James

@squirrelmob.bsky.social

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Gigantic nerd, average sized person. He/Him/His. Available at squirrelmob@gmail.com Manager at the cEDH DDB.

Two baked potatoes with chili, cheese, and sour cream.
Chili and cheese over Doritos chips
A bowl of chili and stuffing, next to a spoon
A bowl of chili with cheese on top of it
Rice, peas, and carrots being stir fried in a wok
Two coney dogs on a plate.
A burrito on foil
A chili and fried egg sandwich, sitting open-faced, with lettuce visible
Rice and chili in a bowl.
A bowl of chili with cheese and tater tots mixed in.
Two coney dogs on a plate
Cinnamon rolls, one with chili on it.
A plated sandwich with chili, lettuce, and provolone cheese on slices of garlic bread.
A bowl of chili
Photo of artist d.margalit on Instragram, a woman with curly hair in an all black outfit of long pants and long sleeves, triumphantly throwing her hands in the air with head tilted back. Words read "HELL YEAH".
The Pokemon Eiscue, a penguin with an ice cube for a head.
A sandwich is plated on a counter. A cat watches from the floor.
Lights spelling "F CK THE WORLD" over a stage with performers. From a Kesha concert, 2017
Album art for Living Legend: The Baby Huey Story
A turtle
Washington, Washington, twelve stories high, made of radiation.
Non-land
Magic: the Gathering card "Seasonal Sequels"
Top 5 songs: 1. Who the Hell is Edgar, 2. Quiz, 3. Sky Pilot, 4. My Favorite Sweater, 5. Pussy
Top artists: 1. cupcakKe, 2. Haiku Hands, 3. Lady Gaga, 4. Moon Hooch, 5. Vitamin String Orchestra
Listening age 69
Three painted pumpkins sit on a ledge with a chalk message "Don't let kids starve Tom!"
A top down shot of legs in blue jeans and black shoes with grey trim. A bottle of soda is between the shoes. The carpet is a dark blue, grey, and red striped pattern
Two grey shoes rest on an airport carpet with a blue and maroon circle design
A reciept for a foodbank donation
A receipt for a donation to a food bank
Rule 4: We still love Rule 4. It's a nice piece of flavor and reinforces the idea that this format goes beyond simple mechanical restrictions... However, the mana system of Magic is very complicated, and trying to insert an extra rule there has consequences in the corners. Harvest Mage. Celestial Dawn. Gauntlet of Power. And now, colorless-only mana costs. Being able to generate colorless mana more easily in Commander wasn't going to break anything. But, it represented another "gotcha" moment for players, who were now likely to learn about Rule 4 when someone exploited the colorless loophole. We could paper over it (both "mana generated from off-color sources can only pay generic costs" and "you can't pay a cost outside your color identity" were considered), but a lot of the flavor would be lost in the transition, defeating the purpose. Without the resonant flavor, Rule 4 was increasingly looking like mana burn - a rule that didn't come up enough to justify it's existence. We don't expect removing the rule to have a big impact. Some Sunburst and Converge cards might get a bit more of a look. Sen Triplets works more like you'd expect, as does Praetor's Grasp. The clone-and-steal deck, already one of the most popular archetypes, gets better, but less than you might think. It turns out there really aren't that many impactful non-blue activated abilities on cards that commonly get stolen in Commander. It's OK if you can regenerate that creature you just stole, and you'll need to work for it a bit anyway. One side benefit to the removal of both the color production and mulligan rules is that, in terms of game play, Commander becomes a normal game of multiplayer Magic with a higher life total and a set of additive rules to bring a new piece (your Commander) into the game. That's good streamlining in terms of teaching people the format and reducing gotcha moments while still preserving the essential flavor of Commander.
A wooden card catalog unit sits on its side
From another post: "My increasingly close-held crank take is that we need to be way better about casting off childish things, or at the bare minimum recognizing they're for children and feeling weird about that."
A sticker with the minimalist version of the Loss meme and the words "Grey Matter"
Two French bread pizzas on a plate
A textless version of the Magic: the Gathering card "Ponder"
a road sign, exit 69 Big Beaver Rd
A brown dog sits on a pink flower cushion. Its tongue is slightly blepping.
4 pizza bagels with cheese and pepperoni
White bar soap in a clear soap dish
A Magic: the Gathering card, "Nulldrifter"
A brown dog asleep on a brown couch. Its head lays on a pillow
Three Magic: the Gathering cards--Stock Up; Shiko, Paragon of the Way; and Bhujerba, Floating City
A firefly on a plexiglass door panel
A brown dog lays curled up on a brown couch. A brown tabby cat is blurred in the background, elevated above the couch.
A brown dog rests on a black blanket
A firefly on a hand
Two brown tabby cats sit on a wood bench, one looking towards the camera.
A video of fireflies in a shaded grassy area
A bowl of tater tots and cheese on top of chili
A pita with mashed potatoes, chili, and lettuce on a plate.
A bowl of mashed potatoes and chili. Some potatoes and chili are lifted on a spoon.
A hash of chili, potato bits, and scrambled eggs on a plate.
Two baked potatoes on a plate with chili, cheese, and sour cream on top.
Two coney dogs with mustard on a plate
Two grilled cheese sandwiches cut in half with a bowl of soupy chili. Two half sandwiches are on a plate next to the bowl, and two are balanced on the edge of the bowl. A spoon is in the bowl.
Two coney dogs with mustard.
A slice of American cheese, fried egg, hashbrown patty, and chili between a toasted bagel.