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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

Honorable mentions to some all time bangers that all have specific special memories, but were edged out by the above 10 cards.

The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#10 Icetill Explorer. What even is this card?! It's so good at enabling so much of what I love doing in Magic. Land synergies! Self mill! Graveyard shenanigans! Ramp! It does it all. I ended up with it in 5 decks within 3 weeks of the set coming out. I adore my bug child so much.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#9 Glarb, Calamity's Augur marks my first real foray into cEDH (and first minor tournament top 4/8/16 conversions in cEDH). He is my Bontu for competitive, and regardless of how poorly he's positioned in the meta, I adore my frog dude. Long, grindy control games are my favorite.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#8 God-Eternal Bontu won my heart when I saw someone sac their entire board to her on standard coverage to kill with a Mayhem Devil. I also was obsessed with Egypt as a child and love crocodillians. She has been my longest lasting, most blinged out, and favorite Commander ever since.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#7 Karn, the Great Creator made it so I didn't have to sideboard in Pioneer and Modern. I love artifacts, stax pieces, and a good ramp strategy, and Nykthos/Tron lands made my world go around.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#6 Martyr of Sands was one of the core pieces of my first ever Modern deck when the format was in its infancy. I took down one of the first large Modern events in Ohio, because I was gaining life while people were trying to win fast with Affinity & Zoo.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#5 Vhati il-Dal was my first ever Commander of this strange new format called Elder Dragon Highlander. I used his ability in conjunction with Thornbite Staff and Night of Souls Betrayal to lock out creatures, then won with stuff like Lord of Extinction, Vulturous Zombie and Spiritmonger.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#4 Tortured Existence was the first Pauper deck that stole my eternal love. Can you tell I love a grindy value engine?

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#3 & #4 are Life From the Loam and Trade Routes, a 2 part grindy draw combo from my kitchen table casual nights with friends in college. I jam this combo into far too many Commander decks.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

#2 Loxodon Hierarch was part of the first "good" tournament deck I ever played. I started playing seriously in OG Ravnica block, and my first FNM deck I won with was Ghazi Glare. The elephant is still one of my favorite pieces of Magic art.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 3d

The person & 10 Magic cards to get to know them:

#1 7th Edition Mountain # 337 is my first card, because I learned to play with a scrapped together deck of mono red cards from 7th Edition. The art for this mountain has always been one of my favorites, and it's the one I use when possible.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 4d

When you find posts in the wild and have to check if @shivambhatt.bsky.social reskeeted it.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 5d

Without downloading new pictures, what is it like to date you?

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 5d

Long noodles (angel hair, spaghetti, linguine, etc). They always end up getting sauce in my beard (which is a sensory nightmare) and there isn't a dignified way to eat them.

Bonus discourse, I'm a huge Rotini fan.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 6d

I wear my clan pin every day at work.

I'm excited to hear how Bloodlines 2 is.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 6d

I just received in the mail a fake beard, rainbow cape, pride flag clacking fan, and Wizard hat for my Gandalf the Gay costume.

Yours is superior.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 9d

Softly and plaintively saying "no, dont" whenever anyone takes an action that hurts me.

"Ew, gross" whenever anything.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 9d

"SwampAss" when I play a Swamp & pass (a frequent turn 1 habit of mine).

"P the T"

"Move to punchies"

Calling duals their colors ("I'm gonna fetch a Bluey Greeney" for fetching a Breeding Pool")

Sun Titan is "Sussy Titussy" and Grave Titan is "Stanky Papi" (& his Stank Boys)

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 9d

"But should elves?"

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 9d

Define your musc taste in 8 artists:

Missy Elliott
The Magic Sword
Lady Gaga
The Birthday Massacre
Florence + The Machine
Years & Years
Qveen Herby
MARINA

Bobbie-Christine Brewer @bobbiechristine.bsky.social · 10d

Coheed and Cambria
Hop Along
Manchester Orchestra
The Mars Volta
Idiot Pilot
Poppy
Chappell Roan
Cocorosie

Amanda (OnionBug) 🔜 Shoebox @onionbug.bsky.social · 10d

Define your music taste in eight artists:

Deftones
Sleater-Kinney
Mars Volta
Melvins
Bjork
Fugazi
Tool
Callous Daoboys

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 11d

The Star Trek CCG by Decipher sold plastic transparencies that changed card borders to denote characters who were assimilated by the Borg. I've often wished Magic had something similar.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 12d

Side note, I'd love to hear your insights and experience playing Ophidian 2350.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 12d

The Middle Earth CCG rules books that came with the starter decks were a huge factor in why I didn't learn to play the game for several years after collecting a metric crapton of it.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 16d

My LGS added them to their buy list, and I'm talking a half dozen in tomorrow.

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The Book of Mazarbullshit @banalitybob.bsky.social · 18d

Definitely one of my favorite Magic artists with too many bangers to list.

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