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Ben McKinnon-Duggins

@bduggs44

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Just a dad who loves to play magic. See my Pinned Tweet for my current Mono G List/SB Guide as well as Breach List and Current Favorite Brew.

Indiana, USA
Joined March 2018
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
Hey Everyone this is going to be my official pinned tweet with my current lists for my specialty decks as well as any sweet brews I think are ready for other people
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
Lets try this again, top 8ed the pioneer challenge with Mono G last night. Lost to izzet ensoul in the quarters. See below for matchups, will be doing a write up and perhaps a video summary Monday. If you want to win a RCQ this season play my list with my guide. @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
Got those trophies at the @NRGSeries 10k team trial with my sister @SaralynMC and her husband Aren. No matter what @RossHunneds @CoreyBaumeister or @tiddypills tells me I will never cut my hall @SpiderSpaceMTG did come through with Jegantha tech though.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
Split top 4 of SCG 10k yesterday, lost playing for the RC inv and trophy to murk b/c punt but this is now my 2nd of two tournaments I have played breach with weird cards and done well Skrelv good card! @fireshoes @RossHunneds @tiddypills @CoreyBaumeister
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 years
@SaffronOlive @MTGGoldfish @BudgetCommander @Theasianavenger I have been watching Commander Clash since week 1 of the show with Jake and I appreciate y’all so much. If I were to go back through all the videos and make an excel sheet of the commanders you haven’t played. Useful?
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
I have got to say one of the most heartwarming things has been @Mengu09 and @PivoUlivo being best friends from a smaller region in Italy. Mengu sharing the saga of Pivo coming into magic on his streams and just all out supporting his bestie makes me want to watch his streams.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
@fireshoes Mono G is cracked, anyone who wants to win a challenge play my list and use my sb guide. Beat lotus twice this league along with UR proft Phoenix, esper control, and UR ensoul. I eat steam vents players to wizard's chagrin.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
@tiddypills Also fetch your triome or surveil land with your first fetch if you don’t have a T1 play lol
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
While others chose to play Amalia lifegain. I chose to play dungeon lifeDRAIN. @anzidmtg @DreamHackMagic I think this would be a wonderful deck for the stream, you agree? @fireshoes for backup on the Spice Train.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
From top 8ing the challenge yesterday to another 5-0 while I watched Frozen with my daughter. Deck is cracked and I will be writing a guide and tweeting it out this week. Also someone help me get @argzax back into the fold. Your turn @fireshoes . List and sb guide in my pinned.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
Got the 5-0 with Mono G tonight think boat is very good please stop putting caryatid and shocks in your mono color deck. I still believe in Beacon. Willing to field Qs (subtle shade at @darthjacen in the alt text) @fireshoes for value
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@mtgtypicaljonny @ChiStyleGaming What you are missing here it’s a leaves the graveyard synergy not a dies trigger. So it won’t trigger until after persist resolves to bring it back.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@GR_DONKIN Congrats you have constructed 1W draw a card
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@fireshoes A good and easy 5-0 with my old classic elementals list adding 4 mommies. As a long time elementals player here is what you need to know to play it: 1. Wrenn Bad, side in RIP for W6 2. Ecall also bad so no 3. Flamekin blocks ragavan 4. Moms = phyrexian now Questions?
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 months
@SaffronOlive Amalia is 100% better than winota or Karn ever was. Pioneers banlist continues to make no sense except for people complained enough.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
🎶Cause you can't stop me finding a new combo Like a combo pervert You can wonder if you wanna, but I never ask why So im gonna tap my nykthos till my fingers hurt And if you try to ban my cards I'll just go combo off instead Cause you can't stop the Green🎶 @fireshoes Tell em!
