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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was a part of my company's user conference this year and I went full "Adult theater kid peacocking with painted nails for the queer kids out there". If it was going to be online forever, mind as well look dope and colorful during it.

A man in a blue suit dramatically captured with Jazz hands on stage at a company conference. This is a shot from the crowd with the profiles of people blurred.

A man in a blue suit and bow-tie is captured mid explanation with a pixelated background.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Slay the Spire 2 is incredible. @megacrit.com have knocked it out of the park again. So many wonderful quality of life improvements and so many more paths to go down. Well done!

A Slay the Spire Card object "Claw+" which deals a 49 damage and increases the damage of ALL Claw cards by 3 this combat. Is also augmented with "Swift" which allows you to Draw 3 cards the first time this card is played.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Anyone at @capitolcube.org who needs food downtown ABSOLUTELY HAS TO check out Your Only Friend DC. Incredible sandwiches and drinks www.instagram.com/youronlyfrie...

A stained glass ceiling of sandwich ingredients

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The uncommons are really really good as well. Moving to N# of peasant cards allows people to live the dream of duplicate really good cards too. Two of my favorite draft around in set 1

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Here at the DataOos.live booth at Snowflake Summit #frictionless

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Live from the Emeryville Public market, our team, QUIZARDS OF OZ celebrated hard and showed up! @brainstormertrivia.bsky.social

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Try this seed I found today. Skip the first small blind for the Arcana Pack, find the Soul spectral card and go to town with the Triboulet

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

POWER MATRIX! Was the first artifact that really wowed me as a card that truly could go in almost any deck, and you were never mad to see!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I think whatever fits your cube style the best and stands out visibly. My friends cube has singleton arts to make Park Map work as a cheaper expedition map. I think as long as basics are easily read and have a narrative behind them, it works!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Avatar of woe. All time great

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Finally, a big shout out to @joe-cube-anderson.bsky.social who's relentless pursuit of cube, community and vibes had him driving over an hour just to draft, dominate 2 rounds in The Jund Cube with a powerhouse draft, turn around and go all the way back to Sonoma to take care of family! What a hero!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

What really made the event though was the Community. We showed up, drafted hard, donated well and made sure we left the place better than we found it. Shout out to www.ghosttownbrewing.com for hosting us and their $3 Scumbag cream ales! Visit them if you're in Oakland, CA!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Draft 3 was John Lady's Mono-Black cube cubecobra.com/cube/list/d5.... Where I went heavy into Artifacts, knowing black has a hard time dealing with them. Dollhouse of Horrors was the MVP, but I had a very hard time dealing with Reanimator! Definitely reminded me of the Devoid cube a little bit.

A picture of the 45 Magic: the Gathering cards I drafted in the Mono-Black Cube!

A picture of the my draft deck in the Mono-Black Cube

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Draft 2 was Cliff's renowned BUSTED Uncommons Cube cubecobra.com/cube/list/bu... Where I started very Red and dove face first into RW Equipment once Akiri showed up. Nothing better than attacking with a Warhammer'd up guy and drawing a card! Goblin bombardment felt way too good for an uncommon!

A picture of the 45 Magic: the Gathering cards I drafted in the Busted Uncommons Cube

My deck laid out from the Busted Uncommons Cube

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Draft 1 was the Limited Kewb by James Wilcox: cubecobra.com/cube/list/1y... it plays like a Master's Chaos draft with famous limited Archetypes with a spicy rare sheet! I drafted a busted Bant Blink deck. MVPs: Cloudgoat, Tatyova, Twinblade Paladin!

A picture of the 45 Magic: the Gathering cards I drafted in the Limited Kewb

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

65 players we had sign up for Draft #1!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Sealed Mystery Booster 2 and opened TWO white bordered Planeswalker to beatdown my friends with. Set is super fun!! Thanks @gavinverhey.bsky.social for such a wild, wacky set!

A collection of mystery booster 2 magic the gathering cards

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Has to be this Mystery Booster gem! It really speaks to me and I love the randomness of it!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Went 2-1 in a team draft of my buddy's Legacy cube. Jund + white with Lurrus Companion. Iridescent Vinelasher did 14 points of damage in one game where t2 Wrenn & 6 went off and I got to emblem them! It's so rare but so much fun! List: cubecobra.com/cube/list/ti... #mtgcube

12/11/24 Cube draft. P1P1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den. P4P12 Hallowed Fountain.

A picture of 48 Magic the Gathering Cards in sequential draft order.

A Magic: the Gathering cube draft deck. Featuring 13 Non-basics, 12 Creatures and 15 Spells. Not pictured is the Lurrus Companion

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I just focus it where it matters, and have taken Gwen’s approach to Jund ‘em Out! Thanks to @warrenfish.bsky.social

Four copies of Tarmogoyf, Liliana of the Veil, Bloodbraid Elf, Lightning Bolt, Blighting, Abrupt Decay with a face down back

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

What do you think about this dinosaur? I like how it can ping a thing down and keep the pressure up.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

IT'S JUNDAY! Help me celebrate by choosing a P1P1 from The Jund Cube! The Best Card? Your Favorite Card? Let me know! List: cubecobra.com/cube/list/ju...

