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Matt Bourque
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Dad, Magic The Gathering, D&D, IT
Begging Magic: The Gathering players to please take a basic photography class

You have accidentally leaked cards in your possession, that you’re legally allowed to share, and this is the general level of quality of posts
a screenshot of a 1967 footage of a man standing in the snow
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January 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Remember folks, if you open a TMNT promo in your Lorwyn prerelease you do not have to return/exchange it to get it replaced for the event

Abnormal product does not require you to give up what you received in error, even when the promos aren’t officially released yet

#Magic #Lorwyn #TMNT
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
@wotcmatt.bsky.social I know release notes aren’t out yet, but could you confirm that this works as intended?

Ashling gives Elemental Spells cast from your hand Evoke 4. Since it doesn’t specify Elemetnal permanent spells, Kindred spells could gain Evoke and then just go to the Graveyard normally?
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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I know "Glup Shitto" is a fun word to say and it sounds smart/obvious to drag creatives re: "So out of ideas you're making a movie out of ____!" [WhatsHISstory.GIF] but it's worth remembering that almost the entire MCU was built on IP *nobody* gave a sh-- about except Hulk and Spider-Man 🤷‍♂️
January 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures”
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
No cheating: quote skeet with the most recent picture of your pet
January 2, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Minor Spoilers for the Stranger Things Finale:

#StrangerThings
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I went from three straight years of coming in last place in Fantasy Football to winning League Championship three years in a row

Have done nothing but win since my kids were born
a man standing in front of a fireplace with the words not once not twice but thrice times
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December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” if it were written in 2025
Having a downer day, but at least the woods were pretty.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hit the physical mute button on my headset to sneeze

Client on the call: “Bless you”

Checks teams, microphone set to my webcam
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December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett summed it up well in Hogfather:

'And there's the sign, Ridcully,' said the Dean. 'You have read it, I assume. You know? The sign which says "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door"?'
'Of course I've read it,' said Ridcully. 'Why d'yer think I want it opened?'
I think it's funny how much time and effort we spend trying to create warnings for future civilizations about radioactive waste dumps, as if any of us actually heeded the warnings on ancient tombs. Humans do not heed warnings unless deeply tied to religious dogma. And even then!
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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The only Sora that Disney should be investing in
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Why even pretend to have Taskmaster Live tickets go on general sale if they’re sold out the literal second it goes live?!

Fuck Ticketmaster
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If this is what he have to look forward to the Super Bowl commercial model is going to crash and burn

People will go from only watching it for the commercials to either skipping the Super Bowl entirely or changing channels during them
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

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December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Comrade and Con-rade
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Sadly went 1-2 with this Draft list, losing two very close game 3s, but 4x Aangs was hilarious, especially given everyone at the table could see me taking them

I laughed so hard when I was passed the second Aang at the crossroads in P3 that I didn’t even look at the rest of the pack

#MTGxATLA
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What were your first 4 commander decks?
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think a revived Magic Judge Program should offer certificates or Merit Badge like awards judges can earn that show proficiency in answering questions around certain complex mechanics/interactions like

- Adventurer Cards
- Dungeons
- Mutate
- Resolving an Ulalek and Echoes of Eternity stack
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Keeping these on me anytime I judge a Magic event from now on

#MTGxATLA
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Got to live the Allies dream in Limited with 2x Earthen Ally and Great Divide Guide

#MTGxATLA
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM