did some napkin spreadsheet math to calculate some worlds day 1 deck winrates

Sanctum had a great day today at Worlds, with not one but TWO teammates at the top of standings going into day 2! cftsoc (Rei Zhang) and Toni Portolan are both 6-1, both on our version of Otters without many Boomerang Basics. They'll both be in the featured pod for the draft tomorrow!

worlds coverage not mentioning sanctum (or worldly counsel or rampant growth) when talking about teams at the beginning of the stream kinda sucks huh

Less than a year after my first RCQ, hell of a year!! Thank you so much Sanctum for everything I love you all so much #WC31

did you know that barrels of blasting jelly is a constructed staple? follow for more insights from the sanctum worlds testing house.

Some of you may vaguely remember me running around MC Vegas like a chicken with my head cut off carrying tons of video equipment It was to bring this idea I had to reality. This was the last major thing I worked on before leaving TCC, but I left before it was done can't wait to see the result!

Many Magic: The Gathering players dream of competing in the Pro Tour, but what is that journey really like? Join us as we follow Jesse Robkin behind the scenes on her exciting Pro Tour journey! Spellseekers, Episode 1: The Jesse Robkin Story premieres Wednesday! ✨

11-3-1 at RC Vegas with Titan after 5-0ing (4-0 + bye) an LCQ on Friday. Happy to be back on the PT

gotta say it's a little nice to be playing this card that i a little bit failed to sell

the tagline of this deck is "solving all of the structural problems of UW chant by introducing an additional one (arguably two)"

SOS for a Claws of Gix in Vegas

4-0'd a sealed LCQ at Vegas, it's cool that these can qualify for future RCs now too. deck on the left is my maindeck, deck on the right is my secondary build that i sided into once to clinch g2 and g3 vs a deck with a lot of bombs

i am currently looking for the following cards for RC Vegas (sourcing cards for myself and for @essaria.bsky.social): 1 Consign 1 Flooded Strand 2 Kaheera 2 Narset 3 Days Undoing 3 Wrath of the Skies 3 T3feri 3 W&6 4 Celestial Purge 4 Isochron Scepter 4 Mystical Dispute 5 Orim's Chant 7 Solitude

apparently left is favored vs right

The VOD from this past Sunday's NYCIS Team Limited Open (EOE Sealed + Top Cut Draft) is live! Huge shoutout to @jenn-the-judge.bsky.social for making this event happen and also commentating all day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JNv...

Friendly reminder that I am singlehandedly the GOAT of Magic video production and that you can indeed hire me to produce tournament coverage (I can travel!)

We lost in top 4 :( this was my draft deck, I thought it was pretty sweet! But I faced an even sweeter 2x pinnacle emissary tons of artifacts deck (draft & match was on camera at twitch.tv/nyc_mtg! )

Drawing into top 4, we get to draft!!

feature match round 1 at twitch.tv/nyc_mtg

excited to play some team limited tomorrow with @r-condon.bsky.social @worldwaker2.bsky.social :eyes:

Accessibility nightmare tbh

wow The Drowned City was such a mediocre Arkham Horror LCG campaign. probably the only campaign since Dunwich that i actually do not recommend. just really boring, underwhelming, unbalanced, and uninteresting.

And as competitive players, it's also our responsability to train so we can make good plays without spending hours on them. I'm currently thinking about ways to train to process the most complex turns faster, and I just need to be able to trust that my opponents will be held to the same standard.

I see the chess clock conversation come back episodically and as someone who actually plays competitive paper Magic, it's jarring. Chess clocks CANNOT WORK in paper Magic. There are WAY too many priority passes in a single turn for any two players, however competent, to properly handle such a clock.

