My darlings! @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social is hosting a cosy teatime this Friday, the 9th, with special guests, Morelitea! Get ready for scads of tomfoolery and charming nonsense madameaskew.com/2026/01/08/f...

Magic Card of the Day: Spitemare Elementals of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor are the absolute most fun. I really hope that the artist prompts are as wild and open as they appear on the card. This pony/snake/fire is the manifestation of “you did this to yourself” but often it’s actually I made you do it. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Mindwrack Liege When hybrid mana was first introduced some of the color pairs had clear identities but U/R was all over the place. So the lord ended up being super odd. But 4 mana to drop in any blue or red creature is super fun. Probably not efficient but fun! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Overbeing of Myth It’s preview week for Lorwyn! As such I thought it might be fun to cover some fun cards from Eventide! The entire “Seer’s Parables” cycle is the best part of SHM/EVE. It creates a world of entities who are mysterious, but not named. Magic cryptids! #MTG

Magic Card of the Day: Avatar’s Wrath UB will likely continue to be a complicated part of the Magic ecosystem but my goal is going to be to make space for others who are into it in the next year. ATLA was designed well and I suspect this card will enable wins out of nowhere. Happy New year! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Extinguisher Battleship 8 mana is a lot, but if you aren’t playing it, sneaking it onto the battlefield, this big laser cannon does so much work. Remove annoying permanents, board wipe, and then you can build up a 10/10 flier to close the game out. I love space. 🌌 #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Summon: Primal Odin I think I will continue to be impressed by the effectiveness of the Saga type. The summons execution might have been the most exciting execution of it. I can’t wait to see where it goes from here. And I hope to one day Odin-T-K some day. #mtg

@teagrandarbiter.bsky.social and I unleash our annual Hogmanay Variety Show tonight at 5pm Pacific. Experience the unhinged tomfoolery, laughter, a end chaos that is the heart of what we do Oh yes, and Babushka Askew is coming to harass us all madameaskew.com/2025/12/31/h...

Magic Card of the Day: Magmatic Hellkite Tempo is hard to take advantage of in Commander, often due to the severe ramp involved but not only does this clear out the most annoying non-basic lands but the replacement basic is stunned as a draconian insult to injury. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: This week we are celebrating Year of Magic 2025! Cards that inspired me and were incredible to play! This creature remains my Simic Obsession this year. I have it in 3 decks already. An effective deterrent stapled to instant speed double ramp is absolutely cracked! #mtg

So glad one of my last games of the year was with @biggergayermagic.bsky.social . I’m so glad we are friends. Thanks for taking a hit from Crackle With Power so I don’t die! Also thanks to @infinitokens.com for helping make my Gay Disco Everywhere token come to life! #mtg

@teagrandarbiter.bsky.social is always getting into some sort of nonsense with Oberon so naturally we're headed through the Fairy Ring in February with the delightful folk at CONpossible but now I'm concerned about what could happen to my petticoats? Will they become a sentient flock? Egads!

Magic Card of the Day: Unforgiving On Our final spirit is a strong sense of revenge and return. Repeatable reanimation, even for 1 drop creatures, is incredible and this does scale if you have effective modification engines. May each attack raise your allies greater in the coming year! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: It’s the XXXmas mantis! He sees you when you deal damage! He knows it should kill him but he removed counters instead! Then he grows over time! You better pray! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Vengeful Ancestor On the 24th Santa gave me vengeance! Repeatable goad turns your enemies into allies, and bends threat assessment all over the place. Combined with other forms of goading, their rage will burn them out from the inside! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage We love a ghost with a connection from the past to the future! This spirit lets you ensure even when you lose, you gain. Building an army of the noble dead or becoming a threat to lay waste to your enemies. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: This week you will be visited by spirits! Lords are already great in Kindred decks but the flavorful bonuses beyond the +1/+1 of modern lords really add to the experience. This lord not only lets you summon spirits but also ALL spells from beyond! How disturbing 😳! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Zimone's Hypothesis Board wipes don’t need to hit everything! Or permanently get rid of anything! Instant speed wide bounce solves a lot of problems by creating a window for you and this spell lets you bend the rules so you get the most advantage from the evacuation! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Espers to Magicite What a strange card. Yes it is great anti-graveyard tech but also it but it reanimates one of the creatures….as not a creature. What kind of madness could we create with that kind of effect? The mind reels! A true surprise out of left field! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Angel of Indemnity I have a real preference for resilience over power when in comes to individual cards. Not only does this angel recur something, it can as an ability, threaten damage and rescue 3 permanents. It’s an undeniable way to flip the script in your favor. #mtg

