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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There's 2 Garruk cards in fact

Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I never do Arena Directs, but I tried one today after scrubbing out of a Sealed RCQ yesterday. And I won a box *for the very first time ever* from one of these things! Ajani is a messed up card, but what if you could gamble for it twice and also get it back from the yard? @fireshoes.bsky.social

Deck
1 Awaken the Inferno
2 Curse-Marred Demon
2 Violent Echoes
1 Wrath of the Bloodmane
2 Arcane Amphisbaena
1 Compel Brutality
1 Restore with Empathy
1 Sureshot Sower
1 Vinelasher Adept
1 Ferocity of the Hunt
1 Konstrari Improviser
1 Twinned Vision
1 The Echoverse Fulcrum
1 Keeper of the Quiet Hour
1 Konstrari Annex
1 Rockfall Vale
1 Ajani Unrelenting
1 Kiora of Fire and Ashes
1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
1 Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone
1 Loot, the Nexus
1 Marwyn, the Preserver
8 Mountain
7 Forest

Sideboard
1 Academic Ascent
1 Blossom-Blessed Angel
1 Campus Crier
1 Fateshaper Aspirant
1 Generous Revival
1 Graft Surgeon
1 Predictive Preparations
1 Surgical Precision
1 Divining Duelist
1 Protege's Awakening
1 Seasoned Cryomancer
1 Semester Foreseer
1 Sphinx's Approach
1 Bloodline Recollector
2 Last Gasp
1 Rampart Hunter
1 Rewrite Regrets
1 Screeching Soulbreaker
1 Silence the Echo
1 Theoretical Necromancer
1 Artifist Acumen
1 Chandra's Emberling
1 Eardrum Rattler
1 Essence Burn
2 Tether Technician
1 Tethermage's Advantage
1 Fatehold Charm
1 Fatehold Chronologist
1 Konstrari Charm
1 Mind Meanderer
1 Recursive Recruitment
1 Theorix Charm
1 Theorix Metamage
1 Twisted Fates
1 Whiplash Wordsmith
2 Codie, Ravenous Codex
1 Living Library
1 Medic's Kitesail
1 Ajani Resolute
1 Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty
1 Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
1 Yargle, Goliath of Otaria
1 Yuriko, Hope from the Shadows
1 Gallia, Tragic Host
1 Loot, the Anomaly
1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
1 Edgar, Moonlit Sovereign
1 Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord
1 Kiora of Salt and Sand
1 Traxos, Scourge Eternal

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My partner and I are in Leadville this weekend, and we're about to watch a movie in an old opera house.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I also love how it's not far off from The Lunar Whale

The Lunar Whale {3}{U}
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
As long as The Lunar Whale attacked this turn, you may play the top card of your library.
Crew 1
3/5

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We made cast iron pizza for dinner

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Welp, 2nd draft into #MTGxMarvel and I trophy 7-2 with... 4-color Villains? We got a bunch of good hitters here! *Two* Black Widows! Elektra *and* Kingpin! Some Hydra guys, and Titania who I don't know.

Deck
1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand (MSH) 97
2 Hour of Defeat (MSH) 99
1 Black Widow, Double Agent (MSH) 208
1 Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer (MSH) 121
1 Widow's Bite (MSH) 122
1 Titania, Rugged Rumbler (MSH) 235
2 We Say Thee Nay! (MSH) 82
1 Stark Industries (MSH) 272
2 Visions of Villainy (MSH) 120
1 The Ruinous Wrecking Crew (MSH) 224
1 Black Widow, Super Spy (MSH) 89
1 A.I.M. Scientists (MSH) 44
1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car (MSH) 74
1 The Kingpin of Crime (MSH) 220
1 Cruel Alliance (MSH) 92
1 A.I.M. Labs (MSH) 257
1 Arnim Zola, Bio-Fanatic (MSH) 86
1 Surveillance Room (MSH) 274
1 Klaw, Sonic Subjugator (MSH) 103
1 Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord (MSH) 88
1 Asgardian Citadel (MSH) 258
1 Ultron Drone (MSH) 253
1 Aerial Doombot (MSH) 43
1 Roxxon Brutes (MSH) 113
1 Plains (MSH) 288
4 Island (MSH) 290
7 Swamp (MSH) 292
1 Mountain (MSH) 294

Sideboard
1 Hour of Defeat (MSH) 99
1 Captain America, Living Legend (MSH) 210
1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (MSH) 5
1 Project Deathlok Soldier (MSH) 109
1 Repulsor Blast (MSH) 150
1 HULK SMASH! (MSH) 135
1 Depower (MSH) 50
1 Vision of Love (MSH) 158
1 Volcanic Villain (MSH) 159
1 Hire a Crew (MSH) 134
1 HYDRA Assault Robot (MSH) 137
1 Iron Man, Master of Machines (MSH) 216
1 Kingpin's Enforcers (MSH) 102
1 Giant-Sized Flying Ant (MSH) 56

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Over my long weekend I drafted a good bit of Final Fantasy on MTG Arena. The problem was I did really horribly over 8 drafts. Just felt like everything I was doing was wrong: either I didn't quite hit the mark with reading the open lanes, or my decks weren't drawing well, or my opps Always Had It.

