Pineapple and green olives, baby.

Cracked. Donatello & Spicy Oatmeal Pizza soloed 4/10 wins. Mouser Foundry & Jitte regularly picked off stragglers to keep the engine going. When I didn't have it, an EPF or two followed by Mouser or Mechanized Ninja Cavalry were enough. Trifecta of 5 drops punched hard. @fireshoes.bsky.social

Want to do away with the Legend Rule for limited play but you’re concerned about having a rule just for those formats? Emblem! Distribute them in pre-release kits. Use Marvel or even a Magic set to introduce “Multiversal Madness”, use lore to explain why limited is “pure chaos”. #MTG

Included in the pile of #TMNTxMTG cards gifted to the new player was a copy of the bonus sheet All Will Be One. Gorgeous. My only bonus sheet pull was an Underworld Breach. I was also gifted someone else's kit which contained a Super Shredder.

One small & final #TMNTxMTG pre-release thought. The dice found in the pre-release kits? Amazing. Hats off to the person(s) who thought that through. The green is such a nice and vibrant green. I was surprised at how how many people didn't notice that the number colour matched the turtle colours.

Both #TMNTxMTG events I went to on the weekend had 36 attendees (not sold out) and the vibes were excellent. Yes, some people were low on TMNT as a setting. Yes, some people had concerns about the small set size. But I genuinely think those same people had a good time made the most of it.

My first impressions of #TMNTxMTG are mid(dling) to good. Like Lorwyn, I think you need a glut of two and three drops make it through the midgame and that it will prove to be a grindy format.

I played two #TMNTxMTG pre-release events and flubbed round one both times because I built the wrong deck. On Friday I was on Temur artifacts with Chrome Dome and Krang with a decent ramp package. Krang was a trap, ended game one on 8 land, Krang in hand, and my opponent at 9 w/ no fliers.

Please take a moment to watch Carlo’s video for the correct pronunciation Dream Beaver. See also: Dream Seizer from Lorwyn. (Carlo! Gobbler’s friend Chris here. Was lovely meeting you at #MagicSpotlight Toronto.)

The poet we need /and/ deserve.

Each article like this increase my hype for the #MTGxTMNT set and I started with zero hype.

UB is to Magic what clothes are to pets. Not a necessity, sells really well in certain demos, understood as disrespectful by many (even in the demos where it is successful), can be truly harmful if left unsupervised, often very polarizing. #MTG

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

I don’t give a damn about TMNT but this is still cool af.

Addendum: As always, skeet was used derogatorily. Never the content, always the object.

Yeaaaaah. So it really is “yr solving it too fast.” Being delivered by Daybreak. Everything is totally fine. (See @fireshoes.bsky.social subsequent skeets for all you need to know.)

@gabesaurusrex.wubrgsky.org To be clear, “the puzzle is being solved too quickly” message coming from someone at Magic: Online is NOT (laughs nervously) an outcome I expected. I do identify strongly with the notion that M:O data being used to understand what is happening at the LGS is a problem.

It is easy to look at this decision and make the argument, "no good comes from this." The linked thread makes that argument, saying "all this does is obfuscate meta health and hide cool decks that might otherwise inspire."

I have always thought an “If this creature would be destroyed by an effect controlled by an opponent, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step instead” keyword ability would be fun. #MTG

Evolution Sage, shedding real tears knowing Azusa and Werewolf Pack Leader won't wheel (but one of Simian, Kami and Salvager will).

Phyrexian Tower. Final Answer.

So. I went 1-3 today before dropping. I was on Temur Elementals with an Ashling’s Command, Champion of the Path (which I did get to copy), and a Spinerock Tyrant. It wasn’t much, the quality of play was exceptional, and I had a wonderful time.

