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SlothicMania
@slothicmania.bsky.social
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He/him. Anti-fascist, anti-AI.

I like Magic: the Gathering, DOOM, Elder Scrolls, BG3, Stardew Valley, and Sonic games.

Cover photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash
Avatar art by Svetlin Velinov, for the Hungry Megasloth card
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Temur Tuesday!

I love my goofy gremlin.
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy {2}{G}{U}{R} Legendary Creature — Gremlin Artificer Artifact creatures you control have trample. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/0 red Gremlin artifact creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of differently named artifact tokens you control. Flavor text: You are what you eat, and everything he’d eaten was brilliant. 4/4
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I’ve got two, purely for reactions’ sake.

Nobody expects Guttural Response because it’s so uncommon.

And nobody expects you to steal their Smothering Tithe off the stack.
Guttural Response {R/G} Instant Counter target blue instant spell. Flavor text: A savage cry with the power to shatter minds. Invert Polarity {U}{U}{R} Instant Choose target spell, then flip a coin. If you win the flip, gain control of that spell and you may choose new targets for it. If you lose the flip, counter that spell. Flavor text: “Skreeg! I thought I told you to stop messing with… Oh, that worked. Good job, Skreeg.” —Ral Zarek
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I think Flame Blitz is underrated and not played enough.
Flame Blitz {R} Enchantment At the beginning of your end step, this enchantment deals 5 damage to each planeswalker. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) Flavor text: “Blast it, not again!”
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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That’s how my MacCready poison deck wins. He doesn’t telegraph it at all. And even when the creatures come out, they’re just a bunch of little guys, how much could they actually hurt?
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor {W}{B} Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can’t be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
The Last Ride {B} Legendary Artifact — Vehicle The Last Ride gets -X/-X, where X is your life total. {2}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card. Crew 2 Flavor text: The rearview mirror showed Winter what awaited him should he fail. 13/13
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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My favorite from the same set. Two mana for nothing more than a big blocker. Completely ok with me.
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant {1}{U} Legendary Creature — Octopus Flavor text: For centuries, she grew in her benthic home, safe from Muraganda’s moonfalls, feeding on the raw leylines that run below the water. When she emerged, the coral depths she called home came with her. 0/8
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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In a similar vein: Orcish Bowmasters. I see it fairly often. Never played it myself.

Most staples, I own one copy of... but because I own only one copy of it, they still don't see play on my end.

(Sorry for the repost; I forgot alt text)
Orcish Bowmasters {1}{B} Creature — Orc Archer Flash When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1. 1/1
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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It's Five-Drop Friday!

I like asking the Blasphemous Act caster, "Are you sure?"
Body of Knowledge 3 generic, 2 blue mana Creature - Avatar Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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You're right, I wouldn't.

I'd turn it inside out.
Inside Out {1}{U/R} Instant Switch target creature’s power and toughness until end of turn. Draw a card. Flavor text: Seyden’s temperament didn’t take well to the puca’s magic. Nor did his face.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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My recent powerful & successful decks have been Y'shtola (control) and Iron Man (energy, though a buddy of mine has a voltron version that's also strong). Speaking of energy, I've seen Saheeli, Radiant Creator spin out of control quickly.
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed {1}{W}{U}{B} Legendary Creature — Cat Warlock Vigilance At the beginning of each end step, if a player lost 4 or more life this turn, you draw a card. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life. 2/4 Iron Man, Titan of Innovation {3}{U}{R} Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Hero Flying, haste Genius Industrialist — Whenever Iron Man attacks, create a Treasure token, then you may sacrifice a noncreature artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact’s mana value, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. 4/4 Saheeli, Radiant Creator {1}{G}{U}{R} Legendary Creature — Human Artificer Whenever you cast an Artificer or artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter). At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}{E}. When you do, create a token that’s a copy of target permanent you control, except it’s a 5/5 artifact creature in addition to its other types and has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. 4/4
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I played my cube with some friends last week, and one of them used Saw in Half to get infinite Arcane Savants. It was funny to watch 😅
Arcane Savant {3}{U}{U} Creature — Human Wizard Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile an instant or sorcery card you drafted that isn’t in your deck. When this creature enters, copy a card you exiled with cards named Arcane Savant. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. 3/3
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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That Ulamog is brutal.

