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Truman the Gray Merchant

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He/Him MTG YouTuber focusing on the flavor, history, and culture of the game MTGO Creator Program https://linktr.ee/GrayMerchant

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 26d

New video! I ranked every Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny character by their odds of appearing on an #mtg card.

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MTG + The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny: Who Gets a Card Next?

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 38m

Much like a real fortune teller, I am right almost half the time

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they relax the standard species/class formatting to allow "Mutant Ninja Turtle" on the typelines

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 1h

283. Depala!

Her not even appearing in Aetherdrift's art, flavor text, or story material was so baffling

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Depala! - Every #MTG Legend 283 #magicthegathering

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 1d

282. Denry Klin!

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Denry Klin! - Every #MTG Legend 282 #magicthegathering

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 1d

What do you mean this show about sewer mutants is ugly?!

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they relax the standard species/class formatting to allow "Mutant Ninja Turtle" on the typelines

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 2d

281. Demera!

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Demera! - Every #MTG Legend 281 #magicthegathering

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 2d

What are some of your favorite pieces of Magic art not from an actual card? They could be from supplemental media, marketing, packaging, concept art, etc.

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 3d

280. Darval!

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Darval! - Every #MTG Legend 280 #magicthegathering

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 4d

279. Chennifer ("Sisay")!

One last catch up C Legend

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Chennifer (“Sisay”)! - Every #MTG Legend 279 #magicthegathering

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 4d

I thought this would be about the history of dual-faced cards, but apparently not

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 5d

278. Cren!

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Cren! - Every #MTG Legend 278 #magicthegathering #mtgspm

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 6d

277. Crash!

Last night, I dreamt that I had somehow been doing the series in reverse alphabetical order by accident

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Crash! - Every #MTG Legend 277 #magicthegathering #mtgspm

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 6d

276. The Clutter Cluster!

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The Clutter Cluster! - Every MTG Legend 276 #magicthegathering #mtg #mtgspm

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Miabyte🎙️— 🎃 Spooky Villain Hero 👻 @miabyte.bsky.social · 7d

This is why I was concerned about that original post.

I worry that the worst kinds of people will latch onto the 'pigs and slop' language to harass both Wizards & players.

I've seen it before. I worry that this is how a fandom splinters. Usually the next step is bad actors monopolising on it.

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 8d

I wish that book was better, so it would be cool that I owned this

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 8d

275. Cirina Bargainspinner!

Maybe the most interesting OM1 character

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Cirina Bargainspinner! - Every MTG Legend 275 #magicthegathering #mtg #mtgspm

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 8d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 9d

274. Chizak!

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Chizak! - Every MTG Legend 274 #magicthegathering #mtg #mtgspm

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 10d

273. Carlo!

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Carlo! - Every MTG Legend 273 #magicthegathering #mtg #mtgspm

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 10d

"Mirrodin just had its fifth dawn!"

"Wow!

What's a dawn?"

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 10d

I sometimes think about how Tamiyo would hate it there

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 11d

My fiancee says the graphic part is how little my position matched the outline

Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 11d

The MagicCon Chicago photo I've used as my banner for ages was marked as explicit, which I successfully appealed, but now it's marked again. I guess it's sweaty dinosaur time

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Truman the Gray Merchant @trumangraymerchant.bsky.social · 11d

Can you message me for the code?