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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I feel like you are really overstating how insane you look in this picture

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ajlvi @ajlvi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday! www.mtgeloproject.net is updated with Baltimore, Hangzhou, and the MOCS Showcase. Enjoy the prerelease this weekend, then hang out with me and @ajelenbogen.bsky.social for the Japan/Korea RC next weekend! Details early next week.

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An archive of results of the past 25+ years of Magic tournaments, plus player ratings, stats, and data dives.

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jeff the killer @nanocorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

TOP 2 WORST THINGS EVER 1.) being employed 2.) being unemployed

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I struggle to understand the logic behind 3 Ancient Stirrings. Isn't it one of the more broken cards in the deck that works well in Emrakul games and Broodscale games?

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I sort of feel like this makes the opposite point as you are going for. People who did not trust wikipedia in 2008 were just dead wrong.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Two days ago I qualified for worlds and it means a lot to me. I have been playing professional Magic for 11 years, I have never played worlds, not even after I won the Pro Tour. I play Magic for glory, and there is no stage more glorious than the World Championship. See everyone in Atlanta!

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Matt Sperling @mattsperling.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If it’s not too late, please @magic.wizards.com do not make people who had years and years of HoF eligibility eligible again without multiple new top finishes. Let’s focus on how great JED is not whether Wyatt Earp really did clean up the game in 1988 or whatever.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I don't remember the last time I registered a black card in any format.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Well mostly my opponents just start with greater than 15 life.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It sounds like things will go pretty well for me after I 0-3 the first draft.....

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Boarded my flight to Amsterdam! Excited for a another testing house experience with The Boulder Merlion!

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I think this is a somewhat inaccurate claim. For the Cutter PT, Mono-Red had the best winrate by far. For this PT, it is looking like Landfall had the best winrate. Most popular isn't the same as best, although the situation is still somewhat problematic.

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Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Yo look at that it's @pg8.bsky.social & @ajelenbogen.bsky.social being the GOATS

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Aaron, just Aaron @a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Muenster is underrated cheeseburger cheese

A grill with several cheeseburgers on it

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The free setup turn does seem really weird and bad yeah. I also wouldn't mind if just hitting harder.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I have never been one for the agency decks. I prefer the autist decks.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The cluey guy sounds pretty uh out there in this piece.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Wow I see you are a hater and doubter of the mighty Salvage Titan

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Your strategy for the format seemed really broken to me. But also convinced not to play the cube due to clock concerns.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

SystemMagic will be in attendance at the Team Sealed event. Catch both our teams in the top 4.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I don't know what the cards I like say about me anymore, but I put some of them in this thing. Certainly I have become more of a Temur mage as of late.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Well I did my best to help. I guess there is no escaping 5-4 Lessons. GL HF.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I also think it's possible RB Monument is just great now with Cool But Rude, but I don't know its matchup spread at all, and it would take a ton of work so IDK that I would register it. It's nice that it can play good cheap removal for Prowess though.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The printing of Leatherhead makes playing Lessons very undesirable and will make Landfall more popular. At the same time, the uptick in the popularity of Prowess makes me want to avoid playing playing Landfall or Prowess itself. I would play Spellementals. Good vs. Prowess, good vs. Landfall.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If your goal is to go 5-4 I think Lessons is a great choice

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I'm eagerly awaiting your "ease of rooting for" tier list among US grinders.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Sorry Carmen that is a trademark of the SystemMagic twitch stream and Greg specifically. To appease our crack team of lawyers, you can simply make GW Midrange Creature decks extremely broken in standard. Pleasure doing business with you.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Many people have been asking me questions about the Spellementals deck The Boulder played to a 72% winrate at the PT. If you want to know of all our secrets for $20 see the below deck guide: t.co/TOYOfUGea9

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Anyone have Toronto restaraunt recommendation? Momofuku closed and that was my go-to for years when I played events here.

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Paul Green @pg8.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

PAUL'S DAILY DRAFT I went 1-5 in draft at #PTECL after registering maybe the best standard deck in the history of the Pro Tour. If I'm going to keep trying to win at the top level I have no choice but to really do everything I can to finally get good at limited.

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aviouslyy.bsky.social @aviouslyy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Wow our team fucking crushed and I requalified for the pro tour - let's get this train rolling... See you in Las Vegas for PTSOS!!!

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Standard finally appears to be..... Good?

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We'll see. Smart money is on a Jason resurgence in MLK.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

THE BOULDER HAS A 72.6% CONSTRUCTED WINRATE WITH IZZET SPELLEMENTALS! #TheBoulder #PTECL

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

2-1 with the classic 4c Rares archetype. #PTECL

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Some would not. But personally I would yes.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

For many years I have said that any Pro Tour where my team plays multiple distinct decks I consider a personal failure. For this Pro Tour, for the first time ever, we succeeded.

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David Inglis 🤝 @tangrams.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Nobody in magic easier to root for than @tristan-mtg.bsky.social!

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I am excited to fly to Richmond where it is literally 55 degrees warmer than it is in MSP right now!

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Truly this is one of your wisest posts Zoe.

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Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Speaking of limited content..... Introducing Play of the Game with me and @jasoniltg.bsky.social !!! YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8K... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/05MW... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... @fireshoes.bsky.social

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Teams have limited slots. Even Sanctum has this since it seems like the team usually hires some number of non-marginalized gender individuals. How do you go about picking between two different players competing for those slots? I would say "hire the people you think will be the best teammates."

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I feel that what you said just fundamentally does not contradict what I said. The fact that testing is more than the sum of its parts does not make the initial inputs equal. I also think figuring out level of contribution is a somewhat important problem in the real world.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I think you are a hater. If you want to take a collaborative view of this question, I claim It is possible to rank contributions of different people by impact. The people who contribute the most on average across PTs for each format are the best.

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Andrew Elenbogen @ajelenbogen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I am somewhat worried that if you count sources in this manner it leads to a mana base that isn't very reliable when you don't draw Barrels or need to use it as removal. That is to say: It's optimistic. I don't know how to express this idea mathematically though.

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