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Release notes: the eternal punishment for being a JudgeCast host.

We cover all the exciting abilities in Eternal Masters, and a wide selection of our favorite nostalgia-filled and most-dreaded cards! Animate Dead! Werebear! Sylvan Library! Isochron Scepter! All these and so much more in this action packed episode.

Release Notes: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/eternal-masters-release-notes-2016-06-02

Patrick Chapin, "The Innovator," is a Hall of Famer, Pro Tour Champion, and 5-time Pro Tour Top 8 competitor. Author of Next Level Magic and Next Level Deckbuilding, his articles can be found on StarCityGames.com and podcast at

TopLevelPodcast.com.

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Sideboarding

Sideboards are there to tweak and tune your strategy. Know what your strategy is. Look at similar strategies and make your sideboard similar.

Right now, sweepers are very popular - Languish and Planar Outburst.

Building Local Interest

If you have casual players that you would like to take to the next level, organize regular draft nights. Break off into teams after the draft portion so people can help each other build decks.

If you have new players who don't know the rules, introduce them to a Duels of the Planeswalkers and see if they stick around and want more after a few weeks.

Missing Triggers

Create a shortcut system for your brain. Also, when playtesting, NO TAKE BACKS!!

Practice how you want to play at events. Track your mistakes and do a push up for each one you do.

Going to Grand Prixs and Other Big Events

Grand Prixs are like gaming conventions. JUST GO and enjoy it!

You will never feel ready if you don't go. If you are nervous about the main event then just show up and walk around, play in some side events, visit artists and vendors and soak it all in.

When you participate in the main event, play all the rounds. You paid to play Magic and get experience. Utilize all the time you have. Play all the rounds even if you're knocked out early.

Playing against different decks and opponents you don't know is invaluable.

Home Brew vs. Net Deck

By playing your own brew all the time you are missing out on learning what's working now and why it's working.

By net decking all the time you will always be a week or so behind.

Mix it up. Net deck 25% of the time and build your own deck 25% of the time. The other 50% is up to you to go where the wind blows.

See what's working at large but try out your own ideas too.

Read: Information Cascades in Magic on StarCityGames

Make Sure It's Fun

Don't force yourself to play Magic (or play more Magic) just because you feel like that's waht you SHOULD be doing, Make sure it stays fun.

Pay Attention to Opponent

Everytime your opponent makes a play, especially if it's not obvious why, ask yourself "Why did they do that?"

Have a notebook and write down, after the match, what your opponent did so you can talk about it with others later.

BONUS: Write down all the mistakes you made (win or lose) and what you learned and SHARE THAT LIST!

Don't let your brain hide your errors from you. Get used to facing them and talking about them.

The MTG Pro Tutor Facebook group is the perfect place to post your list because of the healthy, uplifting community there who is ready to help.

Mulligan Decisions

Now days you can keep slightly lighter mana hands because you can scry.

Consider what your opponent is playing and have a plan based on the cards in your hand. If there is no viable plan, then mulligan.

If you don't know what your opponent is playing, assume they are on an aggressive strategy. How does your hand line up in that match?

Coping with Counterspells

If you tilt when playing a control mage then watch someone play a control deck and ask questions. Learn when they are vulnerable so you know when to strike.

Dealing With Ulamog

Hand disruption is the best way to deal with Ulamog. Infinite Obliteration is the prime answer.

Biggest Mistake

Players lie to themselves.

You can only control what you can control. People shift the blame to things they can't control and then use that to hide from the real problem.

Which is that they are making mistakes and need to address it.

This week our wizards celebrate their 100th episode with a reader mailbag read-off to the death contest. The Crack, Sack, and Bury is all about your emails. And somebody forgot to bring the party horn. It's episode 100!

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: facebook.com/wizardsofthecast

Evan: twitter.com/nobodyrly

Cole: twitter.com/kcolef

Larry: twitter.com/chatfiend

Episode 65 of the Unspoken Realms podcast, featuring The Prodigal Sorcerers by Mark Price.

The Prodigal Sorcerers is a stand-alone story written for the release of Eternal Masters. 

To support Unspoken Realms, visit the Patreon page.

