Cavalier of Thorns, a mythic rare from the 2020 Core Set, has also been known to appear. It is a 5 converted mana, 5/6 knight with reach that discards five top cards of the deck when cast.

Average Overall Price: $106

Always be wary of the monoliths of red and black in standard. These decks are often cheap, cheerful, and seriously irritating to play against as they weaponize inexpensive combos to put you out of business.

A rare heavy aggro black deck is currently quite popular, using the aforementioned Lurrus, as well as Ikoria mythic rare Fiend Artisan. For 2-black-or-green, Fiend Artisan is a 1/1 that gets +1/+1 for each creature in your graveyard, and has the power to sacrifice creatures to summon other creatures for the same converted mana cost. At around $17, the Fiend brings plenty of bang for the buck.

The tricky Rankle, Master of Pranks is another mainstay, a mythic rare from Throne of Eldraine floating around $12 or so. The 3/3 creature with flying and haste forces each player to discard a card, lose one life or sacrifice a creature every time it deals damage, a true agent of chaos. On the cheaper end, Ravnica Allegiance rare Gutterbones is a steady frontline troop, a 1-black 2/1 that can be returned from the graveyard to your hand any time you can play a sorcery if your opponent has lost life. At $2.50, you can have a full platoon without breaking the bank.

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Card-driven tactics games are sure coming out in droves these these days, arent they? The dark fantasy Deck of Ashes is but the latest of the contenders to throw his hat into the ring.

The word is sick. It was only mildly ill with human sin before, but now, the Ash Curse has been unleashed on everything. This is the consequence of the Outcasts a infamous group of four bandits and murderers seeking out Lady Death and the power contained in the Ash Box. Unfortunately, the Box broke as the Outcasts started fighting over it among themselves. They went their separate ways afterwards, tortured both by their pasts and the power coursing through them. But the mysterious Ash Priest seeks them out one by one to offer a solution: kill Lady Death.

So Deck of Ashes technically has four campaigns, one for each character. Theyre all quite similar: root around a node-map getting into battles and collecting loot until the timer runs out and youre faced with the boss of the area. Do this three times and youre off to off Lady Death herself. Hey, its like Slay the Spire, but with wandering around the map instead of relentless climb to the top!

The main difference between the campaigns comes from the character you choose. All Outcasts have their own stories as well powers and a deck of cards they use to battle (some neutral cards also exist). For example, Lucia the Eternal Flame is a fire wizard, offering some of the most impressive outright combat power, doling out Burn effects, and having the most cards that are cast with HP rather than Mana. Former leader of the group and present rogue archetype Sly the Dark Serpent is good with Bleed and Poison effects as well creating temporary cards (even from the decks of other characters), and so on.

The basics of combat remain the same between the four campaigns of Deck of Ashes. Your character has their HP, a slight to dodge or cause criticals, strenght (increases attack power), and five points of mana per turn to cast their cards. Your hand is usually drawn till you have six cards, but various affects can give you more. The most interesting bit here is that played cards go to the Deck of Ashes (gameplay element as title drop!). The default way to refresh them is to wait till your Battle Deck runs low enough that you cant draw up to 6 then you get the option to trade HP for cards.

Of course, various enemy, character, and card effects interact with this system. The Eternal Flame can power quite a few cards by discarding the hand or by having more cards in the Deck of Ashes. Some cards only work while theyre in the Deck. Various foes also discard or even renew cards for you. This isnt always a great thing some cards are better off discarded.

Those are known as Ash cards. But many of the cards in Deck of Ashes have various keywords and modifiers that make them more special than just having a straightforward result. Phoenix cards are great, as they return to your Battle Deck upon use. Non-playable usually goes on cards that do an effect when drawn (some of them are actually bad stuff like diseases). Theres also another system of keywords that describes the type of the card. This is important for some special effects, like Shield trait blocking damage from the next Strike card.

And after the battle, you pitch a tent, which gives you rest points that can be exchanged for healing and/or card restoration. And yes, its more economical to pay HP to get some cards back than to do it after the battle.

