There are some situations that I get anxious about, however, I travel for work and just started in a new area. I decided that I really wanted to go to a PTQ and get some byes for a Grand Prix so I started grinding, which meant going to a different store every weekend, being surrounded by strangers, not knowing anyone... And after doing that for two weeks, my anxiety went way down. Just keep in mind that you have a common interest with them, and if anything they probably want to help you be a better magic player.
After doing it for two weeks, I feel pretty good walking into a new shop and got a RPTQ invite
Grind out dealing with people, and it gets easier.
Edit: Also, imagine they are nice fluffy dogs, everyone can talk to dogs.
I'm writing a birthday gift for a friend, she's a huge fan of all the things mentioned. If anyone wants to help strengthen the argument it would be great, this is just a funnsy thing. Proof-reading is nice, fact checking is fine, strong points are great. Thanks. Ignore the Formatting, it's fine in word, but pasting into a forum destroys formatting. Argument is as follows:
Foreward: I intend to prove to you, (friend), that Jareth from The Labyrinth could have realistically climbed upon the Millenium Falcon to become Ziggy Stardust. I realize that this was not the original authors intent(s) but I feel that I can compose a compelling argument.
The starting point, as an solid argument must have is through E.T., as you know, E.T., who was an extraterrestrial was created by Steven Spieldberg, loved Reese's Pieces, etc, etc. A more common fact about him is that when Jar Jar Binks was addressing the senate in the prequels to starwars, not specifically "E.T." but his "species" were one of the species also represented as one of the podiums. The reason for this is that George Lucas and Stephen Spieldberg are old friends, they went as far as to make a bet about if or if not George Lucas would make any money off of Star Wars, George Lucas won that beat, heartily.
However, because the "E.T.s" are in Star Wars, that places them, and E.T. into a universe where Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda, even Boba exist.
Now you might be thinking to yourself, what does that matter? Realistically, we could be in that same universe. It's a huge place, anything is possible. Well, Ms. (friend), what if I were to tell you that E.T. actually knows Han Solo and Chewbacca?
E.T. makes an appearance in comic book story published in the Summer 1983. He doesn't speak or take part in the story, but appears to be a part of the crew of the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars. That's correct, I know, mind blow. E.T. was on the Millenium Falcon. He does in fact know them.
What's that you say? That's not enough proof? One comic book? In a Sesame Street New flash Martians descend onto old McDonalds farm, Kermit addresses them saying... "E.T.?".
If you need more, and I dont blame you, E.T. existing in our universe is great, so all the proof you want can be provided. E.T. made an appearance in the 1984 episode of "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up" where Kermit and Miss Piggy imagine themselves as movie stars, Kermit, as a taxi driver, picks up E.T., E.T. asks him for a "ride home"
Oh, he was also in the muppets Earth Day Special as straight up E.T., I probably should have lead with that, destroys the argument that he is in our universe. Also in the Star Wars universe.
So now we know that E.T. is around. That's great, who the **** cares? Who cares about E.T.? I am trying to convince you that a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away , David ****in' Bowie hopped on to a starship. Oh...*****, I just did, long, long, ago.... galaxy... far far away... So it actually is our universe, the base premise of Star Wars places them in our universe (dont worry, I will reinforce that) But first we need to set a premise. What is long long ago? I could go to work and start off early, I might eat a snack, come 1pm, I am hungry, I havent ate since 7AM, long...long..ago. Star Wars was created in the 70's, if I can accurately and proficiently call a few hours long, long, ago I think a solid decade is okay. Despite not having a solid time stamp, we can place Drew Barrymore and E.T. as being born around in the 80's, we're not going to follow Drew Barrymore after this point, because I hate her and she's a terrible person. E.T. existed in the 80's, do you have any guesses who else existed in the 80's? It starts with a Z and ends with iggy Stardust.