A screenshot from 17lands showing 8 Draft events on my account with the following records: 1-3, 2-3, 2-3, 0-3, 3-3, 1-3, 0-3, 2-3

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Went to Lyons today and played a lot of pinball. These were my favorite machines. I certainly have A Type when it comes to pinball machines: late 70s-mid 80s that look like prog rock albums

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We have 2 new cats! This is Daisy and Tulip.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This little guy from #MTGStrixhaven reminded me of how much I loved this class of "Shade" Black creature. Frozen Shade was cool enough to make an impact on very young me.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Now, this draft from Tuesday went 7-2 and it was an actually pretty good deck. Double Colossus was such a good security blanket. One time I played a Colossus, they killed it, and I drew 4 cards after discarding 3 lands.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I had to check my previous posts here, and apparently I never talked about putting our dog down last year. He loved these fuckin blankets, man.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It took me 6 drafts but I finally got a trophy for #MTGStrixhaven and boy did this deck not really deserve it at all, lol. No real card draw, no surveil lands, not the best removal, and only 1 Rare

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Here's a bonus prairie dog I saw while I was walking outside and thought up this tweet.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I ended up in Lorehold for the Strixhaven prerelease and went 1-2 with this deck. I think it needed a few more synergy payoffs or... something? My removal was excellent, but the Green creatures could still outgrow a lot of it since it's mostly Red damage. I did get to copy Lightning Bolt once!

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Randomly decided to a Foundations Quick Draft and went 7-1 with this deck, which was a little surprising. It's a UR value deck splashing Black for Zombify.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

My second Sealed attempt at #MTGxTMNT and I had an extremely clean 7-1 trophy. I dub this: UR Pizza. The Everything Pizzas were a wincon in at least 3 of my games, and I also won multiple games with Spicy Oatmeal Pizza to face for exactsies. And... I did all this listening to the Turtles in Time OST

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Just a casual 10 trample damage coming on turn 4. As you do.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Finally got another trophy draft in #MTGLorwyn. I got some pure aggro GW Kithkin that really plays into combat tricks and keywords to just keep trying to push damage through as much as possible. I think this is the easiest way to make Kithkin work in Best-of-1.

Deck
1 Rooftop Percher
1 Bark of Doran
1 Champion of the Clachan
1 Clachan Festival
1 Gallant Fowlknight
2 Personify
1 Reluctant Dounguard
1 Riverguard's Reflexes
1 Sun-Dappled Celebrant
2 Thoughtweft Imbuer
1 Assert Perfection
1 Bristlebane Outrider
1 Crossroads Watcher
1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace
1 Mistmeadow Council
2 Feisty Spikeling
1 Prideful Feastling
2 Thoughtweft Lieutenant
1 Wary Farmer
9 Plains
8 Forest

Sideboard
1 Rooftop Percher
1 Reluctant Dounguard
1 Riverguard's Reflexes
1 Shore Lurker
1 Pestered Wellguard
1 Burning Curiosity
1 End-Blaze Epiphany
2 Enraged Flamecaster
1 Feed the Flames
1 Flamekin Gildweaver
1 Dawn's Light Archer
1 Wildvine Pummeler
1 Feisty Spikeling
1 Stoic Grove-Guide
1 Firdoch Core

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My first trophy draft in #MTGLorwyn, playing UG Vivid. I went 7-2. I drew really well for the most part. Lost once against an insane Elemental curve-out, and then another time because of my own play mistakes.

