They came for me in DROVES when I said people will do this, should do this, and I’d do this myself. Was told repeatedly I’d be blacklisted for doing so.
Excited to see whether this is remembered by the community at large or not 🙂
Not a day goes by where I am not PERPLEXED why Primeval Titan is banned while this Kodama is legal. Have yall ever PLAYED against this card? What do those games look like? Do you just not know it triggers on lands and tokens? And you get more commanders???? WHY DO I FEEL INSANE
Did anyone who isn’t a sponsored content creator or who crushed an event have a good time?
Getting whiplash on the feed between creators who had the absolute best time (plzlovemeWOTC) and players voicing how rancid it was 😅
Do we feel like clowns for calling Modern Horizons Commander Masters yet? The set has had a profound impact on Modern, touching nearly every existing archetype (as well as creating new ones). The Limited format is also both deep and very fun. This set was a home run.
#MTGMH1
With the release of SNC, I finally completed a project of mine that is about 4 years in the making.
If you’ll allow me a moment of vanity I present to you…
✨ Japanese Foil Sliver Tribal ✨
1/9
I would like to take this opportunity to confess that I once played a game of legacy against
@DanksyFPS
where he asked if I had Daze and I said “nope, promise.” And I did have the Daze. I haven’t been able to sleep well at night since
After a rather unremarkable season, these last two weekends have been extremely emotional. This trophy means the world to me and I think you all for your support ❤️
#SCGINDY
I find positions like this immensely frustrating. They COULD pocket everything and THAT would be shameless. Trying to get the Hasbro-puppet WOTC to do anything in the zip code of charitable has to give a nod to the capitalist incentives.
I believe in doing the most good
1/2
Fuck it, no one cares what I think anyway. I think it’s disgusting that WotC is profiting off a beloved community member’s death. Even if half of sales goes to charity, the other half is still going to Hasbro. If they want to make it right, donate all the profits to charity.
Personally, if the language my opponents cards were in was a Thing That Mattered To Me than I would simply know what all the good cards do yanno?
Completely unrelated I played these two in the same deck for years 😈
This is exhausting. If we ban epiphany, the odds we just have to ban chariot are extremely high. “Traditional midrange” died when every threat became a snowball. Incremental advantage is dead and banning epiphany isn’t going to bring it back.
Kinda surprised with the firehose of product releases there hasn't been more accidental broken stuff. Most broken stuff we got is like Minsc and Boo? Fable of the Mirror Breaker? P tame.
Kudos for RND with keeping up and designers for getting more right on first passes
Just got confirmation that I’m locked for the PC! I have so many emotions flooding in right now and I feel hard for the people still fighting for their spot. Extremely hyped!!!
This is like… peak disconnect of decision-maker to player. Seems the years of goodwill and disciplined design (read: not borrowing from the future) is being set ablaze by Hasbro and Maro is our last bastion of hope.
So fuckin bleak man
Incredible thread about failure. Toughest part of the MTG grind is the enormous tax on your time closely followed by the tax on your mental fortitude.
Gonna piggyback off this thread at his behest to speak about some failures of my own so buckle up
🧵 1/20
✨Dear Magic Competitors ✨
I'm a✨Failure ✨
Facebook memories annihilated me today.
I've reflected, learned a lot, and persevered since - but it still hurts when I see it.
Context: I didn't convert this to a Top 8 in what felt like my main character weekend:
If I seriously hear “this deck crushes Izzet Phoenix” after being shown some completely unproven Modern deck one more time, I might just lose my shit.
#NoItDoesnt
Today is my last day as an active member of
@PWPMtG
. It was an incredible journey that featured a host of content and memories I am extremely proud to have made.
I can’t thank the team for the opportunity enough, truly was given the power to shape the future of cEDH from day 1
"Fake Format" and "EDH cant be competitive" propagators in SHAMBLES
This is so so so big for the health and progress of cEDH what an awesome day indeed
(probably wise to buy some commander staples now before spikes happen!!)
After a a full year of no SCG Opens and having to play Magic exclusively online I would like to formally revise my take on IQs.
They weren’t so bad and I promise I won’t complain this time 👉🏻👈🏻🥺
In other news, people who do not play cEDH are tweeting about it again!
*Drake’s best Bernie voice* I am once again asking Magic players to play a single game of a format before having extreme opinions on it!
