Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

One and done in the second flashback #MTGOTJ Arena Direct — I assume this event pairing by rank was unintended, @mtgarena.com?

7-1 🏆📦📦 sealeddeck.tech/89Wdzb4sac

Deck
1 Mirage Mesa
1 Bucolic Ranch
1 Voracious Varmint
1 Tumbleweed Rising
1 Stubborn Burrowfiend
1 Cunning Coyote
2 Aloe Alchemist
1 Gila Courser
2 Rambling Possum
1 Prickly Pair
1 Scalestorm Summoner
1 Irascible Wolverine
1 Quilled Charger
1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
1 Terror of the Peaks
1 Cactarantula
2 Snakeskin Veil
1 Thunder Salvo
1 Throw from the Saddle
1 Scorching Shot
1 Primal Command
1 Betrayal at the Vault
8 Forest
7 Mountain

November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

1-2 in one freeroll/bugged MH3 JPN Direct run and am extremely done. Whatever tolerance I had built up for Chrysalis mirrors is totally gone sealeddeck.tech/ZZrKx5engx

October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

At this point, it's clear Through The Omenpaths #MTGOM1 needs to change something to reenergize interest.

How about a re-reskin? A few ideas:

1. Insatiable Rubes
2. Consume-O, Serial Pack-Cracker
3. Unsustainable Product Schedule (cast it on Turn 1 for maximum effect)
4. Overexploited Player Base

Mary Jane Watson -> Consume-O, Serial Pack-Cracker

Rent Is Due -> Unsustainable Product Schedule (cast it on Turn 1 for maximum effect)

Angry Rabble -> Overexploited Player Base

October 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

3-1 prerelease with oops all bad guys, games were fun. Didn’t really feel like an abnormally small set, can’t put my finger on why.

September 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

All the ringers were out in the #MTGEOE Play Direct, ggs

2-2 ❌ sealeddeck.tech/UzF7Srnc3A
5-2 💎 sealeddeck.tech/BwUWHaSZxf
2-2 ❌ sealeddeck.tech/d69xpVNThK
3-2 ❌ sealeddeck.tech/B4SsiUop7a
7-1 🏆📦📦 sealeddeck.tech/yjpqptG3AM
2-2 ❌ sealeddeck.tech/F7rYSvD2yG

Deck
1 Dockworker Drone
1 Sunstar Expansionist
1 Chrome Companion
2 Dual-Sun Adepts
1 Brightspear Zealot
1 Molecular Modifier
1 Kav Landseeker
1 Memorial Team Leader
1 Sami, Ship's Engineer
2 Knight Luminary
1 Auxiliary Boosters
2 Nova Hellkite
1 Anticausal Vestige
1 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
3 Plasma Bolt
1 Invasive Maneuvers
1 Bombard
1 Radiant Strike
9 Mountain
8 Plains

August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

🚀📈🚀📈🚀#MTGEOE Collector Booster Direct runs, had lots of close games*, more so than EoE draft

1-2 ❌ sealeddeck.tech/zHD5yby8TP
7-1 🏆 sealeddeck.tech/aqjMkVBQuQ
7-1 🏆 sealeddeck.tech/5q4Z2t6vit

*and also had this game which I will cherish forever

Deck
1 Watery Grave
1 Command Bridge
1 Mechan Shieldmate
1 Illvoi Operative
1 Sunset Saboteur
1 Uthros Psionicist
1 Susurian Voidborn
1 Fell Gravship
1 Illvoi Infiltrator
1 Selfcraft Mechan
2 Survey Mechan
1 Elegy Acolyte
1 Starbreach Whale
1 Quantum Riddler
1 Secluded Starforge
1 Thrumming Hivepool
1 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
1 Nutrient Block
1 Embrace Oblivion
2 Divert Disaster
1 Depressurize
1 Dubious Delicacy
1 Lost in Space
7 Swamp
8 Island

Sideboard
2 Thaumaton Torpedo
1 Mental Modulation
1 Entropic Battlecruiser
1 Decode Transmissions
1 Swarm Culler
1 Blade of the Swarm
1 Comet Crawler
1 Susurian Voidborn
1 Galactic Wayfarer
1 Harmonious Grovestrider
1 Station Monitor
1 Mana Confluence
1 Sunstar Lightsmith
1 Seedship Broodtender
1 Focus Fire
1 Sunstar Expansionist
1 Banishing Light
1 Zookeeper Mechan
1 Cut Propulsion
1 Sledge-Class Seedship
2 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
2 Radiant Strike
1 Plasma Bolt
1 Kav Landseeker
3 Icecave Crasher
1 Germinating Wurm
1 Auxiliary Boosters
1 Weftblade Enhancer
1 Slagdrill Scrapper
2 Oreplate Pangolin
1 Roving Actuator
1 Intrepid Tenderfoot
1 Starport Security
1 Dual-Sun Technique
1 Emergency Eject
1 Luxknight Breacher
1 Galvanizing Sawship
1 Drix Fatemaker
2 Squire's Lightblade
1 Rig for War
2 Kavaron Skywarden
1 Dark Endurance
1 Red Tiger Mechan
1 Terminal Velocity
1 Echoing Deeps

Deck
1 Slagdrill Scrapper
1 Hullcarver
1 Rust Harvester
2 Virus Beetle
1 Umbral Collar Zealot
1 Gravpack Monoist
2 Weftstalker Ardent
1 Roving Actuator
1 Swarm Culler
1 Kavaron Skywarden
1 Voidforged Titan
1 Monoist Circuit-Feeder
1 Thrumming Hivepool
1 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
1 Plasma Bolt
1 Depressurize
1 Cut Propulsion
1 Bombard
1 Requiem Monolith
1 Orbital Plunge
1 Gravkill
9 Swamp
8 Mountain

Sideboard
1 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
1 Wurmwall Sweeper
1 Thaumaton Torpedo
1 Power Depot
2 Nutrient Block
1 Decode Transmissions
1 Scrounge for Eternity
1 Chorale of the Void
1 Kavaron Harrier
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Command Bridge
1 All-Fates Scroll
1 Knight Luminary
1 Starfield Shepherd
1 Syr Vondam, the Lucent
2 Cryogen Relic
1 Uthros Psionicist
1 Gigastorm Titan
1 Station Monitor
1 Seedship Impact
2 Shattered Wings
1 Cryoshatter
1 Gene Pollinator
1 Close Encounter
1 Seedship Agrarian
1 Hemosymbic Mite
1 Dockworker Drone
1 Divert Disaster
1 Specimen Freighter
1 Thawbringer
1 Germinating Wurm
1 Lashwhip Predator
2 Exosuit Savior
3 Illvoi Galeblade
1 Sami's Curiosity
1 Blooming Stinger
2 Intrepid Tenderfoot
1 Reroute Systems
1 Squire's Lightblade
2 Flight-Deck Coordinator
1 Mystifying Maze
1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
1 Dark Endurance
1 Weapons Manufacturing
2 Drill Too Deep

August 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

card reference for the homies who didn't encounter this exact situation in a draft against storefolk 24 years ago

Meteor Crater
Land

{T}: Choose a color of a permanent you control. Add one mana of that color.

August 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

I really strive to avoid schadenfreude in this game and to be 100% kind to all. But. I will admit to just laughing when my opponent in my 🏆 game in an Arena Direct run:

- T2: Wurmwall Sweeper, bins two good nonlands
- T3: miss land drop, go
- T4: plays a bonus sheet land
- I squint at the card name

Manascrewed opponent draws a land that does not produce mana

August 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

Will they actually just use Tormenting Voice for the Arena version? I vote yes

I also think they should be ruthlessly mocking with the common Legend renames, e.g. “Colossal, Dread Maw” and “Filler, White 5-Drop Flier”

July 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

I’ve been excited to draft this in the inevitable land bonus sheet set ever since they started the themed bonus sheets. Bring on the pain

July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

There's nothing I missed about #MTGLCI and this Arena Direct was always gonna be a single run. Had fun and got there though📈

7-1 doubling Human triggers .dec 🏆📦📦 sealeddeck.tech/C8htVPDci6

Deck
1 Captivating Cave
1 Belligerent Yearling
2 Enterprising Scallywag
1 Volatile Wanderglyph
1 Staunch Crewmate
2 Plundering Pirate
1 Kinjalli's Dawnrunner
1 Zoetic Glyph
1 Kitesail Larcenist
1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
1 Caparocti Sunborn
1 Roaming Throne
1 Panicked Altisaur
1 Seismic Monstrosaur
1 Clay-Fired Bricks
1 Dreadmaw's Ire
1 Petrify
1 Abrade
1 Saheeli's Lattice
2 Idol of the Deep King
1 Quicksand Whirlpool
9 Mountain
4 Plains
3 Island

May 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

This card is still an all-timer at breaking my boomer Limited card evaluation brain every time. How can free Jalum Tome be bad, and how do I find happiness if the world we now live in is that dystopian

That 3 mana artifact looter with no mana activation from LCI that performs terribly

May 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

#MTGTDM Play Booster Arena Direct Runs 📈

5-2 War E4t 💎 sealeddeck.tech/fsQr8GHZdB

0-2 Temur mythics ❌ sealeddeck.tech/XGZqSghsgA

7-0 QarZwei Revenant 🏆📦📦 sealeddeck.tech/A8tT5dadMH

7-1 B rares (...and another 4x War Effort pool?) 🏆📦📦 sealeddeck.tech/H27Gm7wvL1

Take that, 60% rake increase!

