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If anyone's wondering how I got into content creation, this thread is that story.
@UseyMcUsername
@GGTV_Chris
@Crow_CoA
@maechael1916
@MercurioBlue
@ChildrenofAlara
@jamietopples
@Ravnican_Artist
@Garbage_Andy
I suppose in this thread, then.
I used to be a competitive player, at first out of necessity, as I needed to win to be able to afford entry for the next FNM in college, dreaming of being on the Pro Tour and poring over content. Then Jace, the Mind Sculptor got printed.
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@annethegnome
It's always interesting when I teach my SAT students about backhanded compliments, and I can just see the realization crossing their face...
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@natabone
@MelindaTaub
I'm just thinking...a millennial ghost haunts a house because it's the only way they can afford to have a roof over their head.
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I WILL TREASURE IT ALWAYS
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Saw this, and first reaction was that this hit the nail on the head quite succinctly.
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Check your bulk, lol
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Of course, the Warhammer 40K stuff I'd been ignoring HAS to provide an Arsenal Mtg card, and now I'm paying attention...
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I have unfollowed MDL and IHYD, but not for the actions of 2013-14.
-I believe Benita
-I do not believe that MDL's actions in 2013-14 would be wholly irredeemable 8-10 years later
-I do believe MDL's actions in 2022 are wholly irredeemable
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Now, you see, this is how I KNOW this is a fantasy game:
You can make a teacher well-rested!
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Here are a few:
People need to stop dismissing blue as a "control color". EVERY COLOR IS.
Counters are a thing blue does, the same way red stone rains, green fogs, white wraths, & black discards.
White didn't have an identity crisis; people just didn't like its identity.
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@pcbrynn
@HermitsUnited2
Teachers will also get laid off for trying to protect themselves from a virus that politicians claim doesn't exist/isn't a problem, even after they've watched colleagues die.
I say this from experience.
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@annethegnome
I have to unpack it:
"It's amazing how you can just wear ANYTHING."
Adjectives: "amazing", "anything"; both +.
Implication: How would I know if you can just wear anything? You must look good in spite of what you're wearing.
You look good, but have terrible fashion sense.
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My comment on Voja is this:
I would MUCH rather get blown out by Voja than sit through a 3.5+ hour game.
I love y'all, but I don't have the time, energy, or inclination to do that if I'm not getting paid.
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When you name Cephalids:
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What's a cycle you'd love to see comple(a)ted?
For me, it's a cycle of cycling duals; Slogurk would love a UG version!
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Now...if anyone EVER alters this as Fry's dog, I'll scoop onthefuckingspot.
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Holding back tears in a staff meeting.
Honored to have played my first webcam game in a feature match with a true GOAT, even moreso to have had him on my podcast.
Sheldon, wherever you are, as you look at the outpouring of love and support, remember: you did this to yourself.
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Cutest Oathbreaker pairing ever?
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And...just like that, I'm 34!
Might have been a bumpy ride, but another trip around the globe completed!
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If you have a Signature Deck, what is it?
If not, what would you LIKE it to be?
For example, I'm really proud of my Shigeki Spellshaper deck that combines my favorite creature type with my favorite type of effect, merging two distinct parts of my content!
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99 counters on Pinnacle to go, 99 counters to go...
Put one on, if no one responds, 98 counters on Pinnacle to go!
See if it gets there at !
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@TheOneJame
While I enjoy the art, it was so wonderful to meet the artist at Grand Prix and get pieces signed and an addendum to a custom sketch playmat.
RK Post is one of my favorite Magic artists and is responsible for some special Magic memories.
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Hot take: the only problem with partner is that Wizards thought there was a problem with partner. Partners With, Companion, Friends Forever, and Backgrounds just serve to make the game needlessly complicated and increase the barrier to entry for new players.
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Doing an emergency card sale to pay for my car and help budget for a move from my toxic family.
Retweets appreciated!
DM if interested!
Willing to go outside of US, but there will be a shipping charge.
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To anyone who needs it:
The successes of others don't represent failures of yours
The best way to emulate success is to be kind, gracious, & supportive
Hard work can take down walls, but don't discount creativity
Your time will come, & if you can respond to this, I believe in you
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Like the Paddingtons yesterday, all good things must come to an end. Thanks for following along with 31 reasons to smile during
#defeatdepressiondecember
!
Today, YOU'RE my reason to smile!
