Not very familiar with Unholy Grave's music. I've heard their split with Warsore but that's about it. What's a good release of theirs to start out with? what's their best? what's ya'll's favorite? lemme have it

Based on data from the 32 decks that ended up top 8 in the last 2 weeks of challenges on MTGO.

Number preceding the Name of the card is total # of card. Number after the name of card if # of appearances in each deck.

I did this just to see what newer cards are seeing play; only thing really shocking is Subtlety being higher than the other mythic evokers; despite it appearing to have the least hype around it.

Anti-Zionism may not be Anti-Semitism, but Anti-Zionism has an Anti-Semitism Problem.

//footnotes are found at the end//

1. Anti-Semitism is surging in Western Europe in direct proportion to the situation in Israel and Gaza. Incidents of overt public Antisemitism have been occurring at predominantly leftist [1] pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist demonstrations. These demonstrations are ostensibly in support or solidarity with the Palestinian people and/or their liberation movements. In the past three weeks, dozens of anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes have been reported all over Britain, France, Germany – almost all linked in some way with these demonstrations. That the anti-Zionism movements in Europe have an anti-Semitism problem is clear and factual. Anyone who denies this is wilfully blind to the grave reality of the situation.
2. Now I want to clear any possible confusions on the definitions and understandings of the terms Zionism and anti-Zionism. At its core, Zionism calls for the creation of a Jewish homeland and nation-state in the land of Zion/Palestine [2]. This would be a state governed by Jews, for Jews. There are secular and religious forms of Zionism, with the majority of people preferring to base their justifications on the latter. All else held equal, anti-Zionism simply refutes, rejects or criticises the very idea of a Jewish state.
3. I say it simply: Anti-Zionism is not inherently anti-Semitic. There are some qualities in its thinking which may be construed as anti-Semitic, but as an ideology it should not be taken to be anti-Semitic. This is all that I will say on the matter. I am not here to discuss whether or not Zionism is justified. Anti-Semitism is the topic of this article, not Zionism.
4. My concern lies in the fact that anti-Zionism in the West has an ugly tendency to collapse into classical anti-Semitism and does so on a regular basis [4]. There is clearly a systemic problem deeply ingrained within the anti-Zionist movement. More precisely however, it appears this problem mainly within the active anti-Zionist movement. A supplemental question should therefore be asked: what is it about active anti-Zionism that makes it specifically vulnerable to anti-Semitic possession?
5. In answering this let me first explain why I differentiate an active form of anti-Zionism. There are several factors that lead to a person harbouring active or passive anti-Zionist ideology. Passive anti-Zionists are likely people who, for re

Synopsis: After hoodwinking Darkos, a holy priest, into escorting her back to her castle, Dark Enchantress Geela has one item left on her list: revenge on her ex-husband. With a confused Darkos in tow, she sets out. However, Geela isn't the only one with secrets. And Barney isn't the only old enemy who's about to get a visit.

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Geela was hot on Hari’s heels, and she knew it. The soul searches were returning back stronger with every wall she leapt through, though each skip was a little harder with two passengers to keep together. Bugsquito and Scout made it clear that they’d both rather die than continue traveling with Geela, though, Scout sounded a lot more sure of itself. Bugsquito’s voice wavered a bit more every time it said it.

“I mean it! Just kill me! Kill me! I would go proudly to my death. Just d-do it.” At this last sentence, its voice cracked, and it covered its face with three hands, but not before Geela could see the panic on its little face.

“Foolish monstersquito would allow our foul captor to hear its weakness,” Scout’s voice burbled from her pouch. “I will show no such fear. I will stay strong or die trying.”

Wasn’t it just wonderful? During the actual traveling, it was mostly just griping and whining and cursing Geela to die in all manner of horrible and rather creative ways, which was entertaining enough to keep the days passing smoothly. They would occasionally start bickering with each other, and that was both amusing and educational.

“Just burn through her pocket already,” Bugsquito once said while they rested one ‘evening.’ It kept its voice to a low hiss, probably thinking Geela was asleep or something. “We need to get out of here! You’re in a glove! You can do this, Scout!”

“Call me that again, and I will sentence you to death personally.” Geela could feel Scout tremble with rage in her pocket, but no additional burning emitted. It was too weak. Geela could hypothesize that Bugsquito was also weak, but she couldn't quite test the theory. A

Mainly posting this here for reference, I created it in a facebook post for the group and it's easier to find as a reference on reddit than facebook. It may also help people interested as well.

After having some time to reflect on the 3.0 rules for a few days and playing a 2k game with the new rules, I thought I'd write an updated synopsis of the units and how they stand in my mind. The GHB may change some aspects of this, but since we're basically a 3.0 battletome, I'm not expecting much change. Please keep in mind this is all my opinion and experience, some speculation and analysis.

