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The Magic Sock #122: Prerelease Changes

Posted on 30 June 2008 by Ron Vitale

Total running time: 50 minutes and 46 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.
–Talk about the new prerelease changes. Prereleases will use Intro packs instead?
–Blast from the past: Quick review of Fallen Empires Magic set release in November 1994.
–Check out all the Magic sets on Wikipedia.
–Great feedback.
–This week’s song is a surprise!

 
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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Kevin O'Connell Says:
    June 30th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Hi Ron,

    I’m a old-school player of the game, and just recently got back into the game because of Shadowmoor and the awesome video and audio podcasts out there like the Magic Sock.

    One thing I often hear on your podcasts is the need for donations to cover the costs of webhosting, domain names, and your type-pad account. I happen to work for a webhosting company in Canada and have a couple of not-for-profit customers that host their email and website with us for free in return for a small logo of my company at the bottom of their webpages.

    Not sure if this is something that would interest you in the magic sock, but please let me know, I would love to help keep the show alive for years to come.

    Kevin O’Connell

  2. FC2000 Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Hey I’m pretty sure the reference to intro-packs in pre-releases is just saying that they provide an opportunity for new players to PLAY WITH the intro-packs, and not FOR A PRERELEASE TOURNAMENT. In other words, maybe there will be special ‘intro-pack’ tournaments, much like theme-deck tournaments in the past. That’s my 2cents.

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