Has anyone ever optimized a Knowledge Cleric build?
I have an idea in my head for a character who is effectively a Cryptozoologist, making field research his motivation for adventuring. I like the concept of the Knowledge Cleric, especially for this type of character, though there is a bit of a Wisdom and Intelligence clash in the concept.
Does anyone have any Knowledge Cleric build ideas? Especially ideas that lean heavily into the knowledge skills?
Commander: [[Lonis, Cryptozoologist]]
Total Price: $40
Goal: generate infinite clue tokens via Lonis' triggered ability and [[Ghostly Flicker]]/[[Temur Sabretooth]]. Then repeatedly activate & untap Lonis to empty your opponents' libraries.
Comments: the deck is not as strong as it could be, for that you have to add [[Freed from the Real]] and [[Naru Meha]]. However it can still win by going infinite on turn 7 relatively consistently when uninterrupted, so not to be underestimated and potentially too strong for some casual tables.
Decklist: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/edh-lonis-combo-budget/
> Nas Rullo also mentioned that a tiger had been shot by a hunter in the valley. Only the year before, the man had shown him a picture of the tiger on his mobile phone. The authorities investigated but found no tiger.
> The story, if true, was dynamite. Tigers did indeed once inhabit Tajikistan, but officially they had been extinct nearly fifty years; the last one being killed in Turkey, in 1970. The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) was the second largest species of tiger after the Siberian. It had a distinctive long, thick coat and a ruff or short mane around the neck. The Caspian tiger lived in Central Asiatic Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The idea that one was alive in the Romit Valley just one year ago was astounding. We decided to ask local people about the tiger, as well as the gul.
> We visited the mosque and spoke to a group of village elders, asking about the gul and then the tiger. The men were very glad to help and we gained much information from them.
> The elderly mullahs all said that tigers still existed in the mountains and hunted wild goats and Marco Polo sheep. One was said to have killed five domestic sheep in a pen, about 4-5 years ago. It was seen by the fanner, who trapped it in the pen. The tiger was killed by villagers. They did not know what became of the body.
> About 7 years ago, another man from the village saw a tiger. He described it as longer than a dog, with a tail 1 to 1.5 meters long. It was yellow, with white and black stripes.
> About 15 years ago, a hunter saw a tiger kill a wild goat by biting it in the neck. The hunter scared the tiger away and it took the goat, leaving only the head.
> They insisted that these animals were not snow leopards. They knew that there were three big cats in the Romit: the leopard, the snow leopard and the tiger.
> [An old mullah] had heard of sightings of females with cubs. He had also heard a story of a tiger that had been killing sheep and had been trapped in the sheep pen by villagers.
> Later that day, we spoke with a park ranger, called Namon. He did not want to be filmed or photographed but he told us of what he had seen. At around 10 am on June 18 2018, just a month ago, he had seen a Caspian tiger. He was as high in the mountains and there was still snow on the ground. He estimated that the tiger was a young adult, about three or four years old. When the animal
... keep reading on reddit ➡Very pleased to present the second of a two-part interview with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor.
The first episode focused mainly on yoga practice (hence I didn't post here) but this episode focuses on Patanjali's Eight Limbs vs. the Buddha's Eightfold Path.
What are the similarities? What are the differences? How do these teachings intersect in the modern world?
Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor are in a great position to answer these questions as both have decades of practice, backgrounds in Sanskrit studies and scholarship, and are humble and charismatic speakers.
(also available on all good podcast apps)
Show notes
- The relationship between Patanjali’s 8 limbs and Buddha’s 8 fold Path
- Compassion as key in yogic and buddhist traditions
- Yogic Samadhi vs. Buddhist Samadhi
- Navigating the diversity of practices
- References to Truth in Buddhism and Yoga, differences between solidifying authority vs. investigating authority
- Don’t know mind
- Nirodha vs. Cession
- Different emphasis on purification practices in yogic and buddhist traditions
- Role of asana in Buddhist schools and how the traditions communicate in recent times
- The synergy of asana practice with Vipassana-style meditation
- Pranayama, the sweetness of Kumbhaka, and the right attitude
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 39%. (I'm a bot)
> The former chief doctor of British Cycling and Team Sky, Richard Freeman, has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone "Knowing or believing" it was to be given to an unnamed rider to improve their athletic performance.
> The seismic verdict, announced today by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, will send shockwaves through British sport and raise questions about the decade-long success of British Cycling and Team Sky.Announcing the verdict the chair of the MPTS, Neil Dalton said: "The tribunal had found that you, Dr Freeman placed the order, and obtained the Testogel, knowing or believing it was to be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance. The motive for your action was to conceal a conduct."
> The General Medical Council had maintained throughout the hearing that Freeman "Crossed the line and went way beyond it" by purchasing banned testosterone for an unnamed rider - and then used a "Pattern of lies" to cover up his tracks.
> The MPTS, after considering all the evidence, found that on the balance of probabilities, that Freeman had indeed done so.
> He contested four charges all relating to the delivery of testosterone - banned in and out of competition - to British Cycling and Team Sky HQ in Manchester in June 2011.While accepting that he had ordered 30 sachets of Testogel, Freeman denied the central charge of ordering the testosterone knowing or believing it would be administered to an unnamed rider.
> Freeman will also face two UK Anti-Doping charges related to ordering banned testosterone, including possession of a prohibited substance and tampering.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡I started planning out a [[Lonis, Cryptozoologist]] deck (I'm calling it 'Lonis Morisette's Clue Oughta Know'. No one else take that name. I called it.). He looked super cool at first. Clues are neat, right? But then I sat down and started putting the deck together, and for the most part, the optimal build seems to be "play ramp creatures -> make clues -> draw cards". That's an awful lot like [[Chulane]] with extra steps. As soon as I started thinking of it in that way, it started to feel like every other UG edh deck: ramp to draw cards to ramp some more. That's not so neat. So my question is, does it feel like that in practice? Is there a lot of "cast your opponents' stuff using Lonny's ability", or is it just a lot of the aforementioned typical simic shenanigans? Obviously that heavily depends on how I build the deck. But has anyone seen some neat themes/angles to push the deck in directions that aren't just ramp/draw? I'm looking for cards like [[rise and shine]] that do neat stuff with the clues other than just using them to draw, but I also want the deck to be fairly strong. I already have a Panharmonicon/flicker style deck that's all about etb value so I don't really wanna go that route either, but a certain amount of overlap is probably inevitable.
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