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Shoebox @shoebox.gg · 1h

Let's start our guest announcements with a very special event host! Wait, uh... who was it again? 🐟 💭❓
Please welcome Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social, the original creator of Forgetful Fish / DanDan! Catch him in the Carnival playing DanDan variants and hosting competitive DanDan side events!

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 1d

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 1d

Dandan means we can make whatever we want with Magic cards, with no regard for what formats they're good in, how valuable they are, or what WotC designs them to do, and still create rich, strategic, and fun games. Dandan means Magic belongs to the players.

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 3d

This is such sick Cal lore, can I hit you up for outdoor mushroom advice after I'm done moving 👀

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 6d

the most ambitious crossover event in history

Stitcher’s Supply @stitcherssupply.bsky.social · 6d

low res teaser pic letting you know that stitcher’s supply will be putting up the worlds sickest playmat up for preorder next Thursday, Oct. 16th.

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

have you heard about our lord and savior, cube?

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

The last category is just Chaos Orb, too subjective to say anything concrete. Many players love playing with it, I happen to really dislike it. I remember the first time I met you and drafted this cube, and my feedback was just "I don't really think Chaos Orb is fun." 😂

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

Splashy, but not strong enough in this cube (Memory Jar). This is such a powerful effect that I think it's fun to let players try to break it, even if it's not cutting it on winrate. Plus, if you're powering down anyway, it might start to shine.

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

Powerful here but nowhere else (Tower). I love these cards. If the Black Lotus of this cube is at best a fringe Legacy card from a decade ago, that's awesome. Where else do you get to even play this card, let alone get excited about opening it?

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

I see these cuts in four general categories: Powerful here and everywhere else (TOR, Clamp, Shadowspear, sol lands, etc). These tend to not be that interesting because we've seen them take over games many times before in many different places.

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 8d

Big words coming from the guy that put this card into my hands p1p1 and forced me into UB control 🤔

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

For sure- I don't mean to imply Mentor wins because it makes a bunch of prowess guys. I think it's cool that Mentor uses prowess in a way that isn't just face value tempo spellslinger, which I think is in the spirit of the question

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

It's funny to hear you say that about a card that was printed years before Arena was even in closed beta 😂

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

Moreso than Mentor?

I think it's really interesting how either card provides a specific and fairly unique reason to cast a bunch of noncreature spells. Both good options imo

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

Tinged a bit by nostalgia, my submission for hexproof:

I like that this card doesn't have hexproof, meaning it's still interactive, but also promises a dream of making a second one to give them both hexproof, which really accentuates the power of the keyword without being broken/unfun on its own.

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

Griselbrand is such a good answer 🤩

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

Not a mechanical reason, but I like this guy for Reach and Deathtouch. Pretty tame for a Futureshifted card, right? That's because this is the first instance of both the Reach and Deathtouch keywords!

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Greg, Tireless Pilgrim @dinrovahorror.mtgcu.be · 9d

Depending on the rest of the context, I run Strict Proctor over the other options here because it gives extra synergy angles to bouncelands as well as flexibility on paying for the good ETB on pitch elementals while still countering the sacrifice one!

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