Basilisk

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[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think generally it's hard to "fake" being behind because your board state is your board state. Unless you have something giving all your stuff flash or something, in most cases it doesn't really matter if you have an Ulamog in hand and castable if on board you only have a vanilla 2/2 and the green player has an army of 12/12 tramplers. If you have lands in hand, for instance, you're generally better off playing them than holding back to hope that "oh, I'm so mana screwed" gets you further later.

On the other hand, there's also playing smart. If you know there's a boardwipe coming you probably want to hold on to your creatures. I try not to play turn 1 sol ring, even if I draw it, because that makes all eyes turn to you and any big thing that you might drop as a result of that will be coming out when everyone else is most likely to have some kind of removal, and often when there's nothing better to spend mana on. If a player is sitting on two untapped blue mana what are the odds that he's sitting on a counterspell? Can you bait out the counterspell with a threat now so you're able to do what you really want later? Or hold off casting in the hopes that it gets dropped elsewhere?

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For clarity you're asking for some 2d image to use with an ink or laserjet printer and not for 3d printing, right?

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 5 points 7 months ago

Vancouver has a steam heating system around Gastown, which is what powers the famous steam-powered clock there (at least since they repaired it).

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

By far the best way I've found to use the false Hydra so far is a week or two ahead of a session, to send out a link about the false Hydra to your group and be like "look at this neat monster I found!" Then present them with a story about people disappearing from a village and watch them invent their own false Hydra.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 2 points 9 months ago

I've been playing Star Ocean the Second Story R since my fiancee bought it for me at Christmas.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 5 points 9 months ago

I feel like in the best case it would have been a catastrophe that somehow manages to fall together in a way that actually works, and in the worst case it would have just been bad to the point of being offensively bad, appealing to neither regular filmgoers whole also pissing off established fans.

... But it also feels like giving a chainsaw to a bear: You know whatever's gonna happen you're not gonna like, but also you kinda want to do it just to see what it is.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed Starfleet Academy for the SNES. It wasn't particularly difficult or long, but there was enough interaction with your "crew" outside of space combat that it felt pretty well-rounded, especially for a SNES game.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If that's the case, then the whole process is as wrong-headed as can be. You can only choose an alternative if a viable alternative exists. Transit isn't supported enough to be a universally practical option while electric vehicles are too expensive and have infrastructure requirements that can't necessarily be met by everyone. And speaking as someone who's tried cycling, well, Edmonton is making some big moves, but In Calgary? Maybe I'll give it a shot again when I get tired of living.

And none of that covers the fact that what is being paid at the pump as a surcharge to cover carbon taxes holds no relationship at all with what the oil companies are paying. It's being used as an excuse to bilk the consumer even further and to line the pockets of investors.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 3 points 10 months ago

Tim Russ also showed up in Dragon Age: Origins, like it was a mini Voyager reunion.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In no particular order:

Steamrunner Miranda D'Deridex Magee Constitution

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 12 points 10 months ago

Trek actively gave opportunities to its actors in the TNG-VOY era to learn and try directing. The number of Main Cast actors who've got directing credits is pretty significant. The full list, along with the episodes they directed, is here: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cast_members_who_directed

Of the TNG cast though, Jonathan Frakes, Levar Burton, Gates McFadden and Patrick Stewart all have at least one director's credit in the series. Michael Dorn would also later do some DS9 and ENT episodes.

[–] Basilisk@mtgzone.com 4 points 11 months ago

For commander I use EDHrec and Scryfall. I also do searches of builds among Moxfield's decks to see what other people are doing with it.

 

Each commander deck I own now has got an NFC tag linking it to the Moxfield decklist. With a quick scan, anyone borrowing my decks or just curious has a quick and easy way to see what's in the box! Really easy, and I thought it was a cool idea so I wanted to share.

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