Sientir

@sientir

Looking for a community to belong to, not a culture war to fight. Likes: Jesus, Vulvas, Video Games (Guild Wars 1/2, Elden Ring, Middle-earth: Shadows of, Pokémon...), Magic: The Gathering, Cuddles, Anime (esp. isekai) Blog:

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Sientir@sientir· 13d

I feel good about this one! #SMUSH

SMUSH for July 31, 2026

OBC
DAK
HLR

968 points

Perfect 💯 • 15-day streak

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Sientir@sientir· 18d

Oooh! I see, a "Perfect" doubles your score. No wonder it makes scores so high! (Incidentally, this is my first perfect game, and I'm feeling pretty pleased. :D) #Smush

SMUSH from July 25, 2026

OHG
ETN
MSI

744 points

Perfect 100 • 9-day streak

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Sientir@sientir· Jun 28

If I'm getting this game, it's because it's a falcon? My only familiarity with Aarakocra is this Magic card, and that art looks like a falcon, maybe?

Aarakocra Sneak 3U
Creature — Bird Rogue

Flying
When Aarakocra Sneak enters the battlefield, you take the initiative.

1/4

"Shhh! I think I hear goblins. And I definitely smell them."

Sientir@sientir· Jun 23

I'm gonna have to jump in, like I bet a lot of the comments that I haven't read have. >_>

4×3 for June 23, 2026
151 points • No mistakes • Sub-90s

Yellow row first
Blue row
Green row
Purple row

(word in all four is in the middle each time)

four categories • three words • one shared
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Sientir@sientir· Apr 12

Jade, one of your party members in Dragon Quest 11, can wear a bunny outfit. I feel like this is relevant to @beneceadraws.bsky.social's interests. ;)

A picture of an Asian-appearing woman (it's a fantasy world, so no actual Asia) wearing a typical bunnygirl outfit (fishnet stockings, a black leotard-jacket thing, and a bunny-ears headband). Also, she's wielding a spear. You know, like a proper bunny girl. XD

Sientir@sientir· Apr 8

This design is very cool! It functions well as a mono-red card, but it really rewards lots of colors, too. It's such a creative use of twobrid mana! #MTGStrixhaven #MagicTheGathering #MTG

Sientir@sientir· Apr 3

This name + flavor text is excellent! Well, I also love the very upset dragon in the art that the flavor text is quoting. #MTG #MagicTheGathering #MTGStrixhaven

Traumatic Critique — XUR

Instant

Traumatic Critique deals X damage to any target. Draw two cards, then discard a card.

"The *artist* should suffer for their craft, not the audience!"—Galazeth Prismari

The art depicts a huge blue dragon (flecked with purple) wearing glasses bellowing at a human-sized person (could be an elf, I dunno, too small to tell) that's holding brushes and a palette. Papers are scattered everywhere, the person is clearly leaning back from the force of the bellow, and it appears their easel has been knocked over, too!

Sientir@sientir· Mar 25

@magic.wizards.com This question is kinda hard to answer considering prize packs from my LGS... Do you consider prize packs something purchased? Entry fees do go towards paying for them. At the same time, that makes the cost indirect. I feel like this might muddy your data.

A question from the Wizards of the Coast survey about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set (though it's a usual question for them to ask in these surveys). It asks how much money, in USD, I have spent purchasing Play Booster Packs.

Since I mostly buy packs as part of paper limited events, it is hard for me to evaluate.

Sientir@sientir· Mar 23

I don't know what's become of him these days, but back then, he told me about this wild game where something crazy had happened to a stage. That's how I heard about Guild Wars 1, and it was thanks to him that I started playing the game that would come to define so much of my life.

Althea's stage in Ascalon before the Searing. It has lovely stone arches, blue and gold banners, and ivy adorning the aforementioned arches. A statue of Lyssa is visible in the background, as is a blue sky and the Great Northern Wall. And also several trees.

The ruins of Althea's stage after the Searing. The stage itself is sideways, and any greenery is gone (as are the banners). The arches remain, (as does the overall shape, though you can't see it here—it's hard to get a good view of it). A lone, barren tree juts up in the front, and a doomed sky of reds and browns hangs overhead. The Great Northern Wall can still be seen in the background.

