Jonathan Richmond @norbert88

Biggest Thieving Magpie fan in the world Pennsylvania Joined March 2009

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Jonathan Richmond @norbert88

3 days ago

@KingCash_7191 Why would you ever play this over Commander?

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5 days ago

@KingCash_7191 Everyone has the same question. Why are you playing this instead of Commander?

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5 days ago

@KingCash_7191 Why are you making this instead of just playing Commander?

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Jonathan Richmond @norbert88

6 days ago

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a week ago

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I think one thing that doesn't get discussed enough is how much Magic's gameplay has changed in recent years. The effort to make the game more accessible seems good on its face, but the end result seems to be much less strategic gameplay and less player agency (i.e. your decision matter less today than in the past). One thing doing the Best Standard bracket has reinforced to me is that the current version of Magic really is an aberration historically. The play pattern of two decks snowballing into each other and seeing who gets the better draw isn't how Magic was for most of its life. Rather than being about Universes Beyond or the number of sets, I think this is actually a product of Wizards spending the last decade or two trying to remove "feel bads" from the game to make it more accessible or appealing to new players. Stax has mostly been eliminated, land destruction too, counterspells minimized. As we've seen repeatedly on the Bracket, these "feel bad" cards actually do a ton of work balancing the game. Janky white weenie decks can compete thanks to Rishadan Port or Armageddon disrupting the opponent's resources. Sideboard hosers and color hate cards can swing matchups. This leads to, at least in my opinion, a lot of really interesting matches where you have to think about playing around sideboard cards, sequence plays to avoid the hate, sandbag lands to play around destruction, etc. I feel like this strategic depth is often missing today. When you add the elimination or minimization of "feel bads" to the spiraling power of creatures, you end up with a game that heavily incentivizes maximizing your gameplay rather than stopping your opponent's gameplan. We've also seen a lot of steps taken to minimize variance - mulligan rule changes, card designs (like MDFCs), everything generating card advantage to make sure you rarely run out of cards (because being empty handed feels bad...) - which I think compounds the problem. Less variance also pushes you to maximize your gameplan rather than stopping your opponent's gameplan, since you'll execute your gameplan optimally more often. The end result is an era of Magic that, at least to me, feels far less strategic than in the past. I still appreciate the game for what it is today, I still have fun playing it, but it's wild how good 1v1 Magic gameplay used to be. I wish there was a way more newer players could experience it, because it really is a lifechanging gaming experience and its super addicting.

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J. 🇵🇸 @Messilizer0

3 weeks ago

One of the best assists of the tournament just went under the radar because everyone was sleeping wtf! x.com/lookpradoo/sta…

J. 🇵🇸 @Messilizer0

3 weeks ago

How come nobody is talking about that Japan assist!

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NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga

a month ago

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

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Jonathan Richmond @norbert88

a month ago

@SaffronOlive Redwall! Medieval setting with woodland critters (rabbits/hares, mice, otters, hedgehogs, badgers, etc) living in an abbey, and forests etc.

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Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited

a month ago

I just found out how mama and baby koalas are weighed, and it's just the cutest thing ever

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Jonathan Richmond @norbert88

a month ago

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pigeon ➡️ Pittsburgh EXCALLIBUR 25k @Pige0nize

2 months ago

My binder was stolen at MagicCon Vegas. It contained about 15,000$ worth of cards, many important to me, artist proofs or alters alike. PLEASE be on the lookout and share this post around seeing it happened IMMEDIATELY before the convention ended (5:40 pm, a few photos below)

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Minty Gem Trading Cards & Collectibles @Minty_Gem_Cards

3 months ago

I’ve owned a card shop for three years and I’ve never made a $20,000 mistake. Until now. I accidentally bought 300 displays of the new Ultra Pro Pokemon Energy sleeves. I meant to buy 30 units each. Not 30 displays. Brutal. If anyone wants to buy cases of these sleeves at a 25% below wholesale discount let me know. Willing to take a $5000 loss to get these moved.