John Ryan Hamilton

Introducing: A Beginner’s Guide to Duel Commander! If you’ve been thinking about getting into the format but didn’t know where to start, this article covers everything you need to know! Shoutout to @coolstuffinc.com for publishing my article www.coolstuffinc.com/a/beginners-...

D&T decklist is LOCKED IN for this weekend at EW! Sideboard guide for my patrons is updated! Thanks to @xjcloud.bsky.social and @mriggins.bsky.social for their help in making it here. www.patreon.com/akaleth/post...

7-2 in the Legacy Showcase with D&T! Deck feels great leading into Eternal Weekend, excited to battle next week! UB Tron ✅❌✅ UR Cutter ✅✅ UB Gaak ✅✅ Painter ✅✅ Grixis Control ✅✅ Affinity ✅❌❌ Jeskai Control ✅❌✅ Forge ❌❌ Breakfast ✅❌✅

Going live with the final stream before EW NA www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

We've got some updates to the recommended D&T list from the State of the Noodle. Stay tuned for an article from me early next week, but here's a preview:

Wotc knew I would be too powerful if they just printed this card at 3 mana so they chose to nerf me by having to pay for this etb trigger every time

🏆 Lich's Relic was decent, the second Formalwear never came up (which like, yeah, look at the matchups), and I never drew Damping Sphere so who knows on that one! Feeling so solid about 95% of the deck is a curse in a way, because I know I'll be tweaking with the last 5% every day until EW

Testing Lich's Relic AND damping sphere in BW D&T www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Happy to do my part 🫡

Live now testing Lich's Relic in BW D&T www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

The VOD from last night's State of the Noodle stream is now up on YouTube! Thanks again to @xjcloud.bsky.social for joining me. If y'all have questions or comments that didn't come up during the stream, ask them here, on Discord, in the YouTube comments, wherever! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF1F...

STATE OF THE NOODLE 2026 IS LIVE! RIGHT NOW! WITH @xjcloud.bsky.social IT'S TIME, GANG twitch.tv/akaleth

The State of the Noodle is happening in just TEN HOURS! I meant to post this at an even twelve, but my morning has been Very Normal. See you all tonight!!

Early stream today! Testing new Reality Fracture card Pia, Aether Ascetic in Duel Commander! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

You may be wondering "chat is this real, is D&T actually in contention for the second most popular legacy deck right now" YEAH, it is, and you can learn why by watching the State of the Noodle THIS THURSDAY!

Short stream tonight, playing some more BW D&T! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

The 5th annual State of the Noodle is HERE! D&T is having a historic run and is poised to be a top deck going into Eternal Weekend. Join @xjcloud.bsky.social and I as we break down everything you need to know in order to crush in Pittsburgh with Aether Vial! Thurs Oct 1 8:30p EST Twitch.tv/akaleth

Welcome to my run through the Duel for the Duals paper duel commander event earlier this month! Videos should be dropping every Tuesday and Saturday until we get through all 8 rounds of this event, so be sure to like and subscribe and follow along. youtu.be/r1cs4YQaAsc?...

🏆 Trophy on stream tonight (9-1 across 2 leagues) with some maindeck flutes in BW D&T. It worked in the pre-car meta so I don't see why it wouldn't work in the post-car one too.

More D&T Bootcamp! Going over my 2nd place list from this weekend www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Y’all think Echoverse Sorin and Nahiri are lovers?

Hey what the fuck man

xJ Training Arc for Duel Commander concluded (for now), now time for the xJ Legacy Training Arc for Eternal Weekend! Live now with BW D&T www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Jace: “Bro I gotta kill your dog. It’s important for the sake of the perfect multiverse. Why? Don’t ask questions just trust me bro”

Final Duel Commander stream in prep for the Duel for Duals event, legacy streams starting back up next week! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

2 more streams until the Duel Commander Duel for Duals in Mechanicsburg PA, so we're full on nose to the grindstone with Cloud testing www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Duel Commander Challenge Top 8 decklists for Monday, Aug 24 (16 players) #mtg #mtgDC Cloud, Midgar Mercenary mirror in the finals!⚔️⚔️🏆 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd gets 3rd🐶 Bilbo, Thief in the Night finished 4th🧙 Tifa Lockhart takes 5th & 7th🐬🐬 Cloud also in 6th⚔️ Tasigur, the Golden Fang at 8th🍌

Duel Commander challenges are now up on MTGO 7am PST every Saturday. I’m gonna play in as many as I can, and hopefully make some extra content with them. So you (I’m talking to you, the reader 🫵) better sign up for these events too so they keep firing! See you all on the front lines tomorrow

Important question for my Cloud bucket list: Does this qualify as a kill with poison counters? Opponent concedes at 7 poison, facing down 3 toxic mites (but also regular damage lethal)

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Starting to feel ridiculous at this point, but we're at 5 consecutive Duel Commander trophy streams (4 with Cloud, 1 with Quint). Queen of Dale and Kili are, expectedly, very nice upgrades to the deck.

3 more streams until the Duel for Duels in Mechanicsburg PA, so we're buckling down with more Cloud testing in Duel Commander www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

My first dedicated metagame testing video, Cloud vs the Duel Commander gauntlet! Let me know if you enjoy this more focused testing content style and want to see more in the future! youtu.be/G31nUf8hA5s

If you play or are interested in playing in MTGO Duel Commander Challenges please respond to the google form link below. Please note all time based responses are in Pacific Time (PT). Please only respond if you are an MTGO player or will be. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

xJWashed comes crawling back to legacy after they finally banned car. Let's see what this Cloak and Dagger card is all about in dnt www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

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Cloak and Dagger is the truth frfr, third trophy in four (?) streams! A lot of the most concerning matchups in the format feel like cards in hand matter more than stuff on board and C&D just keeps hittin'

Asking the hardest questions in Big Walk

Went walking with the nerdbirds tonight @akaleth.bsky.social @xjcloud.bsky.social @hahatoast.bsky.social

Tonight we're rebuilding Cloud for the postban meta (and planning for Hobbit cards next week) www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

Duel Commander Trial Top 8 decklists for Monday, Aug 3 (16 players) #mtg #mtgDC Cloud, Midgar Mercenary was the victor! ⚔️🏆 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 🐶🐶🐶 Tifa Lockhart finished 5th and 8th 🐬🐬 Tasigur, the Golden Fang at 6th 🍌 The Prismatic Bridge gets 7th 🌈