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Welcome everybody. Join us as we discuss the hot new(ish) mono black deck in Premodern MTG that everyone else already talked about a couple months ago. We are behind as usual. Old mages move at their own pace. Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we discuss birds in MTG from ABU through the Premodern era and browse some Premodern bird decks. Make sure to read Sigmund's article that inspired this episode (see link above). Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we discuss the RecSur decks that crushed most of the completion (Sligh was still slighing) at Worlds in 1998. In it's modern day form, it's also a deck that consistently crushes me at local Premodern meetups. Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we discuss the Words cycle from Onslaught. A cycle of affordable and powerful enchantments to pair with your favorite card draw engine. We also discuss replacement effects, recent market moves in Premodern cardboard and much more. Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we discuss a bevy of Premodern-legal reprints in the new Final Fantasy sets and the Summer Secret Lair Superdrop. Hope you enjoy!

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we review the top 20 gold-framed cards in Premodern MTG. Hope you enjoy!

Read Zvi's article from 2009: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/top-50-gold-cards-all-time-2009-05-18

0:00 Intro

5:29 That's right folks, we did a top 38 list

8:10 Armadillo Cloak

9:14 RIP to the old Gatherer

20:05 Void

27:41 Mystic Snake

33:43 Gerrard's Verdict

38:29 Eladamri's Call

45:28 Undermine

49:10 Shadowmage Infiltrator

58:13 Crystalline Sliver

1:02:42 Stormbind

1:09:20 Mirari's Wake

1:16:28 Vindicate

1:20:56 Lobotomy

1:26:10 Squandered Resources

1:30:07 Spiritmonger

1:34:25 Frenetic Efreet

1:39:54 Cadaverous Bloom

1:45:20 Meddling Mage

1:50:27 Fires of Yavimaya

1:59:15 Pernicious Deed

2:08:13 Psychatog

2:13:44 Some Honorable Mentions

2:27:22 Outro

2:29:25 Alex remembered something else he wanted to say about Crovax

2:30:50 Why is everyone buying Slaughter?

2:33:05 I'm surprised by Final Fantasy

2:35:29 I skipped a month of school in '97 to train chocobos

2:36:36 The real outro

2:36:43 Uncle Bill

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Welcome everybody. Join us as we review the top gold colds in Premodern MTG. Hope you enjoy!

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0:00 Intro

5:41 The best cards in Premodern MTG

7:20 Destructive Flow

14:55 Teferi's Moat

20:43 Nicol Bolas

24:38 Heroes' Reunion

32:04 Absorb

37:48 Terminate

41:53 Sol'kanar the Swamp King

47:38 Sliver Queen

54:07 Reparations

58:58 Recoil

1:02:15 Phelddagrif

1:06:31 Mystic Enforcer

1:12:10 Hibernation Sliver

1:15:19 Goblin Trenches

1:18:39 Fiery Justice

1:24:11 Cavern Harpy

1:27:31 Lightning Angel

1:31:55 Lim-Dul's Vault

1:38:15 Outro

1:42:21 Uncle Bill

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Welcome in everybody. Join us as we review the premiere Premodern White Weenie primer authored by Gary Roth and apply what we learn to upgrade my current pet Premodern project: Empyrial White Weenie. Hope you enjoy!

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0:00 Intro

3:37 Empyrial white weenie

6:36 Retromancers monthly meetup matches

23:30 A Premodern white weenie primer

31:11 The creatures

47:47 The noncreature spells

1:14:42 The lands

1:18:20 The sideboard

1:30:53 Anti-red

1:40:04 Piloting the deck

1:45:59 The matchups

2:01:10 The updated deck

2:06:45 Birds!

2:19:46 Outro

2:27:17 Uncle Bill

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Welcome in everybody. Join us as we learn about the tenets of The Wakefield School. If you think Magic is more fun with fatties and over 60 cards, then this episode is for you. Hope you enjoy!

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0:00 Intro

13:49 The Wakefield School

20:42 Brothers Very Grimm

45:17 Secret Force

1:12:00 Market Moves in Old-Frame MTG

1:36:40 Outro

1:39:28 Uncle Bill

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Welcome in everybody. Join us as we discuss the current market for Premodern staples. Is my beloved Premodern still an approachable format for mages on a budget? Hope you enjoy!

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0:00 Intro

2:04 I bought a foil

9:33 What drew me to Premodern

15:27 Affordable decks in Premodern

17:27 Prices of Premodern staples

1:19:37 The best sets for Premodern reprints 1

:33:34 Some value in the market

1:39:26 Outro

1:42:40 Uncle Bill

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Check out this fabulous Premodern primer from mtgbanding for a list of decks to build on a budget: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yMlN1SXC70BlGHqhUa9mLagFhVqYM2gDYae6B-VkvPM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.8a88wf7e4c9b

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