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John Ryan Hamilton
@xjcloud.bsky.social
Legacy and Duel Commander MTG streamer, D&T player, and Thalia enthusiast. Formerly the Godfather of Initiative. Owl House fan account disguised as a Magic account. He/They.

Twitch.tv/xjcloud
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I finally have the ultimate “reveal companion” flex
Magic’s mpreg art gremlin has crawled out of her hole once again. Much like Groundhog’s Day, if she decides to post mpreg art on a given year we get 6 more weeks of no bans
He is expecting a beautiful baby sliver 🫃🏻

#mtg #druneth #ayseneinart
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
*Ayşenaz running across the room to get her IPad*
Me: you’re so easy
Her: it’s called having whimsy!
Me: you only have whimsy for magic mpreg
No tagged me under this yet? I am surprised. Did I give you people blonde elephant jesus for nothing?
Through The Omenpaths 2: MAKE DRUNETH PREGNANT
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Happy new year sorry I’m 15 minutes late I was busy watching yuri and playing monster hunter with my wife, a trend I will continue in 2026 🥂
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🏆 Jamie cooked with this one. Helps a lot to play against 4 fair(ish) decks and a dredge opponent who mulls to 4 twice, but it still feels good to be exploding some kittens again. Love the innovation. Give it a whirl if you want to try a different flavor of DnT.
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Surprise legacy New Year's Eve Eve stream with Jamie's new RW list! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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A big shout-out to the DNT Discord members already picking up and killing it with ⚡💣RW💫😺. I am at my parents' house unable to play MTGO right now, so I took the opportunity to write up some thoughts, tips, and deck-building questions for the discerning DnT player: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
💣💫 RW DnT ReadMe
Cats & Pixies & Farm Animals, Oh My! Short Intro to RW Starfield DnT by jamiewvh (https://bsky.app/profile/jamiewvh.bsky.social) - 29/12/25 My name is Jamie (jamiewvh on MTGO) and I am a British pla...
docs.google.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's a Christmas miracle! I'm firing up the stream for some Cloud Duel Commander! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud
xJCloud - Twitch
Magic: The Gathering streamer, Death & Taxes player, and Thalia enthusiast
www.twitch.tv
December 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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TOP 4 in the Legacy challenge! D&T feels so good, I would've liked to make it to the finals, but who's beating Oops on the draw twice, right?

UB Tempo 2-0
60card Esper Vial 2-1
Affinity 2-0
Oops 2-1
Affinity 1-2
Breakfast 1-2
QF UG Omni 2-0
SF Oops 0-2

@fireshoes.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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me gently kissing the saran-wrapped dough balls as I cradle them into the fridge. my children. i've greedily tasted your remnants in the mixing bowls and you will be even more delicious in due time.
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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🏆 the dust has barely settled on 🔭sand scout🔭, but the ⚙️relentless innovator⚙️ pushes on. interested in Starfield Shepherd as 'overlord/riddler at home' in Mono W. pretty sure 💀BW DNT💀 would be even better with 4 🐱Ajani🐱 in it, too. obviously won the tempo jackpot this league. don't play 🏹ballista🏹🤢
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
DnT did it again folks 😎
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I have learned a valuable lesson in the past 2 days and that is: I’m never flying with pets again for the rest of my life
We are finally in Seattle! But guess who yelled the whole flight, crawled out of her sweater, broke out of her carrier TWICE, peed herself, somehow managed to bite through her upper lip and got her tooth stuck so we had to find an emergency vet clinic on our very first day 🤡
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
DNT PLAYERS REJOICE
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s what he deserves
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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The paper event yesterday wasn't enough, so I decided to win a Challenge while all the good players are at EW. LEGACY = SAND
R1: 2-0 GW 8Cub
R2: 2-0 Grixis Control
R3: 1-2 The Riddler
R4: 2-1 UR Delver
R5: 2-0 BUG Midrange
R6: 2-0 UB Tempo
QF: 2-0 UB Tempo
SF: 2-1 Yawgmoth Combo
F: 2-0 Breakfast
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s still hope for DnT playable monster hunter cards 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 recruiter of the guard one time
We care a lot about the worlds we get to celebrate, and Secret Lair x Monster Hunter didn’t quite come together the way it should have. We hear you, so we’re heading back to the drawing board to rework this Superdrop. More to come.

magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcR...
Made a video for the first time in a long time! Not stellar results but genuinely a bunch of really good quality games. Had some better results off-camera with some list tweaks, doing a SB guide for EW players!
GOODBYE, ENTOMB AND NADU, GOBLINS RETURNS?
YouTube video by GoblinLackey1
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
🏆 Got the back-to-backs from last week with another trophy tonight! Exact same list as before. Love the Ambroise take on the list and I'm looking forward to revamping it more after a few weeks off while I move.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Gonna be taking a few weeks off streaming to move starting next week, so one more Cloud stream tonight for the road! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud
xJCloud - Twitch
Magic: The Gathering streamer, Death & Taxes player, and Thalia enthusiast
www.twitch.tv
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Blowing up lands and synergizing with flicker effects? Feels like 2013 again
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Shoutout @akaleth.bsky.social for the sideboarding notes and decklist! Meteor Sword is kinda great, it's been SO much better than I ever thought it would be. I would feel very confident playing this in EW this weekend
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Very happy to hear that Daybreak listened to reason. I will continue to enjoy the format on MTGO now. Good stuff
Duel Commander on MTGO Update
*The community overwhelmingly prefers duelcommander.org, so MTGO will follow that preference.
*DC Trials are back starting today!
*Yesterday's B&R announcement is in effect (Breya unbanned, Nadu banned)

Scheduled Event Changes
*two fewer DC Trials
*added Pauper Chally
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not even just a a friend plug but as someone who straight up stopped playing legacy for like 6 months, Akaleth’s content was pretty much the first place I went to to get back into it. Highly recommend for EW EU/Asia preppers.
HELLO D&T PLAYERS!

I just published an article with everything you need to know if you're playing D&T at the EU Legacy Champs this weekend!

We've got:
🗒️Decklists
🤔Matchup strategy
📊AND a sideboard guide!
All for free!

Check it out on my Patreon! Down there ↓
A State of a Noodle in 2025 | Evan Lewis
Get more from Evan Lewis on Patreon
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November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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HELLO D&T PLAYERS!

I just published an article with everything you need to know if you're playing D&T at the EU Legacy Champs this weekend!

We've got:
🗒️Decklists
🤔Matchup strategy
📊AND a sideboard guide!
All for free!

Check it out on my Patreon! Down there ↓
A State of a Noodle in 2025 | Evan Lewis
Get more from Evan Lewis on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🏆 Another Cloud trophy on tonight's stream with a few edits.

+ Abandoned Air Temple, Seam Rip, March, and Winter Moon
- Plains, Shadowspear, Kirin, and Canonist

List continues to greatly overperform. Winter Moon was the most glaring omission I saw from the initial list, happy to have it back.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM