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Coyote playing with a garter snake by dcstep.

The full sequence of photos can be found here.

I went to see the full sequence and it’s really breathtaking to see a wild canid engage in such kind of play, more reminiscent of domesticated cats and dogs, but at some point I thought “Gods I hope she at least killed it properly before starting” and went to read the artist’s comment to see if they gave more details about the encounter and uuuuh

A VERY ROUGH MORNING INDEED

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tzimiscelord

All those are so good!

catyeahhh

katswenski

Behold, my latest and greatest creation yet. It is my magnum opus. My swan song. If I died right now, I would die the artist I’ve always dreamed of being. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that there is only one true piece of art remaining in this world, and this is it. You can also get it on a T-shirt, if you want. There are a couple of other cute animal-related shirts and mugs and phone cases as well. But like I said, this one is the best one, so I wouldn’t bother looking at any of those. If you do, though, you can use the code CYBERMONDAY until the end of Tuesday the 27th for 10% off your order. (This shop is very new, and this is my first time doing this, so please be gentle.)

katswenski

The meltiest of pups. MY STORE (NEW!!) — My website – My Instagram – See me on Webtoon!

rattlesnek

All I want is to go back to watching Matt Nass win every tournament with KCI...

All eggs. Whatever lands you want. Exactly one card that wins the game. Does it get any better than this.

rattlesnek

Nobody cares about this but me. But I watched both of his GP wins with this deck last night and they are sooo cool. There's one part where he calls a judge on himself and asks if he can sacrifice artifacts to KCI to cast nature's claim. They had to ban his deck because he was bending the rules of the game in half.

rattlesnek

WELL SINCE YOU ASKED

The Story of KCI

KCI, short for Krark-Clan Ironworks, was a powerful combo deck that originated in early 2018 and was banned early 2019. This deck relied on the artifact card type, smelting large amounts of weak artifacts in the eponymous ironworks to make lots of mana and draw lots of cards. Originally the deck won by using all its extra mana to play something expensive like an eldrazi, but the later builds pioneered by Team Channel Fireball were much slimmer, winning by casting and sacrificing pyrite spellbomb over and over, dealing chip damage to your opponent until they died.

So what's special about the deck? Firstly, all of the pieces of the combo had existed for more than a year by the time it was discovered. The KCI card itself had been out for 14(!!) years without anybody paying much attention. Secondly, it played pretty loosely with the rules. Normally, you have to choose the order in which you sacrifice things. However, because sacrificing your artifact to KCI can be used to cast spells, you can have things die at the *exact* same time. It turns out that is really broken. By sacrificing certain combinations of artifacts at the same time (normally including Scrap Trawler and Myr Retriever) you can create an infinite loop, winning as early as your third turn.

Why did the deck get banned? It was a very strong deck, but also fragile to cards that block either graveyard or artifact strategies, so I doubt it would ever be considered unbeatable. The "dying simultaneously" aspect was probably more important, because it rewards players who know how to bend the rules. Matt Nass, mentioned above, is a well known combo player and was the #1 pilot of the deck in paper, winning two national-level tournaments in two months. Essentially, WotC didn't want the best deck to be impossible to play, let alone understand, for beginners. When pro players are calling judges on themselves, you know there might be a complexity issue. Another reason is that the combo turn could easily last three or four minutes, and there was actually a very tiny chance that the opponent could survive. They would just have to sit there, doing nothing, but unable to concede since they still had a chance.

If you want to read more about how the deck was played there are great articles here and here. They really emphasize how difficult and complex it was to pilot.

And if you want to watch Matt Nass make it look easy, the finals of his two tournament wins are here and here.

this-is-cool

The strange and surreal science fiction paintings of Alex Andreev - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-strange-surreal-sci-fi-art-of-alex-andreev/

brucebocchi

they should invent water for men

doubleca5t

Good news OP

thehornedwitch-deactivated20211

While this is a funny joke, as far as I'm aware this company is actually pretty cool, and the purpose behind the Liquid Death (sparkling or still) water is quite wholesome.

Part of the reason for it being a tallboy is that aluminum cans are more recyclable than water bottles, potentially infinitely so, while water bottles either have a limited amount of recyclability potential or aren't actually recyclable at all.

The other reason is to literally make it more fun and appealing to drink something other than alcohol at concert venues. Part of getting over addiction or even getting away from a culture that is doing you harm is, in the US at least, heavily associated with becoming "no fun". The idea here is to make water as fun in terms of packaging as alcohol, so people who are going sober, who can't drink, or who are the Designated Driver don't have to feel like they're relegated to the "no fun zone" forever and still get to order something with a silly name. We had these at my brother's wedding as an alcohol alternative and tbh it was really neat.

From the Liquid Death website:

"Most products in the health and wellness space are all marketed with “aspirational” fitness models and airbrushed celebrities. And many of us are tired of it. Why should unhealthy products be the only brands with “permission” to be loud, fun, and weird? And let's be honest, almost all marketing and branding is just theater. So we’re going to treat our theater like a movie theater and have more fun with it."

So yeah! If you want a neat alternative to buying bottled water, this isn't a bad alternative. Also, if you feel like you miss the feeling of opening a can of beer and drinking one, especially with carbonation, this could help curb the urge without having to substitute soda.