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A couple of awesome deckboxes from
@TolarianCollege
and
@Gamegenic_
!
Look and feel amazing!
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+Someone I respected watched my Oathbreaker stream and felt moved to write a long DM
-It was incredibly rude and dismissive, making fun of my OCD and suggesting I was autistic and lacked social skills or awareness
+There are block buttons on most social media
-I had to use them
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BTW, built an Azorius Burn deck.
That's a normal sentence people say, right?
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Any mutuals looking for a fun, casual space for Magic and TCG discourse: feel free to join my Skull Symbol discord server!
The join link is in the Linktree in my Bio.
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-I believe that putting out new content in the wake of a controversy, featuring people who were blindsided by said controversy, is unconscionable
-I believe that not delaying production & distribution to reassess the consent of those involved shows 2013's lesson wasn't learned
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Death the Kid theme deck?
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@MNateShyamalan
@BeauteCoulisses
Also, "disappointed" is wildly different from "afraid for life and livelihood."
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Not only did my presentation go well, I was nominated for teacher of the year!
Eating good this conference!
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Another trip around the sun. Hoping this next one is filled with magic, memories, and freedom.
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Thanksgiving may be over, but why not add one more thing to be thankful for?
With a combination of generosity, timeliness, and high charisma rolls (with an unintended assist from my sister), I got the go-ahead to go to
#MCChicago
!
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Say, theoretically, someone (me) were to make a Creature Type Throwdown Tournament, March Madness style, with seeding determined by EDHREC popularity.
Who are you repping?
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Is this an unsummon?
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#DefeatDepressionDecember
28th reason to smile:
I made it out of August. For those who don't know, this is why that was noteworthy:
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To celebrate 1000 followers, I'm going to pick 8 followers at random, and ship out their choice of either a playable-out-of-the-box Bubblegum commander deck (each non-commander costs <.25), a box of their choice of Dragonshield sleeves, a $12.50 webcam, or a $12.50 webcam arm!
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This is why I don't care about power levels.
Some people just need a win.
Shuffle up, move along, and support each other.
What was the coolest play you saw someone else make?
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@mtgaaron
1. Pandemic
2. Poor standard environments
3. Rotations take too long
4. No organized play incentives
5. FIRE design is too text-heavy to be a proper on-ramp for new players
6. Poor payout, possibly due to:
7. Struggling LGSes
8. Product overload
9. Difficult in card acquisition
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For a year and a half now, I've averaged streaming 4 nights a week, and haven't missed consecutive nights more than once. That's 78 weeks of streaming x 4 nights a week average=over 300 streams.
For the first time since I started streaming, I'm going to take a week off.
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You.
Yeah, you.
Whoever's reading this.
You're part of an amazing community, one that is better with you in it.
You are wanted; you are needed; you are loved; and I can guarantee all of those things.
Thanks for what you do to make my world a brighter, more beautiful place 😊
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SPEAKING OF REPRESENTATION:
@Anomolee1
& I discuss the acorn-loving, adorable furry tree-dwelling rodents, but be warned: they are DEADLY!
Like a squirrel's random-moving mind, we also discuss the differences between tokenization & representation, & lots of pop culture references!
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Eh, why not?
Looks like this is circulating around again...
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Casting call!
Who'd be interested in recording rap bars as a given planeswalker from Magic: the Gathering?
While it'd be awesome if you looked/dressed/cosplayed as them, it's not necessary.
You'd get a script ahead of time and would have a say in final edits.
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#DefeatDepressionDecember
BONUS reason to smile:
I do NOT have to report for Jury Duty this week!
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Any mutuals with Angel commanders or Angel-themed commander decks interested in streaming for suicide prevention?
If so, DM me!
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Who wants to get a game in sometime?
5 Reasons to play a game with me:
1. I'm funny: I often crack jokes & make puns
2. I'm insightful: I have played at a high level & used to be a judge
3. I'm a great deckbuilder: I build interesting decks around underrated commanders & cards
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Found out tonight that I've become a bit of a big deal, and that's still sinking in...
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#MTG
Folks: What's you're Magic Karaoke name?
Famous singer+Magic Card mashup.
I'll get you started: Pat Benalish
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How I approach content creation:
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@ZBexx
But it's Kithkin triba-
NO
But it's old man triba-
NO
But it's advisor triba-
I'D ADVISE YOU TO FIND ANOTHER COMMANDER.
