First Pick:
Our EMA preview: Giant Solifuge!
EMA Previews Start
No Enemy Fetches
No Basalt Monolith
No Blightsteel Colossus
Gather the Townsfolk
Modern Weekend
The Red Zone
1-sentence summary: from now on, all Professional REL booster drafts with DFCs will follow the procedure used at Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad of pre-sleeving the cards before the draft, during which drafters are not allowed to remove the cards from the sleeves.
Going Infinite
How Learning to Play Magic Changed My Life: http://uproxx.com/life/learn-to-play-magic-the-gathering/
Splash Damage
Awful Changes to Twitter: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-effectively-makes-tweets-longer-with-handful-of-new?bftw&utm_term=.ojPY3lgarp#.hqJKPx5MDp
1 Year Anniversary
The Finisher:
Today is the Mark Rosewater’s 49th birthday… but much more importantly, this show marks the the near 1-year anniversary of Magic Mics! That’s right, our premier episode premiered on May 28, 2015, and in it we: discussed spoilers for the next set, the differences between Magic and Hearthstone, an upcoming Masters set release, and Erin’s love of Dredge. So as you can see, we’ve changed a lot in the last 362 days! What do you anticipate the biggest change will be between now and our 2nd anniversary show?
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PATREON MAGNETS AND STICKERS ARE HERE!
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcement-day-2016-05-16
http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/kaladesh-information
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/ramp-approval-2016-05-16
http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/commander-2016-edition-information
http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/planechase-anthology-information
http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/duel-decks-nissa-vs-ob-nixilis-info
http://www.gatheringmagic.com/alexullman-news-051316-new-legacy-festival-coming-to-magic-online/
Releasing with Conspiracy—Take the Crown, Magic players will be able to pick up a new Draft Pack in North American mass-market stores. The Draft Pack features three Booster Packs of the new Magic multiplayer Draft set, Conspiracy—Take the Crown. Pick one up on your way to your Conspiracy draft and get ready to start plotting against your fellow drafters. Look for Draft Packs in mass-market stores starting August 26 with an MSRP of $11.99.
Desperate Ravings
MTGO Champs: Coverage, no-shows, etc.
11 Inexpensive Ways to Improve Magic Coverage
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/11-inexpensive-ways-to-improve-magic-coverage
Gather the Townsfolk
‘Opponents are People, Too.’ https://asymphonyofsnores.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/opponents-are-people-too/
The Red Zone
SAFE WORD: BAEWATCH
Panel on women in Magic, hosted by Magic the Amateuring,, Morgan Wentworth, and April King
Confessions of a Twitch Moderator
Splash Damage
http://www.dailydot.com/esports/poker-hearthstone-pros/
The Finisher:
Of all of the announcements made this week, we still do not have the Eldritch Moon set symbol, which is made weirder by the fact that we now have both Kaladesh and Aether Revolt’s set symbol. So what is your prediction for the set symbol for the next Magic expansion?
First Pick:
“Is Reddit more helpful or more harmful?”
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4il9bw/bdm_and_randy_bhueler_have_to_go/
Desperate Ravings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaPfNHV8IY - Helene explains Platinum changes
“The way that people are looking at the Pro Club and the appearance fees is more like a status.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4itqyz/helene_bergeot_explains_the_attempted_platinum/
Gather the Townsfolk
MTG on the British Isles is suffering
Update on Sabina Browne/RMC but also bad news for English MTG, by Joseph Dunlap
Scotland in a bad spot
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4iox4e/local_magic_in_a_bad_spot/
Splash Damage
LoL scandal! Renegades, Impulse, Dragon Knights out, selling NA LCS & NACS spots
https://www.facebook.com/DOTesports/videos/553642611482076/
Hashtag Sponsorships in ESports
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/730385726685257728
Going Infinite
Evan pontificates - “Magic Digital Next”
Friday the 13th FNM - no Triskadekaphobia promo
The Finisher:
Last weekend at Grand Prix New York, defending Magic World Champion and current leader for Player of the Year Seth Manfield added “Four-Time” Grand Prix champion to his list of accomplishments. One of the most entertaining matches of the tournament was the hashtag MTGDad mirror between Seth and then undefeated Mike Sigrist in round 12. So what other mirror matches would you most like to see in Magic’s future?
First Pick:
DQ’s at Milwaukee,
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4hbwrp/why_was_charles_porges_dqd_from_scg_milwaukee/
https://twitter.com/misterorange/status/727589583312048129
“Salt your own fries” level
Desperate Ravings
Community Super League - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/announcing-community-super-league-2016-04-20
Innistrad Complete Block Constructed
Vintage Super League -
Decklists - http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/vintage-super-league-season-5-decklists
11 archetypes!
Reid Duke Storm
Kai Budde Stax
Paul Rietzl White Weenie
Gather the Townsfolk
Puca Points Economy: https://pucatrade.com/blog/2016/PucaPoints
Magic Is a Team Sport: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/32850_Magic-Is-A-Team-Sport.html
The Red Zone
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/143662137778/reprints-question-b-so-much-more-bs-mtg#notes
Splash Damage
David Williams on MasterChef
The Finisher:
“The calligraphy of combat is written with the strokes of sudden blood.” That is the flavor text for Monastery Swiftspear, and this week it was one of a few dozen sentences chosen as some of the Worst Examples of Literature of 2016 in something called the Lyttle Lytton Contest. So my well-read and wordy co-hosts, what’s the worst flavor text you can make for an already existing card?