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IvoryTower

@1vorytower.bsky.social

EDH enthusiast and recovering PhD. Decks: https://www.moxfield.com/users/IvoryTower

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Kristen@narukamiknight.bsky.social · 3w ago

Rulebreaker is a great way to create new legends that don’t devolve into five color valueslop piles, BUT I hope they don’t pull us away from giving underserved archetypes and creature types the multicolor Commanders that other decks have access to, and that they still deserve ✍️ vist.ly/5dq5n

Mystery Booster's New Rulebreaker Commanders Break the Rules - But Are They Fair? - Card Kingdom Blog

Mystery Booster Commander Edition was revealed at GenCon 2026 in an exclusive draft of the new set. A whole host of new Commander cards will be available in the product, including Arena Alchemy cards ...

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IvoryTower@1vorytower.bsky.social · 3w ago

For a community that often laments how Magic preys on FOMO, it’s dispiriting that my only exposure to Whatnot — an optimized vehicle for impulse purchases — came from the game’s more prominent creators. I’ve seen less lately, but I don’t know that it was ever addressed. www.wsj.com/business/ret...

The Live Shopping App Where Some People Bid Until They’re Broke

Whatnot’s fast-moving auctions and feverish ‘breaks’ hook users hoping to buy prized sports cards—plus fashion, tools, food and nearly anything else.

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Tony DiTerlizzi@diterlizzi.bsky.social · 3w ago

Vintage Magic the Gathering art! What a surprise to learn that an unpublished oldie for Magic finally gets a release! There are a couple more in their archive that have yet to see the light of day, so you never know.🤞

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Benji, Brewing since 2023@benjithebrewer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey friends I am loathe to part with cards but, well, frankly I need the money ASAP so I'm offering these cards at these prices. If you're interested, please shoot me a DM! Conversely if you don't want to buy anything but want to help - my venmo is @Milotic83 Thank you!

1. $90 Ancient Copper Dragon {4}{R}{R} Creature — Elder Dragon Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result. 6/5 Illustrated by Antonio José Manzanedo 2. $25 - foil Galadriel's Dismissal {W} Instant Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don’t exist until their controller’s next turn.) Illustrated by Alexander Mokhov 3. $70 Vampiric Tutor {B} Instant Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life. Illustrated by Raymond Swanland 4. $10 Misleading Signpost {2}{U} Artifact Flash When this artifact enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can’t attack its controller or their permanents.) {T}: Add {U}. Illustrated by Julian Kok Joon Wen 5. $90 Rhystic Study {2}{U} Stay with Me Enchantment Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}. Illustrated by Square Enix 6. $10 Bloom Tender {1}{G} Creature — Elf Druid Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color. Beauty is a seed, waiting to blossom under her capable hands. 1/1 Illustrated by Chippy
N=1@nequals1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Regardless of the politics, losing a key player in a knockout tourney to a borderline call makes the game worse. I say this not merely as an American, but as a Draymond Green superfan.

Keithulhu@keithulhucards.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I just found out that BCW discontinued the acrylic case that I use for holding my shadowbox alters 😭 If anyone happens to have a line on a supply of 25-card BCW snap cases, lmk. I can't find them online ANYWHERE

ceej@ceej.online · 2mo ago

GUIDE: Welcome to the Great American State Fair! TOURIST: Incredible! And which state are we in right now? GUIDE: (violently shaking their head) Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Amy the Amazonian@amytheamazonian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My frustration with the management of Brawl spreads in so many directions. Matchmaking issues aside, this format has added dozens of high powered, salty cards at a speed unseen in any format in Magic's history outside of Timeless. Singleton should be a brewer's paradise, not a pile of tutors.

Alex Ullman@nerdtothecore.com · 4mo ago

Mavinda is the Students' Advocate, but what does this mean? In American universities this tends to fall under the realm of Student Affairs (that's what I do in my day job). Our role is to help students outside of their academic pursuits. This can include a ton of areas including sports, tutoring...

Mavinda, Students' Advocate {2}{W} Legendary Creature — Bird Advisor Flying {0}: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell doesn’t target a creature you control, it costs {8} more to cast this way. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only once each turn. (You still pay the spell’s costs. Timing rules for the spell still apply.) 2/3 Illustrated by Wesley Burt
IvoryTower@1vorytower.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As someone in the field, how do Mavinda’s mechanics translate to her role? Strixhaven was my first set after I got back into Magic, and I remember being disoriented by how the walls of text made it harder to decode what the cards were “doing.” Years later, and I still don’t quite get this one!

Zander🚈🔰@kohiwonomu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

if you read nothing else from rodger sherman in your entire life please read these paragraphs from the end of his newsletter, possibly the most important paragraphs anyone has ever written about Team USA

Throughout these Olympics, people asked me why I was cheering for Team USA at this bleak moment in American history. I get it! Our government is a nightmare, causing endless harm internationally and at home. Abroad, they’re picking needless fights with our closest allies — remember what I said about Donald Trump reposting AI-generated videos of himself punching imaginary Canadians in the face? And domestically, they’re building camps for immigrants, and sending masked goons to brutalize and occasionally murder our neighbors in our streets. So yeah. It felt weird being patriotic during these Olympics. Many Team USA athletes said so themselves. But America is so much bigger than Donald Trump and his evil government. The flag that flies when an American athlete wins a gold medal isn’t Donald Trump’s flag. It’s ours. The anthem that plays isn’t Donald Trump’s song. It’s ours. If we refuse to celebrate what’s great about our country because of the people trying to ruin it, they’ve already succeeded. There’s a reason Trump and his administration didn’t celebrate most of Team USA’s wins. (Except the men’s hockey team. I wonder why...) The bigots in charge of our country like to claim that our diversity makes us weaker. Every two years, Team USA proves otherwise at the Olympics. Americans of every race, every background, and every orientation show that they can work together to become the best in the world. There’s a reason Trump and his administration didn’t celebrate most of Team USA’s wins. (Except the men’s hockey team. I wonder why...) The bigots in charge of our country like to claim that our diversity makes us weaker. Every two years, Team USA proves otherwise at the Olympics. Americans of every race, every background, and every orientation show that they can work together to become the best in the world. This year’s Team USA featured all sorts of Americans this administration hates. While this administration tries to demonize immigrants and forcibly remove them from our country, nearly one-fifth of Team USA were immigrants or the children of immigrants, like naturalized citizen Kaillie Humphries and first-generation American Alysa Liu. While this administration cracks down on LGBTQ+ rights, Team USA had Hilary Knight getting engaged to Brittany Bowe before winning a gold medal. While this administration tries to reimagine America as a white ethnostate, Team USA had Black gold medalists like Elana Meyers Taylor and Laila Edwards. I could keep going. Watching Team USA have their best Winter Olympics ever was a much-needed reminder of all the reasons we can’t give up on this whole America thing. The Trump administration is the worst of us. Team USA is the best of us. Why on earth would we let the worst thing about our country dampen our love for the best things about our country?
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6mo ago

THE FINAL SPORTS! NEWSLETTER OF THE OLYMPICS Team USA had its best Winter Olympics ever. I wrote about why we can never let the worst things about America keep us from celebrating the best things about America. Also, bobsled and cross-country skiing results!

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2y ago

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything