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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So many cards from Reality Fracture have the gears turning in a way no other Magic set has in the past year and a half. I am so excited to brew decks again! #MTG #MTGFRA #RealityFracture

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I decided to snag the raid day ticket and did about 30 raids total with a local community group. Not a single one of mine were shiny 😭 Best pull was this guy though!

A screenshot of Pokémon GO showing a Staraptor caught at the Super Mega Raid Day on 9/19/2026. Its IVs are 14/15/15.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gonna get some mileage out of this one

What
And I Cannot Stress This Enough
The Fuck

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Still trying to figure out what this means b.mino.mobi/palm/

CADENCE 99th very metronomic
VIGIL 45th middling
LEXICON 25 sprawling
POLISH 92th very immaculate
DRIFT 5th very a different person
CHORUS 48th middling
76 AUGMENTED The Migrating Clock
The same hours every year, and a different bird each season.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Funnily enough, this was also something I noticed during my game tracking! My data is using 161 games over the last 2.5 years, only tracking which seat wins, whether or not I'm in it. Player 3s everywhere are running a racket.

Win Rates Based on Turn Order
Player 1 - 38 (23.6%)
Player 2 - 32 (19.9%)
Player 3 - 43 (26.7%)
Player 4 - 36 (22.4%)
Player 5 - 0 (0%)
Player 6 - 1 (0.6%)

Number of Players vs. Number of Games
3 Players - 27 (16.8%)
4 Players - 120 (74.5%)
5 Players - 11 (6.8%)
6 Players - 3 (1.9%)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

And here's a "before" pic for reference to what I mean when I say "well-played and well-loved"

The Doubling Season from the previous post, unaltered, showing significant signs of wear and tear along the edges.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

One of my all-time favorites was my old beat up "well-played and well-loved" Doubling Season that I got altered in 2014 with a borderless frame treatment from Alters by MimiMunster. I don't believe she is active much anymore, but I will always treasure this piece I had commissioned from them.

Doubling Season
{4}{G}
Enchantment

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
Altered Art (Borderless Frame) by MimiMunster

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So how much of the Marvel vs. Capcom roster is available in Magic: The Gathering now thanks to Marvel Super Heroes and Spider-Man?

The character select screen for Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My first deck was a green white "big stuff" pile that I dont remember much about other than the haymakers of Thorn Elemental, Silvos, Rogue Elemental, and Jareth, Leonine Titan

Thorn Elemental
{5}{G}{G}
Creature — Elemental

You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren’t blocked.

Rain from this storm leaves you pinned to the ground like an insect.

7/7
Watermark: Wizards of the Coast

Illustrated by rk post

Silvos, Rogue Elemental
{3}{G}{G}{G}
Legendary Creature — Elemental

Trample

{G}: Regenerate Silvos.

He was born of the Mirari, thrust out of his homeland before he was even aware. Left without purpose or meaning, he found both in the pits.

8/5
Illustrated by Carl Critchlow

Jareth, Leonine Titan
{3}{W}{W}{W}
Legendary Creature — Cat Giant

Whenever Jareth blocks, it gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

{W}: Jareth gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Light’s champion in the stronghold of darkness.

4/7
Illustrated by Daren Bader

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Finished a replay of The Quarry with friends tonight and god this game still rules.

Key art for The Quarry by Supermassive Games.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Got dumpstered at prerelease tonight. My only win was against an opponent that no-showed in round two, and the other two rounds were clean sweeps. Pool was all over the place. Witherbloom kit with most rares in red and red-adjacent. Them's the breaks sometimes. #MTGSOS #SecretsofStrixhaven

A picture of a Secrets of Strixhaven Witherbloom Prerelease kit.

My rares from the prerelease kit:

Steal the Show
Flashback
Choreographed Sparks
Improvisation Capstone
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Splatter Technique
Hardened Academic
The Dawning Archaic
Tragedy Feaster
Planar Engineering
Cauldron of Essence

My prerelease deck:

1 Adventurous Eater
2 Blazing Firesinger
1 Cauldron of Essence
1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
7 Forest
1 Improvisation Capstone
2 Mindful Biomancer
2 Mountain
1 Noxious Newt
1 Old-Growth Educator
1 Pest Mascot
1 Planar Engineering
1 Poisoner's Apprentice
1 Pull from the Grave
1 Studious First-Year
5 Swamp
1 Teacher's Pest
1 Tenured Concocter
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 The Dawning Archaic
2 Titan's Grave
1 Topiary Lecturer
1 Tragedy Feaster
1 Wander Off
1 Witherbloom Charm
1 Zombify

My record was 1-2-0 and I placed 40/57 players.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Very excited to dive into my first ever Magic novel! #MTGStrixhaven #OmensofChaos

The cover of the Magic: The Gathering novel, Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire.

