All Tings Considered: Recent Episodes
Bryan Manolakos
One of absolute best guys in Old School, Simon Rokkjaer, joins me this week to chat about a 4/4 creature he just procured for his collection.
2 of the funniest dudes in Old School join me this week to chat about our time at the greatest tourney on earth.
2 unlikely suspects join forces in today's episode to share their stories from the 2024/25 Modo Holiday Cube.
For the 7th(!!!!) year in a row, old friend Chris Mason joins me to recap the year in Old School.
We are approaching rock bottom. I joined Lanny and Mike on an episode of Spike Colony, and I am releasing the same exact content here.
Pro Tour vet, Old School n00b, and old friend David Williams comes on the show this week to chat about his first Old School tourney, Lobstercon 2024.
DFB comes on the show for the first time in waaaaaay too long to recap Lobstercon 2024 and make an announcement for 2025 that may be relevant to your interests given you are reading this.
Great friend of the pod Lan D. Ho comes on the show this week to chat about his broken heart.
Leo Bruder finally joins the show to talk about his 6 year journey destroying everything and everyone with his unique take on robots.
The runners up from Mobstercon 2024 (Jeff White, Ben Farkas, and Chris Manning) join the show this week to actually talk about their decks a bit before of course going off the sports card rails.
Old School end boss Ty Thomason comes on the show this week to talk about his team's process on their way to winning Mobstercon 2024.
This week, fresh off his finals appearance at Finnish nats, Janne Ohman joins the show to share the hottest new deck in Premodern.
The best TO in the business, Shawn Sullivan, joins me this week to chat about his latest banger of a tourney, The Satanic Panic.
Premodern ringer Alvaro Galindo joins me this week to talk about the only thing worth talking about in Premodern, black cards.
A bunch of misers allow me to live vicariously through them by sharing their thoughts and tales from n00bcon.
Premodern Prince Flint Espil joins the show this week to discuss the current state of Premodern.
Old friend and OG miser Lan D. Ho comes on the show this week to chat about everything and nothing.
Currently top 5 on the PM "Enchantments Cast" leaderboard, Rich Shay joins the show this week to chat about his latest baby, UG Enchantress.
Relative Old School newcomer Ty Thomason joins the show this week to chat about his recent win at Glorycon 3.
As is tradition, old friend Chris Mason joins the show to recap the year in old school.
My guest this week is swb, who regales me with the tale of his week, beginning with Ball Lightning in the big apple followed by Necro in Nashville, with a smattering of 5th edition packs to tie the rooms together.
I have 3 guests join me this week to talk about Chalice 2023. Only one of them sniffs these game worn John Stockton nut huggers every night before bed. Tune in to find out who.
Brothers of Fire Jonas and Stebbo join the show this week to bask in the afterglow of their win in the 2023 money draft world championships.
Spike Summit champion, OS end boss, and all around good dude Will Parshall comes on the show this week to talk about the new Swedish meta and recap his tourney win.
Old friend, PT player, magic lover, PM brewer, and great man Lan D. Ho comes on the show today to talk duplicate sealed, how he approaches brewing in Premodern, and tell some stories from the good 'ole days.
Old friend and good man Cam Wall comes on the show this week to talk about his addiction and AAA.
4 of the pillars of X-Point, Louis de Nijs, Joe Becica, Joe Scherer, and Tim Atwood join me today to get into the weeds of the best Old School format out there.
Premodern brewer, cube lover, and Land Tax opinion haver Caleb Durward joins me on the show this week for a nice potpourri.
Friend of the pod and extremely good man Jeff Liu comes back on the show this week to talk about, uhhh, Commander.
Rich Bourque, one of the good guys in Old School, comes on the show this week to talk about his run to the finals at Lobstercon with a unique Shops list, plus shares a few tales from the good old days in the greatest city in the world.
The hottest man in Premodern, Lanny Huang joins me this week to talk about whatever was leftover after the other 3 podcasts he has done over the last few weeks.
The most beloved member of Team Sped, Jeff White, returns this week to discuss the one ring of Magic: The Gathering formats, Modo Holiday Cube.
