Reuben | beatsandskies
@beatsandskies.bsky.social
Red deck player, co-organiser of the APAC Premodern Webcam League, MS Paint “Artist”, and writer of Precon related stuff | He/Him | Aotearoa NZ
That’s 15 further precons complete, and only 2000 odd left to go. If you count ones from Shandalar and MTGO etc too. Which obviously I do.
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
That’s 15 further precons complete, and only 2000 odd left to go. If you count ones from Shandalar and MTGO etc too. Which obviously I do.
Also I present this as evidence to WoTC of the importance of having cheap fixing and staple effects available in special frame treatments too. Not just a handful of flashy rares. Fortunately Evolving Wilds is a decent enough substitute here for Rugged Highlands. Racers’ Ring I’m undecided about.
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Also I present this as evidence to WoTC of the importance of having cheap fixing and staple effects available in special frame treatments too. Not just a handful of flashy rares. Fortunately Evolving Wilds is a decent enough substitute here for Rugged Highlands. Racers’ Ring I’m undecided about.
So what if you took one of the @mtgarena.com Starter Deck Duels decks and built it in paper using Double Feature printings? What would that be like? A question you’ll never have an answer to because nobody would be strange enough to actually put the time and effort into doing something like that.
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
So what if you took one of the @mtgarena.com Starter Deck Duels decks and built it in paper using Double Feature printings? What would that be like? A question you’ll never have an answer to because nobody would be strange enough to actually put the time and effort into doing something like that.
Going through the @sorcerytcg.bsky.social Gothic precons a second time (sleeving them up) and these are my favourite cards from each deck. Based pretty exclusively on the art. The Harbringer deck especially was a particularly difficult choice. 10 Tonne Slug and Call of the Sea were my almosts.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Going through the @sorcerytcg.bsky.social Gothic precons a second time (sleeving them up) and these are my favourite cards from each deck. Based pretty exclusively on the art. The Harbringer deck especially was a particularly difficult choice. 10 Tonne Slug and Call of the Sea were my almosts.
In today’s episode of Commander is a silly format which shouldn’t exist but I’m not too proud to take advantage of the whims of its playerbase… I only had one of these in my bulk. Surprisingly. Time to put it into my trade binder where it’ll sit unloved until it is time to go back into the Saga box.
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
In today’s episode of Commander is a silly format which shouldn’t exist but I’m not too proud to take advantage of the whims of its playerbase… I only had one of these in my bulk. Surprisingly. Time to put it into my trade binder where it’ll sit unloved until it is time to go back into the Saga box.
Really takes me back just flicking through these. How Magic was in high school. Limited spoilers… oh my that looks amazing: is that Kirschner? I didn’t realise he was doing art for them… then there’s all sorts of crazy new abilities on cards that instantly start you strategising and building around.
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Really takes me back just flicking through these. How Magic was in high school. Limited spoilers… oh my that looks amazing: is that Kirschner? I didn’t realise he was doing art for them… then there’s all sorts of crazy new abilities on cards that instantly start you strategising and building around.
This account was originally just to automatically post stuff from my MTG Precon focused Wordpress site. But nothing that WoTC has released this year has had any appeal to me. Next year, maybe. Return of Theme Decks in Lorwyn is promising. But honestly… I’m not sure if I care. Pic related. :)
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This account was originally just to automatically post stuff from my MTG Precon focused Wordpress site. But nothing that WoTC has released this year has had any appeal to me. Next year, maybe. Return of Theme Decks in Lorwyn is promising. But honestly… I’m not sure if I care. Pic related. :)
The dates aren’t quite locked in yet: we’re discussing how soon after Christmas/New Years we want to kick off. But I’ve earmarked this art for a poster for a while now, and with Margaret Organ-Kean doing illustrations in the new Lorwyn set (her past piece was for Tempest in 1997) it seemed time.
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The dates aren’t quite locked in yet: we’re discussing how soon after Christmas/New Years we want to kick off. But I’ve earmarked this art for a poster for a while now, and with Margaret Organ-Kean doing illustrations in the new Lorwyn set (her past piece was for Tempest in 1997) it seemed time.
So I tried to do the Japanese triangle deck pic thing which was all the rage in the Pauper and Premodern scenes (and assumedly Japanese Middle School scene?) a few weeks ago. But I didn’t check any references before doing so. Don’t think I got it quite right. But hey: it’s the premodern.com list!
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So I tried to do the Japanese triangle deck pic thing which was all the rage in the Pauper and Premodern scenes (and assumedly Japanese Middle School scene?) a few weeks ago. But I didn’t check any references before doing so. Don’t think I got it quite right. But hey: it’s the premodern.com list!
What were your first four Commander decks?
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
What were your first four Commander decks?
Oh drat. The event I was thinking of was yesterday. Though that’d have been no good if you weren’t in Melbourne, either.
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Oh drat. The event I was thinking of was yesterday. Though that’d have been no good if you weren’t in Melbourne, either.
