Jacob
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Finally found Off Color in my corner of Ohio. Thanks for the rec @basiclandbin.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Finally found Off Color in my corner of Ohio. Thanks for the rec @basiclandbin.bsky.social
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Happy Five-drop Friday everyone -
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
![A magic card depicting a clanky wooden and metal war machine.
Urza's Engine
{5} Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
Trample
{3}: This creature gains banding until end of turn.
{3}: Attacking creatures banded with this creature gain trample until end of turn.
Banding works as follows:
702.22a Banding is a static ability that modifies the rules for combat.
702.22c As a player declares attackers, they may declare that one or more attacking creatures with banding and up to one attacking creature without banding (even if it has “bands with other”) are all in a “band.” They may also declare that one or more attacking [quality] creatures with “bands with other [quality]” and any number of other attacking [quality] creatures are all in a band. A player may declare as many attacking bands as they want, but each creature may be a member of only one of them. (Defending players can’t declare bands but may use banding in a different way; see rule 702.22j.)
702.22d All creatures in an attacking band must attack the same player, planeswalker, or battle.
702.22f An attacking creature that’s removed from combat is also removed from the band it was in.
702.22h If an attacking creature becomes blocked by a creature, each other creature in the same band as the attacking creature becomes blocked by that same blocking creature.
702.22i If one member of a band would become blocked due to an effect, the entire band becomes blocked.
702.22j During the combat damage step, if an attacking creature is being blocked by a creature with banding, or by both a [quality] creature with “bands with other [quality]” and another [quality] creature, the defending player (rather than the active player) chooses how the attacking creature’s damage is assigned. That player can divide that creature’s combat damage as they choose among any creatures blocking it. This is an exception to the procedure described in rule 510.1c.
702.22k During the combat damage step, if a blocking creature………](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2fhizwt7xlafwm5cespoqhcg/bafkreiab5n44y2fs6xvczrmepdd3pow6ftgzpnisjpo6mughls26zgceou@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy Five-drop Friday everyone -
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
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The Walls of Ba Sing Se is an incredible defender, capable of blocking any #MTG creature.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Walls of Ba Sing Se is an incredible defender, capable of blocking any #MTG creature.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
My first Artist Proof arrived today: Searslicer Goblin by Arif Wijaya.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My first Artist Proof arrived today: Searslicer Goblin by Arif Wijaya.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
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In #MTG, Mystic Forge is a 4 mana artifact that helps you win the 2025 NA Legacy Champs.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In #MTG, Mystic Forge is a 4 mana artifact that helps you win the 2025 NA Legacy Champs.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
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Happy birthday to Mirrodin and to @rhysticstudies.bsky.social!
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
October 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy birthday to Mirrodin and to @rhysticstudies.bsky.social!
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
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Let’s celebrate #MTG HOTlanta with a little FIRE.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let’s celebrate #MTG HOTlanta with a little FIRE.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
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Slate of Ancestry, first printed in Onslaught, is a great way for creature-based decks to do some drawing.
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Slate of Ancestry, first printed in Onslaught, is a great way for creature-based decks to do some drawing.
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
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Arcum’s Whistle is an artifact from Ice Age that forces a creature to attack or be destroyed.
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Arcum’s Whistle is an artifact from Ice Age that forces a creature to attack or be destroyed.
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
Kamigawa was the block that introduced me to Magic - some great artifacts in there.
Ivory Crane Netsuke is an artifact that is a direct reference to our own world - a utilitarian artform from Japan, they were used to attach pouches, purses, writing implements, and other tools to a man’s kimono starting in the 17th century.
#MTG
#MTG
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kamigawa was the block that introduced me to Magic - some great artifacts in there.
Magic etymology is always a good time.
Did you know that the creature type ‘Myr’ comes from the Greek word for ant Myrmekes? Similarly, the ‘Myrmidons’ were an ancient tribe from Greek mythology known for their loyalty and servitude.
These little guys live to serve, so thank a Myr in your life today!
#MTG
These little guys live to serve, so thank a Myr in your life today!
