This week we check in on the cast’s prerelease experience, and hear which cast member is least helpful in their stores whenever they vend.   Jason shares some second-level thoughts on what will be good in EDH in light of Protean’s hulk unbanning.  DJ gets two shots at breaking bulk.   Like everyone else, we were blown out by the late standard bannings, as this was recorded on Monday.

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• Listener Emails
• Breaking Bulk
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Today we are incredibly lucky to be joined by Brian Braun-Duin for our Amonkhet set review.   Brian shares his insight into which cards are poised to have a large first weekend, and which ones are traps.   Join us for a look at the important cards in the set.

• Douglas Johnson is our second-most special guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Brian Braun-Duin is out most special guest
• We review cards in rough order of importance and alphabetical occurrence
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This week we wander through a wide range of topics as listener email covers a variety of topics, including the best way to trade up at GPs, how Jason got screwed out of full-art Mutavaults, and which cast member has more pro-points.  Somehow Corbin works in football player Mark Sanchez and the butt-fumble.  Breaking bulk covers some recent reprints with a low buy in, and finally the prospects of Amonkhet cards are foretold.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Amonkhet Spoiler discussion ramps up
• Breaking Bulk
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It is an odd week.  Two-thirds of the cast are holding children. Doug is on a different computer and as such can’t get to listener emails.  We podcasted while it was light outside.  Discussion moves through topics as wide ranging as Amonkhet spoilers, the League of Legends online community, damage on the stack, and the speech development of Corbin’s child.  Finally, a potential gaming bet between Corbin and Jason emerges.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Amonkhet Spoiler discussion continues
• Breaking Bulk
• Pick Of The WEEK!
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This week the cast discusses card grading in general and Doug shares his experience getting his Lotus graded.   Jason played vintage and tows the thin line between proxies and counterfeits.   Corbin tries to cheat at breaking bulk, and some aggressive listener mail is read.    Also, early news from Amonkhet set is covered.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Early Amonkhet spoilers and mechanics are covered
• Breaking Bulk
• Pick Of The WEEK!
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A week into the release of MM3, we hear how Corbin had a crazy draft pool and threw away important cards.  The cast’s impression of the new set is discussed, as well as the price trajectory of sealed product.  Also, Corbin defends flat-earthers.   Join us for this week’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is here and he is tired (@Rose0fthorns)
• A very special Patreon email is read, and leads to old memories
• Breaking Bulk Returns
• Pick Of The WEEK!
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As a “thank-you’ to our many new Patreon patrons, we read listener email.  We read questions less than a 12 hours old before moving all the way back questions from last fall; listen and see if we got to yours!

• Douglas Johnson is here (@Rose0fthorns)
• Corbin is back
• We read emails
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Corbin is away this week, so we are joined by Edward Nguyen of Kirwins Game Store to discuss the shape of Modern and reprint in general moving forward.   Obscure foil prices, Reid Duke’s hockey career, and options for what to do with 100k are discussed.  Join us for this week of Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson tries to take over and Jasonalt has thoughts on that (@Rose0fthorns)
• Edward Nguyen is our guest
• Patreon email is read
• Breaking Bulk!
• Picks are made
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The year is 2017; a strange new world where fetch lands are in special products and previous EV constraints are throw out the window.   Join us for a long discussion of MM2017 spoilers and potential inclusions just in time for you to see full spoilers.   Corbin has a new microphone that randomly mutes his castmates, and shenanigans ensue.   Join us for this crazy week of spoilers of the most juiced set of all time.

• Douglas Johnson is a card hustling always-guest of this audio recording (@Rose0fthorns)
• Learn how many downloads Money Draught actually receives
• The discussion on MM2017 spoilers veers into pogs and McDonalds monopoly game finance
• Breaking Bulk covers some Unset knowledge
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This week we have a Corbin excited by his favorite deck, a Doug excited by his biggest purchase, and a Jason made salty by the normal range of daily occurrences.    This week the nonsense takes over the first part of the cast.   Learn which cards to buy, which TNMT arcade game was the best, which deceased television personality holds the key to Corbin’s heart, and how Douglas turns your draft chaff into thousand dollar magic cards.   Join us nerds.

