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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 8h

Magic Card of the Day: Hatut Zeraze Strike Force Witch Enchanter demonstrates the value of a disenchant on a body ( as well as the option of a land), this also demonstrates 4 isn’t too much if you do it twice or three times. With a cheap enough commander you could make 4 2/2s in a pinch! #mtg

Hatut Zeraze Strike Force
{3}{W}
Creature — Human Spy Warrior
When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you’ve cast your commander from the command zone this game.
When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.
Wakanda’s dogs of war keep it safe from the shadows.
2/2
Illustrated by Toni Infante

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Greenwarden of Murasa Being able to recur any card is often one of the most powerful things Green can do. Doing it twice on enters and death can set you up for a brutal win. Six mana can feel like a lot, but in the late game being able to recur after a wipe is crucial. #mtg

Greenwarden of Murasa
{4}{G}{G}
Creature — Elemental
When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
5/4
Illustrated by Eric Deschamps

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Ingot Chewer Eating mana rocks is powerful. Tempo hits in commander can help prevent games from going totally sideways. It unlikely Sol Ring will get banned but you can chew them up to prevent a runaway snowball event. Shatter might feel boring but it is noble. #mtg

Ingot Chewer
{4}{R}
Creature — Elemental
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.
Evoke {R} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it’s sacrificed when it enters.)
Elementals are ideas given form. This one is the idea of “smashitude.”
3/3
Illustrated by Kev Walker

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don’t think any Jace Fan would suggest Jace makes good choices, but it’s clear from the narrative that Jace was always going to do a heel turn. The tragedy of Jace is that his solutions are trying to save the world via domination rather than community. You cannot save something by controlling it.

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Pinnacle Starcage One of the interesting things about deck homogenization is that silver bullet targeting gets more effective. With the current focus on 2 mana rocks, this card can reverse the escalation of multiple boards, often hitting 4 or more targets! #mtg

Pinnacle Starcage
{1}{W}{W}
Artifact
When this artifact enters, exile all artifacts and creatures with mana value 2 or less until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
{6}{W}{W}: Put each card exiled with this artifact into its owner’s graveyard, then create a 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token for each card put into a graveyard this way. Sacrifice this artifact.
Illustrated by Leon Tukker

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Astrologian's Planisphere Wizards get the best toys. With two ways to trigger this equipment quickly will take you spell slinger nerds to get super swole. Crack back with the power of knowledge! #mtg

Astrologian's Planisphere
{1}{U}
Artifact — Equipment
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature is a Wizard in addition to its other types and has “Whenever you cast a noncreature spell and whenever you draw your third card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.”
Diana — Equip {2}
Illustrated by Josephine Chang

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Sphere of Annihilation It’s interesting when you put a wrath on the board that has a clock on it. Yeah it won’t blow up now, but it will if left alone and it will hit what I decreed. It’s sour if gets spot removed but if other folks are behind they might help protect it! #mtg

Sphere of Annihilation
{X}{B}
Artifact
This artifact enters with X void counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile this artifact, all creatures and planeswalkers with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it, and all creature and planeswalker cards in graveyards with mana value less than or equal to the number of void counters on it.
Illustrated by Jason Felix

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Jade Orb of Dragonkind A 3 mana rock has to add a lot but in a dragon (or a changeling) commander deck making it slightly bigger and protecting it for a round is incredible. You’ll untap with your commander without a doubt! #mtg

Jade Orb of Dragonkind
{2}{G}
Artifact
{T}: Add {G}. When you spend this mana to cast a Dragon creature spell, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it and gains hexproof until your next turn. (It can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Illustrated by Olena Richards

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Ball Lightning Burn is often got a lot of instants and sorceries but additionally contains hyper efficient mana to damage creatures. 6 damage is generally great value when folks have 20 life.In commander you have to work a little harder to make this an effective threat. #mtg

Ball Lightning
{R}{R}{R}
Creature — Elemental
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it’s attacking.)
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.
The most frightening storms are those not woven by nature’s hand.
6/1
Watermark: Set Symbol
Illustrated by Trevor Claxton

