Comments on: Who’s Your Daddy?: The Five Colors of Friendship — Passenger 57

By: TheCHILDofAlara

TheCHILDofAlara — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:41 +0000

Hey Travis,
I’m just wondering what your new deck was going to be about, and I thought of a General/Commander that seems to follow the Combo-Oriented Style of the decks you have posted recently. This General would be: Riku of Two Reflections. This guy practically screams BROKEN! He (Or rather THEY…) serve as a “Mirari” and a never-ending clone… I’ve been brewing up something with this General, and found him to be great with spells like “Time Warp” and “Temporal Manipulation”. He could also be used to copy small rampant growths, or as a finisher: “Searing Wind”. While RUG isn’t the strongest of color combinations, I predict that Riku could bring the best of those three colors together and combo-out very quickly.
Please let me know, and happy brewing!
-TheCHILDofAlara

By: venom_aa

venom_aa — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:48:13 +0000

I somehow got here because a friend told me I could get some ideas. Really MLD? Competitive EDH?. Sorry mate but you would be better playing standard/modern and winning money instead of wasting the time of other EDH players that play for funs. Of course people are going to quit after MLD.

Even in competitive your deck could not win against a scion deck. At least their combo goes no longer than turn 3-4. And its an instant kill so no dragging a game long after it.

Then again just imagine a board with all 4-6 players using scion just playing hermit druid and going for the win. Yeah fun. 4-5 minute games.

Sorry for the flame but yeah, next time please remember that you aren’t playing solitaire here. Or at least play scion. That way you will always win fast so you don’t waste others times.

By: Xyx

Xyx — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:22:21 +0000

I don’t get the format. Mox Pearl is banned but Sol Ring is not? Does not compute; Sol Ring is the better card by far. Ancestral Recall banned? This is not a format where you slowly grind people out and win because you drew a whole two extra cards. I wouldn’t blow a counterspell on an Ancestral Recall; I’d rather save it for the Armageddon.

And just how is Armageddon legal if diametrically opposes the “spirit” of the format? Why aren’t people like GypsyJoe complaining to the powers that be to ban mass land destruction instead of complaining about it in games? I hate Armageddon, but it explicitly NOT being banned means it’s something I have to be prepared for.

I am obviously not following my own “advice” here by ranting on this website instead of mr Mennery’s, but I’d like to hear the opinion of reasonable people before subjecting myself to any “lol if u dont get it its just not for u” conversation stoppers.

Am I just not getting it? What is the philosophy behind the Commander banned list? Is it power level? Douchebag potential? Monetary cost? And why does there need to be a “gentleman’s agreement” in addition to the banned list?

By: Deathcloud9

Deathcloud9 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:46:08 +0000

I would say you have to consider that Travis is trying to make vids, and this week he chose to include the ones that previously he would have just thrown out. By capitulating to people that continue to rage on and on in games, you have to wonder— who’s really winning? Honestly for me if someone’s just going to pull out constant belligerence, should you quit the game? Should you simply say nothing? If the MTGO community is fine with these sorts of people being around– whilst creating false equivalencies, then the format will never truly be capable of having larger support. And thusly, we all lose.

Arguing over the casual nature of the format is subjective— to me all of Commander is casual. But because you have powerful spells, why wouldn’t you play them if it makes sense to play them in your deck? If you want people to agree to only certain types of archetypes, then invite your friends and create your own play group. Otherwise everyone will have to accept that if a card isn’t on the banned list, then it’s fair game.

By: envy

envy — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:07:59 +0000

travis loved the back and forth with d-bag joe but like andy i have one small complaint about it and that would be that you may have dragged it out too long and kept that game going much past where it could have ended and it eventually got slightly irritating to see the same rant over and over and over

anyways on to the rest of the vids

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:16:02 +0000

Andy, you are mistaking me antagonizing this sad sack of rubies as though I were actually shaken by them and trying to appeal to their (lack of) logic. I can see how it comes across as such, but my intention is to counter this absurd behavior, if even in jest. And the second gentleman, that started calling me a racist, well, to compare my behavior to his seems pretty cross-eyed.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:56:08 +0000

My biggest problem with all of this is while your opponents were incredibly out of line, you (as usual) jumped right in and went back and forth with them for the entire hour+. Taking the first posted video as an example, what I watched was not one but TWO ridiculously immature children bickering back and forth for over an hour while two others sat quietly, most probably inutter annoyance, as their EDH game was ruined by you two.

I know the other guy started it and I know he was the worst of what MODO has to offer. However, by taking the bait, you made yourself no better than him.