Ratafia
ratafia.bsky.social
Ratafia
@ratafia.bsky.social
Lover of music, games, cats, and good books. I play a lot of mtg and got to help CubeCon 2024 happen!
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This time around I wanted to play with the no-cost suspend cards like Ancestral Vision or Restore Balance, and I drafted a lot of mine to create this UG ramp-cheat deck.

An absolute blast, and a great way to celebrate a friend's birthday!
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
LCD Soundsystem remains a crazy live band after all this time, hot damn.
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
First draft of EOE ended up 3-0 on the back of green cards. Really enjoying the amount of decisions I'm being asked to make, I think my tendencies line up well with this set. I'll give it a bit more time before deciding if the Options Cube could use a few cards from EOE.
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Bonus @mistymountaingames.com prerelease today! Had a blast trying to figure out just how good Weapons Manufacturing is, I'd call it an interesting build around. 2-1 with RB sac, got to feed the warped 9/9 to the sacrifice land and draw 9.

I'm definitely drafting a lot of this set.
July 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Prerelease at @mistymountaingames.com was super fun! Three colors with lander tokens felt real, I got to cast every card except my big 7 mana game ender. Took home the 3-0 with this one!
July 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Drafted a peasant cube tonight hosted by a couple moving to Australia *tomorrow*. Classic UW flicker, the Ephemerate and Soul Herder weren't opened, so I couldn't wheel them. 1-1
July 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Drafted some decks at the @themanavault.bsky.social Bar-B-Cube!

Jodah was fun but not that viable, but in a desert cube where you get a Prismatic Vista and one basic each added after drafting the mana worked well enough. 1-2

UB reanimator fit like a glove, as do two pieces of power! 2-1
June 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Had an evening to myself so I strapped something like 50 lbs to my bike and pushed myself to New Glarus, home of the beer out of state beer drinkers covet. The world's a lot smaller when you can see it as you pass.
June 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This weekend rocked! Got a 10 player draft in on my Options Cube and got to see a whole spread of archetypes do well. I drafted Micromancer UWb flicker, Jund beats trophied, UWb control, Temur spells, UBg discard loops, BGu GY value, Selesnya Beats, and Jeskai control all showed up!
June 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Decided to try our hands at bike camping and pedaled 30ish miles uphill today. So far it's been worth it.
May 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I put this together and now I get to ride it around! Super happy with how fun it is to ride.
May 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This deck is sweet. I'm typically a red and blue fan and draft things like this but I've been coming around to critical mass on creatures.
May 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's not where I started, but it's where I've been going. I enjoy it a lot but I'd be hard pressed to say I force it. One of my best decks from CubeCon 24 was a Selesnya beats deck.
May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Options Cube is finally coming together! What would you #p1p1 from this pack? Expect decks to be 3 colors and be able to splash for 4-5.

I'm super excited to get this drafted in paper.
April 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
First paper draft had me snagging Jeskai + broken Temur saga, deck was fun but needed to go bigger. Got to cast Elephant Parade and return it with the jeskai creature! Decent 2-1
April 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Some Dragonstorm prerelease decks:
1-1-1 Mardu My Rares Were Weird
2-1 Screw It, Only Bombs

I'm really excited to draft this format, might reinstall arena for it.
April 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
And the deck itself! I have a chance to loop creatures until Erebos has ground them out.
March 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
P1P1 Theros Block draft with the NJ crew
March 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Couple of fun decks from some recent drafts, 1-1 for the MH2 set cube and 2-1 for both DFT and a fair magic cube.
February 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I got my goal this year of 1000 miles by bike! Now to devise an easier method to transport a cube by bike...
December 31, 2024 at 7:40 PM
My desire to bike met the warmth of a Wisconsin winter and my stubbornness won out.
December 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
I love this dang cat
November 19, 2024 at 2:50 AM
A mid-draft Lurrus asked an interesting question: is this strong enough for me to forgo my bigger creatures?

Cubes can include cards that re-contextualize without being power outliers, my personal favorite being Containment Construct. What if your whole deck could have pseudo-madness?
2/3
November 18, 2024 at 6:26 AM