List building in 3.0 is significantly different than 2.0. You can no longer build a list with the sole purpose of capturing objectives. Swarming objectives with absurds amounts of wounds no longer works as objectives are not that important anymore. Battle tactics is where the game is at now. Being able to deny your opponent a battle tactic for a turn will make a massive difference in the final outcome of the game, same with grand strategy. Running MSU and fragile units are easy points for your opponent and they can cost you the game.

I believe the smart way to play now is to make each and every unit as sturdy as possible, since 3/6 of the battle tactics involve killing units, 1 killing your general and 2 are model based. Running a Vampire Lord as a general for pack alpha isn't a good idea anymore, as that's a free battle tactic for enemy shooting armies.

So, that being said, let's begin.

SBGL Hero Breakdown for 3.0:

• Belladamma - Unfortunately she dropped a few pegs. Originally she was an auto include for me. Lycancurse + Spell portal is our strongest range deterrent. However summoning a Dire Wolf on the enemy side of the board is a free battle tactic for your opponent. It's not always a bad idea to do that, you just need to ask yourself if it's worth it because it may cost you the game in points. Especially in a tournament game that will end round 3-4. Belladamma is still a strong pick, a 2 cast wizard +1 cast/unbind, Exploding 6's spell. She's really hard to remove, makes a great general if you want to sacrifice the command trait. She can also deliver amaranthine orb safely, which can double cast and deliver the pain. The 6'' pile in on Dire Wolves shouldn't be overlooked either. Can do a lot with 6'' pile ins.

• Radukar - He went up a few pegs. His biggest weakness from my previous review was his inability to fly made him difficult to charge in.

Hello! Just wondering if there is a list out there of all current dlc dungeons ranked easiest to hardest on vet. Me and my buddies are trying to go through all the dlc dungeons on vet and we were preferring to go easiest to hardest to work our way up. I know all dungeons are subject to group experience and level but I just wanna see what everyone else thinks about them.

I run a private campground. There’s a lot of odd stuff that lives here, and I’m not just talking about the people who willingly camp in the low parts that flood every time it rains. No, I mean the inhuman things. And while my family has made quite an effort at figuring out what they are, there’s still a lot we don’t know.

I’m starting to learn, though. Things have got to change.

If you’re new here, you should really start at the beginning and if you’re totally lost, this might help.

I was asked to babysit my niece. Or rather, the old sheriff’s wife got asked to babysit. Tyler’s wife is not quite ready to let me do it, considering the whole kidnapping incident. I’m not sure she’s ready for anyone to babysit, as that would require letting her daughter leave her sight. Tyler insisted, however. She needed some time off. The stress of worrying about the campground and unnatural things was clearly getting to her. They’d go somewhere over the weekend, somewhere busy, with people, where inhuman creatures are sparsely found - or at least, much better at hiding. But he didn’t tell her the latter.

She was quick to shoot down Tyler’s suggestion of letting me babysit. She didn’t want her daughter near the campground. She didn’t want me there at her house long-term. Monsters follow me, she said. Which… isn’t entirely untrue. So Tyler suggested that they ask the old sheriff instead, as he knew from conversations with me that the old sheriff is both reliable and on good terms with the family. The old sheriff suggested that they ask his wife instead.

And his wife agreed.

The only problem is, the old sheriff’s wife knows that my niece is not my niece. And she’s not about to play nanny for a changeling just to indulge it.

Once my brother and his wife were on their weekend road trip, I got a text from the old sheriff’s wife that she was on her way over. I met her in the driveway, wondering what the matter was. I wasn’t in suspense long. She got out and started hauling things out of the trunk of the car. Collapsible playpen. A crib. A tote of diapers, bottles, and formula. And this sling thing that the baby goes in I guess???

“Hold up, this wasn’t what we told Tyler we w

• Apple Music
• Spotify

I started thinking of this when I stumbled over a tumblr post by st-just a few years ago. There's still a few of those songs in here!

This is pretty comprehensive through Book Three. After that there's some scattered character and event themes, but nowhere near as much as before then.

We're going to do this in a few themed sections. This is character-theme songs. Later there'll be some per-book songs.

There are songs in here annotated as being part of APGTE Abridged, meaning they refer to the hypothetical parody abridged-series version. They're bad puns, generally.

No thought at all has been given to overall musical cohesion, of general sound or genre. Clearly, I'm a fan of rock, metal, and pop, though we're dipping into folk, showtunes, and hip-hop a bit. I should add some country to round it out.

The Woe

Official motto: "lies and violence!"

Heaven Knows, by The Pretty Reckless - they're good kids, really. Okay, they're not. That was a lie.

Catherine Foundling

Cat gets the most in-depth song treatment of everyone, as you might imagine. We're hitting all her aspects!

Born for Greatness, by Papa Roach - her visions with Akua at Second Liesse suggest that she was heavily inclined to somehow be important, assuming Black didn't kill her. It's just who she is.