• You can bother our guest  Douglas Johnson for pictures of his Black Lotus at (@Rose0fthorns)
• There were modern things last weekend
• Breaking Bulk covers the rise of commons in a looked over fall set
• Pick of the Week
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All shall crumble before our dark realms of majesty is either an album with heavy makeup and hair product, or a sweet multiplayer card. Join us as the cast goes further off the rails than normal into a deep discussion about long forgotten oversized cards.  Also, there is a new best standard deck that is not Mardu vehicles.   Find out which cast member had to block a thousand fake twitter followers.   Also we make you some money, get excited for Brainstormbrewery.

• Something something guest something Douglas Johnson   (@Rose0fthorns)
• Breaking Bulk is first in DJs heart and first on the cast
• Standard green black everything is discussed
• Pick of the Week
• Superbowl commercial discussion as a nice finisher
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In the aftermath of the protour, join us for a discussion about standard card prices, hear Corbin try to offend Jason and fail, and learn which new card Jason thinks should get the EDH ban-hammer.  We bless you with a longer cast than normal as old MTG personalities and events are remembered.  Join us for this week’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our regular guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Post-ProTour discussion
• Breaking Bulk
• Corbin tries to teach the internet and mtg community how to be ethical
• Old GP memories are relived
• Pick of the Week
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Jacob Van Lunen joins us to share stories of epic victories using draft-chaff slivers, give his insights on the upcoming protour, and talk about standard brew ideas so cool that even DJ is interested.  Corbin makes the least tasteful joke of the episode, which is impressive considering Jason is back.   Join us for this week’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our perpetual guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Jacob Van Lunen is our very special one time guest
• Hear tales of the only Two-Headed Giant protour
• Breaking Bulk
• Protour Aether Revolt discussion
• Pick of the Week
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Jason is gone for the week but the spirit of interruption lives on.  JJ Jackson is our special guest as Douglas and Corbin  cover pre-protour specs strategy and then take questions from JJ about how a street-level financier with no storefront can get over.  Join us for this week’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our perpetual guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• JJ Jackson is our special one time guest
• Post-banning standard and modern discussion
• Breaking Bulk
• Questions of the everyman-financier
  
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It’s a dangerous world out there. People set up all sorts of shady scams to rob or murder people who are attracted to Craigslist deals. You might think we’d offer you advice on how not to get murdered by people like that, but we totally don’t. I’m just realizing that we spent a good portion of this episode encouraging you to put yourself in statistically the most dangerous situation you’ll be in during a given week but without offering any help. So, uh, don’t get murdered. Especially since we relaunched our Patreon.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• TEESPRING
• PATREON
• Breaking Bulk
• Prerelease
• Buying tips for collections
• Aether Revolt stuff
• Pick of the Week
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The banning announcement came early, so we decided to push this out early too.  Craig Wescoe takes a break from being awesome at life to bless you with thoughts from the recent bannings, Legacy GP, and Aether Revolt.   Since the format is in such flux after the surprise bans, there is not a card-by-card set review, but the group highlights some of their favorites.

• Craig Wescoe came by and was awesome
• Something something Douglas Johnson something always guest (@Rose0fthorns) something
  
• We make fun of Corbin for doing Corbin things
  
• We cover Aether Revolt
• We cover GP Louisville
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We missed last week and it may have only been half Corbin’s fault.  Its a new year and the cast is back with the best financial information and spoiler coverage.   Babies are absent from the cast, but their impact on the past year is discussed.   It’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Should it be fatal push or fatal kick?
• Breaking Bulk
• Pick of the Week
  
• Sealed Conspiracy 2 discussion
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We have three underage guests as our normal guest, DJ, is joined by Benjamin Hosler and Liliana Alt for an episode that will have you saying “We get it, you have babies.” Stay at home dads are gonna dad in this episode that might be the last one of 2016 unless you’re lucky. Strap in and put our podcast magic in your head holes until your boss fires you for laughing at your desk. It’s Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• I’ll be honest, I don’t remember much
• I think we talked holiday sale
• And we definitely were unkind to a certain retailer
• Breaking Bulk
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Corbin clearly wants to talk about his brew but he gets no-sir’d by the gang. If you want to watch it because you hate yourself, the link is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fn1cfRB7E0

Just kidding, that was Corbin hitting a light pole. The real link is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fn1cfRB7E0

That was Corbin hitting a light pole again. The real link is here.

