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SaffronOlive

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · Jul 21

I haven't, but I'm going to now!

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · Jul 14

The people I met at MagicCon Vegas played it more like a cube though (they brought all the cards with them) rather than doing it with booster packs like in the article.

SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · Jul 14

It was actually Wizard's Tower rather than Mage's Tower. magic.wizards.com/en/news/maki...

Wizard's Tower: A Magic Format | MAGIC: THE GATHERING

One day, while working in the Pit (our affectionate name for the R&D area) I overheard someone say, "Have you played Tom LaPille's Cube? It's awesome!" Cube is a Magic Draft format in which a player c...

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 27

Splashing blue is one thing. Splashing blue in a 75 card deck with no sideboard just for Fog Bank, on the other hand, is some next level Platinum-Mythic Ranked Player deckbuilding.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 27

One of the GOATs hanging up his brushes for health reasons.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 22

I got a super cool gift today from @volrathxp.bsky.social!

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 14

Final Fantasy has like 150+ legends, apparently. I expect this will be pretty common for UB sets where they will want to show off a lot of named characters. With 20 legends per set "legendary matters" can be interesting. With 150, not so much, at least for me.

SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 14

Maybe I worded that poorly. What I was meaning that "legendary matters" cards like Jodah or Djeru and Hazoret (etc.) aren't especially interesting when most creatures are legends, because they work with everything. They are much more interesting when there are fewer legends.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 14

With the number of legends in Universes Beyond sets I think Wizards needs to sunset "legendary matters" as as theme. It's a cool gimmick in a world where legends are scarce, but incredibly boring when we're getting like 150 legends a set.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 12

Actually not this time. It was Avabruk Caretaker.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 12

Almost accidentally put a day/night card in my Commander Clash deck for this week. Thankfully I caught it before recording. I'm not tracking that...

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 12

Yeah, I'm super curious to see how the play. The designs are really interesting.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 12

So far it feels mostly like a Commander set to me, although that might partly be because there are so many legends to show off various characters. The power level seems pretty high, I'm just not sure where most stuff fits in Standard yet.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 12

I really like how Final Fantasy sort of feels like Time Spiral or a Horizons set in the sense that there's a ton of one-of mechanics.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 11

Apparently Richard qualified for One Piece Nationals going 8-2 in a 1k player event yesterday.

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 11

Bwahahahahaha

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 7

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGZ...

12 Rhinos | Against the Odds

YouTube video by MTGGoldfish

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SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 6

I'd say so! That's awesome.

SaffronOlive @saffronolive.bsky.social · May 6

Sorry everyone, no stream today. I'm still a bit under the weather and trying to catch up on Youtube stuff after being away last week for the wedding. We'll get back to normal next week.