Money Draught: Recent Episodes
Money Draught
Topics include: Magic Origins draft, speculation about a possible “Thopter Foundry” deck at the Pro Tour, Magic’s relatively small presence at GenCon, MTGO trends, Oblivion Sower, Heartless Summoning, GP New York City 2016. Demonic Pact, and the sartorial metagame. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger...
Topics include: MTGO changes in the context of Hasbro earnings, D&D profitability, ante-diluvian magic rules, some of Proxy’s and JR’s experiences in financial markets, and the phenomenon of contagious conversion disorder (“mass hysteria”). Lastly, one of us discovered a weird synchronicity between JFK’s Moon Speech at Rice University and a song from ten years later....
Topics include: Holiday Cube, Jason’s Pre-Release, JR on Modern Prison and Starfield of Nyx, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and the second Tarmogoyf auction. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: the success of Modern Masters 2015 in the context of price spikes, favorites from Magic Origins, and the Blessed Spirits art. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: GP Vegas, the legality of tournaments in light of Goyf-gate, and the Gawker report of a player winning SCG Portland while on mushrooms. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Discussion includes: Modern Masters reprint omissions and limited environment impressions, Vegas, privatizing public infrastructure, Mark Twain’s financial losses due to the invention of Linotype printing, and train accident analysis. (JR said @boxian0 should have drafted Hypnotic Specter in Modern Rotisserie, but he meant @offensivemtg. Also thanks to @chasandres, whose card list we referred to.) **...
Lucas Siow joins us to discuss his recent GP Toronto victory, the first Modern Pro Tour in 2011, outrageous beats, Colin Cowherd’s comments on eSports, the MD Modern rotisserie draft, and the old days in Philly. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR...
Topics include: Pro Tour “Friday card spikes”, Modern Masters 2015 availability, the new “Vegas House”, zoos and botanical gardens. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: Modern Rotisserie Draft, the first week of new Standard, the plot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, tipping, Michel Foucault and the impotence of modern philosophy. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: Jason’s DTK Pre-release, Legacy Cube, the Commander rules change surprise, the far future of Magic, Slick’s sartorial foundations, and the Battlebots meta-game from circa 2001. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: JR’s exquisite Hinder trade and opinions on mtg finance, a handful of DTK cards, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, Jason’s experience at GP Cleveland, online “Pot o’ Gold” draft, and joke theft among comedians. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR —...
Topics include: Pucatrade, DTK spoilers, and SCG Baltimore. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: Various Tarmogoyf bets, why pros complain about Modern, the role of mythic rarity in card availability, the MTGO Executive Summary, Heavy Meta’s @raginggumby’s 2nd place finish at SCG LA, questionable numbers on the percentage of women players, Tiny Leaders, EDH, SCG Baltimore anticipation, economic inequality compared to card prices, and Rolling Stone’s rankings...
MarcelMTG (@MarcelMTG) joins us for a widespread discussion, with topics including: Infect at the Pro Tour, Magic Online, Hasbro, Hearthstone and GP Vegas 2015. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
In an unusually timely episode of Money Draught, because it is actually episode #25, JR joins Slick in Philadelphia during Pro Tour Fate Reforged weekend. Other topics include: Modern Masters 2015 Mythics, and Tiny Leaders. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR —...
Topics include: the purpose of the Modern format, especially as it relates to the banned and restricted announcement, match slip signature scenarios, @MarcelMTG’s singleton GP Denver 5-4 deck, “overheard” comments on the official Magic twitch channel, and avoiding mental weakness by knowing when you’re wrong. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts:...
Topics include: a handful of Fate Reforged cards, Training Grounds, so-called Miracle Berries, the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, globalization and inequality, the Banned and Restricted announcement, the long-term future of the Modern format, Daybreak Coronet, rumors about an Ugin Prerelease promo, Magic Online’s “Y2K bug” and 2014 economy, wine tasting, and Steve Wozniak. ** This cast...
Topics include: Ugin, Extraplanar Lens, an alleged “card availability” “canard”, fetch land reprints, holiday cube, Eric Froehlich’s take on tilting from Limited Resources, Hunter Slaton’s Deadspin article, kitchen knives, and director John Landis. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick Jagger — @slickJagger JR — @time_elemental
Topics include: Cardmageddon losses, Pinnacle-style betting markets and legal issues, spreadsheet-y Modern Masters odds and ends, @VorthosMike’s article on artist-related event changes, Holiday Cube excitement, North Korea, Jason’s lack of cinematic respect for Scarface, further PT salt, Slick and Cuba. This cast is for mature listeners Your Hosts: Jason Alt — @JasonEAlt Slick...
Topics include: Worlds surprises, the possibility of short-selling Magic cards, scumbaggery and salt at Worlds, whether Poker or Magic is more titling, Modern Masters 2015 Mythic and money card speculation, GP Vegas ’15, Slick’s new gaming rig and streaming escalation, Jason’s prolific podcasting and the Artie Lange controversy. Repeat listeners, let us know if this...
Topics include Star City Games format changes, Worlds, collectible coins, Warren Buffett, cube, the role of meritocracy in Star Trek and Star Wars, indictments, Smash Bros, technological change, animals, and orgasms. JR was about to drop some advice on how to properly have an orgasm but apparently the closing music started instead. ** This cast...
Working through segue-related acrimony, we discuss Hasbro’s short-lived courting of DreamWorks Animation, have a quick summary of the Legacy and Modern GPs, and some comments on the MTGO Leagues news. After JR goes deep on JR-related South Park speculation, we move on to the business at hand: a recap of the GP New Jersey festivities...
Ahead of GP New Jersey, the guys reconvene, talking cube construction, Vintage Masters, Ebola and Michael McDonald. Slick and JR give a short recap of the Eternal Weekend party while Jason feels sad about not being there. Finally, there’s a serious discussion about the rate of technological change over past 100 or so years. #NoNewFriends...
The vertiginously provocative Money Draught is back with a recap of the Pro Tour, JR’s arrogant take on religion loosely inspired by @offensive_mtg’s parody token, and more! (“More” indicating that JR can’t remember or chooses not to remember what else we talked about.) ** This cast is for discerning listeners lacking sensitivity to all matters...
After reviewing research on why city inhabitants drink more and are more promiscuous, we get down to business. Slick and JR have been doing some Khans drafts and give their first impressions. We touch on some Khans finance, with Jason mentioning some EDH cards. JR wants to make Power Conduit work in his cube and...