Skullcraic: Recent Episodes
David Wolfe
Skullcraic is a weekly Magic: The Gathering digest podcast where three competitive Dublin grinders bring you a breakdown of all the latest Magic news and speculation.
This week on Skullcraic is our last! We've got a bit of Magic news, mainly cancellations of events due to the ongoing global crisis! Wizards have also announced an exorbitant Secret Lair comprised of enemy fetchlands! In lighter news, we go wildly off-topic for the remainder of the show and tell you just what we really think of everything from WotC, to Pro Players, to Inked Gaming! Also featuring a bumper edition of Extra Turns, but don't forget to stay tuned after the credits for our last ever listener email!
This week on Skullcraic we've got a ton of bans to discuss as well as a report from a local WPNQ! We've also got a special announcement at the end of the episode, so stay tuned for that!
This week we've got an announcement of a banlist announcement, the Command Zone gets difficulty levels, and Historic Anthology II has been announced! And we've got a short Standard tournament report from a Win-A-Box tournament this past weekend.
This week we're discussing the announcement of a new booster product, the announcement of Players' Tour Series 2 formats, and the evolution of Magic tournaments at DreamHack Anaheim! We've also got a report from a local WPNQ preliminary from David.
This week we're down one host but that won't stop us as we analyse the decks and the plays of the World Championship and the goatiest GOAT that ever was! We also take a look at the newest batch of Challenger decks announced by WotC during the Worlds stream.
In this episode of Skullcraic we dig into Pioneer with yet more results and data from Players' Tour Americas in Phoenix! Speaking of data, Frank Karsten isn't allowed to analyse all that sweet, sweet Grand Prix matchup data anymore. We've also got a tournament report from the latest round of WPNQ prelims in Dublin from a victorious Ciaran.
This week we're back from the very first Pioneer GP/PT, and boy are our arms tired! (from holding cards) We've got a discussion of how the weekend went for each of us as well as our opinions on the format at large based on the multiple top 8s that happened in Brussels and Nagoya. Stay tuned after the outro for a special guest appearance by Player'sTour cash prize winner Dave 'DaveSea' Murphy and friend of the show Eamonn!
This week... Alan's going to the Player's Tour! Huge congratulations to Al, and we get to reap the benefits as he breaks down the sealed pool that brought him to victory in a limited WPNQ. We've also got a discussion of Pioneer and what we're eyeing up for the very first Pioneer Grand Prix in Brussels this weekend! We also have a very very brief mention of some interesting hints about how Wizards views the story fiasco from Theros: Beyond Death.
This week we're chewing over a Reddit AMA on the topic of Organized Play, and we've got our first impressions of the Theros: Beyond Death limited format. We dive into our current thoughts on Pioneer and what we're considering playing for GP Brussels.
This week we've got the full set preview of Theros: Beyond Death, and we've got a whole host of bans in Modern! Alan played some WPNQ qualifiers and simply planeswalked into top 8!
Oli is a local judge in Ireland who has fallen on some tough times. If you know Oli, you know he lives to help and support people playing Magic. He's a great ambassador for the game and it's nice to have an opportunity to repay that good will. If you'd like to help, you can check out his GoFundMe page.
This week we're up one Ciaran but down one Alan, but we soldier onwards in our odyssey through the wild world of Theros: Beyond Death previews with hot takes on an overhyped card, a True-Name Nemesis functional errata, and some titanic powerhouses!
This week, we're discussing a bunch of Theros: Beyond Death previews, and after the outro we give our Top 3 Best and Worst cards from 2019!
David's back in Ireland and we're all back in the same room and ready to talk about some Magic! We kick things off with some gifts for the lads (and the listeners!) all the way from Japan. We discuss the recent changes to competitive play on both MTGO and Arena, and what that means for those looking to compete seriously. We're also running a little competition in which you can win a selection of Japanese cards from packs cracked live on the show!
This week Al's out, and Dave Murphy AKA DaveSea89 is in! Dave joins us to discuss Standard, in which Dave recently won a PTQ, Pioneer, in which we accurately predicted the bans, and Secret Lair! Plus a whole lot of smack talk.
This week we're going over the major archetypes that are emerging in Standard in the wake of the round of bannings. Pioneer is in a relatively stable place with no bans, but could Field of the Dead and Mono Black decks be a problem in the format? There are no bans this week but we expect that to change after this coming week of daily PTQs. Finally we dive into the controversy surrounding the Magic storyline in recent weeks, with the apparent erasure of queer characters and WotC's response.
In this bumper episode, we dive deep on the implications of the Standard bans, and the Play Design philosophies behind them, and their interaction with the London Mulligan. We discuss the recently-announced updates to Magic Arena and specifically Historic in the form of new cards. And finally Alan has a tournament report form Ireland's de facto most prestigious tournament, the Festival of Champions! We are now a part of the Inked Gaming affiliate program! Inked Gaming is the best place to go for custom playmats, binders, sleeves, dice bags and much more! Use the code SKULLCRAIC at checkout to get 10% off your order!
