2025 was one of the best years for Magic story ever, with huge hits like Edge of Eternities and Tarkir: Dragonstorm alongside announcements for a new novel and comic book line. This week, we're go through everything Vorthos from last year and discuss the hits and misses for worldbuilding, narrative, and story releases. Where did Magic excel and where did it fall flat? And what the **** was that D&D supplement?

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Welcome to 2026! We're starting the year by finishing the story of Lorwyn Eclipsed, wherein we learn the true identity of a mischievous blue and green faerie and say goodbye to an old friend. And, yes, we will briefly discuss that last scene of the story. You know the one.

If you want to read the story, and you definitely do, go to MTGStory.com and read it! It's good!

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We return this week to the story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed! All episodes of the main story are out, but for part 2 of our discussion we'll be talking about episodes 4 and 5. A lot happens to our cast of characters in these two chapters, including the return of Ashling to the story and the introduction of a very mean elf!

We'll be away for the holidays next weekend, so no regular episode until January 5th!

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Welcome to our first episode discussing the story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed! We're talking about episodes 1 through 3 this week. All parts of the main story of Lorwyn Eclipsed are written by the amazing returning author Seanan McGuire. They tell the story of four unfortunate students from Strixhaven who literally fall into Lorwyn thanks to a mischievous fae and accidentally disturb the cycle of Morningtide and Eventide that has kept the plane in balance since the fall of Oona.

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The story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed begins today on mtgstory.com! But before you go and read that, we're checking in with the Dark Horse Comics Untold Stories series with the first two issues of Untold Stories: Elspeth! This series tells the story of Theros Beyond Death with incredible art and writing. You can read issue #1 now, and issue #2... well, we'll talk about it!

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Last week, D&D and Magic smashed together to give us a setting supplemental for D&D that gives you tools to play a game in the world of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor. This $15 digital-only release on DNDBeyond has some new stat blocks, playable species, and backgrounds. Emphasis on the "some." For this week's episode, we're going to tell you what you can find in this little book and if we think you should buy it.

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We continue to delve into the past of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor in preparation for Lorwyn Eclipsed, and this week we decided to take a look at the flavor gems of a block (or two, depending on who you ask) that came long before the Vorthos Cast existed! We talk about the cycles, standout cards, and our cast favorites from Lorwyn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, and Eventide! And, of course, a little speculation on what might return in Lorwyn Eclipsed.

How has Lorwyn-Shadowmoor changed since our first visit? We're digging in on major highlights from the Planeswalker's Guide to understand how the world has fared, and what aurora-evading trickery awaits on the twinned plane. To close our discussion, we indulge in a healthy dose of story speculation for Lorwyn Eclipsed and the finale year of this arc.

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With the story for Lorwyn Eclipsed only a month away, we're taking our dear listeners into the past to tell the story of our first (and only) trip to the plane of Lorwyn. We follow Rhys, Ashling, Maralen, Brigid, the sapling of Colfenor, and nearly every other named legendary creature from original Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block on their adventure to stop Oona and end the Great Aurora's influence over the plane.

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With Lorwyn Eclipsed on the horizon, we turn our attention to the plane of faeries and boggarts, elves and kithkin, and its shadowy second self, Shadowmoor. To get everyone prepared for this field trip, we've put together an overview of the worldbuilding of the plane as it was, before the end of Oona's reign and the invasion of Phyrexia. Next week, we'll tell you all about that quest to unseat the faerie queen...

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