AgentConundrum

Apologies in advance if the is a dumb question, but I couldn't find an answer online.

I stopped playing a few months ago and decided to poke my head in today because EOE looked kind of interesting. I had a few Tarkir packs on my account for some reason, so I opened them and got these.

Am I misremembering, or did it used to be that cards that are banned in Standard would only be opened after you had collected all other rares in the set? These are the first Tarkir packs I've opened.

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I've been dealing with an overuse injury for about three weeks now. I regained the ~50lb I lost during the pandemic and I'm trying to get back into shape, but I pushed too hard too fast, forgetting I can't walk 10+ km at a time anymore.

I'm looking at replacing my shoes which have become fairly worn out without my realizing, and while researching the pain I've been feeling I realized that I may have (the start of?) a tailor's bunion - a thing I didn't know even existed before today. As a result, I was considering buying a slightly larger shoe than I have previously, in an attempt to gain some extra width to slow the progress of the bunionette.

I've worn GT-2000s for a number of years and

Ok, so very dumb/basic question, but as I understand it, the FHSA works like an RRSP going in, giving a tax deduction for contributions, and like a TFSA coming out, where you don't pay tax on withdrawals, including gains.

So is this just free money if you're buying a house? Let's say I make my marginal tax rate is 40%. I invest the full $8k this year. Does this mean in April I'll get refunded $3200? If that grows to $6k and I use it to buy a first home, I can withdraw that amount free and clear without paying tax?

This seems too good to be true, so I assume I'm making a really basic error.

Last week WotC put on a special sealed event where you get a grab bag of 4 DSK, a collector booster, and a random booster.

Also included was an emblem that says "When an enchantment enters, choose one: make a treasure, or make a food."

Did your LGS force you to choose which token to use before the game began? Mine did and a bunch of us were sure that was wrong, but when we asked to confirm they just said that was how it worked.

We figured if WotC had wanted it to be a pregame choice, there would have been two emblems to choose from, rather than having "choose one" as part of the trigger. We also couldn't find anything in the public WPN thar said one way or the other.

I just finished my run with a deck that I didn't think was very good.

My P1P1 was [[Abhorrent Oculus]] and I felt like I chased for blue that wasn't really there. I got [[Ghostly Dancers]] and [[Dollmaker's Shop]] as my first two picks of Pack 2 and the whole draft became a jumble after that.

The final deck looked like a mess of a few really powerful cards with no support, surrounded by a bunch of junk commons. I even picked up [[Scrabbling Skullcrab]] primarily as a blocker with only a dream that it would power out Oculus - and it did one game.

Despite my misgivings, I went 6-3 with it in Diamond 4 and the deck felt surprisingly OK most of the time. I know I highrolled i

I did a 2HG event today and in the middle of game two I tripped over a synergy that went unnoticed during deckbuilding.

I had [[Selvala, Eager Trailblazer]] out and played [[Ruthless Lawbringer]] and vindicated our opponents' best permanent. The Ruthless Lawbringer then saddled up on [[Rambling Possum]]. The Possum then attacked, returning the Lawbringer to hand. Repeat next turn. For bonus points, Selvala was able to hold up mana for [[Aven Interrupter]] as protection.

My teammate was doing equally potent things. He had [[Deadeye Duellist]] out (one of three in his deck) with two [[Raven of Fell Omens]] on board. Meaning he could hold up interaction as he only needed one mana for his asse

I'll start with two examples - one paper, one digital.

Paper:
Second LCI prerelease, round 2. I'm playing a friend of mine and he attacks. I double-block, pump my creature to save it, all is normal. Combat finishes and I go "second main, play this creature, end step trigger" and he just looks at me stunned before pointing out it was his turn.

Arena:
The reason for this post, as this just happened. I had Goblin Tomb Raider and a Beligerent Yearling equipped with a Sunfire Torch facing two Spyglass Sirens, a Sunshot Militia, and a Sunterranian Schooner. In my hand I have a Trumphant Chomp, a second Sunfire Torch, Rumbling Rockslide, and Quintorius.

My plan was to play second Torch a

This feels like a silly question, but has shoe sizing changed? I bought some GT-2000s from a running store a few years ago when I tried to get into it for the first time. When they wore out last year after getting back into it after a couple years in storage, I just bought the same model (v9 vs v3-or-4, IIRC) and they felt pretty much the same.

My 9s have worn out so once again I ordered the latest GT-2000s sight unseen. When I got home and opened them up, they were longer despite being the same size (almost the same size, anyway - the store apparently gave me two different size shoes, one being a half size above what I ordered).

I put them on and walked around the house and they felt pret