tedfro
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Interestingly I feel my card eval fundamentals are much stronger with a baseline of data to base future card evals on (but likely less creative/ceiling-coded)
February 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Interestingly I feel my card eval fundamentals are much stronger with a baseline of data to base future card evals on (but likely less creative/ceiling-coded)
imo both examples raise the floor + raise the ceiling in some ways (avg stronger rate cards) + lower the ceiling in others (fundamentally weaker plans)
communication skills likely remain the same for great players, but specifically worse communicators can use it as a crutch to resist development
communication skills likely remain the same for great players, but specifically worse communicators can use it as a crutch to resist development
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
imo both examples raise the floor + raise the ceiling in some ways (avg stronger rate cards) + lower the ceiling in others (fundamentally weaker plans)
communication skills likely remain the same for great players, but specifically worse communicators can use it as a crutch to resist development
communication skills likely remain the same for great players, but specifically worse communicators can use it as a crutch to resist development
Curious how you feel about netdecking/constructed deckbuilding fundamentals in the same vein
I could see arguments for raising the floor of deck quality enabling or inhibiting higher skills
I could see arguments for raising the floor of deck quality enabling or inhibiting higher skills
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Curious how you feel about netdecking/constructed deckbuilding fundamentals in the same vein
I could see arguments for raising the floor of deck quality enabling or inhibiting higher skills
I could see arguments for raising the floor of deck quality enabling or inhibiting higher skills
nice, i love green white kithkins
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
nice, i love green white kithkins
It says that the commons in this format are not that great imo haha
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It says that the commons in this format are not that great imo haha
Year of the phantom monster
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Year of the phantom monster
^LLU vs LoL battle of the discords when
December 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
^LLU vs LoL battle of the discords when
Did you consider 9-9 mana for the U 2 drops?
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you consider 9-9 mana for the U 2 drops?
That's so much more than three
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That's so much more than three
Can't believe they still haven't posted a Pauper meta update
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can't believe they still haven't posted a Pauper meta update
Were you happy with rockalanche here?
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Were you happy with rockalanche here?
teams will miss things in their testing every event, which is why the meta never fully converges on one deck, but they're operating on the limited information they have available to them and picking varied (perceived) mid decks is less likely to succeed than a smaller sample of above average decks
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
teams will miss things in their testing every event, which is why the meta never fully converges on one deck, but they're operating on the limited information they have available to them and picking varied (perceived) mid decks is less likely to succeed than a smaller sample of above average decks
imo the way to optimize at least 1 player's success is if everyone plays what they view to be the best deck, which is likely to converge on 1-3 options bc these teams test together to collect data on the major contenders and purposefully diversifying beyond that is choosing to disregard testing data
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
imo the way to optimize at least 1 player's success is if everyone plays what they view to be the best deck, which is likely to converge on 1-3 options bc these teams test together to collect data on the major contenders and purposefully diversifying beyond that is choosing to disregard testing data
Trying to do my part as well! Unfortunately, the card is pretty hard to lose with
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trying to do my part as well! Unfortunately, the card is pretty hard to lose with
Isn't this kind of most movies with a "villain" though? They try to have us empathize with the antagonist who is well-meaning but misled so it doesn't turn into a good vs evil disney cornfest
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Isn't this kind of most movies with a "villain" though? They try to have us empathize with the antagonist who is well-meaning but misled so it doesn't turn into a good vs evil disney cornfest
My assumption was that the decent stats come from when you can enable it to have an etb
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My assumption was that the decent stats come from when you can enable it to have an etb
You could say the same about any 4+ mana no etb no protection creature imo
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You could say the same about any 4+ mana no etb no protection creature imo
Was Teo really worth it here?
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Was Teo really worth it here?