From my game with @h0tzombie.bsky.social and @shieldsdownmtg.bsky.social and @loudmouth_heffa on Sunday. I got birb, I got wulf , and somebody gave me beasty. Thanks @infinitokens.com for making it easy for me to make lots of little guys who I can use as mana to Mob Rule. #mtg

My darlings, @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social and I are thrilled to welcome back our dearest @everiotartist.bsky.social for our last Friday Tea of 2025. And I am excited to see you tonight for some irreverent sewing nonsense madameaskew.com/2025/12/16/w...

Magic Card of the Day: Pyreswipe Hawk Tired of folks using thier mana rocks and giant artifacts with impunity? This will swoop in and start pilfering artifacts to deny resources. Bonus; it as haste which means if you have the best artifact in play, you get to strike fast and hit like a truck! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Exploration Broodship This week is about cards in Commander Precons you might have missed. Often a late game exploration won’t do a lot for you but with this it can do so much more, letting you recur terrifying threats or the noble and humble Spore Frog. #mtg

Y’all I’ll be playing commander on stream with @ajanisgaypridemate.bsky.social , @aerin-of-locthwain.bsky.social , and Russ! At 4PM Pacific/7PM Eastern on Twitch! Smushing cards at each other means we love each other, regardless of the complaints of bullying. #mtg Twitch.tv/The_Locthwain_Lobby

@infinitokens.com helped my Teysa, Opulent Oligarch deck make “Grindr Notification” Clue tokens, 1/1 “He Ghosted You” Flying Spirit Tokens and “Guy in a Speedo” Snac/Food tokens! Thanks @infinitokens.com ! Accept no replacement! #mtg

Tea minus ten minutes until Friday Teatime live with @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social and moi! And yes, we have yet another unhinged holiday topic for the evening! Find us in YouTube at 6:30 PM Pacific (Seattle) youtube.com/@madameaskew...

Magic Card of the Day : All-Seeing Arbiter Given my nom de plume, I adore creatures named Arbiter. This one is powerful as it can nerf attackers with just a discard. On top of that it has a card draw trigger. In a focus on discard you can make combat useless. The verdict is you have 0 power. 👨‍⚖️ #mtg

My Merfolk deck did the thing! I had to fight through goblin spies making me attack and the life of the party but my Benthic Biomancer/Wizard Class Combo sealed the deal for me! Thanks @infinitokens.com for helping me track these non-fish board invaders I wasn’t prepared to bring! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Bring to Light I love converge and caring about colors of mana spent but this card really breaks the mold. As a person obsessed with low curve spells, this hits all the spells I need and triggers cast triggers a second time. Hark! The Rainbow calls for aid! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Songs of the Damned Bursts of mana win games. My mono black cycling deck uses this to play massive threats way too early but can also be used to cycle even more stuff! Please note you need a dense creature based list but with it you can wield the dead as a weapon. #mtg

Shades of Shabby Chic, how was tea at The Pink Chandelier? Read about it on the blog! Featuring @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social, @madameaskew.bsky.social and @nunivek.bsky.social. #photography #blog #afternoontea

Magic Card of the Day: Sticky Fingers Sometimes you just need a few coins to get buy and your opponents only have the 1 blocker. With this aura you can quickly generate mana and have incredible evasion for cheap. Not to mention if it late in the game it is removed it replaces itself! #mtg

