Cary Kingdom

And "autoincludes" aren't in particularly short supply in this format. More seem to be releasing every few weeks.

I feel like the (possible) new hybrid mana rules for #MtG Commander are... fine?

It doesn't feel "more complicated," which seems to be the number one critique, only "not how I'm used to it."

I get the argument of variance/autoincludes, but in a casual format that's on us as deckbuilders.

Adventures in "high intelligence, low wisdom":

Fact 1: I'm an itchy moron.

Fact 2: Poison ivy oil is photodegradable, meaning it breaks down in UV light!

Yeah, this is a "push poll." The way it's worded will actively skew the results.

No one is going to choose 4 or 5, ie "Negative opinions made me want this MORE."

YouTube video by The Pooka Lounge The Greatest Magical Creature in Folklore*

The Pooka have arrived! This is the first video of my deep dives into folklore and mythology... with rhyming puppets.

youtu.be/VJoO6uxVr-o

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Absolute legend of a gamer, content creator, and a friend.

A++ would recommend

I can't believe these reckless daredevils are playing Magic in an active war zone!

the lesson of the kimmel thing is that a corporation that previously caved to trump was forced by its audience to defy him.

they're afraid of him but they're more afraid of you.

The word bank for New York Times Games has a dubious definition of "English."

Zinfandel? Foreign word, clearly made up.

Indonesian tie die wax? Common parlance.

Latin plural for an anatomical term? Step right this way, sir!

When I wake up from a nap and my gf has crucial news about Taylor Swift's next album

Look kids, a button that does nothing!

Aaaaaand back in the queue for an hour.

#SecretLair #MagictheGathering #Spider-Man

I get that the set needed non-human creatures. But I would love to see actual Spider-Man in my giant pile of boosters, not just Housecat Spider-Man, Dinosaur Spider-Man, Ohio Spider-Man, NASCAR Spider-Man, Douglas Fir Tree Spider-Man, Eastern Orthodox Spider-Man, Cool Ranch Spider-Man...

I adore Spider-Man (Peter Parker). Easily my favorite superhero since 4th grade.

Here's my Magic the Gathering Spider-Man set breakdown:

· 30% cool villains that hit my nostalgia
· 20% memes
· 50% "What if Spider-Man was a moose?"

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

I'm looking forward to the Time, Reality, Space, and Power stones being just as insanely powerful... then the Mind Stone being 2 generic that taps for 1.

Time to form Butlerianism

As I sit drinking my Twinnings English Breakfast and researching Arthurian lore, I realize I've moved past being a mere Anglophile.

I have become a tea-abu.

My folklore research has led me to this:

"Can you help me with this? If you have the spoons..."

"For you, I have a Morissette of spoons."

Check your YouTube settings and make sure you're not on restricted mode.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6cft69W/

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

So, while I realize the commander panel is about Commander, if I could bring up one idea to the powers that be: does EVERY standard set need new, increasingly complicated keywords (often without reminder text in the variant printings)? Does it add that much to the appeal of a new set?

3/3

but when it's what all your friends are playing, you aren't gonna go away and play other formats with strangers until you're ready to rejoin.

2/

With dozens of new mechanics and keywords being introduced on a regular basis, onboarding new players is becoming exponentially harder.

I know Commander wasn't meant as a format to introduce new folks to magic,

1/

The brackets are organized by *intent.*

If someone is "gaming" them, their intent is probably Bracket 4.

Scryfall isn't working for me at the moment, but I believe you can use "y:2025" or "y>1999" etc.

From my mother: "Nico is sleeping with his paw on his biscuit so the girls don't steal it."

Caught me red-handed, @hankgreen.bsky.social!

When the graphic design says "I am a manly power tool take me seriously" but the brand name says "elephant Muppet with a head cold."