Welcome back, Static.

Grandeur is so back and better

There's one complaint about UB that I can't argue with: "Magic is a story-telling medium, and Universes Beyond aren't really doing that. It's just a bunch of nostalgic touchstones and Legendary creatures." This is huge. A great direction for the UB brand and something I can really cheer for!

Agree, and Hot Topic Du Jour sounds like a goth couture boutique shop.

Heckin’ borf, indeed! (stage is hella set for the John Wick crossover)

He works the recipe fast and kinda by feel. It is a forgiving process, even though this presentation seems fast. He’s right about the seasoning. Take it to YOUR limit. The lentils will handle it easily, and get better over a few days in the fridge.

I made this giant pot/skillet of lentils, my first time working with the ingredient. I made WAY WAY WAY too much, but *omfg* are they delicious. They LOVE lots of seasoning, stock, olive oil, white pepper! I’m having a bowl with salt-baked chicken breast for lunch rn and it’s wonderfully rich.

All my homies sift bulk. Pauper and Peasant players will make fun games happen everyday with whatever is handy. I’m sad that we’re trading a foil in every pack for a 1:999 gamble. I’ve gotten so many cool foils in draft, used them in decks later, and it’s just gone.

Mild shame: I finally got the card mailed off. Delay entirely due to procrastination and being unfamiliar with sending out of country. It does seem a bit silly to spend $20 to send a playing card to someone. Happy to do it though!

These two were standard legal when EDH came to my store. It was an extra clunky deck concept back then, but I bet we have enough tools now to make it regular clunky, at least. So yeah, I support this very much!

D2D2 is an old way of playing faster games. It was never its own format. Essentially, each player has a copy of Explore resolve at the beginning of their draw step. If the idea plays well as a mod, then build decks and stress test it. Using one big shared deck is an option, too.

Your idea has as much merit as “Draw 2, Drop 2”. I think it could apply to any multiplayer format and yield fun/interesting gameplay, without engineering decks to thrive under these conditions.

Giving it a quick think on my drive to work this morning, and it seems like an interesting idea. The first major snag that comes to mind is that it could get tedious to track what mana goes away on each upkeep. Are you looking to make a broad modification rule, or a format with its own meta?

And glory to the House of Eriksson!

The same thing we do every time they don’t print the things we want. Same goes for Martok, Garrak, and Gowron, since they grace my wall as well.

It’s a flowchart, because it’s too complicated to understand unless you read updates to your End User License Agreements.

Announcing our coverage team for the livestream of HTN Memorial Team Trios 2026!

I’m tempted to try this out. We criminals should diversify our skillsets. Maybe I’ve grown too used to one crime per turn, but it’s very fun to win by preventing damage!