#MTG
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Magic etymology is always a good time.
Thanks to @aaronbmiller.com for the artist proof! Safely packaged, killer stickers inside, and a signed and numbered lil Frilled Cave-Wurm? Incredible.
I’ll get you to do some art on the back of this for sure! I’ll let you know!
I’ll get you to do some art on the back of this for sure! I’ll let you know!
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thanks to @aaronbmiller.com for the artist proof! Safely packaged, killer stickers inside, and a signed and numbered lil Frilled Cave-Wurm? Incredible.
I’ll get you to do some art on the back of this for sure! I’ll let you know!
I’ll get you to do some art on the back of this for sure! I’ll let you know!
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critically: it’s just as important to know a guy as it is to be a guy that someone else knows
August 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
critically: it’s just as important to know a guy as it is to be a guy that someone else knows
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
Thanks to @funnylittleguys.bsky.social for putting on an incredible, inaugural, Cincinnati Cube Club Con. Here’s to many more! #C4
July 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thanks to @funnylittleguys.bsky.social for putting on an incredible, inaugural, Cincinnati Cube Club Con. Here’s to many more! #C4
@caljones.com Yo Cal, can you give me a 30 second elevator pitch on a @goldsabertooth.bsky.social microfiber playmat? Like similar to a microfiber towel or what we talkin here?
July 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@caljones.com Yo Cal, can you give me a 30 second elevator pitch on a @goldsabertooth.bsky.social microfiber playmat? Like similar to a microfiber towel or what we talkin here?
Really enjoyed the article @gordymegroz.bsky.social, thank you for documenting this increasingly important problem!
June 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Really enjoyed the article @gordymegroz.bsky.social, thank you for documenting this increasingly important problem!
Hey @shivambhatt.bsky.social you’re a big fan of the Matt Jukes secret lair lands, yeah? How are the foils compared to the standard card, do you have a preference?
Thanks in advance! Love what you do inside of Magic and out :)
Thanks in advance! Love what you do inside of Magic and out :)
June 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hey @shivambhatt.bsky.social you’re a big fan of the Matt Jukes secret lair lands, yeah? How are the foils compared to the standard card, do you have a preference?
Thanks in advance! Love what you do inside of Magic and out :)
Thanks in advance! Love what you do inside of Magic and out :)
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I found some demonology etchings :^) please enjoy the art
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I found some demonology etchings :^) please enjoy the art
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I'm gonna make soup
May 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm gonna make soup
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Just little promo things for the Cubecon!
May 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just little promo things for the Cubecon!
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Thou art too damned jolly. Sail on.
May 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Thou art too damned jolly. Sail on.
First FNM ever, playing Fish, results:
0-2 Cascade
2-0 Dimir Frogulus
2-1 Domain
That is way better than MTGO. Gotta go to more in person events
0-2 Cascade
2-0 Dimir Frogulus
2-1 Domain
That is way better than MTGO. Gotta go to more in person events
May 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
First FNM ever, playing Fish, results:
0-2 Cascade
2-0 Dimir Frogulus
2-1 Domain
That is way better than MTGO. Gotta go to more in person events
0-2 Cascade
2-0 Dimir Frogulus
2-1 Domain
That is way better than MTGO. Gotta go to more in person events
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Tickets for the Cincinnati Cube Club Con are live! July 19th at Mavericks in Mason OH
$15 for a one-day event with two cubing sessions. 8-10 locally curated cubes.
#mtgcube
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$15 for a one-day event with two cubing sessions. 8-10 locally curated cubes.
#mtgcube
www.tixtree.com/e/cincinnati...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tickets for the Cincinnati Cube Club Con are live! July 19th at Mavericks in Mason OH
$15 for a one-day event with two cubing sessions. 8-10 locally curated cubes.
#mtgcube
www.tixtree.com/e/cincinnati...
$15 for a one-day event with two cubing sessions. 8-10 locally curated cubes.
#mtgcube
www.tixtree.com/e/cincinnati...
