EcoKady
@ecokady.bsky.social
Data Science and video gaming enthusiast in Chicagoland.
He/Him
My opinions are my own.
He/Him
My opinions are my own.
@sbmtg.bsky.social Hey Dev. I never tried Hades (no time in my life at the time). I got Hades 2 recently on sale. I've died on the second boss a few times and I kind of just... Don't get it?
Is there assumed knowledge from the first game? Do I just need to give it a few more hours?
Is there assumed knowledge from the first game? Do I just need to give it a few more hours?
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
@sbmtg.bsky.social Hey Dev. I never tried Hades (no time in my life at the time). I got Hades 2 recently on sale. I've died on the second boss a few times and I kind of just... Don't get it?
Is there assumed knowledge from the first game? Do I just need to give it a few more hours?
Is there assumed knowledge from the first game? Do I just need to give it a few more hours?
Overthrowing foreign governments for access to oil is the kind of outdated thinking I've come to expect from this administration.
Everyone knows we should be overthrowing foreign governments for access to lithium.
Everyone knows we should be overthrowing foreign governments for access to lithium.
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Overthrowing foreign governments for access to oil is the kind of outdated thinking I've come to expect from this administration.
Everyone knows we should be overthrowing foreign governments for access to lithium.
Everyone knows we should be overthrowing foreign governments for access to lithium.
Merry Christmas to all!
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Merry Christmas to all!
@vorthosmike.bsky.social have you investigated the Fleem art by Nicholas Gregory? Common theories for Through the Omenpaths was unused art. Dollars tend not to follow memes in the Magic community, so I don't think he should necessarily be making art prints, but I feel like a few playmats might sell.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
@vorthosmike.bsky.social have you investigated the Fleem art by Nicholas Gregory? Common theories for Through the Omenpaths was unused art. Dollars tend not to follow memes in the Magic community, so I don't think he should necessarily be making art prints, but I feel like a few playmats might sell.
I built my PC last year at this time when RAM prices had come down. Recently, I'd heard there was a RAM shortage and come to find out my $70 of DDR5 RAM last year would cost close to $300. How in the world is a market that messed up?
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I built my PC last year at this time when RAM prices had come down. Recently, I'd heard there was a RAM shortage and come to find out my $70 of DDR5 RAM last year would cost close to $300. How in the world is a market that messed up?
Anyone at #paxunplugged has a new item to add to the To Do list!
If you are at #paxunplugged this weekend please come find me or the rest of my game team to check out our first game, @cataclysmarcade.bsky.social — an actual physical TCG coming out next year.
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Anyone at #paxunplugged has a new item to add to the To Do list!
You can't really appreciate a good-for-a-6-year-old comic drawing until you have your own 6 year old. Then it's the best thing in the world.
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You can't really appreciate a good-for-a-6-year-old comic drawing until you have your own 6 year old. Then it's the best thing in the world.
Anyone else remember when the Democrats let an old man stay in a leadership position far too long and it cost them dearly in elections?
Maybe learn lessons from history?
Maybe learn lessons from history?
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anyone else remember when the Democrats let an old man stay in a leadership position far too long and it cost them dearly in elections?
Maybe learn lessons from history?
Maybe learn lessons from history?
Reposted by EcoKady
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
And we see end of American Democracy. Not a great event. Just a wet fart late on a Sunday night. A cowardly vote taken when constituents wouldn't have a chance to flood Senate offices with angry calls and emails before a vote was taken.
I hope whatever personal favors they've earned were worth it.
I hope whatever personal favors they've earned were worth it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
And we see end of American Democracy. Not a great event. Just a wet fart late on a Sunday night. A cowardly vote taken when constituents wouldn't have a chance to flood Senate offices with angry calls and emails before a vote was taken.
I hope whatever personal favors they've earned were worth it.
I hope whatever personal favors they've earned were worth it.
I am sad who won world series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I am sad who won world series.
Remember when the most notable political news was a vice president misspelling potato?
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Remember when the most notable political news was a vice president misspelling potato?
Fast wireless charging is still slow. I'm appreciating it when charging my phone overnight but it's barely a convenience.
What am I doing wrong? Is it supposed to be so ubiquitous in my house that whenever I set down my phone, I'm setting it down on a charger? Why is wireless charging a thing?
What am I doing wrong? Is it supposed to be so ubiquitous in my house that whenever I set down my phone, I'm setting it down on a charger? Why is wireless charging a thing?
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fast wireless charging is still slow. I'm appreciating it when charging my phone overnight but it's barely a convenience.
What am I doing wrong? Is it supposed to be so ubiquitous in my house that whenever I set down my phone, I'm setting it down on a charger? Why is wireless charging a thing?
What am I doing wrong? Is it supposed to be so ubiquitous in my house that whenever I set down my phone, I'm setting it down on a charger? Why is wireless charging a thing?
I built a Bracket 1 Simic ramp deck that plays no landfall and no X spells using Zimone, All-Questioning.
I board wiped artifacts. I killed two things with fight spells. I removed counters from an Elenda.
I was still accused by the table of being a Simic deck doing Simic things. 🤦
I board wiped artifacts. I killed two things with fight spells. I removed counters from an Elenda.
I was still accused by the table of being a Simic deck doing Simic things. 🤦
September 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I built a Bracket 1 Simic ramp deck that plays no landfall and no X spells using Zimone, All-Questioning.
I board wiped artifacts. I killed two things with fight spells. I removed counters from an Elenda.
I was still accused by the table of being a Simic deck doing Simic things. 🤦
I board wiped artifacts. I killed two things with fight spells. I removed counters from an Elenda.
