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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 9h

Accurate, Cori Steel-Cutter is really not okay for pioneer
😅

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Elle @holdtheelle.bsky.social · 10h

Split finals of Pioneer Showcase Challenge today playing my beloved Vivi :3 Haven't changed main deck in a while, messed with sideboard and feel like it was largely positive changes

Excited to be one of 64 people to play Pioneer for a PT invite in 2025 come December LOL

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R1- Golgari Food 2-1
R2- Mono W Humans 2-0
R3- Simic Spelunking 2-0
R4- Jund Sacrifice 2-1
R5- Rakdos Leyline 2-0
R6- Orzhov Greasefang 2-0
R7- Golgari Food 1-2
R8- Jund Sacrifice 2-0
QF- Mono R 2-1
SF- Rakdos Midrange 2-1
F- Izzet Phoenix 0-2 (split, played for glory)

4 Consider
4 Spirebluff Canal
3 Dreadhorde Arcanist
4 Fiery Impulse
2 Into the Flood Maw
4 Sleight of Hand
2 Riverpyre Verge
4 Riverglide Pathway
4 Opt
4 Stormchaser's Talent
1 This Town Ain't Big Enough
3 Torch the Tower
4 Island
4 Cori-Steel Cutter
2 Wild Ride
4 Steam Vents
3 Treasure Cruise
3 Vivi Ornitier
1 Shivan Reef

2 Abrade
2 Pyroclasm
2 Spell Pierce
3 Redcap Melee
2 Rebel Salvo
2 Detect Intrusion
2 Unlicensed Hearse

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 9h

I used to be afraid of playing Phoenix because the decision tree can be so overwhelming ! I never brought the deck to any serious paper event.

To win an event with the deck despite the complete lack of reps is the confidence boost I needed 🫡

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 9h

I won the pioneer showcase with Izzet Phoenix 🐦🐦🐦🐦

I expected to go 0-1 drop, but my tournament went smoothly 🫡 Thanks to O_Danielakos for the clean decklist!

And congrats to @holdtheelle.bsky.social who split the finals with me in the steel-cutter mirror match🤝

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Card Titan @cardtitan.bsky.social · 1d

This is Brian Merichiko (left) and Dave Crowley (right).

Dave misplaced his Vintage deck filled with cards like Black Lotus at a local restaurant. Brian, an employee there, found the deck and somehow tracked Dave down at the EW and got him his deck back. What an amazing and touching story!

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 7d

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 7d

7-2 in the legacy showcase challenge with a vintage deck !

I'm focused on modern these days, so I just netdecked a very stock list.

This archetype has a very strong proactive gameplan and is really not easy to attack (I beat every null rods today).

Losses were to Doomsday and Mississipi River!

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 8d

One month and a half before the european RC, I'm once again asking myself if it's too late to learn amulet titan 🐒

domhrv.bsky.social @domhrv.bsky.social · Apr 20

It is too late to learn amulet Titan sadly

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 9d

Any thoughts on the Weapons Manufacturing tech going forward ? I like the "only play the good payoffs" approach but I'm not sure what's the best enabler structure 🤔

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 13d

I split the finals of the last important event of the season to lock 1st place 🫡

The tournament structure was Duel Commander + EoE draft:
- In DC: Thrasios control, a new build created by Jules Lestienne
- In draft: UW flyers with a double spell subtheme

My prize was a revised Underground Sea 🤑

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 14d

Trop fort, il va juste falloir bosser sur ce problème de draws 🐒

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 16d

Good luck Thierry, fais du sale stp

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 16d

Coucou, on enregistre le 15ème épisode du Jour Deux avec Thomas Mechin. On va beaucoup parler du PT en modern !

www.twitch.tv/mechinlamach...

mechinlamachine - Twitch

Le jour deux épisode 15

www.twitch.tv

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Elle @holdtheelle.bsky.social · 21d

