Jason K. Murray

Somehow I don’t think this is what people meant when they wished WotC would print less curled foils.

Alchemy’s not actually dead—they just digitally rebalanced the format.

I haven’t been paying to Legacy, but glancing at the manabases of Top4, seems like an engaging format to tune DnT for!

Neutrality in the face of fascism is fascist.

I've been keeping my gloves in the car because I always forget to grab them and this way I always have them when I need them. Pretty smart adhd hack if you ask me. Anyway, we got a foot of snow yesterday.

Legacy is in a fine place as long as combo isn’t the best deck and delver is in the 2 month window where all the broken tempo 2drops have been banned.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving in Magic the Gathering? I'll give away 5 playpoint codes on @magiconline.bsky.social on December 1st to people who do the following: a) Share this post b) Reply c) Follow me

Crude, derogatory, misogynistic comments have no place in society, let alone at a Magic event. Construing this ban as a persecution of political belief and a 1A violation is a stupefying level of bad-faith. @cardtitan.bsky.social did the right thing. When people show you who they are, believe them.

A group of losers put together an open letter to @cardtitan.bsky.social criticizing their decision to ban Joe Brennan from Eternal Weekend this year. If you, like me, support their decision, TELL THEM. Message them, email them, show them that you support their decision to make EW safer.

I'm still convinced there's a Brian Kelly style deck that can abuse Cloud + Skullclamp in Vintage, and I really hope someone finds it so I can watch it on EW coverage.

Anyone ranking Skullclamp this low hasn’t cast enough Cloud enough times. 2WW Draw 4 that leaves an equipment behind is too goated to exclude.

Today was our first day not being 10min early for dropoff at new school and it’s hard to put into words just how much more chill the vibes at the back of the line are. I’ve definitely found my people.

This is a good change, but it’s sure gonna suck the first three times I hit no twice out of muscle memory and decline to move Cloud to the command zone.

Only the finest late summer fashion

Picked this deck box up from @ultimateguard.bsky.social and I was so excited until I flipped it over. Looks like my art was extended with ai. @magic.wizards.com needs to make sure their partners don’t do this. I would have happily extended this for a couple hundred $$. Instead it looks awful!

Ended up on a dark horse that wasn’t on my list—Breakfast………in bed with family. Have fun gamers.

fuck

me, unsure what to play: also me:

Amateur fireworks are where it’s at because I can sit on the deck and get a great view of thousands of dollars being lit on fire instead of funding fascism.

Wow, I can’t believe I only have 10 more chances to needle my in-laws about Bobby Bonilla. I can’t afford to miss any from here on out.

Play Boosters were a mistake.

Who the fuck decided Lego sets needed little launchers to send 1x1 translucent pieces dozens of feet away in the air so kids had something else to cry about losing while building them?

Good morning, say it back

When will lamplighters apologize for all the gaslighting they did in the 19th century? 🥲

My wife & I are in a bit of a parenting situationship with our son. The situation is we keep saying yes to everything, but the ship is still sinking.

My opponents are once again asking you to stop passing me Buster Swords. 🏆 #2

Doing a JUNE Giveaway in honor of Final Fantasy being released on Magic Online! To enter the giveaway for 1 of 5 playpoint codes, do the following: a) comment with your favourite card from final fantasy b) repost this post c) be following this account The giveaway will end on Wed, 6/18 (1pm EST)!

Just got passed a Buster Sword p2p2. Might not have been in their colors and they didn't want to pivot, but I think a foil Vivi is a more likely explanation.

Really depressed that New Jersey nominated a moderately conservative veteran & former federal prosecutor who succeeded a 12-term Republican incumbent in a district Trump carried.

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

So, today I learned that combat juggling is a thing, and I know this could be a welcome distraction from our accelerating descent into a dystopian hellscape, but all I can think of is how quintessentially American it is to take a circus act and make it violent. 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️

I'm a little late posting about this, but I encourage y'all to look into the TCGplayer Union busting controversy I left my Channelfireball/TCGplayer writing gig after taking a call with some of the TCG union reps in 2023 and hearing about their poor treatment Since then, little has changed 1/X

This is like, catastrophically bad for Modern and Legacy, because Urza's Saga doesn't *just* survive Blood Moon under this rules change - if a Moon enters play after the Saga gets to chapter 2, you can STILL make a construct every turn (gotta love layers)

If you ever can’t decide between two cards that do roughly the same thing, remember you can always optimize for complaint equity by running a split.

Fellow creators who work with/have worked with @tcgplayer.com, the least you could be doing is sending an email to your rep expressing concern over your continued relationship in light of anti union, anti worker policy & intimidation.

If you’re mad about edh, you’ve already missed the point of the format.

I am “reluctantly made a 3rd coffee after the first 2 didn’t work then forgot it for 30min, proving how badly I needed it” tired today.

@xjcloud.bsky.social @akaleth.bsky.social @luinil.bsky.social @hovermyr.bsky.social d&t playable???????? 👀

It seemed silly in 1999, and yet.

Wednesday is Wednesdaying

Me: “engagement on social media feels good, sucks I don’t have any right now” Also me: *doesn’t post for 3 weeks at a time*

happy fenway park opening anniversary to those who celebrate that. also happy birthday to my wife.

unlucky really