Tier 1 Premodern boomer/brewer (brewmer?) Matt Harper comes on the show this week to chat about 2 of his tribal masterpieces.
One of the best deckbuilders of all time, Sam Black, joins the show this week to tell me about the parfait list he used to win the Misty Mountain Games Premodern Spring Cup
Magic Pro Tour Hall of Famer Olle Rade comes on the show this week to brag about his 2nd Giant Shark.
Old Order end boss Levi Baumgardner comes on the show this week to talk ante after his 2nd place finish at the inaugural alter ante open.
Premodern ringer Tom Metelsky was nice enough to let me pick his brain this week about all things Premodern.
Fairly good man Andy Baquero takes over the pod this week with a series of interviews about his sweet Scryings Event, Scry Harder.
So we did it again. This one felt a little better than the last time, but who the hell knows. Listen at your own risk.
Old Order CEO Mike Frantz comes on the show this week to chat about a sick little event he has been brewing up.
Old friend Chris Mason comes back on the show for our traditional Old School year end recap.
Arguably the best man in Old School, Slanfan, comes on the show this week to share the ridiculous deck that he used to win the 2022 Magic World Cup.
Magical masters Olle Rade and Martin Lindstrom (Fluffy) join the show this week to discuss all things Premodern Elves.
More Chalice coverage! First Cam Wall and Shawn Sullivan share their road trip recording from Seattle to San Fran. Then Brothers of Fire Jonas and Stebbo come on the show to figure out if we can splash Slater's tight rig into Kapowski kontrol.
Old friends Danny Friedman and Paul DeSilva join me this week to rub some salt in my Chalice fomo wounds.
Marc Vogt (Pemmin) has broken PM once again, winning BOTH events at the 2022 Premodern Eurochamps. He joins this week for a deep dive on his deck as well as some tales from the event.
Will Magrann comes back on the show this week to finally answer the age old question: How much is a Giant Shark worth?
The 2 Princes of Premodern, Michael Heup and Flint Espil come back on the show to talk about the greatest Magic content on the web, the Premodern Showdown Series 4.
Ryan Rudolph is the reason you have been staring down Motis across the table lately. He joins the show to share exactly how that happened. Then Lucas Glavin, fresh off a T4 at the Summer Derby with his own Motis, joins in to finally solve that age old question: what is the correct number of Mahamotis to play in Old School?
The last time anyone cast a Durkwood Boar was during 5th/Vision draft at PT Rye. Not anymore. Andres Hojman joins the show to share the story of how he made T16 at the Old School Summer Derby on the backs of his boars.
The 2nd best Magic player of all time, Jon Finkel, joins the show this week to walk through a broken draft he did.
OS Legend Magnus de Laval joins me this week for a behind the scenes look at the new Magic: The Gathering expansion, Legends.
Nicolas Allard (sp?) joins the show today to take a deep dive into the Old School deck data he has mined.
Master deckbuilder Brian Kowal comes on the show this week to dissect the Premodern UWR Angels list that he played to the Top 8 at Lobstercon.
Rich Shay comes back on the show to chat about the Zur's Weirding deck he finished 2nd at Lobstercon with.
Fresh off his 3rd place finish at Lobstercon, Mike Flores comes back on the show to tell us how it all went down.
This one is a real potpourri, featuring 3.5 different chats with 3.5 different undergound hitters. Some of it is about Lobstercon.
This episode features some people you may know talking about a tournament you may have heard of. I believe it hits the listenable(ish) bar I strive for here on ATC, although I have not listened myself so no promises.
The best TO in the business, Shawn Sullivan, comes on the show this week to chat about his latest creation, Fire Walk With Me.
Eli Kassis, fresh off a Pro Tour* Victory, joins the show this week to dissect the deck that won it all.
Old friend Mike Flores comes on the pod today to talk about his first magic trade, why Chain Lightning is better than Bolt, the origin of napster, and one burly protector.
Fresh off his T4 finish at Havenwood 3, Tim Moran joins the show this week to talk about the best green card in Legends.
Marc Vogt (aka Pemmin) comes on the show this week for a deck tech on the Premodern Parallax Tide deck he has been crushing with.
