I feel like the opposite, while Opal was the straw that broke the camel’s back here, there are a lot of less powerful decks that heavily depend on it (Affinity, Asmo Food, Lantern Control, Hardened Scales, Hammer Time) whereas Breach is really only necessary in Breach combo decks. It occasionally gets used in Prowess or Ruby Storm but more as a flex card. It’s also just a busted card banned in several places anyways, it’s not like it’s a fair card taking the fall for something else.

I feel like it worthwhile to at least see if Opal can stay unbanned without Breach in the format, and if it continues to be a problem hit it on the next list

This deck isn’t living past March 31. The question is, what’s going, Breach or Opal?

It’s literally worse than piracy, since the AI companies are also trying to sell shittier versions of the works they copy from

Like selling camrips except done by multi-billion dollar companies ripping off individuals and stores are trying to put them right next to the original DVDs in the store

So according to Republicans the FCC shouldn’t have the power to regulate net neutrality but it should be able to force streaming companies to carry specific programming.

Time for some Satanists to start some public broadcasting?

Dragons get a new typal enchantment based on a popular Zombie one

I can see a Necroduality for Dragons, but given that this is Dragonstorm I feel like a Dragon version of Rooftop Storm is even more likely

It’s ridiculous they were asking for $30m to do something that ActivityPub already does. Wasted money that could have gone anywhere else

I tried to fit it into a deck but couldn’t get it to work the way I wanted it to. Glad it’s found a home, it’s a cool card

I think the shared deck has its advantages of reducing the amount of space to carry decks for two players and also guaranteeing that both players have a deck with an equal power level

Yeah it’s really satisfying when all the combat clicks, especially when even random encounters can be deadly. I’ve reached the point where I’m not worried about beating a game and just gonna keep playing as long as I enjoy it.

Currently getting back into Shin Megami Tensei V after putting it down for a while. I can see why people like it, the combat has a lot of depth to it, but man it can really be grind/pre-prep heavy. Though I wish there was more room to keep demons, there are so many cool designs but storage is very limited

Checked out their website to see if there were any more details

Thanks TPCI, very descriptive.

I think it’s good we’re finally getting another battle stadium-type game that combines (most? all?) regional gimmicks, but really got see what they’re actually giving us before I can get hype

Green Devotion is scary, but I feel like it depends a lot on the matchup. Can it really win before Copycat goes infinite? Can it win through countless fog effects?

1. Bluesky is more easily usable
2. More people they want to follow are on Bluesky

Instead of complaining we need to work on making Masto more welcoming to new users and amplifying the advantages it has over Bluesky

We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.

Just dragging this newspaper into the right wing muck at full speed now

I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.

“Market of ideas” but you’re only allowed to say what I like

Nope! One great thing about CCGs is that there’s a lot to enjoy without ever having to dip a toe into the gameplay

I think there’s a few other issues with server selection

1. Longevity. How do you know that the server you are on will be there in 1, 5 or even 10 years? For larger servers like Mastodon.social you have a general idea that it will last as long as Masto itself, but others have very little guarantees on if you’ll log in and find your entire feed gone. It only takes

2. That brings me to my next point: migration is currently inadequate. Migrating accounts only redirects your following/followers lists and some account settings. All of the posts, reposts and content uploaded are left on the old server and potentially wiped out if it’s shut down. Professionals or anyone who wants a lasting online profile need to stick to big instances because they risk losing everything if their server can’t continue. I also feel like there should also be an emergency “export all” button the admins can press, so the server will email all users a copy of their data in case of shutdown. That way users who can’t export their data manually before the end date will have a copy of it. And this still doesn’t solve the issue of small servers shutting down out of nowhere and wiping out every user’s profile on there. If that happens to an average user they’re probably just going quit Masto outright

3. Defederation is a good idea to keep bad servers isolated from the community and let servers dictate how open they want to be. But there’s not a lot of indication of what servers have blocked/restricted the one you’re signing up for, other than going to another server and seeing if the admins have manually typed up a list of that they blocked/restricted. There’s also not a great way to see if the server you’re looking at is read-only and any posts you make aren’t being seen by users on the other server. Or that you’re looking at a server that has since defederated and will no longer update posts. Also (afaik, there’s not a ton of good explanations) but if you’re newly connecting to a server it will only federate new posts going forward and not previous posts. Which again messes things up for people who want to use it as a consistent timeline. Dropping users into random small/medium servers risks preventing them from seeing their friends posts or cutting them off from their friends entirely

4. You mention data privacy as a risk of large servers, but how is it any better on small servers? You have no idea if the user you’re handing your data over to is trustworthy or reliable or that the server they manage is secured. And how do you know that a large company won’t come in and offer them money to sell the server, and suddenly all your data is in the hands of spammers? And direct posts are not private. Plenty of people on Twt used their real names/emails/pictures. It’s not going to be viable to have every user create a burner email and never reveal any info, even in private messages without them deciding it’s not worth it. Alternatively, they have to verify the trustworthiness of every admin on a potential server, despite them likely only having a username and posts to work off of

I think there are bigger issues than “just choose a server, they’re all like email” that causes people to gravitate towards larger platforms. It’s not just connectivity and uptime, there are logistical issues that will impact users if Masto gains more mainstream adoption. I haven’t even touched on the threat of bad actors and spam which I don’t feel like the network is ready for yet

I’ve seen a few Orzhov Aristocrat builds that use the little max speed weenies online but don’t know if those decks have the strength to keep up with the meta

Decks:

• 3 Domain Overlord
• 1 Gruul Aggro
• 1 Gruul Mice
• 1 Mono-Red Aggro
• 1 Jeskai Oculus
• 1 Golgari Graveyard

Oh you better believe that’s a paddlin’

Siege Rhino is back, but slightly smaller this go around. Think it’ll still be the scourge of Standard or does it not hold up today?