First Pick & Giveaway:
GIVEAWAY - 7 Wonders Duel - Winner chosen Friday at 11PM ET - https://gleam.io/cLWet/7-wonders-duel-giveaway
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW - 4/12
ERIN PREVIEW - 4/4
Amonkhet Spoilers
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/so-much-amonkhet-news-2017-03-27
Invocations:
Trick GIF: https://twitter.com/TrickMTG/status/846850855626145792
Via Aaron Forsythe - They were meant to look not English; So...good job?
https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/846898199893852160
Gather the Townsfolk:
MTG Art Show Kickstarter - Josh Krause and Mike Linnemann
Three Unique pieces of Original Artwork to show off based on our chosen guild:
Cascade Games partnering with DreamHack Austin for $10k event; is this the next big thing for non-CFB TOs” To partner with non-MTG big gaming conventions?
https://austin.dreamhack.com/17/magic-tournament/
Announcement Day moved to “June” http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcement-day-moved-june-2017-03-24
Lack of Graveyard Hate was planned
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158927141188/have-we-already-seen-the-reason-for-the-lack-of
Mike Davis has died
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158835525848/sad-news
Going Infinite
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/update-standard-2017-03-24
Besides Tibalt, what is the worst Planeswalker in a Standard Set?
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/61fr3j/besides_tibalt_what_is_the_worst_planeswalker/
Popular:
The Finisher
I stumbled across a Reddit thread this week that got me thinking: we’ve seen Homelands, Prophecy, Dragon’s Maze, Rebecca Guay-gate, Necro, Affinity, Bant Company, Eldrazi, enemy fetchlands, enemy fetchland reprints, counterfeits, Wingdings mana, Wingdings abilities, and now Wingdings Masterpieces. But so far, nothing has successfully killed Magic. So in one sentence, what can actually kill Magic?
First Pick & Giveaway:
COOLSTUFFINC GIVEAWAY - 2x copies of Duel Deck: Mind vs Might - https://gleam.io/ovkVI/win-a-free-copy-of-duel-decks-mind-vs-might
ChannelFireball takes over ALL GPs beginning 2018, ‘multi-year’ plan;
Magic Show points:
Modern Masters 2017 Release - price drops?
Thanks to MM2017 - Dragon’s Maze is now worth $35/box, $.97/pack
Mind vs Might Decklists: YAWN http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/duel-decks-mind-vs-might-2017-03-20
Gather the Townsfolk:
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=13853&writer=Neale+Talbot&articledate=3-14-2017
Neale Talbot
Going Infinite
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/the-face-walker-problem - Too many PWalkers these days? 4x per set since BFZ, was 2.4~ or so per set before. Small set get 2 vs 1 previously.
Splash Damage
I Made Obscene Money Forging Magic the Gathering Cards: http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2472-i-made-obscene-money-forging-magic-gathering-cards.html
Lifecoach on Quitting Hearthstone: http://www.pcgamer.com/lifecoach-on-quitting-hearthstone-you-dont-get-rewarded-you-get-punched-in-the-face/?utm_content=buffer00bed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer-pcgamertw
The Finisher
This week after the GAMA show, there was a huge shake up that left three iconic long-time board game legends out of a job. I'm talking of course about the three Monopoly pieces (the thimble, the wheelbarrow, and the boot) that got the boot from the all-time classic and truly terrible Hasbro title. More than 4.3 million votes on social media determined the newly configured group of eight: a T-Rex, rubber ducky and penguin will join the five classic tokens Scottie the dog, hat, car, battleship, and the cat, which you may recall replaces the iron in 2013. This is a truly momentous day, but it begs the question: what iconic character would be next to get the boot in Magic?
First Pick & Giveaway:
SUNDAY - PATRON HANGOUT @ 10PM ET
COOLSTUFFINC GIVEAWAY - Ultra Pro supplies featuring new Snapcaster Mage - Deck Box, Playmat, and Sleeves - https://gleam.io/B8Bzr/snapcaster-mage-ultra-pro-product-giveaway
Modern Masters comedown - Tarmogoyf, Blood Moon, Cavern of Souls in the set. EV off the chain.
Pauper - Thunderous Wrath at common(!)
Reactions:
Banning announcement on Monday - what stays? Can JtMS return? Will Mox Opal get banned?
MTGO Champs reactions: Wrapter Wins, Lucas Blohan 2nd Place with impressive showing
http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/mtgochamp16
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/5xj2oe/the_magic_online_championship_coverage_is/
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/5xjqo5/patrick_sullivan_is_insane_at_commentary/
Gather the Townsfolk:
MOCS - reactions mixed, new casters (PSulli)
Masterpieces in future Modern Masters sets?
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/157891732608/why-are-there-no-masterpieces-in-modern-masters
Pass the Salt
Reserve List Birthday - March 4th, 1996 - in response from Chronicles & Fourth Edition
From reddit:
The revision of the list happened in direct response to the Phyrexia vs. Coalition Duel Decks, which were revealed to contain a copy of Phyrexian Negator. Duel Decks being such a heavily printed product compared to something like a judge foil or FTV product caused a lot of people to get extremely worried about the potential future reprints that this could lead to (Forums were ablaze at the time), and either due to the outcry that this resulted in, or due to someone with actual power to do something, a meeting was called to discuss the future of the Reserved List. At the time, it was something that Wizards were open to discussing to some degree, and everyone expected that it would be the death knell of the thing.
Splash Damage
MaRo top-rated speaker at last year’s Game Developer’s Conference: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/158080188633/excited-to-discover-i-was-the-top-rated-speaker-at
Broken Concentration & Accursed Witch nominated for Spectrum awards: http://fleskpublications.com/blog/2017/03/06/spectrum-24-award-nominations/
Viewer - Q&A
The Finisher
This week, the NHL’s expansion team the Las Vegas Golden Knights signed the very first player in franchise history: a free agent forward from the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League by the name of Reid Duke. Now, obviously, this Reid Duke is not the same Reid Duke we all know and love, but that didn’t prevent the Twitter mentions of our favorite Peach Gardener from filling up faster than an open net. It also means that hashtag Baewatch is now also hashtag Knightwatch and we all have a new favorite hockey squad, so Erin and Reuben, what I want to know is this: what’s next for the NHL’s Golden Knights now that they have the adoration of Magic players everywhere?
First Pick:
Exclusive Preview - Scavenging Ooze!
GIVEAWAY - 4x Scavenging Ooze from Modern Masters 2017
https://gleam.io/nhEgc/magic-mics-4x-mm3-scavenging-ooze-giveaway
Damnation
Enemy Fetchlands
Path to Exile & Inquisition at Uncommon (Inquisition was rare in Conspiracy 2)
Liliana of the Veil
PAUPER
Still Looking For:
Gather the Townsfolk:
CFB & CoolStuffInc buying back reprints
The Finisher
It seems Wizards of the Coast is really into trolling it’s official previewers this time around, what with giving us a graveyard hate card and giving Brian Kibler Bonfire of the Damned, giving Frank Karsten Stony Silence, and giving Loading Ready Run Seance, and a few more. So for when Amokhet rolls around, what card would troll you the most?