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Mork @fourdeltavictor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hello #mtgcube community I have an odd request. I want to acquire 8x of these reminder cards for my MH2+ cube. From what I understand they're on the back of tokens. If you happen to have MH2 tokens lying around and can help me figure out which ones they're on, that would be amazing.

A draft archetype card for MH2 booster draft. It has 10 archetypes with descriptions on a standard mtg sized card.

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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 28/07/2026

Make Your Own Cards by @goblingathering.bsky.social is live! Tired of not getting any Magic sets you like? Just make your own. www.cascadecascade.com/make-your-ow...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Sometimes limited TCG skill is transferable! Went undefeated at the #Riftbound prerelease because I opened two Lingering Souls and a Glorious Anthem you can Monstrous to double the Anthem.

Forgotten Relic, Rage Amplifier, two Up From the Deeps above a Zed Legend and Champion

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I won this draft with ol' reliable in artifact cubes: Naya Removal. Next week we'll be drafting my Desert #mtgcube, Amonkar: cubecobra.com/cube/about/a.... If this sounds interesting and you're free next Wednesday night, sign up to join us in the CubeCon Discord!

A Naya deck with looots of Disenchant effects

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I am glad the devs know Echo feels busted with certain abilities, especially Temporal Borealis. This game rules, you should all try it! In my most recent run against the hardest available boss, I killed it super fast with the power of a skill called Blood Pact that converts team healing into damage

Aethermancer screenshot showing a single attack preparing to take out almost half the boss's total health bar in its final phase.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

28 runs before my first win. 49 runs to complete the story 101 runs to earn all achievements A perfect video game.

Hades 2 screen with 106.9 hours of playtime and 50/50 achievements unlocked

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/04/2026

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

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The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI

Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

@nyc-mtg.com This came to me in a dream. Am I cooking or deluded?

4 Jagged Barrens
4 Drossforge Bridge
4 Great Furnace
4 Vault of Whispers
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
4 Voldaren Epicure
4 Kitchen Imp
4 Refurbished Familiar
4 Faithless Looting
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Vampire's Kiss
4 Alms of the Vein
2 Toxin Analysis
2 Blood Fountain
4 Black Mage's Rod
1 Makeshift Munitions

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

In the interest of transparency, since making the described changes, I have gone 0-6 in back to back events. Probably time to hang up the Welders deck 😭

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I started playing Magic in 2006. My friend @deinonychus9.bsky.social started in 2020. We're exploring the nuances in starting the same game 14 years apart. 2011 features Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia, M12, and Innistrad. We also talk about Zombies, Game of Thrones, Skyrim, and bans in Standard!

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Magic in 2011, with Bones and Deinonychus

YouTube video by Austin Hale

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Latte Express, San Francisco CA. Best donuts I've ever had.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I FINALLY MET THE CREATOR OF THE ORIGINAL DESERT CUBE!

ME POINTING AT THE CREATOR OF THE ORIGINAL DESERT CUBE

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Here's my second article, about the first Shard, of my custom set Alara Reimagined! For anybody curious about the process of designing and developing a custom set, this outlines much of my thought process and iteration after playtests of the cards of Bant. trademagic.gg/articles/the...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I just wrote an article about my favorite plane! bsky.app/profile/gobl...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I'm starting a new article series on the design of my custom cube, Alara Reimagined. While it's mostly a custom set, the reprint density and finding cards to tweak made it feel a lot like cube design. This first article is about how the project started. trademagic.gg/articles/des...

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I have finished the Final Fantasy Tactics remake. I hated it: medium.com/@unluckyloot...

My favorite video game of all time is Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (2008), for the DS. I had enjoyed Tactics Advance (2003) for the GBA, so I immediately bought the sequel on release with GameStop store credit, and soon became obsessed. In 2009 when I got a PSP, I grabbed Tactics: War of the Lions with much anticipation. My only memory of that play experience is after a routine fight against some enemies that happened to kill a party member, discovering I had lost them permanently. To which I reacted: “Well that wasn’t fun.”

Since then, I’ve never returned to War of the Lions, or attempted to find a way to play the original on PS1, but for 20 years have been hearing rave reviews of the original’s story and gameplay, and critiques of the Advance and A2 games’ departures. When The Ivalice Chronicles was announced, a remade and updated version of said original, it went straight onto my Steam wishlist. And when I saw it go 20% off, despite my impression of the PSP version, I bought it and determined to finish the game this time.

35 grueling gameplay hours later, the credits rolled and I was relieved to be free. The critically-claimed origin of my favorite game being a total letdown couldn’t just be left behind without explanation, so here you have it: why Final Fantasy Tactics is the worst Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Had two cool Avatar Draft moments, just before I'll be shifting into nonstop Lorwyn drafts next week #1: Copy Hama the Bloodbender with opponent's Ember Island. The copy mills them and steals it again! #2: I'm at 1 life and opponent is at 1 card in library. They have Unagi. Wan Shi Tong for X=4.

