It was a long wait, but it was worth it as the gang is in fine form on this episode of Brainstorm Brewery. Tune in to hear how a trip to Sonic can turn tragic, a brouhaha over a forgotten 7 drop and about how no one (not even Jason) expects anything good out of…

— Chas Andres (@chasandres), financial writer for Star City Games, joins us as a guest host this week. — Thragtusk is still the big bad wolf in the room, again, only this time top dominating the top 8 as previous weeks. Has the tide turned for the fearsome beast or is he the Boogeyman that…

— Thragtusk is the big bad wolf in Standard, seemingly everywhere in the Meta; is he worth the $25 sticker price? What part of Thragtusk make him so powerful? — Rakdos’s Return turns out to be a powerhouse as Ryan predicted and everyone else didn’t believe the hype. — We talk about the 2 GPs…

— Pro Tour: Return to Ravnica occurred this weekend in Seattle where Jund was the dominate player in the field. Stanislav Cifka masterly piloted “Eggs“, a jerkin’ with Jergens combo deck. — Aaron Foresythe announced Modern Masters at the Pro Tour.? It is a 229 card reprints set composed the key cards in Modern with…

— Gavin Verhey (@GavinVerhey) member of Wizard’s Design Team, former co-host of Monday Night Magic & commentator on SCG Live joins us as a guest host this week! — If you don’t know Gavin you’ll get to know him as we ask him questions about working for Wizards, designing new cards, what it takes to…

— Jesse Smith (@Smi77y) known for his deck brewing skill, member of the Community Cup and CEO of 60cards.com joins us as a guest host this week talking lots of brews & SCG?s Top 8. — Star City Games had the first Standard Open this weekend where Return to Ravnica was legal. Todd Anderson won…

— Arthur Halavais (@ahalavais), level 2 judge, PTQ grinder & finance guy joins us as a guesty host this week talking lots of Ravnica. We talk lots of Ravnica; Standard, Modern & Legacy. — Guessing with the Godslayer is back again, with Aaron attempting to stump the cast with modern cards, will he succeed? —…

— Return to Ravnica Set Review Episode!!! Jonathan Medina (@mtgMedina) member of The Eh Team and the man behind LegitMTG.com joins us as a guest host this week! — Calling Shots! Are they a financially good move? The hosts debate the legitimacy of called shots and if they are actually worth it. — Bulk or…

— Conley Woods (@Conley81), pro player, deck brewer extraordinaire from Channel Fireball joins us as a guest host this week! Congrats on representing the players at the Community Cup! — The full spoiler of Return to Ravnica is up a week early and we talk about the potential players in the set for Standard, Modern…

— Paul Feudo (@Plfeudo) financial writer for LegitMTG.com joins us this week as a guest host. — So many Return to Ravnica spoilers, many good cards! The hosts debate prices on this set that will be opened in record numbers; the value in this set is insane! — A cycle of uncounterable rares cards will…

— Shocklands are Back!!! Resident troll and devil’s advocate Ryan Bushard admits defeat.– Return to Ravnica spoilers galore, some juicy cards have been previewed and the hosts are divided on several of them. Which do they think are potential players in the new Standard? — Two new exciting Planeswalkers are debated on the cast, guess…

— “What’s It Worth?” has now become “Guessing with the Godslayer”, until someone submits and new name and claims the prize, anyone?!? — Ravnica spoilers and yes there are some juicy cards already. –Three of the host make calls on cheap rares that could potentially blow up if a creature with populate is printed. —…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — GenCon, GenCon, GenCon, get your proper dose of GenCon.? This episode is about our experiences at GenCon, the ups and downs along with some financials. — Watch out GenCon videos here.   Contact Us Brainstorm Brewery – website – email – twitter – facebook – YouTube…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — GenCon Primer: the hosts talk about how to prepare for the Trader’s Paradise that is GenCon. Get tips on where to find the best deals, how to trade for the cards you want and protect yourself from theft. Also important topics like where to eat at…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — Booze Cube Madness!!! The hosts have their submissions for the Booze Cube expansion, listen in to hear what they came up with and vote here on your favorite cards for the expansion.– Tournament heavy weekend with 3 GPs, MOCS and a MODO PTQ. Modern is still…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — M13 review time!!! Shotcalls with no Magic Eightball, well… usually.– Return to Ravnica will have the best prelease event ever, hands down, bar none; will make you say what’s a Helivault? — MODO’s new client is out as a preview but the hosts are far from…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — Sam Black creates a new Masterpiece Legacy deck for GP Atlanta using Goblin Bombardment, Faithless Looting, Gravecrawlers and other goodness, lots of synergy!!! — Merfolks, Merfolks, Merfolks!!! Corbin is ecstatic over his pet legacy deck winning the SCG Open with another Blue/Black Merfolk in 4th! —…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!” — No Shocklands in M13!!! Despite our miscall on the cast, selling Shocks was the financially correct move. We have a good debate on reprints & the future of Shocklands. — No Noble Hierarch in M13 as Mark Rosewater revealed that Exalted will only be on white…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!”   — Darin Minard goes over his last minute deck tech he came up with for the Standard Open where he placed 20th! Check out his decklist! — Corbin played a Naya deck in the standard portion of the SCG Invitational and Maverick in the legacy partition,…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!”   Contest this week, 2 winners will receive a draft set of AVR, either MODO or Paper packs.   — The Reserved List gets debated by the hosts, would eliminating the Reserved List kill Magic, both sides of the argument present solid points, what do you think?…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!”   — The shards of Alara are returning in M13, does that mean a Noble Hierarch reprint, Tri-Lands? Looks like there will be 2 new planeswalkers in M13, also Shocklands are looking likely with Arbor Elf being reprinted. — There’s talk of Snapcaster, Delver and/or Ponder getting…

“Top quality financial information and innovative deck brewing!”   Finance Corner — Brad Nelson 2nd GP Minnesota with a Grand Architect deck, will the card see a price spike? — MODO pre-releases are a scam, charging extortion prices to get the cards you want to play! — Avacyn Restored is breathing new life into Standard,…