15 Magic the gathering cards laid out in a 5x3 Grid

Scavenging Ooze | Abrade | Jund 'em Out | Twinshot Sniper | Lotus Cobra
Tear Asunder | Undergorund Mortuary | Sunspine Lynx | Jewel Thief | Verdant Catacombs
Fanatic of Rhonas | Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid | Dragon's Rage Channeler | Bloodbraid Elf | Reclamation Sage

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Playing Love Letter: Bridgerton with my love, @anni42.bsky.social at the airport lounge!

A classy and fun wife playing a card game with a drink

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Junding them Out: A way of life, An ethos and a gamble:

The Magic: the Gathering Card Jund 'Em Out

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I went P1P1 Nadu over my favorite child Inti, Seneschal of the Sun (because I love that card so much in my own cube) but sadly never drew Nadu or got to abuse the bird. Sickest play east T1 fast bonding out an Esikas Chariot but went a mediocre 1-2 due to not having enough payoffs. Sweet cube tho!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Finally, i'm very excited to bring these two Instant // Sorceries to my cube. For a while I've bemoaned not having this particular card type, forgetting that split cards were the answer! GR often makes use of Delirium, and I'm estatic to have found these cards. 8/

The Magic: the Gathering card Thrash // Threat (RVR 0246)

The Magic: the Gathering card Road // Ruin (MH2 212)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Other times, a card like Unholy Annex can rise up and inspire me to curate a more demon focused experience, leading to a whole suite of kindred dreams for people to live. Leading me to include Ammit Eternal, both a demon AND a zombie! Which then incentivizes Zul Ashur. More vision! 7/

The Magic: the Gathering card Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber (DSK 0118)

The Magic: the Gathering card Ammit Eternal (HOU 057)

The Magic: the Gathering card Zul Ashur, Lich Lord (FDN 0077)

The Magic: the Gathering card Changeling Outcast (OTC 0128)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Sometimes a card's complexity can overshadow its vision, or other cards can deny players fun just by being "too good". It took me a bit to realize Ophiomancer was one of these cards. It can stymie aggro decks, provide a constant supply of bodies, and doesn't have a cost or trade off. 6/

The Magic: the Gathering card Ophiomancer (MH3 0276)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Vision is my own term for "How does this card inspire players to draft?" Normally we see text box, mana costs, p/t. But in my cube, the type line plays an important role. Card types fuel delirium. Changeling cards affect Kindred synergies. Inti, Chthonian nightmare fuels GYs. 4/

The Magic: the Gathering Card Inti, Seneschal of the Sun (LCI 0156)

The Magic: the Gathering Card Formless Genesis (DSC 0034)

The Magic: the Gathering Card Nameless Inversion (LOR 129)

The Magic the Gathering Card Chthonian Nightmare (MH3 0083)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Often changes to cubes are driven by recent sets, inspiration or boredom for designers. For me and The Jund Cube, it's always about the struggle of Vision vs. Complexity in cube. The Jund Cube is a 'Goyf playground, and a Graveyard centered cube. So delirium and card types are important. 2/

The Magic: the Gathering Card Tarmogoyf (FUT 153)

The Magic: the Gathering Card Dragon's Rage Chanenler (MH2 121)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hand, bubbie! I really liked the Dune 2: Boys Arrakissing soundtrack! Shout out to @cheekface.bsky.social for being so awesome this year, I saw them in person twice! #spotifywrapped

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This little 1 mana planeswalker is my favorite 1 drop Of all time! It’s innocuous, powerful and has a chonker of a but that keeps it from dying to everything and anything! It’s super skill testing against itself!

The Magic the Gathering Card, Deathrite Shaman (213 RTR)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“Oh, dang, I forgot to draw a card for my fourth creature last turn. I know it’s your combat, but it’s not a may so you know, I gotta draw it…”

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It's an ambitious goal! I made my own denim painted jacket and it was a ton of fun, but a lot of work. I used 1/2 Acrylic Paint, 1/2 Modge fabric paint. Then found a local screen printer that helped me with the text and heat treated the paint so the acrylic / modge formed a lattice.

A denim jacket with the Magic, the gathering Card Vindicate on it.

the back of a denim jacket, outlined with painter's tape

An initial sketch on the back of the denim jacket, in pencil on white with a gold border

The finished product of the jacket, without text

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Going to the Theater tonight to see The Matchbox Magic Flute with @anni42.bsky.social. There’s magic involved, but I expect a 10/10 show with 1/5 wizard fights. #berkeleyrep #theaterkid

Me, my wife and our friend in seats at a theater smiling.