But any loot your collect in battle or by exploring the map nodes would be nothing without your camp. Located at the center of the map, this where you trade resources, craft new cards, and heal in Deck of Ashes. The blacksmith uses Ash to craft cards from recipes, and can use the same resource to upgrade cards with a variety of effects (this only works for the starting cards). The biggest use of Ash Master is to renew your deck for free, to burn some cards outside combat, and to get the Phoenix Ritual so that dying in battle wouldnt spell the end of the campaign. The merchant and healer are more much prosaic in their functions and a lot less important.

Each of your camp followers can also be upgraded by their specific resources that you can find in the wilds. Its important to increase your post-battle rest time as soon as possible if not for cards, then for HP restoration.

But enough about friends lets talk about the enemies in Deck of Ashes. They have stats just your character, and they can use a variety of abilities like healing others on death or deflecting every third Strike card back at you. Youll always see the next card theyre going to use, so you can react accordingly.

The enemies range from various disgusting beasts to humans to undead and demons. Again, each set of enemies can have typical traits. For example, beasts are likely to call in more beasts, while sea critters can lay eggs that will hatch after a few turns, and so on.

And this is probably the first area where I can start complaining about Deck of Ashes. The battles last far too long for the variety of enemies and cards that exist in the game. Pretty soon, youll master each characters MO and just start slaughtering low level foes. Its almost automatic: stack the damage effect you have the access to (Burn, Bleed, and/or Poison), and most enemies will go down quite easily. Notable exceptions are the ones that manipulate your deck or have some annoying traits, but the rest are not much more than HP bars that need to be depleted.

Thus, combat in Deck of Ashes mostly about spamming your good cards until the enemy drops. And if you built your deck right, youll end a battle without any health loss, and having restored most of the cards used. This becomes real tedious, real fast.

But whats even more boring is the game map. None of the loot ever feels exciting, as only various potions are something you can use immediately. New cards? Have to be constructed back at the base. Events? Theyre repetitive and dull, lacking in any sort of flavor even when theyre not just hey, one member of your camp offers one of their services outside the camp. Finish the campaign with one character, and youll use the next one to mill around the map killing the most difficult enemies and mining out resources to run down the damn timer faster.

Not like the bosses are that hard. Single enemies in Deck of Ashes are a lot less dangerous than several lesser enemies than can hit you with three attacks before its your turn again.

So gameplay has somewhat solid foundations made boring by balance. What about the visuals? Well, theyre generally good. The art in Deck of Ashes is of decent quality, stylized and grim. The enemy designs are vibrant if not always groundbreaking. Even the battlefield backgrounds have some dynamics to them. Loading screens and cutscenes may be still and of wildly different styles (seriously, loading screens are very much different from dark stylized art everywhere else in the game), but theyre good.

But the node map is boring, and the font choice doesnt match anything else at all Even worse: the taunts that level bosses belch out while you run around the map as well as Ash Masters advice to seek out Ash Storm anomalies are both repetitive and immersion braking. And only part of that is bad writing.

Writing is even more important to Deck of Ashes, since the game features a great degree of voicing. You characters drop quips at the start of battle and when killing enemies and both get old fast, especially with how many battles youre going through. The voice acting in cutscenes is of variable quality. Its good that the devs bothered to get voice actors that seem to be native English speakers, but they can have their failings as well (the merchant guy just the merchant guy).

Deck of Ashes would be a mildly interesting game if it wasnt that boring. The battles last too long and the node map is terrible. It doesnt help that map events are both repetitive and boring. As it is now, its mostly a waste of decent visuals.

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Joo Franco is looking forward to what the future holds after making the decision to quit drinking earlier this year.

The Below Deck Mediterranean alum reflected on how far he's come and what's next for him in a post on Instagram on June 23. "I had it all. I lost it all. I chose not to let my poor circumstances turn into excuses. Making my mind up to becoming the person I have decided to be was the first step. Applying myself and investing in myself has been very rewarding and all it took was a change in mindset," Joo wrote. "Decide on a path and walk it!! Appreciate those backing you all the way."

The photo featured in the post showed Joo posing with all of the many certificates "and still counting!" he noted that he has earned in his four years in yachting so far. "This is my round two to becoming successful," Joo also shared in the post. "Round one was great! But this time Im happy."

