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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As a fellow non hater of daybound/nightbound, will def be checking this!

dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“Undermine” feels a bit dramatic here. Gavin made a video explaining the rationale behind the new rule breakers. Could they have made a 5 color good stuff angels commander? Sure. Instead they made one where only Angel creatures can be 5 color, still keeping you mainly in white.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This episode felt like an older school game knights in the best way, in the sense that the power level was pretty high and everyone did pretty busted things!

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Surprised as to why they didn’t include all the LOTR precon commanders. I guess the elves makes sense since that was voting and such, but why no Eowyn and Aagorn?

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I’ve always found cards that make colored tokens SHOULD have that color as thier color identity. Take Geralf for instance. Mono blue, but makes black zombie tokens. Logically it would make sense that it’s a blue/black card.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Question: how does this interact with menace? Is it able to block it?

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I’d love to see the Temur Hulk, colorless ultron, mono black ultron, and WUBURG thanos. Those spark the most joy.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You mean the tinkering they did previously wasn’t perfect?? Sometimes I just want to play a jank deck, or even a “sub optimal” commander and have some fun. Matching into clearly top tier players/decks is not fun.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I 100% guarantee no one at WOTC has looked at Brawl as closely as you have here. Fantastic work, I agree with everything you’ve laid out here. I only play Brawl, so even implementing some of these will go a long way.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It was my main game from the Forsaken expansion to Beyond Light, then played here and there until final shape. Haven’t really touched it since then, but very much enjoyed my time. I’ll miss the world/lore the most.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

As a structural engineer and gruul being my fav color pair, Konstari is sending me.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I joined the mtgbrawl sub to see if there was any new brews or discussions happening. Nope. Just pure rage “WE NEED RANKED QUEUE NOWWWW” sweat.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It’s truly wild that Reddit is 100% in on ranked queue when it will just devastate the format. God forbid you voice an opinion there BAM you get whacked.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Unless they do some major backend card/commander weight changes (ha) and some un-ranked card bans (HA), yes this is gonna be awful. Remember that like month or 2 after EOE where EVERY game was a sweat fest? Gonna be that every game…

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If they decide to go this route they HAVE to push standard brawl as the “casual” level format for on boarding brawl. But this is WOTC so they will most likely let it drown for the sake of super sweaty competitive players.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Magus Luca Kane was the first deck I ever bought and then upgraded, she’s my baby. Temur X spells is so resilient and explosive. Can easily overwhelm the early game with ramp or outlast the long game with dumping mana. It’s so fun.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

There’s gotta be a healthcare bubble right, right?…..so many bubbles…-insert “I don’t think this bubble can get any bigger NONSENSE” meme here-

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Both new primary care and dentist appointments are 12 months out. It’s insane. How can EVERYONE be 12 months out. Makes no sense.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The drill won me all my games at pre release. It’s a menace. Different format for sure but ALL HAIL THE DRILL.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Let’s gooooooo so pumped. Do you think any of the ATLA will be fun in standard brawl? I think fire/earthbending decks would be a hoot.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Update: had an amazing time! Went 3-0 with a green-black-red earthbending deck. Fire nation drill is so oppressive. Love this set so much.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

1 step forward, 3 steps back. Amazing work here….

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Thank you for having me it’s great to yap here

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It’s honestly shocking to me how many people are using this system as a replacement for power level WHEN THAT WAS NEVER THR INTENTION!!! Idk how more clear you and the CFP can be lol

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I’ve seen so many comments on Reddit abut the latest meta challenge, saying “see WOTC, this means we WANT a ranked queue!” Which like, I guess? But like I’m not about that at all.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Man they HAVE to start doing ban lists for Brawl, this is getting rediculous. There is no regard for the health of this format lmao.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It should when avatar comes out. I so hyped for that you have no idea.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

And then you translate that to the through the omen paths where it’s one-off, brand new characters, yeah I can def feel the “not as enthusiastic” sentiment. The spot guy is cool tho, and the OM1 version being from EOE is even cooler.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Man I wish spiders man was a cooler card haha. But glad they got represented at all I guess.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

That’s a good point. As far as a new player product, UB is a fantastic way into this great game. And commander (imo) is NOT the format new players should learn to get into Magic. 60 card formats are much more preferable. Really Jumpstart is the best at this but the 60 card formats are still good.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This 1000%. LOTR and FF felt great. So did 40k as a standalone commander set. But the “forced standard but all now more than 50% UB” is what kinda kills it for me, the over saturation.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

For me, UB hasn’t really affected my gameplay of commander. I have no problem running cloud or megatron or Dogmeat in the command zone, or playing against them. I have more of a problem with it in standard. UB should be an optional alternative that YOU want to engage in, and not be forced into.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Gotcha gotcha no worries! Totally makes sense.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Would love a “State of Brawl” type video from ya, like laying out the collective issues from the past couple months.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Looks like I’m staying in standard brawl for the foreseeable future…

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s also great for players who use the mastery pass, as those are standard packs. Makes wildcard usage much more manageable. Been having a blast in it lately.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I made the Town and Gilgamesh decks, the town deck is so fun!!

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I got strip mined three times in a row off of Poq. I’m ashamed to say I roped the third person. This has to stop.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Great breakdown of the new cards! So, out of the sliver commmanders now in arena (1st sliver, overload, hivelord, and now weftfinder), which one would be most apped for brawl? 1st sliver still seems a great choice but wanted to see your thoughts.

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I was just looking at a Wurm tribal deck!! Lmao

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dmatthews44.bsky.social @dmatthews44.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I got the bugs land precon (and naturally will make it in brawl), but also super interested in Syr Vondum. Looks like a fun B/W flicker/sac deck.

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