Mara, playing Magic @DialMforMara@wubrg.social
WUBRG admin | she/her | Vorthos | Formats: Brawl, EDH, Standard, Tiny Leaders
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Latest ban list is out: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/july-2-2018-banned-and-restricted-update-2018-07-02
Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe are removed from Legacy, no other changes. Given how many times I got Probed at GP Seattle, I think I approve. Thoughts?
Banned and Restricted announcement included some very good news about the health of Standard. I'm also happy with the new name of the Red Deck Wins archetype: Hazored.
Whenever I listen to Drive to Work, I feel the need to ask Mark Rosewater why there are no Jews in Magic.
I have simple Tumblr-derived ideas for how to flavor a Jewish-ish faction in a Magic set without falling into the usual stereotypes.
You need the seventh day off, you need a willingness to argue morality with the local god(s), you need a lot of scholar types, and that's it.
tired: copyright
wired: right to copy
I'm finally done sorting my roommate's cards
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/creating-core-set-2019-2018-06-19
The Making Of Core 2019, featuring a horse cycle, a can't-be-blocked-by-an-enemy-color cycle, Planeswalkers, and Elder Dragons!
Plus a Minecraft reference that cracked my brother up when I told him about it.
#mtg #mtgm19
Because of the #youtube ban, #blender foundation is now testing #peertube as a video distribution model https://video.blender.org/
everyone please look at this fennec
it feels pretty powerful to be able to formulate "that chin-stroking moment you get, often accompanied by a frown on your face, when someone expresses an idea that you’ve never thought of and you have a moment of suddenly seeing possibilities you never saw before" into one word
and it's "ašţal"
example from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/24/utopian-for-beginners
Hey, I'm going to be looking for #uxdesign or game design work in the Seattle area again very soon - if you know of any jobs, contract or otherwise, please let me know!
Portfolio: https://toridominowski.wixsite.com/toridominowski
Current state of #standard deck for tomorrow. Advise?
3 Caligo Skin-Witch
2 Khenra Eternal
4 Cabal Paladin
4 Guardians of Koilos
2 Tetzimoc, Primal Death
2 Urgoros, the Empty One
2 Trespasser's Curse
4 Recover
2 Doomfall
4 Raiders' Wake
Torment of Scarabs
4 Chainer's Torment
2 Phyrexian Scriptures
2 Memorial to Folly
4 Desert of the Glorified
18 Swamp
Sideboard:
Cast Down
2 Dark Bargain
Eviscerate
Impale
2 Lethal Sting
Moment of Craving
2 Torment of Venom
2 Vanquish the Weak
Vicious Offering
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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/chronicle-bolas-twins-2018-06-13
Magic Story: according to a Temur shaman's vision, the conflict between Ugin and Bolas is sibling rivalry writ extremely large
GNU Social, Pleroma, and the Mastodon Culture Conflict
https://medium.com/@Trevatos/gnu-social-pleroma-and-the-mastodon-culture-conflict-3b10872937c2
The #LoadingReadyRun #Battlebond #Pre-Prerelease is now live at twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun
Anyone who cares about #mtg #vorthos concerns should read The Gathering Dark by Jeff Grubb
It's basically Color Pie 101, as well as the beginning of Jodah's origin story and some very important Dominarian history, dressed up as a moderately cliched coming-of-age story
The best part is that it explicitly ties casting spells to drawing mana from lands, and I want to see more of that sort of theory in Magic story
Today I learned about the Tolarian Community College Booster Box Game. The professor cracks an the entire box of booster packs, and if it contains enough cards valued at to $2 or more to cover the cost of the box, he sells them back and buys another one. Repeat until a box doesn't pay for itself.
I'd say this was spectacularly wasteful, but now I think I know where Card Kingdom gets all its singles.
Global Series decklists are up!
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/global-series-jiangg-yanggu-mu-yanling-deck-lists-2018-06-07
Card image gallery:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/global-series-jiangg-yanggu-mu-yanling-2018-06-07
And, most importantly, behind-the-scenes on why these decks were made and how they won't break Standard.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-global-series-jiang-yanggu-mu-yanling-2018-06-07