A Thread of Threads

I've been asked if I had a list of all my long-running threads somewhere. I do now! This is that thread.

First up, the OG Thread of Legendary Creature facts. It has becomes mostly tracking new printings of characters.

https://x.com/jay13x/status/1117520954119327746?s=20

The Non-Creature Commander Thread, tracking all the non-creatures that are legal Commanders.

https://x.com/jay13x/status/1507151433367437312?s=20

*Cracks Knuckles* IT IS TIME

A guide to which Planeswalkers believe in Santa:

https://twitter.com/spacebeleren/status/1738728955568660832

Ajani Goldmane

No, but he dresses up as Santa and does good deeds every Christmas

Here's a #vorthos thread of Magic Legends you may not realize are still alive (or at least, aren't confirmed dead):

1) Axelrod Gunnarson. Axelrod falls into "no additional lore" camp, so there's nothing placing Axelrod on the timeline or even on a plane. 2) Rubinia Soulsinger. She has a short blurb, but nothing tying her to a plane or time, and as a faerie her lifespan isn't the same as a mortal's anyway.

Alright let's talk about some basic facts about Wizards and art. Let me be clear, this is all stuff easily gleaned if you pay attention. I knew all this before I ever invoiced the company. But also they've hired me to write three art books, so I might know a little.

https://twitter.com/jay13x/status/1737110418081136998

Unfortunately, most of Wizards articles on like, card design (as in, the physical look of a card) have been wiped in their many website migrations. That sucks!
I'll link some good articles on Magic art at the end. Check out @VorthosMike and @DonnyCaltrider for good art stuff.

Okay, since it's basically impossible to avoid #Spoilers at this point, I'm just gonna post the thread. Full article about this soon!

Let's talk about the reveal in Episode 6: Last to Leave by @ArsenaultRivera #vorthos #mtgmom

magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-… When we last saw Elspeth Tirel, it appeared that she was going to die (again), consumed in the exploding Sylex.

When we catch up with her, she's in a metaphysical state being guided through her life, and mortal attachments, by an unknown figure.

Oh, well, since some of you asked so nicely, here are some diagrams I made of how the interior of New Phyrexia has changed over time.

We start with Argentum, Karn's original creation. It was pretty simple, a hollow sphere with a mana core keeping the balance. #vorthos #mtgone Then Memnarch, the Mirari given golem form, gets infected and reshapes the plane into five biomes, transporting living beings to populate it. He resides in the interior, but the mana core has destabilized, ejecting the 'suns' of each color of mana.

So what’s a dragon engine? #MTGBRO

Dragon Engines were the term for both the highly sophisticated artificial lifeforms that were ‘native’ to Phyrexia, and the copies made by Mishra’s army. All of these are examples of dragon engines. Back in The Thran, we learn the original planeswalker creator of Phyrexia loved taking the form of a metallic dragon, and populated the first sphere with ‘serpents’ in his image.

These were, of course, corrupted by Yawgmoth when he claimed the artificial plane for himself.

A thread on The Brothers' War! #MTGBRO #Vorthos

Diegetically (meaning in-universe), it's also know as The Antiquies War, or the Antiquity War, which is the name of the book written on it by Kayla bin-Kroog.

(I'll have a whole article to prep you coming next month, don't worry) Let's start with the things that cause the darn war, the Mightstone and Weakstone! These are two halves a single powerstone containing the soul of the ancient Thran artificer, Glacian. They were used to seal the Gateway to Phyrexia. Each brother covets the others'.