DegenCast

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DegenCast episodes

August 17, 2022 DegenCast Episode 18: CamJam 2, LobsterCon, Mailbag, and SummerSlam 2022
The Hacks discuss CamJam2 Old School, LobesterCon 2022, respond to the mailbag, and talk about the SummerSlam split Old School/Vintage event.

00:00 Check ya neck
00:45 Proxy Daze > Hackfather
01:40 The Hacks share pro podcasting tips
02:09 Storytime with KS
04:38 Hackfather’s CamJam 2 results
05:50 KS’s CamJam results
08:59 The Hacks review LobsterCon top 21, using Hacks science
11:05 Color representation
14:30 Power represented
16:06 # of colors in decks
16:44 Spice award of the top 21
18:42 Data review
21:07 The hosts present their awards for the rest of the decks
34:30 ALL HAIL DICKALOR
35:51 Mailbag!
43:00 KS gushes about Hidetsugu Consumes All, and some other new cards
47:48 SummerSlam 2022: hype for an event that already happened
51:06 Hackfather shares his OS deck plans
54:28 T&B shares his OS deck plans
59:50 SummerSlam prizes and goody bag items, come on out next year!
63:50 Next time on DegenCast…an intervention for Hackfather
66:16 Sad Wheeler
Total runtime: 1:06:19
1 hr 7 min
June 29, 2022 DegenCast Episode 17: Winter Derby Recap and PuPu Platter
The Hacks return to discuss Winter Derby Old School, CamJam Old School, Vintage, Legacy, and #cryptobros.

00:00 Bumpin’
00:49 Hackfather’s Dreams get crushed
01:35 Guest intro
02:35 Eric Martin tells Texas stories
03:34 Eric Martin and Hackfather try to name cards banned instead of Delver
06:48 Minds break over Ragavan
09:37 Financial implications of MTG Design and format management
10:34 Urza’s Saga discussion
13:31 Eric Martin draws heel heat
14:14 Eric Martin’s Winter Derby deck
14:54 Eric Martin’s MVP: Maze of Ith
16:03 Honorable mention: FORCE EFFING SPIKE
22:05 Eric’s Derby highlights
25:15 KS’ Derby review
26:42 KS deck tech and Derby highlights
30:44 Havenwood plans
36:23 CamJam 2022 plans
50:45 How deep must Hackfather go into the underground to win a CamJam match?
52:40 4 Strip math
55:00 Cryptocurrency sidetrack
58:18 Wrap-up, and obligatory #banbrainstorm
60:52 Cussin’
Total runtime: 1:01:28
1 hr 2 min
January 30, 2022 DegenCast Episode 16: GenCon, Hacksmas, and Legacy Chatter
The Hacks have returned to review GenCon, Hacksmas 21, talk about Legacy, and much more!

0:00 Intro:|m|
0:30 Intro joke
1:55 The misadventures Hackfather and T&B at GenCon 2021
3:40 Jame and T&B acquire new cardboard
4:50 Playing vintage, featuring Shivan Dragon and Exalted Angel
6:56 Hackfather has a “What could be so urgent?” moment
10:00 How Hackfather and T&B messed up GenCon: it’s not a MTG event, check out the board games, TTRPGs, n such
13:25 Hacksmas: Battle of the Mounds 2 review
20:10 Hackfather vs The Godfather of Pimp: First Blood part Two
23:15 Kingslayer plays Hyper to decent success
30:38 We love Conan, but don’t play the 1st ed D&D campaign
32:01 Newsflash: New Hacks inducted, somehow have other friends
32:56 Hackfather learns the pain in fighting games
33:51 Hacks and Tusks make up a new Jyhad format: Vampstended
35:28 King of the weekend: Dr Bill’s Vintage cube
38:54 Hacks and friends experience dinner failure, again. Bonus: Hackfather does hibachi
41:13 Can the Hacks make Hacksmas bigger? Stay tuned, submit applications to Hackfather
44:44 Where are the Legacy Bans? Cuz losing to your own Berserk is dumb
48:54 Kinglsayer’s Legacy analysis: phyrexian crusader = bad, Solidarity=good, hunting pack solidarity=OP
52:50 Kingslayer and The Imp meme in Arena standard
57:25 Dec 25th is the Imp Day, not that other thing
60:10 MH2 in Legacy discussion
68:07 Hackfather forgets Urza’s Saga text
73:45 Legacy ban discussion
74:04 First “ban brainstorm”, the hosts are slipping
79:38 Hackfather will try to redeem himself in Camjam 2
82:09 Outro: |m||m|
1 hr 23 min
December 03, 2021 DegenCast Episode 15: One Hack Leaves, Another One Enters
The crew is back. Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe talk about a variety of Magic formats, and the show’s contributors change.

