anyone, I don't really care.
You're not wrong, but I've seen blue decks do it before their turn when they're about to win. I suppose people might just use it for tempo control, but that doesn't seem ideal to me, especially if they can see all your ETB nonsense.
But seriously, this seems kind of just okay. If I had to have a black enchant land, I'd much prefer Underworld Connections, though of course the two do very different things.