This week, Al has rejoined us and we're talking about Mythic Championship VI, the Pioneer bans and subsequent meta evolutions, potential further Pioneer bans and of course a report from GP Lyon courtesy of Alan himself.
This week we're down one Alan Harrison as he journeys to France in order to participate in GP Lyon. Undaunted, David and Ciaran dive even deeper into the Pioneer decklists with in-depth analysis of the top 8 from the Pioneer PTQ held this weekend. The decklists had not been released at that time so we did our best to put it together from Twitter posts. We also briefly discuss the announcement and structure of fractional invites for the PT.
This week we've got a bumper episode with discussion about further potential bans in Standard, a report from the MCQ weekend on Arena, and going over the top 8 lists from the very first Pioneer challenge this past weekend, as well as notable lists from the top 32.
This is an incredibly exciting week for Magic as the Skullcraic boys discuss the results from Mythic Championship V, the latest banned and restricted announcement, and shockingly, the introduction of an all-new format: Pioneer!
On this, our 100th episode, we have a very special guest: Lucas Esper Berthoud; MPL member and Pro Tour Aether Revolt winner. We interview Lucas on everything from his PT testing process and the current state of competitive Magic to Blizzard's censorship of its players' political opinions. We also dive into the Standard metagame and get Lucas' thoughts ahead of this weekend's Mythic Championship and potential bans in Standard. We round out with a Tournament Report from Ciaran after a big MTGO win for him. You'll want to stay tuned after the outro music for a special edition of Extra Turns with an extremely unfair quiz concocted by Al.
This week, we dive further into the absolute nonsense that is the week one(!) of this Standard format, with some promising decks from the SCG event, and David finally got to play a prerelease after more than a year!
This week we're coming in extremely hot with analysis of the brand new standard format and the very first published lists from the Fandom tournaments last week. We also give our limited experiences of Eldraine limited (hah!), including a tournament report from Al from his very successful prerelease.
This week on Skullcraic we have a little bit of Modern talk but the main event involves us going through a whole pile of new Standard brews that we've brought to the table. We hope some of our brews inspire you to make your own!
This week we continue with our evaluation of the previewed cards from Throne of Eldraine, and there's an update to how Historic is being handled on MTG Arena! Al gives us a tournament report from his Modern MCQ, as well as the spicy secret tips that will make you a GOD of chaos draft!
This week we've got a whole heap of Throne of Eldraine previews, as well as the announcement of the lineup of sets for the next year! We also get a little tournament prep report from our reporter in the field, Alan!
This week we have a whole pile of exciting news as there are multiple shakeups across multiple formats in the Banned and Restricted Announcement. We then go on to discuss the results of those bans (and unbans) in this week's SCG tournament. Plus, we got some new info on how Historic is going to work on Arena after rotation this Autumn.
This week, we talk about the continued dominance of Hogaak in Modern after winning GPVegas, with the full expectation that it will be banned the day after we record! We also get a report from David's Arena MCQ experience and we cover some minor news about MTG apps and the Hall of Fame.
This week we're running through the absolutely massive and quite comprehensive changes to Organized Play that have just been announced by Wizards, as well the multitude of reactions to the announcement. We also discuss what we've been playing in Standard recently as David prepares for the Arena MCQ.
A slightly late episode this week as we experienced our first-ever lost recording! But we went and re-recorded the podcast for you fine folks anyway, with Alan and Ciaran giving a full rundown of their European Modern Series Qualifiers last weekend and a discussion of what we've been having success with in Standard over the past week.
This week, we update you all on our evolving takes regarding the Judge Academy situation in the wake of the Reddit AMA, and give an update on where we are in Standard, as well as some decks to investigate. We go over some of the Commander 2019 previews and discuss Alan's seven(!) failed attempts at his driving test.
This week we're a day late and a host short, but Al and David power through illness and fatigue to bring you your weekly dose of Skullcraic, covering the results from the Modern tournaments over the weekend including the Mythic Championship, the announcement of the new Judge Academy organisation, and some Brawl-specific Eldraine cards!
This week, we're talking about the recent round of announcements out of SDCC, including the reveal of the new set Throne of Eldraine, as well as changes to booster packs.
This week, Ciaran is off on his holidays so Alan and David hold down the fort with discussion of the Banned and Restricted announcement, an update to Arena, uncertainty surrounding the future of MCQs, and AliasV's SuperSpiffy tournament held on Arena!
This week we're discussing the upcoming Banned and Restricted announcement, how we're faring in the new limited and Standard environments, as well as a tournament report from Ciaran and Alan from the Red Bull Untapped online qualifiers.
