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SlothicMania

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He/him. Anti-fascist, anti-AI. I like Magic: the Gathering, DOOM, Elder Scrolls, BG3, Stardew Valley, and Sonic games. Cover photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash Avatar art by Svetlin Velinov, for the Hungry Megasloth card

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm at a place where I'm happy with my spellslinger cube (though I'm always open to feedback). Looking forward to drafting it with friends.

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Cube Cobra Overview: A Wizard Did It -- v0.3.2

# A Wizard Did It v0.3.2 At a base level, I wanted a cube that was themed around wizards and spellslinging. The goal was to have each archetype lean into some theme related to casting instants and so...

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 48m

+1 for Aatchik. Just a solid insect friend.

SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1h

It's not a *good* card, but it sure is a fun one.

Magic: the Gathering card
Displaced Dinosaurs
5 generic, 2 green mana
Creature — Dinosaur

As a historic permanent you control enters, it becomes a 7/7 Dinosaur creature in addition to its other types. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Flavor text: “Good grief! It’s a stegosaurus. What a splendid specimen.”
—The Third Doctor

7/7

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1h

"Fuck This" - Time Stop

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 16h

Probably my favorite deck to pilot currently is Vanille.

Magic: the Gathering card
Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
3 generic, 1 green mana
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

When Vanille enters, mill two cards, then return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

At the beginning of your first main phase, if you both own and control Vanille and a creature named Fang, Fearless l'Cie, you may pay 3 generic, 1 black, and 1 green mana. If you do, exile them, then meld them into Ragnarok, Divine Deliverance.

3/2

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 20h

Someone at my LGS converted their Gitrog Monster deck to Hearthhull, and it is somehow scarier than Gitrog 😅

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Cas/Strix 🔜 MagicCon Atlanta @strixhavendropout.bsky.social · 23h

HELL YEAH! I’m glad my review helped! Ig you want your deck reviewed on my stream submit them here: forms.gle/WUtK5Yprw5K6...

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

I like this plan.

And I'd volunteer to help because I'd like my coding skills to go to anything that isn't yet another marketing site, but... alas, I'm not a bear

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

I feel it. I don't want to be on any other social media right now (and this is... questionable too). Might just disappear into the woods.

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

It’s weird, I really liked the Spider-Man full art lands but most folks didn’t.

Reception for the pizza lands seems really high, on the other hand, but I am really not feeling them.

🤷‍♂️ that’s fine. Different tastes. 🕸️🍕

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

I had a feeling that might be it, but you’re right. It’s such a small nitpick.

It’s not the first time they’ve played with the formatting on one of these, either (see: ordering of pips on Captain America).

SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

…what formatting rules are they talking about here? I’m not noticing anything weird here.

But yeah, I get you.

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 1d

I'm one of the few who liked Spider-Man, but Turtles Forever feels exactly like what Spider-Verse should have been.

Not a Turtles fan, but I can't deny that the art and design are very cool.

Spider-Verse
3 generic, 2 red mana
Enchantment

The “legend rule” doesn’t apply to Spiders you control.

Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, you may copy it. If you do, you may choose new targets for the copy. If the copy is a permanent spell, it gains haste. Do this only once each turn.

Flavor text: Every Spider ever…and then some!

SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 2d

I would really like to see more four color commanders that include black. Feels like we’ve had an increase of WURG commanders without other combinations catching up.

SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 2d

OK, and in a similar vein: we just had Cori-Steel Cutter introduced and swiftly banned in Standard this year.

This isn't a UB-unique or -specific problem.

Cori-Steel Cutter
1 generic, 1 red mana
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and haste.

Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess. You may attach this Equipment to it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Equip 1 generic, 1 red mana

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SlothicMania @slothicmania.bsky.social · 2d

I find it hard to believe that people use power creep as a reason for not liking Universes Beyond. Yes, The One Ring and Vivi exist. So do Nadu and Cori-Steel Cutter. It's not a UB-unique thing.