1 Reply by brianmpenn

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Aldapwn wrote:

I just found out about this one.
https://www.slightlymagic.net/wiki/Forge
It is a deckbuilder and tester that has some really good AI. No more goldfishing!!!

Interesting... too bad it couldn't run in an online format without the download.  It would be nice if they could use the actual art for the cards as well.  I guess beggars can't be choosers.  I'm interested to see how well it plays.  Right now I'm having trouble adding my deck to the play-testing arena.

**EDIT** I was able to figure out how to add and use my own deck, with the pictures.  This is a fairly well thought out app and quite robust for freeware.  I found out I'm a much better magic player when I do not miss any triggers.  Now if I can figure out how to launch it from a web browser, I could then host it somewhere and then have it in the "cloud".

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2 Topic by brianmpenn

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I just wanted to name drop some internet resources that you may or may not have used. It's a short list, but I hope you find something useful in it.

  • www.tappedout.net - Another community that specializes in deck building and review.  I really like the v1 playtest webapp.  You can goldfish with any deck in the list just to get a feel for how it runs.

  • www.deckstats.org - Bring your decklist here to get all kinds of crazy statistics.  I use this for the text versions of proxies so I can goldfish my deck with physical cards in hand.

  • www.edhrec.com - EDHREC pulls statistics and meta from the decks posted on tappedout.net and gives you helpful meta when trying to synergize your deck.  DISCLAIMER:The concept for this DG format originates from the "Ultra-Budget Brews" blog on this site.

Feel free to share your favorite sites, resources, youtube-rs, etc.

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3 Topic by brianmpenn

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Greetings fellow tightwads!  Thanks for joining the Dollar General community group.  Please take a moment to introduce yourself.  You can tell us why you joined, what your favorite colors are, or even what you plan to do with all the money you saved by switching to Geic.. er Dollar General. big_smile.

My name is Brian.  I joined (as in started) Dollar General because my son goes to LTU and I can't afford to play competitive decks.  Truthfully, I like the challenge of making the chump cards work for me and it seems the EDH/Commander format is specially suited for this.  It's an experiment.  I've always built on a budget, but this will be the first time it was with a per-card restriction.  I hope that everyone has fun, and am looking forward to see where it goes.

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