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
7 months
Easiest 7-0 of my life @fireshoes turns out living end still good in limited. Plus it comes with a free 6/6 flyer.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
Also with the sideboard guide if anyone has a matchup they want added just tweet at me or DM me and I can add it.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
To all the UB haters out there got my best trophy with UB tonight in ONE draft. Venser is just SO GOOOD y’all @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
I almost don’t want to tweet this out so y’all will keep passing the cards to me. Yet another dominating performance from UB, this time didn’t kill with combat damage even once just keep falling vraska. @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
Another 5-0 with this beauty changing up some sb slots, this feels like the correct numbers. Wish I had time to run it through a challenge. If you are wondering why utopia sprawl over abundant growth, ramp is better than fixing, just use it to play THROUGH moon @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@CoreyBaumeister Grapeshot won me a finals game and Jegantha won me two rounds….. scoreboard?
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
I think I love this draft set, every color is so unique. Just gotta have some rare bomb or you get stuck in 4 or 5 win territory @fireshoes
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1 year
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
It has always been a personal dream of mine to be a certified mengu deck of the weekend. AND it being Mono G of all decks which got me there. Just an awesome weekend! And I’m looking forward to the next one
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
11 months
@ferro_man @CubeApril @PGDHanson I think dackfayden07 on YouTube has been playing this in zoo in modern. Just being able to give Ragavan menace and bowmaster deathtouch is sweet. They talked about it in @FaithlessMTG
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 months
@StarCityGames Does that mean Carter isn’t going to be in charge @DreamHackMagic ? Because that sucks if true
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
I made a SB guide for my breach list this weekend, just a general in and outs list for what I did this weekend. But if you want advanced content on the deck make sure to hit up the professionals: @tiddypills @CoreyBaumeister Or @RossHunneds
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 months
@PivoUlivo @petermtg_ Did you get to keep the rhino tokens then? Will Hall was spinning a yarn about it
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
8 months
@Aspiringspike Requesting the drunk spike stream where you can be sober but only play decks that your dream up with drunk brain
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
@AndyAWKWARD Yes, I’m not sponsored and have been using the playmat/box/dice box since receiving the Kickstarter stuff. I can confidently say I will never use another playmat, never having to change dice trays yet having my fave dice is awesome. Idk about the sleeves wish they fit reg inners
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 months
Anyone having issues with the @MagicOnline servers? I was in the middle of mono red prisoning tron when my game froze so I restarted and now my screen is blank. @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@fireshoes @tiddypills @SpiderSpaceMTG @Aspiringspike Hoping y'all can help me get the word out. Jegantha is currently bugged on MTGO (you cant use its mana to do anything). I was screwed out of a prelim tonight and want the peeps in the showcase to be aware before registering.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@fireshoes People will see this top 8 is still reply with “ban Nykthos “
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@fireshoes @HeavyPlayLLC Heavy play products are just the best. Will never go back to a normal deck box, dice tray or playmat, hoping they consider custom playmats eventually so I can have a picture and not just a solid color but still 🔥
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
🎶Hey, Ho where did all the green go Baby this is where you're dead wrong Hey, Ho heres to all the Nykthos All those misfits, and all my down and outs!🎶 I did it again, gonna tweet a sideboard guide later today as a reply. @fireshoes how many times before I get boring?
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@baetog_ Even when my life is dark and I feel like I’m going down a lonely path, @SaffronOlive @Theasianavenger and the whole @MTGGoldfish crew show me that I’m not alone.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 month
@masoneclark Interesting Mason snuck a banger for 4C in last minute? Ah must just be for flavor reasons. Mason: *sitting over in the corner laughing in 4C wrist brace* “this is for boros decks”
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@fireshoes Also if anyone wants the sideboard guide I can post it, actually made one this time lol
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@Karatedom10 @GR_DONKIN Rough all around, rough on your end and the judges. As a judge I hate having to enforce rules that I know are nonsensical
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
10 months
Anyone who wants to have some $30 budget vintage fun with me should join up. I am currently brewing sneak attack burnt offering less money doesn’t mean less fun!
