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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Early stream today! Testing new Reality Fracture card Pia, Aether Ascetic in Duel Commander! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

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Evan Lewis @akaleth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You may be wondering "chat is this real, is D&T actually in contention for the second most popular legacy deck right now" YEAH, it is, and you can learn why by watching the State of the Noodle THIS THURSDAY!

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Evan Lewis @akaleth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The 5th annual State of the Noodle is HERE! D&T is having a historic run and is poised to be a top deck going into Eternal Weekend. Join @xjcloud.bsky.social and I as we break down everything you need to know in order to crush in Pittsburgh with Aether Vial! Thurs Oct 1 8:30p EST Twitch.tv/akaleth

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Welcome to my run through the Duel for the Duals paper duel commander event earlier this month! Videos should be dropping every Tuesday and Saturday until we get through all 8 rounds of this event, so be sure to like and subscribe and follow along. youtu.be/r1cs4YQaAsc?...

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Duel Commander Duel For The Duals Round 1: Cloud vs Aang

YouTube video by xJCloud

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🏆 Trophy on stream tonight (9-1 across 2 leagues) with some maindeck flutes in BW D&T. It worked in the pre-car meta so I don't see why it wouldn't work in the post-car one too.

2 Arid Mesa
1 Lion Sash
4 Marsh Flats
4 Overlord of the Balemurk
1 Meteor Sword
4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
2 Pre-War Formalwear
4 Prismatic Vista
4 Karakas
2 Scrubland
2 Shadowy Backstreet
2 Skyclave Apparition
4 Solitude
3 Flooded Strand
1 Swamp
1 Flickerwisp
4 Thoughtseize
4 Aether Vial
2 Witch Enchanter
5 Plains
4 Recruiter of the Guard
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Wasteland
4 White Orchid Phantom
1 Cloak and Dagger, Entwined
1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
2 Disruptor Flute

1 Faerie Macabre
2 Disruptor Flute
3 Wrath of the Skies
1 Containment Priest
1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
2 Erode
2 Duress
3 Leyline of the Void

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

2nd place for a Taiga at the Harry Wong Memorial Charity legacy event in Vancouver with BW D&T! Deck is great, we’re living in a fantastic era for DnT leading up to Eternal Weekend. Shoutout @fishduggery.bsky.social for the great event. Decklist and matchups below

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Y’all think Echoverse Sorin and Nahiri are lovers?

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Jace: “Bro I gotta kill your dog. It’s important for the sake of the perfect multiverse. Why? Don’t ask questions just trust me bro”

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Made Top 4 in the 48 player Duel Commander Duel for Duals with Cloud! Had a great time playing some paper duel commander. Deck felt fantastic all day, as always. Won a Bayou for my troubles. Hope to see more events like these in the states in the future! Decklist: moxfield.com/decks/l3SgAV...

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Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Duel Commander Challenge Top 8 decklists for Monday, Aug 24 (16 players) #mtg #mtgDC Cloud, Midgar Mercenary mirror in the finals!⚔️⚔️🏆 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd gets 3rd🐶 Bilbo, Thief in the Night finished 4th🧙 Tifa Lockhart takes 5th & 7th🐬🐬 Cloud also in 6th⚔️ Tasigur, the Golden Fang at 8th🍌

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Duel Commander challenges are now up on MTGO 7am PST every Saturday. I’m gonna play in as many as I can, and hopefully make some extra content with them. So you (I’m talking to you, the reader 🫵) better sign up for these events too so they keep firing! See you all on the front lines tomorrow

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Important question for my Cloud bucket list: Does this qualify as a kill with poison counters? Opponent concedes at 7 poison, facing down 3 toxic mites (but also regular damage lethal)

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Starting to feel ridiculous at this point, but we're at 5 consecutive Duel Commander trophy streams (4 with Cloud, 1 with Quint). Queen of Dale and Kili are, expectedly, very nice upgrades to the deck.

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My first dedicated metagame testing video, Cloud vs the Duel Commander gauntlet! Let me know if you enjoy this more focused testing content style and want to see more in the future! youtu.be/G31nUf8hA5s

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Cloud takes on the Duel Commander GAUNTLET!

YouTube video by xJCloud

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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Cloud takes on the Duel Commander GAUNTLET!

YouTube video by xJCloud

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you play or are interested in playing in MTGO Duel Commander Challenges please respond to the google form link below. Please note all time based responses are in Pacific Time (PT). Please only respond if you are an MTGO player or will be. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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MTGO Duel Commander Challenge Date+Time Survey / Date et Heure des Challenges Duel Commander sur MTGO

MTGO is reaching out to find the best time for Duel Commander Challenges MTGO cherche à savoir quels moments conviennent le mieux aux joueurs•euses pour les Challenges Duel Commander

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

xJWashed comes crawling back to legacy after they finally banned car. Let's see what this Cloak and Dagger card is all about in dnt www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

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xJCloud - Twitch

Magic: The Gathering streamer, Death & Taxes player, and Thalia enthusiast

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Evan Lewis @akaleth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Cloak and Dagger is the truth frfr, third trophy in four (?) streams! A lot of the most concerning matchups in the format feel like cards in hand matter more than stuff on board and C&D just keeps hittin'

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Evan Lewis @akaleth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Asking the hardest questions in Big Walk

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Eric Burghardt @0kay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Went walking with the nerdbirds tonight @akaleth.bsky.social @xjcloud.bsky.social @hahatoast.bsky.social

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🏆 The 20-0 back-to-back-to-back-to-back 4 straight trophy streams! Cloud is feeling better than ever, with a few changes for the postban world. Excited for Queen of Dale and Kili to upgrade the deck next week!

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Tonight we're rebuilding Cloud for the postban meta (and planning for Hobbit cards next week) www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

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xJCloud - Twitch

Magic: The Gathering streamer, Death & Taxes player, and Thalia enthusiast

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Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Duel Commander Trial Top 8 decklists for Monday, Aug 3 (16 players) #mtg #mtgDC Cloud, Midgar Mercenary was the victor! ⚔️🏆 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 🐶🐶🐶 Tifa Lockhart finished 5th and 8th 🐬🐬 Tasigur, the Golden Fang at 6th 🍌 The Prismatic Bridge gets 7th 🌈

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Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Duel Commander Banned and Restricted Announcement for July 27, 2026 #mtg #mtgDC Spider-man 2099; Lumra, Bellow of the Woods; and The Fantasticar are now banned as Commander only. www.duelcommander.org/announcement...

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🏆 Sending off the last xJStreams before the Duel Commander B&R update next week with the back-to-back-to-back trophy streams, this time with Cloud again. Same list as the trophy stream 2 weeks ago, but -1 Plains +1 The Mind Stone. Hatut Zeraze Strike Force continues to be busted as hell.

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Round 2 is up, with a clash of commentators! Jason and I managed to pair into each other in round 2 and got to commentate the match together after youtu.be/OSM6ndGtRnE?...

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CoolStuffCon Dallas 2026 Duel Commander Round 2

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I did some paper recordings of CoolStuffCon Dallas and commentated over them, if people like this sort of content let me know, I’d be happy to do more recordings in the future. Here’s round 1, the other 7 rounds will be posted every following day this week. youtu.be/S_NUCVQAn84

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CoolStuffCon Dallas 2026 Duel Commander Round 1

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I long for the day white gets a real hatebear again and not “when your opponent does a thing you’d rather they not do, give them a stern look but let them continue on their way unimpeded”

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

MagicCon Tokyo right after an unannounced Universes Beyond… never has the stage been more set for Monster Hunter UB

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🏆 Back-to-back stream trophies, this time with Quintorius! The Mind Stone was a big upgrade, easily the best mana rock in the deck. Fogwell's Gym was also a card I literally didn't even know existed until someone in discord pointed it out but I think it slots into Quint perfectly.