Yeah yeah yeah, you're probably thinking by now that this is a long winded explanation about how David Bowie existed in the real world, and technically E.T. Did, and he also existed in the Star Wars. What the **** does that have to do with Jareth? That was the goal right? To show that Jareth, specifically, existed, and became Ziggy Stardust.
Well, first and foremost, I am going to start with the weakest, but most fun point of information. George Lucas was on hand for the first day of filming The Labyrinth and surprised the cast and crew by arranging for Darth Vader to hand Jim Henson a good luck card.
It's not a huge point of proof, but you need to understand that Vader ******* met Jareth. Vader met Ludo. Vader met mother****in' Hoggle. Vader was there.
Oh... *****, Ludo.
We have Vader in the Star Wars universe now, which is linked to ours through the E.T. Universe, but thats kind of a weak reference point. It's a point on to a point which is really a strawman argument.
Except Ludo shook hands with Princess Diana. Thats right, the video I showed you a month ago actively brings Ludo into our Universe. Ludo can't exist without the entire cast being there as well. Jareth is in our Universe. By extension, Jareth is in our universe, where E.T. already exists. E.T. already exists, and climbed aboard the Millenium Falcon. Jareth resides in the same universe as Star Wars.
Thats the best I can remember from memory, I dont have access to the deck at the moment, the forest and island are like 50/50 I think. It's a bit different then what you guys are trying to do but I took 9th at a PPTQ, 1st at a gameday, and consistently get 1st at FNM's with it, I am playing another PPTQ this weekend with it.
You can ramp really hard and maintain your life with the Nissa's Renewal, eventually you get all the basics out of your deck so you're just drawing straight gas. It's not unrealistic to awaken a land with planar outburst then pump it with part the waterveil to get a 10/10 that gets two turns to swing. Ugin wins some games but he's mostly there as another board wipe or card advantage when you ult him. Ulamog is just a big dumb beater that can quickly end Rally's deck by hitting two white sources, as they are normally 4 color and strained for it.
Other than that, I have another Ulamog in the board, I've won games aggressive attacking with my Rattleclaw's but it's not the ideal way to win, Lumbering Falls has taken games as well. Late game you crack your Hedron Archives for a bit more card advantage, as well as the Blighted Cataract. Some games you just spam turn after turn to try and draw an out, I've taken 5 turns in a row just to draw another card and ended up taking the game when I found a dig.
Go to office max and buy a classy laptop bag. You have pockets for days and enough space to reflect and say "yeah, I don't need to bring that"
Casual, I can carry 9 edh decks and some drinks,
Serious, I carry a clipboard, pens, a deck, a playmat, dice, and stash my personls(phone, wallet, keys, etc).
Laptop bags are classy as hell for magic and serve all your needs.
I felt the shocks were way to much damage with the shocks and the fetches. You could minimize that but it is going to set you back a turn to do it. I have had no problem getting the mana I needed with filters supplemented with "any color lands" like city of brass and mana confluence.
I spent a long time to working towards "the perfect mana base" which I always felt was 10 fetches, 10 filters, 10 duals, and I filled in 8 lands with "any color mana" lands.
I'm playing that mana base right now in slivers and it feels... Wasted. What is the perfect 5 color deck to abuse this manabase?
I use K-Grip in my Jarad deck because it kills Tormod's Crypt, Nihil Spellbomb, Relic of Progenitus, etc without allowing them to nuke my graveyard in response. Being mostly uncounterable is also very good against the large number of blue decks in my meta. The Gods haven't had too much impact on my meta, with only like one guy playing Purphoros in the 99, and myself playing Ephara as a general. In other situations I like Nature's Claim the best since it only costs one mana. The four life is mostly irrelevant, but being able to kill a turn one Sol Ring or save mana for other stuff is really nice.
You make a really good point. My other decks that run green are Thromok, Sisay, and Teneb. Sisay and Thromok would be good candidates for deglamer over grip, but Teneb just can not risk that.
