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The dorks are talking history this time around - more specifically the history of all the legends and planeswalkers from the new Commander 2014 decks. Wonder who Titania and Freyalise are? Want to know what's up with Ob Nixilis and his many forms? Think way too much about Lorthos' deal? Well worry no more, as we've got all kinds of stuff to tell you! Except for Lorthos, there is no deal. Sorry.

Not only are we talking Commander, but there's also a fair amount of other news that cropped up since the last time we recorded, so I hope everyone learns something this week!

Links!Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora announced - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-duel-decks-elspeth-vs-kiora-2014-11-03Dragons of Tarkir announced - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/announcing-dragons-tarkir-2014-11-03New card images from PAX Australia panel - http://imgur.com/a/r473G/allCommander 2014 Card Image Gallery - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/en-day-1-2014-10-23Commander 2014 Deck Lists - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/commander-2014-edition-decklists-2014-10-31Commander 2014 Tokens pt 1 - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arcana/commander-2014-edition-tokens-2014-10-28Commander 2014 Tokens pt 2 - http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/arc/commander-2014-edition-tokens-part-2-2014-11-04The Story of Ob Nixilis - http://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/101238052859/is-the-commader-ob-nixilis-card-before-he-went-to

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This episode is all about the mechanic that caused many headaches back in the day and has recently started again - Morph! We're stepping back all the way to the Onslaught block to tell you about its origins, then jumping forward to Time Spiral to look at some of the insanity there, then moving on to the current take on Morph and what they've done to make it less painful for everyone involved.

Of course we begin the episode with a very silly Sam Quiz, then we end on the first batch of Commander 2014 previews. Yay Commander things and stuff!

Commander 2014 Card Image Gallery: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/en-day-1-2014-10-23

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We're back at GP Las Vegas! As always, I’m asking Three Questions to anyone willing to answer them, whether they’re a listener, judge, pro player, innocent bystander, or just someone that catches my eye.

The real purpose of this show, like most of the stuff I do, is to entertain you – the listener. Rather than asking the same old questions that everyone else does, I’m looking to give you a slightly more off-the-wall look into these Magic players and judges and what-have-you by catching them off guard and putting them on the spot.

This episode covers the end of Day 1 and the beginning of Day 2! My trusty digital recorder was perfectly timed, not running out of storage space until the end of the night on Saturday. This episode I snagged a lot of awesome people to interview, including some high-level judges (including former Judgecast host Sean Catanese), a YouTuber from Top and Go Productions, Pro Tour Historian and (sorta) podcaster Brian David-Marshall, Director of OP for WotC Helene Bergeot, and Magic entertainers Reuben Bresler and Nathan Holt! Of course I hit some big pro players too - LSV, Ben Stark, David Ochoa, and Shahar Shenhar! I'm pretty sure I left a few out, sorry about that.

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what your answers would be! And keep an eye out for the next batch of Three Questions from Grand Prix Vegas coming soon!

Your host: Chewie Twitter: @TheManaPool Email: [email protected]Music: The Journey Continues by Kazunaka Yamane (from Double Dragon)

Due to scheduling issues, we don't have a proper episode for you this week. But never fear, there's still something to listen to! Back in September, Chewie went to the tiltEXPO to do a couple panels. One of those panels was all about podcasting. If any of you have ever wanted to know what it takes to start your own show, there are three podcasters giving their advice right here!

And don't worry, we'll be back with an actual episode next week!

Sean Ryan from Alpha Counter:@AlphaCounter @thegreyghostnethttp://alphacounter.com

Kelley Hightower from Mating Habits of the Modern Geek@MatingHabitshttp://matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com

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In honor of Multiplayer Week over on the Magic site, we're joined this week by Serious Fun columnist Bruce Richard! Bruce spearheaded this week's awesome return of the Multiplayer Hall of Fame! And since anyone can just go to the articles and see the rankings, we got Bruce to go into far more detail about what the Hall actually IS, its origins, and the insane amount of work that went into bringing it back. There's also a bit of musing about possible changes in the far future and plenty of credit-sharing from Bruce.

Follow Bruce on Twitter: @manaburnedCheck out the Hall of Fame here: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mhof/welcome-multiplayer-hall-fame-2014-10-13MTG Board Game teaser: http://www.gatheringmagic.com/news-10142014-magic-the-gathering-strategy-board-game-announced/New FNM Formats: http://i.imgur.com/2tYRiR3.pngPro Tour Infographics: http://www.gatheringmagic.com/nickvigabool-101314-standard-snapshot-pro-tour-khans-of-tarkir/

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