“Hey Siri, play Get Low by Lil Jon”
Decided to snag some of these to see what all the hype is about
(Never beating the mindless consumer allegations 🫣)
Anyone got leads on the Lurrus?
Losing in the finals always stings but it was a hell of a run and a great way to close out the last open of the season! Next stop, SCGCon!
Thank you all for your support! It means the world❤️
and doing this vs doing Secret Lair My Little Pony
#4365
or whatever instead does less good and does less to immortalize Sheldon and the good he did for the world and makes the world worse. Totally fine if you want to donate elsewhere but calling this “disgusting” is extreme 2/2
It’s okay to be “just dead” to something if that thing isn’t super common and/or it’s significantly nerfs your deck to try and blank that thing. Can’t beat everything and ya gotta get lucky to win a tournament anyway 😊
One thing I've noticed from content creation is that the average Magic player builds their decks to try to beat everything and not to maximize their win percentage. I wish I would've learned this earlier in my card-slinging career.
You don't need "outs" to everything.
Decided to play some Arena this month! Phoenix is incredibly fun and v good. Haven't seen too many people on Ox but the card is snapped. I cut Finale of Promise in most matchups as a hedge for grave hate. Card under the Done button is a Beacon Bolt. Happy Flapping!🐤⚡
Reading these assessments is so wild to me. That commander reads as blank cardboard to me. Like what decks are y’all playing that you need the extra damage after resolving Peer to win?????
Oh my god, just realized how insane Peer into the Abyss is with Queza. Draw half your library, lose half your life..then drain an opponent(s) for that much life.
Get smoked.
Splinter twin was not fun or cool. I said it and I mean it. The incentives suck, the play patterns also suck, you liked it cause you mushed everyone. I get it. That’s why I liked Oko too.
It’s not coming back
You pretend to love splinter twin but if it were printed for the first time today you would all lose your minds on here about having to play against it. You are transparent to me. Search within your soul; you know I speak true
Wanted one of these for a long time. My LGS had one and I thought it was so convenient at the time and seeing them for sale always made me nostalgic (but they’re kinda pricey for what it is)
Beca snagged me one for Valentine’s Day 🥲 she’s the best ❤️❤️❤️
Over and over we see more attempts to communicate with EDH players on a micro scale, but that’s not what is actually needed.
Players can figure out what Karakas is strong. We want to know why Sway Of The Stars is over the imaginary line but Cyclonic Rift/Dockside are not.
HUGE step forward from the RC in the recent announcement. For the first time ever, we see actual reasonings for bans that aren't buried in unintuitive, long forgotten places. LOVE this change!
Trans rights are human rights.
Do not find yourself in the company of the ignorant and the bigots.
Educate yourself.
Listen to those that endure injustice daily.
Speak out.
Made a long thread once about animosity I faced entering the commander space that I didn’t understand or feel like I deserved. Months of conversations with people that liked and disliked me made me realize it was this exact view that caused it. Anyway this sucks and isn’t true 🫠
Opp: Turn 1: Urza's Mine, Expedition Map, Go
Every Modern Player: Ah shit, here we go again
Opp: Turn 2 Eldrazi Temple, Matter Reshaper
Every Modern Player:
Idk what you all are on about. Modern is the best competitive constructed format right now. Every archetype feels viable and represented. Gameplay is skill intensive. Deck building matters. It’s just great! @ me all you want 🤷🏼♀️
Insanely excited for
#SCGRegionals
Being very good at magic (pro tour mainstay level) is something many people crave but few should want.
It’s one of the fastest ways to ruin your love for the game and alienate you from 98%+ of the people that play Magic worldwide
Quick shout out while watching
#TwtichRivals
Can always count on
@JimDavisMTG
to hit you with words of wisdom. Despite interacting with him relatively little in my life he has repeatedly been able to provide support and guidance. Doesn't stop there. Thanks for all you do!
Yea idk Lotho is just been SO much better than Bowmasters in games played by quite a lot. Think we may have started ban discussion way way way too early lmao 🤣
We're going to reach the point where the normal version *is* the cool version because there are so many variants no one knows which one is the cool one, aren't we?
@emmadpartlow
I have, FREQUENTLY, paid 2-3x the minimum price for a card to have a picture i liked better on the card. Hell i have done that for a SET SYMBOL difference. No surprise at all for me here
🔥🐤🔥 List and Guide🔥🐤🔥
Here is the list and sideboard guide I played this weekend and some notes about some of the odd things about the deck. Felt cracked and carried me all weekend despite a lot of other life stuff going wrong.