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Haywire Mite I don’t think there is a better disenchant creature than this one. Yeah it can only hit non-creatures but that’s what is needed in most instances anyway. It exiles, it takes only one to activate, and as a bonus it gives you life. Thank you little bug bot. #mtg

Haywire Mite
{1}
Artifact Creature — Insect
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
“They’re easy enough to squish, but they’re a pain to wash out of a workbench.”
—Tergel, goblin explosioneer
1/1
Illustrated by Izzy

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Soul Snare You activated my trap card! In commander defending planeswalkers is an endless chore. With this you can threaten a consequence for threatening you. It’s also a low manaI investment and is fairly easy to recur. It’s been power crept but it’s still fun! #mtg

Soul Snare
{W}
Enchantment
{W}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Exile target creature that’s attacking you or a planeswalker you control.
“Body and spirit are sworn enemies. They will take any excuse to be rid of each other.”
—Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Illustrated by Carl Critchlow

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Gorilla Shaman Fast mana hates to see her coming. Sol Ring is unlikely to get banned but you can punish every single ring on the table and those pesky moxen. Monkey see, monkey break. #mtg

Gorilla Shaman
{R}
Creature — Ape Shaman
{X}{X}{1}: Destroy target noncreature artifact with mana value X.
“Frankly, destruction is best left to professionals.”
—Jaya Ballard, task mage
1/1
Watermark: Set Symbol
Illustrated by Filip Burburan

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Executioner's Capsule Terror in a bottle is such a fun effect. Commander as a social game means telegraphed removal still has a lot of influence. Folks have to decide if they want to hold back or risk getting blown out! A small investment to tilt the table. #mtg

Executioner's Capsule
{B}
Artifact
{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target nonblack creature.
There is always a moment of trepidation before opening a message capsule, for fear of the judgment that might be contained within.
Illustrated by Warren Mahy

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Brittle Effigy Colorless cards often show the raw cost of effects by letting you do almost anything but with deep mana efficiency. The initial investment of 1 however means you can threaten the Voltron player and make yourself a much less attractive target. #mtg

Brittle Effigy
{1}
Artifact
{4}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Exile target creature.
“In my early experiments in phylactery, I found that fragile forms have their uses.”
—Rocati, Duke of Martyne
Illustrated by John Avon

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Homura, Human Ascendant/Homura's Essence Of course you want your entire board to turn into dragons and all you have to do is kill a single 4/4 monk. With so many ways to cheat a creature onto the battlefield and kill it six mana is nothing. Use Homura to take to the sky. #mtg

Homura, Human Ascendant
{4}{R}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Monk
Homura can’t block.
When Homura dies, return it to the battlefield flipped.
4/4
Homura's Essence
Legendary Enchantment
Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying and “{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.”
Illustrated by Kev Walker

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Dramatic Finale Token anthems are critically important but few are their own token engines as well. Even four 3/2 inklings is a considerable concern and that’s a platry number to create. Quickly you will find yourself out numbered and a smear on the stage. #mtg

Dramatic Finale
{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}
Enchantment
Creature tokens you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control die, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.
The enraptured audience barely noticed their programs were suddenly blank.

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: All-Out Assault 5 mana for an additional combat step is very reasonable but combined with a deathtouch anthem is great value. Plus how wild is flickering an enchantment and getting an additional combat step right away? Madness. #mtg

All-Out Assault
{2}{R}{W}{B}
Enchantment
Creatures you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch.
When this enchantment enters, if it’s your main phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase followed by an additional main phase. When you next attack this turn, untap each creature you control.
Watermark: Mardu
Illustrated by Joshua Cairos

1192

The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Gruul War Chant The magic of Red/Green is bringing great violence to many houses but it’s annoying when folks have chumps to block with. If everyone needs two blockers it becomes incredibly frustrating. Plus one can’t commit too many attackers less you be left open! #mtg

Gruul War Chant
{2}{R}{G}
Enchantment
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 and have menace.
“We are the heart of the wild, the fire in its eyes, and the howl in its throat. Come, join the battle to which you were born.”
—Kroshkar, Gruul shaman
Illustrated by Dave Kendall

