Jacob
@jacobmauk.bsky.social
My only Magic achievement is a 3-0 of the Artifact Cube at the inaugural Cincinnati Cube Club Con
Magic player(Premodern, $30vintage), Mountain Gazette reader, other stuff too.
Magic player(Premodern, $30vintage), Mountain Gazette reader, other stuff too.
Pinned
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dont buy magic cards should be the slogan! magic cards are cigarettes that everyone thinks are apples.
August 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
dont buy magic cards should be the slogan! magic cards are cigarettes that everyone thinks are apples.
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Today is the anniversary of the beginning of Mirrodin block! Mirrodin was released all the way back in 2003, and what an impact it continues to have to this day. Equipment! Affinity! Artifact Lands! From Pauper to Modern and beyond, this set continues to show up and show out.
October 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Today is the anniversary of the beginning of Mirrodin block! Mirrodin was released all the way back in 2003, and what an impact it continues to have to this day. Equipment! Affinity! Artifact Lands! From Pauper to Modern and beyond, this set continues to show up and show out.
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Go Browns! Next year best year.
September 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Go Browns! Next year best year.
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✨Bog is Beautiful✨
I recently had the chance to visit a wonderful bog, way farther south than it had any business being (in NE Ohio,USA) and it was much greener (and less haunted) than I expected!
Sphagnum Moss (pictured below) is a wonderful wet mat that contributes to peat production.
I recently had the chance to visit a wonderful bog, way farther south than it had any business being (in NE Ohio,USA) and it was much greener (and less haunted) than I expected!
Sphagnum Moss (pictured below) is a wonderful wet mat that contributes to peat production.
June 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM
✨Bog is Beautiful✨
I recently had the chance to visit a wonderful bog, way farther south than it had any business being (in NE Ohio,USA) and it was much greener (and less haunted) than I expected!
Sphagnum Moss (pictured below) is a wonderful wet mat that contributes to peat production.
I recently had the chance to visit a wonderful bog, way farther south than it had any business being (in NE Ohio,USA) and it was much greener (and less haunted) than I expected!
Sphagnum Moss (pictured below) is a wonderful wet mat that contributes to peat production.
Huge news for everyone in the @acry.bsky.social fan club today.
Can You Keep a Secret?
@acry.bsky.social grapples with what counts and what doesn't when a story's entire trajectory can be altered with a few words. Yes, this is about Innistrad's elves.
www.cascadecascade.com/can-you-keep...
@acry.bsky.social grapples with what counts and what doesn't when a story's entire trajectory can be altered with a few words. Yes, this is about Innistrad's elves.
www.cascadecascade.com/can-you-keep...
Can You Keep A Secret?
Cary grapples with what counts and what doesn't when a story's entire trajectory can be altered with a few words.
www.cascadecascade.com
July 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Huge news for everyone in the @acry.bsky.social fan club today.
I’m gonna be a lil’ CUTE with this one
May 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I’m gonna be a lil’ CUTE with this one
Magic Art appreciation post
March 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Magic Art appreciation post
You may not trust his taste in pizza art, but you can never doubt his taste in sandwiches. This place is just what you need when you start 0-2. @caljones.com
February 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM
You may not trust his taste in pizza art, but you can never doubt his taste in sandwiches. This place is just what you need when you start 0-2. @caljones.com
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The best to ever do it.
The German Juggernaut.
The German Juggernaut.
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 AM
The best to ever do it.
The German Juggernaut.
The German Juggernaut.
Snagged 10ea basic lands from Ice Age in preparation for Spotlight Toronto.
Seemed appropriate for a Canadian Magic tourney in January!
Seemed appropriate for a Canadian Magic tourney in January!
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Snagged 10ea basic lands from Ice Age in preparation for Spotlight Toronto.
Seemed appropriate for a Canadian Magic tourney in January!
Seemed appropriate for a Canadian Magic tourney in January!
Being a Cleveland Browns fan and playing Burn are more alike than they are different.
Maybe more like Legacy or Modern than Premodern Burn. But still, the feeling is there.
Maybe more like Legacy or Modern than Premodern Burn. But still, the feeling is there.
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Being a Cleveland Browns fan and playing Burn are more alike than they are different.
Maybe more like Legacy or Modern than Premodern Burn. But still, the feeling is there.
Maybe more like Legacy or Modern than Premodern Burn. But still, the feeling is there.
2026 - the year of filtering, distilling, and refining:
the media I’m exposed to, the things I do in my spare time, the work that I do.
Let’s make it a good one.
the media I’m exposed to, the things I do in my spare time, the work that I do.
Let’s make it a good one.
December 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
2026 - the year of filtering, distilling, and refining:
the media I’m exposed to, the things I do in my spare time, the work that I do.
Let’s make it a good one.
the media I’m exposed to, the things I do in my spare time, the work that I do.
Let’s make it a good one.
Finished logging my ‘owned but not read yet’ shelf…no new books or library books until these are read.
41 books to go O.O
41 books to go O.O
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Finished logging my ‘owned but not read yet’ shelf…no new books or library books until these are read.
41 books to go O.O
41 books to go O.O
Another Annual Western Cincinnati Christmas Bird Count (AWCCBC if you’re cool) in the books.
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Another Annual Western Cincinnati Christmas Bird Count (AWCCBC if you’re cool) in the books.