We're back this week with further discussion of Core Set 2020, as well as a bevy of announcements for Arena, including season passes, kitties, and a whole new format!
This week the Skullcraic boys are talking about the ups and downs of Mythic Championship III, as well as a whole bunch of the latest previews from Core Set 2020!
This week we're discussing childhood playground games! After that history lesson, we move onto the three new Chandras that have been previewed from Core 2020, and a discussion of the current standard metagame, including results from the latest Grand Prix and SCG Invitational.
This week we're talking about the announcement of an animated Magic show on Netflix, the official implementation of the London mulligan rule, and lots and lots of Standard!
We're back from a one-week hiatus with discussions of all the new tournament series that have been announced, and some card discussions from Modern Horizons. David also gives a tournament report from the first Arena MCQ weekend!
This week we dive into Gerry Thompson leaving the MPL, and Wizards' announcement adding Jess Estephan and Savjz to the MPL (hopefully doing our best to be respectful in this discourse). In Standard news, the format continues to evolve in new and unexpected ways week after week. Let's see if this can keep up coming to the first ever Arena Mythic Qualifier Weekend.
In this week's episode of Skullcraic, we dive into the developments following the disqualification of Yuuya Watanabe, and then move on to our thoughts on the first round of the MPL league streams. We touch on WAR limited briefly before jumping over to a big discussion of how Standard is shaping up as well as some of the cards from War of the Spark that have made a splash in Modern.
This week we're going over our experience of War of the Spark draft including our impressions of the draft format and some of the cards that have impressed us in our early games. Then we jump straight into Standard, discussing how it feels when you don't feel like you have a handle on a format, and diving into the lists from the top 8 of the first SCG event of this format.
This week on Skullcraic we're talking about Modern at Mythic Championship London and the wealth of information that came along with it! There was a disqualification of an MPL player during the tournament which we cover too. Wizards have also finally announced at least some of what the "League" part of "Magic Pro League" means, so we go over the scarce details of that announcement. Al shares his thoughts on War of the Spark sealed, and David gives his early impressions of standard with the addition of the newest set!
This week we're finishing off our impressions of the now fully-previewed War of the Spark! We go over the story implications as we give our thoughts on the remaining cards in the set and get our brewing juices flowing. Next week, we'll be back with some of our initial brews of the set and our first thoughts on the limited format.
This week Ciaran rejoins us for even more War of the Spark previews discussion! We also go over some changes to decklist rules at the upcoming Mythic Championship in London, and the announcement of the finalized Mythic Championship Qualifier Schedule.
This Week on Skullcraic we're talking even more WAR previews! There are so many planeswalkers, we don't know what to do with ourselves. Constructed applications of the previewed cards take up the bulk of our discussion but of course, we carve out a few minutes to discuss the theory that The Wanderer is actually a well-known and much-beloved flying spaghetti monster in disguise!
The Mythic Invitational is on our mind this week as we go over our thoughts on the presentation, coverage, and format. War of the Spark has also begun official previews so we come in with our hot takes on all the announced cards, and of course... that trailer!
This week, we go over the decklists from this year's crop of Challenger decks, as well as covering the latest announcements for Magic Arena, which include a bunch of new cosmetic options like card backs, new avatars and card styles! Alan brings a triumphant Legacy tournament report and in Extra Turns regales us with a ridiculous April Fools joke!
This week, we're talking about the most recent Banned and Restricted announcement and the future of Modern considering Faithless Looting wasn't banned. We check in with Standard and let you know what we've been playing and how successful we've been. In Enter the Arena this week, we tackle the daunting issue of how (and why) to build a sideboard!
This week on Skullcraic, we discuss the announcement of a planeswalker in every pack of War of the Spark, and 36 planeswalkers in the set! We go through each planeswalker and give our predictions of their fate. We cover how Standard is developing for us and what we've been playing through the Arena ranks. In Enter the Arena we cover how to choose a deck for your local metagame! Stay tuned after the outro for Extra Credits, where we design some cards on-the-fly for characters who might be in future sets.
This week, we're celebrating Autumn Burchett's victory in the very first Mythic Championship, as well as the wonderful things that were said in the wake of that victory. We're also glad to see the end of the race for top 8 in MTG Arena. We also cover the announcement of the new Modern Horizons product and give our thoughts on what kind of cards we might be likely to see reprinted there.
