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@Jaqalyte

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a.k.a. The Wise Sable a.k.a. Magus of the Chains Commander Advisory Group member Magic judge • immigrant • antifa • trans • she/her

Vantaa, Finland
Joined April 2009
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3 years
I had to. I'm sorry.
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3 years
@AnoriandGD @loveashbelle What this movie captured that is absent from so many other performances is the manic energy of youth, especially in the presence of one's peers. That's the director's specialty and the spark that really brings this staging to life.
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3 years
Stupid EDH deck idea: Deck with all five Kodamas, choose one at random before the game starts as your commander. I call it "Kodama of the Broken Compass".
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Rules Interaction Alert: Everybody Lives! won't stop a death to commander damage beyond the current turn. (Or poison either.) Even though life totals can't change, damage is still dealt, so any effect of the damage beyond changing a player's life total still happen. 1/2
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
... of course.
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2 years
Just posting this pair of cards here for no reason...
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Just realized something today. While I'm getting product fatigue from all the constant MtG sets, I think part of it is also the fact that there are no small sets anymore, and nothing that follows on from something else. (1/4)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Super cool to see @wizards_magic reprinting flavorful old cards that haven't seen a reprint in years and years. (26 years in this case.)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Jank Combo Alert: Lier lets you cast Venture Deeper from your graveyard with flashback. Adventure's own rules exile the card so you can cast Secretkeeper. Sacrifice Secretkeeper to Ashnod's Altar for CC. 1/2
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
1 year
We have the answer!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Question for MtG lore folks: If Realmbreaker opened an omenpath to Segovia, would the invasion force end up comparitively huge or would they shrink down to scale? @LoreleyWrites @VorthosMike @TheVorthosCast
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Hey @wizards_magic / @Wizards_MagicEU , why are you giving preview cards to ? It's a far-right news site that has literally been sanctioned and fined for platforming hate speech. This is a very bad look and goes against your commitments to inclusivity.
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4 years
Also, as a commander player, not getting more depth in interesting mechanics like mutate or party means that it's harder to build decks around those and it leads to either bad decks, constrained build choices, or more good-stuff decks. (3/4)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Basically, I really miss small sets with their weirdo deeper cuts on mechanics and interesting twists and how they allow for cool commander decks. I think I'd even be okay with all the supplemental products if every other set only had like, 180 cards. (4/4)
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April 2011 - GP DFW: My 1st GP as an L2 and 1st outside Canada. The last GP Sheldon would HJ. We were both very different people then, but it was the beginning of a special friendship I'll never forget.
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2 years
Finally, it is mine...
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1 year
@JBreitzer @Maladroithe That's why I prefer calling them FARTs: Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobes
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Rat heist? Rat heist. RAT HEIST!!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
When every set has a ton of new cards as well as a ton of new mechanics and themes, it takes up even more mental real estate than having those themes/mechanics carry on for a set or two would. (2/4)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Hey everyone, just wanted to make it clear that Collision of Realms only gives up to one creature back per player. I've seen a lot of folks misreading the card.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
@ghirapurigears Why would a white card reward playing green creatures?
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
1 year
Where to start? Sheldon Menery was my friend, my mentor, someone I tried to emulate. He saw the best in me and invited me in to help guide the format. He was an amazing person in every part of his life. A man of strong opinions and stronger friendships. I'll miss him greatly.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
As shown on stream with @thespikefeeders , here's my brand new #freepreview card from #MTGC20 ! Wow! This card is going to let folks get up to some serious shenanigans! Thanks again to @wizards_magic for the preview and thanks to Jim et al. for helping to make the reveal fantastic!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Hi @TolarianCollege , I too would like to add some premium cardboard for a worthy cause. Can you find room for them on the cramped prize table?
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Same energy:
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Carrying the thought further after another day to think on it, I think this could explain some of the problems in standard too since there isn't the same number of cards to support more specialized decks that could sometimes be a good metagame choice vs. the best deck. (5/4)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
As some of you know, I've been upset that King Kong didn't get a Godzilla series version of Kogla in Ikora. :( But lo and behold, the ever awesome @AltersAlk comes to the rescue with not one, but two amazing versions for me. <3 Can't wait to get my hands on these in paper.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
So, uh, has anyone done anything with this combo in Commander or Modern or anywhere? #MTG
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Mitch, I commend you for finding your sanity and backing away from your misguided actions instead of letting your anger get you tangled up with bad people. However, I can't forgive you for calling my friends in the RC and CAG corrupt and lacking integrity. Please, apologize now.