Finally found Off Color in my corner of Ohio. Thanks for the rec @basiclandbin.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Finally found Off Color in my corner of Ohio. Thanks for the rec @basiclandbin.bsky.social
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Happy Five-drop Friday everyone -
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
![A magic card depicting a clanky wooden and metal war machine.
Urza's Engine
{5} Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
Trample
{3}: This creature gains banding until end of turn.
{3}: Attacking creatures banded with this creature gain trample until end of turn.
Banding works as follows:
702.22a Banding is a static ability that modifies the rules for combat.
702.22c As a player declares attackers, they may declare that one or more attacking creatures with banding and up to one attacking creature without banding (even if it has “bands with other”) are all in a “band.” They may also declare that one or more attacking [quality] creatures with “bands with other [quality]” and any number of other attacking [quality] creatures are all in a band. A player may declare as many attacking bands as they want, but each creature may be a member of only one of them. (Defending players can’t declare bands but may use banding in a different way; see rule 702.22j.)
702.22d All creatures in an attacking band must attack the same player, planeswalker, or battle.
702.22f An attacking creature that’s removed from combat is also removed from the band it was in.
702.22h If an attacking creature becomes blocked by a creature, each other creature in the same band as the attacking creature becomes blocked by that same blocking creature.
702.22i If one member of a band would become blocked due to an effect, the entire band becomes blocked.
702.22j During the combat damage step, if an attacking creature is being blocked by a creature with banding, or by both a [quality] creature with “bands with other [quality]” and another [quality] creature, the defending player (rather than the active player) chooses how the attacking creature’s damage is assigned. That player can divide that creature’s combat damage as they choose among any creatures blocking it. This is an exception to the procedure described in rule 510.1c.
702.22k During the combat damage step, if a blocking creature………](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2fhizwt7xlafwm5cespoqhcg/bafkreiab5n44y2fs6xvczrmepdd3pow6ftgzpnisjpo6mughls26zgceou)
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy Five-drop Friday everyone -
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
Just here to remind you that Urza is an unforgivable villain in Magic story - he makes you learn Banding!
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The Walls of Ba Sing Se is an incredible defender, capable of blocking any #MTG creature.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Walls of Ba Sing Se is an incredible defender, capable of blocking any #MTG creature.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
This makes sense, because ancient Chinese walls were DENSE. Linzi (859 BC) had walls averaging 80 feet thick which could easily stop cannon fire. In contrast, European walls were generally only 6 feet thick.
My first Artist Proof arrived today: Searslicer Goblin by Arif Wijaya.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My first Artist Proof arrived today: Searslicer Goblin by Arif Wijaya.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
Great card, sick art, Magic is good.
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In #MTG, Mystic Forge is a 4 mana artifact that helps you win the 2025 NA Legacy Champs.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In #MTG, Mystic Forge is a 4 mana artifact that helps you win the 2025 NA Legacy Champs.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
We have Mystic Forges too - in Jingdezhen China, Feng Huo Hsien, or Genius of the Fire-Blast, is a man-turned-deity who sacrificed his body in the fires of a kiln to save his people from a horrible fate.
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Happy birthday to Mirrodin and to @rhysticstudies.bsky.social!
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
October 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy birthday to Mirrodin and to @rhysticstudies.bsky.social!
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
Clockwork Condor is a 3/3 flyer that gets beat up everytime you use it.
Machined birds have been flying since the early Greeks! Archytas of Tarentum (350BCE) is known for his flying doves powered by compressed air and pneumatics.
#MTG
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Let’s celebrate #MTG HOTlanta with a little FIRE.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let’s celebrate #MTG HOTlanta with a little FIRE.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
Fireshrieker is an iconic Mirrodin card that turns any creature into a hot threat.
7c. Byzantines were masters of using fire for war: spraying a mix of petroleum and sticky resins out of a tube would coat enemy ships before lighting on fire.
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Slate of Ancestry, first printed in Onslaught, is a great way for creature-based decks to do some drawing.
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Slate of Ancestry, first printed in Onslaught, is a great way for creature-based decks to do some drawing.
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
In our world, we do a lot of creature drawing too: the oldest known art, found on a South Indonesian island, depicts three human figures and a pig. This art is over 50,000 years old.
#MTG
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Arcum’s Whistle is an artifact from Ice Age that forces a creature to attack or be destroyed.
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Arcum’s Whistle is an artifact from Ice Age that forces a creature to attack or be destroyed.
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
It looks remarkably similar to Peruvian whistle jars, where, through a series of water-filled chambers can actually mimic the howling of wolves or twittering of birds when air is blown through them.
#MTG
Kamigawa was the block that introduced me to Magic - some great artifacts in there.
Ivory Crane Netsuke is an artifact that is a direct reference to our own world - a utilitarian artform from Japan, they were used to attach pouches, purses, writing implements, and other tools to a man’s kimono starting in the 17th century.
#MTG
#MTG
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kamigawa was the block that introduced me to Magic - some great artifacts in there.
Magic etymology is always a good time.
Did you know that the creature type ‘Myr’ comes from the Greek word for ant Myrmekes? Similarly, the ‘Myrmidons’ were an ancient tribe from Greek mythology known for their loyalty and servitude.
These little guys live to serve, so thank a Myr in your life today!
#MTG
These little guys live to serve, so thank a Myr in your life today!
#MTG
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Magic etymology is always a good time.