Phil Nguyen

Phil Nguyen

@mtgbanding.com

I make Magic: The Gathering nonsense posts and support made up formats. 💌 Premodern newsletter writer at https://mtgbanding.substack.com/ 📜 Creator of http://www.premodern.guide

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I've picked up a lot of patches over the years and I think it's finally time to get myself something I can put them on that's wearable now that we officially are the Carolina Reapers for our premodern group. Tagging @mtgbanding.com for value. Store we play at is To The Table in Charlotte.

mtg premodern boomers still buy packs every now and then… had a good time playing a coworker (I lost) and we’re gonna head to the lgs next week to find marvel jumpstart too

everyone: what is gonna get banned or restricted today me: did you see that duel masters is printing emrakul the promised end collabs

the character is named crysta and is from the duel masters lost anime series. she uses a deck featuring the zenith race which are based on eldrazi (hence the connection with emrakul)

spells in magic: the gathering are more iconic than the characters... and I think that is neat. it places the focus on you (the player!) and how your actions affect the world serra angel, jace, and even joven are a part of my story — I'm not a fly on the wall of another story

I collect misprints for Depths, here are a few I put in this deck photo but I have many others too, maybe will try to see what a misprint deck photo looks like. Also closeup of the Marit Lage token I commissioned rk post to draw a decade ago.

regret to inform the haters that ub fans have acquired a potent new reply with the mister fantastic promo artwork

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1/ more thoughts since people have asked influencing is about taste and aspiration. it's hard to demonstrate taste in magic because there is one company that makes magic cards. imagine how difficult it would be for a fashion influencer if uniqlo was the only clothier out there

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I think it’s interesting that magic has very few influencers but many content creators. someone can be both but they are not the same.

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4/ I think to be an influencer in magic you have to move outside of "magic cards". an example is tcc who is an influencer in my mind because he is able to demonstrate taste with non-card reviews. mengu is another because of his travels and cuisine and vibe.

end/ not saying that magic needs influencers but maybe if you're a content creator and are feeling like it's hard standing out then maybe it's worth examining the nuance between influencing and creating. this kind of thing is what I do for work so I find it interesting to ponder.

1/ more thoughts since people have asked influencing is about taste and aspiration. it's hard to demonstrate taste in magic because there is one company that makes magic cards. imagine how difficult it would be for a fashion influencer if uniqlo was the only clothier out there

Phil Nguyen@mtgbanding.com

I think it’s interesting that magic has very few influencers but many content creators. someone can be both but they are not the same.

2/ thus we have many magic content creators all competing for attention but utilizing the same basic raw material. it's hard out there for content creators to stand out. these content creators CAN influence. they can showcase a deck or card you didn't know about and then you buy

3/ BUT that doesn't make them an influencer. here's where the aspiration comes in. if you swapped out that content creator with another would you still have bought that deck or card? my guess is yes. because you don't aspire to be that content creator specifically.

I think it’s interesting that magic has very few influencers but many content creators. someone can be both but they are not the same.

tokens and the original artwork have arrived

Phil Nguyen@mtgbanding.com

excited to reveal this year's commemorative token for nyc's annual premodern event — every participant gets three of them. illustrated by animalmothership (on ig).

I think it is very cool that both premodern and vintage had high prizing events over the weekend ($5k and power nine, respectively) and both had eight different decks in their top 8

excited to reveal this year's commemorative token for nyc's annual premodern event — every participant gets three of them. illustrated by animalmothership (on ig).

spent 15 minutes to draw a temporary logo for a new premodern podcast so they wouldn’t have to resort to ai tools you can just draw things!

rebecca guay is planning to auction her sketchbooks from when she first started illustrating for magic... here is a sample of what is included

the other four landscapes we commissioned from donato giancola: > corona park in queens > midtown in manhattan > botanical garden in the bronx > pier 1 in brooklyn

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nyc's premodern crew commissioned donato giancola to paint five landscapes related to our city (special shout to andy). here is the first one:

nyc's premodern crew commissioned donato giancola to paint five landscapes related to our city (special shout to andy). here is the first one: