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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If anyone has a room they'd be prepared to split/a shared place with a sofa bed for Command Fest Leicester nex month, please let me know. Recent changes to circumstances mean there's a very good chance I can now attend. Travel should be fine, but just need to sort acommodation.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The last game for Abigale (possibly ever, possibly in this configuration). She didn't really shout loud, more mumbled the lines. Deck is trying to do too many things at once and ends up not doing any of them. I want to make it work because the deck name is too good. I'm just not sure how.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finding a game of Magic is apparently just fucking impossible right now.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The 2026 Moxtober prompts have been released. This time it's Macbeth themed, awkward because witches don't form a major part of any of my roadmapped custom sets. However, I'm still committing to each design being part of the proposed sets I have planned. Each post will contain the set name.

Orange text in Beleren font, over the art for Witch's Cauldron by Jason A. Engle
Moxtober 2026
1. Witches
2. Double
3. Toil
4. Trouble
5. Fire
6. Boil
7. Cauldron
8. Bubble
9. Blood
10. Bold
11. Resolute
12. Poison
13. Toad
14. Eye
15. Newt
16. Knock
17. Wood
18. Beware
19. Wing
20. Something
21. Wicked
22. Share
23. Sting
24. Salt
25. Maw
26. Laugh
27. Pain
28. Secret
29. Midnight
30. Hemlock
31. Thane

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely loved playing Reality Fracture this evening. It's a running joke that I play more than 40 cards at prerelease, but this time, I think it was justified. Such a wild amount of removal in this pool, with just enough win conditions to help me close out a 3-0, 6-0 tonight. #MTGFRA

Screenshot of a Magic: the Gathering companion rankings table.

In first place is me, with 9 points, a 3-0-0 record, and 55.4% OMW.

The rest of the player names have been scribbled out for privacy.

Photo of a Magic: the Gathering sealed deck. There are 50 cards total.

Lands (20)
6 Island
3 Swamp
6 Mountain
2 Stingerquill Annex
1 Theorix Annex
1 Innovative Commons
1 Theorist's Sanctum

The spells are laid out by mana value.

2 mana.
1 Twinned Vision
3 No Admittance
2 Last Gasp
1 Theorix Charm
1 Stingerquill Charm
1 Way of the Pyromancer
1 Fatehold Chronologist / Peer Review
1 Proft, Consulting Detective
1 Theorist's Proxy
1 Stingcaster Mage

3 mana.
1 Fulminous Forte
2 Wrath of the Blood mane
2 Mindseeker Oculus
1 Danitha, Spear of Agony
1 Gideon the Pathless
1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance

4 mana.
3 Extended Absence
1 Violent Echoes
1 Traxos, Academy Guardian

5 mana.
1 Rise of the Death ringer
1 Way of the Mind Sculptor
1 Jace, Reality Sculptor

6 mana.
Apex Witchstalker

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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Jake Boss @jakeboss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’d rather sub in as the table than play a 5 pod. You guys have fun.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A few months back, I lost a Pokemon USUM Hardcore Nuzlocke on the champion fight, on the last mon. Today I completed the redemption runback. Champion Team: Backpack the Flygon Dungarees the Scrafty Plum the (Purple) Minior Hood the Decidueye Princess the Jellicent Roko the Naganadel

A screenshot of the Champion Screen for Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon. The character is female with blonde hair and a blue/white ensemble. In the background is a Flygon on the left, and a sliver of a Scrafty on the right.

The words "Congratulations! You are Alola's first-ever Champion!" are displayed above Flygon, with white body and a gradient rainbow outline.

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Russell Irving @rginteger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@moxfield.com Any idea why embedded links are now just displaying a generic title and not the specific deck, package, etc title? Tested on both Bluesky and Discord. moxfield.com/decks/u4KgAQ...

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Moxfield

A modern mtg deck builder

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Getting more and more confident playing cEDH Kefka with each game, still a lot to learn but now gotten over the first hurdles of knowing how the deck functions in a vacuum.

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Moxfield

A modern mtg deck builder

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Few things give me more pleasure than contentious decisions going against Nottingham Forest.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Goodness, this one is a tough one. Still in the process of figuring out the entire gameplay, let alone what spells are part of each sector of the deck. Going to be a lot of tinkering needed on this deck.

