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Hey guys this week Rob and Jerry are interviewing Zan Syed a well-known grinder from the Southern United States with some serious Magic cred (In Segment 2). Segment 1 we talk abut the new Magic Leagues, the new teams system for the Pro Tour, and a redneck fight in Carson City, Nevada.

So this week, we realized that there was no Planeshift for Kaladesh, so we decided to do a bit of one ourselves. We talked a bit about the past version of the Artificer, a class that currently does not exist in 5th edition dungeons and dragons, as well as how we'd prefer to see it work. We also did some very broad-strokes designing of how an aether born would work as a playable race, with out biggest focus being on their short lives, ability to take outside life into themselves to prolong their lives, and the emphatic abilities their creation gives them.

Oh and we briefly covered the close of the Kaladesh story line, which we agree sort of felt decent but also like they just wanted to get Ajani into the gatewatch sooner rather than later. We also discussed how the entire point of having Ajani is to have a wiser and cooler head, which the other 5 immediately decided to ignore. We love you kitty man, sorry.

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Hello Internet, and welcome to the Snow-Covered Lands podcast!

Our goal here at the Snow-Covered Lands podcast is to take a look back, a retrospective, at older Magic the Gathering sets through a commander lense. We'll talk mechanics, legendaries, some of our favorite cards, and some of the art we really enjoyed from these sets. Then, each host will build a deck based around either the mechanics from the set, or a legendary, so long as it has the feel of the set we've covered that week, and have a chat about our decks.

This week Nick and Eric are covering Coldsnap. It seemed like a fitting place to start, given the name of the show, the fact that we're based right in the heart of Canada, and it's the middle of winter.

Corrections: We apparently completely misread Lightning Storm, and thought that when you discard a land card to it, it creates a copy of the spell. We now know it just changes targets, but we had a discussion during the show thinking the other way. Whoops!

You can find Eric's Coldsnap themed decklist here, and you can find Nick's here.

If you need to get a hold of the guys you can do so by emailing [email protected], @SCLpodcast on Twitter, or on our Facebook page, facebook.com/snowcoveredlands.

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Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, brave the snow friends!

Matt Tabak is a senior editor inside Magic R&D. He is a former level 3 judge, competed at the Pro Tour four times, and holds the record for longest tenured Magic rules manager. He’s the lead editor for Magic Duels and the upcoming Magic sets Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation. Matt lives in Seattle, WA.

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First Set

Alpha

Favorite Set

Ravnica

Favorite Card

Hidden Path

Prodigal Sorcerer

What makes Magic: The Gathering fun for you?

Traveling and meeting the players.

Most Notable Ruling You've Ever Made

Judging a Pro Tour Qualifier. Matt disqualified a player for having a 59 card deck. Matt realized that player experience is very important.

Best Experience Working on Magic

Traveling to PAX 2016. Revealing Kaladesh to the world was awesome.

If You Could Change One Thing About the Rules What Would it be

Make all Instants, Sorceries

Las Vegas Magic Story

A friend got arrested for using a hot tub that wasn't theirs.

What have You Learned from Magic

Matt has learned about collaboration.

Biggest Mistake Players Make

Failures to learn from mistakes. Don't blame luck. Take ownership and learn from mistakes.

Improvement Suggestions

You get out of it what you put into it. Life is ultimately about the connections you make with other people.

Connect With Matt Tabak

Twitter:@TabakRules

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Magic Story brings the lore of the Multiverse to life in an audio presentation never before heard in the Magic community.

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Jacob Van Lunen joins us to share stories of epic victories using draft-chaff slivers, give his insights on the upcoming protour, and talk about standard brew ideas so cool that even DJ is interested.  Corbin makes the least tasteful joke of the episode, which is impressive considering Jason is back.   Join us for this week's Brainstorm Brewery.

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Hear tales of the only Two-Headed Giant protour

Breaking Bulk

Protour Aether Revolt discussion

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This week on Constructed Criticism Spencer, and Casey talk about Mana Bases and the new decks in Standard before the Pro Tour.

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Just how important are lands in the cube? Fixing you mana is an obvious priority, but what else can your lands do for you? Mason, Alec, and Josh think they can do a lot.

From enabling landfall, delirium, delve, retrace, and revolt, to being threats, defenses, and acting like spells, lands are one of the most versatile card types in the game. They are the foundation for your entire limited environment. They govern what color fixing is available, how fast decks can hit the ground running, and what kinds of synergies and archetypes can be drafted.

In this, the first episode in a 2 part conversation, the guys dig deep into what lands you can, and possibly should (or shouldn’t) be playing, and why. Duals, shocks, fetches, filters, fastlands, bouncelands and more!

This week we break down some of the changes coming to Magic Online. We then breakdown all of hot technology at SCG Richmond. Despite a strong showing from Jeskai and G/B, there were a few lists just on the cusp that show a glimpse of what the format has to offer. Finally, we talk about the various Pro Tour teams, and Mike and Dave discuss the terms of their Pro Tour burrito bet.

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This week on the Cardhoarder Podcast Conor, Nathaniel, and Dave analyze the State of Magic Online article.  Wizards makes an unthinkable change shifting the online release date to the Monday after the paper Prerelease.  Magic players were hoping to be reassured with answers for the safety of their online collections.  Elaine Chase released a tweet hoping to reduce panic but Magic players continue to be pessimistic.  Other topics include MTGO Traders lowering their ticket price, thoughts on new MTGO events in 2017, video coverage expanding for 2017, and fantasy Team Pro Tour draft.

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The State of Magic Online article

Video coverage expanding in 2017

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Your Hosts: Conor O'Donnell, Nathaniel Buckley-Wright, and David Murphy

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Connor and Matt discuss Week 2 of Standard results, their excitement for the upcoming Pro Tour Aether Revolt and the new look Modern format that is shaping up. Enjoy!!