u/Mr_Mitch_Conner

After sitting on this complete Opus 1 playset (x3 of everything) for so many years, finally decided to join a local as a new player. Wondering if anyone can help me put together a viable decklist using only the Opus 1 cards? Otherwise I'll likely run one of the starter decks until I begin to comprehend what works.

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Note: I did try filter-searching ffdecks, but even the earliest decklist contains OPUS 2 cards.

Just wanted to celebrate my Phantom Canyon NUC for a moment. The list of newly released PC games I want to play keeps growing, but a full upgrade is still far out of reach. Even so, this little Mini PC continues to handle both my creative apps and a massive gaming backlog surprisingly well.

I recently ran into a huge performance loss and thought the system might finally be dying, but after a bunch of troubleshooting it turned out the culprit was the power brick. Replacing it with a cheap AliExpress unit completely fixed the issue.

Before all the datacenter/storage price nonsense, I managed to upgrade it to 64GB RAM and 4TB SSD storage, which has helped a lot with longevity. If I ever do finally upgrade, I’d love to repurpose it into a dedicated LaunchBox/SteamOS-style living room machine.

On the other hand, I’d also like to shame the ASUS ROG Strix XG17AHP 17.3" 240Hz portable monitors. I own two of them, and both developed the exact same issue: the USB-C video input became unreliable. They still work, but only after spending time awkwardly jiggling the cable until it lands in the perfect position. The micro-HDMI input is still fine. The idea was to have a clean dual-monitor setup without extra power plugs.

In the end, they turned out to be a pretty poor purchase.