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JakeBrowne
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Denver’s side quest guy since '02. From pot critic to game show host to Chowdermeister. Now: Marketing Director at Gum Pop. XP in bad ideas that worked.
Got a couple things before leaving for Japan (somehow the couch was more expensive than the box)
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
three head coaches in three years, 20m over the salary cap, and still haven't won a championship despite having great first round picks. joke of an organization if you ask me
October 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I have very complicated feelings about some dork in a MAGA hat not getting to lose another tournament vs LibsOfTikTok making this a big deal and I'm sure I'm wrong so posting those feelings here will surely get me the answers I seek. Cunningham's Law in 3, 2, 1...
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Revisited the data on Spiderman's disastrous Arena launch since tomorrow will mark two weeks since release.

Spoiler alert: it has NOT gotten better.

Whether it's pick 2/design/the Omenpaths of it all, this was massively rejected. Let's use the data to analyze player decay in limited on Arena:
October 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Friendly reminder that this is a video from someone who is being paid by the casino to play a slot machine to show you how great slot machines are.
The problem is that by the time YOU play the slot machine, it'll be paying out quarters instead of dollars.
As a wise man once said, "Buy singles."
WHOOOIOAAAA BIG PULLS!!!
#MTGxFINALFANTASY collector boosters have WHAT in them?

Happy Pre Release day! I’ll be streaming live from my LGS, The Comic Book Store starting at 3pm EST! 2 events, lots of boosters to be opened!

#MTGAmbassador
June 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Anyone have a clue what this backpack is called or what it might be worth? Acquired it with a collection and can't find it on the manufacturer's website
June 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This Saturday. I'll be doing pack prizes for pod winners in the Command Zone (it's a single 8ft table) and will have light refreshments. Cash preferred.
April 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My final Mana Club for the foreseeable future is up.

I talk about looking for things in the Magic community I desperately needed to fix in myself.

Thank you to everyone who sat through the constant reinvention and need for validation. I'll see ya when I see ya. ❤️
April 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
PSA: Please, don't attack your X/1's into open blue mana
April 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I remember a time when someone would see someone else had an original idea years earlier and decided against trampling over them to produce derivative content for a channel that already has a million 'contents' going.

Am I the sinkhole?! 🙃
Something new for TTC. Perhaps your familiar with r/AmITheAsshole, and if not, I'll explain.

Have you found yourself in situation playing Magic where folks are angry, upset, or frustrated with you? Do you feel you were in the right? Tell us about it, and we'll let you know! This is r/AmITheSinkhole
April 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There's a tension between Ambassador product serving as soft pay for creators and what it COULD do in communities. No judgement if people need to crack it and sell singles but I'm here to applaud this ⬇️
The teacher next door to me just started playing Magic yesterday. He has NO IDEA to extent to which I am about to hook him up. Being an #MTGAmbassador is great, as I can really give back to the community and help new players. #MTGTarkir
April 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by JakeBrowne
My 2022 album Tales of Etherspace is still a decent intro to my work. Its 16 tracks cover both my accessible, "musical" side but also my weirder, abrasive "experimental" side --all in tight timeframes (longest track is just 4 min!).

etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/tales-...

Headphones recommended!
Tales of Etherspace, by Ether Diver
16 track album
etherdiver.bandcamp.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Genuinely grateful for the people who keep sharing this work. Mike is a real one. Someone trick him into coming to Denver.
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reposted by JakeBrowne
I love reading @jakebrowne.com because I'm about the farthest from knowing anything about the nuances of pro tour Magic. Hard to ignore a phenomenal storyteller though:

manaclub.substack.com/p/33-greatness
#33 - Greatness
Featuring a look at the greatest speech ever recorded at a Magic Hall of Fame induction, why no one talks about the Hall anymore, and a question for you, the dear reader.
manaclub.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reddit really failed this person. "Yes, you can play Pauper!"

No, you can't. Not with random bulk commons. Pauper Commander? With whom?

Becoming annoyed with the community being 'technically correct' over actual helping people. Help new players. They don't know what they don't know.
March 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Had to peace out in the finals of a 64 but I think I was cooked against a very good Nadu deck regardless. No one wanted to draft artifacts today. Moved off a P1P1 Reanimate in draft one, draft two was a blur because I was writing. Good to be back in these after a break.
March 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This goes out to one lucky reader. That's all you have to do. Read.
Sneak peek of tomorrow's giveaway. It's getting 🌶️spicy🌶️
March 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Sneak peek of tomorrow's giveaway. It's getting 🌶️spicy🌶️
March 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Seriously bummed to be passed on for a Tarkir: Dragonstorm ambassador spot. It was the set that brought me back to Magic, is the format for the upcoming Spotlight Series in my city, and I'll be writing extensively about it.

Does anyone know if a Magic writer has ever been selected for the program?
March 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The giveaway is getting preeeeeetty good over at Mana Club. It's like that Pizza Hut program from when we were kids: a lil treat for reading. If a reader doesn't claim the weekly prize, I add something and roll it all over to the next issue. Wouldn't be possible without my friends at PropagandaMTG.
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hi. If you’re reading this, I don’t care if you’re still on X. Every major platform and service we rely on harvests our data—it’s the dystopia we live in. Staying doesn’t mean complacency, and leaving isn’t a cure. We all have different needs, and fighting each other over it won’t fix the system.
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Today I might get to cast Black Lotus outside of limited for the first time 🤞
March 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I love that you can show a dude one of the most jugged-up baddies in the history of Magic art and he'll be like, "Look at this fellow lad!"
March 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Egg
Something I’ve been playing with
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
me: another 2-2 in the open, didn't even make min cash, fml

wizards: hi we're pleased to send you a list of money that you owe the government
March 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM