Today we take the Clock Spinning format to its logical conclusion and bring you nearly 30 minutes on one beautiful, blue, unblockable beast. Join us as we dissect every aspect of one of Connor’s childhood pet cards.

• See Graxiplon in all its glory: https://scryfall.com/card/ons/86/graxiplon 
• What is The Riptide Project: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Riptide_Project 
• Riptide Replicator and other Onslaught-block cards with slivers in the art: https://scryfall.com/search?q=art%3Asliver%20b%3Dons%20%2Dt%3Asliver 
• TCGPlayer Jace, the Mind-Sculptor deck that includes Graxiplon: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/Jace-the-Mind-Sculptor-Planeswalker-Duel-Deck/dc244151-b1af-4796-b5e4-565bb6385d92/ 
• Iain McCaig art: https://scryfall.com/search?q=a%3A%E2%80%9CIain+McCaig%E2%80%9D+-layout%3Aart_series+prefer%3Aoldest&unique=art&order=released&dir=asc 
• The blue beasts of Magic: https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Dbeast+c%3Du
• The blue beasts of Onslaught block: https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Dbeast+c%3Du+b%3Dons 
• Legions theme decks: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Legions/Theme_decks 
• The 7 good blue cards of Onslaught: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/kID0njtmcUmZsyJPS2X84Q 
• MaRo article on tribal design in Onslaught: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/creature-feature-2002-10-14 
• Reddit being mean to Graxiplon fan: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/14h14q/i_need_help_with_my_vintage_blackblue_hybrid_deck/ 

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• Graxiplon - 01:49
• The most notable thing about Graxiplon is slivers - 02:39
• Confused cephalid calimari interlude - 05:33
• Back to slivers - 06:39
• The name "Graxiplon" - 08:54
• The art - 10:26
• Blue beast baseline - 12:08
• Onslaught theme decks - 15:07
• Blue in Onslaught: 7 good cards - 18:18
• The statline - 19:31
• The iconic ability - 20:24
• Format history - 22:49
• Outro - 25:55

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 1:42 - Sahara, by Ikson
• 25:46 - Again, by Ikson

What’s the best Lightning Bolt art? And why is this such a strangely hard piece to truly nail? Join us as we review every art, from the Alpha and M10 GOATs through more Secret Lair Drops than seems reasonable. 

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%22lightning+bolt%22+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest+-layout%3Aart_series&order=released&dir=asc 
• “I want a banana this big.” https://scryfall.com/card/ody/241/gorilla-titan 
• The design evolution of Magic tokens: https://www.mtg.onl/evolution-of-magic-token-card-frame-design/ 
• TWO FACES OR A VASE??? https://gpuzzles.com/optical-illusion/two-faces-vase/ 
• Brigitte Roka’s “Pearl Farm” art series: https://www.brigitteroka.com/pearlfarmart 
• Alexis Ziritt’s [[Gideon, Ally of Zendikar]]: https://scryfall.com/card/prcq/1/gideon-ally-of-zendikar 
• Flavor text quoting Barrin: https://scryfall.com/search?q=ft%3A%22%E2%80%94barrin%22 

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• Intro - 0:00
• Christopher Rush (Alpha) - 05:17
• Christopher Moeller (Magic 2010) - 09:14
• Véronique Meignaud (Player Rewards 2010) - 14:07
• Kekai Kotaki (MagicFest 2019) - 19:20
• Noah Bradley (Secret Lair Drop) - 23:26
• Brigitte Roka (Secret Lair Drop) - 25:58
• Robbie Trevino (Secret Lair Drop) - 30:10
• Alexis Ziritt (Secret Lair Drop) - 31:55
• Anato Finnstark (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - EN) - 35:44
• Ezoi (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - JP) - 40:54
• Jason Rainville (SLD) - 44:54
• Irina Nordsol (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Standard) - 47:34
• Phil Stone (Battle for Baldur's Gate - Variant) - 51:35
• Chuck Lukacs (Double Masters 2022) - 53:27
• Which to cube? - 59:01
• Outro - 1:01:40

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 5:08 - Hey, by Ikson
• 1:01:29 - Sunchaser, by Ikson

On today’s action-packed, ogre-packed, instacut-packed episode we review all 30 Red cards of Betrayers of Kamigawa. Tucked away amidst the akki and do-nothing auras you’ll also find a card banned in Modern for over a decade, and one of the most popular Commander cards in the whole block. 

