u/Consistent-Talk-5912

I mainly play on Arena. I know the classic "BO1 isn't real Magic" mantra, but it’s currently the most efficient way for me to farm cards. I'm hoping you can help me out and give me some advice on how to improve my win rate in control mirrors and against Azorius Tempo.

My deck is at the end of the post.

Against traditional control, I’ve found a cheeky strategy: I just stall and wait for my Mistraise Villages. I run two copies, and they act as my primary win condition while I set up my Tablets and Talents, eventually upgrading the Talents for an OTK.

This is perfectly feasible against control decks that rely on "normal" win conditions (burn damage, big late-game creatures, etc.). However, against Mill, this strategy is way too passive. Cards like Mathematics or Riverchum Monument just destroy me. I often find myself wasting my cheap counterspells trying to protect early plays before I can even get my Village online.

More often than not, my graveyard ends up larger than my library and I just mill out. If I’m incredibly lucky, I can find my Village in time and steal a win, but it's rare.

Then there's Azorius Tempo. This matchup feels literally impossible—I swear I am 0-100 against it. Once they drop a High Noon, they just sit back and bounce every single spell I try to resolve.

I understand that these matchups are probably just inherently unfavorable, but I feel like they shouldn't be this one-sided. I'm likely making things harder for myself with my lines of play. Any suggestions, tech cards, or gameplay tips would be hugely appreciated!

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decklist

23 lands ( 1 mountain 1 plain 1 island 2 mistraise village 4 biblipplex /// rest is various dual )

2 creatures, Thor god of Thunder

4 widosom of ages

3 abandon attachments

3 stockup

1 spell snare

1 three steps ahead

2 it'll quench ya!

3 firebending lessons

4 combustion technique

1 iroh's demonstration

2 avengers disassemble

1 lantern of souls

4 tablet of discovery

2 artist's talent

4 jeskai revelation.

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My best guess is : the number we see is the amount of total cards you own (example: i own 212 / 240 of the copies of uncommons in Hobbit, including the count for 4x) but what does the line behind the more obvious one mean? is that cards i have at least 1 copy of ? and why are some lines golden while others are blue ?

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(((DISCLAIMER; sorry if you see this twice.

It's a repost, because I must have fucked something up and published in the wrong subreddit, so I deleted and reposted it.)))

I used to be really into romance and rom-com anime, until I watched My Dress-Up Darling.

Funny thing is, it wasn’t even the cosplay that got me. Honestly, I could’ve lived without some of the fanservice. That was never the point for me.

What made it hit different was how real it felt.

Gojo and Marin don’t end up close because the plot is forcing them together. They’re not constantly bumping into each other thanks to dumb coincidences, and they’re not stuck in endless “almost-confessions” because of forced misunderstandings.

They’re just two normal people with their own passions who slowly become important to each other.

They both have insecurities. They overthink. They get jealous. They’re scared of losing what they’ve found. And most importantly, they actually grow. You can literally feel them becoming better people because of each other, episode by episode.

That’s the kind of romance I want.

Even the art style helps a lot. The characters are super expressive and believable, and even with the usual over-the-top anime reactions, they still feel like real humans instead of walking tropes.

I’m not saying it’s the greatest romance anime ever made. It probably isn’t. It just happened to hit exactly what I was looking for.

Since I finished it (and then immediately read the manga while other shit is getting a 6th season), I haven’t really found another romance that gives me the same feeling. I’ve tried a bunch of popular recommendations, but nothing really lands the same way.

Has anyone else had this happen with a series?

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Its the second time i win the game thanks of their big spells targeting him , this time it was atlantis attack casted with teamwork from opponent.

Season 3 had to be finale with granny death and all, it kept on.

Season 4 should, with the trip and the blackmails from mommy, it kept on.

Season 5, the season that revolves ONLY around our girl figuring out if she loves MC?

Nothing happens, literally, nothing.

I was invested very much until season 4.

I accepted season 5, as I thought we'll maybe we will get one or two episodes of normal life after , which I usually love , but let's be honest with ourselves.

Did the MC grow even a lil bit?

No he didn't, he still panics for nothing and never man up if not because a third person forces him to.

The rental girl might as well still ask him money, if seen without her inner thoughts honestly we would all believe she was trying to cash out of him.

They made no progress, she is not in love for how she behave , she acts like a person that feels pity.

I am usually very invested in a good ending , but for how he has written the story, she should just break with him and tell him she is not interested, because there isn't a single trace of love in anything she has concretely done for him, just pity.

Note: I didn't mention any name because I watched it in Japanese first few episodes then Italian, Then English (last season), and names change a bit so I don't want to say wrong names

I might be dumb but in any game I ever played saying good game when it's over either if you win or lost was never a problem, even if a little before closing the game.

But I was listening to a youtuber and he said to say good game first only when you lose, if that's true, why?

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Also, what is often the first play in points event ? and what rewards does that give usually ?