Joo previously gave an update on how he's doing inhis new sober lifestyle while self-quarantined in South Africa in a video on his Instagram posted on April 10. "Firstly, in this quarantine, and since I said I'm not drinking, I have not had a single drink. It's been fantastic. I'm not going to tell you that it's easy for everyone, but it has been easy for me," Joo said. "I believe that once I made my mind up in not drinking, it's been really easy to stick onto it, partly because I'm probably super stubborn and also because I feel that it's not really that I had an issue with drinking; I feel that my mindset was that I never wanted to stop. And now in making a decision in when to stop, it hasn't been so difficult to stop entirely. So that's been great."

What has been "really tough," Joo said, is being apart from his fiance, Michelle Dicu, who lives in New York. "She was two days short of visiting me and coming top South Africa to spend this time with me. She was working at the time," Joo said in the video. "Yeah, we missed our window by two days, but positivity is strong within us. And we all know that people around us have it worse, and we [are] very lucky."

Joo has been using this time to tackle new challenges, such as building a car, which he has used the money he would have spent on drinking to pay for. "It has been extremely challenging, but my stubbornness will not let it get the [best] of me," he said. "And I will complete it, and I will show you guys what I've done and how I built a car from scratch."

Joo, who took on his first job as a captain following Season 4 of Below Deck Med, has also been productive while in self-quarantine, studying to become even more knowledgable in all things maritime. "I believe that if I can't be on the water, I will learn more about the water, learn more about being a captain and the management side of things, learn more about the weather," he said. "Hopefully, I become an absolute guru in the theory, rules, and regulations, so that I can put it into practice when I come out of this alive and kicking and healthy."

The former bosun remarked how "not waking up a single day in almost 3 months with a hangover has been AWESOME" and showed his dedication to sticking to a new diet in a post showing off his new shorter 'do published on Instagram on May 19.

He also shared a little more about how he and his fiance have been getting through self-quarantine apart. "All thats missing in my life right now - my beautiful lady [Michelle] who is MILES away. Well get through it though!" Joo wrote. "I hope all those separated from their loved ones realise that its hard to be apart but it is temporary and would be harder to not have each other at all. We play backgammon and do yoga together online! She kicks my ass at both!"

In a more recent Instagram post from earlier this month, Joo revealedhow he stays focused even when times are tough. "Hours on hours of studying. Every time I hit a mental block and information stops sinking in, I make a coffee, stand outside, watch the ocean and remind myself why!" he said. "And I get back to it!"

Want more Below Deck Med? New episodes air every Monday at 9/8c or catch up on this season through the Bravo app.

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With no set timeline in place for the return of live music and events, many venues around the city are getting creative as summer starts to encourage folks to get out and about. Bostons House of Blues is no exception.

The live music venue has unveiled The Deck on Lansdowne, an outdoor space located atop the Lansdowne Garage. The new outdoor bar overlooking Lansdowne Street officially opens this Friday (June 26), and will be open Thursdays through Sundays until October.

The food menu is served up by House of Blues Boston chef Kevin Doherty with a focus on pizza, plus Mediterranean and fruit and cheese platters. The Sausage Guy is also on board, dishing out sausages and other grill items.

The drink list includes Harpoon IPA, White Claw, City Roots Cider, Jacks Abby, Fiddlehead IPA, Mighty Squirrel, Springdale Sour Series, Narragansett Del Shandy, Goose Island and more.

Transactions will cashless with contactless ordering and payment via phones for each table; seating is limited to parties of up to six guests.

The safety of our guests and staff is always our top priority and planned for accordingly, states Live Nation in a press release. We encourage those who are sick to stay home, and remind everyone coming to The Deck on Lansdowne to wear a mask when they are not seated at a table, wash their hands with soap and water and use hand sanitizer. We continue to implement preventive measures in line with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies.

The hours for The Deck on Lansdowne will be Thursdays from 4 to 10 p.m.; Fridays from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturdays from noon to 11 p.m.; and Sundays from noon to close.

