On this episode, Maria and Meghan take an even deeper dive into the world of Dominaria. Meghan recaps all the Team Sealed action from Grand Prix Columbus and gives her Top 3 Tips for anyone looking to crack 6 packs and build a deck. Our hosts also venture into the world of draft! What archetypes have been kind to them? What’s their opinion of the format so far? And which card sits head-and-shoulders above the rest (hint: it’s a common!) PLUS: A brand new take on Flavor Text Theatre t...
May 01, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan regale you with tales of victory and woe from a set of Dominaria prereleases this past weekend! What awesome pulls did our hosts make? What amazing plays did they throw down (or have thrown down upon them)? What cards overperformed or underperformed? Find out all of that, are more! PLUS: Discover what cards are Maria and Meghan looking to build around in the new format of Brawl, what team MNVA plans to bring to the semifinals of the Team Modern Super League, and...
Apr 25, 2018•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome Judge Rob back to the show to talk about everything you’ll need to know ahead of your Dominaria prerelease this weekend! What happens if your only legendary creature is removed while your legendary sorcery is on the stack? Will your Ghitu Journeymage still deal 2 damage if you suddenly don’t have a wizard in play when it resolves? And what is the deal with sagas?! All these questions (and more!) will be answered! PLUS: the Cutest Card and Gro...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan recap the epic-ness that was Grand Prix Seattle! They’ll share stories and insight from Legacy (it’s not actually that scary!) and from Standard – where Maria played the main event. Find out what it’s like to pilot UW Auras to a solid finish, what new deck was the talk of the town (and nearly unbeatable), and what lessons Maria learned from her good friend Sram, Senior Artificer. PLUS: Brand new Dominaria preview cards, a trip to the bott...
Apr 10, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan invent a fancy new dance to celebrate their TWO EXCLUSIVE preview cards for Dominaria! Want to find out what they are and what deck Maria is excited that they might go in? You’d better listen!! PLUS: even more sweet Dominaria previews, an update on the wide, wild world of Standard, and Meghan recaps a rousing victory in Team Modern Super League! Put your left shank in, twist your rightmost arm: you’re doing the Transguild Promenade! Become an awesome...
Apr 03, 2018•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan have fun with a German pack of Odyssey by trying their best (and with their worst German accents) to guess what the cards do! They sure do open some spice! PLUS: A For the N00bs on how to evaluate cards specifically for draft, our hosts take a peek at some brand spankin’ new Dominaria cards, and Meghan gives some insider insight into this week’s deck choices on the Team Modern Super League! Everybody ready for a Schreckenskrabbler?! Become an awesome...
Mar 27, 2018•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan dust off their MFA’s for a *Masters* 25 draft! See what I did there? Our hosts walk us through a few Masters drafts they did and what strategies, synergies + powerhouse cards they noticed. BTW, Horseshoe Crab is SO STINKIN’ GOOD! PLUS: The results of Modern at Grand Prix Phoenix, obscure Magic mechanics take the stage for their final bow in Mechanics Forever: Part III, and Masters 25 makes a movie-worthy appearance in Flavor Text Theatre! Become an a...
Mar 21, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan talk about some VERY EXCITING (and sad) news! Dominaria info has been accidentally spoiled (that’s the sad part) but we all get info on some amazing new cards and mechanics (that’s the very exciting part)! Listen in as our hosts walk us through the awesome newness that is Dominaria along with some EPIC new cards. PLUS: MtA’s mission to revisit old mechanics in Magic continues as our dynamic duo encounters crazy stuff like Forecast, Haunt, and S...
Mar 14, 2018•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan hunker down inside their podcasting log cabin (complete with roaring fire and creepy bearskin rug) to wait out the raging snowstorm outside. While curled up by the fire, they decide to go through a bunch of Magic’s old, obscure mechanics and have a guess at what they do! Why don’t you join them for a hot toddy and a rousing night of discussing Banding, Phasing, Flanking or Horsemanship! It’s a snowed-in party like never before! PLUS: updates fr...
Mar 06, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan introduce MtA’s Teach a Friend Magic Month! In March, MtA will be all about getting your buddies into the game. This week, our dynamic duo reveals their four best tips for teaching someone Magic. They’ll also talk what’s new in Standard after Grand Prix Memphis, check in on how Modern’s doing post un-bans, and BRACE YOURSELF, MtA reveals some EXCLUSIVE Magic 25 preview cards! (And guess what? They have THREE of them!) Don’t forget t...