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
8 months
@Kesswylie Finding out adjustable wrench was different from wrench because it had gears as a scrap component was a GAMECHANGER
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@d00mwake You’re gonna want some more 1drops friend
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@Aspiringspike @Matthias_Red @SpiderSpaceMTG and Fran were talking about that on Mishras bauble like a week or two ago, sweet tech like that and welding jar will always be sweet to me
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@fireshoes just talked to Carter and he said he is willing to fire any 8 person On demand event that we have 8 people to play it. Can you batsignal folks at the RC if they want to play on demand low key standard or modern since it’s all we got
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 years
@d00mwake Bought those solitudes just under the gun eh?
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
21 days
@Aspiringspike @hotashis @jkyu06 If wizards was smart they would send y’all a full playset or two of every card to test with. It’s free advertising and costs them very little being that most modern players will buy more packs if spike find 20 cool decks
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@tiddypills @NRGSeries @SaralynMC @RossHunneds @CoreyBaumeister @SpiderSpaceMTG Thanks, it was awesome playing you, if you couldn’t tell I was verrry nervous.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 years
@OUFB6 @Wizards_DnD Hate to tell you but that’s not how cancer works. If you’re going to use an analogy to put someone down at least make it correct.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
Bruh @DreamHack and @MARTAtransit did not disappoint this morning. I scheduled in time for buses being late and it taking 30-40 minutes to get my badge and nothing was late, the bus was actually quicker than google maps suggested, and the badge line took less than 1 minute.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
@fireshoes List in all its Glory: @argzax don't make me put you in the quitter column go top 8 with it! BTW in case anyone cares cutting sacred cows has been nuts my next version will be 4 grazer no elves. @dominharvia you actually talked about this on the pod.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
Just had to unenroll from the pioneer 5K RCQ because there’s no way I can play 8 rounds starting at 11am and still make my 7:40 flight. Such is life but still looking for some folks who want to do the 1pm full box sealed with me @fireshoes
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
Honestly a little disappointed because I’m here before the hall even opens now.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 months
4-1ed with breach this morning, not a 5-0 but still felt like it needed posted. @ArchaeusDota has been having success with it recently but I really refuse to play rona in a bowmaster world. Geralf and Aurloc were both cool and had their moments. I'd ship it for big tourney.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@andersoneclair The way NRG plans events you wanna be specifically in Illlinois. Indiana is not what I will call rife with magic
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@fireshoes …. 👀👀 def wasn’t me. I would never misname my decks to intentionally tilt @masoneclark_ and @d00mwake when they cover my match.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@kylecoopermtg @fireshoes @fireshoes I’m buying 12 total so if anyone else reaches out about this card they were 50 cents per so they just have to pay me back. I’ll have 10 more if this person ends up taking 2
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
I'm in the running to win a free 4-day badge to @GenCon , thanks to @pastimesonline ! #MagicTheGathering #TransformersTCG #GenCon
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
Bruh, why don't cops lights have a night mode setting. Like cmon we get it you waited in the road with your lights off until you caught someone going slightly over the speed limit you don't need to blind half of southern Indiana.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@fireshoes @DreamHackMagic This please, I can’t play in a 7 rounds Swiss then top 16 match and still make my flight but I would be more than willing to LCQ
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@pjg0014 @AmeliaBousman @jessmitter Indiana is calling a “special session” to “discuss” it. Following the jackass governors orders so it will be final soon enough.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
Going live on my podcast here in about 15 minutes, come hang out with us!
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@tiddypills @SpiderSpaceMTG @masoneclark_ @masoneclark_ @tiddypills @SpiderSpaceMTG I appreciate all of your thoughts I love going through conversations like this
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
@jabjabber_ @SwampSolRingGo @Flexslot Nope had no idea these features existed. I’ll play around with it tonight but text file just solves all my problems.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 years
@EdgarMTG @SaffronOlive @fffreakmtg Come on you gotta shout out @SaffronOlive for showing us an 8 mana red spell can do things
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
Going live @ here in a moment if anyone would like to witness the live podcast record
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 month
@fireshoes For cards like this my dyslexic brain can’t count those so I just trust my opponent that whatever amount they say is correct
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
9 months
@MagicOnline any idea when the Kinnan/Gwenna bug will be fixed? The bug was acknowledged and archived in May with the promise it would take a few months. I think it is quite good with cauldron but I can’t test on MTGO.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@bcs8995 alright hear me out. Instead of temple garden and breeding pool making our mana incredibly painful against aggro to cast Teferi. Interplanar beacon to cast Teferi and it gains a bit of life. It was reeeeally good last night in testing.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@ghirapurigears @GavinVerhey I’ll second Gavin’s rec, when I was over there in college the players there took real good care of me. Nice people!
