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@burninginquiry

(They/Them) Magic: The Gathering aficionado, music/game journalist, artist. AKA Kalkris in many circles.

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Exemplary journalism, in all seriousness

06.03.2026 20:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text reads "take a bit of our new product".

The image features a cheeseburger that has a stack of several Magic: The Gathering Boosters inside of it. Horrifying, but tempting.

Text reads "take a bit of our new product". The image features a cheeseburger that has a stack of several Magic: The Gathering Boosters inside of it. Horrifying, but tempting.

Our other idea wasnโ€™t approved.

06.03.2026 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 184 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Itโ€™s Gwenโ€™s birthday today too!

06.03.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If anyone wants to help support my goals and aspirations (or even just my birthday, which is today as it were)!

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06.03.2026 15:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! ^_^

06.03.2026 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

06.03.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you kindly! :)

06.03.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams!

06.03.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes!!! ๐Ÿ™Œ

06.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m glad this joke wasnโ€™t lost in the shuffle in the end, because I feel like we were all *thinking* it, but nobody else had the visibility nor the confidence to *do* it

06.03.2026 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday twin!!

06.03.2026 14:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My 34th yearโ€ฆ I am inside you!

06.03.2026 05:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Much thanks to Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait for a fantastic performance! Make sure to check out Josh Nelson's interview with Lee over at EDHREC about music and MTG <3
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edhrec.com/articles/an-...
#mtg #funeralportrait #concert #magicthegathering

03.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 18622 ๐Ÿ” 7252 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 794 ๐Ÿ“Œ 408

Letโ€™s gooooo!!!!

Delighted to support this @unsummonedskull.bsky.social โค๏ธ

Letโ€™s see who will reign supreme ๐Ÿ‘‘

#mtg #magicthegathering #edh

04.03.2026 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Youโ€™re a delight to know and I hope you can get to feel better soon! You rock, Mab :)

03.03.2026 21:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didnโ€™t know that part of it! Thatโ€™s actually really interesting

03.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An Interview with Lee Jennings of The Funeral Portrait | EDHREC We got the opportunity to interview The Funeral Portrait's vocalist, Lee Jennings, on what the game of Magic means to him!

We got the opportunity to #interview #TheFuneralPortrait โ€˜s vocalist, Lee Jennings, on what the game of #Magic means to him!

#MagicTheGathering #MTG #TFP #CoffinCrew #music #rock #band #PopPunk #hardcore #EDHREC @edhrec.com

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03.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Understood but unlike that card, which is a misprint, Wizards actually printed this one intentionally to be confusing. Anyway, as Mark just officially clarified, itโ€™s red. All good

03.03.2026 15:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t get me wrong, though: changelings are great here but I stand by my desire to have a ton of literal Killbots in the deck too haha

03.03.2026 04:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beyond that itโ€™s not literally Pokemon so more than 6 is fair game pending the rule zero convo. The end game might be switching out an unblocked Killbot for a Master of Cruelties or the like. Stuff like that

03.03.2026 04:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the idea is still half-baked at this juncture, but my idea is *now*, in essence, a Pokeball launches out a nuke of a creature every time a swap occurs, and can return them too. But also the spirit of it seems to be that Iโ€™d give all the bots different descriptors because ugh, so few printed!

03.03.2026 04:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(Originally I was considering a Jalum Grifter-style shell game type dealio)

03.03.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s any way to swap facedown creatures that are Killbots with other Killbots from hand, but this deck *will* probably make use of Maskwood Nexus for some strong plays. To that end, is BFM a viable switch-in if I have both halves in hand?

03.03.2026 03:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Personally i wonder if in a 99-card library thatโ€™s maybe a bit low, but I guess itโ€™s me trying to stay in the spirit of the concept, mostly, while still maintaining a reasonably efficient deck

03.03.2026 03:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@magic.wizards.com , what is the color identity of The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coastยฎ๏ธ Customer Service (the spell)?

@maro254.bsky.social ? Anybody?

03.03.2026 03:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For reference (and Killbots are all vanilla 2/1 Killbots artifact creatures for 2 with different names - Iโ€™d keep to that spirit with slight edits to the name line):

03.03.2026 03:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For a dedicated rule zero Mary Oโ€™Kill un-commander deck, presuming a shift where Killbots are allowed in limitless multiples (like Rat Colony for instance), how many do you think Iโ€™d want in the deck?

03.03.2026 03:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a group of people standing in a crowd with the words glad as always to oblige my friends and neighbors .. ALT: a group of people standing in a crowd with the words glad as always to oblige my friends and neighbors ..
03.03.2026 02:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

03.03.2026 02:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0