1 Ghost Vacuum
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Scrabbling Claws
1 Unlicensed Hearse
1 The Ooze
1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
1 Sundown Pass
1 Currency Converter
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Solitude
1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
1 Fury
1 Pyrokinesis
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Galvanic Discharge
1 Ghostfire Slice
1 Mana Tithe
1 Oust
1 Pyroblast
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Reprieve
1 Chained to the Rocks
1 On Thin Ice
1 Parallax Wave
1 Swift Reconfiguration
1 Forth Eorlingas!
1 Faithless Looting
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 On Wings of Gold
1 Orim's Chant
1 Silence
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Gamble
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Shenanigans
1 Wrath of God
1 Day of Judgment
1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
1 Unholy Heat
1 Portable Hole
1 Talisman of Conviction
1 Arcane Signet
1 Fellwar Stone
1 March of Otherworldly Light
1 Disruptor Flute
1 Redirect Lightning
1 Untimely Malfunction
1 Oliphaunt
1 Tithe
1 Arid Mesa
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Marsh Flats
1 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath
1 Plateau
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Arena of Glory
1 Elegant Parlor
1 Sunbillow Verge
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Mistveil Plains
1 Urza's Saga
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Castle Ardenvale
1 City of Traitors
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Witch Enchanter
1 Inspiring Vantage
1 Needleverge Pathway
1 Command Tower
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Dust Bowl
1 Sundering Eruption
1 Cori Mountain Monastery
4 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Monumental Henge
1 Boros Garrison
1 Magmatic Sinkhole
1 Retrofitter Foundry
1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
1 Seam Rip
1 Hexing Squelcher
1 Voice of Victory
1 Abrade
1 The Mind Stone
1 Fogwell's Gym
1 Drannith Magistrate

1 Quintorius, History Chaser

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Continuing the Marvel exploration in Duel Commander, we're playing Quintorius with some marvel upgrades! www.twitch.tv/xjcloud

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xJCloud - Twitch

Magic: The Gathering streamer, Death & Taxes player, and Thalia enthusiast

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Fireshoes the GOAT saving me 50% on my flight to Eternal Weekend

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🏆 5-0 with Cloud on tonight's stream, featuring Hatut Zeraze Strike Force, a card that I think is flying under the radar as one of the strongest new Marvel cards for Duel Commander.

1 Swift Reconfiguration
1 Glimmer Lens
1 Lion Sash
1 Benevolent Bodyguard
1 Cathar Commando
1 Ghost Vacuum
1 Skyclave Apparition
1 City of Traitors
1 Mother of Runes
1 Disruptor Flute
1 Elite Spellbinder
1 Esper Sentinel
1 Dust Bowl
1 Castle Ardenvale
1 Tectonic Edge
1 On Thin Ice
1 Crystal Vein
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Parallax Wave
1 Lay Down Arms
1 Reverent Mantra
1 Ocelot Pride
1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
1 Mirrex
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Talon Gates of Madara
1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
1 Urza's Saga
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
1 Oust
1 Ademi of the Silkchutes
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Portable Hole
1 Springleaf Drum
1 Anointed Peacekeeper
1 Recruiter of the Guard
1 Helping Hand
1 Sanctifier en-Vec
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Puresteel Paladin
1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Giver of Runes
1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
1 Tithe Taker
1 Drannith Magistrate
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Ancient Den
1 Solitude
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Sigarda's Aid
1 Jolted Awake
1 Pre-War Formalwear
1 Voice of Victory
1 Witch Enchanter
1 Skullclamp
27 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Abandoned Air Temple
1 Winter Moon
1 Seam Rip
1 March of Otherworldly Light
1 The Duke, Rebel Sentry
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Skateboard
1 Ravages of War
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Cataclysm
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Hatut Zeraze Strike Force
1 Abolish
1 Archon of Emeria
1 Mana Tithe

1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Made a peanut butter chocolate cheesecake for the 4th of July

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John Ryan Hamilton @xjcloud.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Okay someone please tell me why Hit-Monkey is seemingly nonexistent on the MTGO marketplace. I know it exists, I played against one last week. Please just let me play the monke

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