No, not at all. The three [[Witch’s Mark]] and the two [[Hopeful Vigil]] meant I could work through my deck quickly enough to draw [[Archon of the Wild Rose]] or [[Tale for the Ages]] and see the game out quickly.

For removal, using [[Werefox Bodyguard]], [[The Princess Takes Flight]], and [[Expel the Interlopers]] wound up being enough.

I can’t recall playing it before tonight. I think that like you the need to discard for the draw was too high. Then I realised that in an Aggro deck you’re likely playing on-curve and emptying your hand quite quickly. Furthermore you don’t really get much benefit from > 6 lands. So swapping a land for (hopefully) two non-lands in that mid-phase of the game when you as the beatdown are losing your advantage can make a massive difference.

That’s not even taking into account that if you don’t discard, you get +1/+1 to a creature, something that might proc Celebration, and if your opponent deals with that creature they take one damage. If you Bargain the role, your opponent still takes one, and Bargain effects are super powerful. In one of my games I had two creatures with Wicked roles and my opponent was on five life and they had to play around that.

So, yeah, I’m now a convert.

[[Grasp of Fate]]… Tbh I hadn’t internalised that it could remove an opponents Enchantment and that’s useful. I think maybe for what it is it’s kind of over-priced? The meta is quick and seems to favour going wide. You wanna spend 1WW on a Removal that can be un-done on an enchantment you are never going to want to Bargain? Just off the top of my head [[Torch the Tower]], [[Titanic Growth]], [[The Princess Takes Flight]] are all better. [[Expel the Interlopers]] is much more useful in this meta of going wide and there’s not a world of difference between 3WW and 1WW (less than there is between 4W and 2W anyway).

But I think you’re right, it seems to not be valued and I think I just internalised that without examining it.

Thanks :D I’d been on a run of curving out really well and then top-decking until my opponents found a way to win so I kind of over-compensated on card advantage but it turned out hugely beneficial. Not sure I’ve ever played [[Witch’s Mark]] before tonight but it’s now secured a place in my heart.

Like I said, White was really, really open, so I had the luxury of getting all the best white cards. Have to admit that I completely missed that sacking [[Hopeful Vigil]] would proc [[Savior of the Sleeping]]. When it happened for the first time I got quite excited 😂

You’re welcome.

The pricing Reddit is charging is obscene and would mean that Apollo would be forced to pay $20 million per year to keep the app running. Other popular third-party apps would have to pay similarly outrageous costs. It’s clearly a blatant attempt to run them off Reddit so the site can force users to use its first-party app instead.

I wish all articles covering the debacle but it at clearly as this.

The car game I spent the most time with and therefore have the most nostalgia for is Burnout Paradise.

Errant Signal did a great video on it that reflects on a lot of what I love about it.

Literally bought it this weekend for the awesome force feedback. Blows F1 22 out of the water.

Thanks so much. I’ll definitely check him out.

Love me some Brutalism so you might have convinced me to try it.

It’d be bad enough if this were just another AAA over hyped deal.

This is literally Bethesda. What are these people smoking?

If this gets us another Internet Historian video on the fallout, then this is worth it.

• Pun unintended.

With the blackout, I see the Gaming community will be assimilated into the LinuxGaming community and I’m here for it.

Adding a post here to encourage people who haven’t played it yet to wait until Phantom Liberty drops. It looks like it’s going to massively improve a lot of the base game. That’s what I am going to do.

Tbf that’s because it’ll be rushed and unfinished.

I would like to have it explained to me by someone au fait with GameDev as to what’s stopping a smaller studio going after something with the scope of Morrowind or Oblivion.

Bethesda are so blessed to have their own unique niche that’s so stupidly popular.