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Dbok%20c%3Dr 
• What is Dandân: MTG’s forgetful fish format: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/What-is-Dandan-MTG-s-Forgetful-Fish-Format/7d6590b5-8e78-44f5-92c6-511049676fea/ 
• +X/+0 instants: https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22Target+creature+gets+%2BX%2F%2B0+until+end+of+turn.%22+t%3Dinstant+m%3Ax 
• Kamigawa cards banned in Modern: https://scryfall.com/search?q=b%3Dchk+-f%3Amodern
• Example reference to Flames of the Blood Hand in Standard: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-history-of-solar-flare/ 
• All the John Avon mountains: https://scryfall.com/search?q=mountain+a%3Aavon+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest&order=released&dir=asc 
• Other “creatures your opponents control attack each turn if able” cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fopponent.*control+attack+each+combat+if+able%2F 

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• Intro - 0:00
• Akki Blizzard-Herder - 02:52
• Akki Raider - 04:09
• Ashen Monstrosity - 06:49
• Aura Barbs - 12:46
• Blademane Baku - 13:51
• Blazing Shoal - 15:41
• Clash of Realities - 21:32
• Crack the Earth - 24:32
• Cunning Bandit // Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate - 25:29
• First Volley - 30:11
• Flames of the Blood Hand - 35:14
• Frost Ogre - 39:34
• Frostling - 41:18
• Fumiko the Lowblood - 46:39
• Genju of the Spires - 51:35
• Goblin Cohort - 55:55
• Heartless Hidetsugu - 56:46
• In the Web of War - 1:01:51
• Ire of Kaminari - 1:07:12
• Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot - 1:13:46
• Kumano's Blessing - 1:18:23
• Mannichi, the Fevered Dream - 1:20:28
• Ogre Recluse - 1:23:36
• Overblaze - 1:24:57
• Patron of the Akki - 1:26:58
• Ronin Cliffrider - 1:30:33
• Shinka Gatekeeper - 1:34:00
• Sowing Salt - 1:35:10
• Torrent of Stone - 1:36:58
• Twist Allegiance - 1:40:14
• Outro - 1:42:50

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 2:42 - Shine, by Ikson
• 1:42:50 - Destination, by Ikson

Today, we survey the surprisingly varied artistic history of Dark Ritual. After a banging start in Alpha, we’ll go from clownish evil to a Frank Frazetta masterclass. 

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=dark+ritual+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest&unique=cards&order=released&dir=asc 
• TCG Player article also on coolest Dark Ritual art: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/What-s-the-Coolest-Dark-Ritual-in-Magic/bd45e52d-4482-487c-9ed8-c131a1bc4f39/ 

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• Sandra Everingham (Alpha) - 02:07
• Justin Hampton (Ice Age) - 04:53
• John Coulthart (Mirage) - 08:13
• Clint Langley (5th Edition) - 11:34
• Ken Meyer, Jr. (Tempest) - 13:40
• Tom Fleming (Urza's Saga) - 15:11
• Rebecca Guay (Mercadian Masques) - 18:49
• Mark Hyzer (Judge Promo 2009) - 23:07
• Richard Wright (Amonkhet Invocations) - 26:06
• Robbie Trevino (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - EN) - 30:09
• Rien. (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - JP) - 34:14
• Wonchun Choi (40K) - 37:44
• Frank Frazetta (Secret Lair Drop) - 39:32
• Which to cube? - 42:05
• Outro (and poem!) - 43:07

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 1:56 - Again, by Ikson
• 43:07 - Paradise, by Ikson

Today’s episode features surprise appearances by not one but two of the quirkiest black commanders ever printed! This being Kamigawa, it also features arguably the worst one-mana discard spell ever printed, and finishes on an inexplicable demon that even the most dedicated combo connivers might struggle to break. Join us for part two of our Betrayers of Kamigawa Black review.

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=c%3Db+e%3Dbok+cn%3E75 
• Mono-green splashing Okiba-Gang Shinobi in 2005 Standard: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-complete-guide-to-mono-green-4-splash-cards/ 
• All the {B} discard spells, ever: https://scryfall.com/search?q=+o%3Adiscards+m%3D%7Bb%7D+-o%3Atransform+-is%3Afunny 
• All the four-mana black 4/4s: https://scryfall.com/search?q=mv%3D4+c%3Db+t%3Dcreature+pow%3D4+tou%3D4+-is%3Afunny&order=released&dir=asc 
• Other recurrent graveyard recursion: https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fwhenever%20a.*your%20graveyard.*return%2F 
• Toshiro’s mechanical and genealogical descendants: https://scryfall.com/search?q=umezawa 
• Yukora EDH deck: https://jophelerx.blogspot.com/2019/11/durdling-in-edh-deck-tech-for-yukora.html 

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• Okiba-Gang Shinobi - 02:03
• Patron of the Nezumi - 08:13
• Psychic Spear - 13:48
• Pus Kami - 20:37
• Scourge of Numai - 23:03
• Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker - 27:38
• Sickening Shoal - 32:25
• Skullmane Baku - 36:10
• Skullsnatcher - 39:03
• Stir the Grave - 42:22
• Takenuma Bleeder - 47:04
• Three Tragedies - 55:38
• Throat Slitter - 57:52
• Toshiro Umezawa - 1:01:40
• Yukora, the Prisoner - 1:10:30

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 1:56 - Sahara, by Ikson
• 1:19:12 - Shine, by Ikson

It’s one of Magic’s most iconic cards, but has Counterspell ever had the iconic art to match? Join us as we rate every Counterspell art ever printed. 

