Social Media Trolls and the Trolls in Magic

We have known nowadays that most popular social media platforms are littered with troll accounts to engage in attacks. They do this via disinformation and fake news about a certain topic or personality, spreading hate through the comment section of news websites and other popular FB pages. You can see them arguing or sort of “debunking” the idea posted on the news article.

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Magic: the Gathering Innistrad: Crimson Vow Set Box Opening Part 2

I can now understand that opening Magic: the Gathering booster boxes are between a hit and a miss. We opened mostly mediocre cards from the set on the first video, though it was somewhat expected because of their current value in the trading market. Even Thalia and the enemy pair lands ain’t enough on the count. Our Mythics got back some ROI as we got Olivia Crimson Bride, Henrika, and Wedding Ring.

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Alrund’s Epiphany Banned and Blue-Red Full Shift to Control

The recent Magic: the Gathering banned and the restricted announcement has finally hit the Standard format and the cards that got the ban hammer were Alrund’s Epiphany, Divide by Zero, and Faceless Haven. Wizards explained in the announcement article the reasons for the bannings, mainly on the effect of the power of the Epiphany which negated the metagame diversity in the format.

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Magic: the Gathering Which Booster Boxes have the Best Individual Card Prices

I decided to do a video record yesterday on what I am checking on recently regarding the financial value of Magic: the Gathering booster boxes from the recently-released set. This is to check and update the individual card prices in those sets. The sets were categorized under the Standard sets and the special sets that were intended for the older format use.

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Magic: the Gathering Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Card Leak – Thousand-Faced Shadow

I don’t know with this recent Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty card spoilers but people in the online community seem to notice the trend of blurry images of card leaks. This is quite unbelievable since today’s era of smartphones can take high-quality pictures even if it’s just a quick view-and-click. Anywho, today’s Magic: the Gathering card preview is a Blue Ninja that may become a vital component on the return of Ninjutsu-based decks in the Standard format.

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Throwback Thursday Tournament Report: Red Deck Still Wins!

I am sharing an old Magic: the Gathering tournament report which was first posted on my old Death-Mark blog website. This was back in 2009 when I played Demigod Red in our local Standard event. It was nice reading and reminiscing the days when I was younger and more enthusiastic in playing the format and playtesting the decks almost every day. Check out the write-up below.

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