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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 thank you so much!!!

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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 24/04/2026

I give this video an A+. Or as they say across the pond, "Jolly good show! Jolly good!"

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PleasantKenobi @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Wizards of the Coast sponsored the lads and lass over at Manasplaining to turn Strixhaven into a Game Show - and they knocked it out of the park Fantastic energy - I'm really proud of the video - the cast (even me) and crew did an incredible job! If you want to brush up on your arcana, watch this!

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Jake from Manasplaining @sharpeattack.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It’s here!!!!!!

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

it's been a hell of a week plz give this a watch we're very proud of it ❤️‍🔥

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Pumpkin Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Class is in session 🧑‍🏫 Sponsored by Wizards, the studious folks at Manasplaining invited myself, @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social, UrzaWasHere, & Safiyya Ingar to prove the depth of our Magic knowledge! Which team will get an A+ & who'll flunk out? Watch to find out! youtu.be/PU19Y9KZ8h4?...

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THE STRIXHAVEN GAME SHOW!

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Miabyte 🎙️ — People Over Profit, Always. @miabyte.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thursday at 7pm gmt / 3pm est VS Mode is ready for new challengers! Manasplaining's Sam, Jake and Ro take on the Character Select challenge! A mirror match with upgraded precons built around different Turtles! WUBRG Decks. One Turtle Only! Click to get notified: www.youtube.com/live/1r3QNzw...

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

this RULES. if anyone following me is able to nab me one of these and give me it in vegas i will figure out a nice gift for you PLEASE

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

i'll ask him this week ❤️‍🔥

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✨Women+ in Magic✨ @women-in-magic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Go watch the new @playtowinmtg.bsky.social episode with @artymyr.bsky.social ! ✨️

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Angry Green Jellybean @angrygreenmtg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

When Sam A. Splaining asks you to spend all of his money on magic cards you kinda have to say yes Had a lot of fun putting together these decklists, and the episode is great fun! Give it a watch! 💚

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

silly one this week - $5 vs $50k decks! thank you so much to @angrygreenmtg.bsky.social for putting together such amazing decklists - they made for a crazy fun game!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSX...

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Is Commander Pay to Win?! – Zada vs Durnan vs Baylen vs Xander

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Miabyte 🎙️ — People Over Profit, Always. @miabyte.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Saturday Showdown? Pfft. I don't know her. Rebrand time! From now on my silly little EDH show will be known as VS Mode. Far more flexible for scheduling. Stay tuned for info on the next game! There may even be commander hints in the image below. 😉

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

yes yes YES. no spoilers but i LOVE the way they fully leant into the "evil" thing!

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Angry Green Jellybean @angrygreenmtg.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

THIS DECK MUST BE DESTROYED A #magic community deckbuilding project that attempts to capture the beauty in the fleeting. Want to help me out? Get in touch here or on discord.gg/9nvVUKcnz9 And share this far and wide! I would love to see as much of the community as possible represented! 💚 #mtg

THIS DECK MUST BE DESTROYED

HELLO MAGIC COMMUNITY

Forever decks are wonderful, right? Something that you fall in love with so much that it will hang around in your collection for years to come.

Well, I've been throwing around the idea in my mind of what the exact opposite of a forever deck would be, a deck that, by its very nature, can only be played once.

And ultimately the art piece/ thought experiment/ why the hell would you do this I settled on was this: a deck that no single person, not even me, fully knows the contents of. A deck that, upon being played a single time, voids its own premise for construction.

So how would I do this? Well, that's where you come in. I am looking for 99 creators/ community members/ players to each send me a card for this deck. You will not tell me what the card is. You will sleeve it backwards in an opaque sleeve so even on arrival I do not know what it is. And you will not share it with anyone else.

The second challenge is this. I want the deck to actually be legal, i.e, 99 card singleton with the exception of basic lands. Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is finding a card that you are confident no one else will pick. Also I'll probably need lands so that makes it harder, and I won't actually know if this was achieved until the day it dies.

