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Deinonychus

@deinonychus9.bsky.social

Avid cuber, home cook, cocktail maker, and reader. Thoughts are entirely my own. Designer of the Bodleian Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/61454789685c83106293be3c

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@ericmassak.bsky.social · 3w ago

26 days until my #mtgcube festival begins. I’ll be posting on here everyday. Day 17 - possibly a huge cube added to the main event. Finalizing merch quotes. Event info below: www.wolfpackmagic.com

C4AC - a cube charity event @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com · 4w ago

#mtgcube fam! Break out your beakers and get your goggles 🥽 @deinonychus9.bsky.social is bringing the best scientists of the multiverse to #c4acobscura this August!!

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bumping this for the stream day. Can't wait to see you all soon.

Deinonychus@deinonychus9.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You should check out the @bostoncubeparty.com stream this weekend for live paper cubing! Here's a P1P1 of my Bodleian Cube which will be on stream for Top64 on 21Jun ~9am EST. What do you take for fun? To win? Do you use your free Cogwork? How hyped are you for BCP coverage? twitch.tv/olliebeeks

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bodleian Changes for @bostoncubeparty.com #3. I can't wait to bring both of my lists back to one of my favorite cube events. cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl... There are some aspirational tests, but I'm excited to see how they do. On Sunday June 21st ~9am Boston Time you might be able to see too 👀

Zach Barash @improphilo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You might have heard that this event will be the cube event of the year. That it will be weird, loud, chaotic, and above all, awesome. You heard right. I can't wait for it.

C4AC - a cube charity event@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com · 3mo ago

HELLO #MTGCube people #C4ACOBSCURA tickets are LIVE! www.upkeepnewyork.com/c4ac-obscura... We’re recreating the early days of Magic. 17 never before seen cubes 17 of the best designers in the US Fully private lists, full random event 136 players DO NOT MISS THIS! 8/22-8/23, Brooklyn New York.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Highly recommend this one. The concept speaks so much to what I adore about cube.

C4AC - a cube charity event@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com · 3mo ago

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A Sunday afternoon #P1P1 from Bodleian Cube. The color spread in this one was interesting to me.. What do you take for fun? Do you take something different to win? Do you use your cogwork to take a second card? cubecobra.com/cube/list/hgs

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bodleian returns to Boston for the third year. Really honored to have had it at every BCP. Also excited to bring Midwinter back to share.

Boston Cube Party@bostoncubeparty.com · 3mo ago

Our cube offerings for 2026 are live! Congratulations to all of the designers who were selected. If your cube wasn't accepted, especially if it has alternate rules or potentially long rounds, please consider taking your cube to free play! Bring us the weird stuff! #mtgcube bostoncubeparty.com/cubes

United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Your voice really matters right now. If you would like show your support, join us in requesting that Wizards and Hasbro voluntarily recognize our union by signing our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter

Tell Wizards of the Coast to Recognize Our Union!

The workers at Magic The Gathering: Arena have voted overwhelmingly to form the union: United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC)! We are asking Wizards and Hasbro management to voluntarily recognize ...

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Nikki Petersen @nikki-m.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On Facebook Jesper Myrfors had posted this and saw he's not on Bluesky so I wanted to copy & paste it here. I may not have many connections, but this means enough to me where I feel every little bit counts. There is one more paste in the comments, too, so please share! #mtgartist #magicthegathering

To all the MTG artists who still own the right to their work: The problem with Hasbro is that they bought into a hobby game community with no understanding of what a community is. The people who make D&D, the people who made MTG made it for themselves, their friends and people like them meaning fellow gamers. It was about shared experience and having fun together. I cannot speak on the business of D&D but I very much can soeak on the business of MTG. Artists were hired and treated as important and vaulable members of the community. It was the goal fo the compant that those artists should see a benefit from the work they did long term. After all, they helped create the game in a very meaningful way. That is why royalties were paid and meant to be paid for the life of the game whenever that art was used. Then the suits came in. These people were not part of the community, they were not part of the hobby and all they wanted was to profit from the hard work and vision of thers. Royalties went away so empathy imared wuits could take the money instead. New art was sommissioned so royalties would no longer have to be paid. It was a giant FU to all the people who made the game what it is from a visual standpoint. It gets worse.

Then came Hasbro. Hasbro is a billion-dollar multinational corporation. To my mind, they do not care about anything but money. They do not care about the lives of the people who made their current position possible, they do not care about their customers and the certainly to not care about the hobby or the community. They are in my opinion, a relentless eating machine that will devour anything to increase the bottom line. They are the ultimate consumer. They consume joy, creativity, the lives of those who make their products and the very community they rely on for their paychecks. They will not stop. They see this as how you do business. Get all you can regardless of who it hurts. That is not how a community works. That is modern capitalism. That is what destroys society. The idea that a rising tide should raise all ships is completely alien to them. How can they see themselves as winners if there are other boats on the water? Watching others drown is their idea of success. Sadly, many people have bought into this idea. If you don’t make ALL the money you are not successful. If someone else can afford to live then you failed as a business person. We see it all over this very broken country.
They have an army of attorneys who can live with their actions because they are “Just following orders” making it possible. Individually, that is hard to go up against. It has been my experience that Hasbro deals in bad faith and will attempt to get what they cannot bargain for through legal trickery. Be very careful signing anything they ask you to sign and get legal advice. I have personal experience with this. Better yet, sign nothing. More on that below. How they chose to release the 30th anniversary set at $1,000 for 4 booster packs shows they have nothing contempt for their audience. Once again, they do not see it as a community. They see their audience as livestock they have they bought the right to harvest when they wish for their true customers, the shareholders.

For those of you who still own the rights to your artwork. Hang onto those rights. You are the only place that Hasbro can get those rights and they, in my experience, will try to take advantage you. Do not let them. That artwork is valuable, very valuable. Hasbro would love to make millions off of that work as toys, action figures, movies, tv show, video games and any manner of future products, and collectables/landfill. You, as the creator of that work should get a fair slice of that pie. Stick to your guns, hold on to your royalties. If it comes down to accepting a laughable offer or getting nothing. Take the nothing because at least you will still have those very valuable rights.
You as the artist are free to profit from that old work within reason and it can be very profitable. Do not give it away. You are not allowed to use that work in another game. GAME. That leaves a lot of things free to be exploited. You may not be able to use the name of the artwork for copyright and trademark reasons but the designs? The artwork? Those are yours, they do not belong to Hasbro unless you sell to them. We live in a world of 3d printing, you can make your own limited edition action figures or toys, prints, posters, screen savers, puzzles, playmats, mousemats, the list goes on and on, this includes products and future tech no one has thought of yet. You may not have Hasbro’s reach but again, you are the ONLY place those items can be found legally. You own the right to make them. I say those rights are not worth selling for anything less than a fair price.
When musicians sell their back catalogues, they make a lot of money. Keep that energy.

30th anniversary was a colossal and laughable failure but it was not the only chance they will have at a milestone "celebration". There is a 40th Anniversary coming up and a 50th. Mark my words, you will be hearing from Hasbro and they will try to get you to part with those rights, Make it worth your while. You owe Hasbro nothing, they owe you their very success in hobby gaming.
Here is the most important point. They can afford it. They have more money than they know what to do with. At no point feel sorry for them.
When I went to work for WotC I told them upfront that I saw my job as protecting the artists who made our company possible as much as I was there to protect the company. I did not see those two things as different because it was a rising tide that would raise all ships. I saw having a good trusting relationship with the creative minds whose vision made my job possible as a great benefit to all concerned.
I still stand by what I said then only now there is no company I wish to protect as they made their choice to side with greed and I cannot get behind that, so I am left standing only with my fellow artists. Please look after yourselves, do not allow yourself to be taken advantage of.
To that end I suggest we stand together and pool our resources. Hasbro will win through enforced silence, through divide and conquer.
They will contact us individually to make a “secret deal”. They will do their best to make it impossible to communicate with each other concerning these buyouts. We should unite and make them deal with us as a group. Do not sign any document that limits your ability to talk with other artists about a buyout.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Secrets of Strixhaven update for Bodleian Cube is live cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl... What an incredible set. I wish every set had this many amazing designs in it. It took me a while to sift through them and I loved doing it.

Cube Cobra

Build, playtest, and share your Magic the Gathering cube!

cubecobra.com

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Bodleian Cube is featured on today's @cubecobra.com P1P1 cubecobra.com/cube/p1p1/d3... Vote on what you'd take, I love to see folks thoughts on these.

Pack 1 Pick 1 - Cube Cobra

Vote on your first pick from this pack!

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Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I feel like SOS is basically "what if we made awesome Magic and were conscious of how many words went on them." Every set could feel like this, and I hope more of them do going forward. This is most exciting #mtgcube set in a long time.

Bones (A Cube Judge)@goblingathering.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I started playing Magic in 2006. My friend @deinonychus9.bsky.social started in 2020. We're exploring the nuances in starting the same game 14 years apart. 2011 features Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia, M12, and Innistrad. We also talk about Zombies, Game of Thrones, Skyrim, and bans in Standard!

Magic in 2011, with Bones and Deinonychus

YouTube video by Austin Hale

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Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@shoebox.gg was incredible. Designer Pins - Phenomenal idea. Cube Selection- Top notch. Top 8ing the Cube Event - Insanely cool surprise. Experiencing people's excitement about Bodleian - Amazing. I loved getting to share it with folks. The people - Unparalleled in their passion.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It rocks to see The Fire Swamp be such a breakout success at @shoebox.gg. @aibretty.bsky.social has made such a unique, excellent list. If you haven't tried it you should do so as soon as you can.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My Bodleian Cube update prior to @shoebox.gg cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl... Bringing in some old favorites that are recontexualized by the changes since they left the cube. I can't wait to see many of you there and hear about your drafts of the cube.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I got my ticket. Can't wait to see many of you there! Maybe I'll even get to bring Bodleian back for year 3.

Boston Cube Party@bostoncubeparty.com · 6mo ago

Boston Cube Party 3 will be held at The Armory in Somerville, MA on June 20-21, 2026. Save the date. Tickets will be available soon :) #mtgcube

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last year's cube lineup was stacked. Lets help @bostoncubeparty.com get an even more stacked lineup this year!

Boston Cube Party@bostoncubeparty.com · 5mo ago

We have an actual cube submission process this year!! Click the link! forms.gle/qSTCS3QhKEX5...

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If I were you I'd sign up for this event before it sells out.

C4AC - a cube charity event@cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com · 5mo ago

And you all know what this means, right? It’s time to announce our next C4AC in August. This time? We’re doing something… a little different. Keep your eyes peeled and your calendars locked. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS. Details forthcoming… #C4AC

Andy Mangold @andy.luckypaper.co · 6mo ago

We’re going live now! www.twitch.tv/luckypapermtg We’re raising money for Make the Road New York, and yes, we are programming against the Olympic Games

LuckyPaperMTG - Twitch

Cube for a Cause 2026 AW Day 1

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Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Can't wait to run it back a 3rd time.

Boston Cube Party@bostoncubeparty.com · 6mo ago

Boston Cube Party 3 will be held at The Armory in Somerville, MA on June 20-21, 2026. Save the date. Tickets will be available soon :) #mtgcube

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Bodleian Cube updates before @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com . Not a big update, but a lot of the ECL cards are still shaking out too. Excited to see how folks in NYC make use of them all. cubecobra.com/cube/blog/bl...

Cube Cobra

Build, playtest, and share your Magic the Gathering cube!

cubecobra.com

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The cube bangers selected by @shoebox.gg can be described by the words of Smash Mouth "and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming"

Shoebox@shoebox.gg · 6mo ago

We heard you wanted to see MORE stellar cubes featured in the main event: Here's our second batch of Featured Cubes! You can now also check out all the cubes we've announced so far at shoebox.gg/event-cubes

Museum of Modern by goblingathering
Tiny Leaders by gdekker.io
The Penrose Cube by dvdsn
The Devoid Cube by worklifevalue
Hall of Legends by Griff
Alternate History Powered Cube by islandponder
The Tabletop Cube by janemckinney
Spicy Ramen Cube by Rinth

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Time for some Monday P1P1 action from my Bodleian Cube. This pack is stacked! What do you take for fun? To win? Do you use your free Cogwork for a second card? Come check the cube out at @shoebox.gg in March! cubecobra.com/cube/about/hgs

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm so excited to get to bring Bodleian to this event. I hope to see many of you there. At the risk of self promotion, this is a stacked initial set of cubes.

Shoebox@shoebox.gg · 6mo ago

We are very excited to announce our first wave of Main Event featured cubes, as chosen by our expert selection panel! As it's our first year, cubes will selected in batches to ensure we have the right number of cubes for the attendees. More selections will be released regularly!

Eight cubes and corresponding images as follows:
aquaone powered, by aquaone
100 Ornithopters, by andymangold
Companion Cube, by dinrovahorror
Bodleian Cube, by deinonychus9
Eiganjo Drift, by goblingathering
Hoopin, by dant
The Ball Pit, by janemckinney
The Fire Swamp, by aibretty

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is amazing from Brennan. If youcan give even a little this is a way to stretch that impact.

Brennan Lee Mulligan@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank! linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

Good Luck High Five @glhfmagic.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just a reminder that this is still open through the end of the month. Please help if you can.

Deinonychus @deinonychus9.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Absolutely love to see Ryan take an unapologetic stand for what is right. For those who have the means, consider donating to any of the great causes Ryan took the time to list here!

Ryan Overturf@ryanoverdrive.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Part 1 of my Lorwyn Eclipsed first impressions Cube review is here! I get a little political in the intro, which I apologize for having not done sooner. ICE and their enablers have no place in my community. www.buzzsprout.com/2524885