Been talking with the commander group a lot about the nature of Bracket 2 and how to avoid creeping up to bracket 3

Bag check person at their first card game convention - “I didn’t realize there were so many different kinds of backpack”

Learned a lot from this event for the next one, gonna try to play a bunch of side events on Friday if they don’t change the prize structure.

8-5 at the end of Vegas rough day 2 but still had a good time playing Fiora! 162nd place so top 10% of players! Hope Orange gets a little extra help next set

6-2 into day 2 of Riftbound Vegas Regional! Took this pic to remind me of what we are fighting for on day 2!

Got a ticket for Atlanta!

For a long time I was anti checked bags but after having to do it a few times I might be starting to become a fan

Undefeated at the singles only store champs!

I’ve decided that building a constructed deck is basically just finding 9 cards that work well together, which has made it feel less daunting to try building decks again

Ranking the guilds in terms of how good their pizza would be Best- Gruul Izzet Rakdos Selesnya Simic Golgari Dimir Boros Orzhov Azorius - Worst

Got closer to optimizing my room today which is pretty sweet!

The new muppet show was great can’t wait for more!

I’m so close to a level up I can feel it. Just gotta keep inching closer to the goal

The One Planeswalker per set Wilds of Eldraine rule and the fall of Atraxa, Preator's Voice, in this essay I will...

Finally on flight back from Portland and someone is walking back to their seat from the bathroom, they stop in their tracks and say to someone “did you know that can go snoopy mode?” They then explain that they tell everyone with an Apple Watch that there’s a snoopy theme option

In Portland for the RC and figured it would be fun to go to a game

Hamnet, No Other Choice, and Is This Thing On? Really good triple feature

Hamnet was really good it’s so sad, definitely gonna revisit this one

Marty Supreme is so good I’m thinking about going back for a third time

Sometimes you get news and you’re just not really sure what do about it

I wonder if I could watch 365 movies this year?

With RCQ and traveling for bigger events, weekends off feel really weird

Time to finish “season 1” of One Piece

Got into the Riftbound regional qualifier in Vegas, very hype!

Hardcore Difficulty on games implies the existence of Ska Difficulty.

Did a stone soup draft it was a ton of fun to see the wild assortment of card people decided to bring

Spiritforged is gonna be the set of card draw, and when card flow is high energy becomes the choke point, gold creation and non-power low cost cards are gonna be premium

Might be time to invest in the good cards in Riftbound

Sean was really excited to see the origins of this meme tonight

The regional model for Riftbound is so interesting, asking if you should give yourself the best chance to win the tournament with the best deck or play an off meta hero to win a “15k” best of champion card is a tough question

Kinda surprised by no Setts in day 2 of Houston, but also having played the deck a lot it can definitely feel a step below the other decks. The high tax of power costs mixed with the small amount of cheap interaction and card advantage makes every game have razor thin margins

Riftbound is incredibly fun, probably need to break out and play some other decks, can’t wait for the reprints and more affordability

Got a 7 wins draft finally! Listened to a friend that said white was the best color in the set

Is Jace of Spades a good name for a card shop?

Watching basketball and my mom is like “that guys beard is wild” and I’m like yeah that’s James Harden aka “the Beard” it’s kinda his thing

I think it’s finally time in my old age to admit that Mega Stuf Oreos is too much Stuf

Some weekends card games don’t go your way, and that’s ok

Middle seat didn’t show up for up for Vegas flight!

Simic is really good!

Been having a ton of fun playing the Simic Aggro Deck with Badgermole Cub

Made it to the airport, time for some flights and then RC Vegas tomorrow!

Avatar seems like it might be a banger actually, which is a pleasant surprise 😁

I am unreasonably hyped for Silver Age in Flesh and Blood. I think it is going to be the perfect on-ramp for getting people into playing the game!

Time once again to get the collection organized, need to get an extra box

Not enough people talking about the googly eye Soldier Token

Big Millennium Shield energy

Go vote if you haven’t, you have until 7!

New Godzilla movie announced, very exciting 😁

2nd invite secured! Can’t wait for the bans