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This Week in Magic
Tom, Conley, Marcel, and Eric (briefly) bring you the news this week. We start off with multiplayer format / stand-alone product with descriptions of all four decks. Congratulations to Dan Alpers of CCGamers.org for winning the My Magic contest for a trip to San Juan! Keep an eye out for the TCGPlayer $5K in Boston on May 1st. Hasbro lists Magic in their first quarter call as one of their top sellers. Magic the Gathering Schedule is up for Gencon (August 4th through 8th). The "King of Fatties", Jamie Wakefield, is returning to magic with goal of winning the Pro Tour. The 2010 Community Cup invitations are up for the public and press members! Jonathan Medina will have a series of articles on ManaNation about trading up from a pack of RoE to a piece of power. Also, check out the transcript of the Rise of the Eldrazi developers chat on the mothership. Don't miss out on a discussion of man crushes and how Tom took the question in different direction (Jude Law!).
What Have We Been Playing?
Conley discusses limited with draft and sealed and Marcel backs Tom up on the power UW Level Up and a few other archetypes to look out for.
Listener Emails
Email us at pitimp@mtgcast.com, conley@mtgcast.com, marcel@mtgcast.com.
We have literally OODLES of emails this week. Tom apologizes somewhat on his comments regarding Deathless Angel. More discussion on the reserved list and the potential for a "new extended" starting with Mercadian Masques block and the depiction of race in magic art. B-movie recommendations include: Troll 2, Yor: The Hunter of the Future, El Orfanato, anything made by Asylum, Feast!, Hard Candy. Link to review of Yor: The Hunter of the Future and the infographic about the physics of Mega Shark.
MTGCast News
Well, we finally announce the winners of the twelve prize packs that each have 3 boosters of RoE! If you win, just email Tom at pitimp@mtgcast.com your mailing address. Onto the winnahs!
- Nanarchy with Sean Connery as Urza
- Philip Heckman with Triple HHH as Sarkhan Vol
- pokerbob1 with Neil Patrick Harris (NPH!) as Jace Beleren
- Rellok with Kevin Bacon or Christopher Walken as Sorin Markov and Chuck Norris as Ajani Vengeant
- Queklain with Keanu Reeves as Jace Beleren
- Tosus with Michael Dorn (Worf) for Ajani Goldman, Samuel L. Jackson voicing a CGI Nicol Bolas, and Nathan Fillion as Urza
- Caudates with Carrot Top as Chandra Nalaar and Marlon Wayans as Sorin Markov and a number of "Blackula" references
- jonnyjonny with Helena Bonham Carter as Lilliana Vess
- greenmanaguy with Ron Pearlman as Ajani Goldmane and has a link to when Ron Pearlman played the Beast in the TV series of Beauty and the Beast!
- Biomechanika with Marlon Wayans as Sarkan Vol and a description of his planeswalker abilities and how it links to his movies
- culeryn with Dominic West playing Tezzeret and he does have a striking resemblance
- Etsap with Jeremy Irons as Nicol Bolas, Val Kilmer as Tezzeret, Charlize Theron as Elspeth
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