Tim-Eric Rathjen
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Tim-Eric Rathjen
@timtrex.bsky.social
𝘛. 𝘳𝘦𝘹
rathjen.gitlab.io
Computational Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium
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https://premodern.koeln
Magic the Gathering 💀🌳 & DnD enthusiast
💜 Lakers Fan 💛
Let's Go Exploring
@fireshoes.bsky.social you saw this one already on Twitter but I'm trying to increase my reach here too (and actually get off Elons little hate-bubble app)
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The format seems "solved". The good decks are getting better and more polarised. However, I doubt this will do any harm to the format. It has so much more going for it than tournament grinding.
My hot take: Ban Fireblast, Ban Parallax Tide
4/4
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
S-Tier are Stiflenought, Goblins, Burn.
Red is very dominant in Premodern and Stiflenought hasn't even reached its peak yet.
Other big winners are Parallax-decks. "Moneyball Black" is slowly getting traction, too. Old faithfulls like The Rock and Landstill are falling off
3/4
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Overall, the format seems very healthy. There are no extraordinarily bad decks, and at the lower end, the decks hover slightly below average. However, on the top end, a clear separation in Tiers is visible.
Elves (barely) Enchantress Tide/Replenish are performing very well.
2/4
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another perfect moment to advertise the community-based #Premodern format. Especially for entrenched players with love for old artsyles and card borders
June 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
"wehmütige Hoffnung"
March 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Please go back to have Tek as an upper limit of rules text allowed on a card.
March 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
One picture with enough information to tell us about the observable universe's energy content, curvature and composition. Absolutely stunning.
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) or as I like to call it: The Babyphoto of the Universe
#AstronomyOnTap #Cologne
January 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yes, I also count them as full lands for exactly the same reason
January 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Potential unbanning of a black card?? I hope it's Mindtwist... Entomb and the storm cards can stay where they are right now :D
January 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Read the original work here:
arxiv.org/abs/1904.09828
Find the decklist (slightly updated by me) here:
moxfield.com/decks/38dRxW67…
See an introduction to the deck by Kyle Hill here: https://youtu.be/pdmODVYPDLA?si=PMh0extlJlOWZDzQ
Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete
$\textit{Magic: The Gathering}$ is a popular and famously complicated trading card game about magical combat. In this paper we show that optimal play in real-world $\textit{Magic}$ is at least as hard...
arxiv.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 AM