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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️

@coreyjbowen.bsky.social
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Principal Game Designer @ Magic: the Gathering #wotcstaff I designed CLB, ACR, SPM, and over 30 Commander decks (he/him)

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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’d be funny that each one is you asking a single question and abruptly cuts at 20 seconds
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
20 second interview with as many people as possible
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Do you want a stack of 1000 Hog-Monkeys to represent your creature?” Yes #wotcstaff @arizirulnik.bsky.social
A game of MTG commander, except instead of a creature card where a creature should be, a tower of 1000 hog monkeys sits and casts a shadow on the remainder of the board
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My prerelease deck knows the way #MTGFRA #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GRUUL SPHINX!!!!! #MTGFRA #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I see what youre saying though. The games I play are small, but not as small as the one linked-- there's not an easy outlet to the large mass of games at that size. Especially games not JUST released.
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Curious on how niche you’re looking for. I’ve been really satisfied with picking up indies on steam once or twice a week for awhile. Maybe the genres I like are more well fed
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
sick list. I've been meaning to build a bracket 3 celes for such a long time
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
:U
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
some of the highest quality rectangles around
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
practicing art for fun
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Monkey Side Eye Meme
ALT: Monkey Side Eye Meme
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And it was the only one! I was just in the business of making quirky commanders at rare
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It wasn't labeled rulebreaker at the time. Being a card that changed deckbuilding restrictions was too hard to do at the time, which is why it was cut.
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm about to build a WU cube that doubles as a commander deck
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We had very early information about BG3 during CLB. We tended to emphasize the act 1 chars due to how locked down they were, hence a very eye-catching name like "Gut" making it in. I started the skeletons as 4/1 menace's and waited to get feedback to make them less aggro, but they stuck! #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🤔 #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This rulebreaker line of text used to be in CLB! Welcome to the real world, Whzt!! #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
wow i love the art style on this too-- happy to hear a good rec on it!
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
gosling for ghost rider is incredible
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
wrong turn made me laugh a lot
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
peak commander deckbuilding at play here
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
game design is weird cuz youll hang out with some players and they have no idea you're working on the coolest sets of all time that theyd love and you have to just shut up #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Build a Cirdan deck and join our corner of middle-earth!!
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
love this one!
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
i already have feedback if you wanna dm me anyway LOL
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
WHAT
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
canon depiction btw
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If I was trying to win a football game, my strategy would be to make shots on the goal
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NAUCTIS!!!!! I did the commander deck design on #MTGNauctis. These are my FAVORITE precons I've ever designed :) #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you want to play an action rpg, Odyssey. If you’re looking for core AC stealth-parkour gameplay and ac-feeling story, I’d recommend AC2. Overall I’d recommend odyssey as a good taste of the series
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Woah this is sick Felisa tech!!
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
theres a cat art museum i really liked when i was there last
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Cast another one so everything is a Q and a Qu
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
im convinced Sentry is underrated and will overperform in any white deck #wotcstaff
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A storied blade has appeared to you! Your destiny awaits. Will you answer Costco’s call?
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
tired or wired?
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Not sure anyone else thinks they look like bugs, buddy
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I don’t think it is lmao
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@wheeler.bsky.social ive been looking to get into canlander, and every time I search up decklists I end up on your moxfield account lmao
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Tell me about it!
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maro254.bsky.social @maro254.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Here’s a #MoodSwings video (by Dueling Grounds MTG) I ran across today. Thanks for the content, and I’m glad you enjoy the game. #WotCStaff youtu.be/wKVB_VZ8BO4?...
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Mood Swings Gameplay and First Impressions
YouTube video by Dueling Grounds MTG
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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 04/06/2026
Tonight on AFK join Graham, Wheeler, Heather, and Angel where they’re checking out the new game from @maro254.bsky.social, Mood Swings! twitch.tv/loadingready...
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Cube: Something not mentioned on the website-- You can customize your own deck to specific synergies. I'm planning on building a deck with every single discard synergy. Maybe there's some Dandan-like experience with duplicates. What about a deck of only red cards? Lots to explore.
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Duel: Constructed! You can build your own 15-card deck full of synergies and square off! You can even do this from your own decks for a more casual experience! Duel tends to have more pointed synergy lines and lots of removal creating a tense call-and-response gameplay with lots of impactful choices
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Draft: There's two ways we recommend drafting Mood Swings, which can be found on the website. Quick Draft is a good starting point to draft MS, but @arizirulnik.bsky.social and I have loved Winston drafting. You can really do whatever you want here. We've rotisserie drafted a box before! fun!
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Free-For-All: 1v1v1v1 Play is some of the most chaotic, crazy Mood Swings I've played. There's a bespoke catch-up mechanic to keep everyone in contention-- and tons of cards that are inherently stronger with more Moods in play. Where standard feels like a duel, Free-For-All feels like a Party.
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Closed Team Play: If you get really keen on Mood Swings, we've developed a format where you sit across from your teammate and can't communicate. You secretly pass a card to your teammate at the beginning of the game as the only comms. There's a lot of subtly here- and it plays completely differently
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Open Team Play: We got team play into a really great spot where it feels very natural. It's basically Standard play with a friend! There is a lot more opportunities for synergies between you and your teammates' hands in this format. It has the feel of Standard, with some of the huge swings of FFA
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Corey Bowen 🧙‍♂️🏝️ @coreyjbowen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Standard Play: The normal way to play Mood Swings is 1v1 against another player, using the 45 cards as a shared deck. It's fast, fun, and interesting. I think Mood Swings feels a lot like a "puzzle duel skirmisher." I'm trying to string my cards into compelling synergies and interactions to beat you
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