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That poor judgment led to people I care about being put in awful positions, a community I love being divided against itself and manipulated into attacking innocent people, and an unfortunate woman having to air a private issue publicly, reliving the worst days of her life.
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Update: CAR IS BOUGHT!
Now, saving up for the move...
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You ever set out to find a card to finish a deck, search through a bunch of boxes, and, by the time you found it, built two more decks?
I may have a problem.
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New banner from
@InklinCustoms
!
Completely and utterly in love with it; hope others like it, too!
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Apparently, all men have a favorite plane. Spill it, gents
Apparently, all men have a favorite plane. Spill it, gents
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Check out this article on making and distributing tokens for fun and profiteering!
Link in reply
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@Zabracus
I won one of the few post-Modern-Horizons events I played with this weird take on White Weenie:
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While there are other conclusions that can be drawn, such as the convenient timing of the event last weekend, the particular individuals selected, the inclusion of pronouns in the episode during the scandal, etc, MDL has, at best, shown extremely poor judgement.
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@shonfaye
@AmandaTNStevens
I'm still trying to figure out how someone who wrote about the Polyjuice Potion where people LITERALLY TRANSFORM INTO OTHER PEOPLE doesn't support trans rights.
I guess I should have understood when she had boys transition to other boys and the girl into a cat.
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@hothqueenofsnow
I think it has to do with the order on the back of the card, as well as the primary color of the wedge in the center and peripheral colors on the sides.
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Basic Land Hot Take:
People don't play anywhere NEAR enough. Unless you have a reason to use nonbasics, like Hermit Druid, manabases should be mostly basics.
In fact, more players should try playing their deck with ONLY basics and then add nonbasics once the concept is proven.
Tell me your hot take on basic lands that will have you looking like this, I'll start:
7th edition foil basics are the absolute best basics and literally ANY full art basic could never
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J Ro's got some moves!
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Not sure when or how this happened, but made it to 500 followers on Twitch!
Thanks for supporting me, and continuing to do so, even though I haven't been as active on there as I'd like to be 😅
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Lord J Ro is here to Unsummon your spells...BY FORCE!
...and, yes, even in Green!
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@GavinVerhey
Cycling.
It's useful, not overly powerful, and hard to picture exactly what it looks like in a role play sense.
It's kind of like looking through Rolodex entries.
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Fuck it.
I guess I am pretty cool.
And so is
@arsenalmtg
Drop a selfie showing the world how cool you are
I am not cool
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@PGDHanson
It also allowed their coders to test how the abilities work and timing functions before stress testing in a standard set.
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#edh
:
Now that my signature deck, Simic Burn, is back in action, what's YOUR signature deck?
Or, if you don't have one yet, what would you LIKE it to be?
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First time doing an airport AMA!
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I might not have much on an
#mtgbooty
, but that's because I've worked it off, trying to make good on a hustle.
I, too, support
@TaaliaVess
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Trying out a sample logo. What do you think?
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Pretty diverse group of amazing folks!
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A stream failing to fire doesn't mean I failed.
A stream failing to fire doesn't mean I failed.
A stream failing to fire doesn't mean I failed.
A stream failing to fire doesn't mean I failed.
A stream failing to fire doesn't mean I failed.
A stream failing to fire doesn't mean...
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#DefeatDepressionDecember
20th reason to smile:
Waking up to a butt-dial from
@hothqueenofsnow
! Just being friends with someone so awesome, wholesome, exuberant, and genuine is reason enough to smile!
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BIG sigh of relief.
Teaching evaluation went well.
Got a job and a raise for next year, and a bonus coming in August.
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#DefeatDepressionDecember
1st reason to smile:
Frequent placement on
@MercurioBlue
's lists! If he sees the good in me, it must be there!
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To anyone reading this:
You're awesome.
I'm proud of you.
You are loved, wanted, needed, and valued.
I am more than wiling to elaborate and specify on request.
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Still growing my Pokedecks!
Here's my active team:
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You // Your favorite Magic: The Gathering card
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Time to finally sleeve my decks!
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Insomnia thought: there are now 5 instants or sorceries that give poison & do jobs decks already want. It's possible to put in tutors & proliferators, as well as spell doublers like Kalimax & Thousand-Year Storm, to make a spellslinger deck that infects without any creatures!
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The bad news: Recovering from a massive panic attack last night/this morning. Still having chest tightness, shortness of breath, dry mouth, and dizziness, but managed to teach two classes so far.
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