Welcome back to another fun filled episode!  After a 4 month hiatus the itch to podcast is back and what better than a great discussion about Eternal Masters!  Matt brings some eternal players along for the ride this episode to give some insight on what this set will do for the Legacy and Vintage formats.  We have Jamie Keller from The Legacy Weapon Podcast and Joe Fiorini, Vintage writer for mtggoldfish.com to talk about the impacts that this limited print set will bring.

http://www.cardconfidants.com/aethercast-episode-4-the-most-modern-vintage-deck-ever/

Contact info:

Matt

Twitter: @oopsitrolled

Jamie

Twitter: @Jamie7Keller

www.legacyweapon.com

Joe

@josephfiorinijr

his awesome vintage articles

by Travis Allen (@wizardbumpin) & James Chillcott (@mtgcritic)

MTG Fast Finance is a weekly podcast that tries to break down the flurry of financial activity in the world of Magic: The Gathering into a fast, fun and useful thirty minute format. Follow along with our seasoned hosts as they walk you through this week's big price movements, their picks of the week, metagame analysis and a rotating weekly topic.

For the highest quality episode we offer, please find us at our Soundcloud page!

Segment 1: Top Movers of the Week

Greater Gargadon Foil (Modern Masters)

Start: $4.50

Finish: $7.25

Gain: +$2.75 (+60%)

Realms Uncharted (Rise of the Eldrazi)

Start: $1.75

Finish: $3.00

Gain: +$1.25 (+70%)

Junun Efreet (Arabian Nights)

Start: $5.00

Finish: $9.50

Gain: +$4.50 (+90%)

Gavony Township Foil (Innistrad)

Start: $12.00

Finish: $24.00

Gain: +$12.00 (+100%)

Iroas, God of Victory Foil (Journey Into Nyx)

Start: $15.00

Finish: $30.00

Gain: +$15.00 (+100%)

Library of Alexandria (Arabian Nights)

Start: $445.00

Finish: $1,150.00

Gain: +$705 (+160%)

Segment 2: Cards to Watch

James Picks:

Force of Will Foil, Eternal Masters, Confidence Level 8: $275 to $400 (+45%, 0-12+ months)

Mana Crypt Foil, Eternal Masters, Confidence Level 7: $225 to $300 (+33%, 0-12+ months)

Wasteland, Natural Order, Shardless Agent, Sensei's Divinging Top, Eternal Masters

Travis Picks:

Day's Undoing, Magic Origins, Confidence Level 6: $2 to $8 (+300%, 12+ months)

Daretti, Scrap Savant, Commander 2014, Confidence Level 7: $2 to $10 (+400%, 12+ months)

Titania, Protector of Argoth, Commander 2014, Confidence Level 8: $2.50 to $10 (+300%, 12+ months)

Sealed Eternal Masters boxes, MSRP, 12+ months

Disclosure: Travis and James may own speculative copies of the above cards.

Segment 3: Grand Prix Toronto and Grand Prix Tokyo

Between GP Minneapolis and GP Manchester, humans were all over Standard. While Minneapolis was nearly nothing but, Manchester provided some additional color, including an exciting build including Jace's Sanctum that landed in 25th place.

Hey everybody! Zuby is joined once again by his good friend Alec and they discuss one of their favorite formats in Magic the Gathering! Limited! They go over both Draft and Sealed and some of the choices that are involved in them. Be sure to listen to it all!

 

Email Zuby at: [email protected]

Follow Zuby at: @MagicwithZuby and @Zubatron

 

If you have any questions or comments let me know!

Today we cover GPLA and GPChar, both of which show off the format's diversity.

Our main topic is perhaps the most requested show topic since we started, how to sideboard in Modern. We break it down by the rules and guidelines you should follow get better at this essential task.

In paper we are playing a BW Eldrazi Midrange deck, and Abzan CoCo, and we go over our testing and results so far.

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This week we talk the recent high profile banning, Eternal Masters full spoiler, and the two standard GPs that happened over the weekend. Also, the return of the question of the week!

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Durdles face their greatest foe yet - entire Eternal Masters spoilers! Will Durdles manage to wade through the bulk of it, and evade really bad cards at rare  ?(hi Diminishing Returns!)

Tune in to find out!

Intro: Tha Gatherin' "Jace the Mind Sculptor (Remix)"

Commander of the week

Nikša: Sygg, River Cuttroath

Igor: Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

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