This week, Ciaran has rejoined us and this episode is jam-packed full of news! At last, Wizards has revealed the full qualification path for the new Mythic Championships, as well as announcing that a new mulligan variant will be tested at the upcoming Mythic Championship in London. Speaking of Mythic Championships, the first one ever happened this past weekend in Cleveland, so we give our thoughts on the Standard format as it develops there. Because of the prerelease MagicFest in London, Wizards also announced that UK and Irl stores get to have their prereleases a day early, as well as European stores being able to sell all WAR products on prerelease weekend! In Enter the Arena this week, we have a host of advice and recommendations for those of you who are looking to watch some Magic streams on Twitch.tv
On this week's Skullcraic, Ciaran is away in LA but Al comes back to us with his report from RPTQ London. We go over the latest news including the banning of Nexus of Fate in Arena Standard, as well as the latest updates to Arena and the announcement that MagicFest London is going to be a Prerelease MagicFest! In Enter the Arena, we discuss everything you need to know to physically prepare yourself for your first trip to a MagicFest! Stay tuned after the outro music for a Valentine's-themed edition of Extra Turns!
This week on Skullcraic, we're down a host but we're up a lot of Magic news! We discuss the recently announced Mythic Invitational, the 'And' of Magic Arena, and the nightmare that is playing against Nexus of Fate on Magic Arena! We also go over our impressions of how RNA standard has continued to evolve and offer some tips on what you might play to get ahead of the competition. This week's Enter the Arena addresses a topic that new players may find daunting when moving from Arena to paper Magic: where do you find the actual cards to build your deck? We go over the important website in multiple regions as well as some general advice on how to make smart purchases.
This week on Skullcraic we're talking about Modern bans and Ravnica Allegiance! Krark-clan Ironworks has been banned in Modern, so we talk about the implications of that decision on the format. With the release of RNA we've been playing a lot of limited on Arena, so we dive into the format and give you our initial stats and impressions of how it's shaping up, as well as a look at the new Standard and what decks might be the next big thing! We're putting Tournament Reports and Deck of the Week on the backburner for the time being as there has been no announcement from WotC as to what exactly will be replacing PPTQs, so we're trying out a new segment called Enter the Arena, where we give some tips to new players who might be wanting to move from Magic Arena into paper play for the first time! This week we talk about what to expect in your first paper event, from holding your cards close to your chest to knowing that real life Magic is always best of three! If you have a question about some aspect of paper Magic, feel free to tweet or email us.
We're back! Through the magic of the internet, Skullcraic has been reborn and will be back giving your weekly dose of Magic news and tournament report through the lens of three spikes from Ireland (via Vietnam). This week we're talking about the newest spoilers from Ravnica Allegiance including our own personal Top 3's of the set. Our Tournament Report is a quick rundown of the team RPTQ that Ciaran and Alan were preparing for when last we left them, as well as a warning to the listeners to check your travel documents before you go to the airport! Our deck of the week is a spicy Grixis Control list that David has been playing to great effect in Arena ranked Bo1! There's a great write-up on the deck in the Spikes subreddit here.
This week we've got a bunch of new M19 cards to talk about, and Ciarán and Al go over their plans for the team unified RPTQ. In our deck of the week, we have a very surprising appearance of a certain Goblin...
This week, we've got a whole host of surprise spoilers for Core Set 2019 to go over, as well as the results from GP Copenhagen. Our Deck of the Week is B/R control, as piloted by Thoralf Severin to an 11-4 finish at Copenhagen.
This week, we're talking all about Pro Tour Dominaria, and the fact that Goblin Chainwhirler is EVERYWHERE! We start to discuss Team Alan's plans for the team unified standard RPTQ, and give a bonanza of tournament reports, including two modern tournaments and a team draft! Our Deck of the Week is UG Karn! Womp Womp.
This week, we're catching up with the latest Announcements as well as going over a few of our favourite spoilers from Battlebond. We touch on our feelings about the different formats in Magic at the moment, and our Deck of the Week is the best of both worlds, a Vintage deck with some powerful Standard cards! Stay tuned after the outro for coverage of the actual best Magic format!
We're back from a brief hiatus, and we're talking all Standard, all the time (well, we actually talk about Legacy a bit too)! We go over our experiences at Grand Prix Birmingham, leading into metagame shifts and another glorious PPTQ win for Al! Our Deck of the Week is the deck that has taken the metagame by storm: the controlling, mirror-beating B/R Vehicles!
This week on Skullcraic we're talking a little about the wonderful new dual lands that Battlebond will soon be bringing to us, and then we're going deep on the first couple of weeks of the new Standard meta, in preparation for trip to Grand Prix Birmingham this coming weekend! No Tournament Report this week as we're saving ourselves for this weekend! Our Deck of the Week of the week marches on though, it's a new twist on an old favourite: W/B Vehicles!
This week, we've got some updates to the Magic Tournament Rules to go over, as well as our first impressions of Dominaria Limited, which also includes our Tournament Report of the Prerelease. Our Deck of the Week this week serves as an update to Alan's investigations into Legacy Burn in preparation for Grand Prix Birmingham.