Oh, and there's a massive Searing Crystal on the right side (they glow purples and blues), which is clearly responsible for the destruction wrought here.

Sientir@sientir· Mar 13

I went to Renton the other day, and discovered that @magic.wizards.com has contributed to decorating the town! It was a neat surprise to see. :D #MagicTheGathering #MTG #photography #Renton #WizardsOfTheCoast

A picture of some kind of utility box decorated with Bloomburrow Magic art.

A wide shot of a wall mural for a Magic Secret Lair featuring Llanowar Elves.

A close, angled shot of a wall mural for a Magic Secret Lair featuring Llanowar Elves. While a less direct angle, this view lets you see some of the art that the vehicles obscured in the previous image.

Sientir@sientir· Mar 13

Spring flowers in snow! #snow #flowers #pnw #photography

Green leaves and pink flowers under a roof of snow.

A bunch of snow with a hole in the side. Pink flowers and leaves can be seen nestled within that hole.

Sientir@sientir· Mar 13

I think January and March went to a swap meet where they agreed to exchange weather... We had some unseasonably warm days in January, and now it's snowing in March! #snow #pnw

A picture of snow-covered branches laden with white flowers.

Sientir@sientir· Mar 3

This card is wild. What is with that arm?! Will WotC ever take us to wherever Yixlid is? Because this card still hasn't been "printed" yet (the Future-shifted gimmick). Also, the rulings expose some of the underlying "how it works" rules of Magic. gatherer.wizards.com/FUT/en-us/93...

Yixlid Jailer — 1B

Creature — Zombie Wizard

Cards in graveyards lose all abilities.

2/1

"I have an eternity to know the souls who are bound here, to behold their every facet. But moments from now they will be gagged and masked, and they shall be known by none other."

Sientir@sientir· Feb 19

When they said the headmaster's office is in a cottage inside the school, they weren't joking! Dragon Quest 11 has been quite a bit of fun so far, mostly because it's really hitting that feeling of adventure.

A screenshot from Dragon Quest 11. In front of us is a quaint little cottage, which serves as the office for the headmaster of a very French-sounding school. And this cottage is indoors. You can see the rest of the school building around it, even! Also, there's quite a nice little garden around it.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 16

Ha! I meant DOOM, the classic FPS from the '90s, but it does, in fact, have a four-book adaptation that is ABSOLUTELY BONKERS that would've made for a much more interesting movie.

A picture of the four novels based on the DOOM video games: Knee Deep in the Dead, Hell on Earth, Infernal Sky, and Endgame.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

I don't know what the crap this changeling is supposed to be, but it's cool! It reminds me of Selkies, kinda. Also, I'm glad at least one scarecrow made it into the set! They were a big part of Shadowmoor, and the color changing ability feels right at home with Shadowmoor's color-caring scarecrows!

I dunno, it's some weird potato thing growing a weird, humanoid torso with spindly, spider legs growing out of the potato body. It has crystalline hair (if you can call it that), and arms that end in....well, definitely not hands, that's for sure! It seems to be in some kinda cave thing, maybe? There's water around. It's wild!

A seal body and a humanoid torso with long, black hair. Yes, this thing has six limbs, don't worry about it. It's on a bit of rock jutting out of a river, with dead trees around it.

A weird scarecrow collecting glowing rocks.

Foraging Wickermaw 2

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

When this creature enters, surveil 1.
1: Add one mana of any color. This creature becomes that color until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

1/3

It's like, too long of arms, no legs, spin and ribs, with wings. This is a scarecrow that should do the job of scaring crows, I should think.

Wingrattle Scarecrow 3

Artifact Creature — Scarecrow

Wingrattle Scarecrow has flying as long as you control a blue creature.
Wingrattle Scarecrow has persist as long as you control a black creature.

2/2

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Cinder Strike feels like a proper Shadowmoor flamekin to me! I really appreciate that. (I do like the idea of the rimekin, it's very clever, but they have a different feel.) Goliath Daydreamer has the right palette and pastel look. It feels like a sleepy Lorwyn giant!

A skeletal humanoid with dark flames is gonna punch something really devastating-like.

