the horrors persist but so we do we but the horrors are still really fucking annoying

✨ Changes in Commander! 😱 New Powered Cube comes to MTG Arena! 🕸️ How to WIN at SPM Draft (if you DARE!!!!) 🛋️ + an IKEA death-couch! All that and more on this new episode of GLHF! Listen on any podcast app or watch now! 💓

here, read a bunch of screenshots

If you are a MN voter, know that for Senate 2026, Angie Craig took AIPAC money. Peggy Flanagan did not.

23 Oct 2025 -- MN Supreme Court unanimously find USA Powerlifting violated MN Human Rights Act by barring JayCee Cooper from women's competition. However, it also found "substantial evidence" trans women who have undergone male puberties have strength advantages. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Don’t vote for reactionaries who will lie to your face after the polls hit and things ain’t looking good. Vote for @aishaforward10.com who supports a comprehensive transportation system.

Goo morning, monsters. Let the steam escaping through your magnificent teeth announce you to the world, a thing that does not hide but many fear to see.

*screams*

This whole Hybrid Mana debate is why we need more people to become obsessed with Magic's color philosophy.

Just tax the landlords ffs

you have a right to be angry

It's weird how nobody describes this as "the craze seducing our daughters" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...

there's something really really really disorienting about living in a world where my healthcare is considered this dangerous scary thing and at the same time there's men's T clinics on every block and i get ads for hormone therapy for cis people that advertise "fast and easy" consults

I love when white people suddenly start exposing how many white supremacists they surround themselves with by pretending it's a normal, universal experience.

yea this part's been, weird to see

I echo this. It’s about adjusting to create a balanced and fun game for you and everyone else. Disclose and let others decide if that’s what they want to play against. Be honest.

im fine with nazi tattoos being disqualifying. im just not really afraid of losing any worthwhile babies with that bathwater

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time. All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner." It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

i really, really don't want commander to lean even further into becoming undefined soup. color identity is one of the load bearing pillars of the format.

Divorced trans women are hotter. People will be like “I wish unicorns were real” and totally miss the stunning, wise, terrifying, and legendary creature standing right there.

when she rinses my noodles 🤘🏻😩🤌🏻✨

We're also thrilled to announce that thanks to support from our readers, we are partnering with Bitch Media to republish selected classic posts from their archives that will never be behind a paywall, because we believe in preserving feminist media for future generations to enjoy.

This rules so hard This is why independent feminist media is so fucking important y'all The archive is alive and it totally fucks

There are many people whose lives are so much better for having you in it. Remember that. You are important, and you are loved.

Disabled people should be allowed to get married without losing our healthcare. We shouldn’t have to choose between weddings and staying alive. In 2025 we still have no marriage rights or property rights. We never have, and it’s total shit. Fuck Eugenics, we deserve so much better.

it's my fave thing because what is it? i'm an activist for ... living my own life? For wanting my rights protected? Okay.

Yep

we all saw this one coming 😏

Always: mad love to everyone protesting against corrupt tyranny - but please do ensure, if you haven't already, that you join liberatory groups after the protest. Mobilisation without organisation is a parade. The situation is too dire for us to not push beyond disagreeable placards. Solidarity ✊

This is abhorrent behavior that should be condemned. Dirty campaigning with racist dog whistles. This candidate ran for the DFL endorsement & claimed to be a DFLer. The DFL should create distance and disavow this immediately. I can’t believe we are seeing the resurgence of this campaigning.

Attention Cube-ists! 🧊 Two-Headed Giant Juggernauts! ✌️ And Pauper... Peeps? ❤️ We are SHOEBOX, a BRAND NEW Magic event coming to St. Paul Minnesota in 2026 and we want to see YOU there! Will you be ascending the Judge's Tower? Or just drafting some crazy creative Cubes? Let us know below! 👇

So, who's BEHIND all this Shoebox-ery? 👀 We're extremely fortunate to have an incredible roster of experienced staff from all corners of the Magic (and especially Cube) community! Let's start off our staff highlights with a familiar face -- @niphette.bsky.social! 👏✨ #MTGCube

Let's keep the highlights rolling with one of our resident Cube Specialists™! Cube... Advisors? CUBE-ists? Greg, or @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be! #MTGCube

Why YES that IS a fancy new graphic, thank you for noticing~ 💅 That's a great segue into our next staff highlight - @andy.luckypaper.co! Andy's the creative mastermind behind our slick graphics and design, including those iconic colorful pin badges ✨

Next up for our staff intros we've got a household name in the Cube Community™ Gwen (@gdekker.io)! 🧊 From @cubecobra.com to Hedron Network, and @bostoncubeparty.com to CubeCon, Gwen's been around the block once or twice (or maybe even THRICE) and we're super grateful to have him on board! #MTGCube

Another highlight from our (already incredible) Shoebox staff roster, we have ✨Alex✨! We're super thankful to have him on board, keeping us on track and repping our Team Event community! ✌️ #MTGCube

Let's start this party off strong - we're not here to play. (I mean, we're here to play Magic, but you know.) We're turning Minnesota's nonbasic lands into Mountains, taking it alllll the way back to bring you a VERY special appearance from one of Magic's original artists -- Tom Wänerstrand!

Please join us in welcoming our next powerhouse artist -- Winona Nelson (@winonanelson.com)! Winona has created art for over 150 unique Magic cards, and we're extremely excited for the opportunity to host her at Shoebox! ✨

Let's keep those exciting announcements rolling with an artist that needs no introduction: tYleR wAL -- *ahem* I mean, Tyler Walpole!

Pardon this brief interruption to your regularly-scheduled FNM / prerelease night folks, because we've got MORE incredible artists to announce! Please welcome Andrew Mar! ✨

[Updated version with alt text for accessibility!] It may be the weekend, but we've still got SO much exciting news to share -- we're not taking a day off! Prepare to ✨Ascend✨ right out of your seats, and please welcome our next incredible artist guest Anthony Palumbo!

We are extremely honored to bring you our final artist announcement for Shoebox, and it's one we've been incredibly hyped to share with you all. Let's give him a warm welcome from the Magic community for his first EVER in-person event -- Chase Stone!

Here at Shoebox, we 💖 our judges! 👨‍⚖️👩‍⚖️ Rob and his team will be working hard all weekend to keep those events rollin' and stacks resolvin', so lets give a warm welcome to @judgerob.bsky.social as our Event Manager!

Let's start our guest announcements with a very special event host! Wait, uh... who was it again? 🐟 💭❓ Please welcome Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social, the original creator of Forgetful Fish / DanDan! Catch him in the Carnival playing DanDan variants and hosting competitive DanDan side events!

What better way to keep those guest announcements rollin' than with a Minneapolis local? Please join us in welcoming our lovely event host -- @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social ! Bugs will be hosting Learn to Play Pauper in the Carnival all weekend, come sling some lil guys!

You know him, you love him, come spread some CHAOS with him! Please welcome our next event host, @shivambhatt.bsky.social !! He'll be running Chaos Brawl Sealed Draft (that's right, BRAWL. SEALED. DRAFT. We told you it was chaotic.) in the Carnival all weekend!

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

I've said it before, but: Please get off Spotify.