The Memory Jar

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  • 54. Ikoria Facts

    Episode 54 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we go deep on the most recent standard legal set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths! This isn’t a set review - this is The Memory Jar! We talk about some of the callbacks, the reprints, the new creature types, the old cards that Ikoria has made completely obsolete, and some of the things in the set that we haven’t seen before...or at least haven’t seen very often.

    This week’s Random Card: Reckless Wurm! (And its Gateway 2007 friends)

    Reprints: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=set%3Aiko+is%3Areprint

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    1 hr 5 min
  • 53. Unmasquing Masques with Shivam Bhatt

    Episode 53 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we welcome well-known Shivam Bhatt, host of the Casual Magic podcast, former member of the Commanderin’ MTG podcast, and member of the Commander Advisory Group! Shivam’s here to talk about cards from the Masques block. Why Masques? After this tweet, it had to happen: https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1225660673054498816

    This week’s Random Card: fancy Gaea’s Cradle!

    Masques name origin story: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/take-job-and-love-it-2002-10-28-0

    Featured cards include:

    Rishadan Pawnshop
    Forgotten Harvest
    Renounce
    Cowardice
    Armistice 
    Mercadian Atlas
    False Demise
    Overtaker
    Vernal Equinox
    Calming Verse
    Snake Pit 
    Sailmonger/Squallmonger
    Brawl
    The “Flailing” Cycle
    Divining Witch
    Charisma
    Celestial Convergence
    The “Wind” Cycle
    Sheltering Prayers
    Overlaid Terrain
    Kill Switch

    Find Shivam on Twitter: @ghirapurigears

    Find Shivam’s podcast, Casual Magic, wherever you find podcasts (for example, Spotify)

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    1 hr 18 min
  • 52. Wind Drake

    Episode 52 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.

    This week, we give you the Top 8 Wind Drakes! That’s right - if it’s a 2/2 flyer that costs two generic mana and one colored mana...it’s eligible for this list. In no particular order, we discuss:

    Aerial Guide/Trusted Pegasus/Heavenly Qilin

    Angel of Vitality
    Animating Faerie
    Apex Hawks/Academy Drake
    Aven Eternal
    Granite Gargoyle
    Nimbus Naiad
    Screeching Bat
    Warden of Evos Isle

    Okay, so that was Top 8-ish. Close enough!

    We also go back to update the Top 8 Grizzly Bears and Top 8 Flying Men - and we have some changes? Who will make the list? Challengers include Ayula, Queen Among Bears, Wildborn Preserver, Collector Ouphe, Faerie Guidemother, and Spectral Sailor! Check it out!

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    29 min
  • 51. Theros Beyond Death Facts

    Episode 51 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we go deep on the most recent standard legal set, Theros Beyond Death! This isn’t a set review - this is The Memory Jar! We talk about some of the callbacks, the reprints, the new creature types, the old cards that Theros Beyond Death made completely obsolete, and some of the things in the set that we haven’t seen before...or at least haven’t seen very often.

    This week’s Random Card: https://scryfall.com/card/ogw/111/goblin-freerunner

    Theros Beyond Death Story Summary

    Is Elspeth being tormented by...a Phyrexian Negator?

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    51 min
  • 50. Cards of the Year Decade Review

    Episode 50 (FIFTY EPISODES!) of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.

    This week, we celebrate the New Year by picking our favorite cards of the year for each year of the past decade. The Magic world saw a lot in the 2010s, and we take a quick run through the cards we loved the most.

    2010: Vengevine & Grand Architect

    2011: Snapcaster Mage & Birthing Pod
    2012: Chromatic Lantern & Sphinx’s Revelation
    2013: Maze’s End & Prophet of Kruphix
    2014: Hornet Nest & Tri-Lands from Khans of Tarkir
    2015: Tasigur, the Golden Fang & Collected Company
    2016: Thought-Knot Seer & Fevered Visions
    2017: Oasis Ritualist & Treasure Map//Treasure Cove
    2018: Thief of Sanity & Niv-Mizzet, Parun
    2019: Syr Konrad the Grim & Ilharg, the Raze Boar

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    56 min
  • 49. Quiz Show with David Lyford-Smith

    Episode 49 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we welcome back Level 3 Judge and Magic Bracket creator David Lyford-Smith to talk STATS! David clues us in to some fascinating facts about where Magic is at and we talk about where it may be going. David gives the hosts some challenges and YOU can play along at home! Open the links under “Quiz!” below and get ready to challenge yourself. Oh - and spelling counts.

    STATS!

    Number of standard legal cards, expressed as a chart: LINK
    Same data, but rolling 12 month averages: LINK

    QUIZ!

    What’s the Set? Image Gallery
    Connecting Wall Image

    MAGIC BRACKET!

    Tumblr: https://mtgbracket.tumblr.com/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtg_bracket
    Bracket Explorer: https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~imilos2/MTGB/

    For more from David Lyford-Smith: https://twitter.com/SaviaWanderer

    This Week’s Random Card is Maralen of the Mornsong!

