Flavor Text

By Marena and Sunny

Two intrepid Magic: The Gathering players brave the past to read official MTG books. We learn lore, discuss characters, and comment on the crazy, wild backbone of this popular card game. (And I confus... more

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The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

Flavor Text episodes:

July 14, 2022 Episode 6- Deus Ex Dyfed
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Episode Six of the Flavor Text Podcast brings us to the halfway point of the Thran! Target book planeswalks, and we discuss the Color Purple.
See the writeup of the purple cards here, as well as a brief summary of Yawgmoth Lead Theory:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ugi23vZaoqCnAlhgvh7aeOaDsY_f_e_H/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109528985751658612468&rtpof=true&sd=true
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1h 25min
July 01, 2022 Episode 5- With Apologies to J. Robert King
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Episode five of the Flavor Text Podcast has us apologizing to J. Robert King for getting it all wrong. We've misunderstood him this whole time. We were so, so wrong.
Also, Yawgmoth is an absolute chad on main.
Take a glance at the forbidden back cover of the Thran and send us your opinions: who the heck is on the back here???
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1h 23min
June 16, 2022 Episode 4 - Sadako versus Norn
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Episode four of the Flavor Text Podcast has us reading through Chapter Ten of The Thran! Part Two has a whole lot of Yawg loving and a whole lot of questioning just what goes on in the Caves of the Damned.
You are Legally Required to submit your answers to this poll regarding today's WWE-worthy matchup.
https://forms.gle/UH8B8ip55BePE8zg7
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1h 37min
May 26, 2022 Episode 3- R E V O L U T I O N
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Episode three of the Flavor Text Podcast finally sees the REVOLUTION. Will Gix overthrow the establishment? Will Yawgmoth have a consistent personality? Will Rebbec stop making an ascension metaphor for five seconds? Join us and find out!
TW: Light discussion of rape (J Robert King come find me)
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1h 30min
May 11, 2022 Episode 2- Yawg, What is in Your Heart?
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Episode two of the Flavor Text Podcast has us reading Chapters Three through Five of The Thran! We are introduced to the budding Revolution and a growing need for every protagonist in this book to attend an empathy class.
Click the link below for the document/links about the history of The Thran and Yawgmoth in card depictions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hz-js95DtsISrnLMlHT191b_5vMmg58y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109528985751658612468&rtpof=true&sd=true

Find the Flavor Text tumblr here! Feel free to ask questions or submit funny memes for podcast discussion.
https://theflavortextpodcast.tumblr.com

A big thanks to everyone from the MTGVorthos subreddit for commenting and listening!
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1h 57min
April 30, 2022 Episode 1 - Stupid Sexy Yawgmoth
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
Welcome to the pilot episode of Flavor Text: A MTG Lore podcast!
Here we read the Magic: The Gathering books, chapter by chapter and give summaries and comment on how flawless these stories are.
Join Marena (she/her) and Sunny (they/them) as we read the prologue, first and second chapters of the 1999 book The Thran by J. Robert King

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The Thran Unnofficial Audiobook by Card Bazaar
MTG Vorthos Subreddit
The Shrieking Shack Podcast

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1h 20min

FAQs about Flavor Text:

How many episodes does Flavor Text have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.