The Splintercast Reads Words of Radiance, Episode 22: Chapters 74-75 and Interludes

I might like calling Taravangian as "Mr. T" a bit too much. That picture is entirely accurate to Taravangian's appearance, guys. Brandon totally told me so, heh.

Yes... Alyx's continued insanity. There's obviously nothing insane going on with Eric at all. Noooooooooo...

Yes... Alyx's continued insanity. There's obviously nothing insane going on with Eric at all. Noooooooooo...

Who's going to be more emotional after part five? Methinks you

I wish I could listen to these now, but it doesn't work on the laptop! Grr...

I wish I could listen to these now, but it doesn't work on the laptop! Grr...

Really? Why's that? They should just be flash. Or you can download the files (the chapter titles link to the actual file) and listen there.

Someday there will be a nice podcast feed...

Feather's MTG color guess: Well, she gave us the plains right away, so I'll say... she plays/is White/Green.

Ooh, not quite. I play almost mono-white with a splash of black. My personal philosophy is much closer to a white/blue though.

Mono-white: *hiss*. Boros all the way!

*Runs off Hastily to lose after his deck stops working after turn 7*

"We better be saving the best for last..." That actually hurt to hear, knowing what is coming...

Aww, Weiry, thanks for being there for me. It hurt to listen to while editing too. Poor past me has no idea what's coming for her. :c

Yes... Alyx's continued insanity. There's obviously nothing insane going on with Eric at all. Noooooooooo...

Nobody said Eric was completely sane, just that this was your insanity we were listening too

Really? Why's that? They should just be flash. Or you can download the files (the chapter titles link to the actual file) and listen there.

My laptop is just excessively stupid.

This is like watching a car crash, a couple frames per week.

The answer to the question "do I want to do part 5 tonight" should always be YES.   Good call!

Also, I'm glad I listened to previous episodes before these last few!  In isolation they would have given me a totally wrong impression of Feather.   "Grrr! They're being cute!  Dang it, now they're having a touching bonding moment!  So disgusting!"  :-)

Polar opposite of my reaction reading these chapters...

Do not mess with a shipper and her nOTPs. It leads to lots of grumbling, groaning, and blarghling. 

And in VERY fun news... as of a few seconds ago, I have just finished editing ALL OF THE SPLINTERCAST EPISODES. Woooooooooo! So from now on it's Eric's fault if they're not out on time, hahaha.

Oooooo. Well, I have a schedule for them and everything. They will be up Monday/Wednesday/Friday, three chapters a piece, and it will finish June 16th

I am so prepared

Ooh, not quite. I play almost mono-white with a splash of black. My personal philosophy is much closer to a white/blue though.

The control! It burns! 

Simic FTW!

hides in a corner when you drop a wrath.

Oh man, you don't even know the kind of control I like to run. Enchantment heavy, stacking with sphere of safety and ethereal armor to absolutely lock down the board and deal damage. There is very little in my deck that isn't some kind of enchantment or a thing to stick enchantments too.

http://www.mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/the-enchantress-1120621

A fairly solid deck, I must say. Gotta' love that Eidolon of Countless Battles. Guildgates instead of scrylands, though?

*Checks price of scrylands*

Ah, nevermind.

Theros must be a bit of a love/hate thing, eh? So many enchantments, but so many things that murder enchantments. I'd throw an Armament of Nyx in (instead of that Arrest?) if I were you. It's saved my posterior a few times in my own white/black (focus on Constellation) deck.

You don't have any temptation to do some Constellation effects, by the way?

Heh, I haven't looked into Nyx at all yet. I've heard there's some fun things in there for a deck like mine, but I just haven't gotten around to looking for them. I'm a pretty casual player. 

(And Scrylands are SO EXPENSIVE)

There are some particularly fun effects for black constellation (like that 3-cost 1/4 that drains one life from every opponent each time you put down an enchantment...), so I'd advise you to take a look. Though, to be fair, the true beastliness of constellation effects is only seen when you get some large-scale flicker effects.

So far as scrylands go, I actually have a friend who'll swear up and down that no non-basic land beside the shocklands is even worth having in your deck. He is crazy, though...

"We better be saving the best for last..." That actually hurt to hear, knowing what is coming...

Don't give up! There are more books! And by the end of WoR, Shallan understands more about what's up with Renarin, so there's hope?