Also the deck will be WUBRG and will have a generic enough Commander so that it doesn't matter too much what you send - think Progenitus or Child of Alara. The deck will also likely be very bad.

You will also ideally sign the card/ include a note so I know who it's from, and super ideally record a little video alluding to your choice and why for inclusion in the video I'll be making about this in the future - bonus points for some kind of significance like the first basic land you ever owned, a card you've never seen anyone actually play in earnest, etc!

Once the deck is assembled, it will sit, hidden from the world, until it is ready to be unleashed at an event (probably a UK Commandfest as I likely can't afford Magiccon though would love to be there), where it will be played once then immediately retired, with its founding principle having been firmly defeated.

Sound good? My DMs are open x

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

MORE avatar content?! goodness me we spoil you. thanks to @xverfiend.com as always for the help with the edit ❤️‍🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m0F...

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AANG GOES INFINITE!! – Toph vs Aang vs Ozai vs Katara

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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 14/11/2025

It a real shame there's no Commander decks to go along with Avatar, but luckily @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social sat down to play with @sharpeattack.bsky.social, @miabyte.bsky.social and @fellbrink.bsky.social for an awesome game using the new cards! Check it out here: youtu.be/bj4BvMPxwns?...

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

did they play Mabu? i've still never seen it played live

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

new manasplaining ep!! this week we did some web-slingin' with some spiderman commanders! thanks as always to the wonderful @xverfiend.com for helping out with this week's edit, you the goat 🐐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ck...

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SLINGING WEBS AND CRACKING HEADS - Anti-Venom vs Doc Ock vs Venom vs Spider-Man 2099

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XVERFIEND @xverfiend.com · 15/09/2025

The worst part about editing Manasplaining videos is that I *HAVE* to cut stuff out and they're always such funny buggers @samp.bsky.social @sharpeattack.bsky.social

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

for anyone (like me) who had no idea how to acess youtube's new "hype" button on mobile, here's how!! (cheers to viktor on our discord for finding this out for us ha)

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

got a hat and a shirt coming. excited for that and the kingmaker cap to be the only two hats i wear for the next year

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

also shout out @xverfiend.com for helping us out with this edit ❤️‍🔥

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

new edge of eternities manasplaining ep up!! we play some fun homebrew commander decks and (almost) everyone got to do the thing!!! youtu.be/2v4Fsvf8bnY

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He Dealt 100 Damage in ONE HIT?! — Tannuk vs Dawnsire vs Hearthhull vs Alpharael

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

really excited to see this bit in the new fallout tv series www.youtube.com/shorts/mAGBA...

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mmm chip

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

hey that’s us!! come watch us live on Tuesday 12th!!!

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Miabyte 🎙️ — People Over Profit, Always. @miabyte.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The #GatheringForGood Chaos Commanderthon guest list is about to be revealed! Running through Monday the 11th August and ending Sunday 17th August, 6pm - 3am BST daily! Want the info on who's raising money for @warchilduk.bsky.social? Keep your eyes locked on this thread for all the reveals! 🧵

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

surprise!! we just dropped an episode with the legendary Kyle from Bastille and BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders!! ❤️‍🔥 this week we give the new Edge of Eternities precons a spin - alt commanders and all. thanks @magic.wizards.com for sending us these decks early! #ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XRq...

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Edge of Eternities Precon SHOWDOWN with Kyle from Bastille and Radio 1's Jack Saunders

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milklyd @milklyd.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

duress in da club idgaf w/ @shibby220.bsky.social @germangaryoak.bsky.social

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

ey up! in case you missed it, we had the lovely @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social on the show this week and he absolutely STEAMROLLED us but we had fun anyway so we're the real winners here www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NZ...

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We Tried Everything. He Still Won. (ft. PleasantKenobi)

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Sam from Manasplaining @samp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

new episode up! this week we got to play with @artymyr.bsky.social and @mtglize.bsky.social from Women+ in Magic!! (we were not ready) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs56...

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She Beat Us With Our Own Creatures

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