When Hama enters, target opponent mills three cards. Exile up to one noncreature, nonland card from that player’s graveyard. For as long as you control Hama, you may cast the exiled card during your turn by waterbending {X} rather than paying its mana cost, where X is its mana value.

Create a token that’s a copy of target creature you control, except it’s not legendary and it’s a 4/4 Hero in addition to its other types.

I am at 1 life and being attacked for lethal by an unblockable 5/7 Giant Koi. I have Rocky Rebuke but no creatures big enough to kill the Koi. Opponent has 1 card in library and Unagi in play, so if I find a way to draw two cards I can kill them. I cast Wan Shi Tong for X=4 in case they have Quench.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'll be judging with the Museum of Modern in tow!

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I have once again tracked all my cube drafts for the year! I drafted 5 more times in paper than last year, but 8 fewer times in total. My devotion to Red increased slightly, and my winrate somehow remained *exactly* the same 62%. Here's a thread with some of my favorite cubes and decks of the year 🧵

A chart showing all my cube drafts from 2025, with color pie breakdowns on the right.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

My top 10 cards of 2025: 1. Glittering Massif (finish cycle plz) 2. Black Mage's Rod 3. Tersa Lightshatter 4. Zell Dincht 5. Quistis Trepe 6. Ty Lee, Chi Blocker 7. Suki, Courageous Rescuer 8. Kishla Skimmer 9. Far Fortune, End Boss 10. Scorvus Ames, Crimelord

Glittering Massif
Land — Mountain Plains
({T}: Add {R} or {W}.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Iridescent debris and chromatic chemical fires litter Kavaron with the beauty of destruction.

Black Mage's Rod
{1}{B}
Artifact — Equipment
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, has “Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent,” and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.
Equip {3}

Tersa Lightshatter
{2}{R}
Legendary Creature — Orc Wizard
Haste
When Tersa Lightshatter enters, discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
Whenever Tersa Lightshatter attacks, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, exile a card at random from your graveyard. You may play that card this turn.
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Zell Dincht
{2}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Monk
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Zell Dincht gets +1/+0 for each land you control.
At the beginning of your end step, return a land you control to its owner’s hand.
“My weapons are these fists of mine!”
0/3

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I started playing Magic in 2006. My friend @deinonychus9.bsky.social started in 2020. We're exploring the differences in starting the same game 14 years apart. My Christmas gift to Jake? Magic history trivia, again. At the end, we discuss older decks like Doomsday and Caw-Go. youtu.be/fSJk6ZaTyTU

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Magic in 2010, with Bones and Deinonychus

YouTube video by Austin Hale

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Omniscience Omenpaths draft is cursed and I will never touch it again.

My life total being exchanged, 29 with 4, by my opponent's topdeck. I had the win on-board.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

p1p1 Fleem will guide you to 7 wins in Powered Cube, trust

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social Okay I am hooked on Black Mage's Rod in Pauper* @nyc-mtg.com I'm gonna build this deck in paper in case Pauper events ever happen around me, but I'll def bring it with my to NYC next time.

Two Hero tokens with two Black Mage's Rods attached to each. The opponent is at 6 and conceded, I have 12 more damage worth of spells in hand.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Forgot to post this before, so: I'm part of a local Proxy Vintage League, and a few weeks ago, I did the best I ever have on a Welder deck with some spicy edits. (3rd out of 28. The top 2 were BOTH Oath and Tell, the menace of our meta) I won a Josh Hass print with a super cool backstory!

A Vintage deck revolving around Painter's Servant + Grindstone, and Time Vault + Manifold Key. Uses Goblin Welder, Engineer, and Oswald Fiddlebender to assemble the combo out of fast mana.

A print of Goblin Trailblazer by Josh Hass

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Went undefeated in a paper draft of Wilds of Eldraine! p1p1 Decadent Dragon, p1p2 Gruff Triplets (neighbor took a valuable WOT card over it) I took a p2p1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron optimistically, but didn't feel like it was better than any of these 24. Would you have run it? If so, over what?

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Someone on the Arena team loves me, and decided we needed a week of Wilds of Eldraine leading up to the OM1 release. Sadly, I didn't realize this til Friday, so I jammed a dozen drafts as quickly as possible! Earned a respectable 57-28 record in my favorite draft format. Also discovered 5C Monored!

Screenshot of 17lands, showing 12 WOE Arena draft records, 4 have trophies

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Having a great time landing perfect shots in Standard Brawl. Thanks @amytheamazonian.bsky.social for reminding me it exists, Taii Wakeen is my new BFF.

