Paul Esper
@paulesper.com
They/Them | Engineering Student | Your friendly neighborhood ginger
I play Magic: The Gathering and talk about Gene Wolfe sometimes
https://buymeacoffee.com/paulesper
I play Magic: The Gathering and talk about Gene Wolfe sometimes
https://buymeacoffee.com/paulesper
I find it quite interesting that 4/5 saltiest new cards are Universes Beyond, and we're going to be going into a year with the largest proportion of Universes Beyond that we've seen so far. Everyone's been saying it and I'll keep saying it, but 2026 is going to be a bad year for magic
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I find it quite interesting that 4/5 saltiest new cards are Universes Beyond, and we're going to be going into a year with the largest proportion of Universes Beyond that we've seen so far. Everyone's been saying it and I'll keep saying it, but 2026 is going to be a bad year for magic
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Are you ready to see the Saltiest cards of 2025? We're breaking down the top 15 cards, top 15 NEW cards, and throwing in the saltiest sets as a treat. Get some water ready, cuz you're gonna need it. #EDH #Commander #EDHREC #Salt2025 edhrec.com/articles/sal...
Salt 2025 Scores Are Here! | EDHREC
Time for the results of the 2025 EDHREC Salt Voting! It's the saltiest cards of the year, and we're throwing in the saltiest sets, as a treat.
edhrec.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are you ready to see the Saltiest cards of 2025? We're breaking down the top 15 cards, top 15 NEW cards, and throwing in the saltiest sets as a treat. Get some water ready, cuz you're gonna need it. #EDH #Commander #EDHREC #Salt2025 edhrec.com/articles/sal...
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if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:
Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT
• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations
• Available on an opt-in basis
• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations
• Available on an opt-in basis
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:
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The New Sun, 30” x 40” acrylic on canvas. Book of the New Sun fan art. This thing took me forever, started in October of last year. Will post more info on instagram when I have time. Also if anyone wants to put me in touch with TOR or the Wolfe estate that’d be cool. Alright. Thanks!
September 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The New Sun, 30” x 40” acrylic on canvas. Book of the New Sun fan art. This thing took me forever, started in October of last year. Will post more info on instagram when I have time. Also if anyone wants to put me in touch with TOR or the Wolfe estate that’d be cool. Alright. Thanks!
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600 follower giveaway!
To enter:
1️⃣Like
2️⃣Follow
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Winner will be selected on Sunday 9/14 (choose one of the proxies in the photo). Make sure your DM is open.
Pixel proxies for sale on my Etsy store: etsy.com/shop/AffinityForAnime
To enter:
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Winner will be selected on Sunday 9/14 (choose one of the proxies in the photo). Make sure your DM is open.
Pixel proxies for sale on my Etsy store: etsy.com/shop/AffinityForAnime
September 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
600 follower giveaway!
To enter:
1️⃣Like
2️⃣Follow
3️⃣Repost
Winner will be selected on Sunday 9/14 (choose one of the proxies in the photo). Make sure your DM is open.
Pixel proxies for sale on my Etsy store: etsy.com/shop/AffinityForAnime
To enter:
1️⃣Like
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Winner will be selected on Sunday 9/14 (choose one of the proxies in the photo). Make sure your DM is open.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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We've added Through the Omenpaths!
scryfall.com/sets/om1
This is quite a significant update for us: we're supporting these cards by using English printed text. This is new compared to Universes Within, which we've updated.
You can read in full about the update here: scryfall.com/blog/through...
scryfall.com/sets/om1
This is quite a significant update for us: we're supporting these cards by using English printed text. This is new compared to Universes Within, which we've updated.
You can read in full about the update here: scryfall.com/blog/through...
Through the Omenpaths added, plus English printed text support · Scryfall Blog
Find out how Scryfall is handling data entry for Through the Omenpaths.
scryfall.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We've added Through the Omenpaths!
scryfall.com/sets/om1
This is quite a significant update for us: we're supporting these cards by using English printed text. This is new compared to Universes Within, which we've updated.
You can read in full about the update here: scryfall.com/blog/through...
scryfall.com/sets/om1
This is quite a significant update for us: we're supporting these cards by using English printed text. This is new compared to Universes Within, which we've updated.
You can read in full about the update here: scryfall.com/blog/through...
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the 2 genders are empath and grifter
September 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
the 2 genders are empath and grifter
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I like making money but I also care about your financial priorities
Whose rent is payed and who wants their pet painted? (Dm or email)
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I like making money but I also care about your financial priorities
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WOTC printed 6,254 cards in paper Magic in 2024 (via Scryfall year=2024)
The mental equivalent of seeing 17 new cards per day, every day. If you add in unqiue printings, it jumps to almost 31 cards a day.
The mental equivalent of seeing 17 new cards per day, every day. If you add in unqiue printings, it jumps to almost 31 cards a day.
August 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
WOTC printed 6,254 cards in paper Magic in 2024 (via Scryfall year=2024)
The mental equivalent of seeing 17 new cards per day, every day. If you add in unqiue printings, it jumps to almost 31 cards a day.