A skeletal humanoid that is ON FIRE with a nasty looking sickle.

A giant is using a large boulder as a pillow, which doesn't sound very comfy to me, but whatever. It has a tiny little book (that is actually normal sized) next to its chin. The art palette is very pastel.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

A clear reference to Pestermite, Glamermite captures the look and feel of a Lorwyn faerie quite well! Also, Lofty Dreams has a very Lorwyn landscape, and the faeries doing some kind of weird prank (I assume, from their POV) feels quite right!

Glamermite 2U

Creature — Faerie Rogue

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Tap target creature.
• Untap target creature.

2/2

A pink insectoid faerie (pixie-sized) flitters next to an elf's head, use some kind of magic on him.

Pestermite 2U

Creature — Faerie Rogue

Flash
Flying
When Pestermite comes into play, you may tap or untap target permanent.

2/1

A red and white insectoid faerie darts past the head of a sneezing giant.

A kithkin in a muddy trail among green grasses is floating into the air, presumably because of the four, insectoid faeries flying around them.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

I do want to highlight a few cards that I feel do do a good job of harkening back to Lorwyn and Shadowmoor, because I want to end on a positive note. First up! Curious colossus reminds me of Boldwyr Intimidator, the landscape feels Lorwyn-y enough, and the vibes are right for me!

Curious Colossus 5WW

Creature — Giant Warrior

When this creature enters, each creature target opponent controls loses all abilities, becomes a Coward in addition to its other types, and has base power and toughness 1/1.

7/7

The art depicts a giant that has clearly ripped up part of a poor kithkin's home and is examining the underside of the roof. It's a rather lovely landscape, but the kithkin are clearly traumatized. You would be, too, I bet!

Boldwyr Intimidator 5RR

Creature — Giant Warrior

Cowards can't block Warriors.
R: Target creature becomes a Coward until end of turn.
2R: Target creature becomes a Warrior until end of turn.

5/5

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Also, just looking at more art from Lorwyn/Morningtide gives an idea of what the plane looked like from there. I don't want to look at all of the five sets, but I feel like Lorwyn Eclipsed so rarely gets the right vibes! I dunno, I guess I wanted more things to feel like Morningtide's Disperse?

A panicked elf running from GIANT HANDS that are maybe made of water? I always thought of them as made from water. Could be clouds, but those are, in fact, water. The landscape is very green and vibrant.

Oh, the card? Yeah, it's Disperse, a 1U Instant that returns target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Also, the flavor text makes it clear they are hands of clouds: "Gryffid scowled at the sky. A perfect day for the hunt tainted by clouds. He wished them gone. High above, the clouds looked down, scowled, and made a wish of their own."

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

There are other examples of these swirls in the landscapes of Lorwyn Eclipsed, and every single time I see one, I think of Avishkar instead of Lorwyn. Also, it really does bother me how...beaky the changelings are. :/ Like, when I think of changelings, I think of these guys. No beaks!

Woodland Changeling is just a 2/2 for 1G Shapeshifter with Changeling.

It is clearly trying to be an elf, and there might be some angry elves in the background? It's kind of a blue/cyan creature that's very blobby and curvy and wearing a leafy bikini.

A funky moose made of jello. Very stubby in the legs, but it has a great rack.

Some kinda weird alien walking in a field. It seems stuff is growing out of a goo left behind it, including a blob, a sword, and...an arm?!

Round humanoids that are very shiny and reflecting other beings in their torsos. Very alien.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Also, another thing that shows up several times are these swirls in landscapes that make me think of Avishkar. Like, check out those swirls on Changeling Wayfinder (love the little guy, though) compared to Kaladesh basics.

Changeling Wayfinder is a little guy looking around, but in the background, just below its telescope, we can see some very swirly river meanders.

A plains that has a lot of swirling hedges.

A swirling terrace with clouds that look like swirls of milk in a coffee.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Lorwyn Eclipsed Forests Lovely images, but none of them feel like Lorwyn or Shadowmoor to me. I could see the non-full-art being somewhere on Avishkar; Kaladesh's lands had a lot of swirls to them.

I'm guessing this is supposed to be an elven home? The background is beige, and there's a lot of twisty, wooden trees, with some kind of structure in the foreground. Leaves are around the place, as you'd expect.

