Arya (hogpog_98 elsewhere)

So excited to cast top 16 of Arena Championship 13 with @niphette.bsky.social today, have been having an absolute blast with this format and obviously casting with Haiyue is always a ton of fun! #wotcstaff

Back on your screens for Arena Champs 13! In a dress that is DEFINITELY tighter than when I last wore it 😭 and in the booth with the indomitable @aryawrites.bsky.social 💜💜💜 twitch.tv/magic

We’re proud to tell the stories we’re passionate about on our own terms. Designers like Arya craft games that speak to their values, and our union will empower us to create games that do good in the world. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

Yesterday, Wizards informed us that it doesn’t intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of our union ahead of a vote. We remain committed to creating a workplace focused on wellness, transparency, and collaboration by winning our coming election.

Wrapped the stream, thanks so much y'all, we raised over 70k for Trans Lifeline! Donations will remain open till Monday evening, and we'll continue to have our Arena gems donation incentive till then. Still hoping to hit our goal of 75k, so please donate and share the link! tilt.fyi/9uEEK0dIvs

Still going strong, and right now I'm personally matching the next 1500 dollars donated this hour, so get your donations in soon! donate.tiltify.com/df0b3fa2-6ba...

We're live now, come hang out, watch a fun stream, and donate to trans lifeline! Twitch.tv/magic

If you have questions for game design or creative teams, now is your chance to ask them! We have several reality fracture team members on the panels including the set lead, so get your FRA questions in. #wotcstaff

I'll be on twitch.tv/magic this Saturday from 3-5pm PST talking Magic design. The panel is stacked with game designers who made Reality Fracture! Use the Tiltify link to donate and ask questions. You could ask for stories about your fave FRA card, or make me defend your least favorite! #WotCStaff

Today's donation incentive spotlight is Arena gems. The folks over on the arena team are offering an amazing bonus of 10,000 gems if you donate 50 dollars to the fundraising stream this weekend, so donate now! tilt.fyi/9uEEK0dIvs

Going to try and post about a different donation incentive we have every day, today's incentive is custom phyrexian translations! This is the first time we have ever offered this, we only have a few available, and we're already halfway out! tilt.fyi/9uEEK0dIvs

Our fundraiser for trans lifeline is live! We have a ton of cool donation incentives this year, including asking designers questions, MTG Arena gems, and for the first time ever, custom translations into Phyrexian from our Head Phyrexian Linguists! tilt.fyi/2Xcp2kAaqC

Been working on this for ages and really excited! We have an amazing stream planned as well as some fantastic donation incentives, including something unique we've never done before 👀

Another weekend of riftbound, another win and in for top 8 + best of lost. I better not make a habit of this 😅 Pretty happy with the weekend overall though, got my second RC qualification, which was my goal for the weekend.

Cis allies: want an easy way to improve the lives of trans folks around you? Start introducing yourself with pronouns and including them in zoom calls, nametags, etc. Pronouns are really useful at preventing trans folks getting misgendered but when only trans folks share them it immediately outs us.

Today I decided to talk a little bit about the mirrored legends of FRA. These cards were very difficult to design and develop: They have loads of constraints and high expectations. We were up to the challenge though, and I think they turned out really sweet! 1/N

I was promoted to Senior Game Designer this week! My three and a half years working on Magic so far have been wonderful, and I'm looking forward to continuing to design cool cards for an amazing game alongside people I love spending time with. #wotcstaff

I haven’t posted about Magic Design in a long time but I worked really hard on #mtgfracture and I’m very proud of the set (especially limited) so I might be a bit insufferable and post a bunch of fun facts about the cards once we get the full spoiler. #wotcstaff

Got an email from Trans Lifeline today about being a top fundraiser of the last two years, and really that was mostly y'all, so I wanted to thank you. You were the ones who showed up, helped out, and donated over the last few years, and I'm extremely grateful ❤️

This was released yesterday, and just wanted to say I'm profoundly grateful for the amazing and welcoming trans community in magic. I look forward to many years of the community staying that way. #wotcstaff www.npr.org/2026/08/26/n...

"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.

Super excited for this, been working on the Prismatic Pride event for a while and looking forward to seeing many of y'all there! #wotcstaff

New B&R just dropped. Action in Standard, Legacy, AND Vintage. More info in the write-up below. #WOTCstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

Not the sort of thing I often post here but it's simply too funny: the first thing my surgeon said after unwrapping my dressing post bottom surgery was "we really do make art here"

In LA visiting friends for a week, figured i should probably check whether there's anyone I know who's here these days.

Emerging from social media hiatus to ask something I need to before pride month ends: who are y'alls favorite queer magic characters? #wotcstaff

Going to be at the Hartford RQ this coming weekend, anyone on here I don't know about I should expect to see there?

Had a blast at the Vancouver RQ this weekend, main event went quite poorly this time (no day 2) but brewed some cool stuff for the 2v2 competitive event Sunday and top 4 split with Zoe for just shy of 400 prize tix between us. Really really enjoy trying to solve new formats!

Going to be at RQ Vancouver this weekend anyone I know going to be there?

Filled with a unique mixture of sadness and gratitude after one of the toughest weeks I have had in a while. A lot has gone badly but I'm lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life making things better when so many things are going wrong.

TABLETOP B&R CHANGES! Pioneer Cori-Steel Cutter is banned Modern Phlage is banned Lotus Field is banned Violent Outburst is unbanned Umezawa's Jitte is unbanned Legacy Undercity Informer is banned Pauper Bonder's Ornament is unbanned #WOTCstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

New boots

Anyone I know in Hartford these days? May end up there next month.

Had an absolute blast at #MCVegas life is good.

Been having a blast at #MCVegas if you're at the event this weekend find me at some point! Currently about to help host the Unknown event for Trans Lifeline with Gavin, hope to see some of y'all there. #wotcstaff

Had a blast at the event, made top 64, qualifying for regional champs! Our deck was great and I love prepping for a tournament with my friends.

7-1 so far let's see how day 2 goes. This has been so much fun!

Went 5-1-1 for fourth at the LDXP Riftbound 5k today. Decided last minute to go to the event because I wanted to play our team's ezreal deck again, had a blast this deck is so much fun!

Emerging from social media exile to say I had such a damn good time this weekend. Lost back to back win and ins for regional qualification which was brutal, but had a blast prepping and playing with friends and came out of it with a plated card. Looking forward to Atlanta.

It is apparently the destiny of every trans girl to one day become the "I can't believe she's worried she doesn't look good" girl to someone.

New contender for strangest compliment(?) I have ever received, my mom mistook me for a guitar last night.

On vacation with family, and have been reminded that my 90+ year old grandfather, upon being told of my transition, responded "human civilization has only been around 5-6 thousand years, so it makes sense that our understanding of gender is still changing"

Going live with #cube4charity 2025, come watch me stream to raise money for The Trevor Project #wotcstaff twitch.tv/hogpog_98