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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Magic Variant of the week. This week is Slime Against Humanity by Alek. Another I’ve not played. It looks great. Green shared library. I’ve seen a few green “dandans” and recently created one too. I’ll premiere that here someday. But today is Slimes! m.youtube.com/watch?v=iHZW...

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The Best New MTG Format?!? | Slime Against Humanity | Magic the Gathering

YouTube video by The Commander's Quarters

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Magic Variant of the week. It’s Pleasant Kenobi’s The Party Box. I played this past Saturday though each is different by nature. The one I played was “Un” cards though a player added a Star Wars Unlimited card with a Booster Tutor. It was silly but fun. m.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Tz...

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MTG's Weirdest Format - Party Box

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Magic Variant of the week. This week it’s something a little different. But it counts as a variant. Yeah. It’s Rhystic Studies video covering the 100 Ornithopters Cube. Sam is great. If you like cube draft this one looks really fun. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pddm...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Magic Variant of the week. This time it’s BombDan. I haven’t played it but it looks interesting. It’s Not Good creates a lot of unique variants and this is no exception. m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FS...

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Bombdan | The Other Dandans

YouTube video by It's Not Good

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Today I’m dropping my Rock, Paper, Scissors variant. I just made some changes to my lists and updated the printable proxies so you can try it. Almost as old as Dandan and just as fun, but different. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Magic: Rock-Paper-Scissors

Magic: R. P. S. (Rock-Paper-Scissors) Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed to play with three players, each using a deck containing Rock Lobster, ...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Today I’ll drop four different variants by It's Not Good on YouTube. This guy gets the Magic variant vibe and all of his variants are not just Dandan of a different color. I’ll forgive him for missing my name while it is on screen. lol. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PUb8...

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The OTHER Dandans

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Here’s another one I’ve heard about but not had the opportunity to play. It’s Wrath Wrath! Try to Miracle Thunderous Wrath while avoiding your opponent doing it to you. Looks fun! By Harrison Fang. tappedout.net/mtg-decks/wr...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Another I have not played but is unique in that you can win by getting to 20 life or losing your initial 5. It’s Chef Chef. Another in my Non-Dandan playlist. Sharing as a video from Commander’s Quarters. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fc4i...

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Chef Chef: An INCREDIBLE New Magic Format You Have to See!

YouTube video by The Commander's Quarters

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Magic Variant of the week. There’s a couple versions online. It’s Gambling Ghoul by Powerful Nothing on YouTube. There are at least four vids of these decks in my Non-Dandan playlist. Dropping It’s Not Good’s video since he has done some good work on it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=YnCQ...

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Grimoire Ghoul | The Other Dandans

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Build both Forgetful Fish and Red Hot Seizoned Fish and play Red Fish, Blue Fish, 2-Headed Fish with three friends. Substitute virtually any Dandan Deck for FF. Silly fun combining two great shared library decks. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Red Fish, Blue Fish, 2-Headed Fish

Red Fish, Blue Fish, 2-Headed Fish Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) from idea by Dean Eddy This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed for four players in teams of two and utilizes the For...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Magic Variant of the week. My red shared library! Red Hot Seizoned Fish! Red Herring and Word of Seizing. And other stuff. Inspired by Miguel Grados’ Hot Sushi. Next week, Red Fish, Blue Fish, 2-Headed Fish combining Forgetful Fish and RHSF in a four player game. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Red Hot Seizoned Fish (Red Herring)

Magic: Red Hot Seizoned Fish (Red Herring) Designed by Nick Floyd (inspired by Miguel Grados’ Hot Sushi) This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed for two players who both play out of the...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Ok. The one that started it all, and my original unaltered list. Forgetful Fish! Dandan and Memory Lapse. I’m going to do this, my red fish list, and my red fish, blue fish combo game over three weeks. Just cause. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Magic: Forgetful Fish (Classic)

Magic: Forgetful Fish (Classic) Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed for two players who both play out of the same 80 card deck. The deck contai...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Magic Variant of the week. I’ve never played but I find intriguing. The creator (Angry Green Jelly Bean) recently released an update video. It’s Miner Offence! Uses The Grand Calcutron, a weird “Un” card. Will proxy this one soon and got a Calcutron in anticipation. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeAf...

