MTGCast #207 – ID’s, new sealed formats, and 2x Gideon Jura give-away!
“You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!”
This Week in Magic
Join a brodeo with Tom, Eric, Jack and Marcel!
Check out Ultra Pro’s upcoming Mox Deck Box & Deck Protectors Promotion. We talk a bit about Intentional Draws and how this differs between paper magic and MTGO and how it may be good/bad/ugly for everyone. The deck list for the Jace Duels of the Planewalkers paper deck is out and largely no one cared. A nice little blurb in the WoTC announcement of the 2010 Community Cup Limited formats hints at a new Sealed format! A new expansion for the XBLA Duels of the Planeswalkers is now available and Tom is curious if any participated in the “Frag Doll Friday” playing against members of the Frag Dolls gaming team. David Humpherys has joined the Wizards of the Coast R&D team as the new Development Manager for Magic. National Qualifiers in the USA BDM, Flores, Calcono qualify in NY. Chapin tweeted that Gavin qualified. Also Greg Marquis a former Wotc employee won the WA Qualifier. WoTC to again be an official sponsor of Gen Con! Dave Williams is officially skipping the World Series of Poker to attend Pro Tour San Juan. Steven Menendian sorted through all of the deck lists from Grand Prix Madrid. Some interesting changes in the Wizards Play Network (WPN) on how it grants levels to stores and organizers. Check the current Player of the Year (POY) standings after PG Lyon.
What Have We Been Playing?
Marcel and Tom having fun playing UR Distortion Strike in the casual rooms on MTGO and Tom busting out some Beastmaster Ascension-fueled beat downs with Spawn tokens. Jack has been playing some Time Sieve or Open the Vaults in Standard to battle the Jund monster.
Listener Emails
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Link to the Opposing Player blog, see below for a picture of Conley Wood’s extremely strong doppleganger, Brian Shaw from the World’s Strongest man competition. Link to io9 agreeing with Tom about the sexiness of Patrick Stewart. Here are the Snap-N-Store CCG boxes mentioned.
B-movie recommendations include: Modern Vampires, Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Meet the Feebles, Hell comes to Frogtown, Chopping Mall, Joe’s Apartment.
MTGCast News
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How to enter: Post a picture of your magic card collection or magic playing location / environment in this MTGCast forum thread.
Will be open for two weeks!
Tom and Jack discuss “Mongolian Death Worm”, “The Spirit”, “Dead Girl” and Eric surprise nomination of “Teen Witch”.
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