The mental equivalent of seeing 17 new cards per day, every day. If you add in unqiue printings, it jumps to almost 31 cards a day.
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yet another victim giving into the vicious cycle of cancel culture, when will it end
August 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
yet another victim giving into the vicious cycle of cancel culture, when will it end
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
Just published my first #mtg related YouTube Video, it's a pack opening for the Sonic Secret Lair. If that's up your alley, give it a watch and let me know what you think!
youtu.be/xUGWOO0PQ1g?...
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Secret Lair x Sonic Friends and Foes Opening
YouTube video by Paul Esper
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just published my first #mtg related YouTube Video, it's a pack opening for the Sonic Secret Lair. If that's up your alley, give it a watch and let me know what you think!
youtu.be/xUGWOO0PQ1g?...
youtu.be/xUGWOO0PQ1g?...
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
Oh this is going to sound really weird...
- Core Set 2012
- Theros
- New Capenna (after a long hiatus)
Oh this is going to sound really weird...
- Core Set 2012
- Theros
- New Capenna (after a long hiatus)
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
- Unfinity
- Brother's War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
i am full of whimsy, artifacts, and glistening oil 😌😌
- Unfinity
- Brother's War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
i am full of whimsy, artifacts, and glistening oil 😌😌
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
Fourth Edition
Ice Age
Homelands
What they say about me?
A colonoscopy is in my not-so-distant future…
Fourth Edition
Ice Age
Homelands
What they say about me?
A colonoscopy is in my not-so-distant future…
August 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
Oh this is going to sound really weird...
- Core Set 2012
- Theros
- New Capenna (after a long hiatus)
Oh this is going to sound really weird...
- Core Set 2012
- Theros
- New Capenna (after a long hiatus)
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Hey all!
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey all!
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
Hard Mode Quiz!
If you were a NON-LEGENDARY creature, which would you be?
Also not a terribly hard question, but it did take me a second to find it
If you were a NON-LEGENDARY creature, which would you be?
Also not a terribly hard question, but it did take me a second to find it
August 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hard Mode Quiz!
If you were a NON-LEGENDARY creature, which would you be?
Also not a terribly hard question, but it did take me a second to find it
If you were a NON-LEGENDARY creature, which would you be?
Also not a terribly hard question, but it did take me a second to find it
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it's like asking a youtuber who uploads five times a week to go back to the olden days because you can't keep up. this is the format. tomorrow is today, today is yesterday, yesterday is irrelevant.
August 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
it's like asking a youtuber who uploads five times a week to go back to the olden days because you can't keep up. this is the format. tomorrow is today, today is yesterday, yesterday is irrelevant.
This is absolutely wild, these types of statistics are fascinating to me
girlfriend made a remark about how many cards TLA already previewed, so i accidentally nerd-sniped myself. my excitement to work on this has worn off, the graph is still very crowded, but i'm happy that it does show TLA as an outlier! #mtg
August 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is absolutely wild, these types of statistics are fascinating to me
Oh wow, these predictions were terrible. What was I thinking?
Oh this is just a random shot in the dark, but let's see:
Bending X is a keyword that triggers when a creature with the keyword enters the battlefield, you can exile a card from you hand with mana value equal to or less than X. If you do, gain benefit.
The benefits are tied to the bending type...
Bending X is a keyword that triggers when a creature with the keyword enters the battlefield, you can exile a card from you hand with mana value equal to or less than X. If you do, gain benefit.
The benefits are tied to the bending type...
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh wow, these predictions were terrible. What was I thinking?
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Toph is literally the coolest Naya commander I have EVER seen. omfg
August 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Toph is literally the coolest Naya commander I have EVER seen. omfg
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To nobody's surprise, non-sexual games with two girls kissing are being caught in the censorship together with all the "obscene" "non-artistic porn"
Because it's gay.
And I know I've repeated this for like 8 years at this point:
To these people LGBTQIA = porn and porn = evil
Because it's gay.
And I know I've repeated this for like 8 years at this point:
To these people LGBTQIA = porn and porn = evil
“She was not the only developer who reported the company singling out yuri content.”
Games journalists really dropped the ball on itchio targeting yuri content, both SFW and NSFW
The censorship of Toxic Yuri Game Jam hasn’t gotten any coverage from the games press
Games journalists really dropped the ball on itchio targeting yuri content, both SFW and NSFW
The censorship of Toxic Yuri Game Jam hasn’t gotten any coverage from the games press
August 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
To nobody's surprise, non-sexual games with two girls kissing are being caught in the censorship together with all the "obscene" "non-artistic porn"
Because it's gay.
And I know I've repeated this for like 8 years at this point:
To these people LGBTQIA = porn and porn = evil
Because it's gay.
And I know I've repeated this for like 8 years at this point:
To these people LGBTQIA = porn and porn = evil
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In a parallel space between chaos and oblivion, two opposing faiths are warring over the fate of a dying star. #MTGEternities
#sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs
#sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs
July 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In a parallel space between chaos and oblivion, two opposing faiths are warring over the fate of a dying star. #MTGEternities
#sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs
#sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs
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I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
Save the png and repost as widely as you can