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Benjamin Wheeler

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Twitch Partner丨LoadingReadyRun丨Shivam and Wheeler Love Magic 丨Canadian Highlander & Gladiator 丨 Commander Advisory Group丨ManaTraders丨Biz: bwheelermtg @gmail .com

Victoria, British Columbia
Joined January 2016
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
My husband, who doesn’t know much about Magic, is helping me digitize the decklists from the weekend Canlander event. He just sent me this
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Benjamin Wheeler
9 months
Finally the crossover I've been waiting for
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
For every like this tweet gets, I will provide an honest Canadian Highlander hot take.
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
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Benjamin Wheeler
9 months
I don't like anime alt-art cards.
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Hey folks, I’ve had to check into the ER and won’t be around the con today. I’m not doing great, but I’m in good hands. Here’s hoping my travel insurance covers this.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Jesus christ
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
I’m going to be taking some time away from streaming. I’ve been struggling with the aftermath of a severe traumatic brain injury the past 8 months, and It is preventing me from working, performing and computer/screen viewing. Thanks for the support, this year has been total hell.
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Benjamin Wheeler
11 months
TSA pulled me aside and starting roasting me over my mismatched duals. They’re getting my ass, they’re calling their buddies and they’re pointing and laughing. Im embarrassed and crying
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Commander Advisory Group
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 months
Thank god, black was really struggling these past few years
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Wow my pulls from the MH2 singles I purchased were exactly what I was looking for
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Benjamin Wheeler
9 months
Losing it over the German name for Boo.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Starting a kickstarter to create the ultimate deck box for Canadian Highlander players. Here's an early prototype. Thoughts?
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Today we had to put Piglet to sleep. She was a few days shy of turning 13 years old. We knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking. She was our baby.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Building a commander deck with every piece of overpowered and excessive ramp with literal zero payoffs. Just looking to ramp both my mana and the table anxiety
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
My husband Kiefer was admitted to the hospital this weekend and we don't know what his stay will look like other than "long". Between this and the dog's surgery I'm stretched pretty thin, so my online presence will likely be reduced for the next bit.
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Very cool and fun to have something I cherish so much just shit on by misinformed, entitled nerd babies.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Having played Magic for 2 decades I’ve gone from “big idiot angels & dragons” guy to “force of will” guy, ultimately landing at “big idiot angels & dragons backed by force of will” guy. I guess what I’m trying to say is I like cube
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Fantastic news. Kiefer’s recovery went a lot smoother than originally predicted, and he’s coming home from the hospital today! Big thanks to everyone for the output of support and help during this distressing time
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
“These Ikoria cards make no sense, and I hate how childish this all seems. Oh sorry, my turn? Ok I’ll attack with this baby fire lizard and toss a massive legendary axe at it which I’m able to summon due to attacking with a demigod and Robin Hood”
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
The creation of Gladiator~
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Starting an OF called "The Reserved Lust" where its just pictures of my hog on top of Power 9 & duals
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 months
I've always said the biggest downside of Mana Leak was that I couldn't pitch it to Solitude. Thank you Wizards for fixing this
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Me, explaining mill to new players: “So if you go to draw a card, and you have no cards in your library, you lose th-“ Every Magic player in a 100 mile radius: “uNlEsS yOu HaVe LaBoRaToRy MaNiAc Or JaCe WiElDeR oF sEc-“
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
I am fine and having a great time. @Voxytwitch definitely didn’t sick goons on me. Here we are having a good time, and nobody is here against his own will
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 months
Incredible news. Magic players were desperate for more releases and crossovers
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Dicebreaker
3 months
Magic: The Gathering plans to release two Tale of Middle-earth sized crossover sets per year starting in 2025
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
This card is messed up
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
A decade from now they’ll release Commander Legends: Dark Souls and I’ll post a thread so insufferable it’ll make Shivams posts look like Magic: The Gathering
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
I don’t play any of the formats that received bans, but they absolutely went too far or not far enough here’s where WotC massively SCREWED up and how it all leads to the real reason my wife left me 1/23
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Benjamin Wheeler
8 months
The 6 drop I draw after I miss my 3rd land drop
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Good news, I’m being discharged and it’s nothing too worrying or at least nothing new.