Literally the title but I can not post if I don't reach 25

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Ciao , sono un ragazzo M25 , Vivo ancora a casa con i miei, e l idea di andarmene non mi convince per niente, e non penso lo farò finché non si risolverà questa situazione.

I miei litigano, sempre, su ogni stronzata, si trattano male e ci stanno peggio dopo, ogni tentativo di dialogo che provo a fargli fare pace (si, io sono andato in terapia per me e per farmi spiegare come provare ad aiutarli) é inutile.

Accuse piccate da una parte, risposte sempre del cazzo volte a fare star peggio l altra persona dall' altra.

La causa é una, inutile che ci mentiamo, circa 20 anni fa papà ha tradito mamma.

Sono rimasti insieme e a casa per il ""bene""" (metto le virgolette perché noon so se sia stato un bene a lungo andare) dei figli.

Ed é da quando ho circa 5 anni che la situazione é questa, litigi senza motivo e discussioni senza scopo delle volte più aggressive (nei toni e offese) delle volte solo molto passivo aggressivo.

Papa dal canto suo anche se ha sbagliato tanti anni fa ormai lo vedo sinceramente come la vittima, dedica ormai la sua vita a recuperare un po' di "credit score" con mamma, non so se per amore o per senso di colpa o per altro scopo.

La scarrozza ovunque , fa tutto ciò che le chiede all istante, accumula stress e stanchezza e sta male quando poi si sente dire che non fa un cazzo dalla mattina alla sera, commenti che mia madre fa e non nasconde di farlo per questo per ciò che é successo molti anni fa.

E alla fine la discussione va sempre a parare la.

Oggi l'ennesima discussione, su un Pomodoro buttato , che secondo lei era marcio secondo lui ancora buono, ci rendiamo conto, un cazzo di pomodoro?

Ho provato a farli discutere serenamente perché mentre studiavo non riuscito a sentirli in continuazione litigare.

Mi sono messo in mezzo e non ho accusato nessuno, ho chiesto il motivo (pomodoro) e ho iniziato a fare domande.

Solite accuse di lei "lui non fa un cazzo bla bla bla"

Risposta mia "cosa non fa? Parliamone"

Non risponde

Commento al veleno di papà "eh non risponde perché non ha un cazzo da dire io mi sono stancato"

Intimo i due di smetterla di fare commenti del cazzo e di cercare una soluzione, ci provo, riprovo, riprovo per 50 minuti.

Esplodo alla fine, dico che hanno rotto il cazzo e che me ne sarei andato a fare un giro.

Mentre prendo le chiavi del motorino e mi vesto mi viene un idea.

Prima di scendere torno in salotto , teatro di questo scempio, e dico "mentre sono fuori, ora discutete come due esseri umani, che avete 140 anni in due, non siete bambini del cazzo, trovate una soluzione o quando torno prendo i miei soldi, chiamo tutti gli psicologi che esistono e vi prenoto una visita, la pago in anticipo, con i miei soldi e un bonifico, se non ci andate ho buttato i soldi, sono serio, non deludetemi"

Ed esco, non so se ho fatto bene, so che dovrebbero essere liberi di litigare, ma lui e lei stanno entrambi male.

Lei e lui usano come ricatto verso i figli (ho due fratelli più grandi ormai indipendenti, sono io che mi sono incastrato qui dentro perché vorrei che quando vado via vivano un anzianità felice e facile) l andarsene di casa , e anche questo ha stufato, perché mamma di indipendente non ha niente , e papà ci starebbe malissimo.

Non so che fare più, va avanti da veramente troppo, vorrei un aiuto da voi più esperti, grazie.

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I was quite lucky too xD

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i have been burn once too many times from the youtubers suggested decks... so i built one of my own and its going like this (rank is platinum, nothing special)

Languages are Italian or English, I do really suck at drafting but I dont want to be a bit picking what untapped says it's good

I think the title is quite much self explaining, I play mainly constructed standard bo1 and I find no struggle on accumulating the 3400 gems needed for the pass plus the 1350 (I believe it is that much?) for the token when discounted, but what's the best use aside of that?

I have thought 3 things. Lmk if any of those is the best or any other you think .

1. Save for boosters for when new collection drop in (even tho I might spend the 50, for the many boosters or many token ones )

2. investing in other events (possibility of going infinite for profit and completing the collection faster of current set)

3. spend for X boosters of the current collection (but I guess this would be not so much efficient, I don't think it's really hard to have enough wild cards for building anything you want once you get going)

4. save for the 10k event that on 7 wins get you the real magic card packs

5. save for the qualifiers (even tho I believe this is best value with play ins, if you can't get into it with those I guess you (and I) are not good enough to perform in that competitive environment.

These should be all (?)

They are listed in my preference order at the current time, but what do you think would be best?

Edit: typo: daily*

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I mean how someone should play with this ?

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I'd like to play the alchemy format of Bo1 , what would you change of this deck ?

I have heard that at least platinum is the best time efficient reward , I have reached plat on standard and I was wondering if it was worth to go and climb all the other formats before the season ends.

Thanks inbe4