It took me about six tries to actually come up with a decent way of literally wording what and how I feel. There isn't much to say, honestly, this community has been my safe place for a long time; where I've met great mutuals and people who like my writing. Many of you have sent in requests for which I am truly grateful. Though, as time passes I feel like I have started to lose my touch? Or perhaps some form of inspiration (for whatever I write)
I want to write and I want to give it my best, but if I am unable to do that and meet the expectations of people who've been waiting for so long, I don't really know what I'll do.
It's not that I don't like what I do, it's just that I now feel like it's no longer good enough- again, I feel like this may just be related to my personal insecurities that have begun to creep up, once more. The point is; that at this very moment, I feel as if I've hit a standstill and I guess I just want to know what do you all do to come out of this phase? Even if it is temporary.
I love landstill. It's such a cool archetype and so dear and close to my heart but for the most part it is Not Great. It has some glaring issues as an archetype other control lists like Oath or grixis midrange or jeskai tempo or delver or esper control just don't struggle with for the main part, cause we chose standstill as a card draw engine and kind of like Gush it has some Deckbuilding Requirements that make it tick. Part of this is being able to land a threat under a standstill, part of this is managing your standstills vs your absolute tempo and the strange pattern of mana investment that goes along with that, part of that is managing your opponent's tempo while keeping pressure up. I have tried a fair few landstill decks that attempt to balance this: temur landstill with wrenn and oko is a blast but has some card investment/mana spent for the effect issues. UW landstill with Timeless Dragon and Shark Typhoon is great too cause it has a super simplified mana base and can really lean on being able to play wastelands and urza's saga in the same shell as well as having access to stony silence which is just... pretty good. It, however lacks the explosiveness of a t1 oko, t2 standstill kinda start, which is fine, it's just far more control oriented and less midrange which I thought was an interesting dilemma and wanted to play around with.
Enter stiflenaught, a deck that's been around for ages and (a) has a simple manabase, (b) has some explosive clocks (c) has a low manacurve and (d) can toolbox exceptionally well with urza's saga.
I took a stiflenaught shell and modified it to be standstill-compatible and to use lurrus because balance is cracked and we kind of wanted white anyways. This produced a pile of jank so monstrous that it took me a hot second to parse the play patterns associated with it and pare it down to a somewhat-workable pile. We're on a 61 card special because... uh, I like memes? Anyways, here's the list and I've had a lot of fun jamming it. Remember folks, vintage is cool and proxies are based af.
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Isa is the rune of stasis, standstill, focus, patience, and introspection.
You may feel like you are losing momentum in a project, plan, relationship, or situation. That's not to say there won't be progress in every case, but you'll definitely feel the change in pace. And some areas of your life may come to a halt. This pause will give you the opportunity to consider your strategy and possibly revise your plans. In some cases, patience will be the best strategy, as momentum will resume again in time. Also, Isa is a rune of stillness and introspection. The next seven days would be a good time to take some additional time to meditate and look within.
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