00:00 Spooner attempts an announcement
00:32 The hosts get sidetracked by feet in OS deck pics
01:40 Back on topic
05:15 Memory lane: SCG Summer 2019
09:25 The beginning of the end (the dark origin?)
11:45 #notsponsored Buy Baldy’s Blends
12:39 Appearance on LaL and Hackfather learns a new word
16:30 EW 2018
19:10 Spooner fails at #mtgfinance but was a Modern GBT
22:15 The hosts recall dead Tech platforms
22:40 GP Charlotte 2016 and James learns about Pokemon
27:28 GP Hoth (GP Louisville 2017)
30:12 How the Spooner met Hackfather
34:13 Spooner says goodbye
36:08 Interlude (My heart will cry at this crap recorder player)
37:38 Intro to Part 2
38:06 The Kingslayer ascends
39:40 The hosts review Modern Horizons 2 cards
40:28 The damn dirty monkey
47:56 WOTC fixes Tombstalker
49:47 The hosts issue a true Great Designer Search challenge
50:54 Kingslayer gets a boner about Infect
55:17 Hackfather re-enters Legacy, gets metagamed
56:04 Kingslayer strives to make Worldgorger Dragon work
61:43 Modern…why? Modern sucks
66:26 Kingslayer talks about a (proper?) format (Summer Derby)
71:23 Kingslayer proxies…Goblin Balloon Brigade?!
77:34 The spicy “budget” deck from the Derby
79:55 Hackfather debates the definition of spicy decks
80:50 The hosts discuss lizards in Vintage
87:59 Hackfather buys shinies…wait what?
90:11 EDH & Aussie: the acceptable 1 strip mine formats
93:53 The hosts complain about power level evaluation
94:42 Solution: Hack$ EDH
101:00 The hosts discuss…philosophy
108:36 Closing remarks
110:30 Outro
Show Notes
– DFB’s website
– Summer Derby 2021 Results and Deck Photos
– Aussie 7 Point Highlander
1 hr 51 min
February 26, 2021 DegenCast Episode 14: February 2021 Banned and Restricted List Updates
After an extended break, the boys are back in town! Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe are talking about the recent Banned and Restricted List update from February 15th, dissecting all of the huge changes across formats. Also in this cast: lots of elk noises, complaining about the Cantrip Cartel, Jame poor-shaming again, and a tutorial on playing chess with pigeons.

00:00 It’s a beautiful morning!
01:00 The first of many elk noises
02:34 Jame takes an entire minute to read the full Banned and Restricted List update (15 cards!)
04:15 Jame demonstrates that he can, in fact, read
05:50 Actual explanation of the Cascade rules change
09:20 The boys have no attention span
10:20 The boys are…hopeful?! Quick, they’ve been abducted!
12:05 THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE (Highlander goodness)
14:05 Lurrus
16:00 Jame and Rich discuss Legacy instead of complaining about it!
16:55 Arcum’s Astrolabe Chat (BLOOD MOON RIDES AGAIN)
19:03 Oko, Thief of Crowns (Jame knows the exact amount of time it was legal)
23:00 Dreadhorde Archanist Chat (yes, we talk about the Cantrip Cartel again)
31:24 “Playing Chess with a Pigeon”
33:10 Please bring dice and tokens, kids
35:34 Outro
Total runtime: 37:16
38 min
November 03, 2020 DegenCast Episode 13: Dave Firth Bard and LobsterCom 2020
Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe are joined by a very special guest, a founding member of New England Old School scene and prolific Old School tournament organizer, Dave Firth Bard. We talk about his history with the game, the growth and cultivation of the New England Old School scene, and most importantly in 2020, webcam Magic, as well as the recent LobsterCom webcam OS tournament he hosted. Can we finish the episode before James drinks himself into a stupor? No, but we can make it sound that way through the magic of editing!