    Other Mandatory searches: Avatar of Growth, Collective Voyage, Fertilid, Field of Ruin, Pir’s Whim, Scheming Symmetry, Winds of Abandon. Best friends with Ob Nixilis, Unshackled.

    As discussed in the open, it’s Zodiac Dog! What a good boi.

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    1 hr 20 min
  • 48. Mystery Boosties

    Episode 48 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we talk about about Mystery Boosters! We participated in a bunch of Mystery Booster events at Mythic Championship/Magicfest Richmond, and we interviewed our fellow Mystery Boostie drafters to see what cards they were excited about.

    Featuring interviews with:

    Morgan Wentworth & Travis Gibson
    Ally Warfield
    Dylan Hand
    Freddy Dickens & Lane Johnson
    Dominic Z
    Meg Rickman
    Gabby Carter
    Case Johnson

    This week’s Random Card: Power Leak!

    Mystery Booster reprints: https://scryfall.com/sets/mb1

    Mystery Booster “test cards”: https://scryfall.com/sets/cmb1

    Gabby’s Tempting Witch Cosplay, if you dare

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    59 min
  • 47. Throne of Eldraine Facts

    Episode 47 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we go deep on the most recent standard legal set, Throne of Eldraine! This isn’t a set review - this is The Memory Jar! We talk about some of the callbacks, the reprints, the new creature types, the old cards that Throne of Eldraine made completely obsolete, and some of the things in the set that we haven’t seen before...or at least haven’t seen very often.

    Also, this was recorded before we went to Richmond, so check out what we got right and wrong about Mystery Boosters!

    This week’s Random Card: https://scryfall.com/card/pcel/3/proposal

    Nobles: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Anoble

    Warlocks: https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=type%3Awarlock
    Peasants: https://scryfall.com/search?q=type%3Apeasant&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
    The Sculpture: https://scryfall.com/card/tc19/24/sculpture
    The Mouse: https://scryfall.com/card/teld/4/mouse

    Kings and Queens that aren’t type “Noble”

    Eli Shiffrin’s article explaining the creature type oracle changes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/oracle-changes-2019-09-27

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    44 min
  • 46. The Spooky Cube with Ryan Overturf

    Episode 46 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.


    This week, we bring back listener favorite Ryan Overturf to talk about another one of his cube creations - The Spooooooky Cube! This unique cube is curated to creates tension in both the draft and the gameplay. You loved Ryan’s Grixis Cube on Magic Online, so come check out his latest creation!

    The Spooooooky Cube: https://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/91345

    Archetypes and Color Map:

    COLORPAIR: Primary Archetype (supported archetypes)
    WU: Blink (Spells Matter, Humans, Zombies)
    WB: Aristocrats (Humans, Zombies, Creatures in GY matter)
    WR: Humans (Spells matter, Aristocrats)
    WG: Humans (Blink, Creatures in GY matter)
    UB: Zombies (Madness, Delirium, Creatures in GY matter)
    UR: Spells matter (Madness, Grow)
    UG: Grow (Blink, Delirium, Madness, Creatures in GY matter)
    BR: Madness (Spells matter, Aristocrats)
    BG: Creatures in GY matter (Delirium)
    RG: “Werewolves” (Madness)

    Dragon Shield’s Spooky (?) Sleeves - https://www.dragonshield.com/product/halloween-dragonart-sleevesmatte-100-standard

    Ryan’s Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/ryanoverdrive

    Ryan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanOverdrive
    Star City Games’ new Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/starcitygames

    Check out Ryan’s store, Lodestone Coffee & Games

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    1 hr 20 min
  • 45. Signature Spellbook - Sam Ihlenfeldt

    Episode 45 of The Memory Jar, a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love.

    This week, we’re joined by Magic’s 2018 Rookie of the Year Sam Ihlenfeldt! Sam joins us for an absurd amount of complete nonsense, and we also get around to remembering the eight cards in his personal Signature Spellbook, which includes:

    Silvos, Rogue Elemental

    Lightning Bolt
    Bituminous Blast
    Brimstone Volley
    Coalition Relic
    Villainous Wealth
    Myr Battlesphere
    Munda, Ambush Leader

    Follow Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ihlenfeldt

    Assorted nonsense from this episode:

    Jareth, what’s happening with your abs? Please see a veterinarian immediately
    Read this to know your Caduceus from your Asclepius
    Corbin Hosler’s article about Sam

    Intro Music: This Train Doesn’t Stop At Rugby by TRG Banks

    Outro Music: Sunday Morning Sun by Ryan Andersen
    Logo: Chris Yates (CMYKompany.com)

    1 hr 12 min

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The Memory Jar is a Magic: The Gathering podcast about the cards, decks, people, and stories that make Magic the game we love. It's for players of all levels to have a reminisce, laugh, and share some memories.