Ever notice how every precon deck has exactly one card everyone immediately cuts and one card that somehow ends up being the best piece in the deck? Those janky includes hit different sometimes.

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Weekend Commander question: new precon arrives. Do you play it stock first or immediately start swapping? I always tell myself 'stock list game one' then wind up pulling 8 cards before I even sleeve it. #MTG #Commander #EDH #Precon #WeekendMagic #CommanderDeck #CommanderDecks

Who else is already thinking about what deck to bring to Commander night this weekend? I keep swapping out cards and second-guessing everything. This is half the fun, right?

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Met up with @HeartFang before #galacon and dragged them on top of the TV Tower in Stuttgart

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Now I'm definitely an old frame #MTG guy, but my biggest takeaway from this particular #Precon is how amazing Ice Age era art looks in the Eighth Edition card frames. Especially the white cards like Swords to Plowshares and Disenchant. Super crisp.

https://preconstructedmagic.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/coldsnap3/

Theme Deck Review Compendium: Coldsnap “Kjeldoran Cunning”

These days it seems like every other set has blue/white soldiers as a draft archetype, but this wasn’t as established in 2006 and that combined with some amazing reprints made this an excitin…

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Bit of a treat to start the week: someone had actually uploaded an #Azorius Ascendant vs #Rakdos Bloodsport gameplay video to Youtube! The reviews are extremely polarising though: this is both the best and the worst #MTG #Precon from #Ravnica block.

https://preconstructedmagic.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/dissension1/

Theme Deck Review Compendium: Dissension “Azorius Ascendant”

The best theme deck of Ravnica block? Or the worst? Is it unfocused and weak, or is it just extremely skill intensive? Lots of contrasting opinions on this one.

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The Advanced decklists that used to come with every #Precon box are a fascinating slice of #MTG history. For those into community formats like #Premodern these can be a source of inspiration. Well, other decks can be. Probably not this one, eh.

https://preconstructedmagic.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/nuancedmastery/

nuANCED review: Tidal Mastery

Taking a look at the Mercadian Masques Theme Deck “Tidal Mastery” in both its Base and Enhanced forms. It’s 1999 and you want to spike your local FNM: was this the deck to do it?

Beats and Skies
For those #delegates to the convention this is a great read of what is going to be debated at convention and setting a path for us on the question of labor https://socialistcall.com/2023/07/18/dsa-convention-labor-strategy-debate/ #DSA #DSAConvention2023 #PreCon #Amendments #Labor #DemocraticSocialist #Socialist
Don't Change Course, Let's Build a Rank-and-File Led Labor Movement - The Call

DSA’s labor work is taking off. Delegates to the 2023 National Convention should vote down amendments that would steer it in a tamer direction.

The Call