Trying to find our own blind spots is tough. By definition, we can’t see what we can’t see and so we can often wander, convinced that we just need a little more practice (which is often also true), when maybe we have a revelation and a real le

Episode 54 – Sharing your Spark with Hallie Santo

May 13th, 2017 1h 5m

Hello again everyone! One of the most magical (yes, I went there) things about our game is the way so many different people from all different backgrounds can play together. I’ve been able to share a game of Magic with someone who I didn’t sh

Episode 53 – Would you like to play a game?

Apr 20th, 2017 1h 40m

Once again, spoiler season is upon us and once again, Magic delivers. Personally, I always expect that maybe this time I won’t be as excited for the new mechanics, the new art, the Thing That Seems Too Good To Be True But Actually Isn’t, and t

Episode 52 – The Price of Progress

Apr 4th, 2017 1h 17m

This seems obligatory: I’m sure there’s a ridiculous combo here somewhere, but we don’t mention it on this show at all. In fact, apart from one passing mention of 42 land Swans, we don’t have anything to say about cards today. Instead, we dec

Episode 51 – Something something top 5 esports something

Mar 31st, 2017 1h 11m

Can we all take a moment to realize that Amie really is living the dream? Like… the dream. The one you had as a kid when you realized that ice cream was awesome and it has to come from somewhere and so you were going to be the president of ic

Episode 50 – Interactivity and Fairness with Erin Campbell

Mar 22nd, 2017 1h 2m

Well, a bout of laryngitis almost meant that you all didn’t get an episode this week, but fortunately we get by with a little help from our friends. In this case, our friend is the lovely and talented Erin Campbell, who comes on every 25 episo

Episode 49 – MOCS, MM2017, and Cube!

Mar 7th, 2017 1h 20m

We had one thing to talk about this week. ONE THING. And then, well, things happened. Listen and see what I mean… The finals of the MOCS (Magic Online Championship Series) was this weekend and a big congratulations to Josh Utter-Leyton for t

Episode 48 – What exactly is good anyway?

Feb 27th, 2017 1h 7m

Amie and I have talked a lot this year about what it’s like for us to work on becoming good Magic players. This week, we take some time to look at what exactly being ‘good’ might mean. For us, it certainly goes beyond tournament results and c

Episode 47 – Amie and AJ and Brad and Jose

Feb 14th, 2017 55m 21s

No, it isn’t the title of a Woody Allen movie (…or is it… No. No it’s not). Brad and Jose join Amie and I on this week’s show to get an update from them on learning Magic and getting involved while still playing casually. It’s easy for comp

Episode 46 – Tuning up Double Moon Walkers

Feb 6th, 2017 1h 20m

So yeah there was a Pro Tour this weekend and making infinite cats is less of a thing than many people thought it would be and it turns out that disintegrating things (with or without a license) is actually far more effective than some people t

Episode 45 – Live (kinda) from GP San Jose

Feb 1st, 2017 1h 16m

While Amie and I take great joy in bringing you this podcast ourselves, sometimes we need a little help to bring you the very best. This week, we got that help from YOU (for 25 distinct values of you) at GP San Jose as Amie took a few minutes

Episode 44 – Prerelease and the Banhammer

Jan 17th, 2017 44m 57s

As someone who doesn’t really get into any other winter holidays, my vote is for Winter Set Prerelease as the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. There are new cards, new strategies, new archetypes, special little prerelease boxes, monkeys with r

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