I was still accused by the table of being a Simic deck doing Simic things. 🤦
This is a thing that just happened.
(this is the social media account for the NBA team Orlando Magic. Yes, their fans are probably supremely confused. It's a good list, though, right?)
(this is the social media account for the NBA team Orlando Magic. Yes, their fans are probably supremely confused. It's a good list, though, right?)
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is a thing that just happened.
(this is the social media account for the NBA team Orlando Magic. Yes, their fans are probably supremely confused. It's a good list, though, right?)
(this is the social media account for the NBA team Orlando Magic. Yes, their fans are probably supremely confused. It's a good list, though, right?)
@sbmtg.bsky.social Hey Dev. I've been wondering about a variation on budget decks. What about a "billboard buildaround?" A 3x or 4x of a $15 card and budget around it. Like Cosmogrand Zenith in your recent UW deck. I get 60-70% trade in of tcgplayer low, so $36-42 of the $60 Cosmogrands comes back.
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
@sbmtg.bsky.social Hey Dev. I've been wondering about a variation on budget decks. What about a "billboard buildaround?" A 3x or 4x of a $15 card and budget around it. Like Cosmogrand Zenith in your recent UW deck. I get 60-70% trade in of tcgplayer low, so $36-42 of the $60 Cosmogrands comes back.
I feel like Roberts will be able to strong arm one other Justice to block the Federal Reserve firing. While it's impossible to get them to care about liberty or humanity, but I think the obvious threat to the economy may be a step too far.
(there is precedent for presidents controlling tariffs)
(there is precedent for presidents controlling tariffs)
August 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I feel like Roberts will be able to strong arm one other Justice to block the Federal Reserve firing. While it's impossible to get them to care about liberty or humanity, but I think the obvious threat to the economy may be a step too far.
(there is precedent for presidents controlling tariffs)
(there is precedent for presidents controlling tariffs)
Do yourself a favor and watch Dev's latest 5 for $5 video. With paper standard on the rise, budget paper decks will be important in growing the playerbase and there's no one better on a budget than Dev.
@sbmtg.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=NaeS...
@sbmtg.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=NaeS...
5 Decks for $5: Edge of Eternities Edition | Mtg
YouTube video by Strictly Better MtG
youtube.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Do yourself a favor and watch Dev's latest 5 for $5 video. With paper standard on the rise, budget paper decks will be important in growing the playerbase and there's no one better on a budget than Dev.
@sbmtg.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=NaeS...
@sbmtg.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=NaeS...
Secret Lair Party Queue! Woo!
August 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Secret Lair Party Queue! Woo!
@bdm.bsky.social A while ago, you said you were going to have a first playtest of your new game. I'm not sure I saw a follow up. I hope it went well!
August 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@bdm.bsky.social A while ago, you said you were going to have a first playtest of your new game. I'm not sure I saw a follow up. I hope it went well!
One moment I really enjoy in a commander game is when I play my first spell if the turn and announce "Storm Count at 1" in a deck that has not given any indication up to that point that it is playing any Storm cards.
The doubletakes and inevitable "uh oh" is just so much fun.
The doubletakes and inevitable "uh oh" is just so much fun.
August 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One moment I really enjoy in a commander game is when I play my first spell if the turn and announce "Storm Count at 1" in a deck that has not given any indication up to that point that it is playing any Storm cards.
The doubletakes and inevitable "uh oh" is just so much fun.
The doubletakes and inevitable "uh oh" is just so much fun.
It feels like no one with a humanities degree denies the importance of STEM degrees.
Whereas there's always been an undercurrent from STEM to question the value of humanities.
I know that's a lot to unpack there, but at least they all agree business degrees don't have a purpose.
Whereas there's always been an undercurrent from STEM to question the value of humanities.
I know that's a lot to unpack there, but at least they all agree business degrees don't have a purpose.
July 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It feels like no one with a humanities degree denies the importance of STEM degrees.
Whereas there's always been an undercurrent from STEM to question the value of humanities.
I know that's a lot to unpack there, but at least they all agree business degrees don't have a purpose.
Whereas there's always been an undercurrent from STEM to question the value of humanities.
I know that's a lot to unpack there, but at least they all agree business degrees don't have a purpose.
@saffronolive.bsky.social There has been lucrative Monopoly slot machine licensing for a long time and the occasional D&D game, but given how Hasbro has treated Magic as a collectible, you have to wonder if MtG slots are coming. Maybe online casino only?
www.nasdaq.com/articles/has...
www.nasdaq.com/articles/has...
www.nasdaq.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
@saffronolive.bsky.social There has been lucrative Monopoly slot machine licensing for a long time and the occasional D&D game, but given how Hasbro has treated Magic as a collectible, you have to wonder if MtG slots are coming. Maybe online casino only?
www.nasdaq.com/articles/has...
www.nasdaq.com/articles/has...
@mtggoldfish.com #MTGFishmail Do you feel the rate at which product is released has created a higher percentage of bulk rares?
Where are the $2-$4 rares in our trade binders that greased the wheels for making trades?
It feels like I frequently throw away an entire pack immediately after opening.
Where are the $2-$4 rares in our trade binders that greased the wheels for making trades?
It feels like I frequently throw away an entire pack immediately after opening.
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@mtggoldfish.com #MTGFishmail Do you feel the rate at which product is released has created a higher percentage of bulk rares?
Where are the $2-$4 rares in our trade binders that greased the wheels for making trades?
It feels like I frequently throw away an entire pack immediately after opening.
Where are the $2-$4 rares in our trade binders that greased the wheels for making trades?
It feels like I frequently throw away an entire pack immediately after opening.