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With more time spent at home, now is the perfect time to seize the everyday and tackle tasks around the home that you may not have had the time to in the past. From D.I.Y. fence and patio repair tips to how to create your own backyard oasis for your family, Canadian Tire and Yahoo Canada are proud to help Canadians get there by bringing you everything you need for the season.

As you prepare your outdoor space for BBQ and patio season, ask yourself this: When was the last time you gave your fence and deck a refresh?

If its been several years, chances are some upgrades and repairs are needed. If you notice any staining and discolouration, mildew or old wood fibres collecting (which are all caused by exposed elements) after inspection, determine if it's time to replace your wooden fixtures completely or make minor updates.

While it may sound like a pricey job if left to the professionals, making repairs to your fencing and deck panels yourself can be a cost-efficient and fulfilling project you can do yourself. And with more time spent at home this year, its the perfect time to tackle any DIY passion projects you may have been putting off and revamp the ultimate outdoor space for your family to enjoy.

Plus, while more difficult and time-consuming tasks are of course for the adults of the house, safe tasks (even something as simple as sweeping!) are a great way to get the kids involved in a project that will leave everyone feeling like theyve made an impact!

To help you, weve rounded up helpful tips for ensuring you get the job done right and everything you need to do it.

Before you jump into fence or deck maintenance, its essential to determine whether you need to completely replace, or just restore.

According to Geno Scopelleti, who alongside his son Marino have owned and operated Sunnylea Homes, a Toronto-based general contracting company for more than 35 years, if half of the length of your fence is in poor condition, it might be time to replace the whole thing. By performing an inspection each year for any signs of decay (whether the wood is discoloured, soft, crumbling etc.) to ensure you catch problems early.

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Regardless of whether youre restoring a stained or damaged fence or deck or completely starting from scratch with a new build, youll need to sand. All wood, except manufactured items like composite wood need to be sanded. Start by using a sander with a heavier grit belt, using a palm sander for areas the belt sander cant reach. Then, doing a once-over with a lighter grit belt for an ultra-smooth surface thats ready for staining.

For precision and control, this Orbit Sander from MAXIMUM is made with a separate counterweight design that reduces vibration for improved comfort while its short height allows you to get closer to the workpiece.

If youre replacing deck or fence wood, its essential to start with a good cut job. And when it comes to woodworking projects, a portable saw is a must-have!

With so many options, it can be tough to know which is best for your project, but you cant go wrong with a circular saw, like this one from MAXIMUM. Its great for everything from cutting deck boards to doing small fixes around your house to make your space more enjoyable.

Any handyperson knows that cleaning and applying a protective coat of wood stain to your deck and fence can help extend the life of your hard work, while also giving it an instantly updated look.

This semi-transparent stain by Premier offers weather-repellent protection without obscuring the wood grain resists cracking and peeling for a long-lasting, natural Cedar-like finish.

The more time your deck and fence sit in the sun, the more damage will occur. To get rid of any mould, mildew or dust, we recommend cleaning wooden surfaces regularly especially if youve recently overhauled your deck or fence. Frequent maintenance will extend the life of your deck or fence and help prevent issues down the line.

Made without bleach or any harsh chemicals that can taint the finish of wood, Thomsons Deck Cleaner & Renewer instantly restores natural wood tone to old weathered wood while removing old wood fibres for a renewed look.

Canadian Tire and Yahoo Canada are helping Canadians seize the everyday this summer, with tips, tricks and everything you need for the season. Click here for more!

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'Below Deck Mediterranean' returned with an all-new episode this week and the center of which happened to be Peter 'Pete' Hunziker and his inappropriate behavior and language at work. Despite repeated requests, Pete has continued to call his superior Malia White "sweetheart". He was politely asked to drop it but when he didn't give up, Malia had to take the issue up with captain Sandy Yawn, who then gave the deckhands an earful and asked them to maintain basic protocol. "Malia's not your friend. No sweetheart, no sweetie, no dear," Sandy said.

Pete, however, was not willing to back down and continued questioning Malia about who may have called her a "sweetheart". Upon explaining, he promised to maintain decorum, but that lasted only a couple of hours. When the crew arrived at a local Spanish scenic spot to set up lunch tables for the charter guests, Pete struggled with placing the tables. When Malia and Jessica More tried helping him out with suggestions, he said: "Too many chief stews."

