Geekspective

When there is power to take you take it! Or so that is what The Evil Doers are practicing. Onward to the Blessed Fortress of Determination!

A wise designer once said that Magic is not a game, but many different games united by a core game engine. Let’s see what this baby can do! We’re taking a look at some of the weird and wild alternate ways that you can play this game, from Mini Masters to Mini Cubes, from Planechase to Poker. Kenny starts to look into the idea of building his own Mini Cube, and Amber poo-poos it. But! She is kind of interested in something called a Back Draft? Give ‘er a listen!

After resting in Babou’s pocket cottage and eating delicious Cockatrice stew, the gang begins their trek into the Deadwood.

You bet your ass we’ve got affinity for artifacts. Red and Blue don’t agree on a whole lot, but one thing we do both love are those sweet, sweet (mostly) colorless spells. Today Kenny has devised a devilish torture for Amber, a lore quiz about some of Magic’s most infamous artificers, Tezzeret and Urza. See...

In an extremely dateable special episode, Kristin and Sarah discuss recycling aesthetic trends, the making of modern history, and plants.

Beholders are bad! Eldritch Beholders are worse! Not knowing if you friend was eaten by a Beholder is the worst!

Are you BEAST enough to ENTER THE COMBAT PHASE??? We certainly aren’t. This week Amber and Kenny do a Cube Draft, and they both draft extraordinarily medium decks, but hey, it makes for good competition. Mild spoilers include the following: questionable Toni Braxton song parodies, Amber not drafting red or white, Kenny not drafting blue, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!

The party continues to help Paco in figuring out his family's complicated Nine Lives Ritual.

The plane for the fall set was announced a short while ago—Throne of Eldraine promises to be a magical land of fairy tales, knights, royalty, and enchantment. But so far all we really have to go on are a few pieces of amazing art. Who better to predict the future of what Wizards will do with this set than an absent-minded blue mage and his frothing, foaming, fire-flinging friend?

Kristin is joined by Sarah and Will to discuss NOW compilations, retired swears, and Enya.