We walked down the aisle to our friends playing The Avett Brothers. This weekend, we get to see them for the first time live. Reminding myself of this on a Tuesday because the rest of the day and week will be brutal.

This card was a mistake. For historical context, only three of the 3,156 non-alchemy rares on Arena have EVER had a 70+% GIH win rate through the first two weeks of a format. The Super Hero Civil War is one of them.

Took home five boxes from the Arena Direct this weekend. MSH is a complex sealed format and I think a lot of people are doing it wrong. Obviously had some busted Azorius builds, but landcyclers enable greedy decks and most of the time, you should be splashing. Here are a few of mine:

Me: look at all of these hoops you have to jump through to get a free mana each turn 33 people: Bookmarked!

hey guys just thought I would get my 4 minute video in explaining how *i* think that being a sex pest is bad, just so you know (I'm mad it only gets 6,000 views)

It's not my place to get involved with sexual abuse allegations. All I can say is believe / signal boost the victims of such heinous acts. Some of y'all aren't doing that though. This isn't "content" or an opportunity to get clicks. There is a line between supporting victims & clout chasing.

After six years of my old Corsair I decided to update and I can't believe how gd nice it is to type on this beast.

Just havin' a nice little day organizing my office and listening to the Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack. That is all.

Happy first birthday to this little guy

Gotta stop shitposting, a little part of me dies every time someone agrees with it

It was a rough weekend, but like my buddy Cal says, I am the tree that loves the axe. See you in the Arena Limited Championship, friends.

Still thinking about @improphilo.bsky.social's article RE: Powered Cube and the per pack power limit 1. Game designers avoid creating loss aversion 2. Almost all players make the "right" decision 3. A few outliers make choices we don't get 4. Due to outlier behavior, people can feel bad? ???

Forgot how much I love an old school tournament report on a Blogspot

If Shatner is going to talk shit about his Captain Kirk Magic card we need @pattonoswalt.bsky.social to weigh in on M.O.D.O.K.

Life in 2026

Can easily see these going to $45/50 by December, would recommend getting at least a playset so you're covered

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So close 😔

Went to a wedding, have had this stuck in my head for days, now it's your turn

This has sparked a raging debate over whether this is a belly or not and @thephilfoglio.bsky.social is the only one who can settle it at this point

Seeing just the back, how would you grade it?

In the last 24 hours, people have tweeted at WotC hundreds of times about Secret Lair and the B&R announcement. Only a handful of times about their failure to recognize @uwotc-official.bsky.social. People talk about not recognizing the game now. That's increasingly how I feel about the community.

Really fun episode but drove home how constant releases make it so even the people who are paid to brew professionally can't keep up. It's no longer, "There's an obscure card from 2007 that would go so hard in this" but rather, "In a FIN holiday gift pack there's a common you missed."

DTF St Louis is the most fascinating show of the year and I have no one to talk about it with because it has the single worst name of a show released this year.

for people who have a strong fruit snack game (or kids) what's the closest thing to shark bites on the market currently?

It's a small drop in an ocean of creative industry nightmares but Cascade Cascade is paying all of its writers best-in-space rates for their writing because of the simple idea that a thing made by all of us should pay all of us. Feels good!

ur support matters xoxo

Holy smokes @cascadecascade.com is about to pay me more for my first article than anything I ever wrote for pulitzer prize winning major daily newspaper @denverpost.com. Thank you to everyone who is supporting fair compensation for Magic writers, indie projects are the future (and present).

My self-destructive Magic trait is keeping terrible opening hands in draft because somewhere deep down I think I should punish myself for making bad deckbuilding decisions

First test (almost) in the books. Been experimenting with a different type of alter and digging the results. Initially I thought I would be working with animals I found in vintage Nat Geos, but there are so many weirdos in here that I'm falling in love with. Last step: matte.

Total unique printings of Magic cards in the first twenty five years of the game: 35,656 In the last five years: 42,065

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 🧛

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