First Pick:

WotC and Twitch reach agreement to be official... something? http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/wizards-coast-stream-magic-events-exclusively-twitch-2016-11-17

 

Imperial Seal Judge Promo: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/weekly-update-nov-20-imperial-seal-judge-promo

 

U/W Flash & GB Delirium - 81% of the Top 32. 15 of which (47%) are B/G Delirium.

 

Standard sucks: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/whats-the-matter-with-standard/

 

• “Standard is "Solved" Too Quickly”

 

• “Standard has Become About Cards, Not Decks”

 

The Importance of Hate Cards in Standard:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/the-importance-of-hate-and-hosers-in-standard

 

Greece wins WMC, Italy back to back

Weird breakers: https://twitter.com/PVDDR/status/799964468566458368

 

Pros Coming Out - Jacob Wilson, Huey Jensen

 

Thopter Pie Network

Announcement: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/daily-magic-update/update-2016-11-21

Artist: https://twitter.com/victoradameart/status/801181635479793665

 

Gather the Townsfolk:

 

Sven Bjornerud (@Sene1) ending his full-time PotY spreadsheet maintenance

https://twitter.com/Sene1/status/801115051172073472

 

Desert Bus - $600k this year!

Alex’s beautiful speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=135&v=dq1qB5QkOmk

 

Going Infinite:

 

What card from Magic’s past should get a reprint for Commander 2017?

 

Is Magic putting out too many expansions?

June: Eternal Masters; July: Eldritch Moon; August: Conspiracy 2; September: Kaladesh & Nissa vs. ObNix; October: no new releases! November: Commander 2016 & Planechase Anthology

EMN reprint cycle: http://wpn.wizards.com/en/article/eternal-masters-reprint

Sky falling, etc.: https://twitter.com/Derium/status/796855338993651715

 

Custom Magic card of the week: Crumbling Library

https://www.reddit.com/r/custommagic/comments/5datzx/crumbling_library/

 

Splash Damage

 

D&D goes into the Toy HoF, alongside Fisher-Price Little People and ‘the swing’:

http://kotaku.com/dungeons-dragons-earns-a-spot-in-the-national-toy-hal-1788812411?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

 

Ball

Inducted 2009

 

Stick

Inducted 2008

 

Blanket

Inducted 2011

 

Cardboard Box

Inducted 2005

 

Inducted 2016

Dungeons & Dragons

Fisher-Price Little People

Swing

 

Inducted 2017

Magic: The Gathering

Sorry!

Imagination

 

The Finisher

 

Today’s episode is on a Tuesday because this week is Thanksgiving, the holiday where we Americans celebrate the one-month anniversary of Christmas songs being on the radio. But we also gather with friends and family and be thankful for what we have. So this year, what are you most thankful for?