Herko Kerghans
@herkokerghans.bsky.social
I like Magic. I love drafting. Sadly, it ain't mutual!
Words for Draftsim, previously for Mastering Runeterra.
Words for Draftsim, previously for Mastering Runeterra.
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Herko Kerghans
@herkokerghans.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Alright... here we are.
Hi! I'm Herko. I like a lot of stuff, but on social media I tend to read & post about TCGs.
My current focus is @magic.wizards.com; I used to write a lot about Legends of Runeterra until that one shifted focus to PvE.
Hi! I'm Herko. I like a lot of stuff, but on social media I tend to read & post about TCGs.
My current focus is @magic.wizards.com; I used to write a lot about Legends of Runeterra until that one shifted focus to PvE.
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GUESS WHAT I GOT TO PAINTTT :D
May 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
GUESS WHAT I GOT TO PAINTTT :D
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May 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Are ya ready, kids? Yes, the SpongeBob SquarePants MTG cards are real, and Magic really leaned into the memes on this one. These Secret Lairs are coming soon, to a pineapple under the sea near you:
MTG Goes Full Meme with SpongeBob SquarePants Cards - Draftsim
The SpongeBob cards are real, but they can't hurt you. Magic might be jumping the shark on this one, but at least they understood the assignment and leaned into the memes you'd expect from a SpongeBob...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Are ya ready, kids? Yes, the SpongeBob SquarePants MTG cards are real, and Magic really leaned into the memes on this one. These Secret Lairs are coming soon, to a pineapple under the sea near you:
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Reposting a banger ahead of Arena Open this weekend
February 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reposting a banger ahead of Arena Open this weekend
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Mono Red guide is up!!
Put a lot of work into this tournament, this deck & this piece — I think the deck is very strong right now and am confident this will help people pick it up at a high level right away.
www.patreon.com/posts/mono-r...
Put a lot of work into this tournament, this deck & this piece — I think the deck is very strong right now and am confident this will help people pick it up at a high level right away.
www.patreon.com/posts/mono-r...
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Mono Red guide is up!!
Put a lot of work into this tournament, this deck & this piece — I think the deck is very strong right now and am confident this will help people pick it up at a high level right away.
www.patreon.com/posts/mono-r...
Put a lot of work into this tournament, this deck & this piece — I think the deck is very strong right now and am confident this will help people pick it up at a high level right away.
www.patreon.com/posts/mono-r...
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The really scary thing is, 10¢/word is pretty decent money 112 years later.
![SHE — A penny for your thoughts.
POPULAR AUTHOR — My price is ten cents a word.
[from The Smart Set, February 1913]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ac2kmpveixxnm4cp4janyafx/bafkreifdjqqsiqm2ujtzedwidvhtlzxz6kekk6gduaow37s6i2k5pljqnu@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The really scary thing is, 10¢/word is pretty decent money 112 years later.
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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For those who are unable to tune in, here's the metagame share at Magic Spotlight Series Foundations (SCGCON Atlanta - Standard).
> www.twitch.tv/starcitygames
@fireshoes.bsky.social
#SpotlightFoundations #SCGAtlanta
> www.twitch.tv/starcitygames
@fireshoes.bsky.social
#SpotlightFoundations #SCGAtlanta
January 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For those who are unable to tune in, here's the metagame share at Magic Spotlight Series Foundations (SCGCON Atlanta - Standard).
> www.twitch.tv/starcitygames
@fireshoes.bsky.social
#SpotlightFoundations #SCGAtlanta
> www.twitch.tv/starcitygames
@fireshoes.bsky.social
#SpotlightFoundations #SCGAtlanta
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I’ve been selected to be a model for New York fashion week 😱
January 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I’ve been selected to be a model for New York fashion week 😱
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Let’s normalize, “this is a stupid conversation and I’m not going to continue it.”
January 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Let’s normalize, “this is a stupid conversation and I’m not going to continue it.”
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I'm publishing a day early this week because I have an ENTIRE Ryan-style (that means **very** thorough) guide to the deck I'm playing this weekend in Atlanta... Gruul Aggro!!!!
