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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is a very funny boardwipe in token strats:

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Making Marvel look like Magic is an improvement. Here’s a thought though—actual Magic looks even more like Magic

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On the bright side, this will ruin random drafts

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No point since they got rid of comments

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My instinct would be to just be crystal clear of my understanding of my actual obligations to my hosts, whether that’s sharing land under treaty or noting that my presence is subject to the sovereignty of the nation I’m present in.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So under my limited understanding, jumping the actual terms of the Douglas Treaties under Indigenous law would be overstepping the terms of your ‘permission to come ashore’ and put you in trespass, a thief instead of a guest. Not sure if there is room in this legal instrument for that distinction.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If someone is contesting sovereignty, they are likely denying your right to control access to your land in the way described here. They are trespassers, poachers, and thieves. This squares with my understanding of the dishonesty underlying the claims of ‘surrender’ re: the Douglas Treaties.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While I understand his point about preserving the form and purpose of the acknowledgement (I cringe every time I hear an awkward liberal make it all about their feelings), I am unclear on how you square the penalties for trespassing mentioned in the piece with ‘the land wasn’t stolen.’

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weirdly, this spell was first printed for 3U as one of the first split cards in Invasion. And even more strangely, a Spellshaper in Nemesis turned your other cards into an UU Negate as well.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They’re worse because they’re in power

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel like both parties having identical foreign policy re: Israel makes ‘conflating’ those things very easy

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Awkward wording for someone excusing blowing up kids

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I mean you’re not wrong, but it’s a bit rich for Americans to go straight for the Nazi parallel when there are several direct precedents in American history

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, the Democrats properly continued the liberal tradition of only funding the Nazi activities of faraway countries

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This was the long con for a really good troll 😂

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, let’s punish people who have been playing for a long time by making them buy functional reprints of cards they already own. 99.9% of commander decks don’t play every card that would make them optimal. If you’re playing with people that play cards you don’t like, stop playing with them.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It would be the most poetic time to do it!

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In a world of treasures, food, clues, junk, and blood, Braids in the 99 seems pretty benign.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And even accepting that other randomized products and other Secret Lairs might have similar problems qualitatively, this is a significant quantitative shift down the enshitification road. I truly believe you can see that.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I take it you’re not aware drafting exists

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In other contexts booster packs have redeeming qualities. These being randomized do not.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Magic 30 was just booster packs as well, and people hated them for similar reasons. If it had been a full collector’s set for $1,000, people would have loved it. Secret Lair started off as selling specific singles direct to consumers. Now it’s selling *just* gambling. Do you really not understand?

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yep. Same with Cathar’s. You can pop this out as a finisher on an existing board.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In practice it’s much less bookkeeping than Cathar’s. That’s a major reason why I’ve swapped out one for the other.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oh yeah I’m thankful for the reminder!

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The way Canadians feel about Trump and the US right now, is the way First Nations people feel about pipelines. Especially when they're forced through our land without consent. And the amount you want to fight back is what you're up against with the latest Alberta pipeline proposals. FYI.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just turning all your forests into green creatures is pretty huge with Baru’s ability

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nice. Did you consider this for the deck? I always want to put it in something and it might work here

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yeah, I think I misunderstood you. You’re saying that over time you’ve lost faith in the idea that US military involvement *can* have a good outcome

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The ultimate point of the tariffs is to destabilize the country to soften it up for annexation. They’re coming no matter what, the current negotiations are just a cat playing with its prey to sow further chaos.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I mean, the Iraq war was much worse than the Iran conflict on pretty much every outcome metric, so something may be off in how your responses are calibrated.

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Seraphina Cavotta @seraphcavotta.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I want to do something with Daavol and all these cost reducer/ flash cards. Maybe some kind of Morph/Manifest deck that nets mana with each cast and then… profit?

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