> I am a man at war
> And I am fighting for
> All of the broken people, all of the people thrown overboard
> They always tried to shame us
> But they don't speak our language
> No we're not nameless, we're not faceless
> We were born for greatness

APGTE Abridged would feature We Didn't Start The Fire, by Billy Joel, naturally.

...the Squire

Fire, by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - but now she has to actually confront the consequences of her choosing villainy. She's not totally cool with it, y'all.

> Fire, to destroy all you've done.
> Fire, to end all you've become.
> I'll feel you burn!
> You've been living like a little girl,
> in the midd

I am, admittedly, kind of a rare breed of Magic player that will become more common as the game ages – I’ve known and loved Magic since early childhood, as my dad taught me to play around the age of 5 or so in the late 90’s. Did I play Magic correctly at age 5? No, probably not. However, I basically don’t have memories where I don’t know how to play Magic, it’s basically a part of me. As a 7, 8, 9 year old, I would read the first Official Magic Encyclopedia (“Illustrated with over 2,000 color cards!”) like a bedtime story. While I am quite possibly as much of a Magic player and fan now more than I’ve ever been, I am quite nostalgic for that classic 1995 era feel. Why I am telling you this? Well, because there is a strong “rumor” going around that sometime soon we will be visiting the plane of Shandalar in “Shandalar: Island in the Mists” and boy howdy, I got some thoughts.

Shandalar is a touchy subject in the greater world of MTG lore. There is a more recent setting of Shandalar – it makes quite a few appearances in core sets from the early 2010’s era of Magic. We have gotten a few name drops of locations on Shandalar, this includes: Thune, Evos Isle, Kalonia, Valkas, Xathrid. These are basically 5 regions on Shandalar that are dominated by one specific color of mana. There are several cards that reference this, some of them include: [[Archangel of Thune]], [[Kalonian Hydra]], [[Scourge of Valkas]], [[Warden of Evos Isle]], [[Xathrid Necromancer]]. We even have a legend or 2, [[Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient]] and (seemingly) [[Talrand, Sky Summoner]]. There is actually a pretty rich amount of lore available about Shandalar, including an attempt of conquest by Lim-Dul, a Great Protector and a “Wizards’ War”, and this is where the second version (and more beloved to me) version of Shandalar comes in.

Shandalar, originally, was the setting of the 1997 Microprose computer game, simply called Magic The Gathering, but commonly referred to as Shandalar. In this single player adventure game, you are the chosen one, on a quest to defeat the 5 Guildlords (one for each color) that wish to draw mana from various towns and cities in the game (known as “tapping” into the mana of the cities, ha!) to cast the Spell of Dominion, which will let them “conquer” Shandalar (short answer: You lose). You stop them by being a great Magic player, dueling their minions, going to each respective castle and showing them how much fake money you have by collecting pieces of th

Hi folks!

This subreddit event will be a bit different from the last one. This time around the Let's Read will only be active for two weeks from posting - rather than a full month.

We're still discussing exactly what the next event will be (But it is likely to be a bit creative!).

Let's Read! #2 - Domains of Dread

Beyond the first, there is perhaps no book more important to the Ravenloft setting than this one by William W. Connors and Steve Miller. It forms the groundwork for the most memorable period of Ravenloft's history, and sets in stone many of the setting's iconic elements.

That's right: We're in 750 Barovian Calendar - the Grand Conjunction has come to pass and the Requiem has been and went.

What are either of those events? Well, this book is here to give you all the details!

The History

By 1997 the Ravenloft Campaign setting had been actively supported for seven years - starting with the release of the Realm of Terror boxed set for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition.

The tale of Hyskosa's Hexad was told through the modules up through Roots of Evil, culminating in the settings first major event - the Grand Conjunction. Quickly after, in 1994, TSR released an update to the campaign setting - incorporating all the changes made by that narrative. This was the Ravenloft "Red Box" Campaign Setting

The Grim Harvest story was told through the following modules. This narrative culminating in - yes - another setting-wide event (Or: Darkon at the very least). And yes: They were both largely caused by Azalin Rex.

Now needing another new revision of the campaign setting, TSR chose not to repeat old tricks.

Out was the boxed set and in was a hardcover tome. Not content with focussing on Outlanders entering the mists, this book aimed to be a comprehensive source book for characters native to the Demiplane of Dread.

Contained within are more domains than ever, an array of new rules for horror play, a guide for running horror scenarios, and a chapter all about factions. The book is complete with new classes, and a whole new 58-page character creation section tailor-made for the Demiplane!

Prompts

Feel free to diverge from these in your responses. They serve only as things to think about as you read through the book.

1. The Core: the central continent of the Ravenloft setting. What are your thoughts on the idea, compared to the s

Sudden Lee

Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.

If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.

Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???

Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.

Thank you,

A Dad.

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Welcome to an official [Lets Build]! This week, we are looking for:

Evil Magic Items - A list of 100 of the most evil, diabolical magic items.

Phil