January 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I'm publishing a day early this week because I have an ENTIRE Ryan-style (that means **very** thorough) guide to the deck I'm playing this weekend in Atlanta... Gruul Aggro!!!!
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“The original sin of social media was hope, the idea that talking to people online might be fun, and you can’t recreate that with what we know now.” 💯
I wrote about Bluesky's Jesse Singal problem, its transformation from supposed utopia to pretty good social media platform and how maybe social media can't be fixed.
The End of Social
What if the problem is posting?
www.brain-worms.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:46 PM
“The original sin of social media was hope, the idea that talking to people online might be fun, and you can’t recreate that with what we know now.” 💯
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I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
November 21, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time
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Here's the thing about Bluesky. We call posts "lil papas" here. Lots of people have other ideas, they're not canon. It's lil papas. You'd say to a friend "I read this great lil papa earlier" or to conjugate it further, "I papa'd about that yesterday!"
November 14, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Here's the thing about Bluesky. We call posts "lil papas" here. Lots of people have other ideas, they're not canon. It's lil papas. You'd say to a friend "I read this great lil papa earlier" or to conjugate it further, "I papa'd about that yesterday!"
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MTG's Head Designer: "If was up to me, and it’s not, I would stop reprinting color pie breaks." What do you think about this, and the color pie breaks in recent sets? draftsim.com/mtg-color-pi...
MTG Designer Says No To Reprinting Color Pie Breaks - Draftsim
Magic's Head Designer Mark Rosewater has confirmed that WotC will only reprint color pie breaks in MTG formats where they’re already legal. "The current rule, which I support," Rosewater wrote in his ...
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November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
MTG's Head Designer: "If was up to me, and it’s not, I would stop reprinting color pie breaks." What do you think about this, and the color pie breaks in recent sets? draftsim.com/mtg-color-pi...
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I have such a fun video idea 😈
SEND ME YOUR FAVORITE CARD TO CREATE A POSE AROUND
SEND ME YOUR FAVORITE CARD TO CREATE A POSE AROUND
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I have such a fun video idea 😈
SEND ME YOUR FAVORITE CARD TO CREATE A POSE AROUND
SEND ME YOUR FAVORITE CARD TO CREATE A POSE AROUND
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Exciting news!
It was recently revealed that ALL of your favorite Bloomburrow characters will be returning in AetherDrift!!!
(as roadkill)
#Magicthegathering
It was recently revealed that ALL of your favorite Bloomburrow characters will be returning in AetherDrift!!!
(as roadkill)
#Magicthegathering
November 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Exciting news!
It was recently revealed that ALL of your favorite Bloomburrow characters will be returning in AetherDrift!!!
(as roadkill)
#Magicthegathering
It was recently revealed that ALL of your favorite Bloomburrow characters will be returning in AetherDrift!!!
(as roadkill)
#Magicthegathering
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Arena Championship 7 Details mtgscribe.com/2024/11/19/a...
Arena Championship 7 Details - MTG Scribe
This article goes over the details that have been sent to players for Arena Championship 7, with full details being released on Monday.
mtgscribe.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Arena Championship 7 Details mtgscribe.com/2024/11/19/a...
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
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Honestly kinda nice to see a grassroots migration away from a shitty platform and onto a similar but clearly better platform. Definitely enhances the sense of community.
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Honestly kinda nice to see a grassroots migration away from a shitty platform and onto a similar but clearly better platform. Definitely enhances the sense of community.
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I want so badly to enjoy mobile games but the ecosystem they occupy apparently forces them into being annoying to play unless you are constantly purchasing magical coins at bizarre denominations that I refuse to understand.
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I want so badly to enjoy mobile games but the ecosystem they occupy apparently forces them into being annoying to play unless you are constantly purchasing magical coins at bizarre denominations that I refuse to understand.
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the magic player cycle of life
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
the magic player cycle of life
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Foundations is probably my favorite core set of all time. Seeing cards like Maze's End, Thousand-Year Storm and Genesis Wave back in Standard makes me wish we had reprint-focused sets in Standard more often.
November 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Foundations is probably my favorite core set of all time. Seeing cards like Maze's End, Thousand-Year Storm and Genesis Wave back in Standard makes me wish we had reprint-focused sets in Standard more often.