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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

CZ, not CG. Still wish Blu allowed editing of posts.

Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I also think Jin and Kinnan should have stayed on the GC list. Kinnan is almost as good in the 99 as in the CG, and harder to opt out of games with him in the 99, while Jin is a ridiculously strong reanimator target that absolutely does not belong in bracket 2 reanimator decks.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

@gavinverhey.bsky.social In my opinion, Griselbrand, Sundering Titan and Iona should stay banned. The latter two will not make for more fun games, and reanimator certainly doesn't need a new best-of-class upper end target.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

In a happy contrast, the five spoiled face commanders for the Strixhaven commander decks are all quite good and very interesting.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#magicthegathering The spoiled cards for the Marvel commander decks are kind of meh. T'Challa is intriguing, but this version of Captain America is functional but uninteresting, while Dr. Doom is a complete flavor fail, managing to capture exactly zero of what makes Doom an interesting character.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Is the difference between a deck being built to chain extra turns and a deck that can sometimes do that but isn't built around it a meaningful difference in terms of assigning brackets? How much does it matter if the commander facilitates the copying (Kess, for example)?

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#mtgcommander #brackets How much does deck intent matter re: chaining extra turns in the bracket system. Decks with 5 extra turn spells, 5 ways to copy spells and multiple tutors for either are obviously bracket 4, but does running Time Warp and 1-2 copy effects move a deck from 3 to 4?

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Proud to be associated with Pineapple Support.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

They should resign from existence.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

And what exactly have you and Sen. Schumer done to actually address this crisis, beyond just commenting on it? Please step down and make room for a progressive who is willing to actually lead.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This is a bummer. It provides yet another reason to not buy boxes. Boxes dropping from 36 to 30 packs, thus not providing an even number of sealed pools, was bad enough, now this. Looks like I will be going singles-only moving forward.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Last Tuesday's election results were a great victory. To see a bunch of Senate Dems tossing that away in exchange for nothing but empty promises is disgusting and disheartening, and it will cost the Democrats dearly moving forward. You stepping aside for more effective leadership might help.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This latest debacle, your failure to keep your fellow Dems in line, is the last straw. New leadership is needed. You should resign immediately as Senate minority leader. I will not give a cent to the DNC for as long as you remain in this position, and I urge others to make this same decision.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

That's great, but this is happening on your watch. Again and again, Senate Dems have voted for unfit Trump nominees, failed to stand up for reproductive and trans rights and trusted Republicans who have proven absolutely untrustworthy.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A bunch of gutless, feckless losers, enabled by the disgracefully and shamefully ineffective leadership of Chuck Schumer.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I look forward to picking up copies of Vivi for inclusion in some of my commander decks.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

And my stance continues to be that while I will contribute to individual campaigns, the DNC gets no donations until Schumer is replaced as Senate minority leader. I urge others to make that same choice.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

So, who in the Senate are you holding responsible for this “mistake?” This is more failed leadership. Schumer and Durbin need to be replaced as minority leader and whip immediately. Like, today.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Every Dem traitor who voted for this must be primaried, as must the Dem leaders, especially Schumer. New leadership is desperately needed.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Loathsome. Disgusting. Treasonous.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Terrible idea on every level. Craven, feckless. Trusting Republicans is idiotic.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Ditto. And Schumer just plain needs to go.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Any Dem that yields on this is a feckless coward who should be primaried out of existence. Schumer needs to go.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Very solid card. I am always happy to draw it in my Dihada deck.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Yep. I still hate that you can’t edit posts on here.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Seems the powers that be would rather have more Luigis than deliver justice within the system.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It would be nice if the congressional Democratic leadership would pay attention to this. If they want voters - and especially younger ones - to care, it is time for the Schumers of the world to move in and make way for new leaders.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Joey definitely knocked out of the park, but I think you also did a really good job in the recent video you did about your dislike for this potential change.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

#wotc You asked for feedback. I concur with everything Joey says in this video about why the proposed hybrid rule change is not good for Commander and how the biased way WotC is presenting the issue really sucks.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thank you for the link. We have actually heard most of this before. Repeatedly, in fact, over the years. Maro’s stance on this issue has been long-established.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Is that first one Sydri? If so, I would love to own that alter. Either way, it's beautiful.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I think the two issues overlap. Standard’s size is increasing because they are dumping more sets into it than used to be the case, especially all of the UB ones, and as Kibler pointed out, UB licensing issues create balancing and planning issues.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Commander players by and large are also complaining of too many releases. Blame Wizards/Hasbro. They want everything to appeal to commander players yet also be in standard in hopes that shoving it all together will maximize sales.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I don’t think, for example, mono-red needs access to Manamorphose or to mana dorks like the new Spider Manifestation or to hybrid fight or bite effects like Rhino’s Rampage or Stump Stomp (though presumably the latter would still be restricted, I expect we will see non-MDFC versions in the future.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Count me as a big no re: banning Rhystic Study and changing color identity rules regarding hybrid cards. Let Commander have some format-specific rules. The idea that mono-colored decks need access to hybrid cards is patently absurd.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Also, the whole “you can choose to bow out of games with those commanders” doesn’t apply to them in the 99, as they are less likely to come up in the pregame conversation. Those two are usually gonna be much more potent in the 99 than, say, Winota or Yuriko. Glad Swat came off the list though.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

As I have written elsewhere, I’m not sure taking Urza and Kinnan off the GC list makes a lot of sense so long as Seedborn is still a GC. All three do very similar things in different ways, and both of those can be super-busted in the 99 in decks that would run them in the first place.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The “too big” thing is definitely an issue. Brian Kibler put up a really good video recently about the negative impacts of UB on standard and how the number of sets and how UB impacts design makes it impossible to design/curate a balanced standard.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Mono-colored decks already have plenty of options, it is fine to reserve some cards to decks running all of the relevant colors.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Color identity is one of the few significant limitations to deck construction in commander, as well as one of the few things that makes it distinct from other formats. Regardless of the design intent of hybrid, commander is its own distinct thing, and it is the better for it.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

2) I am fine with Deflecting Swat coming off the list. It is strong, but not broken. re: Rhystic Study - the idea of banning it is patently ridiculous. re: Hybrid mana in commander: I strongly oppose the idea of changing the color identity rule.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#MTGCommander My thoughts about the changes to the brackets and commander changes being considered. 1) If Urza and Kinnan aren't considered game changers, I'm not sure it makes sense for Seedborn Muse to be listed as a game changer. They do similar things - lots of mana - in different ways.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Yeah, I really hate this idea with a passion. The color identity rule, and the way it interacts with hybrid in commander, needs to stay as it is.

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Jeffrey W Kramer @jeffreywkramer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If Urza and Kinnan aren't considered game changers, I question whether Seedborn Muse really belongs on the list. I am in favor of Deflecting Swat being removed, though.

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