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Death Pit Offering What’s an Anthem worth to you? Your entire board? If your deck cares about dies triggers it might be! +2/+2 is nothing to sneeze at and with effects like Living Death you can bring all your creatures back, scarier then ever! #mtg

Death Pit Offering
{2}{B}{B}
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.
“Kill them all and feed them to the new recruits.”
—Crovax
Illustrated by Pete Venters

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Out of the Tombs As stated by @strixhavendropout.bsky.social there really isn’t a more efficient self mill than this card. It’s so innocuous but by the 4th upkeep 20 cards have been put into the graveyard. At that point they have 20 new ways to take out the table. #mtg

Out of the Tombs
{2}{B}
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put two eon counters on this enchantment, then mill cards equal to the number of eon counters on it.
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If you can’t, you lose the game.
Illustrated by Games Workshop

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Hurricane It’s really easy to forget how dangerous Green is when it had a metric fuck ton of mana, but then @roxistence.bsky.social hits you with a 36 point Hurricane leaving them at 1 life and everyone else dead. I certainly will remember that Green Burn now. #mtg

Hurricane
{X}{G}
Sorcery
Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.
“This was quite possibly the least pleasant occurrence on the entire expedition.”
—Disa the Restless, journal entry
Illustrated by Cornelius Brudi

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Famished Worldsire In decks attempting to abuse lands this leviathan makes incredible value, particularly in CEDH Lumra. I might have a stifle for it but it’s pretty easy for @bill.spikefeeders.com to just ask me not to and I miss the window. Lord I’m easy… #mtg

Famished Worldsire
{5}{G}{G}{G}
Creature — Leviathan
Ward {3}
Devour land 3 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of lands. It enters with three times that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is this creature’s power. Put any number of land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
0/0
Illustrated by Kev Walker

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Dualcaster Mage It’s dumb how good this card is. Fork’s creature version is a combo machine. @carlomtg.bsky.social Was able to close out a game with this loop after making 40 Etali triggers. With that many triggers it’s just about what pieces exist. Great job! 👏 🦖 #mtg

Dualcaster Mage
{1}{R}{R}
Creature — Human Wizard
Flash
When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
“It has been my experience that disasters like to strike in pairs.”
2/2
Illustrated by Matt Stewart

2202

The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Insurrection I had board wiped and removed or disarmed 2 players so all that was left was @strixhavendropout.bsky.social and I THOUGHT I had them on the ropes. I made my commander gigantic to win but they stole it with this, gave it double strike and to delete me. #mtg

Insurrection
{5}{R}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.
“Maybe they wanted to be on the winning side for once.”
—Matoc, lavamancer
Illustrated by Mark Zug

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Endurance Pitch spells define the formats they are in and thus designing them is pretty difficult. This however feels like a powerful but defensive effect. It can prevent a win from Oracle or save you from mill. You can save yourself, but you must find a win elsewhere. #mtg

Endurance
{1}{G}{G}
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
Flash
Reach
When this creature enters, up to one target player puts all the cards from their graveyard on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Evoke—Exile a green card from your hand.
3/4
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Firecat Blitz There have been a lot of reimagined fireballs but the flavor of angry kitties on fire is a fun flex. I think the flashback cost is pretty interesting as a way to devour lands in decks like Yuma and Hearthhull. Who needs lands if you already won? #mtg

Firecat Blitz
{X}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Create X 1/1 red Elemental Cat creature tokens with haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.
Flashback—{R}{R}, Sacrifice X Mountains. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Illustrated by David Martin

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Blustersquall There are many instances where just tapping a creature is just as good as removing it. An end step cyclonic rift can win the game, but tapping all opposing creatures for your alpha strike works just as well for only 4. It can also be a fog in a pinch! #mtg

Blustersquall
{U}
Instant
Tap target creature you don’t control.
Overload {3}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change “target” in its text to “each.”)
Weather is more predictable than the Izzet.
Illustrated by Willian Murai

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My loot of signatures from @facetofacegames.bsky.social Command Fest Toronto. @ninovecia.bsky.social thanks for letting me bug you all con, @kimsokol.bsky.social for being an absolute charmer and @zaraalfonso.bsky.social for making sure I waited enough to avoid smudging. You are all fantastic!

