I’m just a lil amstrigian and it’s my birthday! 🥳🎉🎊 @xjcloud.bsky.social made me tiramisu with rum (since it’s my favorite dessert even though he doesn’t like coffee so I get to eat the whole tray lol). In my new old age (31) I promise I will be more unhinged and draw even more toxic gay shit 🫡

After our previous dono deck went so well, we're aiming even bigger tonight, playing some Duel Commander Jund Rog Storm! Going live now www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Been in the works for a little bit, but I’m excited to share some important life news: We’re moving to Seattle! Excited to start the next chapter of my life in January and see many of my old and new friends in person again

It’s my birthday today!!! 🥳🎊🎉🎉 As a gift I’d love it if you shared my art 💝

#MHStories3 edition, the gays stay winning

Say what you want about Pokemon ZA but the OST fuckin rips. Jacinthe battle theme got me like

Live with more Cloud in Duel Commander! Doing some deck doctoring and tweaking the list to better address problem matchups www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Based af tbh

Good news! I have re-written my ⚡Legacy Energy⚡ primer for the 🐱💀MARDU💀🐱 version, with all my thoughts, tips, and 🔥hot takes🔥 on the archetype - in good time for you to take the deck to EW in Lucca! Check it out (and pour one out for🔭🏜️Sand Scout🏜️🔭): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Back with more Cloud in Duel Commander tonight, the best deck in the format, backed by science www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Duel Commander meta update #mtg #DC #DuelCommander

🏆 SOMEHOW, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WE CAME OUT ON TOP WITH THE LEAST XJ DECK OF ALL TIME. DUEL COMMANDER HIGH TIDE TROPHY BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Well... against my better judgment, I've been bribed into playing Lier in Duel Commander tonight. This will probably be the league with the most mental anguish since my old Doomsday league years ago so if you enjoy that, feel free to tune in (or maybe help me idk) www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

-Tamiyo -Nadu -The One Ring -idk literally anything out of the UB Reanimator shell please god

“No distractions, son. I’m really busy beating up strangers.” E33 was one of the best games I’ve played in YEARS and the second I met Monoco i knew I had to get his mask as a tattoo.

This token was 🔥 but it was also really funny whenever I cast Chainsaw and targeted it during that event

Going live with some more Cloud Duel Commander (also new emotes hype!) www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

I’m getting a new tattoo, so that means it’s time to bring back Definitive MTG Frog Ratings! I’ll be going over the frightening low number of new frogs since Bloomburrow, as well as anything on Scryfall art:frog that I deem froggy enough. Link to the original thread here: x.com/xjcloud/stat...

How is there Duel Commander discourse TODAY of all days I have a lot of work and a tattoo appointment to get to I don’t have time for this, can we burn everything down tomorrow instead?

Cardtitan the best to ever do it, let them hear your support 🙏🏻

A group of losers put together an open letter to @cardtitan.bsky.social criticizing their decision to ban Joe Brennan from Eternal Weekend this year. If you, like me, support their decision, TELL THEM. Message them, email them, show them that you support their decision to make EW safer.

Going live with some duel commander with the freshly freed Asmo! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Waiting for Omega Planetes to drop in Monster Hunter Wilds tomorrow like

This morning I got to read all about Joe Brennan showing his entire ass to the magic community, I log off to go watch the demon slayer movie and come back to Noah Rabin somehow managing to show even more of his ass to the magic community, excellent day overall.

Which rights, Joe?

CARDTITAN THE GOAT I TAKE IT ALL BACK YOU’RE THE GREATEST ORGANIZER OF ALL TIME

Shoutout to Phil because after getting tagged here I booked my next tattoo appointment so I have a chunk of time to bring MTG Frog Ratings to Bsky

Live with more Cloud in Duel Commander, now with shiny new Spiderman cards! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

YUKINOBU TATSU I AM IN YOUR GODDAMN WALLS YOU CANT JUST PULL *THAT* TROPE IN CHAPTER 210 OF DANDADAN MY GUY GIVE ME MY RESOLUTION AHHHHHHHH

Knights of Guinevere (Dana Terrace’s new show) pilot is out and all I can say is “what the fuck girl?” youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE?...

It’s PT season AGAIN and I’m seeing the Heavy Play jerseys come back out, anyone want to update me on the status of their sleeve quality?

WE ARE LIVE! twitch.tv/akaleth

Listen, I get that people don’t really give a shit about my pet format (duel commander). But I, as well as plenty of others, have spent MONTHS inquiring with CT on if we were going to get a DC event this year, and were continually met with “we’re still finalizing the schedule.” I’m fine with the

TOMORROW NIGHT! Be there or be square! (But it's okay if you check out the VOD instead)

🏆 the back-to-back-to-back-TO-BACK 20-0 4x Trophy with Cloud! I'm gonna keep calling him the best deck in Duel Commander until someone proves me wrong.

Live now trying to continue the streak! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

🏆 Got the back-to-back-to-back trophies with Cloud in Duel Commander. Anduril continues to show up, it might be the truth. Or maybe Cloud is just broken. Who can say? Come hang out on stream tonight to see the best deck in the format in action!

This is a good change, but it’s sure gonna suck the first three times I hit no twice out of muscle memory and decline to move Cloud to the command zone.

I teamed up with ​⁠Manafest Dread MTG‬ to make a Duel Commander video deck guide for Cloud! Give it a watch, drop them a sub, and let me know if you liked the content! I really enjoyed the interview/deck guide format and had a ton of fun chatting about the deck. youtu.be/66oXi8Z8Sxk?...

🏆 Got the back-to-back trophy with the same list. New cards didn't really show up at all, sometimes (oftentimes, perhaps) Cloud just bulldozes with its raw power level.

It's that time of year, folks — the 4th annual State of the Noodle stream is NEXT THURSDAY 9/18 8:30pm EST @ twitch.tv/akaleth @xjcloud.bsky.social will join me as we discuss D&T decklists in 2025, its position in the metagame, and give you all the tools you need to be prepared for Eternal Weekend!

I miss y'all. It's time to come back. Starting on 9/13, I'll be live on Twitch every Saturday morning playing D&T in the 7am Legacy Challenge! Whether I'm 0-2 dropping, getting 9th on breakers, or winning it all, I'm excited to play premier events regularly. At the usual place: twitch.tv/akaleth

🏆 DC Trophy with Cloud tonight vs a murder's row of mono color menaces! Made some adjustments to the deck in an effort to improve vs Aragorn: - Canonist, SoFaF, Forge Anew, and Unexpectedly Absent + Basri, Tithe Taker, Cid, and Anduril Jury is out on the rest, but Anduril really impressed me.

Many people think that the "taxes" in death and taxes refers to cards that tax your opponents resources, such as Thalia or Spirit of the labyrinth. In fact, it actually references a rule of the game that made it so you had to pay 3 mana to put a companion into your hand, dubbed the "companion tax"

Be sure to show up to any Duel Commander trials you can, some of these managed to scrape by with 16 in the past

Can we not like… announce *some* of the planned events before LITERALLY LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE THE EVENT? I’m sure plenty of people *want* to go for non main event reasons, but without a word as to if there’s like a cedh or premodern or old school or niche format 5K, how can you plan for this???