Brainstorm Brewery

An archive of Brainstorm Brewery episodes.

Brainstorm Brewery #103 – Conspiracy Theories

Vintage Masters Drafts are in full swing, Power is bought and sold, and StarCityGames announces a scene change for Sunday afternoons. Don’t be caught with your pants down; hear the facts from your favorite MTG finance podcast. Wall-to-wall value is the hallmark of this cast, and this installment is no exception. Whose cricket friend returns…

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Brainstorm Brewery #102 – An Excellent Vintage

Back on track and in rare form, the gang launches headlong into the old format as seamlessly as a Marcel segue. Promised segments are delivered, old favorites are revisited, and so many knowledge bombs are dropped you’ll need the UN to help you put the pieces of your previous worldview back together. It’s all value…

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Brainstorm Brewery #101 – Finance 101

Episode 100 is in the rearview mirror, and the gang looks forward to the next hundred. With that new focus comes a new focus on the basics. New people join the listenership all the time, and even veterans who have listened for years could use a refresher. Starting with this episode, the gang will be…

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Vintage Masters Original Art Swap – Magic Online Patch

This patch is no longer being distributed, it contained images which violated WotC’s intellectual property rights.  I apologize for my transgressions. -Marcel I am working on a tutorial on how to custom the card art for any card on Magic Online, it should be live before the new year at: http://brainstormbrewery.com/modo-art/ Change the art for…

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Brainstorm Brewery #100 – The Promised Land

You’ve waited, and now the wait is over. No gimmicks, no tricks, no Episode 99.99—it’s here! Nearly two hours of greatest hits are ready to go! So, how did they all meet? What got them started on a podcast? What have been their greatest successes? How have the various cast members stuck their feet in…

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Brainstorm Brewery #99.9 – One Last Tease

It’s a lot harder to put together a clip show than you think. Listeners who were late turning in their episode summaries breathed a sigh of relief as the deadline was extended. Episode #100 is going to be even better than anticipated as the gang goes into the tank to work on it. They took…

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Brainstorm Brewery #99.5 – Raw & Uncut (Ep.39 Digitally Remastered)

Will Corbin ever figure out how technology works? Has Ryan actually broken Modern? What’s the best name for a deck with Griselbrand and Borborygmos Enraged? Did Marcel manage to edit this cast into something that resembles continuity? Will Jason talk another five minutes with his mic turned off? Find out all this and more on…

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Brainstorm Brewery #99 – Hill Giant

This is the set review to end all set reviews. Recognizing that a large part of finance is properly evaluating cards in terms of playability, the gang enlists the help of a living legend, Zac Hill (@zdch). Formerly of Wizards of the Coast R&D (lead game designer), writer of StarCityGames’s Chatter of the Squirrel column…

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Brainstorm Brewery #98 – Research and Development

No need to pinch yourself—you’re not dreaming. The very special guest for this episode is none other than Mr. Aaron Forsythe (@mtgaaron) himself. How can the gang cope with having a larger-than-life figure on their humble podcast? Will they manage to sneak in a Pick of the Week? What information can we glean about future…

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Brainstorm Brewery #97 – Nyxborn Jambalaya

More spoilers are out, the gang is adding more segments to keep the cast growing, and there are all kinds of stories of the great time that was had at Grand Prix Philly. It’s time for another installment of your favorite finance podcast. What from the new set has financial potential? Find out on an…

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Brainstorm Brewery #96 – Bloom Tenders

In the wake of the April Fools’ Day gag, the cast is back in its real format and better than ever. With a lot to say about what seems like a small number of developments, the cast is packed to the rafters with value. Somehow, the cast finds a way to have four opinions about…

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Brainstorm Brewery #95 – A New Format

Based on some feedback, the gang has decided to reformat the show to make it conform to the consensus from the community. The cast has been streamlined and will follow a new, shorter format from now on. It is all the finance news you want in under five minutes, without all the filler. What were…

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Brainstorm Brewery #94 – The Death of Legacy(?)

