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Sep 27, 2018

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Airdate - 9/26/18

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Airdate - X/X/XX

First Pick

Gerry protests Worlds

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9hqyav/im_gerry_thompson_a_professional_magic_player_and/

 

WotC Statement: https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1043190879626973184

 

Matt Sperling: https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/gerryt-puts-his-money-where-his-mouth-is/

 

“We may not remember much about this Worlds five years from now, but we’ll always remember this. And so will Wizards of the Coast.”

 

World Champion - Javier Dominguez

 

Ken Yukuhiro DQ’d - https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2018wc/round-14-announcement-2018-09-22

 

https://twitter.com/death_snow/status/1043676239678988289

“Because my heart was weak, I became DQ. Because I declared it on the next turn, I declare it not on the turn I pull the sideboard card in the main game.

 

Those who support me

Those involved in the tournament

 

I am very sorry I made a mess of the big stage.”

 

https://twitter.com/kaibudde/status/1043829702018969600

Similar situation with Seth Manfield at a Modern GP, didn’t realize until Turn 4; fix was to put in sideboard; Context: 3 Gideons in the U/W Control list.

 

The metagame was bad: https://twitter.com/AJSacher/status/1043247684818063360?s=19

 

Viewership was bad:

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9isfuf/19k_peak_viewers_on_magic_world_championship_2018/

 

Gerry banned in chat, cannot go to venue

 

Compare to Pokemon Worlds: https://twitter.com/cubeapril/status/1043183968517062656?s=21

 

Gerry, keepin it classy: https://twitter.com/G3RRYT/status/1044288271398854656

 

Gather the Townsfolk

Hall of Fame: Congrats Lee Shi Tian & Seth Manfield! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnpWVv4XsAY9VUj?format=jpg&name=900x900

 

Amazon / Walmart / Target sold direct

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9i204p/mana_source_lets_talk_about_wizards_of_the_coast/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb&_branch_match_id=493963934515389392

https://wpn.wizards.com/en/article/why-we-experiment

GRN: $94.00

M19: $87.55

DOM: $89.00

Rivals: $80.00

Ixalan: $79.99

 

Guilds of Ravnica Complete Set Review is...complete

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxLOzV7UkojwVOc1amykKiRdhihFa1qCg

 

MTG Guild Kits

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/guilds-ravnica-guild-kits-2018-09-25

 

MTG Arena...right now;

Turn three, Gigantosaurus. That’s how you do it! https://twitter.com/officialDannyT/status/1043218722616266753

 

MTG Art Show

https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/vorthosmike-09262018-magic-art-show-big-in-japan

 

Desperate Ravings

MTG Portal Limited Beta

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/mtg-portal-limited-beta-coming-2018-09-24

 

Sam (Rhystic Studies) on Preprerelease - https://www.rhysticstudies.com/single-post/2018/09/23/The-Things-You-Do-Not-See

 

Arena Creator Hub

https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena/creators

 

Joke Gleemax card redirects to Hearthstone: https://old.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9hv1ht/joke_url_from_2008_ad_cards_now_redirect_to/

 

Target: Targeting

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/target-targeting-2018-09-25

 

Red Zone



Splash Damage

The Magic Hour Episode 1 debuted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBd3s3e6L4M

 

Stan Cifka loves Artifact: https://twitter.com/stancifka/status/1044671775798382592?s=21



Going Infinite

 

GIVEAWAY

 

The Finisher

 

For those of you looking at the Twitch directory and wondering why we’re the only ones not playing Arena right now, that’s because Wizards of the Coast is presenting the Guilds of Ravnica 24-Hour Early Access Streamer Event, and hundreds of streamers are taking part. Players from previous Preprerelease guests like ProJared and Noxious to esports folks like Kripp and Trump, Twitch is all MTGArena all the time today. Clearly this is the biggest Magic event of the past 7 days, at least according to Wizards’ advertising (no tea no shade), but we’ve been busy filming the Complete Guilds of Ravnica Set Review (available now on a YouTube near you) so I guess we missed the boat there. But in an effort to stay hip and relevant, how should Magic Mics get with the times?

Sep 26, 2018

Let's talk about all of the Selesnya, Green, Artifacts, and Lands from Guilds of Ravnica!

Special Guests appearing in this episode:
Minh
AE Marling

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Filmdate - 9/23/18

Sep 26, 2018

Let's talk about all of the Red and Izzet cards from Guilds of Ravnica!