This week, we're going through a few final interesting cards from Dominaria before the release, and talking about the latest Banned and Restricted announcement. We have another record-breaking weekend for Grand Prix, with Jessica Estephan becoming the first ever woman to win a GP, congratulations to her! We have a Modern Tournament report and our deck of the week is the deck that won GP Hartford in the hands of Matt Nass: Krark-Clan Ironworks combo! Stay tuned after the outro for the final instalment of Tallaght Timewarp!
We're back after a week off! This week we've each selected two cards from the Dominaria spoiler that we're most excited about, and we go over the results from the double GP this past weekend in Seattle. We give a Legacy tournament report, and our Deck of the Week is also a Legacy deck, with plenty of input from the BasicMountain himself, Patrick Sullivan.
This week, we kick things off with a discussion of the officially revealed cards of Dominaria! We go on to an absolutely epic tournament report featuring a win for one of the Skullcraic team, and after the outro we give you a taste of our card design chops!
This week on Skullcraic we're talking about the release and our impressions of Masters 25, and we go over the Top 8 from Modern Grand Prix Phoenix. We've got a PPTQ report featuring a very St. Patrick's-themed deck: Mono-Green Ghalta!
This week on Skullcraic, we're talking about Dominaria leaks (don't worry, we only discuss the officially spoiled card in case you lovely listeners don't want to be spoiled) and WotC's Quick response! We give a full report of our time at Grand Prix Madrid, as well as our Deck of the Week being the deck David played at the event, courtesy of Matthew Foulkes aka YUGIOHPLAYER1942
This week on Skullcraic, we're talking about the full spoiler for the very underwhelming Masters 25, a lot about our prep for GP Madrid, and give a Tournament Report from the weekend PPTQ! Our Deck of the Week is Mono-red Sneak Attack!
It's the fiftieth episode of Skullcraic! To celebrate, we're giving away a signed Glorybringer playmat! We're talking about value-packed Challenger decklists, the future of Masters sets, as well as the latest spoilers from Masters 25! We got a post-unbanning Modern tournament report, and go over the results from GP Memphis in David's quest for a Standard deck that he doesn't hate! Stay tuned after the outro this week for the thrilling conclusion to Craickling Doom!
This week on Skullcraic, we're talking about the announcement of Battlebor...er...Battlebond! The latest in a line of limited-focused supplemental sets from Wizards. We go over our thoughts on the post-unbanning Modern format, and we get perhaps our biggest tournament report from a PPTQ yet, with 25% Skullcraic representation in the top 8! We also mention Reid Duke's brilliant article series about how NOT to draw yourself into 9th place. Our Deck of the Week is the eventual winner of the aforementioned PPTQ: GW Cats!
This week, we go over the shocking announcement of... further changes to the way Wizards is going to disseminate 5-0 decklists! Oh, and I guess some cards got unbanned in Modern too. This is fine. We give a quick tournament report from Standard and our Deck of the Week is Dan Ward's GP-winning Bogles! Stay tuned after the outro for the continuing adventures of Jess-guy and Espertron!
This week on Skullcraic, David hears back from the Judge Investigation Committee, and we also had Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan, the return of the Modern Pro Tour! Many people are hailing it as one of the most enjoyable Pro Tours in years, so could this be the start of a Golden Era of Modern coverage? Our deck of the week is one of the most interesting and newest decks from the PT: B/R Hollow One as played by Ken Yukuhiro all the way to a Top 8 finish! In other news, Wizards have reversed their decision on FNM promos at last! This week also features the return of Craickling Doom after a short hiatus.
This week on Skullcraic, we're talking about unfortunate DQs in GP Houston (and how to avoid that fate yourself!), the current state of Standard, and Ciarán gives us a tournament report from his first ever Grand Prix! Our deck of the week is the breakout deck of this new Standard format: Grixis energy.
On this week's podcast, we dive into the Magic Arena economy, thinking about how it will work in practice and what pitfalls there could be. We've been playing a LOT of limited, so we give our impressions from a draft camp weekend hosted by some of the prominent Irish community members. We briefly touch on GP pricing before heading full speed ahead into our Deck of the Week: Standard Bogles! Stay tuned after the outro for more Craickling Doom!
This week, it's all about the bans! Wizards have announced even more Standard bans, and they're probably pretty necessary! After our lengthy look at that, we give a Tournament Report for our prerelease weekend, and then go over some sweet brews for this new format! Stay tuned during Extra Turns for Alan's latest concoction: Craickling Doom!
This week on Skullcraic we've got the full and complete preview of Rivals of Ixalan to pore over! Alan gives us another PPTQ report (you just can't keep that guy from making Top8!), and our deck of the week is SaffronOlive's Pirate God, with the caveat of perhaps adding a few Rivals cards! We also discuss Patrick Sullivan's rant about everyone's favourite Beast Horror, and in Extra Turns we ruminate deeply on what colour combination is etched onto our souls...