Attending Magic Spotlight Eclipsed in Toronto this weekend, my first major Magic event. It’s in my city. I’ve practiced as much as possible and feel ready. I’ve absolutely no expectations for myself. Just gonna try and soak it in. #MagicSpotlight

Much as I hate Capitalism, and I do HATE Capitalism, using industry expo events like the Nuremberg Toy Fair, to grab eyeballs that might not otherwise see their products by announcing new products is pretty standard and effective strategy.

SOMEONE GIVE ME A PLATFORM. I'M HILARIOUS.

Move over, Insidious Roots! Quintorius Toots! Get it? Quint also makes stuff when things leave the graveyard? And he can make trumpet-like toots with his trunk? And toots rhymes with roots? And I'm still trying to make Insidous Roots work like I'm trying to make this joke work? #MTGStrixhaven

"Haz Bros Suing Hazbro on Behalf of Hazbro" #Hazbro #WotC #MTG (I'm hilarious, someone should give me a platform.")

Dundoolin Weaver is another great Behold for Champion of the Clachan as it nearly guarantees you have a way to repeatedly get it back from the graveyard when it dies.

Not wanting to be in non-typal archetypes feels true to me though I think Vivid is the exception. It’s also why sealed feels boom or bust; if you don’t open typal or vivid, you’re scuffed.

Heated Rivalry Secret Lair when? Shane Hollander, Boring Ilya Rozanov, Asshole Hunter and Kip, Partners @mtgsecretlair.com #HeatedRivalry #MTG

Shoutout to everyone who (like me) opened a fine, not notable at all prerelease pool and piloted it to a solid 2-1 finish. I appreciate you even if you were not compelled to post your deck because it was so boring.

Springleaf Drum roll, please! My predictions for impactful #MTGLorwyn cards in #MTGStandard. This is what peak performance looks like.

My predictions for each set continue to be a paragon of insight. Not a single one has popped off! Follow now before subscription prices explode. #MTGxATLA

I don’t care about their Dusk Urchin ancestor, I look forward to the errata correcting this to the goblin creature type it deserves. #MTGLorwyn

It’s a short list.

This! On turn /three/. #MTGLorwyn

Threefold Thunderhulk nets you six 1/1 artifact gnome creatures and seven artifact and/or creature ETBs. In Standard. #MTGLorwyn

This was pack one for an #MTGxATLA #MTGDraft earlier today. What is your first pick? I really struggled with this one. Considered Earth Rumble, Giant Koi, Sold Out, and Merchant. Took Merchant.

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I am cheese.

Happy Rum & Eggnog to all who celebrate. Put another way,

Trophy with white #MTGxATLA Allies in a Premier #MTGDraft on Arena. Went wide or got ‘em with Appa/Hei Bai airbending shenanigans. Temple won me two games. Earth Kingdom Soldiers great as my curve toppers. Grindy wins. @fireshoes.bsky.social

Trophy in #MTGxFinalFantasy Quick #MTGDraft. I knew I had something special when game one yielded seven Wizard tokens. Sabotenders and Phantom Train also put in work. @fireshoes.bsky.social

Not for nothing, but #MTGxMarvel Doctor Doom is kinda wild with The Sibsig Ceremony. 2BB for an indestructible 3/3, an additional two 3/3 Doombots, and a 2/2 Zombie Druid. That's 11/11 across four bodies for four. And card draw at EOT.

The Weather Girls “Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas)” is the best and only Christmas song. I will not be accepting replies to this skeet (derogatory).

3-0 #MTGxATLA FNM #MTGdraft last night at 401 Games here in Toronto (2-1, 2-0, 2-0). No real archetype, solid curve, great removal. Merchants the grindy MVP, allowing me to be selective with removal. Flyers often the win con. Loss was to Hei Bai/Airbender Ascension nonsense. @fireshoes.bsky.social

Ok, hear me out. #MTGWorlds

GOING.

The Sibsig Ceremony believers (probably just me) rejoice! #MTGStandard

It’s Mundane Monday! Show me a me a totally normal creature! The less it does, the better!