Heroic Beats (he/him)
@heroicbeats.bsky.social
☀️💧💀🔥🌳 Magic: the Gathering (Standard and EDH) • 🎼 Musician • 🏳️🌈 Queer and Ace
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Yello! I'm Heroic Beats and I'm looking to start Magic content creation soon™️.
The (non-exhaustive) plan:
•Guest on different EDH streams
•Make Standard content on Arena
•Brew, baby, brew! I love making EDH lists with a diff. spin or some cool restriction
•Pair decklists with thematic rock covers
The (non-exhaustive) plan:
•Guest on different EDH streams
•Make Standard content on Arena
•Brew, baby, brew! I love making EDH lists with a diff. spin or some cool restriction
•Pair decklists with thematic rock covers
We're live!
Tonight at 6 PM Eastern: my streaming debut! Gonna play some Standard on Arena and see if my skeleton army can withstand the double threat of Cori-Steel Cutters and Jeskai control feat. Shiko! Tonight's camera frame is Ozox. Hope to see you there!
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
May 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We're live!
Tonight at 6 PM Eastern: my streaming debut! Gonna play some Standard on Arena and see if my skeleton army can withstand the double threat of Cori-Steel Cutters and Jeskai control feat. Shiko! Tonight's camera frame is Ozox. Hope to see you there!
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
May 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Tonight at 6 PM Eastern: my streaming debut! Gonna play some Standard on Arena and see if my skeleton army can withstand the double threat of Cori-Steel Cutters and Jeskai control feat. Shiko! Tonight's camera frame is Ozox. Hope to see you there!
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
twitch.tv/heroicbeats
#mtg #mtgstandard #mtgarena
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Alright here’s the sign up thread for the charity event I’m running! It will be Saturday June 7th and will be Tuesday Brewsday Pride Partners!
You do not need a deck, you will be given random commanders and have 60-90 minutes to build a deck! All you need to do is stream your deckbuilding!
You do not need a deck, you will be given random commanders and have 60-90 minutes to build a deck! All you need to do is stream your deckbuilding!
May 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Alright here’s the sign up thread for the charity event I’m running! It will be Saturday June 7th and will be Tuesday Brewsday Pride Partners!
You do not need a deck, you will be given random commanders and have 60-90 minutes to build a deck! All you need to do is stream your deckbuilding!
You do not need a deck, you will be given random commanders and have 60-90 minutes to build a deck! All you need to do is stream your deckbuilding!
I died to my own camera frame of the night! Loved every second of it
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I died to my own camera frame of the night! Loved every second of it
Wanna know something funnier than killing my opponent with Insatiable Avarice...? (25!) No for real, it's killing them with my Bob bat stolen off of their Ghost Vacuum😂 #mtgstandard #mtg
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Wanna know something funnier than killing my opponent with Insatiable Avarice...? (25!) No for real, it's killing them with my Bob bat stolen off of their Ghost Vacuum😂 #mtgstandard #mtg
Got my first streamed win! I was on my multicolor dragon Ramos deck! Even better, Junded 'em out with Karrthus and Meeting of the Five-d into a Ruinous Ultimatum! Thanks for the good game @enbysean.bsky.social @tautim0na.bsky.social @gwenthedragon.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
May 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Got my first streamed win! I was on my multicolor dragon Ramos deck! Even better, Junded 'em out with Karrthus and Meeting of the Five-d into a Ruinous Ultimatum! Thanks for the good game @enbysean.bsky.social @tautim0na.bsky.social @gwenthedragon.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
Update: Nekusar shortly thereafter was 3/3 Elk-ified... Sythis player got their Sterling Grove + Greater Auramancy out, as well as a Sphere of Safety...
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Update: Nekusar shortly thereafter was 3/3 Elk-ified... Sythis player got their Sterling Grove + Greater Auramancy out, as well as a Sphere of Safety...
Tonight in Commander: Who will win? 3 Enchantress effects, or 1 Nekusar?? (I am neither, I'm playing Riku of Many Paths lmao) #mtg #mtgcommander #edh
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tonight in Commander: Who will win? 3 Enchantress effects, or 1 Nekusar?? (I am neither, I'm playing Riku of Many Paths lmao) #mtg #mtgcommander #edh
Just played a match where the esper pixie player sided in Temp Lockdown against me (valid). I had a Cult Conscript and two active Soulstone Sanctuaries... The operative word here was "nonland". My pixie matchup is actually pretty good! #mtgstandard #mtg
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just played a match where the esper pixie player sided in Temp Lockdown against me (valid). I had a Cult Conscript and two active Soulstone Sanctuaries... The operative word here was "nonland". My pixie matchup is actually pretty good! #mtgstandard #mtg
WOWZERS I love Insatiable Avarice in my mono-black skeletons brew! Typically I'm using the triple black mode to draw 3 cards. Tonight I've killed at least 5 people with it, too!!! #mtg #mtgstandard
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
WOWZERS I love Insatiable Avarice in my mono-black skeletons brew! Typically I'm using the triple black mode to draw 3 cards. Tonight I've killed at least 5 people with it, too!!! #mtg #mtgstandard
My floor is 5 pieces of removal in my B3 Prismatic Bridge "Howdy Partner" deck (all the "Partner with" commanders except for Will/Rowan). My ceiling is 13 in a B4 Hashaton + Gyruda companion list. Typically, I run 6–9 pieces in B3 and 10–13 pieces in B4. I also run more recursion+protection in B4.
Hey #EDH
Which deck of yours has the fewest pieces of removal? Why does this deck run less than other decks?
Is there a correlation between the overall strength of your deck and the number of pieces of removal?