The promotional foil Command Tower card that came with the novel.

Command Tower
Land

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander’s color identity.

“We hope you’ll thrive here, and by thriving, prove Strixhaven is the best magical university in existence, capable of meeting the needs of students from across the Planes.”
—Kasmina

Illustrated by Constantin Marin

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

There are far too many to choose from, but I absolutely adore Victor Adame Minguez' Maelstrom Wanderer. I love the colors and the overall sense of scale this thing elicits. Incredibly eye-popping in foil too!

Maelstrom Wanderer
{5}{G}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Elemental

Creatures you control have haste.

Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order. Then do it again.)

7/5

Maelstrom Wanderer, illustrated by Victor Adame Minguez.

A massive elemental being towers over the landscape, comprised of rock, trees, and swirling blue and yellow energy. An adult deer stands beneath it on the ground to provide a sense of scale.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It's tough to encapsulate my entire taste in gaming in just 9 titles, but I think these are the closest I'll get to definitive favorites across my entire 33 years of existence. Absolutely the ones I've invested the most time, energy, and love into. #My9Games my9games.com/s/675d0524fb...

My top games for the #My9Games trend, in no particular order:

- Pokémon Yellow
- Fallout 4
- Kingdom Hearts II
- DJ Hero
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Life is Strange
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Team Fortress 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Might I suggest a Saltskitter to include?

Saltskitter
{3}{W}
Creature — Wurm

Whenever another creature enters, exile this creature. Return this creature to the battlefield under its owner’s control at the beginning of the next end step.

3/4

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

First draft of the new year (and first draft of Avatar since the prerelease) and ended with a solid 2-1. Wan Shi Tong was a pack 3 pick 1. My opponent's deck in the final round had everything they wanted in an Izzet Lessons build, I can't even be mad about it. #MTGTLA #AvatarTheLastAirbender

Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
{X}{U}{U}
Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit

Flash

Flying, vigilance

When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down.

Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.

1/1

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I don't know where they found it, but I was given a Gatecrash booster as part of my secret santa gift of a deckbox and sleeves. Seeing the cards was a trip down memory lane because I started getting others into playing Magic with me around this time when I was in college.

A Magic: the Gathering booster pack of Gatecrash, the second set of the Return to Ravnica block, originally released in 2013.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

What were your first four commander decks?

Wrexial, the Risen Deep
{3}{U}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Kraken

Islandwalk, swampwalk (This creature can’t be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island or a Swamp.)

Whenever Wrexial deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from that player’s graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

5/8

Maga, Traitor to Mortals
{X}{B}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Maga enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

When Maga enters, target player loses life equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

0/0

Ghave, Guru of Spores
{2}{W}{B}{G}
Legendary Creature — Fungus Shaman

Ghave enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.

{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

0/0

Nekusar, the Mindrazer
{2}{U}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

At the beginning of each player’s draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.

His enemies wondered if the lich king’s brutal death and unnatural rebirth had been his plan all along.

2/4

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Dispatch (2025) Episodic narrative games are back, baby! Following in the footsteps of Telltale Games classics like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Tales from the Borderlands, Dispatch looks like a good next step for the genre. Amazing cast, incredible art style, and awesome story. (21/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

RV There Yet? (2025) A fun and chaotic co-op multiplayer game where you have to drive an RV through increasingly insane situations while fighting against wildly janky physics. Played this with some friends online over the course of four-ish play sessions, and somehow, we reached the end. (20/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025) The difficulty spike in Act 3 soured the experience for me a little toward the end (mostly optional endgame content), but this game truly deserves all the praise being laid upon it. Gorgeous art style, amazing soundtrack. This is a must-play for JRPG fans. (19/x)

The key art for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The Exit 8 (2023) Don't overlook any anomalies. If you find anomalies, turn back immediately. If you don't find anomalies, do not turn back. To go out from Exit 8. How such a simple concept for a game can be so utterly unnerving is beyond me. Absolutely worth a try at its price point. (18/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

This Way Madness Lies (2022) If you're like me and fit in the middle of the niche venn diagram of people who like Shakespeare, magical girl animes, and 16-bit JRPGs, you are in for a great time. The writing is both incredibly funny and charming, and the combat system is surprisingly robust. (17/x)