Top 16 in Vintage Super Qualifier! Ripped @xenowan.bsky.social 's list (minus a null rod cause my rental limit is 600 XD)

Decks sweet, vintage is sweet, and now I'm back to move prep LOL

R1- Jewels Shops 2-0
R2- Oops 2-1
R3- Lurrus Control 0-2
R4- Sphere Shops 2-1
R5- Jewels Shops 2-0
R6- Lurrus Control 1-2
R7- Jewels Shops 2-1
R8- Doomsday 2-0

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
4 Wasteland
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Swamp
1 Dig Through Time
3 Spell Pierce
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Psychic Frog
4 Polluted Delta
4 Orcish Bowmasters
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Lórien Revealed
2 Mishra's Bauble
1 Mental Misstep
1 Momentum Breaker
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Island
1 Gitaxian Probe
4 Force of Will
3 Force of Negation
1 Flooded Strand
4 Fatal Push
1 Strip Mine
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Timetwister
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Daze
4 Underground Sea
1 Urza's Saga
1 Brainstorm

2 Consign to Memory
1 Dress Down
1 Flusterstorm
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Yixlid Jailer
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Nemesis Trap
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Long Goodbye
1 Soul Rend
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 22d

It took me a lot of self-discipline not to submit Breach + Gifts Ungiven after going 10-0 with the deck in leagues yesterday.

I'm trying my best to play the good cards 🫡

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 22d

Top 16 in the vintage championship with Dimir😼

Thanks to team Grindstone for working with me on that list! And especially to @univercemtg.bsky.social who found some great techs 🤝

I beat 6 Lurrus decks (3 Mirror, 2 PO, 1 breach) and lost to Dredge and a Tinker brew

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 27d

Vintage token acquired thanks to the power of clown car 🤡🚗

I only get to play the format a few times a year, but it's always fun!

The shell felt promising, but the list is still very rough (especially the SB) and needs tuning. I liked the Nettlecyst "aggro" pivot

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · 27d

One of my mtg-related ggoal for 2025 was to play more paper events and try to become a better "paper player". I enjoyed the process and I think I did a good job!

I'm currently seating at #1 in the EUL national ranking for France and should get an invite for the final event 🫡

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Frank Karsten @frankkarsten.bsky.social · Sep 11

Modern is an incredible format, currently enjoying a metagame full of diversity. My overview of the winning decks and metas from 10 Modern Pro Tours offers an insightful historical perspective. www.magic.gg/news/metagam...

Metagame Mentor: Top Modern Decks from the Last Ten Pro Tours

Frank breaks down the top Modern decks from the last ten Pro Tours. See which cards and archetypes have won out over the rest.

www.magic.gg

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dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · Sep 8

a dude at my local ren faire absolutely crushed with this prodigal sorcerer cosplay. guy looks like he could really ping the shit out of you. 🪄

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Link to the decklist: moxfield.com/decks/escRFz...

Tata Yoyo Belcher - Modern

A deck created using Moxfield.

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tamiyo has been excellent for me in this deck: she supports the draw-go gameplan, is a pitch for 1 or a blocker against energy, gives you game objects for whir and Reliquary etc.

I'm really glad that I get to skip standard season and never buy Vivi lol

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · Sep 8

This weekend, I qualified for Turin playing a slightly innovative build of Belcher that I've been working on with Nick Cosgrove 🫡

With the metagame being so combo-centric, Flare is a bit worse while FoN gets better. Tamiyo and Stock Up gives you enough card advantage to support 7 pitch spells!

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · Sep 4

This list makes a lot of sense for open decklist. In close decklist, I'd trim a bit of interaction (flood maw was nice, the rest not so much). Hellkite could probably be something else as well. The SB is a bit too reactive, this deck is too durdly and synergy-driven to play the flash game

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Xenowan @xenowan.bsky.social · Sep 4

2-1: delirium
2-0: cauldron
2-1: cauldron
2-1: mirror
2-0: cauldron

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