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Dave’s history with Magic
00:07:55 Discussing and loving ante, and “40k”
00:12:48 Webcam tournaments
00:17:55 The origins of NEOS, and the growth of the national OS scene
00:24:25 Southeastern OS scene, James’ history of verbally abusing Rich
00:27:10 The origins of Dave as tournament organizer
00:30:00 No one likes Worchester, MA
00:36:45 Dave recaps the webcam OS of 2020 (it is a lot)
00:45:40 LobsterCom 2020
00:46:00 The friday night boil
00:47:45 “7/11”
00:53:10 Beasts Old School 1.5
00:56:32 LobsterCom 2020 and Atlantic OS
01:02:20 The story of Atlantic OS and its philosophy
01:10:15 Worst sushi joint ever, and DFB and Rich finally meet
01:12:30 Workshop in Atlantic
01:18:50 Hymn and The Rack are good Magic cards
01:22:05 Drunk James talks about blue again
01:23:40 The Lightning Ball – EC Rules OS 11/21/2020, 4pm EST
01:24:45 James doesn’t know how time zones work
01:28:40 Closing thoughts
01:33:00 Outro
Total runtime: 01:33:31
1 hr 34 min
October 19, 2020 DegenCast Episode 12: Better Late Than Never
The crew is back with a new episode after a long hiatus, and this is a long one! Join Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe on another cavalcade of buffoonery, as they discuss “current” events in MTG, and embody what the kids these days call “paper boomers.”

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:35 The Death of the DCI (Yes, this episode has parts that are that old. Shut up.)
0:03:10 Brief B&R Updates & the Companion Mechanic (Look, just trust me. v1 of ep 12 sucked)
0:10:50 Let’s talk about Legacy (and why we’re both kinda of sick of it)
0:21:10 SKILL INTENSE
0:30:50 Now that we’ve whined a bunch, lets talk about Vintage! BAZAAR OF BAGHDAD SPECIAL
0:31:40 Bazaar Aggro discussion
0:35:30 Thundercats! HOOOOOOOOO-GAAK!
0:40:10 “The Riddler”
0:43:42 A Bizarre Bazaar Discussion
0:53:45 Double-Bulk Rare Masters (But the full-art cards are sick-looking)
1:05:32 “Rich Discovers the Full-Art Double Masters Cards”
1:10:26 What are you going to miss most about in-person EW?
1:14:51 What OS Means to us (and we swoon about Mark Brothers again because he’s hot)
1:17:18 LobsterCom 2020 Preview (we’re going to have 2 upcoming episodes on this so we keep it brief)
1:26:49 Outro
Total runtime: 1:27:19
1 hr 28 min
August 01, 2020 DegenCast Episode 11: Plaguefest, Legacy 606, and the Corona Cup
The Hacks (Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe), joined by Ryan “Rusty” Hobbs, verbally shitpost, discuss some webcam Magic, and goof off for an hour and a half. Big ups to James for finishing this episode, despite losing the master and starting over 3 times.