SIDEBOARD GUIDE:
Sometimes I think I’ve seen the peak of the hubris of random magic Twitter users, then people like this come along to inform me all kinds of things about competitive magic.
Anyway I guess I have to give 60 card magic a try now any suggestions on where to start? 🧐
@Viral_Drake
@gushonupkeep
Have fun removing all those unauthorized cards from your deck. Also alters. A lot of those alters are going to be removed too.
Bluffing happens a lot.
From what I’ve seen, all of these are things cEDH players aren’t ready for.
Try playing some 60 card formats.
Weighed in at 199.1 today! Officially down 20lbs from December last year 😊
Also the first time being under 200 in 3 years!
Can’t wait to throw it all away tomorrow eating like a cow 😋
ANYWAY instead of being massively weird about this product specifically instead go watch this really cool video Gavin put together about why this is good and cool, actually!
I had the honor of working with Sheldon Menery to create Sheldon's Spellbook, a new Secret Lair Drop benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Today I talk about the design process... and the Easter Eggs we put in. It's a very, very special one.
Link in the reply.
#wotcstaff
⚠️Brag post⚠️
More than anything else, I handled losses much better than I had in my previous 2-3 Opens and I am incredibly proud of that. Focusing on the process instead of the results is much easier said than done and I did a good job being process-oriented this weekend.
I am now ⚡️officially⚡️Playing With Power!!!
Extremely excited to be able to work with such a talented, kind, and hard working organization. I look forward to ramping up the cEDH content even harder in the coming months 😊
Really frustrated that it feels like the second I enjoy Modern it gets ruined again. I was really happy with where Modern was at for the last 2 months leading up to Modern Horizons but the combination of Hogaak and Neoform w/ London mull isn't leaving me optimistic.
When playing tournaments over webcam, there are a lot more opportunities for cheating. Please please PLEASE watch your opponents shuffle! Don't get caught up in conversation if there are prizes on the line!!!!
Sad to see LegitVocals caught only in hindsight :/
Discourse speedrun:
Modern is great. MH sets are great. EDH is great. cEDH is great. Drannith Magistrate is great. Competitive Magic is great. Casual Magic is great. Constant preview season is overwhelming but new cards are great.
Magic is great! GGs all
Exciting news! This week I am the
@MTG_Arena
featured creator!!!!
Wizards has generously given me a bunch of M20 packs to giveaway to my fans so be on look out for that tomorrow on Twitter and on stream! Extremely grateful to Wizards for this opportunity! 🤩
I am finally ready to admit Mnemonic Betrayal is better than Ad Nauseam in games of commander that are competitive.
Wild how much worse Ad Nauseam is these days than it once was
@CedricAPhillips
The amount of heart it takes to put an arbor elf into play with a face up active jitte next turn is a level of love for the game I don’t think I have in me
@MTGCubeCon
Right so what is this statement supposed to make us think? Why put out a statement at all?
Their statement: the other folks wanted to harbor an abuser and we didn’t want that
Your statemebt: well we all agreed to harbor and abuser idk what happened
Like????
If
@realDonaldTrump
were to lose (he won’t) his supporters will go to work tomorrow just as we do everyday. When Biden loses, his “supporters” will likely loot and riot. Tells you everything you need to know!
#Trump2020
Community leaders are expected to contribute positively and lead by example.
The community leaders I am happiest following slip out of the comfort of their privilege and give a voice to those being silenced.
@MichaelVLeVine
I don’t care about right now. Right now homie is down internet points and up cold hard cash. I care about 6 months from now. A year from now.
@baetog_
Magic is better when emphasis is placed on the gameplay rather than deck diversity. The latter is often the only talking point when discussing whether a metagame is “healthy” but some of my favorite formats have been 2-3 deck formats 🤷🏼♀️
The problem: Nykthos is Mishra's Workshop and mana creatures constantly live cause removal sucks.
The solution: Ban a sideboard card from the deck.
GG see ya at
#SCGCON
Exited in top 4. Green devotion seems like a really hard matchup without real sweepers. Happy with my finish and even more excited for the short trip home! Thanks everyone for your support!!
#SCGKNOX