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In some of my Magic Communities the Zeta drop has reopened the wounds on 1917 sculpture “Fountain” by Duchamp. An ontological debate for the ages.

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Steel Seraph It’s the concept of angel. Blueprints, of a network of some of the best keywords. And lucky for us it is willing to share. At 3 mana you can pick one for your best thing and begin punching. Best defense is offense and all that. :3 #mtg

Steel Seraph
{6}
Artifact Creature — Angel
Prototype {1}{W}{W} — 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, or lifelink until end of turn.
5/4
Illustrated by Denys Tsiperko

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The rat boy waits for attention. At the airport, AMA.

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Path of Peril I’m such a slut for modal board wipes. 3 mana to clear blockers, 6 mana to clean house. With the number of tokens and stuff folks multiple and scatter on the floor it’s nice to have a way to sweep them away ! 🧹🧹 🧹💀 #mtg

Path of Peril
{1}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Cleave {4}{W}{B} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Destroy all creatures [with mana value 2 or less].
Illustrated by Kasia 'Kafis' Zielińska

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Had a great time at @facetofacegames.bsky.social command fest! Going home with magical inspiration and a spirit ready to play great games in the future!

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: The Goose Mother You can call… her… Mother…. HONK! A potentially massive threat that makes a lot of value. A love commodity tokens decks and as a commander it’s still great late game! Honk honk honk! #mtg

The Goose Mother
{X}{G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
2/2
Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m through security and verified that my gate does exist. As I’m 2 hours early (a correct and normal behavior) Ask me anything! I’m off to #TorontoCommandfest with @strixhavendropout.bsky.social . See you soon @facetofacegames.bsky.social :P

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Kastral, the Windcreasted Bloomburrow is truly an amazing set . I wish more cards got this incredible treatment. I think sometimes the art and even the foiling process can be part of what attracts us to a particular commander. Also U/W kindred reanimator is slick! #mtg

Kastral, the Windcrested
{3}{W}{U}
Legendary Creature — Bird Scout
Flying
Whenever one or more Birds you control deal combat damage to a player, choose one —
• You may put a Bird creature card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield with a finality counter on it.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each Bird you control.
• Draw a card.
4/5
Illustrated by Noki

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Ruxa, Patient Professor Vanilla Creatures have a lot of barriers in the current form of Magic. Ruxa rewards them but also requires folks change the approach in aggro deck building not to stack keywords but just make them hugely beefy. Ruxa takes everyone to the gym! #mtg

Ruxa, Patient Professor
{2}{G}{G}
Legendary Creature — Bear Druid
Whenever Ruxa enters or attacks, return target creature card with no abilities from your graveyard to your hand.
Creatures you control with no abilities get +1/+1.
For each creature you control with no abilities, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren’t blocked.
4/4
Illustrated by Ilse Gort

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Vernal Sovereign The Selesnya */* elementals are such a fun token. They can be a little win more but it only takes a few to start scaling up. Only two creatures make them as of now, and the this second one was first printed in the Clue product! Wild to see a resurgence! #mtg

Vernal Sovereign
{4}{G}{W}
Creature — Elemental Elk
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a green and white Elemental creature token with “This token’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.”
It is spring incarnate, its gentle warmth chasing away the last of winter’s bite.
4/4
Illustrated by Aaron Miller

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt Look mutate is great. It’s a weird mechanic that lets you make odd little stacks of copiable values. As we know that a partial return to Ikoria is coming in 2027, it’s possible mutate will return as well, which might give Snapdax some new toys! #mtg

Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
{1}{R}{W}{B}
Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Cat Nightmare
Mutate {2}{B/R}{W}{W} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Double strike
Whenever this creature mutates, it deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls and you gain 4 life.
3/5
Illustrated by Walleystation