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Hey folks, I’ve had to check into the ER and won’t be around the con today. I’m not doing great, but I’m in good hands. Here’s hoping my travel insurance covers this.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 months
Not only is @TolarianCollege the MTG creator GOAT but he's also just the best in the business at playing host. Just the pinnacle of accommodation and kindness. An absolute legend. (Sorry James)
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 months
Making a Voja deck with mass land destruction, 2x copies of Farewell and touching my opponents cards without ask- *bullet pierces nearest window and enters my left temple*
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Just had to put down our cat, Morley. She was a gift from Kiefer during the darkest period of my life, and meant the world to me. She was old and sick, but the vet said she was recovering well. I’ll need to take a break. She was my baby. I’m destroyed. I’m not okay, but I will be
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Benjamin Wheeler
25 days
Now that we have some downtime until MH3, I think we should address the elephant in the room:
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
~Gladiator Queue~
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Don’t shit on people using proxies. Encourage players to experiment with proxies. Proxies not only let more people play Magic, they also let people play their preferred style of Magic without finances and availability acting as gatekeeper. It isn’t a difficult concept to grasp
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
I feel like I’ve somehow been long-conned. Twitch chat convinced me to watch some of the Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime, only for me to walk face first into an episode about a lab-trained card game playing monkey named “Wheeler”.
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Benjamin Wheeler
9 months
Retweeting this with the caption “Commander” and within 5 minutes a cinder block breaks through my office window cracking me in the head
@Super__Yan
Super_Yan 🔜 CB2024
9 months
fighting games
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Love the idea of some boomer magic player passing cards down to their grandkids, resulting in some middle-schooler just locking out the cafeteria with Tangle Wires, Winter Orbs and Smokestacks
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Benjamin Wheeler
10 months
Giving up Magic streaming and going to start doing whatever this is
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Know Your Meme
10 months
More bizarre TikTok Lives are surfacing
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 months
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Serge Yager
3 months
My first Highlander tournament in 3+ years, and here's my round three opponent. Unbelievable.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 months
Finally, I am (Rat) Whole
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 months
Magic Twitter needs to take advantage of the community notes. So much stress and time could be saved by posts being tagged with “This user is talking about Commander
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Coming to an Ikoria near you, I'm happy to share my free preview card "Fire Prophecy". I want to give a big thanks to @wizards_magic for this opportunity, this is a childhood dream come true. Also, thanks for giving me something that is Canadian Highlander playable.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Very good very gay
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
A straight: “Hey, leaving the bar so soon?” Me, a gay: “Yeah, uh, I gotta go uh, I got my old lady at home waiting for me” A straight: “Oh haha, I hear that brother” Old lady at home:
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Hard to believe Kamigawa Neon Dynasty came out 2 years ago
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 months
Losing it over the "What's happening" section. Four Horsemen vibes.
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Today my husband I and are celebrating our 7th anniversary. We’ve got some exciting activities planned* *Proceed through the day as normal
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
A post on Gladiator: Gladiator is a 100 card singleton format designed to be played primary on MTG Arena, using all available cards on the platform as a cardpool. Features no sideboards, commanders, companions or "wishboards. There's a banned list, but currently its just Oko
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Here’s a picture of 21yr old me at the RTR prerelease, telling my opponent what Pack Rat does
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Today my husband and I are celebrating* our 8th wedding anniversary. *doing nothing** **maybe ordering food
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Benjamin Wheeler
8 months
Get a load of this guy
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
How many more formats do I need to govern before I can receive MTG influencer packages.
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
Let's look back at some of the cards from Murders at Karlov Manor and their impact on Magic as a whole. #MTGMKM
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
mama wheeler
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Not to bring up dead discourse, but the idea that sites like EDH Rec are detrimental to Commander is baffling to me. EDH Rec has made Commander infinitely more enjoyable for me, and has been a godsend for rediscovering niche cards of my youth.
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
Hard to believe Wilds of Eldraine came out 1 year ago
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
I know they've got the best intentions, but printing this seems like a huge mistake.
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Benjamin Wheeler
8 months
There’ll never be another one like him. Sheldon was such an incredible presence, and one of the kindest, most helpful mentors I’ve ever met. Our chats meant the world to me, and it’s cruel to see him go. RIP
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
TERFs can rot. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. JK is a putrid mound of dogshit. TERFs can rot.
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Hey folks, I just found out I lost my job today. Something about how there's only room for one sheriff? It's all still very hazy.
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Tolarian Community College
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Howdy, players. Buy singles, ya’ll.
