It was sunny when it snowed
but my younger neighbor
shoveled my sidewalk.
This is a midwest insult.
I will challenge him
to a fight
tomorrow.
Just as soon as he's done
riding his motorcycle
and playing in his band
and tuning his motorcycle
then,
we'll fight.
One time this dude comic we worked with was having a bit of a diva moment and after confronted by the women working on the project sent an email that ended with, "I thank the lady spirit that moves through all things" with total sincerity. I think about this often.
doubling up on my thots this week, I wrote about the funny relationship between the Instant time--including the history of Interrupts and THE BATCH!!
Give it a read!
dominarianplowshare.substack.com/p/the-histor...
Going to play in PS a little today, think you're right
What should I do about all the shading around Ronald? Gonna make for a LONG session as it stands
Hello new modo copypasta
My DCI number was 52403. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned you could stack your deck in Apprentice when dc'd. I needed IRC to find games. We were here from the beginning. We made Magic. You wouldn't have made the JSS. I have bulk older than you.
I gotchu:
Didn't keep a lot of cards. Held on to the important ones.
You can read the first piece today for free. It's incredible. Stuff will jump behind a paywall eventually AFAIK. This is a good thing. Paywalls for good things go a long way to helping creature more good things.
www.cascadecascade.com/towards-perf...
My first piece will be up soon and gives a roadmap to improving your limited game without spending any money. Drafting is expensive. You should make it count.
In the meantime, I strongly recommend picking up a founder's club membership: www.cascadecascade.com/subscribe/
What Cal and Dan have put together is impressive as hell. The curation of McSweeney's meets the DIY ethos of a poorly Xeroxed socialist newsletter. It's a triumph of breadth AND depth in Magic writing, all while compensating contributors fairly.
If you’ve missed my Magic writing, it has a new home: @cascadecascade.com
I’m contributing as regularly as I can, but it's a stacked roster. It’s the hands down the most ambitious publication, Magic or otherwise, I’ve been part of in a long time.
“The suns of Mirrodin have shone upon perfection only once.” –Mox Opal (2010–)
What is the perfect card?
Towards Perfection by @trasgomorph.bsky.social is live now - free & available for everyone as we get this thing going!
www.cascadecascade.com/towards-perf...
Incredible Um, Actually, no notes
Outside of tossing in a B or C art, I don't know how much funnier this could get.
For those who aren't interested in the Highlights Magazine of it all, we have:
Only two Forests instead of three
ONE total from Unlimited (should have been 11)
A random smattering of Revised and what looks like 4th Edition?
Wild stuff, folks.
🎵One of these things is not like the others🎵
TCGplayer Direct order from 2/13 finally showed up today and... lmao
Amazing thread of the cool shit that is coming to CASCADE CASCADE
It's going on the list
They're the cardboard version of leaving a grocery store without buying anything and going, "But wait, I haven't just pocketed some shit in here and I'm about to walk out without paying for it, right?"
Shout out to these cards that live rent free in my head. I'll just be taking a game action in a format they're not even legal in and go, "But what if they have _____?"
Some early answers to FAQ!
Q: Why Cascade Cascade?
A: Cascade is the mechanical representation of firing off the dome. It's putting faith in a mixture of luck and careful construction, which feels like what we're doing. The only thing cooler than Cascading once is doing it again.
Coming out of retirement to write a little for a project I truly believe in.
Since I stopped Mana Club, I've heard from a lot of people that say they miss longform, meaningful Magic writing.
Not just "content" but the real shit that makes you feel something. Well, here's how to support that:
What if I told you this Secret Lair was $29.99?
What if I told you it was low stock in the first hour?
INTRODUCING CASCADE CASCADE, a collective publishing weekly essays, deep dives, and other good-ass writing about the card game Magic: The Gathering.
Built on the idea that those who love this game deserve more than an endless scroll of short form video. Community over content, every time.
Draft 2 went 7-1, don't think you'll see a lot of UW trophies with 0 Skyswimmers but here's one. Started P1P1 Ripper and then took Answer over Hex and Trapper over Eulogist (tough!). Hedged back w/ Safewright in a 3 elf P4 and then they dried up. Rimespeakers (per primer) were very good.
Also going to thread my runs. Took Champ out of a mid pack one and Goblins were clearly the lane, but I think this highlights just how meager the card quality is. 1-2 against a fast Kithkin deck and an Elementals deck that went totally over the top of me.
I just published 4000 words on ECL draft to help you get ready for the Limited Championship Qualifier. It's free. It covers everything but Elementals/vivid, which only gets a 'lil section. If you have questions about that deck, I'll take 'em here.
manaclub.substack.com/p/lorwyn-ecl...
I mean healthy in terms of vibes + size/growth. I don't doubt old school is a great format, though! And plenty of great formats exist.
