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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h

I've been saying from the start that Trump does not choose his political martyrs well.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 9h

Put a stun counter on each of those creatures?

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 9h

Cuck wall?

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12h

Shut it down folks, we have a winner

limousine-liberal.bsky.social @limousine-liberal.bsky.social · 12h

FAPGPT

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 21h

Tuesday bump.

Who doesn't like machines exploding from the graveyard?

Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 1d

How do you build a deck to function without your Commander? Let's talk about Resilience and Redundancy with Ayara, Widow of the Realm:

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Resilience, Redundancy, and Mastering Scrap

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 18h

Struggling with a Commander deck? Let's chat and see what we can do to have more fun.

Erin Campbell @originaloestrus.bsky.social · 2d

I have to give another shout out to @nerdtothecore.com because this is the third deck I've gone to him for feedback on and he was so right.

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zak mcadoo @tubasection.bsky.social · 17h

hi, if any magic players know hart horton or james hickle please have one of them reach out to me. they were my rounds 13 & 14 ew legacy opponents and traveled together. i was putting my deck away and have a card from my round 14 opponent. i didnt play rd 15 or else i would have noticed earlier. ty

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 17h

A sign for Catapano Dairy Farm featuring a goat.

Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 17h

It only feels like its out of nowhere because you've already put in the work.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 17h

Oh no he remembered "Mutiny!" by Set Your Goals existed.

This is bad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD9_...

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Rob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck off. I like coffee.

I want cheap coffee. It's a pretty basic need for me. I don't want a substitute, you stupid fuckbag.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19h

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 17h

HMMMMMMMM.....

Underworld Breach {1}{R}

Enchantment

Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card’s mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)

At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.

Illustrated by Lie Setiawan

Gravebreaker Lamia {4}{B}

Enchantment Creature — Snake Lamia

Lifelink

When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {1} less to cast.
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Illustrated by Lius Lasahido

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 17h

Hmmmmm...

Unstable Amulet {1}{R}

Artifact

When this artifact enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent.

{T}, Pay {E}{E}: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until you exile another card with this artifact.

Illustrated by José Parodi

Scourge of Nel Toth {5}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Dragon

Flying

You may cast this creature from your graveyard by paying {B}{B} and sacrificing two creatures rather than paying its mana cost.

“May all the cairns of Jund be toppled.”
—Meren of Clan Nel Toth
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Illustrated by Mark Winters

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 18h

Struggling with a Commander deck? Let's chat and see what we can do to have more fun.

Erin Campbell @originaloestrus.bsky.social · 2d

I have to give another shout out to @nerdtothecore.com because this is the third deck I've gone to him for feedback on and he was so right.

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Pactdoll Terror @jenn-the-judge.bsky.social · 18h

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will you come to my mtg NYC block constructed event it's very silly and whimsical

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 18h

Me: "Huh, got the bad brain gremlins today. Wonder why?"

Also me: listening to nothing but 2010s emo for the entire weekend.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qe4...

A Room Once Called Yours

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19h

“We’re saving God by shooting priests in the head with crowd control weapons” is generally something you only get in the most unhinged JRPGs from the SNES era

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 20h

Oh yeah this deck rules.

Also Thermo-Alchemist/Nettle Sentinel can do things with Sprout Swarm.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 20h

o_O?

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 21h

Tuesday bump.

Who doesn't like machines exploding from the graveyard?

Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 1d

How do you build a deck to function without your Commander? Let's talk about Resilience and Redundancy with Ayara, Widow of the Realm:

youtu.be/FsQVTJJKk3o

Resilience, Redundancy, and Mastering Scrap

YouTube video by Alexander Ullman

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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