I am dying, dying to tell you what we've been brewing up, but you'll just have to trust that it's amazing. This event is going to be the first of it's kind (and maybe the last? as it's a herculean amount of work to pull it off) and you won't want to miss it.

Magic: The Gathering writing has a short half-life. Historically-important articles are taken offline every year. This sucks. That's why I'm launching Library of Leng, an index of 32 years of Magic writing. 150k+ articles, 20+ sites, fully searchable. library-of-leng.com

Premodern’s exploded in popularity this last year, but unfortunately so have the prices… To help newcomers to the format, I’ve put together a list of the top 6 best budget Premodern decks (SUB $100) youtu.be/BEzGyJp774I

everyone at the house games watch party commented on how sick the stream spread was. very cool work here

HFEB vs Stiflenought - R7 - Buckeye Brawl 2026 Premodern youtu.be/yHjOrIMLNK8

While you're all waiting for the VODs from Loberstercon to drop, consider watching these matches from rounds 5 and 6 of The Premodern Buckeye Brawl. Courtesy of @heavyplay.bsky.social youtu.be/YWBgnCdvBc4?... youtu.be/7ogaoOT6C9A?...

Had 24 players for the May Retromancers monthly premodern event. The top 8 prizes picked by the winners. #mtg #mtgpermodern #premodern #mtgalter #retromancers

It's insane to me that no single deck at Lobstercon broke 10% meta share and people are in the chat begging for bans. If you don't like powerful cards doing powerful things go play block constructed.

Latest issue of BANDING, my newsletter covering Premodern, is out on the eve of Lobstercon / NA Premodern Champs! Over 150 people replied to my poll about which decks would make Top 8, find out the results here: mtgbanding.substack.com/p/what-will-...

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

i think Mirage might just be the Prettiest Set of all time

if your tournament doesn't allow proxies, it lacks Competitive Integrity. you chose to artificially restrict the card pool for some players, but not others.

Episode 121 of The Old Mage MTG Podcast is in the books! This episode is all about the first fungi in MTG Join us as we discuss: 🍄Pinging Fungusaur to victory 😡Our disappointment in Thallid Devourer 😢My flashback folly at The Buckeye Brawl Video: youtu.be/R_ZojQbUZBo

Round 4 of The Buckeye Brawl is up on the @heavyplay.bsky.social YouTube channel. I haven't watched a Stasis match since ~1995. It was fun to see how to build and pilot the deck in Premodern. youtu.be/ntI2EFzippc?...

@claytonashley.bsky.social i wanted to let you know that i remember watching Intacto twice, and both times really enjoyed the cinematography. it's a gem i never hear about, so i was thrilled to hear you drop it. definitely worth a watch!

Tromps is humble, but he shouldn't be. his Alters are as varied in style as they are impressive.

Round 2 of The Premodern Buckeye Brawl. Two heavyweight decks do battle in this latest video from @heavyplay.bsky.social youtu.be/_VKrGQ9WDO4?...

gonna spend my whole life on this bus waiting for Liberals to grow up

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

The Columbus Retromancers were kind enough to send me footage of their recent Premodern tournament! Angry Hermit vs WB Control - R1 - Buckeye Brawl 2026 youtu.be/_jdHXC6l62I

First gameplay vid from The Buckeye Brawl is live! Shoutout to @heavyplay.bsky.social for getting these up. Video: youtu.be/_jdHXC6l62I?...

Making a great, successful game won't protect you from layoffs. Being with a company for decades won't protect you from layoffs. Being a model employee who goes above and beyond won't protect you from layoffs. Unionize now!

if your tournament doesn't allow proxies, it lacks Competitive Integrity. you chose to artificially restrict the card pool for some players, but not others.

Been doing a lot of pokè alters lately

Latest issue of BANDING, my newsletter covering the Premodern format, is out with the best new competitive brews in the last year. Also: > Family Feud survey > Results of fighting a PM creature > My recent monthly decks 🔗 mtgbanding.substack.com/p/the-10-bre...