Feb 28, 2018•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan take a swim in the wonderfully pleasant waters of Two-Headed Giant! After the announcement of a new 2HG product called Battlebond, our hosts break down the basics of the world’s most two-headed format. What does it mean to draft 2HG? What are best practices for building sealed? And if Maria and Meghan could make up any 2HG mechanics, what would they create?! PLUS: Standard is alive and thriving! Wahoo! Listen in as Maria breathlessly raves about Vampires w...
Feb 20, 2018•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan break your brains with some HUGE Modern news! (To be read in a cockney accent:) “Oh, Bloody Elf, Jace is back!” Our hosts break down what the Modern unbannings of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Bloodbraid Elf and what that could mean for the format. PLUS: Maria is on Cloud 9 after Bogles takes down Grand Prix Toronto, Meghan walks us through her top-decking triumphs on the Team Modern Super League, and a For the N00bs that helped Meghan level-up her sid...
Feb 13, 2018•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome back Amateur Pro Greg ( @Magic_Michelp ) to the show to talk about his first Pro Tour experience at PT Rivals of Ixalan! Greg walks us through the trials of picking a deck, what it’s like to open Tetzimoc (!!) in your first-ever Pro Tour draft, and his favorite things about Spain. PLUS: Insight on Lantern Control, 5-Color Humans, Hollow One, and other sweet Modern decks that grabbed the spotlight on Magic’s biggest stage. Our hosts also chat ...
Feb 06, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan continue their ongoing saga of nonsense…and Magic! They chat Team Unified Modern (after a tournament with none other than CubeApril ) and highlight some of their new favorite Modern brews. You’ll also get insight into Rivals of Ixalan limited (is FOUR Tetzimocs good enough?), a fun dip into the listener mailbag (how did YOUR spark ignite?), and our hosts crack an old Alliances pack filled with terrrrrrible cards! SPECIAL BONUS: our Patreon monthly wi...
Jan 30, 2018•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome their new “Amateur Pro” Gregory Michel to the podcast! Greg will stop by from time to time to give insights into what it’s like to play on the Pro Tour, how to find a good deck for the current meta game or to break a limited format, or how to keep Magic and life in balance. (He’s also a really cool dude!) In this case, Greg pops by to talk prep for PT Bilbao (Modern), Grand Prix Indianapolis (Team Limited), and plays along with a ...
Jan 23, 2018•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan share stories from their Rivals of Ixalan prerelease! How sick were their pulls? Which cards over-performed? Which cards UNDER-performed? Which insane rare did Maria decided *not* to build around?! Find out! PLUS: Welcome to How to Build a Sealed Deck 101, our hosts give their opinions on the recent shakeup in Standard (so many bans!), and the movie pitches are top notch (and art house ready!) in this edition of Flavor Text Theatre. BONUS: an easter egg at the v...
Jan 17, 2018•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome Regional Coordinator of the North and all-around awesome judge, Judge Rob, back to the show to explain Rivals of Ixalan mechanics and card interactions! Sure, there’s only one new mechanic (hello, Ascend!) but there are plenty of interesting (and tricky!) things going on with individual cards that you’ll want to know about before you hit up your prerelease this weekend. PLUS: Maria crowns Rivals’ Cutest Card and Rob describes his perfec...
Jan 09, 2018•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan take a deep dive off the high board into the shiny, new set that is Rivals of Ixalan! They’ll highlight their favorite preview cards (including an MtA *EXCLUSIVE*) and show their deckbuilding prowess by predicting the upcoming brews we’ll see in Standard. Take that, Future Future League! PLUS: Meghan gives us a holiday vacation recap, For the N00bs tackles card types, and Maria wonders about the rules of rugby. Your support sustains us: http://www.pa...
Jan 03, 2018•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan take a nose-dive into the wild world of Legacy as Maria frantically preps for the booth at GP Santa Clara coming up in January. What decks did she try out? How epic was her turn 1 death to Storm? And, most importantly, WILL SHE MAKE IT OUT ALIVE?! All these questions will be answered! PLUS: Meghan catches us up on Ixalan’s story, a few Rivals preview cards are here and there’s a *shiny new* keyword, and our hosts make new goals for 2018. Did they mee...
Dec 26, 2017•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan take stock of the year in Magic that was 2017. Do they do this with long, thoughtful, contemplative audio essays on Standard or epic poems about the diverse state of Modern? Of course not! Instead, they hand out the first annual Chrimby Awards! Do you want to know which card won “Best Hat” in 2017? Of course you do! How about “Most Emo Jace” or “Least Emo Jace”? YES! And surely you can’t say no to “Card Most Likely...
