Archive | May, 2007

Major Announcement

Major Announcement

–Musical Introduction by Dave Gruska. –Major Announcement: The Magic Sock podcast will be joining the MTGCast.com network. –Run through of two Future Sight preconstructed decks. –Question of the week: Do you buy preconstructed deck? If, yes, why? If, no, then why not? Or send any feedback topic that you’d like (within reason!). Send me your feedback. –Feedback. –Music by [...] [...more]

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2007 May 08 - Djinns Playground #1 - Introduction

2007 May 08 - Djinns Playground #1 - Introduction

The first ever Episode! Djinn discusses humble beginnings, a New Mexican Hat Dance, and what to expect in future shows. Hosted by Nick ‘Djinn’ Bonham. [...more]

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What happened to Dom?

What happened to Dom?

MTGCast Episode #54: What happened to Dom? “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” This Week in Magic Some updates on MTGO III and the current version II.5. More in-depth discussion of bots on MTGO and some changes to the MTGO economy along with info about the extremely useful Infobot! We discuss another program [...] [...more]

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The Future Is Here!

The Future Is Here!

–Musical Introduction by Dave Gruska. –Future Sight is out this weekend: Run through of all the cards I find interesting. –Question of the week: What do you think of Future Sight? What would you like to hear on the show? Or send any feedback topic that you’d like (within reason!). Send me your feedback. –Lots of great feedback. –Music [...] [...more]

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Spoiled Rotten

Spoiled Rotten

Sorry it’s a bit late [...more]

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    Sealed Deck
    • 2+ players
    • Each player needs 1 Tournament pack and 3 booster packs
    • Players simply open their tournament packs and the cards from three additional booster packs and build a deck from the cards they opened. Guidelines require a minimum deck size of 40 cards and allow players to add as many basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests) to their card pools as they like.

    Booster Draft
    • 4-8 players
    • Each player needs 3 booster packs
    • At the start of a Booster Draft, each player opens a booster pack and picks the card he or she wants from it. (You can't see the cards that the other players draft.) Then each player passes the rest of the pack to his or her left. You pick up the pack that was passed to you, select a card, and pass the rest to your left. This process continues until all the cards have been drafted. Next, each player opens a second pack, but this time, you pass the pack to your right. After all those cards are drafted, you open the third pack and pass to the left again.
      Once all the packs have been drafted, players build decks from the cards they selected, adding as many basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests) to their decks as they like. Each deck must have at least 40 cards.
    Tribal Wars
    • One-third of every deck must be of a single creature type (e.g. "Merfolk" or "Beast")
    • Each deck must contain at least 60 cards, and players may build decks using Standard, Extended, Legacy, or Vintage deckbuilding rules.
    • You can use creatures of other creature types, but they do not count towards the "1/3 of single creature type" rule.

    Singleton
    • aka "Highlander"
    • No two cards in a player's deck can share a name unless they're basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests). Players can use Standard, Extended, Legacy, or Vintage deckbuilding rules.