Jeffrey W Kramer

@gavinverhey.bsky.social In my opinion, Griselbrand, Sundering Titan and Iona should stay banned. The latter two will not make for more fun games, and reanimator certainly doesn't need a new best-of-class upper end target.

I also think Jin and Kinnan should have stayed on the GC list. Kinnan is almost as good in the 99 as in the CG, and harder to opt out of games with him in the 99, while Jin is a ridiculously strong reanimator target that absolutely does not belong in bracket 2 reanimator decks.

#magicthegathering The spoiled cards for the Marvel commander decks are kind of meh. T'Challa is intriguing, but this version of Captain America is functional but uninteresting, while Dr. Doom is a complete flavor fail, managing to capture exactly zero of what makes Doom an interesting character.

#mtgcommander #brackets How much does deck intent matter re: chaining extra turns in the bracket system. Decks with 5 extra turn spells, 5 ways to copy spells and multiple tutors for either are obviously bracket 4, but does running Time Warp and 1-2 copy effects move a deck from 3 to 4?

#MTGCommander My thoughts about the changes to the brackets and commander changes being considered. 1) If Urza and Kinnan aren't considered game changers, I'm not sure it makes sense for Seedborn Muse to be listed as a game changer. They do similar things - lots of mana - in different ways.

Color identity is one of the few significant limitations to deck construction in commander, as well as one of the few things that makes it distinct from other formats. Regardless of the design intent of hybrid, commander is its own distinct thing, and it is the better for it.

#MTGCommander My thoughts about the changes to the brackets and commander changes being considered. 1) If Urza and Kinnan aren't considered game changers, I'm not sure it makes sense for Seedborn Muse to be listed as a game changer. They do similar things - lots of mana - in different ways.

This crap that so many in the media and political realms - including way, way too many Democrats - are doing right now, to try to convince us that Charlie Kirk was one of the good guys and is an innocent victim, is nothing but gaslighting on a national scale.

The way forward is to deal with things as they really are - identify wrong as wrong and hate as hate - and stop throwing those who are harmed under the bus. The mainstream media and way too many of our supposed leaders are badly failing in this regard.

This crap that so many in the media and political realms - including way, way too many Democrats - are doing right now, to try to convince us that Charlie Kirk was one of the good guys and is an innocent victim, is nothing but gaslighting on a national scale.

I understand some of them are afraid and want his death to not blow into some huge shitstorm, but here's the thing: Devaluing and invalidating those harmed by his hateful rhetoric isn't going to keep that from happening. At most it will delay things, while further emboldening the haters...

#EDH #mtg #brackets Just finished making changes to 10 of my decks to reflect expansion of the game changers list. In most cases I replaced tutors with less efficient tutors or some sort of interaction (about 50/50). I swapped in Clever Concealment for Teferi’s Protection in two decks.

I have received 11 emails in the past week asking for donations to various Democratic campaigns and causes. I have responded to each one with the same message: I don't plan to donate a cent to any campaign or to the party until Chuck Schumer steps down/is removed as Senate minority leader.

#commanderbrackets The more I play in the new brackets system, the more I think mana base optimization should be listed as one of the benchmarks differentiating the brackets. A more optimized mana base - ABUR duals/shocks/fetches provides speed/consistency beyond what one associates with precons.

4+ = fully optimized mana bases, including off-color fetches when relevant, and the high-quality duals and "game changer" mana pieces are part of the norm.

#commanderbrackets The more I play in the new brackets system, the more I think mana base optimization should be listed as one of the benchmarks differentiating the brackets. A more optimized mana base - ABUR duals/shocks/fetches provides speed/consistency beyond what one associates with precons.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov #democraticleadership As Republicans pull back from doing in-person town halls to avoid criticism, Democrats should be stepping in and doing town halls all over, including in Republican districts, to inform people what the GOP is doing....

#mtgcommander I was too busy playing at MCChicago to attend the reveal events or pay much attention to what was revealed, but now that I'm home, I've been giving the stuff a look. I remain extremely excited for Dragonstorm. Tarkir is one of my favorite MTG planes, and the art is so stunning.