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Brainstorm Brewery #235: Brian Braun Reviewin’

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery #234: If you believe Admonition Angel will never die, clap your hands

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery #233: Brainstorm Nursery

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery #232: Corbin is a Dirty Card Looker-Upper

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…

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Money Draught #66 – Double Negative

Topics include: relevant cards untouched by Modern Masters reprints, 2018 GP changes, and listener questions. ** This cast is for mature listeners. Recorded 3/9/17 ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental Money Draught RSS

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Brainstorm Brewery #231 – Something About A Monkey Coming Out Of A Sleeve

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery #230 – The Mailbag Edition

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 Support our Patreon! Need…

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Brainstorm Brewery #229 – Dj Drives the Bus

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery #228 – Reprint It All

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,…

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Money Draught #65 – White Noise

Topics include: whether Magic design is too complex, the stress on Standard and Magic’s future, Modern Masters 2017 supply, and the so-called Ting-Hai Effect. ** This cast is for mature listeners. Recorded 2/16/17 ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt ? @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger ? @slickJagger JR ? @time_elemental Money Draught RSS Download here

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Brainstorm Brewery 227: Some Fish, a Flower, and some Salt

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,…

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Brainstorm Brewery 226: Emo Song Lyrics or Archenemy Scheme?

  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…

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Money Draught #64 – Apu-ology

Topics include: The future of Magic Online, the Felidar Guardian fiasco, the first news we remembered, Legacy Cube, and whether House of Cards influenced the election. ** This cast is for mature listeners. Recorded 1/22/17 ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental Money Draught RSS

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Brainstorm Brewery 225: The EV of a baby and trips down memory lane

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…

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MTG After Hours #21 – Manifest Destiny

There’s an unclaimed frontier out there and it’s an exciting time to be a magician as we get to explore a new format unhindered by a banned list and pro player pressure to break the format. Enjoy! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD It’s back, the show you’ve probably heard of but never had the chance to…

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Brainstorm Brewery 224- The one where we have a pro tour champion on

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…

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Brainstorm Brewery 223- 2x the Oklahoma and 1/3 the salt

  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…

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MTG After Hours #20 – In Real Life

Life isn’t easy, you’ll never have it figured out. All you can do is try to be better, cause you can always do better. Love each other and yourself, it’s difficult to share what you don’t process; happiness is infectious. It’s back, the show you’ve probably heard of but never had the chance to listen…

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Brainstorm Brewery #222 – How to get murdered by a Craigslist seller

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…

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MTG After Hours #19 – Jonny Keranos

This week we are joined by the Storm master himself, Jon Finkel (@Jonnymagic00) to talk a little Standard but mostly drafting Storm in Vintage Cube  on MODO. This is a treat, so pour yourself somef fine Scotch, light a cigar and just kick back. It’s back, the show you’ve probably heard of but never had…

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Brainstorm Brewery 221: The Wescoe Review

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…

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Money Draught #63 – Top-down Development

Topics include: Heavy Meta, the state of MTG development and sanctioned formats in light of the recent B&R announcements, Frontier, digital competition, Aether Revolt cards we like, and Vintage Cube. ** This cast is for mature listeners. Recorded 1/9/17 ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental Money Draught…

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MTG After Hours #18 – Golden Age Gambit

It’s back, the show you’ve probably heard of but never had the chance to listen to. Don’t sweat it, tune in your earholes for what will likely be a weekly journey into the minds of some of your favorite podcasters from favorite retired podcasts and such. It’s getting iridescent, so put on your shades to…

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Brainstorm Brewery #220 New Year’s Revolt

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…

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Money Draught #62 – Yarn Barn

Our friend Marcel (@MarcelMTG) joins us, and topics include: Stocks and war, automation, meditation and stress, consent and baby-touching, Standard popularity, the fate of the Magic movie, whether the Pro Tour is a pipe-dream, the fall of Pokemon Go, the Community Cup, inflation, and the online Twisted Color Pie Cube.   ** This cast is for mature…

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