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Divert Blue used to rule changing targets but it really has ceded that space to red. Redirect Lightning is much better than this but leaving up a single blue to punish a player for overextending with a spell still feels great. It’s about the humiliation of being short 2 #mtg

Divert
{U}
Instant
Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell’s controller pays {2}.
“What’s the fun of being a wizard if you can’t mess with people’s heads?”
Illustrated by Christopher Moeller

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Captured by the Consulate I’m usually able to understand the underlying design ideas for cards but this one is bizarre. A strange combination of half a pacifism and a flag bearer? Im not sure I see a use for this? Maybe there is a strategy using demonstrate? #mtg

Captured by the Consulate
{3}{W}
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature you don’t control
Enchanted creature can’t attack.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if it has a single target, change the target to enchanted creature if able.
“At last, the infamous Pia Nalaar.”
—Tezzeret
Watermark: Planeswalker
DailyMTG Story Spotlight
Illustrated by Tyler Jacobson

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Imp's Mischief Black has access to a handful of out of color effects at the cost of life but this one feels like the biggest stretch . Changing a single target is narrow but it’s these windows games are won. How much life would you pay to change a target? #mtg

Imp's Mischief
{1}{B}
Instant
Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell’s mana value.
“Do the innocent pay for the crimes of the guilty? Of course they do. That’s the fate of the weak.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Wild Ricochet An original commander throwback. It’s not unheard of for this card to turn a game on its head but as a protective piece in a world of Deflecting Swat, 4 mana is a lot to hold up. It may have a home in decks but it has lost some luster. #mtg

Wild Ricochet
{2}{R}{R}
Instant
You may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
“I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother’s great-grandmother was born.”
Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Gargos, Vicious Watcher Look I love X spell soup as much as the next guy but I really appreciate the alternate angles this mono green commander provides. It’s also an interesting political tool, folks can target it as a deal to remove a 3rd party creature! #mtg

Gargos, Vicious Watcher
{3}{G}{G}{G}
Legendary Creature — Hydra
Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost {4} less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don’t control.
8/7
Illustrated by Mathias Kollros

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Light Up The Stage Making a spectacle is incredibly easy so the rate on this card particularly alluring. Combined with cast from exile synergies, imagine the value! Come one, come all! See feats of spell casting so efficient you will think one spent no mana at all! #mtg

Light Up the Stage
{2}{R}
Sorcery
Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
“Next—we need a volunteer from the audience! Who thinks they can stand very, very still?”
Illustrated by Pablo Mendoza

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m gonna say it now, you are allowed to not like Star Trek Discovery/Academy but rather than being concerned about broken cannon (which honestly is mostly not actually breaking cannon, just evolution of cannon) I’d ask folks to be more curious than angry.

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Thespian’s Stage It’s difficult to untangle cards them from their most famous combo. On the face of it this land just transforms into the best land on the table to be used in the future. A fun design to play with, but compared to a 20/20 the effect is small potatoes. #mtg

Thespian's Stage
Land
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.
“All the world’s a stage,” said the Doctor. “Hmm. I might use that.” pondered Shakespeare.
Illustrated by Anton Solovianchyk

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Dazzling Theater/Prop Room Split cards are an incredible part of Magic design, from the original Invasion block, to the Fuse Spells, to this most recent iteration, Rooms. They often are a pun but rooms mechanically rhyme instead, great effects that synergize together! #mtg

Dazzling Theater
{3}{W}
Enchantment — Room
Creature spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting a creature spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature’s color.)
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Prop Room
{2}{W}
Enchantment — Room
Untap each creature you control during each other player’s untap step.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Illustrated by Henry Peters

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The Grand Arbiter 🏳️‍🌈 @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Magic Card of the Day: Costume Closet Counter strategies don’t really function without ways to regularly generate counters. This both generates counters and ensures they aren’t lost when creatures leave the battlefield. You have to make sure your cast is well dressed before the combat step! #mtg

Costume Closet
{1}{W}
Artifact
This artifact enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{T}: Move a +1/+1 counter from this artifact onto target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever a modified creature you control leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Illustrated by Bastien Grivet

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