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Sierkovitz @sierkovitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you tend to blame your failings in Magic on variance while attributing successes to skill, you'll never become a good player. That's because your player mentality is defined by your sense of entitlement to win and not by your willingness to improve.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Frankly amazing what happens when you just take a moment, as an outside party, before jumping onto something like this. Glad it appears to have been resolved. Shame on those of you unable to hold it together more than 15 minutes.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

First test run of the Kwia shell this evening, thanks to @chronomagistrate.bsky.social @badatgender.bsky.social and new friend Jo. Hit a Soul's Attendant engine early and then was able to neatly follow up with Well, Kwia and then PL. Definitely helped by the more creature driven decks at the table.

Soul's Attendant W
Creature — Human Cleric
Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.
1/1

Well of Lost Dreams 4
Artifact
Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Kwia Vigorbloom 3GWW
Legendary Creature — Elder Sphinx
Flying, vigilance, lifelink, ward {2}
Whenever you gain life, create a colorless artifact token named Lotus with “{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add three mana of any one color.” This ability triggers only once each turn.
6/6

Parallel Lives 3G
Enchantment
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I know, me and hundreds of others, but I like this card. Sue me. Another Reality Fracture WIP. The challenge will be the balance between Nissa targets - while also making sure they help win the game - and what spells I use to keep me alive long enough to get the Nissa engine running.

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27 [WUBR] Roiling in the Void - Commander (Nissa, Leyline Tamer)

A Commander deck featuring Nissa, Leyline Tamer by Cryptic | Dingus Egg • 17.09 WIP. Want to maintain about half a dozen impactful creatures to hit with Nissa. Supported by a yore-tiller control sh...

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Prominent community members not being gatekeeping arseholes challenge. Apparently impossible. You can have your opinions, you're entitled to them, just stop presenting them as fact. Just because you're not interested in a card doesn't mean other people shouldn't be.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The arguments that *any* design is lazy are so clearly from people who have never ever tried to make a set (which I get is a niche group). This card is fine, it has narrative and mechanical value and tells an incredible story especially next to Jace. Besides, Tam will show up in the future.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Reality Fracture commander precon is simultaneously the worst "out-of-the-box" deck we've had for ages, and also absolutely brilliant to the point where I - who doesn't buy a precon, pretty much ever - has immediately ordered a copy.

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Logan // Seraph Six @seraphsix.com · 16/09/2026

Descent into Avernus is actually bad for most Commander games because it speeds up the game clock too much and removes player agency. Players have to focus on too many variables and it takes away from the overall experience of "doing the thing." "Then Bob played Descent" is not a memorable story.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Loot, the Anomaly looks like a card that's super novel for a couple of months, and then, it's going to end up feeling much of the same every time someone plays it. A large number of the highest impact cards are also very old with almost no reprints, everyone will think they're "playing jank".

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I've spent the last 9 months really digging into how cards are costed based on its effects. Everything I've learned tells me that this - if it contains blue at all - is 3GGU. Frankly, this entire card is possible in green, though they consider flying not a green effect. So, I repeat... WHAT?!

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What? *looks at mana cost* *looks back at textbox* *looks at mana cost* What?

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

City and their fans are suddenly finding out (after years of them getting away with it), that their actions actually have consequences. Though it's also apparent that now Guardiola isn't about, the officials appear to suddenly be capable of punishing City.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So many good memories of an era of my Magic past that I enjoyed immensely. Nothing quite matches this on a personal level.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Solid first showing from Vraska tonight, but not much in terms of new information learned. Still need to decide whether I want to be artifact dense, or instant/sorcery dense, and how to ultimately distinguish it from a Kykar deck. However, there is potential for something I will enjoy playing.

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23 [URW] Scvlptvres - Commander (Vraska, Soul of Stone)

A Commander deck featuring Vraska, Soul of Stone by Cryptic | Dingus Egg • Day 1 WIP deck. First step is determining the rate which the deck can and wants to generate Sculptures

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

*(Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery and weather are card types.)*

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Already half way through the exploratory design of a second Reality Fracture deck. It feels good to be back on the deck builder horse.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Potential MTG Villain rollcall; - Valgavoth - Kasmina - The Swiss Cheese Multiverse - Whatever horrific thing they put in the depths of Nauctis - Ajani (please, anything that makes him interesting) - Nahiri

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

VAR tries to have Macca sent off, ends up getting a yellow. Later in the second half, Romero makes the same challenge, not even a FK given. Referee then orders Isak off for one minute for *checks notes* being fouled.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me when I see people finally having concerns about Green getting too much due to Hexhaven Invigorator.

