Happy Pride month to my fellow aces! You are awesome no matter what you (don't) do with your Perfektes Asses. 🏳️‍🌈🖤🩶🤍💜

Trump's AI video about Colbert is beyond revolting. Here, let me repost it so more people see it. I'm sure Trump will HATE that! ... And thus, yet again, the left is easily baited into giving fascist propaganda a larger audience. Y'all have got to stop spreading Trump's tweets for him.

To those competing at YCS Columbus this weekend, have fun, be safe, and make friends! It's not every day that you get to be surrounded by 2000 people who all share a passion for this ridiculous game.

MAKE CAKE BAKE (I used vanilla bean paste for the batter, and whipped strawberry cream cheese instead of frosting. Reviews are very positive, but these baking projects may be going overboard at this point.)

It's really the third Arthalion that gets you.

I am gradually chipping away at editing for the next video, the long-awaited update to my Crystal Beast + Branded pile, "Sapphire Surprise". It is very long and rather dense.

I've been getting a bunch of sponsorship solicitations that all read like generic spam. It's weird and disappointing, coming from the literary industry where these kinds of business inquiries are expected to be personalized. Clicking Delete feels like I've put more effort into this than they did.

Hey, kids! It's time to guess what video Mark just recorded by analyzing the rubble! Good luck!

VEGETA,

They called X-Saber a bad deck. I set out to prove them right. youtu.be/kbs1YX9rhso

Competitive Yugioh is too easy, so I improvised a biscuit recipe using blueberries as a natural dye but only if the dough's pH level is successfully recalibrated to a specific point. + ladyfingers with dark chocolate and a whipped strawberry mascarpone cream cheese, because I'm trying to be classy.

"Limited Pack GX: Ra Yellow" based on season 2 has just been announced, which after Slifer means in another 6 months we'll see an "Obelisk Blue" set based on season 3. Which means we'll probably get at least one new Crystal Beast card, to reach the TCG in Q1 2027! :')

Sorry I've gone off the grid lately. Chronic depression is rough. I'm making the effort to get that fixed. In the meantime, check this out! Too many great Yu-Gi-Oh products this year, so I used my manly man arms to haul a fresh bookcase upstairs. The shelves are already full (of possibilities).

At long last, 22.0.0, the greatest Nintendo Switch update, has dropped: "When Airplane Mode is activated, the previously set preferences for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or NFC ... will be saved and applied. Added the ability to individually enable or disable ... from the Quick Settings." MUCH APPRECIATED.

This laptop is telling me to make an account so I can update some drivers. It is time to delete this laptop.

Pokemon's greatest masterpiece was released in America on this day... I'm gonna say, ten years ago?

can you even imagine spending dozens of hours of your life programming a dueling ai script so players can have something interactive to test against, then at the end of all of that you add maxx c to the deck

It's finally up--my vlog from Yu-Gi-Oh's 300th YCS in Richmond. An exhausting week of highs and lows, and new ways to enjoy this great game. It's given me a lot to think about. youtu.be/7Dln0O_AXtg

I apologize for how long it's taking to finish the YCS Richmond vlog! It's my biggest tournament vlog so far. Lots to juggle narratively that I'm trying to get just right.

reserving a special place in the shadow realm for the legions of online yugioh players who could be using any deck in the game, yet choose to play stall/burn

Every time I post a Mimighoul video, I lose another bunch of subscribers--more than when I post silly Nintendo stuff that has *nothing* to do with Yugioh. Y'all are weird.

Regional tomorrow, after last week's championship. Am I tired? Yes. Am I busy and injured? Yes. But I also just spent $200 on Yugioh cards for a video so I should try to get more use out of them.

what a missed opportunity

On the plane home from YCS Richmond I got seated next to a fellow duelist (and fan!). We could not shut up about our decks and our experiences. The flight really ...flew by 😎 Duelists, talk to each other! Yugioh is the greatest game ever made and it gives us all so many stories to bond over.

Another YCS, another few cosplays! I think we're gaining steam. It's a fun way to spread energy and smiles--just don't expect an easy win, or you'll be in for a rough match!

Who's helping me pack up the post-YCS mess? (That Dragonmaid mat is going to the highest bidder to finance my Branded addiction.)

@mbtyugioh.bsky.social Don't think I didn't notice you try to approach me at the YCS but turn away because I was already talking to... a random player's girlfriend about her heated lunchbox. You gotta work up the courage to do some networking at these events!

Have you ever felt the grip of despair until you've activated lunalight black sheep only to find that you left polymerization in the deck box

In recent years I have received no fewer incorrect judge calls than correct ones. Just saying.

In a ridiculous display of beginner's luck, I started my first IRL Domain Format duel by putting over 50,000 damage on the board. It's a silly multiplayer format run by people who really care about community (and who bring spare decks if you need one!) - @domain-yu-gi-oh.bsky.social

Reposted that as an actual thread 🙃 So it's an awkward 3-2-drop for Sapphire Surprise today. I hope I don't get the short end of the stick in some side events again! Then I'll try to get a game with the Domain Format crew, because they really love playing Yugioh!

*thread about Yugioh's time rules* A VSK9 opponent was angry that I kept pulling out new engines to play through his full board. Despite having no outs for my Towers bosses and no chance of winning the match, he stalled for 15 minutes to turn my 2-0 into a double loss.

2-2 at Richmond so far. When I'm not making fatal misplays or forgetting what engines I sided out, I've been making some really masterful plays. Please believe me.

I'm off to represent Crystal Beasts at YCS Richmond! If you see Jesse Anderson, say hi! (I am very tired.)

Eat your last pathetic card so I can end this, Yugi.

"Get a box of BPRO," they said. "You'll pull Albaz!" Wanna know how bad my pulls are? I just managed to pull ZERO BLUES out of a box of Betty Crocker food coloring that I bought specifically for the blue.

It's called Rainbow Bridge... it has a rainbow... it involves lv10 and field spells... It's not a Crystal Beast card. To be a Crystal Beast player is to know suffering.

Something has awakened in my brain and suddenly I can play piano and it's all I can think about. I'm sure it has nothing to do with procrastinating videos and prep for YCS Richmond.

I bought Retaliating C in starlight rare thinking the overdone foil would obscure the picture. Nope, it foils everything BUT the foot and now I'm gonna get distracted during matches when I'm supposed to be focusing on card games.

🥺 P-pwease don't use that Bubblebeam on my hot wittle tail! UwU 👉👈

We can make straight Miis!!! Huge news for all the heterosexual gamers who will finally be able to see people like them depicted in media. (I still don't want any heteros on my island, personally, but I support y'all doing your own thing.) www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/01...

Oh, that's different. Far from the worst snowstorm New England's seen in my lifetime, but strong wind! (I am SO tempted to open this window.)

Exclusive preview of what I'm cooking for tomorrow's yugioh video

I have an extremely strong opinion about people who play Paleo decks. I cannot fathom how the most grating and miserable deck in Yugioh's history is also, in my unfortunate Genesys experience, one of the most popular.

why do they call it side deck when you side in the cold card side out hot eat the card

Venusaur, buddy, you feeling okay?

My insomnia's back, and you know what that means! I am coming up with new Yugioh combos whether I want to or not.

If you like: - fantasy - or romance - or mysteries - or friends - or fashion - or battles - or princesses who never surrender - or warriors who talk about their feelings - or finding strength in beauty - or just sweet revenge Then you will love The Princess Knight, the best book I have ever read.