MY BOY

Marathon is a great game, even better when you ignore the 35 year old arc raiders gooners who unironically say goop in their day to day lives. Arc gooners can’t fathom an extraction shooter where people actually shoot you instead of making friendship bracelets.

The only round at the mid season invitational that didn’t have at least a 50% draw rate was the final round, in which players HAD to win to secure a spot (that being said, you could pretty easily get in with a single win and all draws). I seriously think the format would be better off with 0 point draws, or a maximum of 1-2 points from draws during Swiss or something similar. The format is not going to be taken seriously when you can get top cut with a 20% win-rate and only have to play one game of magic well.

Not that my opinion matters or is all that interesting, but if I see a proxy requirement for a cEDH tournament and I know I can’t abide, I just uh… Don’t go. That being said, as of late, I don’t go in general haha. I agree running proxy-less or proxy-limited cEDH events is dumb but it’s a private business and they had their rules stated very clearly. When you sign up and break those rules, you know what the risks could be. Be more productive and boycott events that say no proxies or limit proxies instead, vote with your wallet. The market is extraordinarily saturated (at least where I live). You have options to go to proxy-friendly tournaments I’m sure.

Even funnier, the people that engage in social deception are the ones that are against the social deception.

Y’all do realize that keeping you bound by words is how the best players maintain some of the crazy win% stats they have right? As someone who also actively participated in the lawyer-shenanigannary when I actively played, if you just start playing your cards and stop being confined into the worlds worst trade deals of all time your EV will go up. Not saying to lie for the hell of it, just saying sometimes it’s probably just correct EV wise to lie, and in every magic format where it’s almost always about EV (excluding things like actively cheating/angle shooting), it just makes sense. Obviously take into account how future games are impacted, but having real friendships be tarnished by lying in a politic heavy hidden information game for money is asinine.

“The Epstein files don’t exist and if they did exist Trump wouldn’t be implicated and if he is implicated it’s completely false”

cEDH players who recently topped a local gold event:

Host worlds in Omashu next time, problem solved.

First RCQ of the season! Not super happy with my deck pick but it’s all I have until my TCG player orders arrive.

Posting this again, to gauge interest. Selling both of these. Unsure of what the value should be, but I’m open to offers. DM!

The only cEDH coaching you need.

Paying for cEDH coaching is doing yourself a disservice. So much of the format comes down to politics and table talk, and those things aren’t very coachable. If you are wanting to learn MTG basics and the foundations of the game, you are almost certainly better off paying a pro/semi-pro 60 card grinder to coach you. Also, just because a player might have a few decent results, it doesn’t mean they’re qualified to be a coach. Teaching is an entirely separate skill. Looking to improve your game? Play the game. In no other format do I see this high of a volume of people offering coaching. Save your money.

Anyone interested in these playmats? First is from the Mox Masters invi and the second is from the TopDeck invitational from last year. I have the trophy displayed in my office and don’t plan on using the playmat over my Heavy Play one anytime soon. DM me with offers!

This community does not deserve these events in the future. Three man pods are not an issue. Individuals were notified before hand that this will be a 65 person event with 3 man pods. Choose your deck accordingly. Receiving a free playmat is not an issue. Draws are not a TO issue. The only issue I can co-sign is that the judges were incredibly lackluster and waiting 5+ minutes for nearly every judge call is an issue. And that’s an easily solvable one too. Everyone needs to stop smelling their own farts and stroking their egos at every given moment.

Draws are overpowered in cEDH. After the things I’ve seen today, they’re also a player issue. There are a number of games that make sense to be IDs. There are also games where players intentionally tutor for interaction to force draws with like 40 minutes on the clock. Yes, the format is growing. It’s stupid to argue it’s “killing” the format when we are literally having the largest cEDH tournament of all time. But I REALLY doubt this is sustainable, at least for the players at the top end of the format. It’s miserable. The mentality many of the top players have adopted as a way to preserve their conversion rate is absurd. Not gonna yuck your yum, if you enjoy that aspect of the format more power to you. I think it’s hard to ignore that a format where there is consistently a 40% draw rate at the top end of the format is unhealthy though. The top end has gotten SO good at not losing.