Huh, didn't know about Unravel the Aether. Running both really doesnt work for me as it was for a sliver deck, so I have other options for removal outside of green. I was just kind of curious as to who runs what and why.
I was building an EDH deck the other day and came across Deglamer. Normally I normally run Krosan Grip but it started me thinking. Which would you prefer?
Krosan Grip can't be countered, and it can blow up tops, however it can't do anything about indestructible.
Deglamer just seems better rounded, as it can stop indestructible things and I've found that it's harder to get something after a tuck effect rather than just nabbing it from the graveyard. I figured I will try it in some decks and Krosan in the others, but was just wondering what other people thought?
I agree that skipping your second and third turns is a bad idea, but if that is your plan from the beginning you probably kept a hand that you should have mulliganed. If you need two cards on turn three, yeah, divination is hands down better. If you want a card that can net you two cards, trigger abilities, and be available for 1U when you need it, divination is not that card.
I'm really surprised by this list. Every single commander that has been mentioned, I've either A) never played against or B) Never really been to worried about.
I know people hate my Jhoira of the Ghitu deck, so I don't play it that often intentionally, but that's about all I can honestly think of for "Hated decks". I play with about 10-20 people on a semi-regular rotation and never really run into the same generals.
Thinking about getting rid of the Terrain pretty soon. Theres nothing really wrong with it, but I travel for work and it doesn't really have as much space as I'd like. I put about 50K miles on it last year and tend to run through vehicles every couple years. I spotted a Jeep Cherokee today, "Trailhawk"? that looked pretty slick. I was thinking about that for my next vehicle.
Sounds like you're young, unsure of yourself, and terrified because of that.
I really doubt you hate the concept of all of those things. No one wants to go to work everyday. No one wants the sitcom relationship with the nagging wife/lazy husband, etc etc.
Things get better, you're going to work a lot of terrible jobs and date a lot of terrible people and do a lot of terrible things before you're in a position where you feel comfortable. You're going to sit there being comfortable for a long time, and then you're going to get tired of that. You're going to be miserable again and by then you should have a better idea of what will make you happy and you will go after that. The absolute worst thing you can do is be complacent. Complacency will leave you in a position of thinking "This sucks, and I can't do anything about it".
You don't know what you want right now, and that's okay. Most people take a really long time to figure it out. Some people never figure it out, some people do and never strive to achieve it. Society has raised people to think that you go to step A)School, Step B)More School, Step C)Job, Step D)Wife/Husband, Step E)Kids, ????, Profit!!, Die. That's not always the case.
Seems like you're frustrated with the simplistic mold that your life is suppose to follow. Life does not follow a mold, don't be forced into one.
Seek out what makes you happy (Nothing, I know, angst, rawr) and strive for it. Things get better in time and solutions become clearer.
There are some situations that I get anxious about, however, I travel for work and just started in a new area. I decided that I really wanted to go to a PTQ and get some byes for a Grand Prix so I started grinding, which meant going to a different store every weekend, being surrounded by strangers, not knowing anyone... And after doing that for two weeks, my anxiety went way down. Just keep in mind that you have a common interest with them, and if anything they probably want to help you be a better magic player.
After doing it for two weeks, I feel pretty good walking into a new shop and got a RPTQ invite
Grind out dealing with people, and it gets easier.
Edit: Also, imagine they are nice fluffy dogs, everyone can talk to dogs.
Foreward: I intend to prove to you, (friend), that Jareth from The Labyrinth could have realistically climbed upon the Millenium Falcon to become Ziggy Stardust. I realize that this was not the original authors intent(s) but I feel that I can compose a compelling argument.