My besties Jamie Parke and Ben Farkas join the show this week to talk about an extremely important subject: 5th-Visions draft.
PT Hall of Famer Olle Rade comes back on the show to reminisce about his top 8 at PT Chicago '97, inventing Temple of Sped, his original Duelist Invitational card, and "no attacks, no blocks."
Friend of the pod Aland comes on the show this week for a potpourri. We chat about [redacted] house in central western Europe, the 59th and 60th cards in Troll Disco, some of the OG Swedes, and who invented 12 bolt.
The RUG Doctor himself, Svante Landgraf, comes back on the show to try and break Arabian Aggro.
The creator of X-Point, Louis de Nijs, and his partner in crime Raymond Mitchell join the show this week to chat about my favorite current OS format.
DFB holds Jeff Liu's hand for a 3rd time to finally get this Urza's Ante coverage out the door.
3 of the top 8 Beasts of the Bay come on the show to cover a traditional Desert Storm money draft we did at Urza's Chalice, plus a bonus car ride kicker with 2 of the top 6 Sisters of the Flame.
It's finally here, the episode Farkas has been demanding for over 3 years. 3.5 hours of story time with the T2K himself, buckle up.
The Prince of Premodern, Mike Heup, joins me this week to chat about some of the sweet brews we have been playing over the last few months.
My besties Jeff and Adam join me for a dojo-esque tourney report from the BonchonCon, er, LobsterCon 2021.
The godfather of Premodern Oath of Druids, Patrick Burt comes back on the show to finish his tale of singlehandedly bringing Oath into tier 1.
Old friend and founding member of Team Sped Joe Weber (aka w7) comes on the show this week to reminisce about the glory days, rank the current members of the team, and explain exactly why Karens are getting into fist fights at Walmart over Pokemon cards.
The greatest man in Old School, Mattias Berggren (aka Slanfan), joins me today to chat Tolaria, Beta duals, Deckpic Tinder, and hot take vs cold take.
The interviewer becomes the interviewee as I join Dan Knudsen for this week's episode, where he asks me to play Fuck/Marry/Kill with Team Sped.
Old School end boss and Grand Prix Champion (err Finalist) Lucas Glavin joins me this week to talk about cutting his gaming teeth at YMG, how easy it is to be a teacher, and the best decks in modern day Old School.
The 2021 Summer Derby champion himself, Jeffrey William White III, explains what it's like to be the luckiest guy on planet earth.
The weirdest Crossover since Batman met Elmer Fudd! (yeah - this happened friends). Four of the most attractive European content creators talk about important stuff and nice brews.
Beast of the Bay Jeff Liu joins me this week to show off his latest graveyard/orb combo brew.
Fan favorite David Chambers joins me this week to go over the sweet brew that he went 8-1 with at the Ivory Cup last weekend.
A variety of NEOS misers join the show in a 2 part episode recorded as the sun was setting on the Burrowing Invitational in Vermont.
Earthquake League founding member Thomas Sutherland comes on the show this week to talk about the 2nd most boring topic in OS.
Adam Lemke and one of the Cohen brothers join the pod this week to walk us through one of their drafts from the latest Sped Weekend.
2 time shark winner Martin Lindstrom (aka Fluffy) joins the show this week to try and convince me that it is correct to play Timetwister in The Deck.
Arguably the greatest Magic player of all time, Kai Budde, joins the show this week. We touch on a bunch of stuff, the most important being exactly how long it took him to dismantle Mark LePine in the finals of Worlds '99.
Friends of the pod Adam Merkado and Paul DeSilva take over the show this week to talk about the pretty pictures on all the scimitar cards.
Beloved NEOS member Marc Flore comes on the show this week to talk about Elder Spawn, losing at Magic (no relation to Elder Spawn), and opening an ice cream parlor during the pandemic (and ofc what the best flavor of ice cream is.)
Sisters of the Flame Andy Baquero and Seth Roncoroni join the show this week to talk about the design of Andy's custom Old School Cube, followed by a draft walkthrough of Seth's draft from the Sisters' event last weekend.
DFB joins the show today to explain exactly how he is crushing everyone in singleton with MiracleWorker.dec, as well as why he is selling all his Magic cards.
