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Alex Ullman

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God damn it you have to be kind, Member of the Pauper Format Panel, Gut it out He/Him/His linktr.ee/nerdtothecore alex@nerdtothecore.com

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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 1h
What boring and weaselly people don’t want you to know about living in cities is that there’s a very small chance you’ll meet someone who wishes you harm because you’re not the right race/creed/whatever, but there’s a much greater chance you’re going to meet Hussein.
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 3h
CASCADE CASCADE ISSUE 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW! - All 24 articles from ISSUE 2 on CASCADECASCADE.com - A physical exclusive article from @rhysticstudies.bsky.social - a fun bonus or two. :) - 8 1/2"x11" magazine with THICC paper - $19.99 Read more: www.cascadecascade.com/cascade-casc...
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Sean McKeown @sifuabs.bsky.social · 2h
Reposting now that the phones are open: some asshole decided he should hunt down and release the name of Jane Doe in the Cornell lawsuit, and if you're a NYER, instead of trying to dox him back or wishing harm on him you can pick up the phone and help those consequences happen to him more directly.
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 4h
The best Star Wars dad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1liG...
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TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 7h
Thinking about them this morning...
 Dusk Legion Zealot {1}{B}

Creature — Vampire Soldier

When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Once they reached Orazca, the Legion’s explorers ransacked tombs and temples, hunting for the Immortal Sun.
1/1

Illustrated by Winona Nelson  Ichor Wellspring {2}

Artifact

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

“Our glorious infection has taken hold.”
—Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Watermark: Phyrexian

Illustrated by Steven Belledin  Spirited Companion {1}{W}

Enchantment Creature — Dog

When this creature enters, draw a card.

She formed a friendship with several playful spirits, and soon “the pack” was known as the source of much mischief in Eiganjo.
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Illustrated by Ilse Gort 
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Elvish Visionary {1}{G}

Creature — Elf Shaman

When this creature enters, draw a card.

Before any major undertaking, a Cylian elf seeks the guidance of a visionary to learn the will of the gargantuan ancients.
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Illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory
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Kristen @narukamiknight.bsky.social · 22h
really proud of this piece, would mean the world to me to hear if you enjoyed it ngl
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 22h
As long as they have the tomahawk logo on the field, they are inviting it. They are affirmatively for it.
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 22h
If you own an LGS or a similar institution & would like to be on our wholesale information list for CASCADE, please get in touch with Cal! If you DON'T own an LGS but want to see these for sale at your local spot... well, tell 'em. cal @ stitcherssupply dot com. xoxo.
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 22h
Anyway, if you want to give my stuff a read you can hit up nerdtothecore.com.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 23h
ISSUE 2 has continually asked the question What is community? Where can we find the people that Get Us? It's hard. It's worth it. @narukamiknight.bsky.social masterfully brings us home with today's piece: Mage-Ring Networking. www.cascadecascade.com/mage-ring-ne...
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Mage-Ring Networking
What is community? Who are our people?
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 29/09/2026
Applied for MC: Detroit (first MC since Philly that I had a reasonable chance to attend). Got denied. See you in 2028, maybe?
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 29/09/2026
He's a mensch (complimentary)
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 29/09/2026
:exhausted sigh:
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 29/09/2026
It's starting to take shape, but figuring out the right crossover cards is going to make things interesting... moxfield.com/decks/DWkmVN...
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Daxos' Enchanted Zombies - Commander (Daxos the Returned)
A Commander deck featuring Daxos the Returned by nerdtothecore • View on Moxfield
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 29/09/2026
It's the MLB Postseason and the Mets aren't in it (again). So I'm rooting for one of these two to win (their presentations of who they are is delightful):
Payton TolleMunetaka Murakami
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There is zero doubt in my mind, not even an inkling, that this man is a rapist. Monstrous shit here.
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NYC underscore MTG (Chris) || 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @nyc-mtg.com · 29/09/2026
NYC #mtgPauper League Season 6 Invitational Top 8 Decklists 1st - Ryan on Mono G Elves 🧝‍♀️ 2nd - Ryan on Elves 🧝‍♀️ 3rd-4th Alex on Mardu Synth 🦅, Russell on White Weenie 🦅 5th-8th Adam on Esper Ephemerate 🔁, Austin on Pestilence 😷, Rich on Spy Combo 🕵️‍♀️, Cameron on Familiars 🏰
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is the fridge of a person who doesn’t prepare a single meal
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 28/09/2026
Reality Fracture is quietly filled with a ton of really powerful cards for #MTGPauper, in part because the format has never had to deal with a Planeswalker before. +1/+1, vigilance, and you draw a card at the very least?

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Tam's Resistance {1}{G/U}

Sorcery

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains vigilance until end of turn.

Empower Jace 4. (Put four loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don’t control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with “[−1]: Surveil 1” and “[−3]: Draw a card.”)

Tam had offered to help and Vraska believed her.

