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@el-paz

Magic the Gathering alter artist and enthusiast. He/him Dad of 3, husband of non-gamer, scientist against cancer.

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Ok now I really have to figure out going. Gotta talk to the spouse.

08.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Don’t yuck someone else’s yum. We need more sincere positivity in this world, and I try to approach my blind spots and non-preferences with curiosity, or at least support.

08.03.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been sitting on this idea for a while, finally put it down

07.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Came here to say this.

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice find!
I was about to complain that they should have Errata’d this to be a Desert (to be consistent with the 4 new β€œOasis” cards from OTJ and MH3) but then I realized I’m totally fine with it not having a land type.

06.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got a tic-tac-toe top left to bottom right, and vertical middle if you swap mortal kombat for Street Fighter 2.
Great picks.

06.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white dog is sitting on a couch with its tongue out and says `` wait ! what ?? '' . ALT: a black and white dog is sitting on a couch with its tongue out and says `` wait ! what ?? '' .

Story! What card?

06.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An early morning timestamp on a photo of ~20 small pours of hard liquor.

An early morning timestamp on a photo of ~20 small pours of hard liquor.

Get after it! But for real, looks thoughtful and professional. And hopefully delicious.

06.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Crawlspace to limit the breadth
Stuffy Doll to hurt then for attacking
?

06.03.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A partially erased Island, and the piece of 400 grit sandpaper I’m using to do it.

A partially erased Island, and the piece of 400 grit sandpaper I’m using to do it.

It’s been a little while since I sanded a card to blank it. Gonna bust out my trusty Sharpies.
400 grit sandpaper, to be followed by an eraser to pick up more of the ink dust.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love the lone non-Golgari white pip.

This is such a strong list.

06.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They added Linear A symbols to Unicode?

𐜀

The untranslated script that the Minoans used 4000 years ago? Phew, now we can text without transliterating into, say, Linear B (which has actually been translated and also added to Unicode in September)

𐂂 𐂃 𐂄 𐂅

06.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hand painted portrait of Nicholas J. Fury.

06.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

9 cards that shaped my Magic trajectory.
Apparently I’m not subtle.

06.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Boston Cube Party Join us for the 3rd Annual Boston Cube Party!

BOSTON CUBE PARTY THREE TICKETS ARE LIVE!!!!!

Last year we sold out twice--this year we're only doing it once, so don't wait to buy your ticket!

There aren't previews of playmat art yet, but @gnarlyghost.bsky.social is cooking up something truly special, trust.

www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-cub...

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 12
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Spurious Correlations Correlation is not causation: thousands of charts of real data showing actual correlations between ridiculous variables.

tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...

05.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They make small jars and big jars, which means you could put the small jars in a big jar, and that's a jar jar. Then you can disturb it a little and as it settles, jar jar clinks.

05.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

I want to see a man-hole cover but I don’t know what it would represent. Clue? Phased Out? Or paint a man-hole cover onto Fabled Passage?

05.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

DO IT! It’s a fun game.

05.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It bothers me in theory. Something that is legendary is, by definition, rare, or even mythical (regular definition, not MtG Rarity). Not simply uncommon or common.
Gameplay: I haven’t played them in limited, so don’t know.
Set building: UB IP will have lots of characters, and should be legendary.

05.03.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone who cares about Phyrexian script should check out Ogham, a real script used for ~1000 years to write Old Irish.

www.omniglot.com/writing/ogha...

ogham.co

04.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Death to Smoochy (2002) Trailer #1
Death to Smoochy (2002) Trailer #1 YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers

Death to Smoochy. 2002

Not from the 50s nor 90s but so good and weird it doesn’t need bonus points.

youtu.be/IrD7HXvLMZQ?...

04.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corded Ware culture - Wikipedia

Neolithic / near-prehistoric cultures are amazing. There is a culture that lived across northern Eurasia from 3000-2350 BCE (that’s >100 years longer than Europeans have been in America), and we simply call them the β€œcorded ware” culture after the pottery they made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_...

04.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a photo you took to add some zen to your timeline

04.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@mtgcritical.bsky.social

03.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is lovely. Next one: this, but in a crescent shape?

Also, did you get to use every circle in your stencil? I hope so.

03.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Conviction card from Magic the Gathering. Cast, draw from Enchantress, self-bounce, repeat.

Conviction card from Magic the Gathering. Cast, draw from Enchantress, self-bounce, repeat.

I have the same feeling about Sram. Conviction is bonkers in an Enchantress-style deck.

02.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I dig this. Never played warhammer myself, but I love the vibe of your art.

01.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You mean, they’re gonna Booster Box Limited decks against real Standard decks? Good luck to them…

01.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A basic Plains showing a setting sun admit a trans pride flag background

A basic Plains showing a setting sun admit a trans pride flag background

Throwing in stuff like this, and more

27.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0