The starting point, as an solid argument must have is through E.T., as you know, E.T., who was an extraterrestrial was created by Steven Spieldberg, loved Reese's Pieces, etc, etc. A more common fact about him is that when Jar Jar Binks was addressing the senate in the prequels to starwars, not specifically "E.T." but his "species" were one of the species also represented as one of the podiums. The reason for this is that George Lucas and Stephen Spieldberg are old friends, they went as far as to make a bet about if or if not George Lucas would make any money off of Star Wars, George Lucas won that beat, heartily.
However, because the "E.T.s" are in Star Wars, that places them, and E.T. into a universe where Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda, even Boba exist.
Now you might be thinking to yourself, what does that matter? Realistically, we could be in that same universe. It's a huge place, anything is possible. Well, Ms. (friend), what if I were to tell you that E.T. actually knows Han Solo and Chewbacca?
E.T. makes an appearance in comic book story published in the Summer 1983. He doesn't speak or take part in the story, but appears to be a part of the crew of the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars. That's correct, I know, mind blow. E.T. was on the Millenium Falcon. He does in fact know them.
What's that you say? That's not enough proof? One comic book? In a Sesame Street New flash Martians descend onto old McDonalds farm, Kermit addresses them saying... "E.T.?".
If you need more, and I dont blame you, E.T. existing in our universe is great, so all the proof you want can be provided. E.T. made an appearance in the 1984 episode of "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up" where Kermit and Miss Piggy imagine themselves as movie stars, Kermit, as a taxi driver, picks up E.T., E.T. asks him for a "ride home"
Oh, he was also in the muppets Earth Day Special as straight up E.T., I probably should have lead with that, destroys the argument that he is in our universe. Also in the Star Wars universe.
So now we know that E.T. is around. That's great, who the **** cares? Who cares about E.T.? I am trying to convince you that a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away , David ****in' Bowie hopped on to a starship. Oh...*****, I just did, long, long, ago.... galaxy... far far away... So it actually is our universe, the base premise of Star Wars places them in our universe (dont worry, I will reinforce that) But first we need to set a premise. What is long long ago? I could go to work and start off early, I might eat a snack, come 1pm, I am hungry, I havent ate since 7AM, long...long..ago. Star Wars was created in the 70's, if I can accurately and proficiently call a few hours long, long, ago I think a solid decade is okay. Despite not having a solid time stamp, we can place Drew Barrymore and E.T. as being born around in the 80's, we're not going to follow Drew Barrymore after this point, because I hate her and she's a terrible person. E.T. existed in the 80's, do you have any guesses who else existed in the 80's? It starts with a Z and ends with iggy Stardust.
Yeah yeah yeah, you're probably thinking by now that this is a long winded explanation about how David Bowie existed in the real world, and technically E.T. Did, and he also existed in the Star Wars. What the **** does that have to do with Jareth? That was the goal right? To show that Jareth, specifically, existed, and became Ziggy Stardust.
Well, first and foremost, I am going to start with the weakest, but most fun point of information. George Lucas was on hand for the first day of filming The Labyrinth and surprised the cast and crew by arranging for Darth Vader to hand Jim Henson a good luck card.
It's not a huge point of proof, but you need to understand that Vader ******* met Jareth. Vader met Ludo. Vader met mother****in' Hoggle. Vader was there.
Oh... *****, Ludo.
We have Vader in the Star Wars universe now, which is linked to ours through the E.T. Universe, but thats kind of a weak reference point. It's a point on to a point which is really a strawman argument.
Except Ludo shook hands with Princess Diana. Thats right, the video I showed you a month ago actively brings Ludo into our Universe. Ludo can't exist without the entire cast being there as well. Jareth is in our Universe. By extension, Jareth is in our universe, where E.T. already exists. E.T. already exists, and climbed aboard the Millenium Falcon. Jareth resides in the same universe as Star Wars.
