Joe van den Berg
@hardcasting.bsky.social
Who even knows at this point? Loves cube, sports, architecture, and history.
Professional Architectural Historian. MA in Historic Preservation and Museum Practice
https://cubecobra.com/user/view/5ec3713c6c26474a6cda986e
Professional Architectural Historian. MA in Historic Preservation and Museum Practice
https://cubecobra.com/user/view/5ec3713c6c26474a6cda986e
P1p1 in A Brooding Saga; what are you taking?
I think I'm on Witch's Vanity followed by Teachings of the Kirin!
I think I'm on Witch's Vanity followed by Teachings of the Kirin!
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
P1p1 in A Brooding Saga; what are you taking?
I think I'm on Witch's Vanity followed by Teachings of the Kirin!
I think I'm on Witch's Vanity followed by Teachings of the Kirin!
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THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Post Cube Con A Brooding Saga changes! Thanks to everyone who played it at the event!
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November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Post Cube Con A Brooding Saga changes! Thanks to everyone who played it at the event!
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My sweet 2-0 sultai manifest pile in my Duskmourn extended desert #mtgcube, where you get to pick 1 of 3 rooms to be your companion. Companioned a removal spell and hit the grindset to go the distance. Deck on left pool by pick order on right
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
My sweet 2-0 sultai manifest pile in my Duskmourn extended desert #mtgcube, where you get to pick 1 of 3 rooms to be your companion. Companioned a removal spell and hit the grindset to go the distance. Deck on left pool by pick order on right
My new #mtgcube design hot-take is that some designers are probably relying on singleton more as a crutch.
I do think if a lot of designers really investigated their design goals they might find their design goals would be better met by their cube being non-singleton rather than singleton.
I do think if a lot of designers really investigated their design goals they might find their design goals would be better met by their cube being non-singleton rather than singleton.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My new #mtgcube design hot-take is that some designers are probably relying on singleton more as a crutch.
I do think if a lot of designers really investigated their design goals they might find their design goals would be better met by their cube being non-singleton rather than singleton.
I do think if a lot of designers really investigated their design goals they might find their design goals would be better met by their cube being non-singleton rather than singleton.
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Have been following a lot of open-ended cube design streams recently, the lucky paper radio cube design and cube ethos videos are super interesting to me, and I enjoyed @ollie.bostoncubeparty.com post-BCP cube streams greatly.
I've always been interested in making content to some degree (1/2)
I've always been interested in making content to some degree (1/2)
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Have been following a lot of open-ended cube design streams recently, the lucky paper radio cube design and cube ethos videos are super interesting to me, and I enjoyed @ollie.bostoncubeparty.com post-BCP cube streams greatly.
I've always been interested in making content to some degree (1/2)
I've always been interested in making content to some degree (1/2)
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Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.
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We are so up. Finally ready to share! Really excited to put in the order for this (eventually). Always wanted a cube that had all the non-basics in the basic land box too and I think I finally got there. Would love some thoughts!
We are so up. Finally ready to share! Really excited to put in the order for this (eventually). Always wanted a cube that had all the non-basics in the basic land box too and I think I finally got there. Would love some thoughts!
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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We are so up. Finally ready to share! Really excited to put in the order for this (eventually). Always wanted a cube that had all the non-basics in the basic land box too and I think I finally got there. Would love some thoughts!
We are so up. Finally ready to share! Really excited to put in the order for this (eventually). Always wanted a cube that had all the non-basics in the basic land box too and I think I finally got there. Would love some thoughts!