It's 2018 and that means it's time once again for spoiler season! We sink our teeth into some of the new cards previewed from Rivals of Ixalan, Magic's last ever(maybe) small set! David and Alan went to a PPTQ and did quite well, and our deck of the week is a lovely little rogue brew from the Magic Online 5-0 lists!
This week, we're talking about the retirement of Duel Decks, and the introduction of Challenger Decks. There's a new Rivals of Ixalan Preview card, and a new mechanic to go along with it! Alan gives us a Tournament Report from a sealed PPTQ, and our Deck of the Week is the deck that just won't die: Grixis Death's Shadow! Be sure to stay tuned after the outro for a wonderful rendition of Fairytale of New Phyrexia. Happy Holidays!
On this week's Skullcraic, we talk a little bit about harassment and bullying in the Magic community in light of recent events. For a fantastic rundown and a great message, check out The Professor's video on the topic. After that, David gives an overview of his prep for the World Magic Cup, and the experience of being on a team for the first time. Our tournament report this week is Legacy (with a cameo from Pauper), and our Deck of the Week is also Legacy: Ciarán's Punishing Maverick list from this week's Legacy Challenge!
On this week's edition of Skullcraic, we're talking even more Unstable Mechanics, new Rivals of Ixalan cards, and our anticipation of the beginning of closed Beta for MTG:Arena. All of the hosts travelled to a PPTQ this weekend, so we report on how we fared, and our Deck of the Week is Legacy Grixis Delver, which Alan played to a semifinals finish at a local Legacy event!
This week, we're talking about the triple Grand Prix weekend and the composition of the Top 8s across the globe! (hint: there's a lot of energy) We give a little time to Unstable but we don't go over too many cards in detail, just in case people don't want to be spoiled! We give our Standard Tournament Report and of course our Deck of the Week: Ben Stark's Desert Red!
This week on Skullcraic, we start things off with Bust-a-Booster ™, our hunt for the most likely last-picked card from a booster pack! We discuss the full reveal of the cards included in From the Vault: Arguel's Blood Fast, and then dig into all the news from Pro Tour Ixalan, from DQs to the winning list and the strangely punt-filled Top 8!
It's the end of Spooktober, so we've got a ghastly cast filled with frights and stuffed with spooks! But there's also plenty of real Magic news, with the announcement of changes to the way Grand Prix will cut to day two, as well as plenty of new promo cards for us to salivate over, including some early reveals of Rivals of Ixalan cards! We also mentioned TheMagicManSam's latest documentary: The Boogeyman (spooky!). If you're listening with kids, it might be a good idea not to let them hear the spooky story after the outro!
This week we're talking about the results of Eternal Weekend, as well as the results of the latest StarCityGames Modern and Standard tournaments. The bulk of our time this week though, is taken up with our report of our local Store Invitational in Gamer's World Dublin. Our Deck of the Week is David's deck from that event: B/R Artifact aggro.
This week on the podcast, one of us is going to the Magic World Cup! We take a deep dive on our Nationals Tournament Report, plus we quickly go over the latest B&R announcement, and some of the discussion on WotC not publishing enough MTGO data to keep things competitive, while simultaneously giving some pros access to data that the rest of us don't have. We also touch on the Nationals results from the US and Brazil. Stay tuned after the outro for a special edition of extra turns where Alan interviews David just after his Nationals finals finish!
This week, we're talking about insignificant aesthetic changes, not-so-insignificant rules changes, and about how insanely good at Magic William 'Huey' Jensen is!
On this week's episode, we're talking about policy changes, the end of Windmill Slam, ridiculous Legacy pirate decks, and the results of the first big Ixalan Standard tournament: SCG Dallas Ft. Worth. Also, there's this: John Avon Playmat Kickstarter! We have a quick tournament report and or Deck of the Week is the breakout deck of the weekend: Sultai Energy!
In this week's edition of Skullcraic, we're talking about the potential of codes in packs, our first impressions of the Ixalan limited format, as well as our predictions and expectations for the upcoming Standard! We have a lot of limited tournaments to report, and our Deck of the Week: Ramunap "everything old is new again" Red!
This week, we're talking about double-faced Ixalan cards, as well as Dino-sized drafts and the Weatherlight (possibly, probably not) on Ixalan in the Magic Story! We have a modern PPTQ to report, and our deck of the week is: multiple Ixalan brews!
