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Episode 158 – The Last Show of 2010
Just made it in before 2011! On this episode we take a look at some listener mail, check out how Worlds ended this year (complete with a quick look at some of the decks in the Top 8), take a look at the nonsense surrounding the next two Magic expansions, and talk about the recent rules changes to EDH (or Commander if you prefer).
Then we have the Black installment of the Core Set: Mana Pool Edition. This time we have 6 staples from my favorite color! I’ve typed about this several times before, so if you have no idea what I’m talking about, check the last few episodes. I hope you guys enjoy it, and we’ll see you again next year!
Intro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.swift-band.com
Break Music – Brinstar from Metroid by Hirokazu Tanaka – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka
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Episode 157 – Blue with a Splash of News
Just in time for Christmas, it’s a late episode! Sweet! This episode has a lot of stuff going on, starting with emails covering everything from subliminal messages to holiday habits. Then we have news, which is really not news anymore but it’s our take on these news items. We’ve got the big Commander announcement, some decks from the Star City Invitational, and a quick rant about Tomoharu Saito’s non-induction to the Hall of Fame and how little Wizards said about it.
Then there’s a brief musical interlude and we go right back into Core Set: Mana Pool Edition. In case you don’t remember, Brian came up with this idea a while back. For each color, he came up with six things that each color always does all the time, which I refer to as “staples”. Then each of us took this list of staples and found cards to fit them. The catch is that each card we choose must be one that has never been printed in a Core Set. Easy, right? Well this time we’re taking on Blue, and we’ve got lots of interesting choices. Let us know what you think or what you’d throw in a Core Set.
Intro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.swift-band.com
Break Music – Zeromus by The Black Mages – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Mages
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60CC – The Chuck Deck!
There you guys are! I’ve been looking everywhere for you! Where have you been for the last 4 months? I’ve had this decklist and discussion ready to go all this time. Geez, so much for loyalty in readership.
Okay, you got me. I primarily worked on these 60 Card Challenge posts at work during lunch and breaks. Then work picked up and ran, and my computer got co-opted for use on the production floor, so I wasn’t able to do it there anymore. And when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was sit in front of a computer again.
But now I’m unemployed and have nothing but time on my hands, so here I am to start writing again! In my time thus far without a job, I’ve been watching lots of movies, and I just watched the one that originally inspired this next deck. In 2003, Ang Lee released a masterpiece, his take on Marvel’s Green Goliath, Hulk. When I saw Hulk pick up a tank by the turret, spin around, and let it go hammer throw style, I knew I had to do that for myself. After throwing my back out and spending a while in the hospital with gamma radiation poisoning, I decided perhaps an exact duplication wasn’t such a good idea. So I turned to Magic, and thus was born the Chuck Deck! Continue reading
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Episode 156 – White with a Splash of Green
Other than the random technical issues that caused us to start late, caused Mike to sound funny this entire episode, and caused Brian to be muted for most of the episode, it went off without a hitch! We went over a mess of emails, then did the White section of Brian’s Core Set: Mana Pool Edition. And to go along with the White section of that, Brian requested an Out of the Deck Box for Mike’s mono-green mana ramp deck.
Yeah, it made no sense to us either. Check the forum post for this episode for the deck list as usual. Hope you guys enjoy!
Intro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.swift-band.com
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Episode 155 – Scars Intro Packs Live!
What’s that? A live episode? Where did this come from? Well honestly it came from Brian’s house, but that’s not important. Due to a lack of Dirk during this episode’s recording, Brian decided Mike and I should roll over there to play his newly-bought Scars of Mirrodin Intro Packs. He had Myr of Mirrodin, Metalcraft, and Phyrexian Poison. We played a three-man game, then traded decks and did it again, then traded again and did it one more time. It was a lot of fun, and you’ll get to hear some of our usual nonsense, including me trying to coax Brian’s wife to actually say something on the air. Spoiler alert – it doesn’t work.
If you want to know what’s in the decks, check here:
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/547
Intro Music – Diamond by Swift – http://www.swift-band.com
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