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Be sure to check out this week's pod!
Episode 75: Houston overview and B&R talks!
MTG Painful Truths · Episode
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November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
@carmparens.bsky.social When will we get the 2026 RC formats?
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our turnout is approximately 1/2 from Modern season. People just don't like this current standard format and the best deck not including Red is a deck more expensive than a lot of Modern decks.

A buddy of mine went to College Station and was 1/2 of all participants.... fun 3-hour drive for him...
In my local area,

Magic RCQs this weekend had 9 and 10 players (2 RCQs).

FAB PQ had 43 players.
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposted
Jimmy Kimmel: "A lot of people have been asking me if there are conditions for my return to the air, and there is one. Disney has asked me to read the following statement...to reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account, open the Disney+ app on your smart TV or TV connected device."
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I Never liked Charlie Kirk or his positions. He has had some positions that I could never stand by.

Still, I don't like gun violence. This stuff is bound to happen, and common-sense gun laws are something that can help prevent events like this.

This isn't R vs D, this is logic versus insanity...
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Awesome guide. Love the list and the gameplan!
September 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Tournament Report. I take it down with Dimir Midrange and secure an RCQ victory!!!

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September 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I should post here more..... but anyway I got the
September 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Cheaty Magic is best Magic! Let's go!

#rcminn
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A lot more hope than logic on this bracket.... Hopefully it shakes out this way
April 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
100% correct on B&R this time around. Standard is overall good, Pioneer is good, Modern had the one notably problem removed.

Amulet will remain Tier 0-1 into the new format!
March 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Pretty safe prediction for this Banned and Restricted this time around

Standard: No changes
(will be monitoring Up the Beanstalk and TTABE)
Pioneer: No changes
Modern: Underworld Breach is banned
March 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Going back on coverage at 11 CST check it out!

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HunterBurtonMemorialOpen - Twitch
Hunter Burton Memorial Open | Day 1 - Modern
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March 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Awesome article!
I’ve been rotating this piece around for quite a while, because this kind of controversy is endless on Magic social media - I wanted to write something that could be my consistent “take” — Making this one publicly available to reach as many folks as possible :)

www.patreon.com/posts/120021...
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Got an RCQ win yesterday on UB bounce. The deck carried me, no question. Deck is insanely good.

All that being said I could've played a lot better.

Special thanks to @OafMcNamara for the SB guide, his team is crushing it!

moxfield.com/decks/cwIPGC...
ub bounce - Standard
A deck created using Moxfield.
moxfield.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Some generic thoughts from myself :-)
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February 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I regret not going to #SCGATLANTA ... Here is some of the data:

Here is the data for the event. First image is just the top 8 most represented decks, second is filtered by decks with at least 24 combined match wins:

Dimir Enchantments seems like a good place to be!
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
December 25, 2024 at 5:20 AM
More from me and what I'm doing in Standard so far!

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December 9, 2024 at 5:52 PM
A buddy wanted to build a budget EDH deck. We first went to the popular card store, and it was about 65 dollars to buy from 20 sellers (optimized). Went to ManaPool instead and it was about 50 AND only 6 packages! Cut 5% also via the 'nhg5per' coupon code and it was a huge win!
November 20, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Reposted
go.bsky.app/73g6s51
Made a small Magic Grinder Starter Pack.

There are MTG Creator packs out there, but this one is filled with people who play in tournaments and tournament Magic is what they're about.

(As opposed to Commander podcast/cosplay, which is totally cool, just not my bag.)
November 13, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Stealing @raffsputin.bsky.social 's idea...

I want to see these things:
Magic the Gathering
Dallas Stars
NHL
Microsoft
Democratic Party (can't help myself)

Let's give it a go. This already seems more promising than Threads!
November 8, 2024 at 9:29 PM