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Didn’t sleep on the plane, but managed to stay up until 9:30pm and slept until 5:30am, Seattle time. Not bad. Will deeply miss strange and wonderful European hotel breakfast buffet though. Deeply miss.

Got to just skip what had to be a multiple hour line at customs and was in an Uber on the way home about 30 minutes after picking up my bags. A charmed life, indeed. First stop: I think a 7-11 to get a massive soda with lots of ice.

Even if we started today, would a Jimothy Secret Lair even make sense by the time it could go on sale?

Easiest flight ever. @sammamagic.bsky.social

The seatback entertainment system has a crossword app. Sure, I’ve got 10 hours. I’ll give it a go. 1-Across, 4 letters. “One who lies.” Reveal the answer, fearfully. Yep, it’s LIAR. Okay, moving on.

I’m told this is some sort of mind sport for your feet. #MCAmsterdam #LobbyCon #WorldCup

Farewell, #MCAmsterdam. Let’s do it again next year.

Not much time left on my trip to Amsterdam. It’s been an incredible experience, but not yet complete. I know you can’t do everything in a week, but someone needs to sell me bitterballen tonight.

#MCAmsterdam has a way of capturing one’s attention, but I’ve seen a few Tolabow questions come my way. If Tolabow is your commander, the instant and sorcery cards in your deck can be one additional color when taken as a group. For example, you could play blue instants, red instants, and…

Every restaurant I’ve been to in Amsterdam has been outstanding, even accounting for their puzzling stances on ice and prices for Coke Zero in increments larger than three sips.

Subgames with no adjusted starting life total was a bold design choice by the players at MagicCon Las Vegas, who apparently thought we had nothing planned this afternoon. (I got to chip in fun reminder text, at least.) #MCAmsterdam

Enjoying my height advantage while I still have it.

Everything next year is incredible. I’m especially a fan of what Zhalfir is bringing. Also, just in case the bosses are listening, I’ve never been to Japan… #WotCstaff

For some of my Grand Melee game, it’s day. For other parts of it, it’s night. This is a Problem™️. #MCAmsterdam

Full box MB2 + Unknown sealed deck Grand Melee: the name of the event is almost as long as the game itself. 40 players have accepted the challenge (of being visible behind my giant melon). #MCAmsterdam

Just… you know, entertaining the fans. #MCAmsterdam

Amsterdam is a truly lovely city. They’re a little behind on some modern realizations (smoking is bad for you, water should stay inside your shower, etc.), but truly lovely.

I promise I won’t buy all the Collector Boosters (but not for lack of trying). #MTGxStarTrek #WotCstaff

Proud moments in American tourism. “Do you have anything to declare, sir?” “Uh… no blocks?” #MCAmsterdam

Flying over Derry. Shoutout Sister Michael. #MCAmsterdam

Hour 3 of 7.5. They made the rest of the plane big, but they kept the lavatories the same size. Quaint. #MCAmsterdam

I’m unaccustomed to flying internationally on these big planes. I noticed that the controls for lights and air were just at the edge of my reach. “Do other people just have to stand up every time they want to adjust something?” “There’s a remote control, sir.” “Oh.” #MCAmsterdam

My wife and I are sneaking around outside her old junior high school trying not to look like someone you’d call the cops on for sneaking around a junior high school at 9 o’clock on a Sunday. Bonus: It’s in Grosse Pointe.

The rental car attendant warned us that our car had Florida plates and apologized. Not sure what he was worried about though. These are great! You can get away with a wide variety of creative lane change maneuvers just by yelling “Sorry! We’re from Florida!” out the window.

And so closes the 186th Convention of the National Puzzlers’ League. Thanks, Bloomington! Now on the road to Detroit to visit some of my wife’s childhood haunts and then hopping on a plane to #MCAmsterdam.

It’s almost time. Set is going to be special. #MTGxStarTrek #WotCstaff

Fun fact: I saw this answer while I was in an escape room with Mark and I have informed him of our upcoming (or perhaps previous) merging.

There’s a very large U in the lobby of my hotel for people to take pictures with. I did not take their pose recommendation.

We grab lunch at a local wing place in Bloomington, BuffaLouie’s. It was great, but it had the most confounding poster on the wall, celebrating the 1932 Hoosiers Track and Field team. 1) A lot of the clothing appears to be photoshopped on. 2) Indiana is misspelled in more than one way. What the…?

Touchdown, Indianapolis. (It’s not football season. It’s fine.) Now to catch the shuttle to Bloomington.

Two weeks to travel the world and do awesome things or two sad weeks without my cats and my bed? Who’s to say? SEA ✈️ IND 🚘 DET ✈️ AMS

Watching the USA #WorldCup match, and that stadium looks obnoxiously sunny. Who would live there?

Tomorrow I leave for a week of vacation in Bloomington, IN for the annual National Puzzlers’ League Convention, followed by 1 day in Detroit, followed by a week in Amsterdam. Today is, as you’d expect, a day of great panic. I don’t even have time to finish thi

Is it too early for Mexico to pull their goalie? (Okay, I kid, but I don’t know soccer. How far forward can the keeper come on offense?) #WorldCup

I’ve been working on Magic for almost 20 years now, and if you include judging close to 30, and I still sometimes take a beat to think of the right symbol order for three-color cards… but this deviation was on purpose. Happy 4th of July! #WotCstaff

I’m glad nobody records my conversations with Jess. Come to think of it, I’m glad most of my conversations aren’t recorded. At least, that’s what Alexa assures me.

If I’ve learned anything about soccer the past few weeks, it’s that they put an incredible amount of effort and resources into preventing scoring. #WorldCup

During the colder months, I got one of my cats very accustomed to sleeping in a bed next to my desk with a space heater pointed at her. Those overheated chickens have come home to roost.

So the US has to kill off a 25-minute power play? #WorldCup

I got a text from my aunt wondering if any of Post Malone's tattoos are Magic-related. My family's starting to notice I have a real job.

New Critter content! With special guests! #WotCstaff

Tough loss for The Netherlands. They probably has a sad. I will head there to make them feel better. #MCAmsterdam #WorldCup

The Other Penalties Magic Joke I Thought Of Sorcery 6UU Shuffle all permanents into their owners' libraries. (They don't matter any more.) Players play five subgames, starting at 5 life in each one. The player who won the most subgames wins the game. #WorldCup #WotCstaff

Penalties Enchantment 3R You may cast this spell without paying its mana cost if time is up in the round. Creatures can't block. #WorldCup #WotCstaff #parody

Watching the World Cup, I couldn’t help but think that many sports out there would benefit from adapting Commander or Two-Headed Giant rules.

There is nefarious chicanery afoot. Don't get got. In fact, stay ungot if at all possible.

The World Cup does do the national anthems correctly, playing them all as recordings at 1.5x speed.

Sometimes, an em dash means you write a lot of Magic flavor text and appreciate versatile punctuation—not to mention the rule of three—and people who suspect it's always AI can pound sand.