Clearly, there's a problem when it comes to taking orders or working in a team and Pete has proven that enough number of times. He was even recently fired by Bravo for his racist remarks on social media. "Peter Hunziker of Below Deck Mediterranean has been terminated for his racist post," the network posted on Instagram and added: "Bravo and 51 Minds are editing the show to minimize his appearance for subsequent episodes."

Meanwhile, fans are confused about why Pete is not being edited out completely from the show."Bravo is so messy and I love it. They said that we would edit out Pete this season on below deck but leave in scenes of him being a misogynistic a-hole. So great! #bravo #belowdeck," a fan commented. While another shared: "The bravo editors showing us how much pete sucks!! and he has the nerve to blame his sexism on being from the south!!! lol #BelowDeck #BelowDeckMed #BelowDeckMediterranean." Another tweeted, "Question for @BravoTV and #BelowDeck: are you incapable of casting men that arent absolutely vile misogynists? Here we are again with #BelowDeckMed." Another viewer cleared the air and shared that Bravo will start editing out his role on the show in the latter half of the season: "People dont pay attention do they?! @BravoTV was clear that editing Pete out would be the last half of the season since the first half was already edited. #BelowDeckMed."

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On Monday, the banned and restricted announcement impacted both the Standard and Historic formats, alongside changing the way the companion mechanic works (You pay 3 generic mana to put your companion into your hand from exile). The bans themselves did not change as much in Historic as it did in Standard the only deck that disappeared completely was Jeskai Lukka whereas the change to Companion is going to have a pretty big impact on the metagame. In this article, Ill be going over what I think the top 5 Historic decks will be going forward, and why.

RB Lurrus is a deck that Crokeyz created and reached #1 mythic with. If you like Aristocrats decks, then this is the deck for you its extremely grindy and also has very explosive starts with Priest of the Forgotten Gods, so its good at any stage of the game. RB lurrus thrives when the meta consists of creature decks, as it can utilize Claim the Firstborn and a sacrifice outlet to kill creatures while pushing through damage. It is a bit weaker against control, but still has a good shot at winning the game. Even with the 3 mana tax, Lurrus is still very powerful against control because you are almost never casting it early in the game anyways. Before the bans, this deck was a contender for the #1 deck in Historic. Post-bans, however, this deck becomes a lot weaker due to the companion changes. When you would normally pay 3 for a Lurrus, you now have to pay 3 twice before you get any benefit this makes it impossible to play Lurrus + 1-drop on turn 4, which was something that the deck did often.

The reason that this deck is still on the list, despite losing a lot, it is still extremely explosive at times. For example, Priest of the Forgotten Gods + a Claim the Firstborn kills 2 of your opponents creatures while also dealing them damage and drawing cards. It retains its great matchup against creature decks and its grind potential against Control. There is definitely an argument for removing the Lurrus and adding Mayhem Devil, but the Devil usually feels too slow, it does not impact the board upon entry, and is 3 mana. Lurrus also provides the reach that the deck needs against control, while Mayhem Devil is a bit clunky. The situation where Mayhem Devil is very good is when there are lots of sacrifice decks in the meta or other decks with plenty of x/1s, and less control. If the meta shifts in that direction, I think that Mayhem Devil is a great consideration. Overall, I think that this deck will continue to be very strong while the meta still consists of creature decks once the meta becomes more control-heavy, this deck becomes a lot weaker.

Simic Nexus has long been one of the best decks, and that wont change now.. It uses Nexus of Fate and Wilderness Reclamation to take extra turns, while having Search for Azcanta and Tamiyo, Collector of Tales to dig for those cards and make this as consistent a game plan as possible. Meanwhile, it utilises fog effects as a great catch-all answer to buy turns against aggro decks.