On the podcast this week, we're talking about all the exciting new Ixalan cards that have been previewed, as well as the old-school-style, all-at-once spoiling of Iconic Masters at Hascon! We also had the announcement and demo of MTG: Arena, the newest digital representation of Magic! David gives a Modern tournament report and we discuss our deck of the week: 4C Energy, as played by Japanese National Champion Kenta Harane! (p.s. I saw his hand with Vendilion Clique)
This week, we've got plenty of new Ixalan previews to talk about, as well as the results from Grand Prix Turin and Grand Prix Washington DC! We report some modern shenanigans and some unlikely standard success stories, and our deck of the week is the winning deck from Turin: U/B Control! Also, stay tuned after the outro for some Triassic Trivia!
This week, Ixalan preview season has officially begun! Wizards confirmed the leak from a couple months ago, and previewed every card that was legible from it, including making a statement on the legal proceedings that have followed. There's a new Jace, and he comes along with a total change in the way planeswalkers are handled in the game! There was also a B&R announcement, with some changes to legacy. We give our tournament report, and our deck of the week this week is full of arcane tomfoolery!
This week, Brad Nelson, BBD and Corey Baumeister have been tearing it up at the top tables with the triumphant resurgence of Temur Energy, which also happens to be our Deck of the Week! We run down all the metagame shifts that GP Denver brought, and dig into the sealed format with a sealed PPTQ report from Al. Plus all the locust facts you could ever possibly want. Ever.
Brian DeMars: Decks Like Death's Shadow Will Always Become the Best Deck
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This week we take a look at the final Commander 2017 previews, give a much-anticipated roundup about the Irish WMC team captaincy race, and get into the weeds about the Modern and Standard metagames! We have some tournaments to report from, and our deck of the week: Sultai Reanimator!
It is Commander 2017 preview season! We discuss the announcement (and only the announcement...) of MTG: Arena. A bunch of the new commander cards have been previewed already, so we give our hot takes on the ones that jump out to us. We've all been doing a lot of non-Magic stuff recently so we talk a little bit about our real-life adventures, and then we give a Game Day Tournament Report, and our Deck of the Week: U/W Approach!
Good news everyone! Mono-Red is back, and it's better than ever! This week we discuss all the high highs and low lows of Pro Tour Hour of Devastation. We also touch on the HasCon promo cards which were revealed this week, give a Modern PPTQ Tournament Report, and our Deck of the Week!
This week, we've got a slight update to the Standard Showdown announcements from last week, and tons of new information from SDCC on Unstable, the new Un-set coming to us this winter. We give you the rundown on our recent foray into modern, and our deck of the week is a blast from the past(aka about a year ago): U/R Prowess!
A flashfire episode of Skullcraic! This week, we're talking changes to FNM, changes to the Pro Players' Club, and changes to the Pro Tour! The community had a lot of reactions about these issues. In our Deck of the Week we hit the new Mono Red list that popped up at the first SCG Open of the new format, and in our Tournament Report, Al shares his story of victory in the store league! We also mention the Hareruya Wayfinder decks that come out with every set release, and in Extra Turns we take the falvour text challenge again, and learn a little bit about the history of Bolt along the way!
This week on Skullcraic, we're talking about the reduction of MTGO 5-0 daily lists down to five per day, we're talking about Legendary Cat Commanders, and we're talking about SDCC Promo Planeswalkers! Oh yeah, and this litte thing called Hour of Devastation came out on MTGO, so we give our first impressions of the HOU limited format! All this, plus our Deck of the Week is actually two decks this time, as we try our hand at brewing some new decks with HOU cards! And if you're into obscure collective nouns, stay tuned after the outro for some Extra Turns!
This week on Skullcraic it's the Hour of Power! We finish off our evaluation of the notable cards in the upcoming Hour of Devastation set. We give you a report from last weekend's PPTQ, and our Deck of the Week: U/W Monument! Stay tuned after the outro for an exciting instalment of Extra Credits where we hash out the characters for an incredible saturday morning Magic cartoon!
On this week's edition of Skullcraic, we continue to plough through the Hour of Devastation Spoilers! Al placed quite highly in a PPTQ and regales us with stories of wins snatched from the jaws of defeat! Our deck of the week this week is the resurgent Green/White Tokens! You just can't keep a good Gideon down. Don't forget to stay tuned after the outro for the newly-named Extra Credits segment!
In the latest edition of the Skullcraic podcast we're NOT talking about the leak of the Ixalan Rare Sheet, and why we won't be talking about it! We also have the tail end of announcements from Announcement Week, such as the return of Team Pro Tours, details on the Play Design team, and official previews for Hour of Devastation! We go through all the noteworthy cards spoiled so far and give our (100% expert) opinions! The race for the Irish captaincy in the World Magic Cup is continuing to hot up, and we have a bonus flavour quiz after the credits!
It's a Magic news bonanza! It's Announcement week this week, which means we've skipped our Tournament Report and Deck of the Week to make room for all the juicy news! New Block structure! The return of Core Sets! More Standard bannings! We're returning to Dominaria! New Un-set! All this and much more is discussed in this week's Skullcraic. Don't forget to keep listening after the credits for a bonus clip!