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=counterspell+unique%3Aart+prefer%3Aoldest&order=released&dir=asc 
• DCI Legend Membership: https://www.magiclibrarities.net/23-rarities-dci-legend-membership-promos-english-cards-index.html 

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• Mark Poole (Alpha) - 02:38
• Allen Williams (Ice Age) - 05:27
• Dom! (DCI Legend Membership) - 08:33
• Hannibal King (Fifth Edition) - 12:53
• Stephen Daniele (Tempest) - 14:33
• Gao Yan (Mercadian Masques) - 18:04
• Mark Romanoski (Seventh Edition) - 23:34
• Jason Chan (Duel Decks: Jace vs Chandra) - 27:13
• Zack Stella (Eternal Masters) - 30:31
• Chase Stone (Amonkhet Invocations) - 32:10
• Olena Richards (Strixhaven Mystical Archive - EN) - 35:13
• Rindo Karasuba (Strixhaven Mystical Archives - JP) - 38:04
• Ryan Yee (Modern Horizons 2) - 41:01
• Mateus Manhanini (Secret Lair Drop) - 44:01
• Cube choice - 47:06
• Outro - 48:06

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 2:28 - Destination, by Ikson
• 48:05 - Hey, by Ikson

Today on Clock Spinning, we have too many underwhelming removal spells and not enough ninjas! Happily, though, the lone ninja we get is easily one of the coolest cards in the entire block. Join us as we kick off our review of Betrayers of Kamigawa’s black cards.

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Dbok+c%3Db+cn%3C76 
• Black “drain” effects across Magic history: https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Floses.%2Alife.%2Ayou+gain.%2Alife%2F+c%3Db&order=released&dir=asc 
• “Eradicate This” decklist and article: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/from-right-field-eradicate-this/ 
• Goryo’s Vengeance art: https://scryfall.com/search?q=Goryo%27s+Vengeance+unique%3Aart 
• “A Servant’s Mission” story about Ink-Eyes: https://gamelore.fandom.com/wiki/A_Servant%27s_Mission 

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• Bile Urchin - 02:17
• Blessing of Leeches - 07:04
• Call for Blood - 14:17
• Crawling Filth - 17:44
• Eradicate - 22:13
• Genju of the Fens - 29:48
• Goryo's Vengeance - 33:28
• Hero's Demise - 41:40
• Hired Muscle // Scarmaker - 46:37
• Horobi's Whisper - 53:20
• Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni - 57:44
• Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse - 1:03:42
• Mark of the Oni - 1:09:38
• Nezumi Shadow-Watcher - 1:13:42
• Ogre Marauder - 1:16:45

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 2:03 - Waves, by Ikson
• 1:21:15 - Sunchaser, by Ikson

In this very special episode in honor of our new Phyrexian overlords, we’re going back to where it all began. Join Austin and Connor as they compleat their knowledge (and yours!) of Magic’s earliest Phyrexian cards, from Alliances to Weatherlight.

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=(phyrexia+OR+ft%3Aphyrexia+OR+t%3Dphyrexian)+is%3Afirstprinting+year%3C%3D1997+-e%3Atmp&order=released&dir=asc 
• Gates to Phyrexia zine: https://web.archive.org/web/19991115200145/http://www.phyrexia.com/magazine/issue1.shtml 
• Priest of Yawgmoth + Spine of Ish Sah + Mirran Spy combo: https://tappedout.net/mtg-combos/mirran-spy+priest-of-yawgmoth+spine-of-ish-sah/ 
• Other auras similar to Phyrexian Boon: https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fas+long+as+it%27s.*otherwise%2F 
• “Phyrexian” could be replaced with “useless”: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc/c/q2eEIIpAHZk/m/O1PYCkhOWgsJ  
• Hulk Flash! early primer: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-real-deal-hulk-flash-the-new-face-of-legacy-plus-more/ 
• “Canticle” reviews Phyrexian Walker: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/c/kwx7cFt8hR0/m/po6xvrbXKfIJ 
• Fruity Pebbles decklist: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/fruity-pebbles-2009-01-06 
• Cantripping artifacts throughout history (including “slow trips”): https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Fsacrifice.%2Adraw+a+card%2F+t%3Aartifact+is%3Afirstprinting&order=released&dir=asc 