Old friend of the pod Svante Landgraf comes back on the show to help dissect a brew that, while sweet, is a little rough around the edges.
I take a break this week and Mark LePine fills in, talking with the creator of the High Tide deck from PT Rome, Jason Opalka.
Old friend Will Magrann joins the show this week to go over the interesting n00bcomn II metagame and how we attacked it.
Pete Lankering, NEOS'er and probably the coolest Old Schooler on the block, comes on the show this week to talk about the time he mailed cash in an envelope to Starcity to fuel his Magic addiction, NE Regionals 1998, and Gary.
Somewhat softened spike Greg Kraigher comes on the show this week to talk abut the best color in Old School.
The most beloved man in Old School, Shaman Ben Perry, joins the show this week to chat about deckbuilding, Worldgorger Dragon, Twin Peaks, and share the greatest money draft story I have ever heard.
Pro Tour hall of famer Zvi Mowshowitz joins the show this week to talk about The Solution, TurboZvi, Withering Wisps, and his new digital CCG: Emergents.
Premodern superstar and tier 0 brewer Phil Nguyen joins the show this week to teach me exactly how his decks work before I have to face him in the PSS next Monday.
The 2 princes of Premodern, Michael Heup and Flint Espil come on the show this week to hype the Premodern Showdown Series as well as rank the best overall cards in Premodern.
OG LOTP Danny Friedman comes back on the show this week to reveal his latest masterpiece.
Team Deadguy founding member Chris Pikula joins the show this week to reminisce about the greatest Magic tournament of all time.
Tier 0.2 tourney brewer and Emerald City Troll founding member Shawn Sullivan comes on the show this week to dissect his latest creation, the Maze of Ith.
Emerald City Troll and tourney end boss Quinn Maurmann joins the show this week to talk about Jayemdae Tome, boulder climbing, and why Savannah might not be the worst dual land.
NEOS Juggernaut Chris Mason comes back on the show for our annual recap of the year in Old School.
Old School misprint experts Simon Christie and Aaron West join the show this week to chat about damaged magic cards.
Old friend Will Magrann comes back on the show this week to finally nail down the top 20 lands in Old School.
Fan favorite Worth Wollpert comes on the show this week to talk about various lands that (sometimes) tap for B or R mana.
The 4 Ball Lightnings of the Lightning Ball come on the show this week to share the secrets of their success.
Oath master Patrick Burt comes on the show this week to walk us through the evolution of his deck over the last year.
Sister of the Flame Charles Klein comes on the show this week to talk about his lovely Tabernacle combo brew, and then my kids take it off the rails with their Halloween candy rankings chat.
Lords of the Pit Danny Friedman and Carter Petray join the show this week to chat mostly about sacrificing their own lands.
PT Columbus winner and Hall of Famer Olle Rade comes back on the show to take a walk down memory lane right through beautiful downtown Columbus Ohio.
Renowned card alterist Dustin Brossard comes on the show this week to chat about his process, his alters, and to reveal some top secret Navy truths.
I take the week off as 3 of the top 8 members of Team Sped come on the show this week to talk about their favorite thing on earth, original Magic art.
Old School community leader Adam Merkado comes on the show this week, and shares his refreshing takes on deckbuilding, collecting, personal fitness, and life.
2020 LobstercoM champ Ben Katz comes on the show this week to figure out exactly how he won the weekend, and to show off a bunch of his sweet-ass brews.
Mark Herberholz and Lan D. Ho come on the show this week to try to solve Old School Singleton.
Mikael Johansson (aka Aland) comes on the show this week to chat a little Old School before getting into the MUD deck that he is currently tearing up Premodern with.
2 of the founding members of the Desert Twisters, Kyra Sacdalan and Justin Coffey, join me this week to talk about all sorts of, uhh, shit.
The hardest working man in all of Magic, Mattias Berggren (Slanfan) joins the show this week to pull back the curtain and show us what he has been working on.
MobstercoM MVP Brother Ben comes back on the show this week to try and figure out exactly what the hell happened last Saturday.
Tier 1 Spicer Jeff Liu comes back on the show today to show us some of the sweet things he has been working on.
