Episode 32 - Turtle Splash
Seb and Anton have a chat with Conor Brown about Turtle Splash in Premodern. They go through the ins and outs of the deck and talk about Conors run in the Spring Fling.
Jun 20, 2022•Ep. 32
Monster of the Week - Constructing Old School Magic
A podcast from the X-files crew where figures from the Old School Community about different decks in OS and Premodern.
Hosted by Assistant Director Seb from Flipping Orbs and Wak-Wak.
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Episodes
Episode 31 - Angry Hermit
In this episode Seb and Anton have a chat with Flin Espil about Angry Hermit and his great run in the premodern Lobstercon Tournament 2022
May 23, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 31
Episode 30 - Noobcon 13
Seb have a chat with a flurry of guests. The CO-hosts Åland and Anton join also and everyone talks about what might and might not have went down at Noobcon 13
May 01, 2022
Episode 29 - The Paladins of the North
Seb and Åland talk With Nick about Paladins of the North and the second instalment of the cup. They talk a bit about Brawl and Ålands visit to Groningen.
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 29
Episode 28 - Psychatog
In this episode you will get to understand how Psychatog evolved way back in 2002 from block to standard to extended and now, in Premodern.
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 28
Episode 27 - Winter Derby 2022 and The Deck
Seb and Åland get together with Koos Cramer to talk about his journey through the Winter Derby of 2022. They talk about The Deck, ATL, sideboard options, card choices and delve into the top16.
Feb 13, 2022
Episode 26 - 5C Terrageddon
Seb and Anton have a chat with Nils about 5c Terrageddon in premodern
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 25 - MOTW does New Year's
This, the last episode of the year, Anton, Seb and Åland get together to talk about the past year and what to expect from 2022.
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 24 - Noobcon
Seb and Åland sit down with MG to talk about Noobcon and all its glory. In this, the first part we get to hear about the very first 93/94 tournament in Gothenburg and go from there all the way to Noobcon 6.
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 24
Episode 23 - BSK
Old School has grown but it is nice to step back and have a look on where it where back in the days. We go through decks from the last eight years in BSK, the second largest tournament in Sweden.
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 22 - Robo-Geddon
Seb is joined by Henk and Richard from the Dutch community to talk about Robots. What approaches should you have in mind tinkering with em' machines?
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 22
Episode 21 - YE OLDE BORDER INNISTRAD with Zombie Stu
Seb have a chat With Stu and give some tips on how you can enjoy magic in different versions (still going with the old school fell of it all)
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 19 - Scryings
Each host bring 5 cards to that they like in the Scryings set. Seb talks a bunch about Jund and gets shamed for it. Glans brings every green card possible to the table and Åland all of the really good and spiky ones.
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18 - Extrasode with Charles Klein, RG Eureka
Seb had a chat with Charles about playing red and green Eureka a while back. Apparently there are many ways to go about building Eureka so we might need to come back to it. Here are two kinda “non-powered” versions that you should check out. Have a listen and leave a comment if you enjoyed the episode!
Aug 21, 2021
Episode 20 - MG, The Janitor Ivory Cup VI
In this banger of an episode, we talk about the Ivory Cup VI. The Janitor joins in alongside Seb adn Åland to talk about how mana bases work or not work. Mg gives us the story behind his “Party Crasher” deck and we go into The Schools of magic to talk briefly about The Deck for a while.
Jun 23, 2021
Episode 17 - Glans, Hidden Gems in Premodern
In this, the 17th episode of Monster of the Week, we talk about some cards that we wish would see some more play in Premodern. Seb, Åland and the co-host Anton Glans make a case for 5 cards each. Where they right? What did they miss? And what 5 cmc card should Åland have to build a deck around?
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 17
Episode 16 - Mano, Counterless Countless Fireballs
Seb and Åland are joined by the long time host of All Tings Considered, Mano, to talk sbout playing a bunch of fireballs and playing the next best thing to The Deck. What do you have to put into consideration building the optimal deck sans counterspells? How do you usually go about playing league or one day tournaments these days? Where are we in the meta today and what cards would you say are the most underplayed ones in old school? these and many other TINGS we go on about in this episode of M...
May 20, 2021
Episode 15 - The Janitor, The NoobCom II Round Up
Seb, Åland and The Janitor talk about the meta in Noobcom II.
May 06, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14 - Glans, The Premodern Easter Championship 2021
Seb and Åland have a chat with Anton Glans about the Premodern Easter Championship. They go through how the meta has changed and evolved over the last 4 years. This episode might feel a bit all over the place but do not miss out on all the really spicy decks that get mentioned. Hopefully it will get your brewing juices flowing.
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 13 - Bonnie, Chains
Åland and Seb has Bonnie over to talk about Chains in old school magic. What even is Chains? And how do you play it?
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 12 - Martin Berlin, Lands
On this episode of Monster of the Week we discuss the Lands deck in Premodern with Martin Berlin. We go through Martins developing of the deck and talk about sideboard options.
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 12
Episode 11 - The Janitor, Howl!
What are the different archetypes where you play Howling Mine? What do they do? Find out with the help of the X-Files crew as they walk you through some decklists and key-cards in Old School Magic for the different Howling mine decks that can be found in the Shownotes.
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 11
Episode 10 - Michael James Heup, The Rock
Seb and Åland have a chat with Michael James Heup about The rock in Premodern.
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 10
Episode 09 - The Janitor, Expect My Visit When Darkness Comes
Assistant Director Seb and The Lone Gunman Åland have a chat with The Janitor Jonas about a bunch of Juzam decks.
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 9
Episode 08 - Goblins in Premodern
Åland and Seb have a talk with Joel Larsson about his journey making the Goblin deck in Premodern. We go through the different variations of the deck and talk about the key cards. What should you think about playing this deck? What sideboard options are there?
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 8
Episode 07 - X-Files 2020 Round-Up
DO CHECK OUT THE END
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 7
Episode 06 - Christian Reinhard, Veridis quo
We get together with Christian “Reindeer” Reinhard from the Legion Urborg to talk about Troll Disco in Old School. Both “Reindeer” and Åland have made strong finishers with the deck. The deck gets dissected and we talk a bit about N00bcon XI and trollhamers.
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 6
Episode 05 - Anton Glans, Never Trust an Elf!
Seb and Åland Talk with Anton Glans about his Premodern elves deck. We dive deep into the format and talk about different tournaments that Anton has been in. We go into all kinds of different decks and how they have developed during the time since Premodern was created. Seb has a small chat with Berlin about elves and Anton gives us all his thoughts about the deck.
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 5
Episode 04 - David Chambers, Living next door to ALICE
Seb and Åland get together with David Chambers do discuss the format ALICE
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 4
Episode 03 - Jordan Boyle, Splash!
Seb and Åland get together with Jordan Boyle do discuss his mono blur decks in Old School Magic.
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 3
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