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Tappy Toe Claws

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Filmdate - 9/23/18

Sep 26, 2018

Let's talk about all of the Black and Golgari cards from Guilds of Ravnica!

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Gaurav
MTG Young Mage
Sam Tang
Ashlen Rose
Eric Klug

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Filmdate - 9/23/18

Sep 26, 2018

Let's talk about all of the Blue and Dimir cards from Guilds of Ravnica!

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AJ Sacher
Zach Littlefield
Jon Medina
Strictly Average MTG
Tolarian Community College

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Recording date - 9/23/18

Sep 26, 2018

Let's talk about all of the White & Boros Cards in Dominaria!

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Rich Hagon
Phil DeLuca
The Command Zone

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Recording date - 9/23/18

Sep 20, 2018

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Airdate - 9/19/18

 

First Pick

Evan: Tajic, Legion’s Edge; Divine Visitation; Risk Factor

Reuben: District Guide, Venerated Loxodon, Goblin Cratermaker

Erin: Creeping Chill, Lotleth Giant, Etrata, the Silencer

 

Gather the Townsfolk

MTG Arena Open Beta / Guilds of Ravnica / Changes Coming: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/mtg-arena-open-all-starting-september-27-2018-09-19

 

...GRN on Magic Online too… https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/guilds-ravnica-magic-online-edition-2018-09-19

 

Card Kingdom charity event: https://twitter.com/Card_Kingdom/status/1042158829532848130

 

Chris Mooney hired on 6mo contract: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9giasc/shards_of_alara_as_presented_in_the_basic_lands/e64jq7a/

 

Cardhoarder Coaching:

https://twitter.com/TeamCardhoarder/status/1042311091378905090?s=19

 

Desperate Ravings

Ondrej Strasky

https://twitter.com/magicprotour/status/1041405180313522176?s=21

 

MTG Worlds Coverage | Draft

 

Red Zone

Rakdos “safe word” shirt

https://mtgproshop.com/product/guild-word-rakdos-safeword-unisex-t-shirt/

 

Splash Damage

Pokemon too expensive: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-prices-of-pokemon-cards-are-making-it-difficul/1100-6461778/

 

Fortnite Divorces: https://news.avclub.com/fortnite-has-now-been-cited-in-more-than-200-divorce-pr-1829084255

 

The Finisher

Today the trailer for MTG Arena dropped and with it came Magic’s most iconic commercial since Bob from Accounting. It would have been enough for it to star notable internet celebrity and host of Spellslingers, Day9, but it also featured La Tortuga himself Danny Trejo. So now that we know the movie star and owner of Trejo’s Tacos is also a big Magic buff, what cards other than Mr. Trejo’s signature turn 3 Gigantosaurus are you thinking you’d like him to sign when he’s slinging spells at the next Magic Grand Prix?

Sep 13, 2018

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Airdate - 9/12/18

 

First Pick

Preview: Erratic Cyclops

 

Guilds of Ravnica cards:

Evan’s list - Runaway Steam-Kin, Assassin’s Trophy, Secrets of the Mausoleum

Erin’s list - Molderhulk, Narcomoeba, Vraska Golgari KWEEN

Reuben’s list - March of the Multitudes, Rain of Notions, Deafening Clarion

 

Invert//Invent gonna get errata’d

https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/1040007433874100224

 

Guilds of Ravnica: Set Review update (when we’re recording, etc.)

 

Gather the Townsfolk

Six Pro Tours

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/410942703623208960/487277828102946817/Screen_Shot_2018-09-06_at_12.07.20.png

 

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/competitive-gaming/2019-feature-six-pro-tours-2018-09-06

 

http://magicorganizedplay.tumblr.com/post/177806246246/2019-pro-tours-announcement-faq

 

Invert // Invent errata incoming

https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/1040007433874100224?s=19

 

Matthew Foulkes

https://twitter.com/matthewfoulkes/status/1039984182037032963?s=19

 

Card Kingdom + Cassius Marsh

https://twitter.com/card_kingdom/status/1037782424367849472?s=21

 

Magali Selling Prints

https://twitter.com/Cathaoir1/status/1037662968148905985?s=19

 

LRR Pre prerelease

https://twitter.com/loadingreadyrun/status/1037829183647305728?s=09

 

STORM WATCH(es):

SCG Philly Cancelled: https://twitter.com/StarCityGames/status/1037702683573080064?s=19

GP Hong Kong warning for super typhoon Manghut:

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/9fb6zs/gp_hong_kong_sep_14_to_16_storm_watch/

 

Desperate Ravings

Eternal Weekend details http://www.cardtitan.com/eternal_weekend

 

Hot take from Jeff Cunningham: https://twitter.com/WJC83/status/1039595822109736960

 

Fblthp hates crowds.. https://twitter.com/jeremynoell/status/1039318319164260352

 

MaRo on Masterpiece negative feedback: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/177784771418/are-you-just-going-to-ignore-the-massive-negative

 

http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/177808425658/isnt-it-a-little-disingenuous-to-say-that-the

 

Modern is expensive: https://twitter.com/the_boyks/status/1037577910851330048?s=21

 

Splash Damage

Ravnica: The Broken Pact, with Dungeon Master Reuben Bresler!

 

Eternal World Championships: https://twitter.com/JeffHoogland/status/1039612020801368064

 

NPR Story: http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/09/10/magic-the-gathering-25-years

 

Vice focuses on Sam’s Black Lotus video: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j54xx3/the-black-lotus-documentary-explores-what-makes-us-spend-small-fortunes-on-pieces-of-cardboard

 

Dr. Disrespect shooting: https://twitter.com/DotEsports/status/1039578793260797953?s=19

 

YouTube burnout: https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/youtube-stars-burnout-fun-bleak-stressed

 

Going Infinite

GIVEAWAY

 

The Finisher

Earlier this week, a Magic social media joke account called Magic The Hatering made a meme that went viral in Magic circles, showing that an Alpha Mox Sapphire is worth about ten times as much as a synthetic sapphire of equal weight. Now, the blueish crystalline form of aluminum oxide used in jewelry, watchmaking, and hippie-dippie healing ceremonies are fascinating and all, but this got me thinking: what other Magic comparisons get your gears turning?

Sep 12, 2018

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Filmdate - 9/9/2018

Sep 6, 2018

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Airdate - 9/5/18

 

First Pick

Guilds of Ravnica

 

Guild Mechanics:

  • Surveil
  • Jump Start
  • Undergrowth
  • Mentor
  • Convoke

 

Hybrid Split Cards | Shocklands are back

 

Guild Basics: https://i.redd.it/9g5njf9p95k11.png

 

Packaging & Promos: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/guilds-ravnica-packaging-promos-and-more-2018-09-04

 

Mythic Edition - 8 Promo Planeswalkers, only from Hasbro Toy Shop on Oct 3rd. Ugh.

 

Cube April Comic: https://twitter.com/CubeApril/status/1037008196232257536

 

Jesper Myrfors & Luxury MTG Products: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10210692947514523&id=1673786715

 

WotC response to backlash:

https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1037429698614030336   

 

Gather the Townsfolk

GP Richmond failure + Reid Duke experiment

 

Championships at the GP: https://twitter.com/GavinVerhey/status/1036000782745825280

 

The Black Lotus from Sam / Rhystic Studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvLC3fz068

 

Gerry T Auction - $2700 raised! https://twitter.com/G3RRYT/status/1035333566207389696

 

Art show at 25th Anniversary Celebration in Shinjuku Japan w exclusive Serra Angel

https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1037410650308444160

 

Desperate Ravings

TCC vs price of fetches

https://www.facebook.com/TolarianCommunityCollege/photos/a.702114129826816/1896437067061177/?type=3

 

Magic Bracket Top 16

https://mtgbracket.tumblr.com/post/177549755086/the-top-16

 

Titus Lunter Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868788310/titus-lunters-guilds-of-ravnica-art-bonanza

 

Players talking “at” each other: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/410942703623208960/486536709832704000/Screenshot_20180904-072406_Twitter.jpg

 

Promote us on the Magic survey!

https://t.co/egahoQuuTP

 

Splash Damage

Artifact Economy

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-03-valve-creating-artifact-is-not-a-zero-sum-game

 

The Finisher

This past weekend at PAX, the boys over at Penny Arcade announced that they will be launching a brand new program entitled The Magic Hour, in which illustrator Mike Krahulik and writer Jerry Holkins will play Magic: The Gathering in novel locations, potentially with interesting people. Magic and PAX have long been tied together, what with the fall set often being launched at PAX Prime, and this new show will connect the two even more. So in the future, how else can Magic: The Gathering and Penny Arcade further their partnership?

Sep 5, 2018

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Filmdate - 9/3/2018

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