Flippin' Orbs - An Old School MtG Podcast

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Episode 21 – The misprinted episode Apr 11, 2019

Show notes

In this episode, we talk to Keith "The Misprint Guy" Adams about how Richard Garfield went from a pile of papers to photocopies and then to presenting the pile of cards that ended up being the best thing to ever happen. We discuss different misprints, test prints, pre old school sets, security stickers, an unreleased magic set and much more. For all of you collectors and magic history aficionados this episode is a must!

What we talk about and when:

00:04:10 - Introduction of the guest

00:06:30 - The Alpha playtest cube

00:16:15 - The question of the episode

00:46:00 - The playtest era

01:02:42 - Different misprints and more

01:23:00 - The Garfield event cards

01:35:35 - Entry level oddities to collect

The strange beta card with holographic sticker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwZGucyZ0U

Spectral Chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOh-EqNYvE

Episode 20 - Cubing on Ulgrotha Feb 26, 2019

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In episode 20 we talk with the deck builder, shark owner and premodern founder Martin Berlin. We talk about his old school cube, get some thoughts on the Winter Derby finals which featured UR Atog vs. UR Counterburn. We also spend some time addressing the new possible mulligan rule and what implications it could have for old school magic. Seb forgets what people he is talking with on the podcast and Gordon asks the hosts about Homelands, since the Arvika festival allowed it for their tournament last weekend.

What we talk about and when:

00:02:52 - Introduction of hosts and guest

00:07:11 - Who is Martin Berlin?

00:21:50 - The question of the episode - Favorite Homelands card?

00:31:47 - Arvika Festival with Homelands

00:57:42 - The Winter Derby Finals

01:13:26 - The (possible) new mulligan rule

01:30:37 - Building an old school cube

Episode 19 - We stayed for The Gathering... and the pesto! Feb 08, 2019

Show notes

Eliot, Seb and Gordon talk with Lorenzo about the Fishliver Oil Cup in Italy. What does it take to become mentioned by the 93/94 founder MG as an even better tournament than n00bcon? Eliot briefly talk about the Urza’s Chalice Cup the Beasts organized in February. We also adress different online tournaments and the rumours about Randy Buehler starting up an old school super league.

What we talk about and when

00:05:00 - Introduction of guest

00:06:05 - Some talk about pesto(!)

00:11:45 - What we are drinking

00:16:11 - The question of the episode

00:46:57 - The Fishliver Oil Cup

01:32:45 - The Urza’s Chalice

Episode 18 - The hosts are back in town Jan 24, 2019

Show notes

At last we are back! With both an episode for you guys and a schedule for us to be able to start to record more regularly. Much joy! In this episode it’s only us hosts and the plan was that every host came up with a topic he wanted to talk about. That means we have three different topics and three different views on every topic. But after the recording went on a bit too long we decided to split this episode in two parts, in this episode we talk about Seb’s topic, playtest cards, and in the next part we talk about mine and Eliot’s.

What we talk about and when:

05:00 Question of the episode

16:50 Playtest cards

Episode 17 - House Rules Nov 05, 2018

Show notes

Episode 17 of Flippin’ Orbs is a monster of an episode, it’s over 3 hours long(!). The topic is also sort of a monster, because today we will talk about different rules sets and house rules. First we talk to the amazing Guillaume Denoix, one of the earliest French players and one of the fathers of the quite special French rules. Why did they decide to come up with their own rules and why do they look as they do? There is a lot of thought behind it all!

Then we also talk to the father of the format, Magnus “Mg” De Laval about the whole idea of house rules and his thoughts about it.

We also talk about playing hate cards in the main deck and much much more. Hope you enjoy!

What we talk about and when:

02:50 Intro with Seb

03:25 Eliot joins for realz!

04:25 Chaos Orb techniques

09:17 Question of the episode - What’s your favorite non-restricted artifact?

20:30 Hate in the main brain

38:30 Interview Guillaume Denoix

1:55:55 The hosts talk a bit

2:16:10 Interview with Magnus

2:39:37 More host talk about different rules

Listen to our editor, Bonnie’s, music at http://soundcloud.com/nackamasterna

Episode 16 - Sideboarding with Eliot Sep 16, 2018

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It’s time for episode 16 of Flippin’ Orbs! We are sorry that it has taken some time, but we promise we have some really nice episodes lined up for you in the coming months! In this episode we talk with Eliot Davidoff about the Beasts of the Bay and sideboarding. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 15.5 - Grant & the Lords Aug 09, 2018

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This is a special episode of Flippin’ Orbs recorded before Grant decided that he needed to take a break from the podcast. And isn't it fitting that this last episode is all Grant? He sat down in a pub with fellow Lords Matt and Carter and had a short talk and her it is completely unedited! That means the sound is a bit bad, but we hope you like it anyway.

Episode 15 - Underplayed? Jul 21, 2018

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This is episode 15 of Flippin’ Orbs and we have two amazing topics in this episode. First we talk about a bunch of underplayed cards and theorize if you actually can build something around them. After that we also talk about how to play old school over Skype and when the subject comes up we of course needed Dave Firth Bard to join us. Hope you enjoy!

What we talk about and when:

02:50 Introduction of the guest

05:20 Question of the episode

18:00 Introdocution to underplayed cards

18:30 Skull of Orm

33:20 Rukh Egg

40:10 Diamond Valley

47:10 Nether Void

50:00 Juxtapose

58:40 Who is Dave Firth Bard?

01:33:00 Old School via Skype

01:58:00 Episode wrap up

Link to the Old School Discord - https://discord.gg/4ev8FnZ

Link tothe Old School Reddit - https://reddit.com/r/oldschoolmtg/

Link to the Facebook group for Skype play - https://www.facebook.com/groups/551913338322720/

Episode 14 - The Combolicious Episode Jun 07, 2018

Show notes

In this episode we first sit down with Svante Landgraf to talk about combo decks in old school. After that we also talk to Stephen Menendian about the same topic, how he got into old school and also about one of both his and Gordon’s favorite decks, UR Counterburn.

What we talk about and when:

00:26 News and introduction

03:03 Introduction of Seb

04:04: Introduction of Svante

05:30 Combo talk with Svante

01:02:23 Interview with Stephen Menendian

01:04:45 Old rules, Stephens story and combo

02:06:35 UR Coiunterburn

02:29:42 Some fun and some sad news

Link to Stephens article about combo: http://www.vintagemagic.com/blog/old-school-magic-chapter-11-the-untold-history-of-combo-in-old-school/

Link to Stephens article about UR Counterburn: http://www.eternalcentral.com/three-in-a-row-top-8-at-eternal-weekend-2017-old-school-tournament/

Music by The Freak Fandango Orchestra

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Freak_Fandango_Orchestra/

Episode 13 - Accessories, accessories, accessories! Apr 27, 2018

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In this episode Gordon, Seb and Grant sit down and talk about Magic accessories like playmats, deckboxes and much more. Then we also talk to Legend Randy Buehler about his career and interest in Old School.

What we talk about and when:

02:02 Introduction of hosts

02:30 Question of the episode

19:40 Magic Accessories

20:35 The Khalsa Brain Table

24:00 Playmats

35:40 Deckboxes

53:20 Life counters

01:05:30 Tokens

01:13:05 Old New School Accessories

01:35:45 Interview with Randy Buehler

02:41:50 Last Ramblings