Deck
1 Shimmercreep (ECL) 120
1 Rimekin Recluse (ECL) 66
1 Kithkeeper (ECL) 23
1 Changeling Wayfinder (ECL) 1
1 Summit Sentinel (ECL) 73
1 Glamermite (ECL) 50
1 Evolving Wilds (ECL) 264
1 Temporal Cleansing (ECL) 78
1 Glamer Gifter (ECL) 49
1 Wistfulness (ECL) 252
1 Unbury (ECL) 123
2 Great Forest Druid (ECL) 178
1 Aurora Awakener (ECL) 165
1 Safewright Cavalry (ECL) 191
1 Blossombind (ECL) 45
1 Shimmerwilds Growth (ECL) 194
1 Midnight Tilling (ECL) 182
1 Temple Garden (ECL) 268
1 Foraging Wickermaw (ECL) 256
1 Luminollusk (ECL) 179
1 Glister Bairn (ECL) 227
1 Bogslither's Embrace (ECL) 94
1 Swat Away (ECL) 75
1 Squawkroaster (ECL) 160
6 Forest (ECL) 273
1 Mountain (ECL) 272
2 Swamp (ECL) 271
5 Island (ECL) 270
1 Plains (ECL) 269

Sideboard
1 Champion of the Weird (ECL) 95
1 Retched Wretch (ECL) 117
1 Eclipsed Elf (ECL) 218
1 Gravelgill Scoundrel (ECL) 53
1 Stalactite Dagger (ECL) 261
1 Lys Alana Informant (ECL) 181
1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace (ECL) 177
1 Merrow Skyswimmer (ECL) 234
1 Moon-Vigil Adherents (ECL) 184
1 Chitinous Graspling (ECL) 211
1 Barbed Bloodletter (ECL) 86
1 Rooftop Percher (ECL) 2
1 Soulbright Seeker (ECL) 157
1 Run Away Together (ECL) 67

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Managed to go 4-1 in Bo3 Sealed with this deck, previous attempts went 0-2 and 3-2. #MTGLorwyn is a difficult Sealed format!

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This is such a pushed 2 drop, holy moly. #MTGLorwyn

Hexing Squelcher {1}{R}
Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
This spell can't be countered.
Ward—Pay 2 life.
Spells you control can't be countered.
Other creatures you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."
2/2

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Other trophy was just a decent-but-not-great UW Artifacts deck. Only got to go off with The Lunar Whale a couple times. Underestimated how good Minwu could be here, with 2 White Mage's Staff + 1 Sage's Nouliths

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

First trophy was this one. 2x Sazh's Chocobo plus Sazh himself was really really gross. And then I also get to splash Black for Locke and Cloud of Darkness, and Red for Choco-Comet and Suplex.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

This Draft deck is an elegant demonstration of how good the Limited design is for #MTGxATLA. I have a Mono-White deck here that features all 4 White hybrid color combinations, and they all fit in this deck very well.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

And this is what Nimrod does. So as you can imagine, my 3 non-Nimrod cards there all have ways to destory other cards at their location.

Nimrod says "When this is destroyed, add a copy to each location."

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

So I've been playing Marvel Snap for a few months. This game right here is a good example of the dopamine it can generate.

A screenshot of a Marvel Snap game-winning turn. From left to right, I have 24, 31, and 25 points. The left location has 1 Deathlok and 3 copies of Nimrod. The middle has 1 Venom and 1 copy of Nimrod, and the right location has 1 Attuma and 2 copies of Nimrod.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Here's a prairie dog I saw on a walk today.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I rolled one more Sealed deck in Arena before I fly out early for #MCVegas tomorrow. Can't believe I got the Towns deck to come together in a #MTGxFinalFantasy Sealed pool

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I want to gush about how much I'm enjoying the flavor of Job Select equipment in #MTGxFinalFantasy cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...

Dark Knight's Great Sword 2B
Artifact - Equipment
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and is a Knight in addition to its other types.

Chaosbringer — Equip—Pay 3 life. Activate only once each turn.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

But take a look at this Turn Length graph of all Standard sets since Bloomburrow.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It is my goal with #MTGAetherdrift to make this guy a deck. cards.scryfall.io/large/front/...

Mako Marauder is a 1/1 Shark Pirate with a mana cost of R. It has "Whenever you discard one or more cards, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature" and it has Cycling for 2

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This picture of Hooch was too good not to share

A brown Chihuahua laying down on a gray polka dot blanket. The left side of his face is slightly smushed.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

I don't post much, but here's a dog pic to keep you enticed for more

A brown-haired chihuhua named Hooch. He is sleeping on a comfy-looking blue blanket and his eyes are closed.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Ugh, this interview with the Diablo 4 staff is just annoying. This isn't what *I* liked about Diablo 2! There's a lot more to that game than "the loot grind!"

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I don't think I've shared any dog pictures on here yet. Here's Hooch. He is a very sleepy old man chihuahua.

My brown chihuahua named Hooch. He is sleeping on top of a green blanket and is also underneath another gray blanket with white polka dots.

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Brandon @yanguskhan.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Last night we watched Royal Warriors, aka In The Line of Duty 1, and it was fucking great. But also it featured an incredibly young Hiroyuki Sanada. Just look at this handsome man!