Illustrated by Samuel Perin
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 28/09/2026
For folks looking at the news out of Cornell and may have questions about Title IX - I have worked in my institution's Title IX process for 13 years including stints as an investigator, deputy coordinator and interim coordinator. I also have familiarity with NYS specific processes and policies.
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 28/09/2026
Still trying to find a Zombie deck that scratches the itch. Might have settled on a weird Token/Enchantment hybrid?
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Important context
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Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com · 27/09/2026
What I know from speaking to people in the building, this would not happen. BUT if you get this player survey you should still tell them Absolutely No!
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 26/09/2026
Soon...
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 26/09/2026
Getting ready to pre-release with the kiddo
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 26/09/2026
Rainy day pre-Prerelease card sort.
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 26/09/2026
Calm before the storm Set it off And the sun burnt out tonight
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VorthosMike @vorthosmike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hold up So he painted a magic original On the back of an artist proof Turned it in. Got approved. This is the wildest story I’ve heard today
Holding a mini painting of fauna Hello everyone, I’m pleased to present my original artwork for Forest Tentacle Token from Reality Fracture set . The uniqueness lies in the fact that the original art for the card was drawn on  artist proof. This miniature depicts a piece of the tentacle of a Verdant Kraken that is beginning to be overgrown with forest plants and flowers.The magic the gathering token card forest tentacle
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you are posting "all hope is lost" content right now, "they're stealing the election" content, etc., you are doing the regime's dirty work for it.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SCOTUS sucks, yes it must be expanded and reformed, and also, to quote @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, PANIC is a PSYOP.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PLEASE NOTE on the recent SCOTUS per curiam decision: existing law blocks most states from purging their voting rolls within 90 days of an election. This decision is not likely to impact the midterms, and also the use of the SAVE program (different from the SAVE act) is VOLUNTARY.
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 25/09/2026
just one piece left in this issue, a banger from @narukamiknight.bsky.social coming this Tuesday. Can you believe we've done this twice now?
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The White Sox have to retire Munetaka Murakami's number immediately. This is the greatest interview of all time.
youtube.com
Murakami loving his first clubhouse celebration 😂
YouTube video by Bleacher Report
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Command Zoe🔜PAX Unplugged @commandzoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BUGS NOOOOOO!!!!!!
bugs photoshopped onto on eaten by piranhas
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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💙🩷🛶🩷💙
a meme set in a fake screenshot of chrono trigger says "transgender people and immigrants are not at the root of any problem that we face in this country and I will not be tricked into thinking otherwise"
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My beloved Bugs is a load-bearing poster on here. Don't goozle yourself, bluesky. #freebugs
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 24/09/2026
I always repost anything from Lily but if I could repost this a million times I would. This is such a good exploration of the Bracket 3 puzzle.
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big tiddy Rebell @rebell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I analyzed 40k decks on Commander Template to find out exactly how Bracket 3 isn’t just one bracket youtu.be/g9EE81gd-yI?...
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Why Bracket 3 Isn't Just One Bracket
YouTube video by Rebell Lily
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 24/09/2026
Once again, the people running @bsky.app have decided to target Bugs. Sure, go after the person standing up for Trans folks. I'm sure history will smile kindly on you. :wettest fart noise:
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Orcish Librarian @bibliovoreorc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Having been an online moderator, I know it's a difficult and often thankless job, and I thought a visual aid might help with some of the difficult corner cases that mods sometimes face:
A flowchart headed "Is this post a threat?" with the following flows:

"Does this post invoke the specter of the dastardly piranha trap from the secret volcano lair of supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as portrayed by Donald Pleasence in the 1967 film “You Only Live Twice”), in a way that annoys chronically-online supporters of the powerful, platformed people who are waging (via rhetoric and policy) a present-day eliminationist campaign against trans folks?" > "No."

"Does this post invoke the specter of real-world, historical genocide to intimidate and silence the targets of the powerful, platformed people who are waging (via rhetoric and policy) a present-day eliminationist campaign against trans folks?" > "Yes."
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 24/09/2026
Hmmm...

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Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar {2}{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer

Thopters you control have haste.

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

“Life isn’t worth living without freedom of expression.”
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Illustrated by Billy Christian 
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Saheeli, Sublime Artificer {1}{U/R}{U/R}

Legendary Planeswalker — Saheeli

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

−2: Target artifact you control becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature you control until end of turn, except it’s an artifact in addition to its other types.
Loyalty: 5

Illustrated by Wesley Burt  Third Path Iconoclast {U}{R}

Creature — Human Monk

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

“When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I merely propose expanding our toolbox.”
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Illustrated by Manuel Castañón 
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Zada, Hedron Grinder {3}{R}

Legendary Creature — Goblin Ally

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

“A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be.”
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Illustrated by Chris Rallis
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Becca Petunia 🏳️‍⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 24/09/2026
AQUARIUM EMPLOYEE VOICE: Piranhas mostly eat plant matter unless there is limited food access so this isn't even a threat
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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · 24/09/2026
Today I learned how this works. You end up making an Eidolon copy for each creature you control, and that copy is a creature. NEAT.

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Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ {1}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Human Bard

Whenever you attack, you may pay {2} and sacrifice an Aura attached to Three Dog. When you sacrifice an Aura this way, for each other attacking creature you control, create a token that’s a copy of that Aura attached to that creature.

“You’re listening to Galaxy News Radio, bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts.”
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Illustrated by Elizabeth Peiró  Eidolon of Countless Battles {1}{W}{W}

Enchantment Creature — Spirit

Bestow {2}{W}{W} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it’s an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it’s not attached.)

This creature and enchanted creature each get +1/+1 for each creature you control and +1/+1 for each Aura you control.
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Illustrated by Raymond Swanland
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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Taking a dip in a piranha pool" is infinitely less vitriolic than people wishing literal "I hope you die" sentiments and it's a completely unrealistic scenario. I see posts get away with breaking every one of the "for example" bullet points and yet it's only trans folk who get held to standard.
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Command Zoe🔜PAX Unplugged @commandzoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow its so crazy how this only seems to happen to trans people and not the side wishing LITERAL GENOCIDE on us. #freethebugs is back ig. Let my friend out of mod jail. This is so ridiculous.
a discord screenshot of bugs showing they got suspended again
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