crayson

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[crayson @wutsreal]

Instead of being sad that competitive Magic is a pale shadow of its former self be happy that the market has once again more efficiently allocated capital

[crayson @wutsreal]

thinking about the mentality it takes to own and drive a cobalt blue Porsche Cayenne

[hope hopes hoping @hopes_revenge]

happy birthday david foster wallace you would have loved instagram reels, “claude” , and vaping

[crayson @wutsreal]

insane that there’s like a half dozen cards banned in Standard and none of them are Agatha’s Soul Cauldron, one of the most spiritually diseased cards ever printed

[crayson @wutsreal]

@fuiud I think those are just more hit and miss - episode a month ago w/ the guy who wound down failed companies was one of their best all year

[crayson @wutsreal]

patiently explaining to my cat that if she forgoes her immediate desires (refusing to eat the probiotic the vet prescribed her) she will achieve her long term ones (not vomiting so much) and having a brief glimmer of self awareness before going back to staring at my phone

[crayson @wutsreal]

given that bans made this standard so much worse it seems logical for so many people to believe more bans will make it better. like, say what you will but at least steel cutter was a really fun card to play with

[Iain Dunning @iaindunning]

"Overall profit at Hudson River Trading was ... $3.09 billion for the first half of the year... That’s also higher than Citadel Securities’ $2.66 billion in net income recorded in the first half of 2025."

[Sam_Goody_420 @n0rmalguy69420]

the worst stomp clap hey milennial-core bands were:

boards of canada
silver jews
deer hunter
the jesus and mary chain

[crayson @wutsreal]

@LangeMason yeah "the average cost of a standard deck is $11 cheaper but in return the SCG tour ceases to exist and is replaced by Magic Cons" is such a bad deal for anyone who isn't primarily engaging w/constructed by making content for their youtube channel its such a funny argument

[crayson @wutsreal]

tbf 10 years ago local stores ran weekly $1Ks with 40+ players, there was a robust RPTQ system and I could play a GP w/in a reasonable distance 6+ times a year for $50. ROI on a competitive constructed deck was just infi higher

[Saffron Olive @SaffronOlive]

Saw a post asking if Magic was getting more expensive, so I did some research. 10 years ago the average cost of one of the 12 most played Standard decks was $280. Today it's $326, but if you include inflation a $280 in 2015 is the equivalent of a $377 deck today.

[crayson @wutsreal]

also worth pointing out that a big reason constructed magic feels so much more expensive is that the % of the total cost of a new deck is much more heavily weighted towards new/recent cards. ime v few players buy an entire 75, most defray costs through trade

[crayson @wutsreal]

I can think of a couple of a standard decks that were definitely inflation—adjusted USD$1K the real issue is that there’s absolutely no tournament ecosystem to justify that kind of deck price now

[Kai Budde @kaibudde]

this. and looking at the prices for FF, we also might be on track for a 1000 usd standard deck. would that be a first or did that happen before already?

[crayson @wutsreal]

idk what exactly I was hoping for out of Spotifys Clair de Lune radio but it’s like a third meandering chamber music slush called “Frost Covers the Window” made by guys without Wikipedia entries.

[crayson @wutsreal]

Fuck someone really wants that ear huh

[crayson @wutsreal]

Will admit, I had no idea there were so many Alien movies

[crayson @wutsreal]

Shows a real lack of character to shelve your books spine in but have the KITH art book visibly on display

[crayson @wutsreal]

yet another new product release the main selling point of which is “we printed Gem Bazaar but with the alternate 8th edition test print frame” seems indicative of where the game is, healthwise

[crayson @wutsreal]

killing it by doing a heart on sleeve rendition of “Tears Over Beers” at the Geary Ave stick and poke-aoke