@edhquarters
Commander's Quarters
4 years
After observing and evaluating the situation, I am distancing myself from association with Captain before any further damage is done. I intended to inspire positive change with this action, but I realize that there are better and more productive ways to go about doing so. (1/4)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Flavor judges please advise re: this interaction:
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Big kudos to @wizards_magic for the completely plastic-free packaging on Commander Collection Black. Very impressed.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
6 years
AHHH!! GUESS WHO GETS TO JUDGE AT MYTHIC CHAMPIONSHIP II IN LONDON?? IT'S ME! :D
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Of course...
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Ok, no Cabal Coffers? Really? Come on, Wizards. If it's not going to be reprinted in this set, then where?
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
5 years
In light of all of the discussion about Thassa's Oracle and Flash/Hulk in cEDH this week, I wrote up some thoughts on the matter. I hope they can help explain what myself and others on the RC and CAG have been thinking about. #mtg #edh #cedh
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
This is epic. Please watch and share.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
11 months
This means that commander damage is still dealt to players. While Everybody Lives! stops that from mattering immediately, that commander damage is still there when the effect ends in the cleanup step and the player will die in when state-based actions are checked thereafter. 2/2
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Now that there are 15 different arts for Evolving Wilds, which is your P1P1 / fave art of the bunch?
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
I made this.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
6 years
Memes? #MTGDOM
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
For a card that does nothing useful, this is awesome.
@RoborosewaterM
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Aswend in the Worlds, Discord submission by @cocoamix86 #MagicTheGathering #AiArtwork
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3 years
Something doesn't need to have offensive intent or be offensive to everyone in a group to still be problematic and potentially triggering to members of that group. It's important to always think about your actions or the actions you support and how they affect others.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Random combo of the day: Chained Brute + Elemental Mastery #MTGJMP #mtg
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
New hair!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Alesha! Smiling at death in an old frame! Neato!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Question: Is there a specific part of the rules of Magic that you feel you keep getting wrong or never quite understanding? If so, what is it?
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Use Chromatic Orrery or some other way to wash the colorless mana into blue mana and then repeat the process until you've milled out all of your opponents. Have fun. 2/2
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Just found out that "All Cops Are Bastards" translates into "Kaikki poliisit ovat paskiaisia" in Finnish, so yeah, suddenly I like KPOP ;)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
For a while now, I've been hinting at a new creative project, and now it's time to announce it: I'm now a writer for the brand new site . Due to some personal issues, I don't have an article up yet, but will have one there soon!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
My tumblr followers were able to guess that the card was Crop Rotation in exactly 20 questions! Complete with its lovely duel deck art, this pauper all-star is sure to make a lot of folks happy with only its second ever reprint too! Thanks to @wizards_magic for the #freepreview !
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
@ghirapurigears Uh... Lava Ox actually. :)
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Super duper grateful for all the new followers thanks to @ghirapurigears 's recommendation, but uh, can I maybe get 4 more? 👉👈🥺
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
I kind of want to build a deck to make this combo happen.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
With all due respect to my many American friends, you can't keep saying "this isn't who we are" when nothing is being done about the people proving you wrong over and over.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
7 years
I'm honoured to have been chosen to serve on the Judge Conduct Committee for 2018, but I'm almost more excited that half the committee is women! :D #mtg #magicjudgeprogram
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Even though Secretkeeper is a creature card in the graveyard, you look at the Adventure portion when you go to start casting it, and once you do that, Lier's ability applies to it and gives it flashback. It's a weird situation, I know. 3/
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
1 year
Hey everyone, Super duper hyped to announced that I'm going to be a special guest at MagicCon: Barcelona later this month! I look forward to seeing everyone there! Super duper grateful to @wizards_magic and @Reed_POP for this opportunity! See you all at the show!
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5 years
Ten years ago today I became a certified Magic judge. ❤️ It's been a weird and awesome decade that has given me so many great friends and changed me as a person. 🎉 Thank you so much to everyone I've met along the way and here's to another ten years at the very least! 🎉🎊
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
@PleasantKenobi Punishing fire because modern is much faster than when it was banned.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
7 years
I don't think I've expressed my opinions on this online, but in the past, I was critical of @TolarianCollege for no reason beyond envy and disliking most #mtg youtube content. I want to apologize to the Professor and the rest of the TCC peeps for this. Your stuff is good.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Can't take a picture because I just went to bed, but if we can get to 110K, I'll also be giving away a judge foil Teferi's Protection!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
1 year
@TheHermitDruid Segovia is a plane where everything is smaller than normal. Segovian Leviathan was printed at 3/3 in Legends, and they "explained" later that it was small because everything there was. We've never been there.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
8 years
Accidentally paused the video when watching replays of #ptkld and found this interesting pic of @Marshall_LR :
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
I have Teferi's Response in my Arixmethes because where else will I ever play that card?
