Ben Weitz
@bsweitz123.bsky.social
Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast. Former ML Engineer at Pinterest, Ph.D. in TCS. Ask me about designing Magic Cards! Or my monored cube! Or math! Or board games!
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On this week's #mtgcube conversation on Recross the Paths, I get to sit down with @bsweitz123.bsky.social and chat about Mono-Red! Lots of great insight from Ben's role as a game designer at Wizards of the Coast.
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Ben Weitz - Monored Cube
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February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
On this week's #mtgcube conversation on Recross the Paths, I get to sit down with @bsweitz123.bsky.social and chat about Mono-Red! Lots of great insight from Ben's role as a game designer at Wizards of the Coast.
open.spotify.com/episode/3p9A...
open.spotify.com/episode/3p9A...
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If you want to hear me talk about Magic design, Cube design, and how I’ve applied it to my Monored Cube, check out this interview! I love yapping and you can get plenty of it here.
On this week's #mtgcube conversation on Recross the Paths, I get to sit down with @bsweitz123.bsky.social and chat about Mono-Red! Lots of great insight from Ben's role as a game designer at Wizards of the Coast.
open.spotify.com/episode/3p9A...
open.spotify.com/episode/3p9A...
Ben Weitz - Monored Cube
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February 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
If you want to hear me talk about Magic design, Cube design, and how I’ve applied it to my Monored Cube, check out this interview! I love yapping and you can get plenty of it here.
Lost in top 8 sadly. Wasn’t meant to be. But I’m happy to have made a deep run with a self-made brew. Jeweled Colossus is the truth, just some nice chonk for the pump spells. Decklist here:
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Lost in top 8 sadly. Wasn’t meant to be. But I’m happy to have made a deep run with a self-made brew. Jeweled Colossus is the truth, just some nice chonk for the pump spells. Decklist here:
Top 8 the Riftbound 10k at @scgcon.bsky.social with Ahri. Aiming for that trophy and to properly represent my midlane one-trick!
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Top 8 the Riftbound 10k at @scgcon.bsky.social with Ahri. Aiming for that trophy and to properly represent my midlane one-trick!
Won our #wotcstaff Avatar Limited tournament today. I won the Spider-Man one too a few months ago! Perhaps only mostly washed :)
January 24, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Won our #wotcstaff Avatar Limited tournament today. I won the Spider-Man one too a few months ago! Perhaps only mostly washed :)
My favorite adds to monored cube from Lorwyn Eclipsed! #wotcstaff
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 AM
My favorite adds to monored cube from Lorwyn Eclipsed! #wotcstaff
Brion Stoutarm is my forever-favorite commander. I've had my Brion deck for 15+ years. I was super happy the ECL set team asked me to design a new member of the Stoutarm family. Bre is great in my Brion deck, but with her own buildaround power for any new fans. #wotcstaff
January 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Brion Stoutarm is my forever-favorite commander. I've had my Brion deck for 15+ years. I was super happy the ECL set team asked me to design a new member of the Stoutarm family. Bre is great in my Brion deck, but with her own buildaround power for any new fans. #wotcstaff
Just updated my cube overviews to be a little more sales pitchy for the next CubeCon. Now that I've played in one, I understand the mechanics of how people choose the cubes to play (it is quite an overwhelming process). And advertising that I'm #wotcstaff probably doesn't hurt :)
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Just updated my cube overviews to be a little more sales pitchy for the next CubeCon. Now that I've played in one, I understand the mechanics of how people choose the cubes to play (it is quite an overwhelming process). And advertising that I'm #wotcstaff probably doesn't hurt :)
2025 was an incredible year for me and has brought me a lot of happiness. I met my wonderful girlfriend, I saw the successful release of several work projects I put a lot of effort into, and I found a new card game to compete in. Really excited for 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
2025 was an incredible year for me and has brought me a lot of happiness. I met my wonderful girlfriend, I saw the successful release of several work projects I put a lot of effort into, and I found a new card game to compete in. Really excited for 2026!
