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Our friend Jack Wang (@JWang_MTG) joins us, and discussion includes: Artificial intelligence, AlphaGo and Magic, Primary prediction errors at FiveThirtyEight, the Hard Hat Riot of 1970, the structure of society, Marion Barry and the Hanafi Siege of 1977, Giraffe fighting techniques, Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio, bodybuilder Paul Dillet, and hanging out at GP DC with…
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I’d like to go more in depth with the show notes, but literally we only talked about Modern bans. We did Pick of the Week early, but we didn’t want that out there too much because we didn’t want people shutting the podcast off after they extracted our tasty knowledge morsels. That’s why we put…
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It’s a Set Review but this time Ryan had an idea to switch up the format, hope you like it. Contact Us! Brainstorm Brewery – Website – E-mail – Twitter – Facebook – RSS – iTunes – Stitcher Ryan Bushard – E-mail – Twitter – Facebook Corbin Hosler – E-mail – Twitter – Facebook…
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We are previewing our card! If you’re not a regular listener of the case, we threw our explanation and analysis of the card into the front of the episode so you don’t have to skip to the end. We want to make things convenient for you because we already counted your traffic. Whether you listen…
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Marcel is gone but he is not forgotten in this bite-sized episode where the remaining team digs into the mailbag. Announcements are made, help is requested, e-mails are read, things of the week are picked. Just listen. Brainstorm Brewery is getting a Shadows preview card! Tune in next week for an early episode Mailbag!…
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The gang is joined by resident 5th Host Ray Perez Jr. (@rayfuturepro) to talk about Modern, how much Ray doesn’t like Modern, what could get unbanned in Modern, what will get banned in Modern, which GPs and PT events Ray will go to if it means playing Modern and Modern. It felt like that was…
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Topics include: What to do, if anything, about Eternal Masters, Jason feeling justified that Conspiracy is back, JR hating Monday announcements, a top 8 countdown of parliamentary brawls, and gravitational waves. ** This cast is for mature listeners** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental Money Draught RSS
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Hordes of Eldrazi monstrosities have sol ring’d their way onto the tiny island nation of the modern format. The Kamigawa Police Club stands ready to protect the masses whose deckbuilding minds have been destroyed by a colourless blast of Pro Tour metagame. Shane has been brewing deep and lays down some useful deck tech no…
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The gang is joined by Magic artist Aaron Miller (@aarondraws) to talk about the world of illustrating our wacky children’s card game. Ever wondered how Aaron got his start, how he fits into the community or where he has hidden squirrels on iconic Magic art? This is the episode for you. Are you going to…
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Eternal Masters is announced and there literally isn’t much else to talk about. Really. Check below if you think we talked about more because we didn’t. Help us prep for episode 200. Seriously. Hit us up to find out how to help. Baby finance! No more duel decks? Eternal Masters. Alllll day. New format?…
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Sleep is for the weak. At least that is what Jason and Marcel want you all to believe as they both pick the first week of February to have their kids. Marcel has to bow out this week due to child-related obligations so the gang gets a very special guest to fill in – Mr….
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Topics include: The impact of Oath of the Gatewatch on Modern, “garbage tier finance”, Legacy Cube, JR’s art and mid-century credenza search, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, The London Beer Flood of 1814, and a call for favorite parliamentary brawls. ** This cast is for mature listeners** Your Hosts: Jason Alt —…
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A new year is upon us and the Plan must go on. Em, Shane, Tommy, and Ken all managed to get some streaming in but schedules continue to elude us. Then we briefly check in on Proxypocaplyse 2016 and the series of related missives from WotC. Oath of the Gatewatch has everyone juiced to play…
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The eldrazi are great, but their names could be a lot more distinct. World Crusher? Reality Bruiser? I sometimes think the price of Thought-Knot Seer is so high because it’s the only Eldrazi people are able to identify and buy on purpose without trying to buy something else. The gang keeps getting tripped up on…
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There were lots of happenings the last few weeks and since we didn’t get to talk about anything last week due to the set review, we decided to jimmy jam everything into one action-packed episode and get caught up. There were prerelease weekend shenanigans, GP Oakland was a thing, multiple bannings happened and Reddit showed…
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All-time great Jon Finkel joins us in a very special episode where discussion includes: the state of Magic and its viability as an E-sport, Jon’s thoughts on Cube and Storm, “mtg finance”, hedge fund styles, our recurring debate on the pace of technological change, and Scotch. ** This cast is for mature listeners, and contains…
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Oath of the Gatewatch Set Review Support our Patreon! DO IT. You know this cast makes you more than $1 a week We’re serious about the Patreon. Expect new perks. Need to contact us? Hit up [email protected] Contact Us! Brainstorm Brewery – Website – E-mail – Twitter – Facebook – RSS – iTunes –…
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We made it to 10 episodes. Pigs have frozen over and hell is flying. Sorry about that. The gang recaps what 2015 meant to us all. Em gets dizzy remembering how much has actually happened. Tommy and Shane battle over our Naughty & Nice list. WotC drops the mic about spoilers and we are awash…
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Topics include: “Reverse power creep”, Bx Eldrazi’s breakout in Modern, Vintage Cube, JR’s Mizzix’s Mastery Dragonstorm brew, Romanesco broccoli, Jenkem, sources of iridescence, Moiré patterns, Shepard tones, and thoughts on The Force Awakens (MODERATE SPOILERS). ** This cast is for mature listeners, and contains spoilers ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick…
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Stop saying “Buyout” because you’re almost certainly using it incorrectly. There were some price corrections, some runs and some hype this week and the gang gets to the bottom of what happened. With Oath of the Gatewatch nearly spoiled and EDH cards heating up in Financial markets, there is a to to discuss. You won’t…
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The episode begins like all good episodes with a slip of the tongue that derails the cast for ten minutes. When you hear that, you know it’s going to be a good one and this is no exception. Oath spoilers, talk about past technology and resolutions for the new year are all on the docket….
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2015 was a wacky year for this Children’s card game. Jobs were gained and lost, cards were leaked, tournaments were won, Vegas happened and what happened in Vegas needs to stay there for the most part. 2016 will be full of diaper changes and a lack of a core set and leaks being severely punished….
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Corbin starts us off by regaling all of us with a tale of his pocket getting “picketed” and we’re off to the races with a great episode where clearly we know there isn’t a lot to talk about Magic-wise until we start discussing it and, holy crap there’s actually a lot to talk about. The…
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Money Draught 50 — Nailing Theses Topics include: Leaked spoilers, event coverage changes, cube, Aspic, weird historical riots, energy markets, the rate of technological change, and some of our favorite Money Draught moments. ** This cast is for mature listeners ** Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR…
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This patch is no longer being distributed, it contained images which infringed WotC’s copyrights. I did not consider this was occurring, 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:…
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