@swbmtg

Here for Magic! Living in NYC. Fan of many formats

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Joined October 2021
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BANDING is back after half a year. enjoy this potpourri issue where I talk about: > where to take this newsletter > artwork I bought from rebecca guay > handcrafted proxies > community formats > what shivan gorge could've been > planar chaos premodern 🔗 mtgbanding.substack.com/p/wh…
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My first MTG guide is live! 🌳 Introducing Speaker Elves: an interactive #Legacy guide covering mulligans, combo lines, sideboarding, a Goldfish Lab and how to play against it. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way! Access via P*treon. Link below 👇
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I won the @90sMTG Legacy Open yesterday with Elves! 🧝‍♂️ The deck didn't drop a match all day. It's very powerful and and can "go infinite" as fast as turn two on a perfect draw
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The matchups: R1 Forge 🧝‍♂️💥🧝‍♂️ R2 Welder Cam 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️ R3 Aluren Tell 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️ R4 Beans 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️ R5 Lands 🧝‍♂️💥🧝‍♂️ R6 ID R7 ID QF Lands 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️ SF Cradle Control 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️ F Welder Cam 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️
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Was great seeing everyone! Thank you @ChrisBanuchi for a wonderful event! Love the NYC Legacy community. And thank you to @Benatmtg for dropping Elves knowledge on me ahead of time
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Played Elves in a 2016 throwback event this weekend! Was very fun to sleeve up DRS and play some #peaklegacy R1 4c Delver 🧝☠️🧝 R2 Miracles 🧝☠️🧝 R3 Maverick 🧝🧝 R4 Grixis Delver ☠️🧝☠️
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Qualified for the @_NYCIS_ playing this very silly red deck in today's Value Vintage (@30DollarMTG) open. The format feels wide open and underexplored. Thanks @Jenn_the_Judge for another weird format event!
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R1 Boros Guide of Souls 1-2 R2 Jeskai IDK 2-0 R3 UR Phoenix 2-0 R4 Rhinos 2-0 R5 Post 2-0 T4 Miracles 2-0 T2 UR Phoenix Demilich 1-2
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Decks of the month (Naya state of mind): Premodern Terrageddon, Old School Zoo, Legacy DNT
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thanks to @seelamsettys for gifting me these gorgeous sleeves so I don't have to stare at the outdated and cringe design on the back of cards magic deserves to be taken seriously from an aesthetics point of view like other modern card games such as riftbound, op, and lorcana
Phil Nguyen@mtgbanding21 Oct 2025
hot take: magic should get rid of the outdated skeuomorphic card back and update to a timeless flat design this is more aesthetically pleasing, improves accessibility, and culturally relevant with colors like pistachio green and millennial pink
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We are running a Peak Legacy (community-run 2016 throwback format) tournament in NYC on August 16! Sleeve up your Deathrites and join us 💚 More about the format: peaklegacy.net melee.gg/Tournament/View/448…
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And a tournament report from Sacred Torch Showdown finalist Dan Sondike nosferatumtg.blogspot.com/20…
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Totally missed that Dan had already posted this lol xitter.cf/MtgNosferatu/status/20… @MtgNosferatu
Dan (Nosferatu)@MtgNosferatuJul 27
I wrote an old school tournament report about an old school format (link below)
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A Sacred Torch Showdown tournament report from Bryan Gulotta, Lobstercon finalist and the man who gave us the :bryanstorm: emoji open.substack.com/pub/bryang…
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Piloted Stasis into the Top 8 of last weekend's Duress Crew Regional! It was a wonderful event. TY @DuressCrew for welcoming us from NYC ❤️‍🔥 swbmtg.substack.com/p/report…
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Played Nic Fit to the top 8 of Saturday's Legacy win-a-dual! R1 Ninjas 🌳🌳 R2 Cradle 💀💀 R3 Cradle 💀🌳🌳 R4 UR Tempo 🌳🌳 R5 4c Beans 🌳🌳 QF Doomsday 💀💀
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A few recent #premodern meetup decks!
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I will be buried with this deck. Small updates, new layout.
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Replying to @swbmtg
Hello! Loved your report and your take, didn't even know Sam Black played a different version! I wrote an article too, but is in spanish... mtglukask9.wordpress.com/202… Hope you like my different take at 7 Balances XD
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Wrote a little report for the Unchained side event at Lobstercon! ⚖️ swbmtg.substack.com/p/report… ⚖️
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