00:00:00 Our Best Intro Music Ever
00:00:43 Rusty Plugs His Twitter Account Like a Narcissist
00:04:08 Ikoria Discussion begins
00:06:35 Plaguefest 2020 Recap – Aussie Highlander (7 pt)
00:14:50 Plaguefest 2020 Recap – Hyperextended (Rusty Can’t Read Either)
00:36:30 Legacy 606 Intro and FNM Recap
00:50:32 Corona Cup, Hosted by Alamo City Old School, a Recap
01:07:10 The “Closing Half of This Episode” (Skype Magic)
01:19:15 Did You Really Think We Could Go a Whole Episode Without Saying “Ban Brainstorm?”
Total runtime: 1:25:09
1 hr 26 min
April 16, 2020 DegenCast Episode 10: Long Live Tezzerator
The Hacks (Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe) discuss Legacy, Banned and Restricted changes, Grudge Matches, and more.

01:25 – B&R Announcement (March 9th) – Underworld Breach
09:25 – Recap: Legacy Quarterly @ Atomic Empire (Durham, NC)
10:30 – Sidetrack #1: Pinball
11:30 – The Spaghetti Tragedy (I Forgot Inners)
14:40 – The ACTUAL Start of Rich’s Tournament Report
21:20 – James Doesn’t Like Water Sports (Tournament Report)
23:24 – WHEEEEEEE!
30:40 – Bad Day at the Office… Or Was It?! (Tezz #1 in Swiss, Hacks in Top 8)
31:30 – Tezzerator Fanboy Montage
34:35 – Death and Taxes Experts Are Nuts
35:45 – James Sells His Soul (Oko in Lands)
38:10 – Rich is Stepping Back from Magic for a While (But still casting)
43:35 – Thassa’s Oracle and Cards That Cost BBB (and Consultation)
49:00 – Hygiene and You – A PSA from Hacks MTG (COVID-19)
53:25 – Callouts/Grudge Match Details
Total runtime: 54:20
55 min
March 11, 2020 DegenCast Episode 9: Legacy
The Hacks (Richard Sponholz and James Easteppe) discuss Old School, Vintage, Legacy, and gatherings.

00:00 Intro and Northern Stronghold Vintage FNM
04:40 UW Lantern – It’s not good against Dredge
09:20 An unnecessarily long and rambling story about GP Hoth (GP Louisville 2017, Legacy; Polar Vortex)
11:05 Saturday Old School Recap
16:03 The Grudge Match: The Hackfather vs TURN AND BURN (Aussie Highlander)
18:13 Drunk Cubing and why you shouldn’t do it (RIP Tetravus)
20:30 Cool Vintage Lists – Painter (Justin Gennari/IamActuallyLvL1)
29:20 Cool Vintage Lists – Bazaar Beatdown (Andy Markiton/Montolio)
32:05 Quarterly “Legacy for Cash” Preview discussion – Atomic Empire (Durham, NC)
34:10 Breach Freeze
36:00 Echo of Eons/ Urza (RIP Tezzerator)
39:50 Legacy Jund with Hexdrinker
41:10 Legacy Eldrazi
48:30 Jeremy Aronson’s $40k Legacy Tournament (With SANCTIONED VINTAGE and EC Old School side events)
55:05 Hacksmageddon (Charlotte, NC the weekend of GP CLT – More details to come!)
56:30 James goes on a Rant about CFB Events (again), and more discussions about the state of Legacy in 2020
1:03:55 James Quotes Ghandi
1:05:05 We almost finished the episode without talking about the Blue Stew
Total runtime: 1:07:51
Grudge Matches
The Hacks invite you all to participate in a little something we’re trying, to foster a little good in our local communities. At every Hacks Northern Stronghold event at least 1 callout is issued for a best of 5 match of an agreed upon format, with $50 on the line to be donated to the charity of the winner’s choice. With the Hacks’ roots being in Old School, charity is very important to us and we invite anyone who feels like engaging in this practice to start calling out your friends in support of your local charities. Doing a Grudge Match? We’d love to hear about it! Email your story and some pics to [email protected] and we’ll put them on our website, hacksmtg.com!
1 hr 8 min

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DegenCast, presented by Eternal Central, is a booze and profanity-fueled exploration of current events in the Eternal formats by the Magical Hacks, a Carolinas-based group devoted to Eternal Magic, in…

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