Chopin, whose music can be counted among the most beautiful expressions of human ambition and emotion, would have given a Chotiner interview so disastrous that it would be a subordinate clause in the first line of his obituary

The schedule for the trans lifeline fundraiser is up, and we have a stacked lineup! To get questions set up for our two amazing panels, I'm personally matching the first 1000 dollars donated before the stream (which Hasbro will then match), so use the link below to donate now! tilt.fyi/Jr23vhNVE6

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

i'm tired of people telling me that the houston texans aren't real. obviously they are not real in the literal sense. i don't think anyone is saying they are. but they impart lessons that have a lot of truth to them. god never intended them to be taken at face value

I can confirm that the contents of carmen's design archive would instantly kill a pilgrim

Outrageous how AYCE sushi places bring you ginger first so that you fill up on it smh 🤦‍♀️

Time to cast the Arena Champs with @aryawrites.bsky.social! Are you #teamcauldron or #teamother?? twitch.tv/magic

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”

BrO Just Nailed it. Wait for it... 😅 #dog #dogday #bluesky

attn magic the gathering bluesky I have touched the face of the infinite and lived. I just won with Vana'diel Adventures. IN DRAFT. It was the first game of the draft and I fully expect to lose all the rest of them, but v. high on this rn tbh

This Saturday I'm hosting an awesome event on my channel! Join a whole host of #WotCstaff members as they raise money for @translifeline.org! They'll be playing #MTGArena, telling design stories, doing raffles, and more! Early donation information: tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/m...

T16ed Hartford to make the PT again! So lovely to be back. Cutter deck was great. Too many people to thank but deck was busted. Get out was an all star out of the sideboard. Played a bunch of extremely crazy matches against very pleasant opponents.

I've played so many awesome games vs casey at locals and it was awesome to see him win the rc. Can't wait to go back and watch coverage. He's also like top 0.5% nicest people and is just an extremely positive presence.

For being one of the most self assured people I’ve ever met it’s incredible to me that I still think @reavh.bsky.social underestimates herself

8-1 today, so far it’s been a good take 🙂

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I'm smart and i'm pretty and i deserve to discard omniscience to hand size after casting stock up

SCG needs to stop having events in Texas and Florida, full stop.

Went 7-0 with one of the coolest decks i've ever drafted. Won 2 games with repurposing bay->boommobile for lethal. Also won a game by recurring boommobile with daretti for lethal. Tune up did incredible work as well. Daretti was the best draw in my deck every turn where i had 5 mana. Magic Rules :)

11-3-1 at the RC to qualify for the pro tour! Over the moon happy! Feels like a weight off my shoulders that I didn’t know I had. PT final fantasy will be my first one, which is very poetic. Let’s get it.

Jesse was my first friend in magic, we hung out at scg Indy in 2019 when we were both new to comp mtg. Honestly she set the bar too high for everyone else. Obviously she is cracked at magic, but she is also the nicest and coolest person I've met in the magic community and it's awesome to see her win

The best to ever breach it locks up top8 (: @tiddypills.bsky.social

People can meme about skirmish rhino if they want but I think that especially w/ the flavor text it’s a great piece of world building and I really like it (also think it will probably be good in standard)

I’m a prison abolitionist except when it comes to mox opal

people ask me to sign the card Nihil Spellbomb a lot (bc it sounds like Nile, you see) yesterday my friend sky goes "hey Nile will u sign my spellbomb?" i say of course! and start telling a story of when a guy brought me a bunch of spellbombs that weren't Nihil's as sky pulls this out 😑

brutal slog through a fierce gauntlet to take down an RCQ with @skybsween.bsky.social and @reavh.bsky.social's Small Town Dimir. deck's busted, ban hopeless nightmare WW monowhite WLW ub turbofliers scoop ID ID scoop scoop WLW golgari @fireshoes.bsky.social

I talked about magic! With my friends! On a podcast! And gave insight! On modern! The current RC format!

You have to survive, that is the primary goal, they HATE that shit.

amy is smart and has said most of what i have to say here

Now, here’s the secret sauce. Wizards cares very much about metrics. And they get those metrics through surveys. As an invested player, I get (and fill out) 8-12 a year. With every set release, they put out a large, public survey about the product. This is where you put all your angry.

Won an RCQ with small town Dimir. Took some inspiration from @gerryt.bsky.social and Dave Shiels but took the ideas a little further. Wanted duress+MM as ways to force cut down to trade w/things that aren’t entity tracker but didn’t get to test that theory. List still ruled though

sanctumofallpod.libsyn.com/episode-15-s... Episode 15 is live! Join Jason, Nicole, and special guests @reavh.bsky.social and @skybsween.bsky.social as they discuss the winningest deck at Magic Spotlight Series Atlanta, their various modern brainworms, and yet another giant Tinybones.

Played Small Town Dimir to 10-5 at the GP for a shiny dragon. Shoutout to Dave Shiels for a lot of the ideas and shoutout to @reavh.bsky.social who went 11-4 with the same list and supplied the ttabes. Deck felt great, wish I’d been able to get a better result

I WON THE @vmlmtg.bsky.social CHAMPS 2024 AND GOT MY FIRST PRO TOUR INVITE!!!! HEARTFIRE HERO IS TOO STRONG!!!! 🐭💪 THANK YOU @themantisrider.bsky.social AND @nicoledubin.bsky.social FOR HYPING ME UP THIS WEEKEND!!!

The way that the people who own the power at Eternal Weekend and the people who play with that power have little overlap is such a fascinating ecosystem. It’s like if 15th century Sicilian patronage existed solely for the art of refusing to mull bad hands.

I can't believe that twice in a single year we got a pioneer deck that was like "oh yeah i'm a tribal deck" and all that changes is the cards that sit in your hand while you go t2 bth t3 fable

This isn’t a popular Johnny Cash opinion but I think after Highwayman he should’ve done a lot more songs where he flies a spaceship

the two moods of a writer: 1. oh no, nobody is reading my writing 2. oh no, people are reading my writing

Only way i can see forward is we just make everyone piss their pants

I wrote more about Dimir! This deck is one of my favorite decks ever and it's part of an amazing standard format! This one is more focused on how to play+think about the deck, rather than how to build it. open.substack.com/pub/skybauer...

Netdecked Sky and top 8'd the challenge tonight. Pretty nice list. UW Oculus W Golgari W Golgari W Golgari W Monored W Rw W -- Monored L @fireshoes.bsky.social

Lost* in top 4 of a local 1k with this. deck felt great. I'll post an actual cards picture of the deck when i win something. MUs below *mulled to 5 and barely lost game 1, a spyglass siren ended up in my tokens stack g2 and i got a game loss for presenting a 59 card deck

Little late on the announcement, but Episode 9 is live! Jason and Nicole are joined by @skybsween.bsky.social as they break down everything you need to know about the Standard format post-Foundations, and quite a few things you don't! You can find the episode below, or all the usual podcast places

Hey, I wrote about a bunch of game design choices that I really liked in FDN. A little different from the usual fare on my substack but hopefully you enjoy it! (retweets would be much appreciated because i don't have many followers yet on here) skybauerschmidtsweeney.substack.com/p/2024s-true...