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Episode 191 – Bigheadjoe and the Mechanics
We are joined this week by the highly entertaining Bigheadjoe of Yo! MTG Taps and formerly of SCG Live. He fits right in as one of the dorks, and I think you’ll enjoy having him on to take Mike’s place this episode. Hold out until the end to hear an announcement from Joe about his new wrestling podcast.
We begin with Brian’s experience at a recent FNM, followed by a massive bout of nostalgia. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but I remember it was pretty awesome. Then we have a nice discussion about the M12 Event Decks, FNM promo cards, and have a bizarre example of M12 print runs. Blood Ogre, Angel’s Mercy, Garruk’s Companion, Child of Night – in that order, first four cards of all three packs I opened on the air. What the hell?
Oh, and we finish the episode off with a nice big discussion about our favorite mechanics, a topic Dirk came up with a long time ago that we’re finally getting around to. Yeah, we’ve been putting it off for at least a couple months.
I want to apologize for my (Chewie’s) voice doing the Max Headroom thing this episode. It starts around a third of the way through, and it lasts the entire damn episode. I have no idea what caused it, but since it’s just me and I wasn’t speaking as much as usual this episode, I just let it go. Sorry again, hope you can make it through.
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Episode 190 – Quick Hits (Well For Us Anyway)
Before recording this episode, I put out a call for some topics that we could talk about that required no preparation ahead of time, and boy did you guys come through! We got a whole massive list of stuff to talk about. After we covered the Innistrad news from the San Diego Comic Con, of course. Don’t let’s be silly. Mark Rosewater tweeted a recap of the information that was revealed, and I gathered up all those tweets so we could then share them with all of you listeners out there.
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Episode 189 – Magic Jeopardy (and the Movie)
This episode has it all – thrills, chills, suspense, controversy, a happy reunion and a heartfelt goodbye. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll yell at your mp3 player.
Well, maybe not all of that. But most of it! This episode sees the return of our disease-ridden rambler Brian! Okay, so that’s a bit much, but whatever he’s back yay! To celebrate being back, he’s got a brand new idea for the show – Magic Jeopardy! With 30 questions across 6 categories, he’s going to put the other three dorks to the test! Who will come out ahead? And what sort of controversy will arise? Let us know what you think of the Magic Jeopardy so we’ll know if we should bother doing it again.
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Episode 188 – Horde of Serious Notions of Fun
After a bit of email and some news (including our long-lost interview with Amanda, which can now be found on Red Site Wins), we are joined by two very special guest hosts. No longer do we need wonder if these two are actually one and the same person, because I heard them both talking at the same time! Our two special guests are none other than the returning Adam Styborski and first time guest but long-time dork Chris Lansdell. If you want to find more about our guests, consult the links below.
With introductions out of the way, we proceeded to talk about the various M12 events we attended, which included a vicious bad beats story from Stybs. After spending some time on M12 as a whole, we decided to do a Story Circle with our hosts. Apparently Chris does this a lot, since he ripped off the idea for his own show. But that means a better deck for all involved, right? We started with Pyromancy, and it just went out of control from there. With all the cards we rattled off, there’s a wonderful starting place for all you deckbuilders out there. Probably three or four starting places, actually. From here the discussion went far afield, covering such random topics as planking, scrapple, old Hot Pockets commercials, and Billy Madison. I really wish I was making this up. Hope you guys enjoy!
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Episode #187 – Guest, Interrupted (and M12)
We are joined this episode by one Robert Martin, also known as The Beme. You might know him as the interviewer from The Men of Magic, or maybe from the Hardcast, or maybe even the suddenly-defunct Mana Screwed podcast (go listen to their episodes, dash it all!). He also pops up on Monday Night Magic sometimes! But today, he’s here with us!
At least, he starts out here with us. Due to circumstances beyond his control, he had to leave us before we actually got to the meat of the episode. He did stick around long enough to give us his take on the new Chandra and Garruk though, and those are the important ones. Before he left, we were reading listener mail and determining the best way to tell our listeners to RTFC. Ah, like that.
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