Watched the 2018 Stallone film Backtrace last night, which certainly was a 2018 Stallone film. But I did keep expecting that Modine would sit down and start explaining what made Chicago’s 1972 smash hit “Saturday in the Park” great, before complaining that his reaction videos keep getting blocked.
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Watched the 2018 Stallone film Backtrace last night, which certainly was a 2018 Stallone film. But I did keep expecting that Modine would sit down and start explaining what made Chicago’s 1972 smash hit “Saturday in the Park” great, before complaining that his reaction videos keep getting blocked.
What’s the coolest Premodern era art sadly attached to a card which isn’t really good enough to play? Maybe it’s this one: it’s a pretty strong contender at the very least. Makes a pretty awesome event poster if nothing else, so that’s cool.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What’s the coolest Premodern era art sadly attached to a card which isn’t really good enough to play? Maybe it’s this one: it’s a pretty strong contender at the very least. Makes a pretty awesome event poster if nothing else, so that’s cool.
Posting this here so I can reference it on the wiki! :)
For context: MaRo has mentioned that there was a 1994 Belgian Nats in a few articles, but I couldn’t find anything about it. So I emailed Carl Devos who did reports on the Dojo (and is still doing OS93/94 reports on zongo.be/magic) and boom:
For context: MaRo has mentioned that there was a 1994 Belgian Nats in a few articles, but I couldn’t find anything about it. So I emailed Carl Devos who did reports on the Dojo (and is still doing OS93/94 reports on zongo.be/magic) and boom:
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Posting this here so I can reference it on the wiki! :)
For context: MaRo has mentioned that there was a 1994 Belgian Nats in a few articles, but I couldn’t find anything about it. So I emailed Carl Devos who did reports on the Dojo (and is still doing OS93/94 reports on zongo.be/magic) and boom:
For context: MaRo has mentioned that there was a 1994 Belgian Nats in a few articles, but I couldn’t find anything about it. So I emailed Carl Devos who did reports on the Dojo (and is still doing OS93/94 reports on zongo.be/magic) and boom:
Many Magic Players ask the question… what team at Worlds 2018 was the most Metal?
And the winner is…
BULGARIA!
And the winner is…
BULGARIA!
October 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Many Magic Players ask the question… what team at Worlds 2018 was the most Metal?
And the winner is…
BULGARIA!
And the winner is…
BULGARIA!
It’s impossible to pick a favourite piece that he did for the game, but right now I am quite enjoying this one in particular:
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It’s impossible to pick a favourite piece that he did for the game, but right now I am quite enjoying this one in particular:
Getting a bit ahead of myself in poster stakes, but when inspiration hits… love for some more cats in Australia, Japan, Philippines etc to join us. Got a pretty cool group of people regularly jamming some premodern together!
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Getting a bit ahead of myself in poster stakes, but when inspiration hits… love for some more cats in Australia, Japan, Philippines etc to join us. Got a pretty cool group of people regularly jamming some premodern together!
Because I’m a huge fan of old white bordered Magic cards, obviously I chose to recreate the 2001 Deckmasters: Finkel vs Garfield duel decks with original Ice Age and Alliances printings. Clearly Garfield, channelling his inner Olle Råde, is the pick of the two. (I think Finkel crushed him though.)
September 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Because I’m a huge fan of old white bordered Magic cards, obviously I chose to recreate the 2001 Deckmasters: Finkel vs Garfield duel decks with original Ice Age and Alliances printings. Clearly Garfield, channelling his inner Olle Råde, is the pick of the two. (I think Finkel crushed him though.)
To be fair… he does like the word.
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
To be fair… he does like the word.
I guess since I’m going hard on Bluesky posting… Back when LTR dropped I designed a bunch of thematic 60 card casual decks. Maybe by the time the newly announced Hobbit set drops I’ll have finished building them! This is “Cirith Ungol”: finally pulled the trigger on Mithril Coat. (Store credit!)
September 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I guess since I’m going hard on Bluesky posting… Back when LTR dropped I designed a bunch of thematic 60 card casual decks. Maybe by the time the newly announced Hobbit set drops I’ll have finished building them! This is “Cirith Ungol”: finally pulled the trigger on Mithril Coat. (Store credit!)
This plonker doesn’t speak for Aotearoa NZ. Well, actually he does. Which is a huge fucking problem. But in reality he doesn’t. From the river to the sea, no more of this hypocrisy. Fuck Zionism, Fuck Militarism, Fuck Americanism, Fuck Nationalism, Fuck Religion. 🇵🇸✊☮️⭐️
September 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This plonker doesn’t speak for Aotearoa NZ. Well, actually he does. Which is a huge fucking problem. But in reality he doesn’t. From the river to the sea, no more of this hypocrisy. Fuck Zionism, Fuck Militarism, Fuck Americanism, Fuck Nationalism, Fuck Religion. 🇵🇸✊☮️⭐️