3x Temporal Trespass
4x Nissa's Renewal
4x Explosive Vegetation
4x Hedron Archive
3x Embodiment of Spring
4x Planar Outburst
3x Dig Through Time
2x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1x Ulamog, The Ceaseless Hunger
4x Lumbering Falls
3x Blighted Woodland
1x Blighted Cataract
0x Island
0x Forest
Thats the best I can remember from memory, I dont have access to the deck at the moment, the forest and island are like 50/50 I think. It's a bit different then what you guys are trying to do but I took 9th at a PPTQ, 1st at a gameday, and consistently get 1st at FNM's with it, I am playing another PPTQ this weekend with it.
You can ramp really hard and maintain your life with the Nissa's Renewal, eventually you get all the basics out of your deck so you're just drawing straight gas. It's not unrealistic to awaken a land with planar outburst then pump it with part the waterveil to get a 10/10 that gets two turns to swing. Ugin wins some games but he's mostly there as another board wipe or card advantage when you ult him. Ulamog is just a big dumb beater that can quickly end Rally's deck by hitting two white sources, as they are normally 4 color and strained for it.
Other than that, I have another Ulamog in the board, I've won games aggressive attacking with my Rattleclaw's but it's not the ideal way to win, Lumbering Falls has taken games as well. Late game you crack your Hedron Archives for a bit more card advantage, as well as the Blighted Cataract. Some games you just spam turn after turn to try and draw an out, I've taken 5 turns in a row just to draw another card and ended up taking the game when I found a dig.
It's super fun, guess thats all I got.
-Whatever to kill their entire board
+ to keep whatever they play off the board
Casual, I can carry 9 edh decks and some drinks,
Serious, I carry a clipboard, pens, a deck, a playmat, dice, and stash my personls(phone, wallet, keys, etc).
Laptop bags are classy as hell for magic and serve all your needs.
I'm playing that mana base right now in slivers and it feels... Wasted. What is the perfect 5 color deck to abuse this manabase?
You make a really good point. My other decks that run green are Thromok, Sisay, and Teneb. Sisay and Thromok would be good candidates for deglamer over grip, but Teneb just can not risk that.
Krosan Grip can't be countered, and it can blow up tops, however it can't do anything about indestructible.
Deglamer just seems better rounded, as it can stop indestructible things and I've found that it's harder to get something after a tuck effect rather than just nabbing it from the graveyard. I figured I will try it in some decks and Krosan in the others, but was just wondering what other people thought?
I know people hate my Jhoira of the Ghitu deck, so I don't play it that often intentionally, but that's about all I can honestly think of for "Hated decks". I play with about 10-20 people on a semi-regular rotation and never really run into the same generals.
Thinking about getting rid of the Terrain pretty soon. Theres nothing really wrong with it, but I travel for work and it doesn't really have as much space as I'd like. I put about 50K miles on it last year and tend to run through vehicles every couple years. I spotted a Jeep Cherokee today, "Trailhawk"? that looked pretty slick. I was thinking about that for my next vehicle.
I really doubt you hate the concept of all of those things. No one wants to go to work everyday. No one wants the sitcom relationship with the nagging wife/lazy husband, etc etc.
Things get better, you're going to work a lot of terrible jobs and date a lot of terrible people and do a lot of terrible things before you're in a position where you feel comfortable. You're going to sit there being comfortable for a long time, and then you're going to get tired of that. You're going to be miserable again and by then you should have a better idea of what will make you happy and you will go after that. The absolute worst thing you can do is be complacent. Complacency will leave you in a position of thinking "This sucks, and I can't do anything about it".
You don't know what you want right now, and that's okay. Most people take a really long time to figure it out. Some people never figure it out, some people do and never strive to achieve it. Society has raised people to think that you go to step A)School, Step B)More School, Step C)Job, Step D)Wife/Husband, Step E)Kids, ????, Profit!!, Die. That's not always the case.
Seems like you're frustrated with the simplistic mold that your life is suppose to follow. Life does not follow a mold, don't be forced into one.
Seek out what makes you happy (Nothing, I know, angst, rawr) and strive for it. Things get better in time and solutions become clearer.