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LeBron James: Finally Tardy

ALT: LeBron James: Finally Tardy

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very rough and ready shell for Kwia. I want to play a tricksier lifegain deck to try and maximise on Lotus tokens. Still trying to find the right outlet to convert those tokens to a win. There's a possible tokens theme in there. (I also refuse to play Aetherflux). moxfield.com/decks/u4KgAQ...

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11 [GW] The Green/White Lotus Hotel - Commander (Kwia Vigorbloom)

A Commander deck featuring Kwia Vigorbloom by Cryptic | Dingus Egg • VERY early build trying to leverage instant speed lifegain to maximise potential Kwia triggers. Not 100% sure how we convert the...

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

*record scratch* *Baba O'Riley starts playing* Yeah, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation....

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lost last night's game in perhaps the most unique way I've ever lost. Managed to go from 5 to 23 Sauron, Lord of the Rings commander damage through a Teferi's Protection, because the Rubinia Soulsinger player granted the Sauron player an extra turn with a gifted Perch Protection! Just wild stuff.

Teferi's Protection 2W
Instant
Until your next turn, your life total can’t change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they’re phased out, they’re treated as though they don’t exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi’s Protection.

Perch Protection 4WW
Instant
Gift an extra turn (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they take an extra turn after this one.)
Create four 2/2 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. If the gift was promised, all permanents you control phase out, and until your next turn, your life total can’t change and you gain protection from everything.
Exile Perch Protection.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Troll Trader Cards (once one of the best non-CM stores for Magic singles) have done an update of their site. And it's absolutely shit. And that's before you realise that it's wiped all the old accounts (order history, store credit, etc), without a single notification that this would be occuring.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Goodness, it's so interesting getting to talk to articulate, intelligent people about Magic. People who may have a different approach or reason why they play, what motivates them, but are still prepared to engage and discuss. It's especially good when it's someone who you play with regularly...

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Requoting this point because it's a tangent to my main opinions. I think "Produced Content" is the single worst thing to happen to the quality of local EDH game. Yes, this includes *some* livestreams. It's EDH in essence, but it's manufactured, not organic, and it's terrible to emulate at the LGS.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Depends on what your local meta is driven by? If it's driven by people trying to emulate "content", then yes, playing in that meta often will make you a worse player, a worse deckbuilder. Or if you're new, will hinder your ability to learn and improve. Although playing ONLY EDH will do that too.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Normalise treating green players with the same contempt everyone treats blue players. That, or stop treating blue players with contempt.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Spending a Saturday evening eating chicken nuggets and chips (like an adult), designing custom trading card (like an adult) and watching cartoons (like an adult).

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What's going on with officiating in this country? Just watched the referee give offside against Blackburn, then allow Preston to take the free kick - remember for OFFSIDE - 5 yards inside Blackburn's half. Appalling stuff.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Recently, I've been struggling designing for my second custom set. I was struggling for art. I was struggling because I made the mechanics too complex. I was struggling because all my fun ideas were tied to my future plans. So I took a moment this week to reassess the mechanics issue.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Much more solid this evening. Isak looked sharper, glad we kept Cody. Barcola looked sharp in moments and Wirtz knitted things together, the assists will come. Araujo at RB was solid and that's what we needed in Bradley's absence.

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sometimes, I feel like people in this community just spin a series of wheels to invent another "discourse" because they've run out of things to talk* about. *(read: moan)

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fun game with @chronomagistrate.bsky.social @badatgender.bsky.social and Lewis tonight. Played the new Ulasht build, and was tantalisingly close to taking out everyone with damage modifiers. Good test of the deck, and prove that the idea works, now to practice not drawing 17 lands of 37 cards. 😅

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cryptic, dingus, egg (moxtober 2026) @dingusegg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"We should give newer players space to tread the same paths we've already been down." Perfectly said, the whole discourse around "people build popular commanders because they lack creativity" really gave me the ick. It felt like people pulling the ladder up behind them to feel superior.

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