Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Sure, Rebell was actually fairly significant for me, as she helped me build my first cEDH, Jhoira by giving feedback on my purely theoretical build and commenting on which interactive spells and stuff generally performed best in the format, and that was my first real step into cEDH. 1100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you win a game where you draw it 5 times, is that counted the same as drawing it once? 130
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Yeah, I’ve definitely had some heinous matchups there 000
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A fear people have about this is that this set of people is most easily bribed by things like promises of high paying jobs after their term. Perhaps the bigger problem is that there’s no way to get there from here 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Mizium Skin, Tower Defense, Shield Wall, and Shields of Velis Vel could be sweet though 001
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Not what you asked, but I’d hope to not see Spidersilk Armor, Lashknife Barrier, or Forcefield (no, I don’t think you needed me to tell you this) 110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 18/03/2026My strategy being to prioritize the good lands and a few power level outliers like Death of a Thousand Stings? (Basically prioritize things that are good to have end up in the graveyard) 000
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I really like playing the Ball Pit, but it can be rough if you’re playing it with timed rounds 141
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/02/2026There are many events where an answer is wanted. Obviously there are some where no isn’t needed, but one possible answer is that the person responding is bad at identifying which is which or habitually answers without thinking about which it is 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I don’t think it was needed or wrong. It’s something the community has been split on for a long time and either answer was fine. 010
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Like, there was a ban after it hit Mtgo, but it explicitly wasn’t because of that and, having played premodern on Mtgo then and watched results, that also just isn’t what happened. There wasn’t a related collapse of the Mtgo metagame 120
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/02/2026What I’m saying is that your perception of what happened with premodern is incorrect 120
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Premodern just out here clowning on the entire concept that static card pools get solved 1435
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Unfortunately as far as I’ve been able to tell all but one episode are just gone 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 11/01/2026They made the correct decision. You might be playing a tempo deck, but if a random viewer copies this list, they’re probably playing a control deck. 140
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I suspect a lot of this is just skill dif in black v red 110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Tymna is a very strong card, second or third strongest commander after Rog 010
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 09/12/2025@sarahf.bsky.social hey, it turns out I’m not sure how to contact you 010
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Having written a lot with a word minimum, I always feel weird about releasing short episodes, but I think length is mostly something the creator thinks about. As a listener, I’ll just listen to something else when it’s over. I don’t care how long it is as long as it’s interesting 050
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Technically already exists on island/snow covered island and Serendib/Ifh-Bif Efreet 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 22/10/2025And yeah, now that you mention it I really like the idea of setting expectations there, if you see a common, you know there are two more etc (provided drafters know commonality, which is a stretch, but w/e), also somewhat complicated with the expansions that “don’t have rares” 010
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Open to the idea that rarity shouldn’t be a factor, but it feels appropriate for my particular nostalgia for the era, where availability definite mattered 110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 22/10/2025I think I’d be inclined to do one of each rare (exception for duals) and maybe 3 of each common 210
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Most fun cube of the weekend? If different, cube that most exceeded your expectations? 110
Reposted by Sam Blackrattonic.bsky.social @rattonic.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Showed up to a friend’s hobbit party as Smaug, surprising absolutely nobody 2121
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The first episode of Sam’s Table, my new podcast, is up on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/7e4o...open.spotify.comSo You're New to cEDH 3151
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Always great to get to draft @aquaone.bsky.social’s cube, even if I only had time to play one match (accidental hidden card is Loran) 1180
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 21/01/2025So, like, rather than claiming it doesn’t make sense, you can just Google “tempting wurm decklist” to find out where it’s being used. I assume this strategy would work in general. (I did have to scroll to the 5th link for a useful answer) 0110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025All of this is to say, among other things, that I looked at flights to Portland for the RC, where I could also visit friends in Seattle, but decided it wasn’t worth traveling. 150
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Some part of it is that I used to be working toward building a Hall of Fame resume in Magic, and that motivated me to try as hard as I could to attend events, and now I have no real ambitions, but that might be for the best in terms of letting me maximize my time. 120
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025This mostly represents positive changes in my life—I’ve found/built a network to spend almost all of my time doing things I like, and disrupting it to travel just doesn’t make as much sense as it used to. 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025When I used to travel all the time, I was always sad when someone else who used to travel a lot stopped traveling, but these days, I find myself less inclined to travel as the total value proposition (measuring only fun) isn’t great anymore. 110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025These days I find that traveling for a weekend often takes two extra days while I’m traveling and don’t get to have much fun, and while I like the things I travel to, I’m always aware that I’m leaving my friends and missing out on things at home again. 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025As an adult, I found myself traveling a lot. My friends were meeting in places all over the world to play Magic and I wanted to be there. It was great that I could travel to do that. 100
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 20/01/2025As a kid I hated traveling. Time in transit was a lot less tolerable as a kid (I imagine phones and tablets help a lot with this these days), but more importantly, it meant going away from my friends. 160
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I don’t think it’s fair to people supporting a limited podcast to suddenly cover premodern instead 110
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Going to put stream and podcast on hiatus until there’s something worth talking about. My goal has always been to talk about the current format both for both paper and Arena and there is no such format. 3180
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I don’t know why the link defaulted to 4 copies of the picture 030
Sam Black @samuelhblack.bsky.social · 04/12/2024cards.scryfall.io/large/front/... Do you have a way to refer to the kind of creatures this looks for? I use “small-bigs” 640
