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Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 19:38

And then if Lili doesn't pan out, I guess Obliterator is the third game plan.

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 19:38

I chose 3 because I'm just assuming that if the Cynical Loner plan doesn't pan out, that playing Lili on turn 3 is the next best game plan.

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 19:36

19 and 20 is too close for me to be able to make a judgement call without playing the hell out of that deck. Then you know when you need to hit certain breakpoints, and how critical it is when you don't.

You can get some stats from https://www.mtgnexus.com/tools/drawodds/.

40% chance to have at least 1 Dark Ritual in your opening hand.
(19 lands) 60% chance to have 3 lands by turn 3.
(20 lands) 64% chance to have 3 lands by turn 3.
That's not considering mulligans.

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 04:21

@bwDraco That is some resolution! Are you playing Arena at 8K? Looks fun.

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 04:12

I can't even manually figure out a URL that leads to the correct Gatherer page

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 04:11

Yesterday I thought maybe it's too new so they haven't updated the Gatherer, but apparently the card is over three years old

Rainbolt

Oct 3, 2024 04:11

Rainbolt

Oct 2, 2024 03:22

Takes you to https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+[+2%20Mace]

Rainbolt

Oct 2, 2024 03:22

Oh no! +2 Mace breaks the autocard feature.

Rainbolt

Aug 28, 2024 16:01

@JonTheMon Good question. I still don't know the official ruling. My approach would be different from yours, because I cannot assume that a player will choose the worst cards or the best cards. For all I know, they're trying to bluff their opponent into thinking they have a great card, by discarding a good card. I would have the player choose two cards to discard, because that's what they would have done if the trigger resolved on time.

Rainbolt

Aug 21, 2024 17:01

Your first question is covered by the IPG. Unless more than a full turn has passed, the player who does not own the trigger gets to choose whether the trigger goes on the stack or not.

To your second question, no. I do not mean "instead of". I think my remedy is closer to the ideal situation than yours is.

Your remedy diverges from ideal by:

1. allowing the freshly drawn card to be chosen
2. changing the method by which the card is chosen to be random

My remedy diverges from ideal by:

1. allowing the freshly drawn card to be chosen

Rainbolt

Aug 20, 2024 18:07

@JonTheMon I don't agree with the random discard remedy. Per the IPG, "Remembering one’s trigger is always the responsibility of the player who controls the ability." Taking away a player's ability to choose punishes that player, and rewards the opponent whose responsibility it was to remember the trigger in the first place.

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 16:13

Foiled by the question author! I had a feeling I was going to post something incorrect.

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:41

@murgatroid99 Just the person I was hoping would appear

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:33

I just noticed it's been 31 days since anyone chatted in here so I think I'll go ahead and post an answer.

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:28

In that blog post there's a ruling about what to do if someone misses their Dark Confidant trigger, then the opponent draws, and then notices the missed trigger. I believe this is an identical situation! Do you all agree?

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:28

So I go to the wayback machine and find the post again:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240611182405/https://blogs.magicjudges.org/ftw/l2-prep/rules-and-policy/missed-triggers/

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:27

I did find a similar ruling in the magic judges blog. However, the page is now just a blank white page.
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/ftw/l2-prep/rules-and-policy/missed-triggers/

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:26

I don't think the answer is covered by the comp rules or the IPG.

Rainbolt

Jul 19, 2024 14:24

I would like to discuss https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/q/57841/6692. It's an open ended "What happens?" question, so allow me to reduce the question:
Can Player B reveal the newly drawn card, and if they do, would they receive any warnings or disqualifications?

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 15:34

I know you can click to open and click to close now. I think I'm hallucinating a time where you could just hover.

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 15:33

Have we ever had hover popups for auto-linked MTG cards? I can't remember if that was a feature we had and then lost, or we just never had it.

Rainbolt

Feb 23, 2024 15:10

Interesting in a good way I mean

Rainbolt

Feb 23, 2024 15:09

Was updating an old answer today and noticed they removed the gender pronouns from a comp rule. Research says they did a sweep in 2018 when Dominaria came out. Thought it was interesting.

Rainbolt

Feb 23, 2024 15:04

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Rainbolt

Apr 17, 2024 14:59

Found what I was looking for play.elevatorsaga.com

Rainbolt

Apr 17, 2024 14:53

Went through every single mention of "elevator" in The Nineteenth Byte (wasn't that many, only three pages)

Rainbolt

Apr 17, 2024 14:52

Someone posted a link to an elevator algorithm visualizer like 8-10 years ago either in this chat or as a challenge and I cannot find it :(

Rainbolt

Feb 21, 2024 15:51

@pxeger Yes

Rainbolt

Nov 15, 2023 20:40

I'm not too worried about it. This was a practice exam and I expect the real one will have more peer review.

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Rainbolt

Mar 19, 2024 15:56

Today I learned the SCOPE_IDENTITY() function returns a numeric(38,0) and not whatever type the identity column was

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:50

I wonder what the statute of limitations is for poisoning people, because this was 15 years ago now

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:49

In my defense the course is 12 hours long and I only got paid 4 hours to take it

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:48

Apparently Subways do wash their veggies, and the training is part of a "Subway University" training I apparently didn't pay attention to. Don't sue me Subway.

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:36

Surely one of them looked at me and thought "Huh, he doesn't wash the produce before slicing." and just... decided not to correct me

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:34

No! I believe in the CDC. I'm just shocked that none of my managers at Subway had us wash the tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, or bell peppers before slicing. Worked there for three years, with 5-6 different managers.

Rainbolt

Mar 18, 2024 16:24

@ErikDarling Does washing vegetables get rid of the bacteria that cause food poisoning?

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 14:49

As opposed to "Inflation rose by 3.2% in February"

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 14:49

It's missing an important word. Inflation rose to 3.2% in February. That's still not super clear but it's an improvement I think.

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 13:16

Oh yea, I just Googled you and I've read some of your articles multiple times

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 13:12

Well I recognize your name too. I think you might have answered some questions of mine like 10 years ago.

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 13:09

Thanks

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 12:56

@PaulWhite What does this mean

Rainbolt

Mar 12, 2024 00:02

Hahaha

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:58

I'm trying to figure out how to convince him that it matters on a table where the only index is the clustered index, on a primary key identity column. And there are no joins, and only 10 rows, so near zero risk that the query will be parallelized. I mean, in that scenario, he could probably depend on the default ordering and get away with it. But I just don't like it. My programmer brain wants it to be TECHNICALLY correct.

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:53

My friend is not a database guy. One of those "I know enough to get things done" people.

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:50

Apparently yes. I'm trying to convince a friend that the order is not guaranteed but he insists that it is.

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:49

I mean less crazy because I Googled 'top without order by erik darling' but still crazy that you just happen to be in the chat

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:48

I just read an article by you about TOP without ORDER BY before I joined this chat. Crazy coincidence.

Rainbolt

Mar 11, 2024 23:22

Oh my god my SQL idol is in here. Erik you are awesome.