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@gionata_odasso
Gionata Odasso
4 years
@ghirapurigears i wanted to pose a question to commander players, but i don't have any other way to do that than asking THE casual commander guy directly: what is the most useless but funny thing you have in the 99? i have a command tower in my Bosh just to mess with people
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
@ghirapurigears I would go with: "Sarkhan’s Scorn deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is the number of turns you have taken this game. (This includes the current turn if it's your turn.)"
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
April 2020 Commander Rules Update: TL;DR: Lutri & Flash banned, Rule 11 changed for Companions.
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8 years
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Just booked my first covid vaccine shot for the 19th!💉🎊
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Aaaaaaaaaa... Thank you so much @AltersAlk !! 😘😘😘
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Question: Why is it that Bubbling Muck sees so much less play in Commander than High Tide does? Is it because black has better ways to increase their mana production? Something else?
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2 years
Now that Unfinity is fully previewed, I can be certain that my disappointment isn't going to be overcome and that this set just isn't for me. It's a shame because I loved Unstable so very very much, but Unfinity just ain't it, chief... 1/
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Behold my high tech new webcam commander setup.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
We neither need nor want anyone who supports or could deign to support Trump and his fascism in the MtG community. Fuck off.
@BenS_MTG
BenS_MTG
4 years
Trump is an asshole, but I don't see him as a unique threat or facist. If he had brought home the troops, ended the wars, let us buy drugs from Canada..., He could have won my vote. All we got were hateful tweets and tax cuts for the rich, so I voted Biden and I'm glad he won.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
WOW!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
This project was amazing and I really can't wait to get my hands on this sweet Alesha by mllizvax alters.
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Gavin Duggan
3 years
@ShivanArt This was part of an incredibly generous project organized by @sablanmtgalters ... check out the rest at for some mind blowing art.
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4 years
@ghirapurigears Petition to make it playable as a Commander
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Baseless prediction: Emrakul will emerge from the moon to fight the Phyrexians, possibly being a pivotal point leading to their defeat at least on Innistrad.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Now that the CR for AFR is out, here's a rules deep dive on level cards for @MaxMakesMagic and anyone else interested. 1/
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
@GregorySablan Seedborn Muse
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Judging a 120 player legacy event today. Whee.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
8 years
gaymat #mtgc16
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
5 years
Discovered a cool new combo while tweaking my Alesha deck last night. With a creature card in hand, one in the graveyard, and Desecrated Tomb and Tortured Existence in play, each B you pay becomes a bat token. Also goes infinite with Phyrexian Altar. #mtg #edh #cmdr
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
I know that there's important stuff going on outside of the Magic sphere and I don't want to take away from any of that. #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace That said, we as the mtg community shouldn't pretend that our house is in order when it clearly isn't. 1/6
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Also, there is a whole cycle of these spells:
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
Fuck bitcoin, fuck cryptocurrencies, and especially fuck NFTs. Youre literally killing the planet to make money without anything useful being made. Fuck right off.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Seriously folks, this video is just... Everything about it is great and I'm definitely going to rewatch it at least a couple of times. I am literally awed.
@Spice8Rack
Spice8Rack
2 years
🚨 NEW VIDEO 🚨 okay, fine, i made mill vs discard. it's almost 3 hours long. it goes hard. link below.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
A thought: If the Monty Hall problem and game theory have taught us anything, it's that it's always beneficial to switch from what you start with. Therefore, it is better to be trans than cis. 😋
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
🎊...and my first article is live!🎊 Feedback welcome. Many thanks again to @JasonEAlt and the whole @CommanderHerald team for this opportunity.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
3 years
*picks up my cat and cuddles him* Ah yes. I have now seized the means of purr-duction.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Hey all, Just wanted to remind folks that I've reopened my tumblr and it's lacking in questions right now. If you have any burning rules questions, then head on over and ask me stuff there!
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
OwO
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
4 years
Just to remind folks, when a spell cascades multiple times like this critter, the cascades all resolve separately, one at a time, with the spell cascaded into resolving before the next cascade trigger. You can't just shortcut and flip out all four cascades right away.
@MTGGoldfish
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It has Cascade. And Cascade. And Cascade. And Cascade. More #CMR previews at Source: 🎨: @velinovart
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2 years
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
1 year
This took me all of 5 minutes and looks way better:
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@doppeltim
Tim Gaedke 🇵🇸
1 year
love the frame for adventure cards but that’s not how books work 😭
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
@Gavlebocken They also get better with fire.
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Charlotte, Recalibrating (10%)
2 years
Helping someone back up is always how I've pictured Alesha's ability, so this art is ultra amazing.
@winonanelson
Winona Nelson 🌈
2 years
Full art for Alesha, Who Smiles At Death for MtG's Pride Secret Lair - super meaningful to me for two reasons. 1: I'm Two Spirit myself, and 2: I got to use the art style I've developed for my graphic novel personal project, which pulls a lot from my gender identity
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