Matt Tabak
@wotcmatt
Principal Game Experience Designer for Magic: The Gathering at WotC. Minority owner of the Green Bay Packers. Faithful supporter of the Vegas Golden Knights. Three cats (incl. Jordy, above) let me live in their house.
I’m told this is some sort of mind sport for your feet. #MCAmsterdam #LobbyCon #WorldCup
Full box MB2 + Unknown sealed deck Grand Melee: the name of the event is almost as long as the game itself. 40 players have accepted the challenge (of being visible behind my giant melon). #MCAmsterdam
Hour 3 of 7.5. They made the rest of the plane big, but they kept the lavatories the same size. Quaint. #MCAmsterdam
I’m unaccustomed to flying internationally on these big planes. I noticed that the controls for lights and air were just at the edge of my reach. “Do other people just have to stand up every time they want to adjust something?” “There’s a remote control, sir.” “Oh.” #MCAmsterdam
With unholy death sauce where it should be. Where it can’t hurt anyone. (Thanks for the idea.)
There’s a very large U in the lobby of my hotel for people to take pictures with. I did not take their pose recommendation.
We grab lunch at a local wing place in Bloomington, BuffaLouie’s. It was great, but it had the most confounding poster on the wall, celebrating the 1932 Hoosiers Track and Field team. 1) A lot of the clothing appears to be photoshopped on. 2) Indiana is misspelled in more than one way. What the…?
I’ve been working on Magic for almost 20 years now, and if you include judging close to 30, and I still sometimes take a beat to think of the right symbol order for three-color cards… but this deviation was on purpose. Happy 4th of July! #WotCstaff
Two things about the flavor text of Truck Toss. 1) A few people thought we confused Abomination for Hulk and somehow had Hulk lamenting the loss of tacos while simultaneously throwing a taco truck. Hulk is commenting from off camera. 1/2
I know few greater joys in my professional life than when I get to be a little cheeky in reminder text. #MTGxMarvel #WotCstaff
Very excited for the best soccer teams in the world to come visit my city later this month and play at Field. #WorldCup #PresentedbySomeoneProbably
They said the Vegas Golden Knights were unlikely to be Western Conference Champions. Well our friends at Fanatics have found an even unlikelier scenario. #ForgedinGold
Headed to the hospital for a small procedure to get my shoulder working better. Hoping my anesthesiologist has a great day.
Congratulations if you spotted the sequence early. Incidentally, the hint about specific printings concerned Waste Not. I said it mostly wasn't relevant, but the M15 version has a pretty big clue on it, so I did avoid that one.
The fourth card in this sequence is Forgotten Ancient. The sequence is the four cards created by the "You Make the Card" promotion run on the Wizards site, going back through time starting with the most recent and ending on the first one. Spiritmonger was a predecessor to this promotion. #ManaBonds
What comes fourth in this sequence? Card 1: Waste Not Card 2: Vanish into Memory Card 3: Crucible of Worlds Answer: Coming next! #ManaBonds
What comes fourth in this sequence? Card 1: Waste Not Card 2: Vanish into Memory Card 3: Coming sooner than Card 2 did. (Sorry, got distracted.) #ManaBonds
What comes fourth in this sequence? Card 1: Waste Not Card 2: In about 10 minutes Hint: Sometimes the specific printing I choose to show is relevant. Sometimes it's not. It's mostly not in this case. #ManaBonds
Card 1: Gwen Stacy Card 2: Essence Flux Card 3: Lorcan, Warlock Collector Card 4: Heartstone Answer soon, because who wants to wait until tomorrow? #ManaBonds
Card 1: Gwen Stacy Card 2: Essence Flux Card 3: Lorcan, Warlock Collector Card 4: In about 10 minutes #ManaBonds
Card 1: Gwen Stacy Card 2: Essence Flux Card 3: In about 10 minutes #ManaBonds