OS OG Paul DeSilva recounts his (and his deck's) journey up Alpha mountain and back again.
Adam Lemke and Jeff White come on the show this week as we tackle some hard topics, including cinnamon buns, cinnamon rolls, and everything in between.
Randy Buehler and Shawn Sullivan join the show this week to get into the weeds of the most broken format ever created.
Recently relocated Deep Spawner John Sexton comes on the show this week to chat about what your cards mean to you.
OS spike lord Will Magrann comes back on the show this week to talk about a very spikey event.
Reg Green aficionado Malte joins me this week to talk about his magical journey at the latest Raging Bull event.
Raging River Micah comes on the show this week to shed some light on his truly amazing project, recreating the long lost MTG set Spectral Chaos.
Premodern specialist Robin Lundh joins me this week for a deep dive on the Zombie homebrew we played last month to uhhh, varying results.
ALICE experts David Chambers and Will Larson join me on the show this week to reminisce about their glory days durdling at the birth of the modern ALICE format, plus we go deep on some real stinkers.
Guest hosts DFB and Mase welcome Havenwood Battle winner Jason Dorman to the show this week where they dissect his winning Shops list.
The godfather himself Magnus De Laval joins me on the show this week to talk about a spicy new format, plus recap the first 4 months of Scryings.
This week i am joined by 2 of the creators of Type 1.5, Eliot Burk and Tapan Lockwood, as we do a deep dive on the hottest new format on the block.
This week I open up the phone line and take live calls from listeners in the style of a traditional radio call-in show.
n00bcoM winner Jeff White joins me for an EXCLUSIVE interview mostly about Tormod's Crypt.
Brother Ben comes back on the show this week to talk about his latest mashup, arguably the coolest thing I have ever seen in Old School.
Mad genius Andy Baquero comes back on the show this week to take a walk down the the False Orders trail of the Old School path of the Magic: The Gathering thicket of the nerd forest.
You down with DFB? How 'bout some potpourri? OS living legend Dave Firth Bard comes back on the show to chat Skype Magic, sick brews, plus a few other (Mc)nuggets.
NEOS founding father Scott Bradley comes on the show this week to talk about his sweet Scryings deck from the March top 8, mana batteries, deck pics, and yes a little coronavirus.
Brian David-Marshall comes on the show this week to talk about the beginnings of the NYC Magic scene.
Tier 1 Texan Mark Brothers comes on the show this week to talk about arguably the 2nd most important battle in the history of the Alamo.
Underworld Dreamers Matt Dennis and Ryan Sala come on the show this week to talk about their time at the Lords' Haus, some Commander tech, and what it's like to run an LGS.
NEOS monthly end boss Michael Scheffenacker comes on the show this week to go deep on the Eureka deck he piloted to the top 8 in this month's tourney.
Everyone's favorite turtle breeder comes on the show this week to chat about Storm Cauldron, Florida, Millstone, The Deck, Stasis, and of course, turtles.
Svante Landgraf returns to the show this week to chat about my Orgg deck from the Winter Derby, plus his (Will's) winning Shops list from The Quest for Urza's Chalice.
Old Order Old School General Mike Frantz comes on the show this week to tell us all about GloryCon, a sweet event he threw in a Civil War era watering hole in Gettysburg PA.
Back from break! Beasts of the Bay Jeremy Chien and Cliff Mathieson come on the show this week to reminisce about The Quest for Urza's Chalice 2020.
Dave Firth Bard, Will Magrann, Mike VanDyke, and Tapan Lockwood perform this week for your listening pleasure.
Fan favorite Svante Landgraf comes on the show this week to help me open a shiny new Scryings booster pack!
Brothers Stebbo and Jonas come on the show this week to talk about some (even more) casual formats they have been playing lately, including jamboree draft (patent pending.)
Chris Cooper returns to the show this week to talk about the recent Old School Magic World Cup in London, his ante draft project, plus a visit from a very special guest!
90's era PT superstar Dan O'Mahoney-Schwartz comes on the show this week to walk us through his latest Broken Draft.
Sister of the Flame Seth Roncoroni comes on the show this week to talk about Homelands, his top 8 EW deck, and his block constructed pet project.