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68 - Modern Horizons Flavor Gems Part 1 Jun 03, 2019

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Modern Horizons is almost here, but thankfully we get to see all of the exciting, powerful, and flat-out weird cards already. We're breaking our flavor gems episode into two weeks. Today: the legendary cards. Next week: everything else. We also partnered with artist Diosboss to create images for official podcast merchandise! We're looking to produce a playmat and tokens, so look for more information on those in the coming weeks. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:29 – Vorthos Cast Merch by @Diosboss Soon! Link: https://twitter.com/Diosboss 02:33 – Kess, Dissident Mage 04:42 – Marit Lage’s Slumber Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/modern-horizons-preview-its-finally-marit-lage 05:44 – Pashalik Mons 10:07 – Serra the Benevolent Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/the-vorthos-cast-04-dominaria-pre-show 13:11 – Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 18:26 – Urza, Lord High Artificer 27:18 – Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 33:17 – Hall of Heliod’s Generosity 36:16 – Ayula, Queen Among Bears 38:44 – Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis 40:07 – Morophon, the Boundless 42:26 – The First Sliver 44:38 – Wrenn and Six 47:24 – Final Thoughts

Modern Horizons Preview: It's Finally Marit Lage May 30, 2019

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"It's never Marit Lage," we said. But her time as come. Her icy prison destroyed, she is now as free as our free Modern Horizons preview card from Wizards of the Coast: Marit Lage's Slumber - 1U Legendary Snow Enchantment - R Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible. Art: Randy Vargas Listen as we talk about Marit Lage's esoteric origins, a long con, and comments from the artist.

67 - Mailbag Episode Three Kingdoms May 27, 2019

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We're in our second week of mailbag questions after War of the Spark, and it's another episode filled with laughs, knowledge, wants, desires, and a little crime. Also Magic's potential visit to Sick, Crying Baby World. It'll (almost) make sense; just listen. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:04 – The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler: Coming June! Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 01:47 – Chandra: Trials of Alara: Sequel Comic from IDW Link: https://www.newsarama.com/45280-magic-the-gathering-summoned-back-to-comic-books-with-trials-of-alara.html 02:10 – Our Modern Horizons Preview is Thursday, May 30th! 02:38 – Listener Question: How Did Alara’s Shards Reunite? 05:57 – Listener Question: How Does New Phyrexia Know of Other Planes? 10:25 – Listener Question: Continuity Error During Sorin/Nahiri Fight? 12:17 – Listener Question: Which Legendary Creature Would You Update? 18:57 – Listener Question: Which Uncarded Legend Would You Print? 22:35 – Listener Question: Metaphysics of Rathi Overlay? 25:06 – Listener Question: What’s the Deal with Cosmic Larva? 26:53 – Listener Question: Why Does Every Character Hate Urza? 28:58 – Listener Question: What Fast Food Would Your Favorite Planeswalker Eat? 31:20 – Listener Question: Planeswalker with Shortest In-Story Lifespan? 32:06 – Listener Question: What Did Argentum Look Like? Where’s the Mirari? 33:24 – Listener Question: Why Do Izzet Cyclopses Have Tiny Heads? 33:33 – Listener Question: Would Rat (Araithia) and Rat (Ratepe) get along? 33:47 – Listener Question: Is There an Ur-Cat Responsible for All These Cat Cards? 34:58 – Listener Question: Which Character Would You Like a Short Story for? 37:12 – Listener Question: Where Does Ravnica Grow Food? Who Farms the Multiverse? 38:38 – Listener Question: For What Genre/Mythology Would You Want to See a Top-Down Set? 43:09 – Final Thoughts

66 - Yet Another Mailbag Episode May 20, 2019

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The war is over, Bolas has been defeated, and now we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs waiting for the end of Modern Horizons preview season (Our preview episode will be on Thursday, May 30th!) In the interim, we're catching up on our backlog of listener questions! We cover everything from Eldrazi to Stuffy Doll to Freyalise's old armor. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:11 – Announcing Our Modern Horizons Preview Date: May 30th Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/where-find-modern-horizons-previews-2019-05-16 02:41 – Listener Question: How to Make a Sharktocrab? 04:17 – Listener Question: Why Is Marit Lage Manipulating Bolas? 07:19 – Listener Question: How Can Ravnica Lose to the Eternals? 09:09 – Listener Question: Major Wars the Boros Were In? 10:29 – Listener Question: Where Does Bolas Poop? Link: https://d.rip/mikerugnetta/posts/canon-is-an-abyss-2nnyn 12:47 – Listener Question: How Does Yanggu Planeswalk with Mowu? 14:54 – Listener Question: Didn’t Sorin Bite Nahiri? Will She Be a Vampire? 17:53 – Listener Question: Prison Bolas–Magic’s Hannibal Lecter? 19:45 – Listener Question: Consequences of Ulamog and Kozilek’s Deaths? 22:24 – Listener Question: What Are the Color Dynamics in New Phyrexia? 25:01 – Listener Question: More Backstory on the Praetors? 27:13 – Listener Question: Who’s in Your Hypothetical Unstable Mythic Edition? 30:39 – Listener Question: What’s the Story of Stuffy Doll? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/threadbare-2012-07-23 32:35 – Listener Question: Excited for Serra? Chances of Urza in Modern Horizons? 33:23 – Listener Question: What Do We Know About Kaldra? 40:47 – Listener Question: Did Sorin Create the Four Angel Sisters? 42:48 – Final Thoughts