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• Gate to Phyrexia - 02:24
• Phyrexian Gremlins - 13:08
• Priest of Yawgmoth - 20:37
• Yawgmoth Demon - 30:10
• Phyrexian Boon - 39:44
• Phyrexian Devourer - 44:51
• Phyrexian Portal - 52:17
• Phyrexian War Beast - 58:27
• Phyrexian Tribute - 1:02:39
• Phyrexian Purge - 1:05:32
• Phyrexian Dreadnought - 1:11:10
• Phyrexian Vault - 1:20:08
• Phyrexian Marauder - 1:25:44
• Phyrexian Walker - 1:31:13
• Gallowbraid - 1:34:18
• Morinfen - 1:35:04
• Phyrexian Furnace - 1:42:47

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 1:41 - Hey, by Ikson 
• 1:51:25 - Sahara, by Ikson

Today on Clock Spinning, we still have the blues (the blue cards of Betrayers, that is). Come for a healthy dose of strange Spirits and stay for our ongoing struggle with Arcane cards as we pull back the Veil of Secrecy on Betrayers of Kamigawa’s final 15 blue cards.

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Dbok+c%3Du+cn%3C%3D45 
• Kamigawa block creatures with tap abilities: https://scryfall.com/search?q=b%3Dchk+o%3A%7Bt%7D+t%3Dcreature&order=color 
• Owling mine guide: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-complete-owling-mine-players-guide/ 
• Tomorrow, Azami’s Familiar EDH Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/7q8dzm/entering_the_infinite_a_guide_to_tomorrow_azamis/ 
• Cards that look at an opponent’s hand: https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28o%3A%22look+at+target+player%27s+hand%22+OR+o%3A%22look+at+target+opponent%27s+hand%22+OR+o%3A%22look+at+that+player%27s+hand%22+OR+o%3A%22reveals+their+hand%22+OR+o%3A%22their+hand+revealed%22%29+is%3Afirstprinting+-is%3Afunny+-is%3Adigital&order=released&dir=asc 

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• Phantom Wings - 2:17
• Quash - 8:34
• Quillmane Baku - 13:28
• Reduce to Dreams - 19:18
• Ribbons of the Reikai  - 23:44
• Shimmering Glasskite - 30:16
• Soratami Mindsweeper - 36:21
• Stream of Consciousness - 38:55
• Sway of the Stars - 43:36
• Teardrop Kami - 46:57
• Threads of Disloyalty - 53:31
• Toils of Night and Day - 1:01:01
• Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar - 1:03:46
• Veil of Secrecy - 1:11:11
• Walker of Secret Ways - 1:17:28

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 2:07 - Shine, by Ikson
• 1:26:43 - Destination, by Ikson

Our card-by-card review of Betrayers of Kamigawa (with an eye, as always, toward building a Kamigawa cube) continues into blue. Today’s episode may best be summarized with one word: ninjas. Okay, there’s a bit more to Betrayers blue than that, so stick with us into the Deep Hours on this one!

• See all today’s cards: https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Dbok+c%3Du+cn%3C%3D45 
• Cards in Kamigawa block that do something with counters: https://scryfall.com/search?q=b%3Dchk+(o%3A%2Fput.*counter%2F+OR+o%3A%2Fwith.*counter%2F)
• Floodbringer.exe: https://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=168572 
• Legends that refer to themselves, in chronological order: https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Dlegendary+is%3Afirstprinting+o%3A%22%7E%22&order=released&dir=asc 
• Kaijin definition: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/海神 
• Underworld Magic Cloak Dealer: https://mtg.design/i/ggob52.jpg 
• Blue cards that ramp: https://scryfall.com/search?q=c%3Du+%28o%3A%2Fput.*land.*battlefield%2F+OR+o%3A%2Fsearch.*land%2F%29 

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• Callow Jushi - 02:02
• Chisei, Heart of Oceans - 07:45
• Disrupting Shoal - 15:14
• Floodbringer - 19:39
• Genju of the Falls - 25:20
• Heed the Mists - 30:08
• Higure, the Still Wind - 34:48
• Jetting Glasskite - 43:27
• Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch - 49:28
• Kira, the Great Glass-Spinner - 55:03
• Minamo Sightbender - 1:01:58
• Minamo's Meddling - 1:06:21
• Mistblade Shinobi - 1:09:31
• Ninja of the Deep Hours - 1:14:04
• Patron of the Moon - 1:17:19

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Music by Ikson, iksonmusic.com 

• Intro - To You, by Ikson
• Outro - Summer, by Ikson
• 1:54 - Hey, by Ikson
• 1:23:28 - Waves, by Ikson