Sam

Sam

@rhysticstudies.bsky.social

I work on Rhystic Studies • team @basilisk.gg • rhysticstudies.com

10,012 Followers 160 Following 1,083 Posts Joined Dec 2024
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Tracking Title Inflation in Legendary Creatures Ryan looks at the trends of card naming, across decades of design, and asks "What is happening to the names of legends?"

I wrote something I’m proud of for @hipstersofthecoast.com: a look at the strange history of legendary creatures’ titles, intellectual property, and what it means when we have 10 different Michelangelos.

read it if only for the insane charts I’ve devised

www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2026/03/trac...

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the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.

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22 hours ago

i choose spongebob

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wizardcycling

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i really deeply love people.

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3 days ago

couple days left on this!

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this is the magic card equivalent of "what's in my pocket?"

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this explains so much. so so much.

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This never happened YouTube video by theguitarmansam

this part

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFc...

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Ghost City, by Delta Sleep 11 track album

deltasleep.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...

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Delta Sleep | Somerton Sessions | (Full Session) YouTube video by Somerton Sessions

love this band so much man youtu.be/eKOGRqivOTU?...

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yep exactly. i can't even write an email without being shamed that i sound too human and imprecise. go directly to hell!

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i know this is obvious, but my god, every app and browser having some ai tool jumping desperately in the way of simple tasks has added nothing but bloat and frustration to user experience.

who is this for?

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yep that's the one

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Commander (The Mimeoplasm) A Commander deck featuring The Mimeoplasm by rhysticstudies • Durdling isn't a win con. Or is it?

jammed my stupid mimeoplasm cycling deck last night and forgot how much i deeply deeply love it moxfield.com/decks/cZ1EL6...

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1 week ago

casting snapcaster mage to flashback goblin game or some shit

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i had that exact same toy, plus a velociraptor one (?)

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adding this to the memento binder one i get home.

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it was an honor and a delight to return to my alma mater yesterday as a featured guest of the CU Magic club. just overjoyed!

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this is the way

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@seraphsix.com ran the storyteller at today's event. almost had double forced fruition lol

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last day to become a dragon

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Magic: The Gathering in Miniature III: A $100,000 Artist Proof Exhibition Donny reflects on the third running of Magic's artist proof show, which brings light to the smallest of Magic paintings.

A short recap of Magic: The Gathering in Miniature III at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social, a now six figure exhibition of MTG artist proofs.

Big love to everyone involved at every level of the show 🙏🏻

www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2026/02/magi...

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I'll be giving a talk titled "Your Future is a Shuffled Deck" to the Magic club at CU Boulder this Saturday, plus signing cards and playing some games. Swing on by if you're local.

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yup 100 mana for a small asteroid of magic cards, always handy in a pinch.

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just wanna make sure in case i need to mill someone out who has 562 trillion cards in their library

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can someone check my math and make sure that if you spend 100 mana on mathemagics you draw 562 trillion cards

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INTRODUCING CASCADE CASCADE, a collective publishing weekly essays, deep dives, and other good-ass writing about the card game Magic: The Gathering.

Built on the idea that those who love this game deserve more than an endless scroll of short form video. Community over content, every time.

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