Evan (PlayoffBeard)

@vzmercogliano @TheAthletic Congrats, Vince! Terrific news 🎉

Appreciate all the love this morning ❤️ I absolutely meant it when I wrote that your passion drives me to deliver the best #NYR content — and I believe there’s no better place to do that than the @TheAthletic. I’m proud of the coverage these past 6 seasons but it’s about to 🚀

@bungeeman17 Well, then let me just say out loud that you’re brilliant, and your storytelling is why I’ve just gotten into Clocktower.

I wish there was some easy solution to this. That a bunch of us could all agree to be positive and shine a light in the darkness. But one look at any social media website dispels that notion. It's just people calling everything shit, dunking on people and their projects. It sucks

The older I get, the more sad I am at what the internet became. When we were kids, we had all these dreams about a virtual space where we would celebrate what we CAN do. Instead, it's a place where we focus on what people CAN'T do, a toilet where we all shit on each other.

@skylerdama @SnapDecks The most common play pattern is HERBIE mid (win that lane), & win left with Gig's pure points directly, or by baiting out a Shang Chi. Ex: Your opponent is Destroy. You play Giganto early with your extra energy, and it gets taken out. Final turn your Skrull(s) copies their Knull

@evandenbaum @SnapDecks Why Giganto?

Is 2 billion good? If you need a Marvel Snap Grand Arena deck, this works.

@LogitechG This gem.

The first console game you ever remember playing

@ENDJR080808 @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks I can't try the new list because I still don't have Luna and subs don't feel right.

@ENDJR080808 @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks Without Merc, I'd also pull Cannonball. At that point, you have to decide is Fenris is worth including using MK & BB. In your situation, I'd try the new list from @Tuccrr & @Coougarrr_ (@0Drag0n0 shell) or the classic from @Xunzzz0122 , which is all about surprise points on 6.

Another Infinite w/the most underrated card in @MARVELSNAP : Black Knight This brew (probably by @Xunzzz0122 , @0Drag0n0 , @Tuccrr or @Coougarrr_ ) adds a line to cut/paste Cannonball + Mercury on 6. The optionality & disrupt feels great, even in an SK meta. Try it! @SnapDecks

@Keymaster81 @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks What's nice is there's plenty of lines w/out BK. You can win a lane pasting 21-25 w/ Ghost Rider. Same deleting opp's top card w/ Cannonball+Merc. Same adding a big card w/ Fenris on 6 from MK, BB or Cannon+Merc. You adapt with info. Your opp is forced to adapt with no info.

@evandenbaum @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks I never draw BK when it matters in these decks. :-(

@darkestknight42 @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks If you’re waiting for specific outcomes, it will. Just play on tempo and take the available lines. Every match is different.

@evandenbaum @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @0Drag0n0 @Tuccrr @Coougarrr_ @SnapDecks This deck feels clunky

HVO is hot slop, but I’ve been having lots of fun hitting #MarvelSNAP Infinite playing Nightmare 10. Feels like I’m only scratching the surface. -BK to 90s -Nightmare to 100 I only win with Knight/Night decks, apparently.

@huffingfarts @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @SnapDecks You can always identify a bot because their collection level is exactly the same as yours. There’s liquidity at 90s/100s. Maybe one bot during the run.

@evandenbaum @MARVELSNAP @Xunzzz0122 @SnapDecks Snap is dead. You are beating bots.

Quick @MARVELSNAP Infinite using a Surge variation of @Xunzzz0122 BK. (I don't have Ms. Marvel.) Wonderfully anti-meta. Only bad matchup is Bullseye.

@Peter_Baugh Add Jeff Halpern to the “next coach” section! Great start covering NYR. Cheers.

We want to hear from fans in our early offseason Rangers survey: nytimes.com/athletic/62995…

Thanks to @den_CCG for suggesting Mobius. Still can’t complete the decklist. So many cards I’d like to try…

Back after two years away from @MARVELSNAP. Screamed to Infinite. Wood-97: Makeshift Scream 97-100: (Almost) Meta Scream spending tokens

@Arda How long have you been holding onto that one?

Wayne Gretzky is one goal away from tying Alex Ovechkin’s career goals record

@MarkBozon I was eating, Bozon! 🤢

This is a friendly reminder that you have an estimated 1.5 million arachnid (mites) on you right now, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Have a great day! 😂💀🕷️

@FAN590 @JeffMarek @Mattymar89 This would work even better (and feel better) if you selected a team to root FOR…Ducks finish last in 2023. They select the Bruins. The Bruins finish with the most points in 2024, so the Ducks get the 1st overall draft pick. Now, you’ve got a legit out-of-market rooting interest

"That is an incredibly creative way to think about this." @JeffMarek & @Mattymar89 on the idea of increasing "hate watching" across the #NHL.

@vzmercogliano Meanwhile…

Game 1 ✅ lohud.com/story/sports/n…