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NEA fellow • MTG articles @ EDHREC • Events/marketing @gamershaunt.bsky.social • Author, DISAPPEARING, INC. www.brandonamico.com

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Just the Premium label; it’s going from the two tier system (Premium or Not Premium) to six tiers, so it’s less all or nothing

08.03.2026 01:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Early on, those first three cards, it was the art that hooked me before I even knew how to play. I was a kid holding an incredible creature or evocative moment

And then some other cards that I’ve played across formats many, many times

06.03.2026 18:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Okay, I’ll play!

06.03.2026 18:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s kind of hard to grasp that there were that many people, and I’m just glad we managed to get all those events off the ground relatively on time without something catching fire 😅

19.01.2026 20:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Brief for the Defense Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.

“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world.”

—Jack Gilbert

poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brie...

18.01.2026 02:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I unironically would like that Sheltered if anyone has a line on one and it’s not insanely pricey. Gotta rep Thalia

14.01.2026 16:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Done. Took three minutes. If you use Discord, tell them what you think.

10.01.2026 14:38 👍 68 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 0

I finished The Chair Company season one and I just had to ask what the Fuck did I just watch

09.01.2026 04:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It says Power Creep but I’m not 100% sure that Doom is better than Grave Titan…

18.12.2025 18:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Just learned something unbelievable

Did you know poetry can rhyme?!

08.12.2025 19:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very proud to have been on the editorial team of Florida Review the last few years—congrats to Bertha and all!

06.12.2025 05:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Red Poppy

The great thing 
is not having 
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those; they 
govern me. I have
a lord in heaven 
called the sun, and open 
for him, showing him
the fire of my own heart, fire
like his presence.
What could such glory be
if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters, were you like me once, long ago, 
before you were human? Did you 
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never 
open again? Because in truth 
I am speaking now 
the way you do. I speak 
because I am shattered.

The Red Poppy The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. I have a lord in heaven called the sun, and open for him, showing him the fire of my own heart, fire like his presence. What could such glory be if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters, were you like me once, long ago, before you were human? Did you permit yourselves to open once, who would never open again? Because in truth I am speaking now the way you do. I speak because I am shattered.

Louise Glück ♥️

“I speak / because I am shattered.”

Always revisiting this poem.

06.12.2025 04:57 👍 69 🔁 25 💬 3 📌 1

Oh I am EXCITED, Molly! This one is so good.

05.12.2025 05:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Best MTG Flavor Text of 2025 | EDHREC It's been a big year for Magic; let's pause for a moment to read the Flavor. This list gathers the best flavor text of Magic in 2025.

“Flavor text” is the intersection of two of my passions: literature and MTG, so I sorted through well over a thousand cards’ flavor to find the best texts of the year. Check out the article at @edhrec.com: edhrec.com/articles/the...

04.12.2025 17:17 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Yes! The lifegain/bats package has been carrying me almost unchanged since BLB, usually going to Diamond/Mythic on arena just grinding daily quests. My list is quite close to yours (though I never got around to Passages), a slightly more aggressive build

Haliya was such a good pickup for this deck.

24.11.2025 03:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

GIANT FLASHING RED AUTHORITARIAN ALERT

apnews.com/article/immi...

20.11.2025 17:49 👍 540 🔁 278 💬 6 📌 24

Happy “you bought a few gifts online so enjoy the next six months trying to unsubscribe from more newsletters than you ever thought even existed” season for those who celebrate it

20.11.2025 18:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kinda have a dream job working not just for an LGS, but one staffed by and frequented by really amazing people?

17.11.2025 19:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Idk, Meteor Golem may not be a flashy card or a financial hit, but it gets the job done (I run it in some decks). And thematically i think it works—like, the dude wrecks ANYthing when it comes in

11.11.2025 16:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A quote on “seriousness” in individuals from an old lecture by John Cleese. Feels especialy apt lately—

05.11.2025 19:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Honored to have two poems from my pandemic crown of sonnets in the latest South Dakota Review along with several friends and writers I admire. Thank you to @artichokeheart.bsky.social for including me in this storied journal.

26.10.2025 15:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That jump on that ante is particularly steep

22.10.2025 14:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

There’s a small handful of people that I don’t follow back because it seems they follow everyone/have no interest in real connection, and then every few months I get another notification that they’ve followed me yet another time.

Not interested in folks that are just follower-farming

21.10.2025 15:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Holy crap that’s the play. Yes.

20.10.2025 01:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

sex is fine but have you ever had someone review your poetry who fundamentally gets what you were doing and a few things you didn't realize you were doing?

18.10.2025 17:08 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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a man says he 's got the groove in green text ALT: a man says he 's got the groove in green text
17.10.2025 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One must imagine Sisyphus happily mulling to three

15.10.2025 15:21 👍 31 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

So excited to finally be able to move this nerd hub to a bigger place downtown that our community deserves!

05.10.2025 20:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return

26.09.2025 16:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Big Fat Greek Wedding” 👀

20.09.2025 15:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0