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What if Dandân was Even... Weirder? | Miner Offence Revisited

YouTube video by Angry Green Jellybean

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Let’s do BaubBob (Greatness, at any cost). I played it with its creator at Shoebox and had to proxy it for my group. Manipulating the top deck to kill with Dark Confidant is fun. There are several versions but this is the one I played. moxfield.com/decks/jiCcr3...

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Greatness, At Any Cost (BaubBob) - Dandan

A Dandan variant built around manipulating your opponent's topdecks while fighting over card advantage and the stronger spells in the deck. The more powerful the effect, the more life it will usual...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Magic Variant of the week. One of mine. Red Hot Seizoned Fish. A red agro shared library game with lots of activated abilities, but watch out for Split Second on Word of Seizing, because you can’t activate in response. Inspired by Miguel Grados’ Hot Sushi. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Red Hot Seizoned Fish (Red Herring)

Magic: Red Hot Seizoned Fish (Red Herring) Designed by Nick Floyd (inspired by Miguel Grados’ Hot Sushi This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed for two players who both play out of the...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Magic Variant of the week. This week it’s Miguel Grados’ Game of Thrones. A white control mirror where dragons and their undead corpses duel for supremacy in the skies. It plays with the Eternalize mechanic and the exile zone. moxfield.com/decks/Vg1VI3...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Magic Variant of the week. JundJund! By Travis Norman. I haven’t played this one but I’ve heard it by name a bunch. The Janklord guys dropped this video a few months ago and my headshot appears in the video because I’m going to be guesting on one of their shows. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lciO...

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This Is JundJund | A Dandân Variant For Midrange Players | Magic: The Gathering

YouTube video by QUEST FOR THE JANKLORD

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Magic Variant of the week. This one predates my 2016 release of Dandan maybe but not its ‘96 creation. The Basic Land Game. Can’t find who originally created it, but it’s fast and fun. We use it as a warm-up game. Here is Skura’s primer. ultimateguard.com/en/blog/basi...

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The Basic Land Game: Rules, Gameplay & Strategy | Magic: The Gathering | Ultimate Guard - Magic: The Gathering - Ultimate Guard

Today, Skura will delve into his favourite and most accessible casual variant of Magic: The Gathering that he champions and promotes any chance he gets. ► Read MTG stories now at Ultimate Guard! ► Rea...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Magic Variant of the week. I was ill prepared so here’s another one of mine. Trippin’! One of the three I dropped in 2016 when I dropped Dandan. Not my style of play and I’m bad at it. But some like it. I’ve signed one Pyknite for someone. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Magic: Trippin'

Magic: Trippin’ Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed to play with two players who draw from the same 80 card library built completely of the cards...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Dandan has inspired other great mini games. Here’s another. Will Klein’s “Beyond Dandan.” A highly curated shared library game designed an engineer. Not based around “Dandan,” but sharing a library. Every card included very well thought out. cubecobra.com/cube/list/be...

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Cube Cobra List: Beyond Dandan

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Dandan has inspired other great mini games. Here’s another. Derek Neumann’s Savage Scallywags. A black shared library game based around Wanted Scoundrels where killing them replenishes the mana spent on them so it’s always an uphill battle. moxfield.com/decks/RzfsEx...

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Savage Scallywags: Wanted Scoundrels (Black Dandan Variant) - Dandan

Shared Deck 20 life format. Each player starts with a swamp and a treasure.

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Magic Variant of the week. Dandan has inspired a lot of great mini games. Here’s another. It’s Miguel Grados’ Hot Sushi. A red/artifact board control game with a Lantern Control sub-theme, based around Red Herring, another two mana fish. It’s Sushi time. moxfield.com/decks/b8G0Mv...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Magic Variant of the week. They won’t all be mine. Dandan has inspired a lot of great mini games. This week it’s my Dandanless Dandan deck. No life. Just the cards in the library. It’s more fun and interesting than think. Plays faster than Dandan. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Magic: Forget the Fish (Dandanless Dandan)

Magic: Forget the Fish (Dandanless Dandan) Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) Do you like Forgetful Fish/Dandan games that come down to who has to draw from an empty deck? That’s every game wi...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My Google Doc for RPS now contains printable proxies. Now you can print the whole thing and sleeve up proxies to try it tomorrow. After FF/Dandan it is my oldest and most fun variant. Give it a try! I'll update the proxies as I make changes to the deck. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Magic: Rock-Paper-Scissors

Magic: R. P. S. (Rock-Paper-Scissors) Designed by Nick Floyd (fixed email) This Magic: the Gathering variant is designed to play with three players, each using a deck containing Rock Lobster, ...