The reason the deck has always been so strong, is that it has no terrible matchups. It has a good matchup against aggro (due to the fogs and bounce spells), and a good matchup against control (all the removal in their deck becomes useless). I would not recommend this deck to someone looking to play a quick easy match, because this deck will take a really long time to win, and involves some very complex lines. Simic Nexus was a strong deck before the changes, and not much has changed for it. You are usually using your Kaheera as a win condition, so the extra 3 mana doesnt really impact things too much. The fact that this deck lost practically nothing, and most decks lost a lot, is an extremely big upside. Nexus decks thrive when Teferi, Time Raveler isnt seeing much play, and Jeskai Lukka, one of the main Teferi decks, just became unplayable thanks to the bans. The deck also becomes a bit better against Winota, as they do not have those couple copies of Agent of Treachery; that card was a big problem for the nexus deck because you could fog all you want, but they would eventually steal some of your permanents. All of these reasons combined means that this deck has improved, and now has a good matchup against almost every deck.

Naya Winota is an aggro deck built around Winota, Joiner of Forces, allowing you to cheat an Angraths Mauraders into play and kill your opponent in one turn. Its ability to win on turn 4 many times had most people thinking that it is (and was) the best deck in Historic, but, in my opinion, the bans have impacted this deck a lot. The changes to Umori now prevent you from curving out with it as a powerful 4-drop play, making the deck substantially weaker. A smaller change that the deck faced was the loss of Agent of Treachery as, although only played in small numbers, Agent of Treachery was one of the only ways to beat Nexus through a fog. Many were surprised that Winota wasnt banned in Historic, as it was dominating the format up until this point. There is not much to be said about this deck as it has always been good, and will continue to be good. I know that a lot of people think that Winota should be #1 on this list, but the combination of Control having become more popular, and Umori having become worse, together make me think that this deck has lost its seat on the throne. That being said, the deck is still very competitive, and will definitely be one of the most played decks early into this new Historic format.

Mono Red is a strong deck in any format it is played in because of its extreme consistency and ability to end games extremely fast, due to its powerful early-game creatures, and potential to close games with burn spells even long after your opponents have stabilised. Another reason that this deck is rated so highly is that it has a good matchup against Winota, as you are able to kill most of their creatures post-board. In Historic, the deck gains access to Goblin Chainwhirler (which can kill 1 toughness creatures) and Burning-Tree Emissary (which allows for extremely explosive starts). The deck also gets to run many of the great cards from the standard versions, such as Embercleave (which will net you free wins a lot of the time), and Anax (which makes the deck very resilient against control). This versiondidnt lose anything with the changes, and is now better than the Mono Red Obosh list because of that. I think that this is one of the best decks to play right now, because people are still figuring out the format; its usually a good idea to play an aggro deck in an unknown format, because of their consistency and ability to prey upon untuned slower decks.

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Esper Kaheera Walkers is a pretty normal version of an Esper Control deck, though with more planeswalkers than usual as win conditions, alongside running Kaheera because the deck is creatureless so its completely free to include. The decks best matchup is aggro, as you can board wipe them many times, while also having ways to stall the board. The deck gains access to Teferi, Hero of Dominaria as a powerful threat that can deal with a wide variety of problem permanents. This deck was barely impacted by the changes because you almost never want to cast Kaheera on-curve anyway; there are so many good 3-drop plays the deck can make and, usually, Kaheera isnt one of the better ones. The deck also gains access to Timely Reinforcements post-board, which is an incredible hoser against aggro decks. The reason why I have Esper as #1 on this list, is because most of the meta is aggro, and those matchups tend to be great. With access to board wipes and life gain (such as timely reinforcements and Kayas wrath), you should have no trouble beating all of the aggro decks that I had on this list.

You may have noticed a pattern during this article: The decks that have risen to the top are the ones that benefited most from the bannings. Esper, for example, lost close to nothing, while many other decks were hampered so its position improved dramatically. I think that all 5 of these decks are good enough to do well with, and that they will remain at the top for some time. If you have any ideas of Historic decks you like that you think should be on this list, feel free to post them in the comment section of this article.

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Madison Stalker may not have found love this season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht, but things certainly seem to be heating up for her in the romance department these days.

Parsifal III's second stew confirmed during the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 1 reunionon Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home on June 1 (watch a clip from the sit-down, above)that she has been "talking" to someone recently but "not dating."