Which deck of yours has the fewest pieces of removal? Why does this deck run less than other decks?
Is there a correlation between the overall strength of your deck and the number of pieces of removal?
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My floor is 5 pieces of removal in my B3 Prismatic Bridge "Howdy Partner" deck (all the "Partner with" commanders except for Will/Rowan). My ceiling is 13 in a B4 Hashaton + Gyruda companion list. Typically, I run 6–9 pieces in B3 and 10–13 pieces in B4. I also run more recursion+protection in B4.
I tend to agree with your takes on these! I think the indefinite mulligans can sometimes be taken advantage of by bad actors (similar to how people who misrepresent their deck/bracket can be bad actors) so I tend to only offer "keep a keepable 7" to people I've played with before.
I used to hate all "house rules" as a default.
I now only hate approximately 80% of them.
Find out why, in today's video.
I now only hate approximately 80% of them.
Find out why, in today's video.
Roasting Terrible Commander House Rules
YouTube video by PleasantKenobi
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May 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I tend to agree with your takes on these! I think the indefinite mulligans can sometimes be taken advantage of by bad actors (similar to how people who misrepresent their deck/bracket can be bad actors) so I tend to only offer "keep a keepable 7" to people I've played with before.
So excited to get this going in my latest list helmed by Glarb (but Actually Jarad)! archidekt.com/decks/128299...
May 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So excited to get this going in my latest list helmed by Glarb (but Actually Jarad)! archidekt.com/decks/128299...
Always a fun time on my partner @enbysean.bsky.social 's stream! Played Korlessa and pretty much ramped the whole game 😂 Will say, it was fun looping Roiling Dragonstorm with a Virtue of Knowledge out!
May 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Always a fun time on my partner @enbysean.bsky.social 's stream! Played Korlessa and pretty much ramped the whole game 😂 Will say, it was fun looping Roiling Dragonstorm with a Virtue of Knowledge out!
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS LIST! Glarb, His Moistness! Aided by my secret commander Jarad! Sultai in this context is golgari plus blue ;) archidekt.com/decks/128299...
May 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS LIST! Glarb, His Moistness! Aided by my secret commander Jarad! Sultai in this context is golgari plus blue ;) archidekt.com/decks/128299...
Made my first #PendragonMTG list! Gary, my beloved! Using the power of his Excalibur Helm of the Host, he multiplies! Otherwise, pretty much mono black control :D archidekt.com/decks/12910900
May 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Made my first #PendragonMTG list! Gary, my beloved! Using the power of his Excalibur Helm of the Host, he multiplies! Otherwise, pretty much mono black control :D archidekt.com/decks/12910900
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This person has harassed myself and many others in the Magic community. His name is Adam Lowe. He goes by Adam Demonic/AdamDefiant on socials. This is going to be a long 🧵
May 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This person has harassed myself and many others in the Magic community. His name is Adam Lowe. He goes by Adam Demonic/AdamDefiant on socials. This is going to be a long 🧵
MY TIME TO SHINE! Group hug is my favorite! My main group hug deck is Riku! My secondary group hug deck is Second Doctor+Clara Oswald (on blue bc I didn't want to change off of azorius)! My "rubberbanding" (sometimes group hug, sometimes individual hug) deck is The Beamtown Bullies!
May 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
MY TIME TO SHINE! Group hug is my favorite! My main group hug deck is Riku! My secondary group hug deck is Second Doctor+Clara Oswald (on blue bc I didn't want to change off of azorius)! My "rubberbanding" (sometimes group hug, sometimes individual hug) deck is The Beamtown Bullies!
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there's a scryfall atag for twinks (which imo has many men too thick to be twinks), and not one for butches.
people who tag art for scryfall i'm begging you
people who tag art for scryfall i'm begging you
May 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
there's a scryfall atag for twinks (which imo has many men too thick to be twinks), and not one for butches.
people who tag art for scryfall i'm begging you
people who tag art for scryfall i'm begging you
Thank you to @enbysean.bsky.social for lending me their @golgarigalsplashes.bsky.social alter of Darigaaz Reincarnated for my first run of my multicolor dragon Ramos deck!
May 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank you to @enbysean.bsky.social for lending me their @golgarigalsplashes.bsky.social alter of Darigaaz Reincarnated for my first run of my multicolor dragon Ramos deck!
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So this chart popped into my head as a very rough tool. Not perfect and I'm not sure on the exact breakpoints for different Brackets (especially 4 & 5), but I feel it's a decent visualization.
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
So this chart popped into my head as a very rough tool. Not perfect and I'm not sure on the exact breakpoints for different Brackets (especially 4 & 5), but I feel it's a decent visualization.
@magicgooglyeyes.bsky.social Sorry for the random tag but I realized that my black mana symbol on my wall kinda looks like your profile picture on account of its thumbtacks!
April 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@magicgooglyeyes.bsky.social Sorry for the random tag but I realized that my black mana symbol on my wall kinda looks like your profile picture on account of its thumbtacks!
I didn't, myself. For my personal deckbuilding, I reject the idea of required cards based on power level. For instance, I only run Jeska's Will in my Riku modal deck and my Saruman (White Hand) grixis spellslinging deck (so 2/14 red decks). A majority of my decks play like 3s even w/ 0 GCs.
Question: Upon the announcement of the changes to "Game Changers" in EDH, and more cards being added - did people actually change their decks? Take cards out?
April 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I didn't, myself. For my personal deckbuilding, I reject the idea of required cards based on power level. For instance, I only run Jeska's Will in my Riku modal deck and my Saruman (White Hand) grixis spellslinging deck (so 2/14 red decks). A majority of my decks play like 3s even w/ 0 GCs.