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’ve signed quite a few Dandans for players and given away many too. I’m all out now, again. Today I signed my first Secret Lair Dandan, and one of the same player’s Memory Lapse. The gold paint marker looked great.

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Drew | Wandering the Planes @showandtell2u.com · 20/03/2026

The chance to attend @shoebox.gg had me wondering what is it about this game that keeps pulling us together. The world weighs heavy, but time and time again I'm always astounded by the joy we find in Magic. I continue to try and capture those feelings. Please enjoy, Dear Magic bit.ly/4sikgxK

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I’m always thinking about community. When I made the decision to venture to Minnesota for Shoebox, I didn’t know what to expect. But I was excited. A community focused event, run and ho…

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peachyPop, wild mage 🍑 @peachypopcos.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Missed the Dandan Secret Lair drop... because we were at @shoebox.gg, busy playing the DanDan Secret Lair with its creator, @magicstorytime.bsky.social I'd love to snag one someday, but I think we got the better trade here lmao

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

And I guess it’s gone. 45 minutes.

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Carmen Klomparens @carmparens.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The official article on Secret Lair: Dandan went up this morning. It was a dream leading this with @corriganabe.bsky.social, but I cannot stress enough that this wouldn't be possible without @magicstorytime.bsky.social. Magic's players are its legacy. #WOTCstaff magic.wizards.com/en/news/anno...

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From the Chaos Vault: Secret Lair Dandân Decklist

Dandân has officially surfaced in Secret Lair! This 80-card, Fish-filled deck will be available tomorrow, March 16, through the Chaos Vault.

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Sean, avatar of Spectra @spectramtg.net · 14/03/2026

If you’re interested in checking out the Dandân secret lair, check out the Carnival Area at Shoebox! @magicstorytime.bsky.social is hanging out playing games! Give it a look!

A hand of the Secret Lair dropping SOON (TM)

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Secret Lair @mtgsecretlair.com · 12/03/2026

Thirty years ago, Nick Floyd created a wildly popular two-player Magic format played with a single shared deck. Now, Secret Lair is bringing our own take to the table — transforming Dandân into a deck of our own, coming soon.

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UncannyGirl @uncannygirl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I know this is a cash grab but... please let there be Secret Lair: Rock, Paper, Scissors!!

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

My favorite thing about the viral rise of Dandan is that it inspired others to create Magic variants and experiment with the game. Magic has always been a sandbox game. Get in the box, and let’s play.

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I got to hang out at WotC HQ today. And meet a whole bunch of cool people. And play some Magic variants. And look what they gave me. So cool.

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My newest video. A compilation of all the trivia I’ve asked so far. m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwE...

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Magic Story Time Trivia Compilation #1

YouTube video by Magic Story Time

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Nick Floyd @magicstorytime.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I will be attending as a guest host, showcasing Dandan and other variants. There will be a “competitive" Dandan event and all kinds of interesting Magic events and casual play space, vendors and Magic Artists. I’d love to sign your Dandans and try out your own Magic variants. Website Shoebox.gg

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Odd @oddindeed.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Very excited to announce that the Twin Cities Brew Crew will be hosting a @shoebox.gg pre-convention party! We will be raising money for @miracmn.bsky.social and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. It will be a blast so come out and support a good cause!

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Stitcher’s Supply @stitcherssupply.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Stitcher's Supply will be AT @shoebox.gg!! That's right, we're joining the ranks of vendors at this awesome community event. Keep an eye out for some cool stuff we'll be selling there - AND a Pick Up at Shoebox shipping option going live on Friday. :) We're SOOOO HYPE #shoebox2026

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Stitcher’s Supply @stitcherssupply.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Forgotten Pixels playmat is available for preorder all month btw - so you have a lot of time left to get an order it, but not like a LOT of time left, you know what I'm sayin?

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