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Bones (A Cube Judge)

@goblingathering.bsky.social

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MtG judge and cube designer. I made the Pokemon Custom Cube, Amonkar Desert, Eiganjo Drift, Museum of Modern, and Drake-Dráke. Cube links in 📌! Luckylooter on Discord he/him

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello Bluesky, and new followers! I've had the idea to make a pinned thread of all my projects for easy reference. First, I'm a judge who you might have seen at CubeCon (all 3 years), California Cube Champs (both years), Boston Cube Party, or Steel City Cube. Second, I've designed a lot of cubes! 🧵

A mirror selfie in the CubeCon 24 Staff T-shirt. A copy of Goblin Gathering is in my phone case, and trophy pins from multiple Cubes events are on my lanyard.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 14h

Many OldSchool and Vintage players describe Sol Ring as the tenth piece of power.

My answer and the consensus.

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YESSS PAI GOW RULES!!

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Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a plot of all of the Premier expansions, by release date, and how many days had passed since the previous Premier expansion.

You're going to want to click on this one...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Zach! Looking forward to trying it out

Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 1d

@elflawyer.bsky.social

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Chuck's Trading Post is the best breakfast I found in Baltimore, and I've tried a lot

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I was just looking at the banlist and realizing Arena is a pretty different meta 😅

Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 2d

@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social Okay I am hooked on Black Mage's Rod in Pauper*

@nyc-mtg.com I'm gonna build this deck in paper in case Pauper events ever happen around me, but I'll def bring it with my to NYC next time.

Two Hero tokens with two Black Mage's Rods attached to each. The opponent is at 6 and conceded, I have 12 more damage worth of spells in hand.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 2d

Lorwyn-Shadowmoor approaches and will likely have a lot of hybrid

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 3d

Should I have heard of Platner before today?

Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 3d

You've done it again.

THE DIFFERENCE IS
$50,000
cracked me UP

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats Shariq, loved watching the finals match!!

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Yep came here to post this - it exists and I rely on it!

Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 8d

Oh I thought you were a Head Judge again!

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😬

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah this is crazy, jobs use engineer and administrator REALLY loosely and sometimes interchangeably. Just depends on the company, hilarious to pretend there are hard rules.

Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 9d

Okay but what's Ribbons of Night doing here

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10d

I also plan on adding an Elegant Parlor in place of a Plateau, and The Stone Brain specifically to try and stop Oath.

The biggest surprise to me playing the event was just how little I care about Ouphe/Null Rod because they are symmetrical, and I can just Portable Hole them when it's time to combo.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10d

After the event, some changes I've chosen to make:
+1 Basic for Initiative and Assassin's Trophy

-1 Lurrus, who was underwhelming, both because opponents could see it coming and because producing WW was awkward at times. This change unlocks Karn, Tezzeret, Emry, Ensnaring Bridge, and Cursed Mirror!

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10d

Forgot to post this before, so: I'm part of a local Proxy Vintage League, and a few weeks ago, I did the best I ever have on a Welder deck with some spicy edits. (3rd out of 28. The top 2 were BOTH Oath and Tell, the menace of our meta)

I won a Josh Hass print with a super cool backstory!

A Vintage deck revolving around Painter's Servant + Grindstone, and Time Vault + Manifold Key. Uses Goblin Welder, Engineer, and Oswald Fiddlebender to assemble the combo out of fast mana.

A print of Goblin Trailblazer by Josh Hass

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 11d

Ah, but Hornet Sting deals 1 damage, and it needs to kill players to be more interesting than Aerial Volley, so an odd life total was necessary :)

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 13d

HULLBREACHER + ECHO + CEPHALID BROKER???

This is sicker than my Minsc and Boo MB2 draft

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 14d

Went undefeated in a paper draft of Wilds of Eldraine! p1p1 Decadent Dragon, p1p2 Gruff Triplets (neighbor took a valuable WOT card over it)

I took a p2p1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron optimistically, but didn't feel like it was better than any of these 24. Would you have run it? If so, over what?

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 14d

The newest one was sooo goood

a teenage mutant ninja turtle is standing in front of a sign that says perfecto

Alt: a teenage mutant ninja turtle is standing in front of a sign that says perfecto

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