The key art for This Way Madness Lies by Zeboyd Games.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide (2024) Rising Tide was a much meatier DLC than Echoes, and it was a great capstone to FF16 as a whole. The Leviathan skill tree was unique and fun to use, and the final boss fight against Leviathan himself was as flashy and cinematic as I hoped it would be. (16/x)

The key art for Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final Fantasy (1987) Detoured from the latest Final Fantasy game back to the first! I did own this on Wii Virtual Console but never finished it, and decided to pick up the Pixel Remaster on sale. The final showdown with Chaos was no joke, and I can only imagine what it was like back then. (15/x)

The North American box art for Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The key art for Final Fantasy from the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen (2023) The smaller of the DLCs for FF16, but the new dungeon, enemies, and bosses were all very fun. Omega was an incredible fight and it was fun to experience this superboss it for the first time, having never played other games that featured it. (14/x)

The key art for Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final Fantasy XVI (2023) Prior to this, I had only played FF7, Tactics Advance, and several Kingdom Hearts games, so I'm excited to start experiencing other Final Fantasy games. While FF16's combat wasn't turn-based, it scratched that DMC/Bayonetta itch just right. Solid visuals and story! (13/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Blue Prince (2025) An absolute masterpiece. My wife and I played through this together armed with a new journal and an insatiable appetite for mystery solving. Rolling credits for this one felt amazing, but it's just the beginning; there are still layers upon layers of mysteries to unravel. (12/x)

The key art for Blue Prince by Tonda Ros and Dogubomb.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Mario's Picross (1995) Picross is one of those puzzle games that feels timeless, and to my surprise, this one is the first one in the series. Added to NSO back in March of this year, I gave it a shot on a whim and it holds up incredibly well. It was great for short sessions on break at work. (11/x)

The North American box art for Mario's Picross for the Game Boy.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

South of Midnight (2025) I really liked the combat and art style, but the story fell a little flat in the final act. Things felt rushed, and I sought additional context to understand it better. It felt like it became a very different game from the announcement trailer we were shown in 2023. (10/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) I grew up watching the Mario Bros Z flash animations on Newgrounds, but never actually played the Mario & Luigi RPGs until now. Incredibly gorgeous sprite animation, cool character designs, and very fun combat/boss fights (save for the Bowletta gauntlet). (9/x)

The North American box art for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) The game really feels like you're in an Indiana Jones movie. Its locations and were fantastic and colorful, from Vatican City to Egypt to the Himalayas, and Troy Baker did an incredible job portraying Indy. The best part of course: punching Nazis. (8/x)

The key art for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Little Kitty, Big City (2024) Technically I played this last year (and forgot to post it), but I did go back to it this year and rounded up the rest of the achievements for 100%. This game is incredibly charming and was definitely a great way to break up play sessions between heavier games. (7/x)

The key art for Little Kitty, Big City by Double Dagger Studio.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Fire 'n Ice (1992) Speaking of NSO, I tried this one per recommendation from @wavelightning777.bsky.social and I was very impressed! This was a solid puzzle game that took simple mechanics and did as much as they could with them. The later levels in particular were incredibly challenging. (6/x)

The North American box art for Fire 'n Ice for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Also known as Solomon's Key 2 in Europe and Japan.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Super Mario Kart (1992) I never owned this one, but I have fond memories of playing this at my cousin's house when we were kids. I wasn't good at it then, and I'm still not good at it now, but it was a lot of fun to be able to experience this older title on modern hardware through NSO. (5/x)

The North American box art for Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) I continue to make progress through the 2D Zelda games I missed! Minish Cap was very unique and Capcom did a good job with this entry. My only gripe is the side content and collectibles are a slog. A tip for those who want to 100% this game: Don't. (4/x)

The North American box art for The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for Game Boy Advance.

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Alan Wake 2: Night Springs & The Lake House (2024) Night Springs was a fun, if brief, set of side stories that blended seamlessly into the main story gameplay. The Lake House was an incredible blend of elements from both Alan Wake and Control, and was exactly the kind of crossover I wanted. (3/x)

The key art for Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC Expansion

The key art for Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC Expansion

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Alan Wake 2 (2023) I thought the first Alan Wake game was just okay, but playing Control (and AWE) last year made me a huge Remedy fan. Slightly wonky combat aside, Alan Wake 2 is a phenomenal game with an outstanding narrative. The Valhalla Nursing Home instilled fear in me like no other. (2/x)

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Chad Dominique @captaintempest.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I don't care how good Riftbound is, you won't trick me into playing League of Legends again.

A still image from the show Dan Vs. where he is saying "I don't care who the IRS sends, I am not paying taxes."

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