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staykeener @staykeener.bsky.social · Jul 8
If you're here because you followed me on other socials, hi, yes, you've found Chris. But I regret to inform you that I will be posting exclusively about Magic: The Gathering. And, occasionally, Ontario peaches.
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GOING.
playmagic.com Play Magic @playmagic.com · 11d
☀️The wonders of Lorwyn & Shadowmoor await you🌒

Explore the realm. Prepare for Magic! #SpotlightEclipsed is heading to Toronto, Canada! Learn more: mtg.social/SpotlightECL
This image depicts an humanoid fae being with pointed ears and large horns holding a large arrangement of flowers towards the viewer. To the side of the image is text that reads: "Magic Spotlight Series. Play for Fun. Play to Win." Along the bottom of the image is text that reads: "Feb 6-8, 2026. Toronto, Canada"
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The Sibsig Ceremony believers (probably just me) rejoice! #MTGStandard
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Time for a THANKSGIVEAWAY! 🦃

The winner will receive 1 Commander Masters set booster & Star Wars Pod Racer for Gameboy color! Yes, the rumble pack works. 😃

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Good luck! 🥂
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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It’s Mundane Monday!

Show me a me a totally normal creature! The less it does, the better!
Kobolds of Kher Keep. 0 Red Creature Kobold. Reads: This card is red when cast and Kobolds are a red creature. 0/1.
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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This is cool.
fireshoes.bsky.social Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · 19d
Introducing the Arena Limited Championship #mtg #MTGArena

Four Arena Limited Championship Qualifiers in 2026 (replacing Arena Opens)
magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-...
The Arena Limited Championship is a new MTG Arena event coming in 2026 that will offer players the opportunity to earn entry to the 2027 Magic Limited Championship by playing MTG Arena. To compete in the Arena Limited Championship, players will first need to qualify from one of the Arena Limited Championship Qualifier events throughout 2026. An evolution of Arena Opens, these new Limited-focused qualifiers will offer players the opportunity to compete for cash prizes by winning games of MTG Arena from wherever they play. We are planning to run four Arena Limited Championship Qualifiers in 2026, giving players several opportunities to qualify for the 2026 Arena Limited Championship throughout the year. These events will replace Arena Opens for 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
staykeener.bsky.social
My first memory of Magic is watching two kids play on the pavement during recess at elementary school (1998 at 10?). Crash of Rhinos! I was gifted a deck with Mercadian Masques Mercenary cards sometime before the release of Apocalypse (APC), 2001. I bought my first packs that summer. #MTG
japoniano.bsky.social Mau @japoniano.bsky.social · 21d
Not sure about the year, but it seems Judgement had just come out, so sometime in 2002, we were playing D&D at a friend's house, and at some point he took out his precons and started to teach us to play.

Many many mistakes and wrong rules were enforced.
carmparens.bsky.social Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 21d
What's the lore behind you getting into @magic.wizards.com?

#WOTCstaff
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
staykeener.bsky.social
Back at Bootown’s Games and Hobbies for my second #MTGxATLA pre-release. Black kit this time. Hyped. More bombs, please.
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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I had an AB•SO•LUTE blast playing #MTGxATLA last night. Bootown was lovely, staff and players were great. Raffle’s between rounds. Waterbending kit. 49 people. 6 rounds. Went 4-2. Losses were to the guy who came first (6-0) and third (5-1). My deck was gas.
40 Magic: The Gathering cards displayed on a table, all from blue pre-release kit for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Deck List 1 Saber-Tooth Moose Lion 2 Badgermole 2 Knowledge Seeker 2 Otter-Penguin 2 Messenger Hawk 2 Iguana Parrot 1 Iroh, Grand Lotus 1 The Earth King 1 Diligent Zookeeper 1 Bender’s Waterskin 1 Bitter Work 1 Zuko’s Exile 1 Earthbending Lesson 1 Seismic Sense 1 It’ll Quench Ya! 1 Accumulate Wisdom 1 Boomerang Basics 1 Spirit Water Revival 8 Island 6 Forest 1 Mountain 1 Omashu City 1 Rumble Arena 1 Ba Sing Se
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#MTGxATLA pre-release at Bootown’s Games and Hobbies in Stratford, ON. Not my usual haunt but looking forward to playing with new people and new cards! Truly excited for this set.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Okay, you cabbage destroying, elephant koi ridding, tea drinking, easily distracted miscreants, I have important predictions to make regarding cards in #MTGxATLA that are going to have an impact on #MTGStandard. I've never been wrong before, so buckle up, buckos.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Avatar: The Last Airbender #MTGxATLA releases this week so it's the perfect time to revisit my predictions for everyone's favourite set of the year, #MTGxSpiderman!

Literally nothing I thought would make an impact has made an impact, thanks Vivi!

