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Tom Anderson (card scientist)
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Esports commentator, host and writer :: Card games, fighting games, and DOTA2 :: weekly MTG strategy & culture articles @cardkingdom.com :: keeping up with sports/wrestling/metal/tabletop on my own time
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Bring back proper games journalism.
April 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Making a late but successful start to my #MTGDragonstorm draft research: 7-2 with this Temur+ pile! Most people seem to be on Rainbow Rares which is probably correct for the sheer amount of fixing. Still glad I found the smart level of greed 😇 (sorry Elspeth/funny WUBRG card). @fireshoes.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
sometimes Draft is very hard, sometimes it's not!

love that GW pretty much plays the same as it did in Duskmourn - do what it takes to establish momentum early and either run them over or use that cushion to set up big stuff. I got three turn 3-4 scoops to Defend the Rider 😅
@fireshoes.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I come back to DSK limited and after one nice run of UR rooms I'm just back to spamming winning GW drafts bc the 2-3 mana commons are amazing and nobody contests your chase uncommons/rares. This is the 3rd winning one in a row and it's totally unremarkable, a bit under average even. Try it! 😎
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Everyone knows @thejesguy.bsky.social has the coolest Innistrad Cube, so I couldn't think of a better match than to have him sit down with @the-wandering-bard.bsky.social who did a stellar job on this interview about the history of the cube and how INR impacts it.

Really fun piece, give it a read!
January 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I had the pleasure of chatting with @the-wandering-bard.bsky.social from @cardkingdom.com about my Innistrad Remastered Cube, and Innistrad Remastered as a whole!

If you’re interested in cube at all, make sure to give it a read! 😄

blog.cardkingdom.com/the-creator-...
The Creator of the Innistrad Cube on Innistrad Remastered: An Interview with Angelo Guerrera - Card Kingdom Blog
It’s a funny thing – as Magic embarks into 2025, looking to a calendar full of intriguing new worlds and momentous tie-ins, its first headline attraction will be a celebration of the familiar!  The go...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ran out of deckbuilder games, so now glumly preparing myself to potentially retract my official Worst Gaming Opinion
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Great news Arena players! we get another window to draft two of the most peak Limited formats in recent memory, and also Thunder Junction.
MTG Arena Announcements for Jan 6 #mtg
magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-...

The Arena Open features Pioneer Masters Limited this weekend!

The Pioneer Masters bonus sheet rotates to Devotion tomorrow

Standard set flashback drafts are coming Jan 21
January 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
In this week's article, I get to write about one of my favorite "pretty good" MtG stories (in the classic Boisian tradition).

Featuring a (hopefully accurate) explanation of the riddle: "how can a deck be legal to register for tournaments, legal to play, even legal to lose with, but not to win?"
Ready for another Combo Crash Course? Tom breaks down the Four Horsemen Combo!

https://buff.ly/4a5dJ1m
January 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
file under "auscore"
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 AM
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my new comic is called ADULT HIGH SCHOOL, it's a sexy drama battle manga; it's about changing your life, and going to the mall. You can read it HERE adulthighschool.webcomic.ws/ and HERE patreon.com/adulthighschool 🔪🍑🌸🥷🔥🧑‍🎓 please enjoy!
December 9, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Sick Arcanis #mtg deck, a blast to play!

Glad Arcanis has a home, such a nostalgic card for me since he was legal in Standard when I first started playing.

#tcg #magicthegathering #mtgfoundations
November 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Not the first 7-x draft deck of #MTGFoundations, but the first to be posted on bluesky! Appropriately, it's blue (and black)!

As with the past few sets, very important to secure your early game with cheap blockers/answers. Then it's how good your bombs are.

@cardkingdom.com @fireshoes.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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"Cleric of Life's Bond? More like Cleric of Life's toy artifact creature with base power and toughness of 0/2 and no abilities!" --me, out loud, just before the other three people who live in the house ask me to stop yelling at my laptop
November 16, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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"Godspeed You Depressed Bitch" is my post-rock alter ego
Shout out to the guy absolutely blasting No Children by @themountaingoats.bsky.social at 3am Godspeed you depressed bitch
November 16, 2024 at 6:17 PM
choosing to read these posts as a beautiful diptych.
November 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM
can't wait to stop looking at bad town-square/microblogging website and start looking at good town-square/microblogging website
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM