Ben Weitz
@bsweitz123.bsky.social
Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast. Former ML Engineer at Pinterest, Ph.D. in TCS. Ask me about designing Magic Cards! Or my monored cube! Or math! Or board games!
Well, looks like I might have to be an Ahri one-trick in the card game too.
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Well, looks like I might have to be an Ahri one-trick in the card game too.
2-0 in my first sanctioned riftbound event. It’s double spell-o’clock in Noxus Standard Time
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
2-0 in my first sanctioned riftbound event. It’s double spell-o’clock in Noxus Standard Time
Went 4-1 in a six-person rotisserie draft of monored cube. Loved my deck and the soothsayer+gargadon combo was awesome. Lost to Goblins chumpblocking to buy enough time to combo kill me with Kiki jiki or Muxus.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Went 4-1 in a six-person rotisserie draft of monored cube. Loved my deck and the soothsayer+gargadon combo was awesome. Lost to Goblins chumpblocking to buy enough time to combo kill me with Kiki jiki or Muxus.
Had a sick Jeskai Kiki combo cube deck this evening. My favorite event was Hedron Crabbing myself then Collectors Cage, find Karmic Guide reanimate Kiki reanimate Village Bellringer. Also ephemerated a manifested bellringer to win.
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Had a sick Jeskai Kiki combo cube deck this evening. My favorite event was Hedron Crabbing myself then Collectors Cage, find Karmic Guide reanimate Kiki reanimate Village Bellringer. Also ephemerated a manifested bellringer to win.
Capped it off with an 0-2 with a pretty bad deck in @turn3coco.bsky.social’s CoCo Cube. Tried some stuff out I hadn’t done and it didn’t come together very well. Playing only 2 cocos is probably griefing.
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Capped it off with an 0-2 with a pretty bad deck in @turn3coco.bsky.social’s CoCo Cube. Tried some stuff out I hadn’t done and it didn’t come together very well. Playing only 2 cocos is probably griefing.
Won a for-funsies team draft of Monored Cube with this nice artifact deck. Agatha’s soul cauldron on gingerbrute and steel overseer carried me. Never got to make the Chad mako+LED play
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Won a for-funsies team draft of Monored Cube with this nice artifact deck. Agatha’s soul cauldron on gingerbrute and steel overseer carried me. Never got to make the Chad mako+LED play
Lost to @GavinVerhey in the top 64 in Old Border Foil cube. Tried to draft Storm and had to pivot into a Forbiddian Reanimator deck. Sad to not get to draft the maximum number of times but the event was a blast overall!
October 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lost to @GavinVerhey in the top 64 in Old Border Foil cube. Tried to draft Storm and had to pivot into a Forbiddian Reanimator deck. Sad to not get to draft the maximum number of times but the event was a blast overall!
Lost a super close finals in the 6 drop cube to finish 2-1, but good enough for the final day. I cast Moltensteel Hellkite on turn 4, put all my life into it on t5 and then toil//troubled my opponent for lethal. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
October 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Lost a super close finals in the 6 drop cube to finish 2-1, but good enough for the final day. I cast Moltensteel Hellkite on turn 4, put all my life into it on t5 and then toil//troubled my opponent for lethal. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
Got to make a toooon of zombies and 3-0 with this sick sultai graveyard deck in the @TheChicagoCube. Scavenging Ooze plus Teval is just plain dirty. Super fun cube based around 3-color synergy clusters. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
October 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Got to make a toooon of zombies and 3-0 with this sick sultai graveyard deck in the @TheChicagoCube. Scavenging Ooze plus Teval is just plain dirty. Super fun cube based around 3-color synergy clusters. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
3-0 the Ravnica/Time Spiral Standard cube with UGw Pickles Glare. Never got to execute the Brine lock, but did get to make 12 saprolings with Vesuvan+Thelonite. So much fun, highly recommend this cube. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
3-0 the Ravnica/Time Spiral Standard cube with UGw Pickles Glare. Never got to execute the Brine lock, but did get to make 12 saprolings with Vesuvan+Thelonite. So much fun, highly recommend this cube. #cubecon2025 #wotcstaff
2-1 in Gizmo cube but 3-0 in Study in Harmony cube at CubeCon. Forgot to get a gizmo pic, but here’s my mardu artifact aggro in Harmony! #cubecon #wotcstaff
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
2-1 in Gizmo cube but 3-0 in Study in Harmony cube at CubeCon. Forgot to get a gizmo pic, but here’s my mardu artifact aggro in Harmony! #cubecon #wotcstaff
Is it possible to get FOMO for an event that I’m transit to?
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is it possible to get FOMO for an event that I’m transit to?
Reposted by Ben Weitz
Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve weighed in on something on here, but since the influencer team reports up into me, let’s talk about this question (1/5)
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve weighed in on something on here, but since the influencer team reports up into me, let’s talk about this question (1/5)
My ex turned me in for a model 10 years younger. But he’s a pretty cool guy and we talk about silksong
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My ex turned me in for a model 10 years younger. But he’s a pretty cool guy and we talk about silksong
Looking for a mutual friend to share an AirBnB with me and some other very cool #wotcstaffers for CubeCon. It's a sick lakeside bungalo, please message if you're still looking for accommodation.
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Looking for a mutual friend to share an AirBnB with me and some other very cool #wotcstaffers for CubeCon. It's a sick lakeside bungalo, please message if you're still looking for accommodation.
Ok beat silksong any% in 3hr30min. High halls arena is so goddamn hard with only 5 masks. I learned silkspear is so much more OP than in my first playthrough.
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Ok beat silksong any% in 3hr30min. High halls arena is so goddamn hard with only 5 masks. I learned silkspear is so much more OP than in my first playthrough.
The sheer level of vitriol, disrespect, disgust, and hatred I see people throw at their fellow humans these days gets me depressed. The empathy is replaced with needlessly inflammatory rhetoric, and it's seeping into more and more parts of life. We should do better.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The sheer level of vitriol, disrespect, disgust, and hatred I see people throw at their fellow humans these days gets me depressed. The empathy is replaced with needlessly inflammatory rhetoric, and it's seeping into more and more parts of life. We should do better.
61hrs in and I’ve 100%d silksong and gotten every memento. I had to look some stuff up at the end, even after doing a sweep of every area. Only missed a very small number though. Not sure I’ll try a steel soul run until there’s a boss rush DLC. Feel like I need to practice.
September 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
61hrs in and I’ve 100%d silksong and gotten every memento. I had to look some stuff up at the end, even after doing a sweep of every area. Only missed a very small number though. Not sure I’ll try a steel soul run until there’s a boss rush DLC. Feel like I need to practice.
I might be losing horribly at the this board game tournament but goddamn it I’m undefeated at Dune: Imperium. If only it was a main event game.
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I might be losing horribly at the this board game tournament but goddamn it I’m undefeated at Dune: Imperium. If only it was a main event game.
I saw the credits in Silksong a while ago, but each time I think I must be nearing full completion I find an entire new area. How much stuff did they put in this game!?!?
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I saw the credits in Silksong a while ago, but each time I think I must be nearing full completion I find an entire new area. How much stuff did they put in this game!?!?
Didn’t think I could hate a biome more than Deepnest but here we are. I find myself wishing there were more spikes.
September 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Didn’t think I could hate a biome more than Deepnest but here we are. I find myself wishing there were more spikes.
Went 5-0 into top 8 at the WOTC EOE championship. Had a sick UB splinter twin deck. I made an opponent draw 30 cards and lose 30 life through untap shenanigans, and Consulted the Star Charts to put it all together. Super fun deck!
September 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Went 5-0 into top 8 at the WOTC EOE championship. Had a sick UB splinter twin deck. I made an opponent draw 30 cards and lose 30 life through untap shenanigans, and Consulted the Star Charts to put it all together. Super fun deck!
Team Cherry is evil
September 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Team Cherry is evil
I have banned JC Tao from cutting Dragoons Lance from his team sealed deck for the last 30 minutes and then in the last 5 he told me he’s swapping it out for Summon: Fat Chocobo.
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I have banned JC Tao from cutting Dragoons Lance from his team sealed deck for the last 30 minutes and then in the last 5 he told me he’s swapping it out for Summon: Fat Chocobo.
Successfully defended my Dune Imperium title at PAX!
August 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Successfully defended my Dune Imperium title at PAX!