Game 1, it's your second turn on the play vs. Boros energy. They kept 7, fetched sacred foundry for guide of souls turn 1. What's your play and why?

WotC (predictably) did not voluntarily recognize the Union. As someone in the languishing games industry myself, its important to take a stand. I know it's asking a lot, but: Boycott Arena until it happens. Hitting them in the metrics and wallet is all that matters.

Let's get this started now: I'm off @mtgarena.com until WotC recognizes their Union. You can help @uwotc-official.bsky.social by doing the same. CC @magic.wizards.com

What in the world was also in the FFL while all these izzet cards + steel cutter were legal together? #PTSOS

"Finished" Slay the Spire 2. Stats not insane, but not bad either. Obviously Regent took me a while to get ahold of - I died to elites early in Act I a LOT while experimenting with him.

Wrote my House Reps and Senators today. Threats of mass genocide cannot be tolerated. They are obligated to invoke the 25th Amendment. Nothing will be done. This all feels really helpless.

Is basic plains finally unbanned in standard outside of momo? Are my carrot cakes back!?

Kinda wish we made sports betting illegal again.

There is something so sinister about doing this after gutting so many government assistance programs.

Last RCQ of the season: so much prowess!

Why yes, I will take every item every merchant in act 3 has thank you :)

the funniest part of this is the dimir masochists are actually the ones still playing UB midrange the excruciator players are just victims of google translate

This isn't salt. I had a fantastic finish and met my goals at SCG Richmond. Standard is WAY too powerful.

Finished 12th! I thought I had an outside shot for win and in but my breakers weren't there, so IDed for top 16 @ 11-3-1. Fantastic weekend for the 919 homies (Jesse P in top 8!!!!)

7-2 Day 1 in the Spotlight Series with Mono Green landfall after audibling to it 7 am this morning 0 games played. Thanks @yoman5.bsky.social for the list, @phblthp.bsky.social (8-1!) for coaching, @bobinchese.bsky.social for crushing my bad deck, and @turnonechalice.bsky.social for the cards!

I never got to an Affinity list I would feel comfortable registering in standard. But my ideas of where it needs to focus: 1) Very low land count with Fountainport Bell. Supports Rust Harvester as well as out next card..... 2) Lady Octopus starring as Aether Vial 3) Frostcliff Siege to finish

9 MTG cards that made me #My9MTGCards soichirow.github.io/my-9-cards-m...

Has anyone found a good (testing vs tier 1 meta, not just early access vibes) Affinity list in Standard yet? So far seen nothing from mtgo. I'd love to be casting cranial plating in Richmond. Save me from playing Dimir Mid.

Nothing in Standard is working for me and I have to find something for the Richmond Spotlight FML

Ripped this from @TheQonfused from the other platform, since folks wanted hard analytics on what the reduction in published MTGO challenge results could mean for a metagame. @inspiringtimmy.bsky.social since you were asking.

How far are we from "WotC has decided to disable the API plug-in access to MTGA. Data from 17Lands and Untapped were too impactful to the game."

B&R Standard: "Nonetheless, Standard is currently accomplishing one of its major objectives: no matter what kind of Magic player you are, there's a deck in Standard for you." Me:

EDH Grindcast coming soon

Among the worst designed cards for limited in all of Magic. You're playing an in-depth game, jockeying for board position, holding your removal for the proper threats, and BAM the entire last 15 minutes are completely invalidated. Miserable play experience.

Absolutely rigged

PT Lorwyn Eclipsed was a banger!

Been working on this Protean Hulk / Sam combo deck in Modern. It's a turn 3 combo deck that can play to the board as well with Asmo. Lots of flexibility. The mana and sideboard are stumping me a bit though; it's maybe supposed to be a 4x Finale of Devestation deck? (see primer in moxfield)

It feels a little bit like all the cool, new mechanics are getting reserved for UB sets now: FF: Saga Creatures, so dope 🔥 EoE: worse vehicles ☹️ SM: eh this is a skip no matter what ⛔ ATLA: Earthbending and Airbending are SICK 🔥🔥🔥 Lorywn: Literally nothing new except... blight? 😭

Really really appreciated this snippet - clean, accurate, to the point, and makes it feel painfully obvious all at the same time. If only we had a path to get there.

new format same vibes

Badermole Cub: Elf+Cub forces everyone to be either an acceleration deck or an all-answers deck. There is no room for in between; all these sweet midrange cards in all these sets have no home :(

FYI (and bummer 😢 ) - no Lorwyn limited at SCG Richmond. Limited champ qualifier will be terrible small set TMNT

Golgari Ugin to Mythic in Standard. Casting Ugin has been a lot of fun! Anticausal Vestige + The Rise of Sozin has been a really good interaction in a lot of different ways. Deck gets some great upgrades to removal and mana tomorrow! Pretty sure the ironcreg should be an into the core fwiw.

Remove slides from the NFL. Period. Wanna run? You're a runner.

2025 what a year

Flew to Copenhagen to see Radiohead. Just got news the show tonight is canceled and I'm pretty bummed. That said, the city is super cool and now I'll go find a sweet bar to chill at I guess!

Kinda crazy they missed this one it practically has a yoink sound effect

@daringantt.bsky.social who does the dot go to if rozebloom is out with a hammy?

Post ban Standard: Rolled into Mythic going 21-3 (88% WR) with Spider-Man 2099 Izzet. While not the menace Cauldron was, it should be noted that the Izzet shell is absolutely alive and well (sorry) with an 18+ dmg 2 card burst combo available as early as turn 4.

Spider man 2099 is real in standard post B&R. You heard it here first.

7 sets per year is completely incompatible with maintaining a healthy standard format. It's simply not possible.

Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

Hey @jenn-the-judge.bsky.social question regarding Koh, the Face Stealer from new set works with gaining Exhaust activated abilities. Can you pay 1 life to "refresh" the exhaust ability, or do you need to change to a new card, then back (effectively making refreshing cost 2 life)?

Hey @cardtitan.bsky.social - haven't seen the Avatar 4x common/uncommon sets go live on ebay or your website. I hope you're still doing these 🙏

Watching the slow erosion of competitve Magic in my area in real time: The majority of our RCQs now won't have judge support next season (stores can't afford it), and weekly 60-card events are getting replaced by games like Riftbound. I think @magic.wizards.com analytics HAVE to be flawed.

Raffle details are coming tomorrow, until then we have a giveaway! This War of the Spark Bolas poster could be yours! Simply, repost, like, and tag someone! You can enter up to 4 times by doing the same on our Facebook, Insta, Twitter, and BSky! Winner will be chosen Nov 5th!

Looking for @minakimes.bsky.social to bring the heat on what the Panthers did right this weekend instead of every other media outlet only talking about what GB did wrong #KeepPounding

Urza gets a lot of hate in Modern for how stunlocked all of my opponents were when they saw it last weekend. Multiple times it lived through a WotS and rebuilt my board, or let me be proactive while holding counter magic up.

Mulled my way out of anything relevant in the spotlight series playing u/w riddler in standard, but cashed and Qed in the Modern Super RCQ ($10k replacement) playing monoU Astrologian's Astrolabe in Modern (thanks @inspiringtimmy.bsky.social deck still good)