As if that wasn't intriguing enough, Madison also revealed that he's in "the Bravo family." Madison wouldn't give any more details about this mystery man, but host Andy Cohen still tried to pry some out of her. "My producers are telling me that you follow Colin [Macy-O'Toole]from Below Deck Med and Luke [Gulbranson] from Summer House on Instagram," Andy said.

Madison responded coyly, "I'll tell you right now, it's not Colin."

Andy then noted that if something is, in fact, going on between Madison and Luke, he "couldn't be more for this relationship."

When we caught up with Madison on June 3 for an interview in our new video seriesThe Final Word(clip above), we asked if Luke is, in fact, the special someone she's been talking to or if it's someone else. "I'm just really happy and I'm very smitten, and that's all I'm gonna say about it. I'm just really happy," Madison said."We're just being a little private and being in our bubble. But I'm very happy and I'm very smitten."

It looks like Madison is just going to keep us guessing. In advance of the Below Deck Sailing Yacht reunion, she shared a black-and-white photo on Instagram on May 30 looking rather cozy with a bearded gentleman.

We can't wait to find out who the lucky fella is!

See everything theParsifal IIIcrew had to say about the reunion inThe Final Word, below.

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As cruise lines continue to build new cruise ships with features we havent seen before, a new cruise line is putting a pool deck down on deck 1 that will open directly on the water.Marina guest area provides residents with direct access to pristine waters, sailing, jet skiing and kayaking right off the deck. This area has a cafe and restaurants that we are sure will be the best place to be on those warm sunny days.

Storylines, a new cruise line that is promising to offer affordable condos that you can buy and live in, has released a video showing the Marina on their cruise ship MV Narrative.

The cruise ship will have a pool deck right on the water line. Parts of the ship will open up allowing residents to walk out of the pool and right onto a jet ski. A video of this amazing pool deck concept can be seen below.

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Storylines has not given a date on when this new cruise ship will debut. MV Narrative will be a 55,000 gross ton cruise ship that will hold 1,000 guests in 627 suites. The vessel will be powered by Clean LNG fuel.

Cruise condos will start at $352,235. The residences will be turnkey and ready to live in. All furniture, wall and floor coverings, decor, linens, comforters, blankets, pillows, and towels are included in the price.

The ship will have 10 restaurants, eight bars, an I-MAX, and a vertical farm.

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'Below Deck Mediterranean' Season 5 is just two episodes old and has hit rough waters already. Malia White is the bosun and managing a team of three deckhands - Pete Hunziker, Alex Radcliffe and Robert Westergaard. That's a lot of testosterone for anyone to handle at once and it appears, it was not a wise idea to have that many males in a team.

But Malia has been putting in her hundred percent, doing all that she can to run her crew smoothly but she can do only so much when her own team decides to act in an unorderly manner. They are not ready to follow instructions, especially Pete who even walked away from a conversation with Malia while she stood there briefing the others on what needed to be done next.

She is stern, confident and knows how to get her work done. However, she is also wary of the fact that strict female bosses are often not taken very kindly or listened to. But that didn't stop her from warning Peter for going against her. "The second you start going against me, you're not my lead deckhand anymore," she told Pete, while he listened quietly.

Will he comply and follow orders going forward? Time will tell. But for now, fans think Malia was too harsh on Peter.

"Malia seems to be a bit insecure with the men. She is her worst enemy. Pete didnt deserve the attitude #BelowDeckMed," a fan commented, while another shared: "Malia what don't you get? The reason Pete was casted is because he's an actual experienced bosun to assist in your non experience as one since you're a female prop this season. Why not hire a qualified female if production wanted to make a statement? #BelowDeckMed."

"Malia was so extra for nothing. If you thought he was wrong you could've just corrected instead of being passive aggressive. Somebody was trying to learn #BelowDeckMed," a viewer expressed. "Malia the deck crew looks at you sideways because it's painfully obvious you're not qualified to be a bosun. You even sound confused when you talk #BelowDeckMed," a user posted.

Catch all the new episodes of 'Below Deck Mediterranean' on Bravo every Monday.

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