Leafless, twisted trees form a misty wood. Some strange, almost beetle-like structure with glowing lights and what feels like a cavernous maw are in the foreground, and the eclipse in the background feels right at home in Dark Souls III.

A pretty forest glade. There is plenty of moss, but no leaves on the very rounded hoops of tree. There are some flowering plants, too, and water is flowing about.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Shadowmoor Forests

A spooky forest with no leaves on the trees. You can see an orange sky in the background.

The edge of a dead forest, with green mist on the right and orange light and mist on the left. There might be embers.

The dark depths of a forest. It looks like there might be water? Probably scummy if so. This is a place where you get lost and never escape.

The edge of a dark, spooky, dead forest. The trees are brown and black, though there's a green light behind them. To the right we can see a yellowed field of grasses with an orange, sickly sky.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Lorwyn Forests

A cobblestone path leads through a forest. It feels like a nice, pleasant path.

Verdant trees and grasses. It's a forest, and it looks pretty deep, but the spot where in is pretty bright.

A sparsely-treed forest. It looks verdant, and there is clearly a body of water nearby. A great place for a picnic?

A pastel colored forest, with a dirt path running through it.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Lorwyn Eclipsed Mountains These feel a bit too storybook for Lorwyn and Shadowmoor to me. The non-full-art land looks rad, but...where is it? It feels very Edge of Eternities to me.

Very smokey, this looks like it's probably a Flamekin village? There's a jutting bit of land absolutely mocking gravity in the distance, and round homes that look kinda like fired clay dot the place. A flamekin seems to be looking at from one.

It looks like the same flamekin village as the previous image (see previous image), except any greenery is gone, replaced by, um...blackened ground? Also, all of the water now appears to be MAGMA. There is an erupting volcano in the distance. A large chunk of land continues to mock gravity.

It looks like some mountains are about to get blown the eff up. Like, the chromatic aberration is intense around the edges of the twin peaks of this mountain, and it looks almost split in two. A glowing light can be seen behind it. The image is very magenta and red.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Shadowmoor Mountains

A very red, very craggy place. The sky is red, the rocks are reddish-brown, and dead trees are hanging out.

I can almost hear a dastardly lion singing about being prepared...

SPIKES! Yikes! This is less a mountain and more the mother of all spikey crags. Also, a very sad, burned-looking tree is hanging out in the foreground.

A cliff with what looks like vicious jaws. Water appears to drool from the craggy mouth. Sharp rocks litter the place.

Wooded hills after being thoroughly scorched, then repopulated with brambles. The sky is still red. At least the rocky hills are somewhat rounded instead of being vicious spikes?

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Lorwyn Mountains

A pastel scene of a rocky path winding through grassy hills. Also, there are lovely rocks. Like, bigger ones. Rocky hills in the distance, too.

This feels like a close-up of the edge of a pool with grasses and reeds and stuff. Water is pouring over some rocks. There are a lot of brown, ruddy rocks surrounded by grass. It's mountainous, I suppose, but hardly an actual mountain.

We are looking at grey cliffs from a grassy field at the bottom. A few trees are hanging out.

A distant view of brown cliffs. Grasses and trees are in the area as well.

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Lorwyn Eclipsed Swamps Look, these are all lovely pieces, but...where are the lily pads?! The rush/reed/forbidden swamp hotdog plants? The flowers? The fog?

I'm pretty sure this is a boggart village. Lots of glowy spots (fireflies?), things dangling from trees (meat?), and stone huts surrounded by algae water. There are some nice reflections. A wooden, raised path leads through it.

Welp, this place is definitely haunted. Magenta will-o'-the-wisps float around, and if they're something else, I dunno what. A sort of hut made of branches is crudely constructed at the top of a tree, with a ladder leading to it out of the swampy water. A wooden path curves through the swamp. Also, a cage is hanging from a tree.

A twisted tree surrounded by pale, magenta/purple waters energy lighting is before us. I think there might be a purple sun behind it, but it's hard to tell. Oh, hey, there might be some lily pads in this!

Sientir@sientir· Feb 15

Shadowmoor Swamps