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Ben Weitz @bsweitz123.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reality Fracture has been out for a few days now, and I hope you're all having as much fun as I am (my most recent draft I named "assassin" with Kindred Judgment to instantly kill with Massacre Girl). Today I figured I'd talk about the Way enchantments! #wotcstaff

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Similar space to battles where it converts your attacking/blocking creatures into a "resource" that can be exchanged for other things. Planeswalkers already do that a little but are normally so good that you always want to attack them. Jace tokens are just good enough to be ambiguous

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love the interesting play decisions it causes. "Do I want to attack face or jace?" "do I want to trade my creature for x loyalty" is very skilltesting judgment of the relative value of card draw/filtering vs life loss at that point in the game.

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Jeremy Geist @jeremygeist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now that all of #mtgfracture has been revealed, I am excited to go in depth on Empower Jace! I am very proud of it. #wotcstaff

The Magic: the Gathering card Mindseeker Oculus

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We kept a "Jace death count" of how many times the Jace tokens died. Think it got up to a dozen in one game.

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My apologies, objectively superior version in honor of our lord and saviour Bace Jelerin

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Someone on reddit suggested this reordering, which feels vaguely heretical but works.

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Color wheel for hobbit set, its a weird looking one with the asymmetric archetypes #mtghobbit toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se...

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Sierkovitz @sierkovitz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I think silently we are watching a large revolution of limited set design. Here are some of my thought on it linked to some linked data insights looking at the play - draw advantage and power creep at lower rarities and their impact on draft. 1/21

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#mtgxMarvel cards with the biggest variation between pre-release reviewers for limited. Full details at toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se...

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Most controversial cards, Multiversal incursion (with an 8 and a 0) and Mole Man

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This week on Casual Magic, an incredibly cool episode with @saharmirhadi.bsky.social and @walaoumpa.bsky.social discussing introducing project management methodologies to high level pro magic. I found this *fascinating* so its a double length show! youtu.be/Qwq0WW132tw?...

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Being a Better Player Needs Worldly Counseling | Casual Magic Ep. 327

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

They've got the Jace symbol watermark I think? And that fractured mirror art on some of them

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I don't think its "no suffering" since his childhood bullies are running around without faces, its more like he desparately tried to patch the specific things that went wrong and it ended up poorly

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Jace: I am coping perfectly fine. I have remade a perfect multiverse....

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

story ends when he unlocks the universe where he went to therapy

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Nomad @nomad-mtg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Love this, I think the aggregate is a bit low on Essence Scatter and a bit high on Run Behind but I guess we'll see 😆

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Resonating lute surprisingly low as well. Possibly people focusing on the second ability more than the first. Admittedly it's a 4 mana do nothing if you play it on turn 4, but it's potentially a lot of ramp. Will probably be dependent on how fast the format ends up being?

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Because spreadsheets are fun, I've compiled MTG Secrets of Strixhaven reviews from a bunch of different reviewers, normalized them with a z-score, average and controversy score. toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se... #MTGSOS

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SOS - Normalized Ratings Comparison

What makes a card a 7 or 7.5? C or C+? Different reviewers use scores differently. Some would say that we should accept that value is inherently subjective, but they're cowards, we can use the magic o...

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Would actually be quite fun in a politicsy group hug deck in Commander.

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Made a card evaluation quiz using 17Lands data - now includes TMT, Foundations, Arena Powered Cube, BLB, ATLA, OM1, EOE, TDM, FIN, toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se...

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ECL Draft Card Evaluation Quiz

Test your knowledge of Magic: The Gathering ECL card win rates. Click the card you think has the higher Games in Hand Win Rate (GIH WR).

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Cool that a deck with a tiny share of the meta can win, only in pauper

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thanks for everyone's feedback on my ECL Card Evaluation Quiz! I've added smart card selection for more consistent difficulty, an option to judge by pick order (ALSA), a grading mode and latest 17lands data toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se...

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ECL Draft Card Evaluation Quiz

Test your knowledge of Magic: The Gathering ECL card win rates. Click the card you think has the higher Games in Hand Win Rate (GIH WR).

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Games have definitely been going longer than a lot of recent formats, which makes for a nice change of pace.

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creating a Magic: The Gathering search engine

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toskicologist.bsky.social @toskicologist.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#mtg #ECL I normalized ratings across 5 major reviewers, here's what the data says about the best and most controversial cards in the set. toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-se... Will be interesting to compare to the 17lands data when it comes out

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ECL - Normalized Ratings Comparison Across Major Reviewers

Interactive z-score normalized ratings viewer for Lorwyn Eclipsed commons and uncommons across Card Game Base, Draftsim, Limited Resources, Limited Level-Ups, and Channel Fireball

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Magic Data Science @mtgds.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We've got about... 4 hours until kick-off. Get your entries in!

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