Deck
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Ainok Wayfarer
1 Sultai Devotee
1 Abzan Devotee
1 Krumar Initiate
1 Attuned Hunter
1 Champion of Dusan
2 Qarsi Revenant
2 Sagu Pummeler
1 Naga Fleshcrafter
1 Fangkeeper's Familiar
1 Kheru Goldkeeper
1 Disruptive Stormbrood
1 Sagu Wildling
1 Purging Stormbrood
2 Caustic Exhale
1 Snakeskin Veil
1 Piercing Exhale
2 Synchronized Charge
1 Dragon's Prey
2 Island
7 Forest
6 Swamp

Deck
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Scoured Barrens
1 Ainok Wayfarer
1 Alchemist's Assistant
1 Abzan Devotee
1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
1 Sinkhole Surveyor
1 Skirmish Rhino
1 Yathan Tombguard
2 Champion of Dusan
1 Qarsi Revenant
1 Gurmag Nightwatch
1 Abzan Monument
1 Revival of the Ancestors
1 Feral Deathgorger
2 Snakeskin Veil
1 Piercing Exhale
2 Sarkhan's Resolve
1 Aggressive Negotiations
1 Rally the Monastery
2 Dragon's Prey
2 Plains
7 Swamp
5 Forest

May 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

What a mess. I’m curious if they’ll have the online art for each card resemble the UB IP art so that online drafters have a shot of still being able to parse paper cards by mana cost + p/t + art

Such as this example in the current set 🙃

April 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

#MTGTDM Collector Arena Direct runs

0-2 UG soup ❌ sealeddeck.tech/NSxc8y8Hql
2-2 UG soup ❌ sealeddeck.tech/5NWaHdzViE
5-2 GRu soup ❌ sealeddeck.tech/jK97K5mvOe
6-0 WRb beats 🏆 sealeddeck.tech/G0ZDF24ZlB

Here's hoping for Draft > Sealed for the next @mtgarena.com Direct for this set 🙏

Deck
1 Descendant of Storms
1 Fortress Kin-Guard
1 Shock Brigade
1 Frontline Rush
1 Jeskai Devotee
1 Sinkhole Surveyor
1 Zurgo's Vanguard
2 Cori Mountain Stalwart
1 Reigning Victor
1 Sage of the Skies
1 Venerated Stormsinger
1 Salt Road Packbeast
1 Stormshriek Feral
1 Purging Stormbrood
1 Mardu Monument
1 Sonic Shrieker
1 Cori Mountain Monastery
1 Bloodfell Caves
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Duty Beyond Death
1 Osseous Exhale
1 Caustic Exhale
1 Channeled Dragonfire
1 Rally the Monastery
1 All-Out Assault
3 Swamp
6 Plains
4 Mountain

April 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

2-2 #MTGTDM prerelease, stay humble

Rot-Curse Rakshasa (1B 5/5) overperformed, I expected it to be ~B- in a non-aggressive deck but it’s just way too big of a Lava Axe

April 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

Triumphant final laps with #MTGDFT in the Play Booster Arena Direct 🏎️🏎️

sealeddeck.tech/ROn4meK94w 6-1🏆RG Speed Rares.dec
sealeddeck.tech/Si4CTbHoOE 4-2 ❌BUG Crewing the Struggle Bus.dec
sealeddeck.tech/TUbn6doc6G 6-0 🏆🦊One Last Loot Box.dec

Let's go, draftable boxes

6-1 #MTGDFT Sealed Deck

Deck
1 Burnout Bashtronaut
1 Venomsac Lagac
1 Endrider Catalyzer
1 Beastrider Vanguard
1 Rocketeer Boostbuggy
1 Greenbelt Guardian
1 Hazoret, Godseeker
1 Draconautics Engineer
1 Pothole Mole
1 Adrenaline Jockey
4 Loxodon Surveyor
1 Fang Guardian
1 Migrating Ketradon
1 Autarch Mammoth
1 Defend the Rider
1 Pedal to the Metal
1 Scrap Compactor
1 Outpace Oblivion
2 Crash and Burn
9 Mountain
8 Forest

6-0 #MTGDFT Sealed Deck

Deck
1 Night Market
1 Stampeding Scurryfoot
1 Pit Automaton
1 Venomsac Lagac
1 Scrounging Skyray
1 Transit Mage
1 Keen Buccaneer
1 Rangers' Aetherhive
2 Howler's Heavy
1 Ooze Patrol
1 Marketback Walker
1 Hulldrifter
1 Loot, the Pathfinder
2 Migrating Ketradon
1 Plow Through
2 Bounce Off
1 Run Over
1 Flood the Engine
2 Broken Wings
1 The Aetherspark
1 Reef Roads
6 Island
7 Forest
2 Mountain

March 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

bad beats in this format should be called Sab-Stories

March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

3-1 for the 💰💰, mise, GGs

March 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

Slogged through the uphill drive of Draft 1 of the #MTGDFT Arena Open at 3-1

Good beats to my loss, the player who drew 2x (!) Riverchurn Monument in each (!) of our 3 (!) games.

3-1 "Red/Black Crew 3" Aetherdrift draft deck

March 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Mr. Repulse

@mrrepulse.bsky.social

🏆7-0 on 2nd bullet of the #MTGDFT Arena Open. Tough build, started with Monogreen Haunt the Network and then swapped into the other one. Still no idea. Cautiously pessimistic about tomorrow

5-0 sealeddeck.tech/7hZrXyF7mu
2-0 sealeddeck.tech/lvGvPnmEyC