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@d00mwake I’m almost at my store pickup so I can ask them if you want to buy them
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@claudiohmtg @MtgPioneer I feel that, that’s why I’m currently splitting 2/2. Maybe I’m just the hopefully initiate 😂. What do you think about freebooter? I feel like it’s better than spellbinder but no one plays it.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@MTGGoldfish @SaffronOlive @Theasianavenger I top 32ed a legacy classic at SCG Cincinnati. The deck is spicy and I’m wondering what y’all think, Rector Fit.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@baetog_ @uller30 @ChannelFireball @PleasantKenobi I feel like after the power 9 buyouts I’d still have to proxy 😂😂
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
6 months
@fischer_scotty @fireshoes @anzidmtg @DreamHackMagic Thanks! Really wish mono G was untouched because they were my best matchup but such is life lol.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
3 months
@JoaoRinaldoo @fireshoes I like sorins ability replacing the need for a soul sister to begin the combo
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@CoreyBaumeister I believe in her article @tiddypills said she would frown at you but I think you’ll trophy
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@sicklymtg He died doing something he’s been literally begging for since zendikar.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@baetog_ Then we can sideboard into mono red.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
Really want to do a podcast with @Amannino33 @manacymbal and @MordeToLight where we just take tier decks and make them interesting by splicing strategies together and we can call ourselves “the splice boys” for the wordplay W.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@twinlesstwin @zoeried To be fair AJ just wanted the invite and they didn’t even play the last round. I’d have but money on them beating LE if they actually played.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
5 years
@Theasianavenger How I feel when you respond to my tweets 😂😂
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
10 months
@fireshoes seems like a format that might interest you, huge brewing potential with the massive card pool. A very low entry point due to the max the cheapest version of the cards you play being $30. @30DollarMTG are the people who created it
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
@andersoneclair The answer is # of people, melee fees are split up the more people there are.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@SpiderSpaceMTG I was assuming MTGO when answering because of OA and not wanting to cheat. It would honestly depend on your level of comfort with this friend for instance I would just flat out yell STOP and talk through the line with one of my closer friends like @DavidAtkin13
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@d00mwake You gotta get that gas efficiency up
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 months
@ParadoxEng1neer @dylan_mtg Yeah I’m curious about the deck so I’m up to learn if you are up to talk about it. I could see Jegantha being useless argument for this deck but a rando 5/5 that can be cast through moon for me has always been its purpose in other decks so I’m curious at the very least.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@hothqueenofsnow Gotta be honest I read that cards and got to blue Faerie and just stopped because I knew I was going to hear about it for weeks. IT MAKES DRAGONS??????
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
10 months
@DavidAtkin13 @Aspiringspike @V_Thorsby @fireshoes I gotcha this works because the way invasion is worded it works like the old cascade mechanic did before the change. Wizards changed the cascade mechanic itself. Invasion checks mv on exile but not on cast.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@TandyMTG here is the list friend.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
4 years
@wizards_magic @MTGSecretLair I waited more than three months, watched people get their Secret Lair drops before me, watch people get multiple collectors boosters as an apology. But when I finally got drop today I got one measly booster as recompense? Where’s my #CustomerService
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
1 year
@Harry13SCO @fireshoes @TaCTeam9 Spike laughed in the face of fable and then lost to it lol
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@fpawluszmtg What about pioneer RB scam?
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2 years
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6 months
@kylecoopermtg @fireshoes I’ll buy you two on the way to the airport for $1 if you want em.
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Ben McKinnon-Duggins
2 years
@MordeToLight Please take colonnade out of your domain deck
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