My favorite card of the year is Teval, arbiter of virtue. The text never changed in from my brain to print, just the mana cost and power toughness. I think it’s super fun, you can get big pop off turns but it’s risky and you’re often balanced on a knife’s edge. The art is also incredible. #wotcstaff
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My favorite card of the year is Teval, arbiter of virtue. The text never changed in from my brain to print, just the mana cost and power toughness. I think it’s super fun, you can get big pop off turns but it’s risky and you’re often balanced on a knife’s edge. The art is also incredible. #wotcstaff
New upgrades to the monored cube! I’m in love with the nevys disk
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New upgrades to the monored cube! I’m in love with the nevys disk
Ordered Chinese takeout, now have a fire roaring making s’mores for a 5 year old while listening to Bob Dylan. Merry Christmas from an American Jew everybody!
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Ordered Chinese takeout, now have a fire roaring making s’mores for a 5 year old while listening to Bob Dylan. Merry Christmas from an American Jew everybody!
Doing some coloring and wood puzzles with my niece this fine Christmas Eve
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Doing some coloring and wood puzzles with my niece this fine Christmas Eve
Doing some nice calm model building with my mom for her birthday. We’ve got the train car done but the surrounding setting to go!
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Doing some nice calm model building with my mom for her birthday. We’ve got the train car done but the surrounding setting to go!
Played a full box sealed grab bag at work today and went 3-0 with this nice crime mill deck. Shoutout to Unlicensed Hearse for the DSK matchups and Dave Humpherys for making the 1B vampire mill target player.
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Played a full box sealed grab bag at work today and went 3-0 with this nice crime mill deck. Shoutout to Unlicensed Hearse for the DSK matchups and Dave Humpherys for making the 1B vampire mill target player.
Have had some banger monored cube drafts recently. Been trying to add cards to laser-focus buff some strategies and it seems to have worked. Combo cube has also improved after cutting half the under supported stuff to properly support the other half. Feeling proud of my work.
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Have had some banger monored cube drafts recently. Been trying to add cards to laser-focus buff some strategies and it seems to have worked. Combo cube has also improved after cutting half the under supported stuff to properly support the other half. Feeling proud of my work.
Heading to dinner with some PT winners
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Heading to dinner with some PT winners
Ended up 5-4, at least I have my “better-than-50%” pride. Lost to kaisa more than I was hoping to, I thought my list was at least reasonable against it though not favored. I should have played 3 jeweled colossus.
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Ended up 5-4, at least I have my “better-than-50%” pride. Lost to kaisa more than I was hoping to, I thought my list was at least reasonable against it though not favored. I should have played 3 jeweled colossus.
Three rounds in and I’m 2-1 at Riftbound Houston. My loss was super close too, this game is really fun! Charm and Thousand-Tailed Watcher please take me home. #ahribestgirl
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Three rounds in and I’m 2-1 at Riftbound Houston. My loss was super close too, this game is really fun! Charm and Thousand-Tailed Watcher please take me home. #ahribestgirl
At the airport too early and you know what that means. Time for an AMA! If you’ve got questions about magic design, other games, or math then here is a good place to ask. #wotcstaff
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
At the airport too early and you know what that means. Time for an AMA! If you’ve got questions about magic design, other games, or math then here is a good place to ask. #wotcstaff
Soft locking my decklist for Riftbound Houston. If the Friday tournament brings disaster I’ll reconsider, but feeling good about the build and slots.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Soft locking my decklist for Riftbound Houston. If the Friday tournament brings disaster I’ll reconsider, but feeling good about the build and slots.
I’m preparing for a competitive card game tournament for the first time in 5 years and it feels so goddamn good
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I’m preparing for a competitive card game tournament for the first time in 5 years and it feels so goddamn good
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Had a nice Riftbound day yesterday ft a few hours of playtesting in the morning into a Skirmish. The tournament boiled down to us and another testing discord on each side of T4 (with @bsweitz123.bsky.social's Ahri knocking me out in said semis 😵💫)
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Had a nice Riftbound day yesterday ft a few hours of playtesting in the morning into a Skirmish. The tournament boiled down to us and another testing discord on each side of T4 (with @bsweitz123.bsky.social's Ahri knocking me out in said semis 😵💫)
Well, looks like I might have to be an Ahri one-trick in the card game too.
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Well, looks like I might have to be an Ahri one-trick in the card game too.