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Benjamin Wheeler
9 months
My husband and I celebrated our 9th year wedding anniversary yesterday, and just like several previous anniversaries I was out of town on a magic trip. Bless Kiefer
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
I DO play magic for male approval, but specifically for one man. Him, just him. It’s that damn smile (and he won’t return my emails about custom cards)
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Benjamin Wheeler
5 months
Celebrating my husbands birthday, pictured below: me having a good time (fun)
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Benjamin Wheeler
5 years
A kid at the hotel said he could drink more milk than me, which is a blatant lie so I called his bluff and crushed him, but now I’ve got to walk through this god forsaken desert with 3L of dairy in my gut all in the name of beating that snot-nosed punk. #MTGVegas
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Magic: The Gathering
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
No! The REAL problem with commander is *most batshit take you’ve ever read*
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Still a bit surreal that tomorrow you'll be able to login to MTG Arena and just hop into a Gladiator queue. So damn proud of our community
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Alright, this is the card that made me tear up. On the first day I ever played Magic, I asked my cousin if there was a legendary rabbit. Nearly 19 years later, I finally get one. This card just warms my heart.
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 days
Can I get a hell yeah
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Benjamin Wheeler
11 months
Hey folks, I’m the one responsible for including Karakas as a box topper from LotR Commander. Terribly sorry for the miscommunication, and as an apology we’ll be shipping out special promotional copies of Braids Cabal Minion to participating LGS’
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
I guess a permanent Gladiator would be cool. How’s that sound to y’all?
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Justin Parnell
2 years
So for some reason I thought Gladiator was now an officially supported format on Arena, then came to find out it was just a spotlight format for like 3 hours last month. Can we not just play it all the time @MTG_Arena ? Are you letting this stand @BWheelerMTG ?
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Play your Brothers Yamazaki as partners. Play your Cousins Yamazaki, Isamaru & Yoshimaru, Elbrus, Skysovereign, whatever. Like Sheldon isn’t going to bust through your roof, rappel onto the table and wrench your cards out of the command zone lol
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Benjamin Wheeler
10 days
Love tutoring up my Tolarian Academy
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Benjamin Wheeler
5 years
One of the younger players at commander night asked me to watch their deck while they quickly stepped out, and I’ve never felt more connected to the new generation of players
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
It’s important, likely necessary, to have a critical relationship with the media you consume and some folks take any form of hobby criticism as a personal attack or just baseless negativity.
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Buddy just referred to his Superfriends Prison deck for Canlander as “Palcatraz” and it’s so good I haven’t been able to concentrate on work
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Alright I couldn't find a picture of 19 year old Wheeler, but how about 20 year old Wheeler.
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Shivam, keeper of favorites
1 year
holy shit, i actually found a pic of me at 19
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
Cool collectors boostie
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
16 years. 16 years I've been waiting for this day. Shrine time.
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
Say what you want about Orcish Bowmasters but at least there's a clean answer to it in Orcish Bowmasters.
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Benjamin Wheeler
1 year
Lord, I’ve seen what you’ve done for others and I am ready to receive an in-universe Rick
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
If I had to nail down my biggest issue w/ Secret Lair discourse it’s either the inability to acknowledge the destructive combination of self worth/validation by material ownership in our community or unaddressed rampant addiction issues expressed as borderline financial self-harm
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Benjamin Wheeler
8 months
IDK if someone played a Collector Ouphe against me I'd just get rid of it with a Pyrite Spellbomb or an Executioner's Capsule.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Condition: Cube NM
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 months
Finally found a use for my Ancestral Recall
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Benjamin Wheeler
7 months
Always great to meet a fan
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Serge Yager
7 months
Well there goes the neighborhood.
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Benjamin Wheeler
4 years
Streamer: Hey everyone, to celebrate only losing 500 subs during the time I flew overseas to bury my grandmother, I'm going to stream for 24 hours straight while ignoring any/all self-care advice I preach to y'all. Viewer: All of this is good!
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Benjamin Wheeler
6 months
It’s my birthday today so everyone has to laugh extra hard at my jokes
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 years
Got my mild concussion upgraded to a moderate-severe concussion. Doctors orders means no streaming until I show improvement. This is absolutely crushing. Please take care of your brains.
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Benjamin Wheeler
2 months
So for creatures they’re all separated by colour and then organized alphabetically. In each alphabetical column, they are further organized by CMC, with old border cards up front. It gets tricky with old border reprints, but there’s an internal system for that. Now single pips go
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Pari²
2 months
Wake up babe we’re late for the Autism Reality Experience
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Benjamin Wheeler
3 years
My preview card from #MTGStrixhaven Mystical Archives is Ephemerate! The card is either absolutely busted and lets you take infinite turns or saves your bad White creatures. Both of these things are my jam.1
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Benjamin Wheeler
8 months
New vlog dropped
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