Tim Willoughby
timswheelbarrow.bsky.social
Tim Willoughby
@timswheelbarrow.bsky.social
Sometime magician, full time nerd. He/him

MTG Commander Format Panel member

Attacker of the Oxford comma, defender of taking time for joy
👀
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Heinz vs other ketchups is occasionally close. Making a ketchup that can even get identified as a ketchup is stunningly hard. The original post was on the money.
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“(Precision) Bolt your commander. Counterspell? Nope, I have Force (Void)!”
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trying to think of something fun to provide in return.

I have a lecture from Jason Alexander from Seinfeld about how he approached performing at The Magic Castle.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Oof. That is one I might need to track down sometime soon.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Need to go back and watch The Fisher King.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The number of insane RW performances not yet mentioned here is so high.

I spent a bunch of time learning his speech from Good Will Hunting, which is iconic.

Good Morning Vietnam is great

I don’t think Dead Poets Society has aged super well, but it’s still good.

Hell, Patch Adams is also 🔥
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
There's also something insidious and deeply concerning about the assorted AI systems that are getting built into stuff that you have to jump through hoops to opt out of.

Took me *a while* today to disable CoPilot.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
By that point the partner commander decks are already locked. It’s already too late.

I guess I tell them that the way to have other formats keep up with Commander is not Modern Horizons and a move away from supporting store events.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And this is better for Connections, which is actually the never credited puzzle wall from British game show Only Connect

puzzgrid.com
PuzzGrid
Grid puzzles inspired by the connecting walls of Only Connect. Play thousands of user submitted grids! Like NYT Connections, but with more red-herrings.
puzzgrid.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If everyone got gifted a copy of each (the most aggressive ending of the reserved list) I think it would be fun, and my guesses on how quickly each would get tiresome would be as follows

Black Lotus - pretty quickly
Ancestral - eventually
Library - never
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Doooo eeeet
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just looked at a zojirushi, and my first thought was “I could buy so many sacks of rice for that price”

A cheap one will do the trick. They are probably the most useful kitchen gadget, up there with kettles and toasters, but you want one like an AK47 - so simple it’s indestructible.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
There’s a story of no less than Kai Budde getting them mixed up and morphing the wrong one at some event, which at the time was punishable by a game loss.

Not. Ideal.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM