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Tyler Swift

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Explorer in Residence & Sinistromanual. Illustration. Board games and Magic the Gathering. Sci-fi, fantasy and cult movies. Trying not to get too wrapped around the axle about our political realities.

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Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · Oct 1

Happy October 1st! I'm going to shamelessly promote some of my spooky T-shirt designs. Like them? Then, buy them here:

www.teepublic.com/user/explore...

#halloween #october #spooky

Dark gray T-shirt featuring a tall, pumpkin-headed creature with a large wood hammer sneaking up behind a pumpkin smashing youth in cowboy garb.

A black T-shirt with a knife-wielding skeleton running toward the viewer, seemingly piloted by four small, red devils.

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Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 16h

Glad someone is doing God's work.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 21h

Here's the official deck list on Moxfield:
moxfield.com/decks/dIXEST...

(For those wondering Sword of Fire and Ice is in my Cube, and I don't own Sword of Wealth and Power yet.) 5/5

You Don't Even Know What the Dragon Sword Does! - Commander (Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist / Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh)

A deck created using Moxfield.

moxfield.com

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 21h

Moxfield says this deck is a Bracket 2, though the sword-centric nature of it almost makes it Bracket 1-ish. Frankly, this deck is a serious Glass Cannon and it's a coin toss as to if it goes off or tanks. I don't play it a ton and is maybe the closest deck I have to being on the chopping block. 4/5

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 21h

Pet Cards! The Swords are all sort of pet cards. Beyond that, Sword of the Animist is on brand, but I deliberately tracked down this version. Both Urza's Saga and Mishra's Factory are also being run mainly because I have nifty versions of them. 3/5

3 Magic the Gathering cards: Sword of the Animist (Secret Lair version), a white bordered Urza's Saga and a pixel art Mishra's Factory.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 21h

At one point I became obsessed with collecting all the Mirroden swords, and this deck is basically just an excuse to run most of them. There's 9 here and they make up a good percentage of equipment I can attach to Rograkh.
2/5

9 of the Mirroden swords: Swords of...
War and Peace
Light and Shadow
Once and Future
Feast and Famine
Truth and Justice
Sinew and Steel
Forge and Frontier
Body and Mind
Hearth and Home

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 21h

Day 9: "You Don't Even Know What the Dragon Sword Does!"

Another partner Commander deck, with Ardenn & Rograkh in an equipment-themed deck. The plan is to equip things to Rograkh and go to work. The deck's name is something friends of mine overheard shouted at a game store. 1/5 #CommanderADay #MTG

A white Magic the Gahtering deck box with a Commander deck in it, next to it sits the partner Commanders: Ardenn, Intrepid Archeologist and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full deck list for "All The Pretty Unicorns" on Moxfield:

moxfield.com/decks/ufyRwp...

So pretty! So shiny! 5/5

All The Pretty Unicorns - Commander (Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn)

A deck created using Moxfield.

moxfield.com

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 1d

Moxfield says this is a Bracket 2, but it's the closest I have to a Bracket 1. It can start strong but never seems to keep up in the late game. But my focus is still more on "pretty" cards and Unicorns than making it good.

It makes me happy, so I won't ever take it apart, even if it never wins. 4/5

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 1d

Pet Cards! This deck has a lot of pet cards, here's a few:
I opened Spectra Ward in an early pre-release. I'm not saying it's good, but I love playing it. I opened this miscut Karametra on my first night playing Magic, my first Mythic. Sleeved with Lathiel is a Japanese version I got in Japan. 3/5

Three Magic cards: Spectra Ward, Karametra, God of Harvest and a Japanese version of Lathiel.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 1d

Nominally, this is Unicorn typal with lifegain & +1/+1 counters. But, in reality it is just an excuse to run every unicorn I can find and then pair it up with foil lands and whatever pretty full art or Secret Lair cards I can make a vague excuse to include. This deck is about being fancy! 2/5

6 Magic cards, all either foil, full-art or Secret Lairs: Good-Natured Unicorn, Emiel the Blessed, Nyxborn Uniorn, Akoma's Memorial, Byond the Quiet and Sol Ring.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 1d

I opened a unicorn while playing Pack Wars one day, and joked "I wonder if it's possible to make a unicorn themed deck?" A week later I'd pulled the first version of this Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn deck together. 1/5

#commanderaday #mtg

A purple Magic the Gathering deck box, with a green-sleeved Commander deck in it. Next to the box sits the decks Commander: Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn.

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Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

I might pull a card or two from it but won't likely take it apart. What else would I do with my Sliver cards?

Here's the full deck list on Moxfield:
moxfield.com/decks/mjlN70...

Note that I'm currently running no basic lands. That's probably a mistake. 5/5

Better Living Through Slivers - Commander (Sliver Queen)

A deck created using Moxfield.

moxfield.com

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

Moxfield says it's a Bracket 3, because of Cyclonic Rift. Yeah, this is the deck I run Cyclonic Rift in, since I'm not making friends anyway. The deck might be powerful, but frankly just saying "I'm playing slivers" makes me the bad guy and I get pubstomped in, like, round 4. So, maybe it sucks. 4/5

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

Pet cards! Almost any non-Sliver, non-land card in this deck feels like a pet card. That said, Wrenn is only in here because of mana fixing and the fact it's a full art card. Likewise, I love the art on this Secret Lairs Wrath of God. 3/5

Two Magic cards: Wrenn and Realmbreaker and Wrath of God.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

The strategy for this one is tricky, you see, first, you have to... oh, who am I kidding! This deck is just about being obnoxious and playing Slivers! There's 33 in the main deck, currently. I avoid buying individual ones and just put in ones I incidentally come across. So, it's not optimized. 2/5

33 Sliver cards, for Magic the Gathering.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

Day 7: "Better Living Through Slivers"

I bought a small collection from someone and buried in the shoebox of cards was a Sliver Queen. I took one look at it, said "whelp, I guess I'm going to be *that guy*" and went to work building a Slivers deck. 1/5

#CommanderADay #Mtg

An orange deck box, containing a Magic the Gathering Commander deck. Next to it sits the Commander: The Sliver Queen.

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Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

Quit enabling him, you horndog. He's just not that into you.

Tyler Swift @tylerhill.bsky.social · 2d

That's one hell of a campaign slogan.