Package_Ryan

Aerospace/Software Engineer, Degenerate Red Mage (MTG), Juggler
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@Sierkovitz Any thought on the Signpost Uncommon vs average deck performance of the color pair? I noticed that Shroudstomper and Rite of the Moth are both better than the average WB deck, which makes me wonder about their strength. But uncommons should compete with other uncommons so idk.

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First draft first 🏆. Uncommon Haste 4/4 Making a 1/1 on every attack is great for Sac theme, and the 1BR Uncommon having its EOT stack was great. Fear of Burning won me multiple games despite its high cost/ my trouble with Delirium.

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Genius or Grifter new episode when? 🫶🫶
It's GOATed and we love the banter and fun (If it's a hidden Patreon item I will snap it off!)
@Marshall_LR @lsv @abaeckst

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@BreakfastMTG For sure the lifelink is real - I won a match at my LGS by saving a creature with it, then using my fight spell postcombat to gain like 12 life total (and I needed it against the U flying vigilance ward creature they had)

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@TheVentrua @TitanLFG Bring back the PoBCast (If it works with metrics! Hearing you Waggle ben Rue etc chat about patch notes and builds helps a lot - I learned about the crazy Elementalist Exposure + Eye of Malice buffs in Sanctum league from you all)

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@Sierkovitz Does this help disprove that longer games = more decisions = more player edge? I see you are posting that that there are other stat effects here.
(Personally I'm happy if I also win more in short games so I don't time out)

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@Sierkovitz I was expecting Median / whatever other stat shows this better as the follow up haha, but your explanation is good.

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@DraftChaffPod It's quite difficult to make paper changes without sorting/laying out the entire thing (at least for me 😅)

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@Sierkovitz I know you check macro deck drafting trends for Bo1 vs Bo3 on Arena but I'd be interested to see how it differs for MTGO pods as well.
Unfortunately I might be team "Non-pod play ruins draft replayability" (despite having speed-to-fire advantages)

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@rcsaxe Funny that you picked the deck that also gets insanely better with bombs! But even the uncommons are gas I agree.
To your other point, I had Hostile Investigator + Lively Dirge in prerelease and it was backbreaking to tutor my 3-for-1 every game

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@TaJoordan Maybe I did, clicked a few replies and thought it said "Five sets you give FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS" haha.
I always opened the Dream Trawlers in THB so I didn't mind it 🤣

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@aronfreyr1213 @fakejakebrowne This is the normal not-hot-take I agree with. Stay fueled up and drink water, but not enough to get drowsy (which for me is like 1/3 of a small protein bar between rounds, starting at round 3 or something )

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@TaJoordan Times like this make me happy Arena Open has a chess clock even for Bo1 haha. The over half an hour Bo1 games break my brain sometimes.

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I lost this game but I really like the block line I took. Knowing my opponent has Ride Down trick in hand, I block "wrong" to leave their creature at 1 off lethal so I can Neutralize the Guards postcombat, and it worked !

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@Sierkovitz I guess how many Removal + Value cards they have is interesting, because say Lassoed by the Law gives them an extra token which then will drain you

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@Sierkovitz Result is you're going to be up cards and on life total on an empty board which is like what 70% to win? I love going aggro and pushing tempo but cards here seems good given your analysis on their deck.

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@Nicole_Dubin Like 4 good cards here ranging from power to colors/outlaws to fit and are pretty close. Interesting spot!