Monthly Archives: December 2017

257: I’ve Got the Legacy Hives



On this episode, Maria and Meghan take a nose-dive into the wild world of Legacy as Maria frantically preps for the booth at GP Santa Clara coming up in January. What decks did she try out? How epic was her turn 1 death to Storm? And, most importantly, WILL SHE MAKE IT OUT ALIVE?! All these questions will be answered! PLUS: Meghan catches us up on Ixalan’s story, a few Rivals preview cards are here and there’s a *shiny new* keyword, and our hosts make new goals for 2018. Did they meet their 2017 goals? Find out! And Happy New Year, you wonderful humans!

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256: The First Annual Chrimby Awards



On this episode, Maria and Meghan take stock of the year in Magic that was 2017. Do they do this with long, thoughtful, contemplative audio essays on Standard or epic poems about the diverse state of Modern? Of course not! Instead, they hand out the first annual Chrimby Awards! Do you want to know which card won “Best Hat” in 2017? Of course you do! How about “Most Emo Jace” or “Least Emo Jace”? YES! And surely you can’t say no to “Card Most Likely to Induce a Pun”! The 2017 Chrimby Awards is awesomeness distilled to its purest form. PLUS: A quick recap of GP New Jersey (bye-bye Ixalan Limited), new Challenger Decks, and a peek inside the mailbag that leads to a discussion of musicals. This is not a theatrical review podcast. …We think.

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255: Mark Rosewater Gets Unstable!



On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome VERY special guest, head designer of Magic the Gathering and all-around awesome guy, Mark Rosewater to the show! Mark shares stories of what it takes to make the Magic happen (quite literally), what strategies you should be trying in Unstable, and some of the tales behind fun card designs in the set. He also joins our Un-setted hosts for a mixed bag of Flavor Text Theatre, answers listener questions, and spoils every movie…ever.

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254: The 30-Second Modern Challenge



On this episode, Maria and Meghan break down Modern for beginners! They challenge themselves to explain most popular decks in the format…in 30 seconds or less. Can they do it? Find out! PLUS: For the N00bs explores the phases of a turn, our hosts talk Team Unified Standard as they wrap up the excitement at the 2017 World Magic Cup, and dish on the search for the newest Magic designer in The Great Designer Search 3!

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