Mara, Hugger of Gods @DialMforMara@wubrg.social

https://blog.cardkingdom.com/top-5-new-magic-mechanics-of-2020/

New Card Kingdom article: Top 5 Mechanics of 2020

Bad news: that announcement was not about Gruulfriends

Good news: we now have a sympathetic planeswalker who uses they pronouns

I love them already

CM: As a non-binary person, the story that resonated most strongly with me was one about questioning the accepted norms of your world: there is an idea that society accepts as fact, but the more you learn about it, the more you start to question it. Eventually, you decide to challenge the idea yourself and discover that you have the freedom to move beyond it. This was the journey that we wanted to set up for Niko.

Chris Mooney: we wanted to tell a story that could express the shared experience of non-binary people without focusing on their gender identity. This was partially to ensure Niko was a character that all kinds of people could find relatable, but it was also to ensure that Niko's character was not entirely enveloped by this single aspect of their identity.

the folks at Scryfall sure liked that region blocking announcement

I gotta find the Japanese cut so I can find out if Bastien was such a dedicated brewer in the original

he was also the character I identified most strongly with in middle school as a fellow outcast-because-nerd

But I think the fact that I currently have eight Commander decks and two Oathbreaker decks is convergent evolution

me in 2006: why does that guy in Yugioh GX carry so many decks around with him

Me in 2019: *proudly showing off a Quiver full of Commander decks at MagicFest*

Since somebody asked about them, I think it's a good time to reiterate our community guidelines.

WUBRG uses the Lady Planeswalker Society's code of conduct. TL;DR we don't tolerate intolerance, and if anybody makes you feel unwelcome we want you to let us know so we can help. Details at wubrg.social/about.

welcome to wubrg, @DrAceManliness ! What decks are you working on these days?

(I'm stuck on making cuts for my [[Lathiel]] dream deck, and if you have a rule of thumb for that I'm all ears.)