A large framed theater stage with a gold and blue frame with chandeliers and balconies

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Glad you're experiencing well deserved social attention and are championing hot liberal takes! But also, I heard there would be pictures of cats?

A picture of my step-cat-child, Sloane(y Baloney)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Today's MTG Cube Tutor Tip from TPug, we have: SUPER HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR CUBE TINKERING: 1. Cube Summarizer 2. Lucky Paper's Rotisserie Draft Template 3. Scryfall.com 4. EDHrec.com I'll talk about how each of these resources can help you manage an already established cube or discover new cards!

A screenshot of the Cubesummarizer website with four magic the gathering cards listed, showing a breakdown for the Jund Cube, the average release year of 2018 and a 21.98% of the cube's cards originally printed in a standard set.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The OG frame wouldn't be as repulsive if there wasn't a MTG card already called Prosperity

The Magic, the Gathering Card: Prosperity (54 C13)

The Magic, the Gathering Card: Repulse (0013 OTP)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"If this is your first time on the top of the leader board... you HAVE TO BLOCK" Congrats! Glad the cube is speaking to you!

The Magic: the Gathering Card, Fear of Being Hunted (0134 DSK)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Boomer pick of the day, Tec'Edge was a staple of the past, by shutting down manlands and greedy splashes. It even has some "tech" by being able to activate multiples on the stack while your opponent has 4+ lands. I include it in my cube over Field of Ruin effects to cut down on shuffle time.

The Magic: the Gathering Card, Tectonic Edge (145 WWK)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

To me, Fountainport from BLB is Trading Post of lands! Creates tokens, is extremely versatile, and can provide card advantage. The opportunity cost of FP is quite low in comparison, and is happy to take ANY token or give you a Fish! This card's ability to generate value from unused mana is great!

The Magic: the Gathering Card, Fountainport (0253 BLB)

The Magic: the Gathering Card, Trading Post (220 M13)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Vista looks "worse" than the ONS/ZEN Fetches, but that's because we undervalue its simplicity and basics. @anthony.luckypaper.co 's incredible cubecobra.com/cube/list/re... Regular Cube features 8 for its mana fixing. Fetches are extremely powerful, and a basic restricted one is still quite good.

The Magic: the Gathering Card, Prismatic Vista (244 MM1)

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The MKM Surveil lands are a hallmark of land evolution. They're typed, slow, and powerful. From being fetchable to providing an innocuous but incredulous Surveil 1, these babies have it all. From Standard to Legacy to Cubes, these lands make a splash and a statement. Surveil 1!

The Magic: the Gathering Cards, "Surveil Lands" from MKM [Commercial District, Elegant Parlor, Hedge Maze, Lush Portico, Meticulous Arch0ive, Raucous Theater, Shadowy Backstreet, Thundering Falls, Undercity Sewers, Underground Mortuary]

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Final Day in my "Four Cards to improve your drafter's skill level" in MTG Cube Draft series 🧊💙! Today is LAND! Every Magic player loves Lands! They're just neat! Here's how to improve your mana bases in cube: 1. MKM Surveil Lands 2. Prismatic Vista 3. Fountainport 4. Tectonic Edge

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Finally, we come to the main reason this thread was started. I believe Palantir is one of those rare cards DESIGNED to warp the game around its subgame and ratchet up tension as the game goes on. There are so many choices available to players, so much semi-hidden information that it sparks joy. 1/5

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Speaking of Value Engines, Converter often gets overshadowed by Retrofitter Foundry, but excels in graveyard/discard based synergies. Getting an extra "oomph" out of your discarded cards while still throwing them into the graveyard is huge in the long game. A little complex, but still quite good.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Today's Boomer slot. It's overlooked as being "worth a slot" in main decks or even in cubes. The reality is that it rewards careful thought and preparation. Stopping an engine preemptively for such a small cost is often worth a card if you would lose the game anyway. Just name the right card!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It's rote at this point to describe OG Umezawa's Jitte's impact on limited. Instead, I think Lost Jitte is an amazingly versatile equipment that pairs nicely with +1/+1 counter synergies and land shenanigans. Speaking of lands, you haven't lived until you untapped your Urza's Saga with this card.

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Today is COLORLESS! Day 6 of my "Four Cards to improve your drafter's skill level" in MTG Cube Draft series 🧊💙. 1. Lost Jitte 2. Pithing Needle 3. Currency Converter 4. Palantir of Orthanc Colorless cards are infinitely playable and great early picks in drafts. They're also quite skill testing!

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Tyler JUNDlieses @tpug.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

You would have enjoyed the summer camp like experience! My highlight was killing a Ravenous Rats with an Aladdin's Ring (and having it be right). My lowlight was @magesandmentors.bsky.social trading to 7 Volcanic Hammers and a bonus Incinerate. Neal on RtP: open.spotify.com/episode/7261...

A collection of white bordered Magic the Gathering cards laid out in a curve for visualization.

a madman's ability to get too many volcanic hammers.

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