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Episode 564 - The Magnor Stack Aug 25, 2019

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Back in June, I got a mystery package in the mail from longtime listener Magnor Criol. Inside was an amazing thing that took an insane amount of time, effort, and dedication to create. We've decided to call it the Magnor Stack. It was a collection of cards, real and custom, that represented a new way for us dorks to play Magic whenever we get together. The custom cards were all in-jokes of some sort, and a lot of the real cards had new flavor text that were references to our silliness.

We finally got together to play this weekend, and 2/3 of our games were played with the Magnor Stack. And IT. WAS. AWESOME! On this episode we're just going to show off a bunch of the cards from the Stack that we played and what was going on when we played them.

Huge huge HUGE thanks to Magnor Criol for the amazing gift! We love it and we're totally gonna keep playing with it whenever possible!

Opening a Mystery Package: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4suED1FIoMk Historic Cards in the Stack: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Historic-Dork-Cards.pdf Custom Dork Cards: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Custom-Dork-Cards.pdf Dork Deck Sagas: themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Dork-Deck-Sagas.pdf

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Episode 563 - Commander 2019 Eggstravaganza Aug 18, 2019

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It turns out Commander 2019 was too big for one podcast! So we're back this week with our look at the Naya Populate deck and the Rakdos Madness deck! And we're joined by Chase from Best of 3, who you might remember from our War of the Spark prerelease episode. She's really into eggs. Like...REALLY into them. Like damn.

And I assure you we didn't actually kidnap her. She was totally on the show of her own free will. Seriously!

Check out Best of 3 - best-of-3.com @ListentoBo3 on Twitter Follow Chase directly @Manacurves

Commander 2019 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-2019-edition Commander 2019 Decklists - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/decks-commander-2019-edition-2019-08-08

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Episode 562 - Commander 2019, Part 1 Aug 11, 2019

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Commander 2019 is upon us! And since our Mike can't be with us this week, we grabbed another Mike to join us - L2 judge and cohost of the Best of 3 podcast, Mike Moore!

It turns out that talking about Commander cards takes a while, so it turns out we're only doing the first two decks this week - the Sultai Morph deck and the Jeskai Flashback deck. We're going into detail on all the new cards in each deck and then taking a look at the reprints that make up the rest. Turns out the new cards are pretty good. Who'da thunk it?

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Episode 561 - The Trial of Icolnir Aug 04, 2019

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What's that? Another episode of Brian's custom MTG RPG already? Why yes actually! Before Neverending Preview Season(tm) kicks off yet again, we're seizing the opportunity to follow up on the semi-cliffhanger from two episodes ago! We're heading into the mountain to see what sort of trial Icolnir has (almost literally it turns out) cooked up for us!

Treasure? Check! Brutal combat? Check! Party wipe? I guess you'll just have to see won't you?

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Episode 560 - Down the Eldraine Jul 28, 2019

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Magic was at San Diego Comic-Con this year, and boy did they drop some doozies on us! On this episode the dorks are diving right into all the art and information revealed about Throne of Eldraine, the next Magic set. Be warned: there's a lot of random speculation and nonsense. And yes we even talked about poop, albeit briefly.

After that we're diving into the booster changes outlined in Mark Rosewater's Project Booster Fun article. We'll go over all the new flavors of boosters that aren't new, the one that is new, and all the new promo cards (most of which aren't new).

Let us know what you think about this unstructured discussion of news, which isn't usually something we do.

Project Booster Fun - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20 New Era of Brawl - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/new-era-brawl-2019-07-22

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Episode 559 - In Search of Icolnir, Mistress of the Mountain Jul 21, 2019

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The dorks dive back into the Heirs of Trivester, Brian's custom-made Magic-based RPG game! Last time Karim, Alaric, and the Angel were bumbling around the forest fighting big ants and big cats, but now we're finally getting closer to tracking down the mysterious Icolnir. Apparently we're not supposed to trust her appearance but we are supposed to show her great respect. No problem, right?

The Trivester Map, courtesy of Jars Cristobal: http://themanapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/trivester-map-logo.png

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Episode 558 - But No One's Riding the Goblin Jun 30, 2019

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The dorks begin this episode by discussing the MTG Arena State of the Beta announcement. There are elemental cats, a Battle Pass, and the Historic format. Oh, and the London Mulligan and Core Set 2020. Those are important too I guess.

After that, the dorks turn their attentions to the full set of Core Set 2020. We're checking out the rest of the mythics and cycles that weren't finished last episode, then jumping around and looking at whatever catches our eye. Hate cards, colored artifacts, legendary creatures, you name it! This Core Set looks really awesome!

Core Set 2020 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/core-set-2020 MTG Arena State of the Beta - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/mtg-arena-state-beta-june-27-2019

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Episode 557 - Cavaliers, Dinosaurs, and Gang Signs Jun 23, 2019

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First, we have another adorable Sam Quiz! Then Mike & Brian do their brief recap of their time at MagicFest Washington DC. After that we're talking about a gift that we got from a longtime listener after well over a year of work!

And then we get to the main topic, going over Core Set 2020 previews! These cards are pretty nuts for a Core Set, and we're very excited to dig our teeth into them!

At the end there's a bit of a tangent about year-round school vs. a huge summer break, pretty much out of nowhere. Because we're cool like that.

Opening the Mystery Package - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4suED1FIoMk Core Set 2020 Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/core-set-2020

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Episode 556 - Yeah, It's a Book Jun 16, 2019

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We begin this episode with brief discussions about losing power. Then we're off to review the three new versions of Chandra that were revealed recently. After that we realized we sort of forgot to mention the upcoming animated Netflix MTG series on this show!

The main topic of this episode, however, is a Mythic Conscription for Weatherlight! Since we just wrapped up a years-long storyline, we thought we'd go back to the beginning of the original years-long storyline!

M20 Chandras reveal article - https://io9.gizmodo.com/get-to-know-magics-most-famous-fire-mage-in-these-brand-1835412320 Magic Netflix show announced - https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/03/netflix-magic-the-gathering-series-joe-anthony-russo/

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Episode 555 - Dorky Truisms Jun 09, 2019

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The dorks are back with a listener Mad Lib, even more Modern Horizons cards to talk about, and a whole slew of completely pointless truisms!

There's also the full list of Horizons mechanics - but can Chewie read through it all in one breath? Or will he die trying? He better not, otherwise no one's getting this episode!

Modern Horizons Mechanics - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/modern-horizons-mechanics-2019-05-31 Modern Horizons Tokens - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/modern-horizons-tokens-and-art-series-2019-05-30 Modern Horizons Card Image Gallery - https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/modernhorizons/cards

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