On this week's episode we get to grips with the leaked cards from Hour of Devastation! We talk about Magic Online's 15th Anniversary, and our biggest ever tournament report with Grand Prix Amsterdam! Our Deck of the Week this week is that tournament's winning decklist: B/G Delirium piloted by none other than Lukas Blohon.
In this week's episode we go over the latest announcement of fantastic FNM promos, the new Play Design Team, and talk a little bit about the recent Commander '17 leaks. We touch on the recent invitiation extended to Amaz for PT Kyoto, as well as a few tidbits about the Magic Story. We round out the talk with a PPTQ report, and an update to our Deck of the Week from several weeks ago: Bant Marvel!
In this week's episode, we talk about the miraculous comeback of Marvel, the departure of Helene Bergeot from WotC, and some of the latest announcements in regards to Nationals. We give the lowdown on how our Game Day tournaments went, and as always we get to this week's Deck of the Week, another flavour of Marvel!
This week, we dive into some the changes and expansion that WotC has announced for the Magic Online Format Challenge Series, as well as going over the hullabaloo that surrounded the announcement of the online 1v1 Commander banlist. We discuss the ongoing Pro Tour Amonkhet (at the time of recording), and how we expect the metagame to develop from here on out. We have a Standard tournament report for you all, featuring some New Perspectives spice, and our Deck of the Week is one of the newest flavours of Aetherworks Marvel decks!
In this week's edition of Skullcraic, we go over our impressions of the Amonkhet limited environment in light of the draft and sealed bonanza that was GP Richmond! We touch on how the Standard meta is shaping up ahead of Pro Tour Amonkhet. We discuss the Team Series that Wizards of the Coast pioneered at PT Aether Revolt, and potential changes or improvements that could be made to the system going forward. Our tournament report this week involves Ciarán playing Legacy once again. This week's deck of the week is a spicy New Perspectives combo brew!
In this week's episode, we discuss the recent bannings in standard, and the first Star City Games Open of this standard season. We give the lowdown on the dramatic finals of our local league, as well as a Chaos Draft which we all participated in. Our Deck of the Week this week is a very sweet B/W zombies deck by Zac Caudillo which placed 14th at the SCG Open.
In the latest installment of Skullcraic, we talk through all the latest Organised Play announcements, as well as giving a rundown of our experiences at the Amonkhet Prerelease. This week's Deck of the Week is a new deck that's brewing on the horizon for Amonkhet standard!
Another bit of a bumper episode this week as we discuss all the new spoilers from Amonkhet. We cover everything that seems noticeable and playable, and do a bit of speculation on the upcoming B&R announcement. No Tournament Report or Deck of the Week this week because there was just so much to cover in the spoilers!
It's all Gods, Gideons, and 3-mana blue enchantments this week. In this bumper episode, we get into the Amonkhet spoilers in earnest. We've been deviating from Standard this week with a bit of Frontier and Legacy. And in our Deck of the Week, we dig into the first real "pro" decklist in Frontier, Joel Larsson's Four Horsemen, which he managed to take to an undefeated finish at a 30-person event, and which won our local Frontier event.
In this episode, we discuss the new Masterpiece Series: Invocations that have been revealed for the upcoming Amonkhet expansion, as well as some of the regular cards that have been previewed so far. In our tournament report, we tackle the PPTQ that we're fresh off the journey from. And finally, our deck of the week this week is... spoiler.
In this week's episode of Skullcraic, we discuss the delay of announcement day and Sam Stoddard's latest Update on Standard. We go into Victor Fernando Silva's GP-winning Temur Tower list, and we've changed up our decks a little this week in reaction to the meta. Our deck of the week is a rogue 5-0 "Jeskai" list from the competitive Standard leagues on MTGO.
In this week's episode, we discuss the release of Modern Masters 2017 Edition, including a report on the drafting we've done so far. We also ruminate over the latest Banned and Restricted announcement, as well as speculating on a leaked card from Amonkhet! In the tournament report, Alan gives us the rundown of the latest PPTQ, and finally, we devote a little bit of time to our Deck of the Week: Four-colour Saheeli! Be sure to stay tuned after the outro for a story of true Next Level Magic.
In this week's episode David, Alan and Ciarán discuss the upcoming Banned and Restricted list announcement, as well as a tournament report on a local Frontier tournament.
In the second episode of Skullcraic, we discuss the cards revealed for upcoming Modern Masters set, as well as a local standard tournament report, and our Deck of the Week: Mardu Ballista.
In the inaugural episode of Skullcraic, David, Alan and Ciaran take to the internet airwaves to tell you, the listener, who they are and what this podcast is all about: MAGIC!