Taii Wakeen alone onboard against 63 collective power. In hand is Tectonic Hazard which deals 1 damage to each opponents and each of their creatures. Taii Wakeen is about to activate for X=7, which will result in the opposing board being completely wiped and me drawing 6 cards. This is completely awesome, even though I will still lose this game because Yuna, Hope of Spira is stronger than drawing six cards and destroying 10 creatures.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Strip Mine got added to Brawl and an embarrassing number of players have made it their entire personality

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Had a fantastic time in @chriskmooney.bsky.social's Gingercube tonight. In this #mtgcube you get unlimited access to Gingerbrutes after the draft, and my deck wanted 10. Games were fast, fun, and full of Food. I would highly recommend anyone going to CubeCon next month to give it a try!

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

@chriskmooney.bsky.social Hi Chris! We are drafting Gingercube in the CubeCon discord tonight, any specific info or feedback you're looking for?

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Can Villain please be added to the Outlaw batch? Some of these reskins are SO charming to me for #mtgcube

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Had a fantastic time judging at @cubeforacause.upkeepnewyork.com this weekend! Afterward, @domrikade.bsky.social and I took the train to Baltimore and attended Tuesday cube night, where I got to play Sacred Geometry by @andy.luckypaper.co for the first time. Built a super fun RG Dragon Control deck

A Red-Green control deck in Sacred Geometry.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I started playing Magic in 2006. My #mtgcube friend @deinonychus9.bsky.social started in 2020. We're exploring the differences in starting the same game 14 years apart. 2009 features Conflux, Alara Reborn, M10, and Zendikar. Welcome to the year of Zoo! youtu.be/AIQBF6AHPhM

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Magic in 2009, with Bones and Deinonychus

YouTube video by Austin Hale

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Re: the latest Lucky Paper Radio episode addressing the control deck in 100 Ornithopters, @domrikade.bsky.social made this meme captioned "How I imagine Bones every time Andy describes him drafting."

Watchmen comic panel of Ozymandias, with my face pasted on top.

"Draft it? Andy, I'm not a republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome?"
"I drafted it thirty-five minutes ago"

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I carry two minigames with me for in-between games, usually while waiting for draft/cube games to finish up. One is DrakeDrâke which most people following me already know about, the other one is this! Split my Vintage Hollowvine deck (and some sideboard cards) in half and you get a fun mirror match

2 Bazaar of Baghdad
2 Vengevine
2 Hollow One
2 Basking Rootwalla
2 Blazing Rootwalla
2 Squee, Goblin Nabob
2 Wasteland
2 Force of Negation
2 Force of Vigor
2 Force of Will
2 Noxious Revival
2 Master of Death
1 Echoing Deeps
1 Snapback
1 Misdirection
1 Endurance
1 Subtlety
1 Fury

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

For my birthday and @domrikade.bsky.social's, we had a Cube Day with 20 friends! My innovation for this event, inspired by regional cube events' trophy pins plus @bearlylupe.bsky.social was a Gold Skull bead for each match win, ultimately added into a friendship bracelet for each player.

A friendship bracelet that says CUBE GOBLIN, with 3 gold skulls, on a playmat

A Green-Blue Old-Border cube deck in Ancient Desert

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Drafted @janemckinney.bsky.social's The Ball Pit last night. In this cube, every single card can be cast as though it has Chromatic Sphere on the back. You also draft 4 packs of 15, and must play every card you draft: no deckbuilding phase! I went 1-2 and had the time of my life. Absolutely unreal.

Chromatic Sphere
Artifact 1
1, T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color. Draw a card.

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Drafted the Amonkar Desert #mtgcube at the LGS today, I went 3-0 guided by a p1p1 Katilda and Lier. Manabase came together really nicely, and found tons of little fun synergies throughout my games. Lost 1 game to a friend on Monoblack Mill with Scavenger's Talent, his first time in any Desert!

Bant Humans/Legends/Graveyard/Clues/Food/Explore deck

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I started playing Magic in 2006. My friend @deinonychus9.bsky.social started in 2020. We're exploring the differences in starting the same game 14 years apart. 2008 features Morningtide, Shadowmoor, Eventide, and... what was that 4th set? (Your guess is better than Jake's) youtu.be/OPLk5Zvf5fo

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Magic in 2008, with Bones and Deinonychus

YouTube video by Austin Hale

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Bones (A Cube Judge) @goblingathering.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Drafted a 10-person pod of my Museum of Modern #mtgcube today, in 3 packs of 16 rather than the normal 3x20 for 8. p1p1 Bitterblossom, directly next to a friend who did the same! I ended up in UB Faeries, while he went for WB Aristocrats. Sword of Body & Mind played great, my first time with it.

UB Faeries cube draft deck in Museum of Modern

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