65 - War of the Spark: Ravnica Part 2 May 13, 2019

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Spoilers ahead as we finish off our discussion of War of the Spark: Ravnica by Greg Weisman, the climax of the Bolas arc. We cover a bunch of minor characters, discussion the specifics of major plot elements, and muse about metaphysics. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:09 – Loreley Wrote Some Stuff for Arena Link: https://twitter.com/_SEV8/status/1121460059425394689 02:23 – War of the Spark Web Fiction Started Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/war-spark-ravnica-old-friends-and-new-2019-05-08 03:51 – Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane 07:24 – Minor Character Discussion 25:01 – Set Piece/Metaphysics Discussion 50:30 – Final Thoughts

64 - War of the Spark: Ravnica Part 1 May 06, 2019

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War of the Spark: Ravnica, the new novel by Greg Weisman, is finally here! We're taking two weeks to break down the juicy information within that goes beyond the set's plot that was revealed on the cards. SO MANY SPOILERS AHEAD, so don't listen if you don't want to know things that happen in the novel! If you do listen, then enjoy the discussions! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:30 – Japanese Alt Art Planeswalkers Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/japanese-alternate-art-planeswalkers-2019-04-22 Link: https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120484459877478405 04:40 – War of the Spark: Ravnica Introduction 07:34 – Teyo Verada 12:23 – Araithia Shokta AKA Rat 15:24 – Kaya 19:30 – Dack Fayden, the Greatest Thief in the Multiverse Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/cursed-blade-2011-10-24 27:04 – Jace Beleren 32:59 – Vraska 35:32 – Gideon Jura AKA Kytheon Iora (RIP) Link: https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/05/finally-rest-and-peace-gideon/ 39:20 – Ral Zarek and Tomik Vrona #Jesguys 43:05 – Liliana Vess 49:57 – Novel Recommendations (Final Thoughts)

63 - WAR Stories with Gavin Verhey Apr 29, 2019

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War is upon us. But it's been waged behind the scenes inside Wizards of the Coast for years. Today we have a very special guest in Gavin Verhey, game designer for Magic who worked on the set. Gavin chats with us about War of the Spark and how it was a set designed with so many Vorthos elements for us to enjoy. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! No timecodes this week, folks, just enjoy the meandering discussion!

62 - WAR Flavor Gems: Week 3 Apr 22, 2019

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It's been the final of three preview weeks for War of the Spark, and we're talking about the climax of this multi-year story arc! Lots of announcements were made about the near future of Magic Story as well, so make sure to check out all the ways you can read about the game's characters. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:15 – War of the Spark Story News Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/war-spark-story-hype-2019-04-18 02:00 – Signature Spellbook Gideon Link: https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/18/18412105/magic-the-gathering-war-of-the-spark-planeswalker-death 03:35 – War of the Spark Mythic Edition Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/war-spark-mythic-edition-2019-04-18 05:03 – Podcast Schedule News 05:59 – WAR Act 2 Spotlights Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes 08:05 – WAR Act 3 Spotlights 35:27 – WAR Planeswalker Previews 39:55 – WAR Week 3 Flavor Gems 42:43 – Final Thoughts

WAR Preview - The End of Nicol Bolas Apr 18, 2019

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Over the last few years, Nicol Bolas has assembled disparate pieces of a scheme to regain ultimate power. Unleashing the Elderspell on his victims, he nearly achieved his goal. Nearly. Today we have two special (and free!) preview cards to share with everyone. Nicol Bolas is defeated, so listen and learn how he lost and what his final fate will be.

61 - WAR Flavor Gems: Week 2 Apr 15, 2019

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It's been the second of three preview weeks for War of the Spark, so we're back with even more flavor gems from this action-packed set! Some great content was published last week to catch up newer story fans with this finale, or make sure to check them out for a refresher! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:17 – Nicol Bolas’s Grand Scheme Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHjeg1DTFs 02:31 – Magic Story 100: Alara to War of the Spark Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayannelli-04092019-magic-story-100-alara-to-war-of-the-spark 03:54 – WAR Act 2 Spotlights Link: magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes 10:01 – WAR Planeswalker Previews 27:01 – WAR Week 2 Flavor Gems 45:04 – Final Thoughts

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