2020 Micsies! Magic’s Best, Worst, and Everything In-Between!

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Airdate - 12/30/2020

First Pick

#1 Dumbest WotC Move (last year’s winner: MPL Confusion)

 

• Ikoria/Commander combo spoiler season
• Companion mechanic (Reuben) (Evan)
• Creator Program decision making (Erin) 
• Competitive MTG Dream Dying
• Double Masters snafus
• Secret Lair: The Walking Dead

 

#2 Smartest WotC Move (last year’s winner: Command Zone)

 

 

• Magicfests & EW Online (Erin) (I would like to add Eternal Weekend to this or the god accounts. Fabulous idea. Added!) (Reuben) (Evan)

 

• Handling of COVID-19
• Jumpstart
• Banning, removing racist card images from Gatherer
• Mythic Odysseys of Theros

 

#3 Hashtag of the Year (last year’s winner: #ThankYouBDM)

 

• #shillfessor
• #MagicCompanion
• #Noursish
• #TwitchBlackout

 

• #mtggothgirlsquad (Erin) (Reuben) (Evan)

 

• #ElectMoreNerds

 

#4 In Memoriam

 

• Thomas Gianni (MTG Artist: Abeyance, Manriki-Gusari)
• James Takenaga (SoCal Judge, player; age 39)
• Angela Chandler (SW RC Judge; age 42)
• Gabe Walls (PT top 8er, age 33)
• Reckful (Twitch streamer, age 31)
• AnnaMaeStreams (MTG streamer)
• Grant Imahara (roboticist, 49)
• CFBE staff page
• Lots of FLGSs 
• Companion Rule Change (June)
• Standard: Agent of Treachery, Fires of Invention (June), Wilderness Reclamation/Growth Spiral/Teferi,Time Raveler/Cauldron Familiar (August)
• Modern: Oko, Mox Opal, Mycosynth Lattice (January), OuaT (March), Arcum’s Astrolabe (July)
• Brawl: Golos (March), Teferi, Time Raveler (August)
• Legacy: Underworld Breach (March)
• Historic: Oko, OuaT, Veil of Summer (March), Agent of Treachery, Fires of Invention, Winota (June), Nexus of Fate, Burning-Tree Emissary (July), Wilderness Reclamation/Teferi, Time Raveler (August)
• Pauper: Expedition Map, Mystic Sanctuary (July), Kethis/Inverter of Truth/Walking Ballistae/Underworld Breach (August)
• Commander: Lutri (April, before release), Flash (April)
• MTGO Leagues: Gyruda (April)
• 7 cards with racist histories banned in all formats (June)

 

#5 Most Hated Card (last year’s winner: Field of the Dead)

 

• Spacegodzilla, “Death Corona” (Reuben)
• Agent of Treachery
• Arcum’s Astrolabe
• Teferi, Time Raveler

 

• Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath (Erin) (Evan)

 

• Negan, the Cold-Blooded

 

#6 Most Loved Card (last year’s winner: Pteramander)

 

 

• Shark Typhoon (Erin) (Evan)

 

• Pack Leader
• Tinybones, Trinket Thief (Reuben)
• Charix, the Raging Isle

 

#7 Drama of the Year (last year’s winner: Forsaken: Nissa and Chandra)

 

• Ikoria prerelease delay
• The “C(ovid)” word we don’t say
• Statement on Spacegodzilla
• BLM
• MTG Artist Cancellations
• Mythic Invitational Championship Tape Delay

 

• Secret Lair: The Walking Dead (Erin) (Reuben) (Evan)

 

 

#8 Artwork of the Year (last year’s winner: War of the Spark Japanese Liliana, by Yoshitaka Amano)

 

• Marrow-Gnawer (Secret Lair: Year of the Rat) - Jenn Ravenna

 

• Sublime Epiphany (M21) - Lindsay Look (Reuben) (Evan)

 

• Tinybones (Jumpstart) - Jason Rainville (Erin) 
• Exploration (box topper, Double Masters) - Mark Poole
• Demonic Tutor - Douglas Shuler (sold for $186,000)
• Damnation (Secret Lair) - Seb McKinnon ($38,000)

 

#9 Coverage Moment of the Year (last year’s winner: MC1 Finals: Burchett wins, BDM interview, Rich Hagon speech)

 

• LRR Post-Pre-Release
• Good Morning Magic, with Gavin Verhey

 

• Wu’s roommate in the background of the PT Finals (Erin) (Reuben) (Evan)

 

• Mani Roasts Day9 over Arboreal Grazer on Mythic Invi
• Hot Singles In Your Area, with Hoogland https://www.twitch.tv/magic/clip/BombasticBelovedQueleaTBCheesePull
• TCC’s $116k Trans Lifeline Day

 

#10 Format of the Year (last year’s winner: Pioneer)

 

• Standard
• Historic

 

• Webcam Commander (Erin) (Reuben) (Evan)

 

• 8-Player Arena Draft
• Jumpstart
• Remastered sets (Amonkhet, Kaladesh)

 

#11 Set of the Year (last year’s winner: Modern Horizons)

 

• Theros: Beyond Death
• Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (Erin)
• Zendikar Rising
• Commander 2020
• M21 Core Set
• Secret Lair(s)

 

• Jumpstart (Reuben) (Evan)

 

 

#12 Card of the Year (last year’s winner: Oko, Thief of Crowns)

 

• Lurrus, the Dream-Den
• Agent of Treachery
• Fires of Invention
• Thassa’s Oracle

 

• Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath (Reuben) (Erin) (Evan)

 

• Omnath, Locus of Creation

 

Gather the Townsfolk

 

Jeremy Noell’s Newest Addition:

https://twitter.com/jeremynoell/status/1343711658687012864?s=20