When a dual land starts to go for the price of a beaten-up Mox, you know it’s time to take a look at whether Legacy can survive as a format. Is this bad overall for the community or is this a simple case of some people being priced out of the format because that is…

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Brainstorm Brewery #93 – GP Sober Train

The gang is back from Grand Prix Montreal, and some things did not go according to plan. With the Booze Cube championship that was planned for the train ride from Toronto to Montreal ending up as a logistical impossibility, could the weekend be salvaged? Whom did the gang meet with at the event? Was Corbin…

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Brainstorm Brewery #92 – Booze Cube Expansion

The gang is joined by the Booze Cube’s architect himself, Scott Peitzer (@TheBoozeCube). With a new Booze Cube expansion, #crackgate, and more Modern price craziness at play, there is a lot to discuss. With a binder twice-related fiasco separating Corbin from the group, it’s up to the rest of the gang to keep the conversation…

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Brainstorm Brewery #91 – And Then There Were 3

With Ryan taking a week off for travel it’s up to the other three to hold down the fort. While it was a relatively slow week for finance, the gang finds plenty to discuss. What is the forecast for reprints of Modern Staples, namely lands? Who goes overboard with 12 picks of the week and…

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Brainstorm Brewery #90 – Dreams Denied

It’s a new finance landscape than it was a year ago and the gang is left with as many questions as answers as we watch cards that spiked to unprecedented levels are beginning to normalize. Pro Tour Born of the Gods made some people a lot of money, but who really benefitted? Was it a…

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Brainstorm Brewery #89 – Brews and Ale

It’s a podcast mishmash as Houston Whitehead (@TNSGingerAle) from Tap ‘n’ Sac drops by to talk about scumbaggery, his article series on Brainstorm Brewery, and podcasting. How can you deal with a dealer who is severely underpricing cards in his or her case not knowing they went up? How do you make sure your trade…

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Brainstorm Brewery #88 – Current Pro

Taking time out of his busy schedule of Pro Tour preparation, Ray Perez Jr. (@RayFuturePro) drops by the show to give us some inside info about how the member of a team like MTGMadness prepares for a Pro Tour stop, to tell us about the decks he likes in Modern, and to talk a little…

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Brainstorm Brewery #87 – Finance Shminance

It’s a Modern-tastic episode as the gang is joined by Mox Reuby himself—Reuben Bresler (@moxreuby). With bannings and unbannings shaking up the Modern format, there is a lot to discuss. How much of it is finance, and how much of it is general speculation about what the Modern format will look like? You decide! So…

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Brainstorm Brewery #86 – Bored of the Gods

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the Born of the Gods set-review episode. Dispens-ing with a confusing letter grade, the gang decides to focus its energy on analysis and predicting what the cor-rect price to pick up and sell off each card will be. Are the rares or mythics more exciting? Which card…

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Brainstorm Brewery #85 – Jason in Stereo

Brainstorm Brewery doubles down on Jasons as they are joined by real world and MTG Financier Jason (@time_elemental) to talk about Born of the Gods, the 20 tix contest, his finance philosophy and more. Is this set really Dragon’s Maze 2.0? Is Pain Seer the next Bob or the next Blood Scrivener? How many cards…

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Brainstorm Brewery #84 – The Greatest Fool of All

We don’t mean to spend so much time talking about Reddit even though so much happened this week that we really feel like we have to. We’ve got spoilers, spoilers, spoilers! The gang talks about more than three cards, but I didn’t want to keep writing “spoilers”. Here’s another spoiler – you only have one…

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Brainstorm Brewery #83 – Gathering of Magi

he cast is celebrating an actual milestone—this marks this point when more episodes were recorded on GatheringMagic than not. To help celebrate, the usual gang of miscreants is joined by GatheringMagic’s Con-tent Manager and Head Honcho Adam Styborski (@the_stybs). With price spikes and new card borders to discuss, the gang gets down to business and…

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Brainstorm Brewery #82 – 2013 Retrospective

2013 is in our rearview mirrors, and what a year it was. There were a lot of financially-relevant happenings in the year gone by, and the gang reminisces. What happened in 2013, and how can that help us look at 2014? What will we be ready for when history repeats itself? Tune in for a…

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