Fans of anything can be very vocal and have a lot to say. Sometimes the powers that be listen to that feedback and actually react to those vocals. This can be a good or a bad thing. This week, we explore this idea as it applies to some recent events in MTG (and some other...

It is finally time to talk about that necessary (it is) evil (it really is): The Reserved List. While we do touch a bit on the history, this is more a philosophical discussion of the beast. Link to cached version of reserved list is here. NOTE: Our name is changing! The Card Advantage podcast is...

We were going to talk about the Reserved List, but the Planeswalkers of Shadows Over Innistrad were too cool to wait. So we are talking Shadows cards this time. Our bad. We blame WotC for making a cool set. Our intro and outro music is the track “The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth” by the...

From time to time, we like to discuss things outside of Magic, and this is one of those times. We go off-topic to discuss anime! We brought along @squeegoblnnabob to discuss some of our favorite anime shows and characters. Please Note: We had some audio issues with the show this week, so the sound quality...

Every set gets a name, but, in the same way that not every set is a home-run, not every set name is great. This week we are joined by CJ from Judgecast (@cjshrader) while we grade the names of pretty much every expansion set ever. What’s the best set name? What is the worst? You will have...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to talk to the person who is responsible for the complex and curious beast that is the Magic Comprehensive Rules? We used to wonder that too, so we had him as a guest! Joining Cluze on this week’s show is Matt Tabak (@tabakrules), the rules manager...

We are back for 2016, just in time to talk about the mechanics and cards of Oath of the Gatewatch. Spoiler: there are some cards that Rich really likes.   Our intro and outro music is the track “The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth” by the awesome band “I Fight Dragons” and is used with...

Just in time for the holidays, we finally get around to looking at the Commander 2015 products. Of course, we spend the first 20 minutes talking Star Wars (no spoilers, since we had not seen it as of recording), but tis the season! You can find the decklists for Commander 2015 here.   Our intro...

We got to thinking, what does it take to ban a card? Rich and Cluze have an in-depth discussion about wielding the Ban Hammer. Some links to WotC’s reasoning behind some bans: The bans that were with Modern when it started. The “emergency” banning in the Caw-Blade era.   Our intro and outro music is...

Ok, so this time we tried to discuss the flavor of Innistrad, and it kind of went off the rails. We were joined by Mike from the Mana Pool (@themanapool or [email protected]) and CJ from Judgecast (@cjshrader www.judgecast.com), but it didn’t help, it still fell apart. We apologize for that, and will probably revisit this topic...