Dec 20, 2017•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome VERY special guest, head designer of Magic the Gathering and all-around awesome guy, Mark Rosewater to the show! Mark shares stories of what it takes to make the Magic happen (quite literally), what strategies you should be trying in Unstable, and some of the tales behind fun card designs in the set. He also joins our Un-setted hosts for a mixed bag of Flavor Text Theatre, answers listener questions, and spoils every movie…ever. Buy us a Christmas ...
Dec 13, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan break down Modern for beginners! They challenge themselves to explain most popular decks in the format…in 30 seconds or less. Can they do it? Find out! PLUS: For the N00bs explores the phases of a turn, our hosts talk Team Unified Standard as they wrap up the excitement at the 2017 World Magic Cup, and dish on the search for the newest Magic designer in The Great Designer Search 3! Be sure not to miss Maria and Meghan on the Unstable Pre-Prerelease with th...
Dec 06, 2017•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Meghan and very special guest (and friend of the show!) Cube April wade through the murky waters that are the rules of the new Un-set: Unstable! Want to know how to assemble a contraption? How about how to successfully augment a squirrel onto a horse? What if you want to steal conflicting text boxes with Do-It-Yourself-Seraph?! What about the seemingly incomprehensible card Rules Lawyer?!?! Not to fret, April is here to help! You’ll 100% want to listen to this episode befo...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Magic is the greatest game in the world, so what could be better than playing it? Playing it with your sibling, of course! …And crushing nearly every event you play in together? Yeah…that would be pretty great, too. On this episode of the PROthering, Maria and Meghan chat with Standard Greats and Great Brothers, Brad Nelson and Corey Baumeister. Find out how they started playing the game together, what makes them an unstoppable duo, and who in their family keeps track of stats during...
Nov 23, 2017•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan go back to their “For the N00bs” roots and explain the mysterious and often scary-sounding concept of the “Stack”! Fear no more, new players! They also get their fun on with loads of new and hilarious Unstable cards, Meghan has a very Portland experience, and Maria tests her skills in Iconic Masters Sealed. PLUS: our hosts crack an IMA booster pack for an epic and Oscar-bait-filled rendition of Flavor Text Theatre! YOU can help us reach 6...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan are uncontrollably and unapologetically in love with the newest Un-set: Unstable! Our hosts unveil two brand spankin’ new Unstable preview cards, chat about the newest Unstable previews from around the Magic universe, and muse about some of the hilarious new mechanics in the set…including: CONTRAPTIONS! Finally, am I right?! PLUS: Meghan recaps her journey through SCG Modern Regionals, a recap of Standard at GP Atlanta and a look forward to GP Portla...
Nov 15, 2017•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this very special episode, Maria and Meghan welcome friend of the show and newly minted Top 4 competitor from Pro Tour Ixalan, Sam Ihlenfeldt! Sam is a member of the MtA FrienDraft Squad and had an absolutely mind-blowing run in his first ever PT. Our hosts chat with Sam about how he managed to 3-0 his first PT draft, what it was like selecting a Standard deck (Sam dishes about his cool Mardu Vehicles tech), and what it feels like to be on the game’s biggest stage playing against the ga...
Nov 08, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan dive deep into the Magic story and bring you an update on what’s been happening flavor-wise on the plane of Ixalan…which no planeswalker can seem to planeswalk away from. Did you just get goosebumps? Because that shizz is mysterious! PLUS: We get a preview of the upcoming Pro Tour by checking out the hottest teams in the Team Series and a review of Ixalan limited from GP Phoenix + a sealed PPTQ. Full disclosure: during this episode, you will hear sev...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan dive deep into the Ixalan sealed format ahead of Grand Prix Phoenix and some sealed PPTQs that might be headed your way soon! They crack six packs and attempt to build the best deck with what they get. (Want to play along at home? Head to http://www.magictheamateuring.com to see photos of the deck build or watch this episode on YouTube!) Our fearless hosts also chat about what treasures Ixalan has brought to Modern after an SCG tournament, they dip into the List...
Oct 24, 2017•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, Maria and Meghan are back (and better?) than ever after a weekend covering the U.S. Nationals tournament in Richmond, Virginia! Enjoy their sleep-deprived states as they walk you through what’s new with Standard (Maria loves those vamps!), how the Ixalan draft format is evolving (Meghan loves those treasures!), and what to expect when the world’s best meet at the World Magic Cup this winter. OH! Did we fail to mention that this show goes off the rails in a pretty maj...
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