Reposted by Joe van den Berg
Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street
Arsenal corners are the tush pushes of the premier league
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Arsenal corners are the tush pushes of the premier league
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Save the date, save some cash, and submit some... cubes! 🧊
Early bird pricing for weekend badges AND cube submissions both close at 11:59PM CST this Friday, October 31st! 🎃 #MTGCube
Early bird pricing for weekend badges AND cube submissions both close at 11:59PM CST this Friday, October 31st! 🎃 #MTGCube
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Save the date, save some cash, and submit some... cubes! 🧊
Early bird pricing for weekend badges AND cube submissions both close at 11:59PM CST this Friday, October 31st! 🎃 #MTGCube
Early bird pricing for weekend badges AND cube submissions both close at 11:59PM CST this Friday, October 31st! 🎃 #MTGCube
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Going out of my comfort zone a bit, made a substack and wrote a bit about the decks I drafted at CubeCon! omnomcake.substack.com/p/cubecon-20... (Don't forget to like and subscribe) #mtgcube
CubeCon 2025 - The Recap
My recollection of a top 2 Magic Trip all time (alongside CubeCon 2024)
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October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Going out of my comfort zone a bit, made a substack and wrote a bit about the decks I drafted at CubeCon! omnomcake.substack.com/p/cubecon-20... (Don't forget to like and subscribe) #mtgcube
Power outliers in cube are:
- Interesting?
- Boring?
- Frustrating?
- Fun?
- Something else?
Let me know! Going through it right now ahahaha
- Interesting?
- Boring?
- Frustrating?
- Fun?
- Something else?
Let me know! Going through it right now ahahaha
October 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Power outliers in cube are:
- Interesting?
- Boring?
- Frustrating?
- Fun?
- Something else?
Let me know! Going through it right now ahahaha
- Interesting?
- Boring?
- Frustrating?
- Fun?
- Something else?
Let me know! Going through it right now ahahaha
Preparing for an 18-player Apocalypse prerelease tomorrow.
- 2001-themed playlist? ✅
- cans of artisan chile bought as shitty prizes? ✅
- packs all sleeved up? ✅
- laundry folded? 🚫
- 2001-themed playlist? ✅
- cans of artisan chile bought as shitty prizes? ✅
- packs all sleeved up? ✅
- laundry folded? 🚫
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Preparing for an 18-player Apocalypse prerelease tomorrow.
- 2001-themed playlist? ✅
- cans of artisan chile bought as shitty prizes? ✅
- packs all sleeved up? ✅
- laundry folded? 🚫
- 2001-themed playlist? ✅
- cans of artisan chile bought as shitty prizes? ✅
- packs all sleeved up? ✅
- laundry folded? 🚫
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Just spent so many (probably too many) words writing about my cube at CubeCon. Hope y'all enjoy!
Just spent so many (probably too many) words writing about my cube at CubeCon. Hope y'all enjoy!
A Brooding Saga: CubeCon 2025
A Brooding Saga at CubeCon 2025 Ya know, this may be the closest I ever get to being a dad watch their kid grow up (which is still not very close, just lemme have this!!). This cube more or less has...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Just spent so many (probably too many) words writing about my cube at CubeCon. Hope y'all enjoy!
Just spent so many (probably too many) words writing about my cube at CubeCon. Hope y'all enjoy!
Reposted by Joe van den Berg
Last week, we gathered, and together we created the largest Cube event of the year.
Why did we do that? (🧵) #mtgcube #CubeCon2025
1/7
Why did we do that? (🧵) #mtgcube #CubeCon2025
1/7
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Last week, we gathered, and together we created the largest Cube event of the year.
Why did we do that? (🧵) #mtgcube #CubeCon2025
1/7
Why did we do that? (🧵) #mtgcube #CubeCon2025
1/7
What are everyone's favorite instants or spells with flash?
Making a cube called the end step, a highly non-singleton environment where every spell has flash or is an instant, with 8 Counterspell and 24 Mystical Teachings. Teachings for Teachings should be a prominent play pattern
Making a cube called the end step, a highly non-singleton environment where every spell has flash or is an instant, with 8 Counterspell and 24 Mystical Teachings. Teachings for Teachings should be a prominent play pattern
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What are everyone's favorite instants or spells with flash?
Making a cube called the end step, a highly non-singleton environment where every spell has flash or is an instant, with 8 Counterspell and 24 Mystical Teachings. Teachings for Teachings should be a prominent play pattern
Making a cube called the end step, a highly non-singleton environment where every spell has flash or is an instant, with 8 Counterspell and 24 Mystical Teachings. Teachings for Teachings should be a prominent play pattern
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