I guess the main channel for @magic.wizards.com hasn’t posted this yet (very embarrassing dears) but the Lorwyn story has launched. I for one love the Strixhaven/Lorwyn Crossover! Wizards, please make sure you are putting good faith efforts into your In Universe content. #mtg

Join an amazing cast for a #LorwynEclisped D&D Livestream through the month of January fundraising for @translifeline.org! The campaign is live now and all donations through it will be entered to win prizes donated by the community! More to come in the near future! #mtg #ECL tilt.fyi/eFQy0DaLkZ

Magic Card of the Day: Claim Jumper This week is about my personal Overperformers. This goofy rabbit 🐇 is incredible if you are playing against landfall or ramp builds this often gives you the two lands you need and a 3/3 vigilant body is shockingly resilient! Share your over-performer! #mtg

My first four commanders. I’ve been playing Commander for a long time. I’m so glad I’m back at it and better than ever. And yes they were fussy decks then too. They don’t exist anymore, but you can see the history in my current library What’s your first four commanders? #mtg

My darlings! @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social and I are back! I hope you're ready for Tea and nonsense because that's exactly what we're serving Join us on YouTube or Twitch for the best experience: youtube.com/@madameaskew... madameaskew.com/2025/12/05/f...

Magic Card of the Day: Starwinder I had a hard time picking my favorite EOE art. But this kept coming back. The contrast pink and blue, stars and the dramatic planet embodies the magic of Space. Folks have been looking to the sky forever, I suspect they are looking for this star whale. #mtg

I think I need to send this message to literally all mtg content creators but I feel like it might be a truth too sharpened. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Entropic Battlecruiser Look this card is a villain but it’s so slick y’all. It leans into a “discard your hand and die” mindset with a seemingly futuristic, magical, and truly wicked art. It says “ I won’t be fun but I will be serving.“ Spaceship!!! #mtg

Had a great time at my LGS @phoenixcomics.bsky.social and made some very cute @infinitokens.com . Hero with hat, birb, and hero chad with spear. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Devastating Onslaught This bizarre art is incredibly ethereal, the aurora of colors in contrast of the skeletal forms. I wonder if the assault is from the faraway starship, and the skeletal creatures victims, or if the ship is fleeing from the burst of violence. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Starfield Shepherd I love a lot of things in Magic but few things are better than a repeatable cantrip. And this one gets a spell of a land! And you can use it twice!!! I love the glassy crystalline form of the Edge angels. And the nova wings. Incredible. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Seedship Impact Some folks last week on the @edhrecast.bsky.social discord were discussing Edge and how great the art is so this week we are taking my favorite EOE arts. This spaceship blossom 🌸 is stunning and a lander is super. Makes naturalize worth playing again. #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Vindictive Lich If it wasn’t enough that you get to strip hands, edict creatures, and reduce life totals all at once, but being on a death trigger in black, it is easy to bring it back and do it again and again. It’s a lovely day in the pod and you are a horrible lich. #mtg

@benjithebrewer.bsky.social got away with wayyyyyy too much with those chocobo tokens! But I was able to make a cute rabbit and clue token. Thanks for helping @infinitokens.com

Magic Card of the Day: Balor A reverse Titan trigger, Balor disrupts hands , clears artifacts, and deals damage equal to the person with a huge hand. Become the demon that threatens the board from violence to death! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Insidious Fungus It grows. Corroding illicit devices. Dissolving ancient magics. Blossoming into knowledge and new paths forward. This fungus is a rattlesnake which can just be a growth spiral so you don’t waste any mana on your turn! Such a nice mushroom! #mtg

Magic Card of the Day: Charming Prince He brings you a vision of the future, the power of food, and can reset your best thing to make it happen again! He really is an excellent boyfriend. What’s nice is when you have a way to protect a single creature from a board wipe. How noble! #mtg