u/stephenconroy_

Big tournament coming up - should I play Ponza or Blue Belcher?

Pretty much title, there's a big 12-round, two day tourney coming up in a month or so and I have both decks built and a significant number (100+ matches) of reps in with both. I would say I've had a bit more Belcher practise, mainly because it's a more complicated deck.

Both obviously have their pros and cons, but does either seem like an obviously better pick given the current meta?

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u/stephenconroy_ — 4 days ago
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Plex suddenly buffering like crazy on local connection, no idea why

Ive had my Plex server setup for 3ish years now and during that time I've enjoyed extremely fast and reliable speeds on my local connection, being able to easily stream a 1080p movie and sometimes even 4k. However in the last 3 weeks seemingly out of nowhere I've had to start lowering shows and movies to 720p at the lowest quality to get them to stream without buffering.

I've asked the 7-8 people who stream off it remotely and they say they haven't noticed anything different, so it seems like it might just be a local thing. I've restarted multiple times and also updated, but nothing seems to make a difference. Anyone ever experienced anything like this before?

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u/stephenconroy_ — 26 days ago

Mono U Trona viable choice?

Currently contemplating what to spend $400 of Card Kingdom credit on, with the boring choice being a playset of Riddlers/lands. The fun choice is pretty much all of a U Tron deck, which I've been considering.

Is this a viable deck to take to RCQs etc? I have played it a few times over the years, and I know you can just win games from casting an Emrakul off a Portent, but does it have actual staying power?

Would love some perspective from some pilots. Also love a discord link if there is one!

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u/stephenconroy_ — 2 months ago

Consistently losing with WR ponza, where am I going wrong?

Have been jamming a bunch of WR ponza lists on MTGO after seeing the recent challenge wins/top 8s and league results, with the view of maybe building it in paper and taking it to some RCQs. My list is pretty similar to this one with a couple of changes main/side.

I don't think I've ever performed worse with a deck. I've had multiple 1-4 leagues and I've been losing games against decks I feel like should be a slam dunk, like Tron. I just feel like some games I'm barely having an impact, or I just get too far behind and the LD plan isn't effective enough. Running out of resources also feels like a massive problem. I sort of thought that it would be a pretty simple gameplan of destroy land, remove creatures, win etc.

Are there any seasoned players who might be able to give their 2c? Is it a more matchup dependent deck than I'm giving it credit for? Am I just bad?

u/stephenconroy_ — 3 months ago

WR Ponza discord?

Given its just won a challenge and keeps putting up regular league results, the deck seems to have some staying power. Is there a discord for it, or any high profile players that stream it?

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u/stephenconroy_ — 3 months ago

How's Phoenix dredge looking?

Former dredge player, currently on mill. I suspect Mill is not strong enough to compete in my current RCQ meta so I'm considering something else and the new dredge lists caught my eye. Know one came third in a challenge recently on MTGO, but does the deck seem strong enough to compete over the long term? Any seasoned players want to add their 2c?

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u/stephenconroy_ — 3 months ago