Stay tuned for more not-very-insightful content!
staykeener.bsky.social staykeener @staykeener.bsky.social · Sep 18
Given how well I did predicting the impact of #MTGEternities on Standard, let us repeat this exercise for #MTGxSpiderman. This absolute menace is about to sling insights you don't want to miss.
staykeener.bsky.social staykeener @staykeener.bsky.social · Sep 18
Spooder-Man launches tomorrow, so let's take a look at how I evaluated #MTGEternities.

Uhhhh... Consult the Star Charts saw some play!

That's it. The foresight of this guy! Keep up the good work, you.
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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"Vivi Ornitier [. . .] ramifications [. . .] were amplified tremendously by our failure to find the interaction with Agatha's Soul Cauldron."

It'll get lost in "You didn't find it because six sets a year! Death to UB!" but this is what accountability looks like and I for one am grateful. #MTG
Banned and Restricted Announcement – November 10, 2025
See statements regarding Standard, Pioneer, Legacy, Pauper, Historic, and Brawl. Changes will be effective November 10, 2025.
magic.wizards.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I made a video about Magic Spotlight Spider-Man

Got it finished before Vivi is inevitably banned tomorrow!

(I have become the content I once sought to destroy)

Watch below!
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
staykeener.bsky.social
I wonder if Orzhov with Appa/Avatar's Wrath might be worth exploring. Every airbended creature is free with Sibsig. Immediately recasting creatures to generate value and druid zombies while fueling an Awakening Hall or Raise the Past seems... good? Mana base is questionable. #MTGxATLA #MTGStandard
Appa, Steadfast Guardian. 4WW Legendary Creature Bison Ally. Reads: Flash. Flying. When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. Avatar's Wrath. 2WW Sorcery. Choose up to one target creature, then airbend all other creatures. Until your next turn, your opponents can’t cast spells from anywhere other than their hand. Exile Avatar’s Wrath.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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With the full #MTGxATLA set revealed, these are the cards I will be playtesting in my #MTGStandard Mono-Black Sibsig deck. Excited to get back at it with new options.
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Yeah, this is excellent.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
staykeener.bsky.social
Just because this artist HAS used generative AI (for a videogame) doesn't mean they DID use AI for the Toph art in question. Pretty massive assumption.

Illustration portfolio/examples for Ruwan Liu here: ruwl.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
staykeener.bsky.social
And finally, our true aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Mai and Zuko. 1UBR Legendary Creature Human Noble Ally. Reads: Firebending 3. You may cast Ally spells and artifact spells as though they had flash. 3/5.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Gran-Gran. U Legendary Creature Human Peasant Ally. Reads: Whenever Gran-Gran becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card. Noncreature spells you cast cost 1 less to cast as long as there are three or more Lesson cards in your graveyard. 1/2. Master Pakku. 1U Legendary Creature Human Advisor Ally. Reads: Prowess. Whenever Master Pakku becomes tapped, target player mills X cards, where X is the number of Lesson cards in your graveyard.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Uncle Iroh. 1 R/G R/G. Legendary Creature Human Noble Ally. Reads: Firebending 1. Lesson spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. 4/2. June, Bounty Hunter. 1B Legendary Creature Human Mercenary. Reads: June can’t be blocked as long as you’ve drawn two or more cards this turn. 1, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Clue token. Activate only during your turn. 2/2.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Appa, Steadfast Guardian. 2WW Legendary Creature Bison Ally. Reads: Flash. Flying. When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. 3/4. Momo, Friendly Flier. W Legendary Creature Lemur Bat Ally. Reads: Flying. The first non-Lemur creature spell with flying you cast during each of your turns costs 1 less to cast. Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, Momo gets +1/+1 until end of turn. 1/1.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
The Earth King. 3G Legendary Creature Human Noble Ally. Reads: When The Earth King enters, create a 4/4 green Bear creature token. Whenever one or more creatures you control with power 4 or greater attack, search your library for up to that many basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. 2/2.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Bumi, Unleashed. 3RG Legendary Creature Human Noble Ally. Reads: Trample. When Bumi enters, earthbend 4. Whenever Bumi deals combat damage to a player, untap all lands you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Only land creatures can attack during that combat phase. 5/4. Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy. 4GG Legendary Creature Ape Goat. Reads: When Flopsie enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Each creature you control with power 4 or greater can’t be blocked by more than one creature. 4/4.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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aloof wife / mayor boyfriend #MTGxATLA
Sokka and Suki. URW Legendary Creature Human Warrior Ally. Reads: Whenever Sokka and Suki or another Ally you control enters, attach up to one target Equipment you control to that creature. Whenever and Equipment you control enters create a 1/1 white Ally creature toke. 3/3.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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First of all, the art! Stunning.

Second, the flavour!! The land becoming an island? Splendid.

Third, into my Garnet #MTGCommander deck she goes!!!

#MTGxATLA
The Legend of Kyoshi. 4GG Enchantment Saga. Reads: I - Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. II - Earthbend X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. That land becomes an Island in addition to its other types. III - Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control. Avatar Kyoshi. Legendary Creature Avatar. Reads: Tap: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. 5/4.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM