Archive | August, 2008

The Magic Sock #131: News in the Tempest

The Magic Sock #131: News in the Tempest

Total running time: 1 hour,  1 minutes and 39 seconds. Show Notes: –Support The Magic Sock and make a donation! –Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock –Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com. –Lots of great Magic news. New Magic website coming and From the Vault: Dragons. –Blast from the Past: Review of the Tempest set. Check [...] [...more]

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Planeswalk with the Proffessors #41: Let’s Sing a Campfire Song

Planeswalk with the Proffessors #41: Let’s Sing a Campfire Song

Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of Planeswalkin with the Proffessors! This week’s news is too say the least, a bit dry, so rather then just make a two minute episode rambling about Shards of Alara, I’ve decided to take the liberty of going back and talking about where exactly I was during [...] [...more]

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#19 - 2008 Aug 27 - The Magic School Bus #19 - James Cagle and Robert Schiermeyer - MSB Episode 19 - Post GP:Denver

#19 - 2008 Aug 27 - The Magic School Bus #19 - James Cagle and Robert Schiermeyer - MSB Episode 19 - Post GP:Denver

#19 - 2008 Aug 27 - The Magic School Bus #19 - James Cagle and Robert Schiermeyer - MSB Episode 19 - Post GP:Denver This week, things get back to normal as we talk about some announcements in Wizards of the coast news and Rob gives us a recap of his day at GP Denver with [...] [...more]

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Deck Builders: Ep 26 - Grand Prix Denver Pt.2

Deck Builders: Ep 26 - Grand Prix Denver Pt.2

Today on Deck Builders we take a look at Stan’s Grand Prix Denver deck where he examines Quillspike. Stan overall went 10-3 on the weekend with this deck. 4x Chameleon Colossus 4x Devoted Druid 4x Scarblade Elite 4x Murderous Redcap 3x Quillspike 3x Kitchen Finks 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae 4x Firespout 4x Nameless Inversion 2x Liliana Vess 2x Profane Command 1x Rite of Consumption 4x Gilt [...] [...more]

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Deck Builders: Ep 25 - Grand Prix Denver Coverage Pt. 1

Deck Builders: Ep 25 - Grand Prix Denver Coverage Pt. 1

In Today’s episode we talk with Michael Jacob and he shows us his Block deck that he used for Grand Prix Denver. Plan on Future updates from Grand Prix denver throught out the next week. [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #118: Derek Goes All In!

Monday Night Magic #118: Derek Goes All In!

We are brought to you by TrollAndToad.com, MTGMintCard.com and CardHoarder.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - www.zazzle.com/mtgcast This Week in Magic Check out the awesomeness that is Ajani Vengeant soon to be appearing as the Shards of Alara pre-release promo! The Orb of Insight for Shards of Alara goes up on Monday and please check out the [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #130: Eventide Theme Decks

The Magic Sock #130: Eventide Theme Decks

Total running time: 57 minutes and 31 seconds. Show Notes: –Support The Magic Sock and make a donation! –Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock –Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com. –Run through two Eventide theme decks. –Blast from the Past: Review of the Weatherlight set. Check out all the Magic sets on Wikipedia. –Lots of great feedback. –Music [...] [...more]

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#18 - 2008 Aug 18 - The Magic School Bus #18 - James Cagle - MSB Episode 18 - GP:Denver Part 3 of 3

#18 - 2008 Aug 18 - The Magic School Bus #18 - James Cagle - MSB Episode 18 - GP:Denver Part 3 of 3

#18 - 2008 Aug 18 - The Magic School Bus #18 - James Cagle - MSB Episode 18 - GP:Denver Part 3 of 3 2008 GRAND PRIX DENVER! Listing people from Left to Right. Front: Brian Kibler, Gerry Thompson, Patrick Chapin. Back: Steve Sadin, Kyle Goodman , Sam Black, and Gaudenis Vidugiris Sorry for the delay on part 3. This [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #117: The Gavin Propaganda Hour

Monday Night Magic #117: The Gavin Propaganda Hour

MTGCast Episode 117 - The Gavin Propaganda Hour “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” We are brought to you by TrollAndToad.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - www.zazzle.com/mtgcast This Week in Magic Two more nationals happened last weekend, and congrats to the British national team and the Dutch national team! Several MTGcast podcasters were [...] [...more]

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#78 - 2008 Aug 18 - Road Warrior Otwell #78 - CHRISTOPHER OTWELL - Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Breakdown

#78 - 2008 Aug 18 - Road Warrior Otwell #78 - CHRISTOPHER OTWELL - Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Breakdown

#78 - 2008 Aug 18 - Road Warrior Otwell #78 - CHRISTOPHER OTWELL - MAGIC PRO TOUR HALL OF FAME BREAKDOWN This is my annual Magic Hall of Fame selection show, which if I were given a true vote in the process, I would have definately pushed forward with the following conclusions: Below is a link to [...] [...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.