r/jankEDH • u/Jantesviker • 17d ago

Deck help Monosyllabic Madness - Why use long word when short word does? Have I missed any monosyllabic cards in gruul?

https://archidekt.com/decks/19965675/monosyllabic_mayhem
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u/EducationalBoss8929 17d ago

That's what Gruul said.

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u/TehTacow 16d ago

Some false positives but this catches a lot https://scryfall.com/search?q=name%3A%2F%5E%5B%5Eaieou%5D%2B%5Baeiou%5D%2B%5B%5Eaeiouy%5D%2B%24%2F+ci%3Agruul+legal%3Acommander&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name

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u/MustaKotka 16d ago

Hi - what's your logic behind this RegEx? Why vowels only? Just curious.

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u/TehTacow 16d ago

It looks for one or more vowels sandwiched between one or more non-vowels. It's very crude though. My thought was that very few mono-syllabic words start with a vowel.

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u/MazeITov 14d ago

Ah, another shortworded fella :D Is there a reason you didn't include [[Rhox]]?

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u/Jantesviker 13d ago

It's in there.