My friend Dan wrote a great summary of the organizational issues with the Arena Qualifiers. wotc has announced they plan to hold arena qualifiers for their Limited World Championship. Things need to improve before then. nosferatumtg.blogspot.com/2025/11/is-a...

oh hey the avatar spoilers look pretty nice, this seems like a pretty reasonable and good way to do UB, can't wait to see mo- OH GOD WHY

Hey Bluesky (that's when you'd like to be on Twitter I guess), in case there are still some unused Vivi Ornitier in the world, I'm missing three of them for Spotlight Series Liverpool this week-end!

the wolfey video really resonated with me i think it'll resonate with every woman it's so important that men don't accept and normalize treatment of themselves like this the hyper sexualization of anyone with an iota of a platform is so gross, dude

update: tonight we skipped past 6 numbers all the way to *47*, and the store is officially out of space

It's never too late!! learning Amulet Titan stream with the lovely @r-condon.bsky.social of "How to Play Amulet like an Amateur" fame (it's a wonderful guide), possibly joined by other Sanctum members as villians! stream starting soon!! www.twitch.tv/jenniferrose...

holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit i'm so hyped

I qualified for the Pro Tour with the deck I've been working on for a while, Simic Ritual. I wrote a short guide for the deck that I'm planning on expanding on for any interested in playing the deck at future events! @fireshoes.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

finished my first full silksong speedrun attempt on a bus :3 (it's not a very good time tho, i died way too much. at least i first tried the mist!)

Congrats to everyone who qualified for PT Richmond - incredible run!!!! At 11-3-1: @atsevariel.bsky.social in 9th place @comrade1312mtg.bsky.social in 10th @toothymtg.bsky.social in 11th ctsoc in 26th At 11-4: @tigressmtg.bsky.social in 27th Camari Bolger in 30th @nikroulah.bsky.social in 33rd

We only have a couple rounds left at #RCHouston and Sanctum has been crushing it! @tigressmtg.bsky.social is 10-2 with Amulet, @toothymtg.bsky.social is 10-2 with Broodscale, @comrade1312mtg.bsky.social is 9-2-1 with boros energy, Camari Bolger is 9-3 with Simic Ritual (1/2)

The Main Event continues! Watch our drafters navigate The Ball Pit with Arya Karamchandani and Ross Merriam (@rosshunneds.bsky.social) at 10:00 AM Central! #mtgcube #CubeCon2025

The first Twitch stream of CubeCon 2025 (🔗⬇️) will be starting soon! Watch the Ravnica/Time Spiral Standard Cube at 12:00 PM Central with Mani Davoudi and Gabriel Nassif as part of our first draft of the year! #mtgcube #CubeCon2025

Woke up, did 2/3 of a Silksong speedrun attempt (got to Clawline at about 1:10), now I'm ready to go judge some cubes (despite not doing the Last Judge route in the speedrun)

I was bored so I wrote a thing. It's very stream of consciousness and maybe not that good content idk. Also I'm having some technical difficulties updating my website so I instead copied it to a gdoc for now. Much jank, have fun. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

ok *now* i'm done (until rando exists) (...or until DLC comes out) (.......or until i decide i want to try speedrunning)

NYC local pauper event tonight has *40* people

I'm selling stickers to help pay for my transition because trans healthcare ain't cheap! Save 20% by buying the bundle of 5 designs or 20 of any combination of stickers. nyc-mtg.myshopify.com don't like stickers? patreon.com/NYC_MTG to support me a different way! Reposts appreciated ❤️

Thanks so much to everyone who tuned in and donated during the trans lifeline fundraiser today, it meant a lot. To anyone who wasn't able to make it but still wants to support this important cause, here's a link to the campaign tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6

Reviews are in from my PT teammates @ambercxc.bsky.social & @minhwins.bsky.social:

Here it is: 18K words on how to win with Sanctum Amulet at upcoming RCs. It's the best deck to play in modern - even if you're just okay at it. Put a ton of work into this one, so it's $15 or a $5 sub (comes with all my other articles). @fireshoes.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/140190...

a common sentiment I've seen about MagicCon Atlanta has been "they shouldn't host events in the South" while i understand where this comes from(feeling like The South™️ is hostile to queer ppl) it fails to acknowledge an often ignored part of our community: people of color(specifically black folks)

was thinking about my pt eoe run again my thoughts last sunday were kinda "it wasn't my tournament to win", as i had quite a few stockfish-would-lose moments but after some more reflecting i do think i still could have top 8'd w/ better play magic is pretty hard still pretty happy w/ my play tho

The schedule for the trans lifeline fundraiser is up, and we have a stacked lineup! To get questions set up for our two amazing panels, I'm personally matching the first 1000 dollars donated before the stream (which Hasbro will then match), so use the link below to donate now! tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6