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Bad at MtG. Occasional streamer, even more occasional poster.
Played a few games with Rakdos Monument Aggro today. Deck is more powerful than I expected and might actually have legs. I'm not a very good deck builder so I doubt it's even remotely close to competitive yet but Marauding Mako, Bloodthorn Flail, and Monument to Endurance are very powerful together.
February 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just won an RCQ for the first time. Got there with UB bounce which felt good all day. Lucky with matchups to hit aggro 3 times (Boros Burn, Leyline Gruul, Standard Gruul (top 8)), UB twice (one a mirror and one a standard midrange) and my only bad matchup being mono white in top 4.
February 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Played Otters at an RCQ yesterday. Was a pretty weird field with 6/17 players playing otters. Lost in finals in the otters mirror but deck felt good generally.

Played 19 lands + 4 analyze + 3 bushwack which I liked. Cast analyze collecting evidence frequently and it generally felt good.
December 9, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Eepy
November 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Floodpits drowner is a wild card. I was so low on it but having a real out to Screaming Nemesis in Temur is so nice.
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Struggling to lock in to a deck for the RCQ season. Been loving playing Temur Prowess/otters which has been working well enough but it feels like a difficult deck to tinker with and it would be nice to have something flexible as the meta develops.
November 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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Duskmourn is frustrating, brilliant, compelling, haunted & represents all the best & worst parts of Magic: The Gathering & how we create & consume culture today.

So, anyway: Once, there was a House... youtu.be/o7P8GV2mNpE
October 31, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Foundations looks very cool. Excited for Elves in Standard and Pioneer #mtg
October 25, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Been enjoying trying to get mono red Delirium midrange to work in standard. Fear of Missing Out and Inti are strong cards and scorching shot your own Screaming Nemesis to deal 20 to your opponent is fun.
www.moxfield.com/decks/n0y4kE...
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Delirium Midrange - Standard
A deck created using the deck building website, Moxfield.
www.moxfield.com
October 18, 2024 at 10:37 AM