Vegas, you are my favorite event of the year in my least favorite place on earth. If MagicCon never went back, I'd dance on your grave remotely. Thank you to all the people who made it tolerable.

I bought a subscription to @cascadecascade.com so I could read Rob Bockman's articles and everything else is just a nice add-on.

Cal and Stitcher's Supply were kind enough to send me to Vegas with an extra Dandan mat to give out. Here's the deal: the first people I see playing Dandan in Vegas get to play for it. That's it. Don't forget to bring a deck

Cal and Stitcher's Supply were kind enough to send me to Vegas with an extra Dandan mat to give out. Here's the deal: the first people I see playing Dandan in Vegas get to play for it. That's it. Don't forget to bring a deck

@trasgomorph.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favorite Magic writer

Waiting for Tangle Wires to show up but deeply grateful to see this list on Twitter. Stompy brings back a flood of memories from being a kid and actually enjoying this game. Probably not a great deck. Probably not the greatest build. But I cannot wait to shuffle it up.

Omg Jacob Wysocki!!!!!!

wait this is amazing how did I not know about this?

The real problem with cheap interaction is it invalidates old answers. Leyline, in the not so distant past, used to be a pretty sick play. When 3/4 top Izzet decks have an answer for it that costs U? Less so.

Deciding on Vegas basics. Don't worry about the nine unlimited islands, never a problem in Strixhaven

Heads up that if you were looking for one of those great DanDan playmats that sold out instantly, Kelogsloops has them back in stock and despite the backorder tag, they're shipping.

Friendly reminder that I'm happy to do free reviews of any grant application. I can't stress how much a second set of eyes can help improve your odds. Grant writing is hard.

New Lil Guy just dropped

Good way to start the day 🧛

I just want to say that @cascadecascade.com is the kind of project the community always asks for and then wonders why it goes away. Great writing takes financial support. If you want less shitty content in the world, get a subscription. It's like getting 20 Patreons for the price of one.

Cascade Cascade rules. There's so much Magic writing out there, people keep writing for some reason. It's awesome to see a publication that's focused on promoting writing that is cultivated through deliberate thought over time. I'm such a huge fan. Read this and support if you can. 💜💜💜

There are currently 10 cards banned in paper Standard. Four of them are red. Two of them are blue. One is both. Izzet makes up 70% of the ban list and 100% of these trophies.

Wild that one of the best limited grinders of the last decade is basically an anonymous guy with almost no footprint on the internet. BUT... he leaves his 17Lands data public. 137 trophies in Arena Direct. 68% Win Rate. Not even going to mention his handle. You know who it is.

Trying to be better about posting here. Anyway, news:

We're issuing an open call for innovative approaches to con coverage for MC Vegas! If you're a writer with an interesting idea for relaying the experience of this event to readers, hit us up! We evaluate on the strength of the concept and quality of the work, no submission is too weird!!

Was wondering how many cards had the same name as US cities and it turns out there are 31 unique hits. Figured Savannah was #1 by a mile but it's THIRD. Anyone know what #1 is?

Premodern mail days will continue until Arena improves

very good mail week continues

premodern mail day:

Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like WU BRG

I know everyone got to have a lot of fun calling me a scalper this week but I was legitimately excited to see this when I woke up this morning. Haters will say it's still in the box.

Happy Freebie Friday a thing I just made up where I re-post one of our free articles on Cascade Cascade dot com www.cascadecascade.com/magics-hidde...

I've spent the last decade trying to get a little better at limited each week. If you're someone who is draft-curious but 0-3's more of your free Arena drafts than 3-3's, this is practical advice you can implement that I guarantee will make your game better without spending a dime. (buy a sub tho)

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Crunched the available DanDan data (DanData?) from eBay: One seller sold 4 listings Four sold 3 19 sold 2. No one sold 5 or more. Similar story on TCGplayer. I don't think there's a big, bad reseller cabal holding the bag on these. Average sale = $232.90 across there and TCGp.

"This was a cash grab." Magic made $1.7 billion in 2025. That's $4.6m per DAY. 60k in DanDan was a ROUNDING ERROR to Hasbro. They hope that you talk about this. That it trends on here. And that you keep directing your rage at the resellers that make whole system work for them.

Hot take: this is still underpriced. $99 was a joke and designed to create an instant sellout after the disaster that was TMNT. Anchoring to that number is emotional. The market just told us what it was actually worth.

LOVE this waiting room concept and Nick Floyd getting his flowers.

7-0 for box 5! Wish I didn't have so much life stuff going on today but this was a solid weekend.

Now at 4 boxes at 74.7% overall. A little bit of data goes a long way and gotta agree with @sierkovitz.bsky.social that lack of discussion about the format is impacting how people are building for this event. Snow day here in Denver so hoping to get a few more runs in!

Two more boxes on non-Orzhov decks. Interesting discussion about if WB is dominant b/c of busted W rares. With GB also showing well and Boros struggling to trophy, I'd argue strong black cards are winning the weekend. WB still very good, just finding other ways to win today.

TIL you can go infinite in TMT with a common, uncommon, and rare:

7-0 with Orzhov good stuff for box #1. My best tip for Arena Direct this weekend: play WB. So far, it has 40.2% of all 17lands trophies. That's 2x what we've expect in a five archetype set. For context, Golgari is the runner up 13.7% of trophies. Orzhov is dominating, black cards are good.

if we're in a match and I hit you with this dude, please understand I mean absolutely nothing by it, I just can't get enough of him in my life

The thing about December birthdays is they're always finding new ways to make you feel like shit about it

TIL that claiming your GrubHub order contains chunks of human flesh only complicates things for your AI agent

When my 16 creatures have 23 total creature types, the limited environment is needlessly complicated. Especially when we're pitching Universes Beyond as an onramp for new players, creature type actually matters, but so many of these DON'T.

does this work like I think it does?

Finally saw this yesterday. Thought cancer was done emotionally kicking my teeth in but, almost a year after losing my father in law, it felt as raw as ever. If you've been putting off seeing it, stop. It's beautiful.

If you love music, give me a follow because I will put new, exciting music in your feed every day. If you are a musician, follow me so I can put your new, exciting music in front of music fans. I write this every week: www.etherdiver.com/category/oth... And I repost your music posts constantly!

Nice of them to include the swords on here, but a real pro breaks those Swisher Sweets down with their thumbs

It was sunny when it snowed but my younger neighbor shoveled my sidewalk. This is a midwest insult. I will challenge him to a fight tomorrow. Just as soon as he's done riding his motorcycle and playing in his band and tuning his motorcycle then, we'll fight.

One time this dude comic we worked with was having a bit of a diva moment and after confronted by the women working on the project sent an email that ended with, "I thank the lady spirit that moves through all things" with total sincerity. I think about this often.

doubling up on my thots this week, I wrote about the funny relationship between the Instant time--including the history of Interrupts and THE BATCH!! Give it a read! dominarianplowshare.substack.com/p/the-histor...