If you aren't confident in your ability to play HFEB in Premodern, why not try Cephalid Breakfast instead :D Deck is fun and a little more forgiving than Volrath's Shapeshifter is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fr...

a criminal escape attempt, thwarted by cowardice

Could not be prouder of our first major Premodern event and all the money raised for the MOFC. #mtg #premodern #mtgpremodern

Funny enough a few of the locals are trying to post more tourney reports in the blog section of PortlandPremodern.com

An incredible investigation. This isn't just happening to gaming sites, either - St. Louis' local alt newspaper The Riverfront Times was bought and hollowed out in the same way, and now shows ai, onlyfans, and crypto garbage.

Shout out to @spiregolem.bsky.social and the Retromancers! Much love! Thank you!!!

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Played Lands in the Buckeye Brawl this weekend and finished 13th of 90. Deck felt cracked, but unfortunately did not show up for my two win-and-in rounds in R5 and R6. #MTG #MTGPremodern

I brawled to a 5-2 finish with my big, bad shrimp at the first Buckeye Brawl. Good for 18th. Biggest win of the day were the sick new Islands from the charity raffle! R1—Moneyball LWL R2—Moneyball WW R3—Counter Rebels WW R4—RG Oath Ponza WW R5—Angry Hermit LL R6—Enchantress LWW R7—Gro-a-Tog WW

Piloted White Weenie to a 4-3 finish at The Premodern Buckeye Brawl in Columbus, OH. 96 mages assembled at The Warp Gate to cast spells and raise money for the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. 🧵

90 Players entered and one Red Mage emerged victorious at the inaugural Premodern Buckeye Brawl! Congrats to our champion Evan Smith! And a huge thanks to all for a wonderful day of Magic The Gathering is undefeated #Premodern #MtG #Retromancers

Reid Duke vs Andrea Mengucci vs @rebell.bsky.social vs The Prof! It's Shuffle Up & Premodern today! Watch the full gameplay: youtu.be/lJU8xFfHLkw #MagicTheGathering

if i could send this picture back in time to 12 year old me, that little shit would be freaking out rn. much love to Card Castle Games here in the home of the Retromancers 🥰🤩

In an effort to get marginally better at a nostalgia format of Magic the Gathering, I've started blogging my weekly events. Probably boring, probably not many insights to be gained, but fuck it we blog! ashmoreherald.blogspot.com/2026/02/akro...

colonizer landlords and guillotines both exist on this physical planet : -)

Shrimpin’ it up at this weekend’s Full Grip Games #Premodern Quarterly in Akron. Nearly got there in the tournament. But the Gathering is undefeated as always R1 vs Sligh WLW R2 vs Stasis LWW R3 vs UW Control WLW R4 🤝 R5 🤝 QF vs UG Madness WW SF vs Enchantress WWL (homie scoop) F vs Goblin LWL

Cole Swannack was 12 years old when he became New Zealand National Champion. He was 13 years old when he faced Raphaël Lévy in a Round 17 "win-and-in" at the 2002 Magic World Championships. After three close games Lévy took the match. Cole finished in 17th place. #FridayNightMagic #WaitangiDay #NZ

Getting closer to the first ever #BuckeyeBrawl hosted by the Columbus Retromancers. Good group of people and players. 96 spots filled or close to it. Anyone here besides me going? #premodern

I've been playing hFEB for about 3 months now, lots of stepping on rakes to learn how to play. This week I went on a trophy tear and am second place on the Premodern MTGO leaderboard, and I won both PM challenges this weekend. I fucking love this deck. I fucking love Premodern #premodernmtg

We are 1 week away from the next larger event at fullgrip games in Downtown Akron. Full color proxy and gold border friendly event. First 48 entrants get a stamped stronghold mana leak. $30 entry all paid out to top performers

Heyyyyyyyy! 🍻🥳 Huge thanks to everyone who’s watched and supported the channel!

Just in The Akron Blackblades have our own stamp and will be using it as an extra door prize for anyone who wants them starting next Thursday at our Fullgrip games meet up #premodern

these fellas have it right. Enchantress Meta will be narrower without to Tide to hold it back. Serra's Sanctum needs to go.

I should be using this more. Get ready to join the Akron Blackblades for our second larger Mtg Premodern event at Fullgrip games in downtown Akron ohio. First 48 entrants will also receive a stamped stronghold mana leak.