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=13671

We get into a pretty good discussion about risk assessment and how to find stuff that Commander 2016 hasn’t made spike yet. If you don’t pay attention to EDH, better start now because it’s making hella prices spike and nothing else is really doing much. Get into trouble with us.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Mardu Eldrazi? No thanks!
• Cards spiked? Why?
• Reprint Risk? How do we assess what’s safe and what isn’t?
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Aether Revolt spoilers, a few card spikes from Atraxa and Corbin is a clumsy idiot. That’s about enough nonsense to fill the hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fn1cfRB7E0

That’s “Corbin hits a light pole” in case you missed it.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Corbin hits a light pole again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fn1cfRB7E0
• Cards spiked? Why?
• Aether Revolt Spoilers!
• Breaking Bulk
• Pick of the Week
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Corbin’s on this one and he knows he was pranked. He pretends it doesn’t bother him, but we know better. The episode took a while to get rolling and honestly, most of it isn’t suitable for you hearing and will probably be relegated to after hours. We’ll do one of those soon. One or more. We have a lot in the works – new Patreon rewards, Tee Spring, the works. This episode was by the numbers and that’s not exactly boring, but it doesn’t make for exciting show notes writing.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• I hope the stuff from this section was cut
• Cards spiked? Why?
• Breaking Bulk
• Standard. Bleh.
• Pick of the Week
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So last week we asked for help pranking Corbin and you guys actually have no idea how well it worked. Like, you probably saw Corbin lose his cool a bit on twitter and what you don’t know is that he actually lost it to a way greater extent privately. It was fun times. I’m feeling better about the prospects of a Teespring campaign, now. This episode was a special one because Corbin isn’t here and we have two guests join us whom you may know – Marcel and Ryan. It’s a very special episode of your favorite podcast.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Marcel and Ryan also join
• What have Marcel and Ryan been up to?
• Breaking Bulk
• Pick of the Week
• We talked a lot but there aren’t so much segments, per se
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Corbin never listens to the episode so after he got off of the group call we decided to have you help us prank him. If you all wouldn’t mind tweeting at him to mention how savagely we burned him at the end of the episode, that would be awesome. Don’t be specific, just mention the burn was savage in its intensity and unprecedented in its animosity. He’ll finally listen to an episode of Brainstorm Brewery and there will be nothing. That’ll teach him. Also, this episode was pretty good.

Keep an eye out for Teespring

Help us get back the listeners we lost

That is all. Thank you.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Eternal Masters Reprint?!??!
• Breaking Bulk is super early.
• GW Tron and what it means
• “Borygamos”
• Pick of the Week
• Play Politicats with Jason. Make Ameowica great again.
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We got talking about how every episode of this cast could be someone’s first time listening to the cast ever. It was a weird concept and derailed us a little bit. How do you know how often to go back over stuff you’ve already discussed? Do you reference inside jokes? Do you assume everyone knows the going rate for bulk and good outs for it, or that everyone on the cast has written articles about it? I guess what I’m trying to say is we referenced Cookie Clicker again and we don’t know how many people remember that. There’s a new one now where a cat is trying to be president or something and you grab money? It was not thoroughly explained. If you don’t remember Cookie Clicker, you will either be lost or you’ll go back to like episode 57 or whatever and listen, and that’s the point. A click in every cookie and a cat in every White House. Cookie Cats. Just listen to the episode, already.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• GP happened! It was Modern! I’m feigning enthusiasm!
• Skred?
• Breaking Bulk is super early.
• SCG changes to bulk prices?
• Pick of the Week
• Politicats is apparently the actual name
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Two guests this week as Corbin is forced to do the cast with his baby on his lap like a real stay-at-home nerd. The disruptions are both minimal and hilarious and Corbin’s kid is a better guest than some people we could name (*cough*DJ*cough*). Big changes to the Pauper format and SCG’s support of Legacy are discussed and Commander 2016 is in focus in a jam-packed episode of your favorite podcast that will leave you asking “Did Corbin have a boy or girl?” This is Brainstorm Brewery.

• Douglas Johnson is our guest (@Rose0fthorns)
• Pauper bans!
• Corbin hates change
• Breaking Bulk is super early.
• SCG drops Legacy?
• COMMANDER 2016 STUFF
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