Phil Nguyen
@mtgbanding.com
I make Magic: The Gathering nonsense posts and support made up formats.
💌 Premodern newsletter writer at https://mtgbanding.substack.com/
📜 Creator of http://www.premodern.guide
💌 Premodern newsletter writer at https://mtgbanding.substack.com/
📜 Creator of http://www.premodern.guide
Looking to get into Premodern now that it's on MTGO? Here are three links to get you started:
1️⃣ premodern.guide — My intro guide to the format
2️⃣ www.tcdecks.net/format.php?f... — Go-to place for deck lists
3️⃣ data.duresscrew.com — Matchup win rates
1️⃣ premodern.guide — My intro guide to the format
2️⃣ www.tcdecks.net/format.php?f... — Go-to place for deck lists
3️⃣ data.duresscrew.com — Matchup win rates
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Looking to get into Premodern now that it's on MTGO? Here are three links to get you started:
1️⃣ premodern.guide — My intro guide to the format
2️⃣ www.tcdecks.net/format.php?f... — Go-to place for deck lists
3️⃣ data.duresscrew.com — Matchup win rates
1️⃣ premodern.guide — My intro guide to the format
2️⃣ www.tcdecks.net/format.php?f... — Go-to place for deck lists
3️⃣ data.duresscrew.com — Matchup win rates
what's wild about magic discords is that one moment you can be chatting about sideboarding and the next about euclidean geometry
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
what's wild about magic discords is that one moment you can be chatting about sideboarding and the next about euclidean geometry
mailday for a new premodern project
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
mailday for a new premodern project
thank you another lump of coal this year @magic.wizards.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
thank you another lump of coal this year @magic.wizards.com
jesper myrfors, magic’s original art director, providing advice to artists considering using generative ai
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
jesper myrfors, magic’s original art director, providing advice to artists considering using generative ai
your luck for next year is determined by where your birthday->collector number->priciest card ranks
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
your luck for next year is determined by where your birthday->collector number->priciest card ranks
part seventeen of japan gets all the cool promos... plastic tokens launching next month given out based on purchases!
cat
wizard
goblin shaman
plant
construct
hero
soldier
moogle
demon
bird
cat
wizard
goblin shaman
plant
construct
hero
soldier
moogle
demon
bird
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
part seventeen of japan gets all the cool promos... plastic tokens launching next month given out based on purchases!
cat
wizard
goblin shaman
plant
construct
hero
soldier
moogle
demon
bird
cat
wizard
goblin shaman
plant
construct
hero
soldier
moogle
demon
bird
Mono U Skies, went 2-4 in the November Premodern webcam monthly.
Seven of us agreed to play the deck before the event and it was cool to exchange notes afterward about what we did and didn't like. Will share our collected deck photos and thoughts in a future issue of BANDING!
Seven of us agreed to play the deck before the event and it was cool to exchange notes afterward about what we did and didn't like. Will share our collected deck photos and thoughts in a future issue of BANDING!
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mono U Skies, went 2-4 in the November Premodern webcam monthly.
Seven of us agreed to play the deck before the event and it was cool to exchange notes afterward about what we did and didn't like. Will share our collected deck photos and thoughts in a future issue of BANDING!
Seven of us agreed to play the deck before the event and it was cool to exchange notes afterward about what we did and didn't like. Will share our collected deck photos and thoughts in a future issue of BANDING!
I am 7-25 in my last few months of premodern games 🤠
I posted this as a reminder that not every tournament goes well for everyone. Most people just don’t post about their Ls
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I am 7-25 in my last few months of premodern games 🤠
i’m so fascinated by magic players like this
he looked at card prices from a 1996 inquest on a 10 hr flight with the map on the whole time
he looked at card prices from a 1996 inquest on a 10 hr flight with the map on the whole time
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i’m so fascinated by magic players like this
he looked at card prices from a 1996 inquest on a 10 hr flight with the map on the whole time
he looked at card prices from a 1996 inquest on a 10 hr flight with the map on the whole time
oh wow "unc" means uncle. i thought it meant unclaimed territory. like you're carrying the energy of a budget cavern of souls.
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
oh wow "unc" means uncle. i thought it meant unclaimed territory. like you're carrying the energy of a budget cavern of souls.
card text for these two goes so hard you know them by heart even if you can’t read the language
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
card text for these two goes so hard you know them by heart even if you can’t read the language
Reposted by Phil Nguyen
Coming to a monthly event near you. 🪨 ☔️
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Coming to a monthly event near you. 🪨 ☔️
frieren universes beyond when
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
frieren universes beyond when
psa for the dandan fans that missed out on the magiccon exclusive dandan playmat (selling on ebay for ~$400): kelogsloops has variants on his website for $40
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
psa for the dandan fans that missed out on the magiccon exclusive dandan playmat (selling on ebay for ~$400): kelogsloops has variants on his website for $40
my target retirement date is 2030
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
my target retirement date is 2030
champion deck list cards have arrived for this year’s winner of nyc’s sacred torch showdown, dave kaplan!
also printed an extra copy of 2023’s winner for archival purposes
also printed an extra copy of 2023’s winner for archival purposes
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
champion deck list cards have arrived for this year’s winner of nyc’s sacred torch showdown, dave kaplan!
also printed an extra copy of 2023’s winner for archival purposes
also printed an extra copy of 2023’s winner for archival purposes
i have a folder on my computer named "keep going - counter spell edition"
here are some of the images inside of it: (part 1)
here are some of the images inside of it: (part 1)
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
i have a folder on my computer named "keep going - counter spell edition"
here are some of the images inside of it: (part 1)
here are some of the images inside of it: (part 1)
“It’s Just a Phase”, my deck for the 2nd half of the Spice Paradise Premodern webcam event! Teferi’s Realm can enable:
> Phase out non-token creatures to swing in with Zombies
> Psychic Vortex draws cards w/o downside
> Second Chance getting infinite turns
> Parallax keeps thing exiled
> Phase out non-token creatures to swing in with Zombies
> Psychic Vortex draws cards w/o downside
> Second Chance getting infinite turns
> Parallax keeps thing exiled
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“It’s Just a Phase”, my deck for the 2nd half of the Spice Paradise Premodern webcam event! Teferi’s Realm can enable:
> Phase out non-token creatures to swing in with Zombies
> Psychic Vortex draws cards w/o downside
> Second Chance getting infinite turns
> Parallax keeps thing exiled
> Phase out non-token creatures to swing in with Zombies
> Psychic Vortex draws cards w/o downside
> Second Chance getting infinite turns
> Parallax keeps thing exiled
how are you celebrating blightsteel colossus day
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
how are you celebrating blightsteel colossus day
i know you all went back into the trash to dig out your banned cards after filming
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
i know you all went back into the trash to dig out your banned cards after filming
i have no smart takes on the legacy ban announcement so i made this instead
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i have no smart takes on the legacy ban announcement so i made this instead
highly recommend "mana reflections", a new substack just launched that discusses a new card each issue
the first one covers prices of progress — a card that wrecked me for like 16 damage in my second game of legacy ever
manareflections.substack.com/p/mana-refle...
the first one covers prices of progress — a card that wrecked me for like 16 damage in my second game of legacy ever
manareflections.substack.com/p/mana-refle...
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
highly recommend "mana reflections", a new substack just launched that discusses a new card each issue
the first one covers prices of progress — a card that wrecked me for like 16 damage in my second game of legacy ever
manareflections.substack.com/p/mana-refle...
the first one covers prices of progress — a card that wrecked me for like 16 damage in my second game of legacy ever
manareflections.substack.com/p/mana-refle...