It's especially wild when the person casting it already put their own 13-cost Emrakul under Ugin's Labyrinth.
Ugin's Labyrinth Land Imprint — When this land enters, you may exile a colorless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If a card is exiled with this land, add {C}{C} instead. {T}: Return the exiled card to its owner’s hand.
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Also it was funny seeing someone get infinite Arcane Savants and still lose.
Arcane Savant {3}{U}{U} Creature — Human Wizard Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile an instant or sorcery card you drafted that isn’t in your deck. When this creature enters, copy a card you exiled with cards named Arcane Savant. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. 3/3 Add to Deck Saw in Half {2}{B} Instant Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature’s power and their toughness is half that creature’s toughness. Round up each time.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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More like, what’s a deck I’m going to completely rework as a result?
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot {1}{U}{R} Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast a multicolored instant or sorcery spell from your hand, exile that spell instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, it becomes plotted. (You may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.) 3/3
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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I had one of the most fun and interactive games of my life last night, even though this absolutely nasty combo kept popping up despite removal (and ultimately helped end the game).
Maralen of the Mornsong {1}{B}{B} Legendary Creature — Elf Wizard Players can’t draw cards. At the beginning of each player’s draw step, that player loses 3 life, searches their library for a card, puts it into their hand, then shuffles. Maralen sent Veesa, Endry, and Iliona—the Vendilion clique—on the gravest of tasks. 2/3 Opposition Agent {2}{B} Creature — Human Rogue Flash You control your opponents while they’re searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them. 3/2
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Yeah, it's a do-nothing dinosaur. Don't care. It's a cool dinosaur.
Displaced Dinosaurs {5}{G}{G} Creature — Dinosaur As a historic permanent you control enters, it becomes a 7/7 Dinosaur creature in addition to its other types. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) “Good grief! It’s a stegosaurus. What a splendid specimen.” —The Third Doctor 7/7
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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In light of today's discussions... (you can pry this Thoracle from my cold dead hands)
Thassa's Oracle {U}{U} Creature — Merfolk Wizard When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) 1/3
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I’m on attempt #3 for Gwen. Trying to make it strong without turning it into Cascade soup.
Gwen Stacy {1}{R} Legendary Creature — Human Performer Hero When Gwen Stacy enters, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card for as long as you control this creature. {2}{U}{R}{W}: Transform Gwen Stacy. Activate only as a sorcery. 2/1 Ghost-Spider {2}{U}{R}{W} Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero Flying, vigilance, haste Whenever you play a land from exile or cast a spell from exile, put a +1/+1 counter on Ghost-Spider. Remove two counters from Ghost-Spider: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. 4/4
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Not even close to Silence, but it's got big "screw you in particular" energy.
Magic: the Gathering card Abeyance 1 generic, 1 white mana Instant Until end of turn, target player can’t cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can’t activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities. Draw a card. Flavor text: “I’m too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities.” —Ertai, wizard adept
October 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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"Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you."

Idk, I find it oddly motivational.
Magic: the Gathering card Last Word 2 generic, 2 blue mana Instant This spell can’t be countered. Counter target spell. Flavor text: “Someday, someone will best me. But it won’t be today, and it won’t be you.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Ghost Vacuum appreciation post.
Ghost Vacuum 1 generic mana Artifact Tap: Exile target card from a graveyard. 6 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Put each creature card exiled with this artifact onto the battlefield under your control with a flying counter on it. Each of them is a 1/1 Spirit in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Wyll to help fix your rolls.
Magma Opus for a cool card to copy repeatedly.
Call Forth the Tempest for a very mean card to copy repeatedly.
Magic: the Gathering card Wyll, Blade of Frontiers 1 generic, 1 red mana Legendary Creature — Human Warlock If you would roll one or more dice, instead roll that many dice plus one and ignore the lowest roll. Whenever you roll one or more dice, put a +1/+1 counter on Wyll. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.) 1/1 Magic: the Gathering card Magma Opus 6 generic, 1 blue, 1 red mana Instant Magma Opus deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. Tap two target permanents. Create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token. Draw two cards. 2 hybrid red/blue mana, Discard this card: Create a Treasure token. Magic: the Gathering card Call Forth the Tempest 5 generic and 3 red mana Sorcery Cascade, cascade Call Forth the Tempest deals damage to each creature your opponents control equal to the total mana value of other spells you’ve cast this turn.
October 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I run it in my group hug deck with the intent to punish them for it.

But when it's played against me? I'll counter it if able. Barring that, I'll feed it if I have my own busted land to grab (most of the time, I don't).
Magic: the Gathering card Treacherous Terrain 6 generic, 1 red, 1 green mana Sorcery Treacherous Terrain deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of lands that player controls. Basic landcycling 2 generic mana
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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It's not a *good* card, but it sure is a fun one.
Magic: the Gathering card Displaced Dinosaurs 5 generic, 2 green mana Creature — Dinosaur As a historic permanent you control enters, it becomes a 7/7 Dinosaur creature in addition to its other types. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Flavor text: “Good grief! It’s a stegosaurus. What a splendid specimen.” —The Third Doctor 7/7
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Probably my favorite deck to pilot currently is Vanille.
Magic: the Gathering card Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie 3 generic, 1 green mana Legendary Creature — Human Cleric When Vanille enters, mill two cards, then return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. At the beginning of your first main phase, if you both own and control Vanille and a creature named Fang, Fearless l'Cie, you may pay 3 generic, 1 black, and 1 green mana. If you do, exile them, then meld them into Ragnarok, Divine Deliverance. 3/2
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM