Flippin' Orbs - An Old School MtG Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Interviews, Deck Techs, Trivia, Card Discussions, Collecting and more about Old School Magic the Gathering. Hosted by Gordon Andersson, Seb Celia and Eliot Davidoff. More info on www.Wak-Wak.se
The sun has at last come to the north and the grass is green. So why not do a green episode? We talk about creatuires and spells. Underplayed cards and cards that as Eliot says “sees the correct amount of play”. Do you agree with our picks and thoughts?
At last it's time for a new episode! This time it was recorded live and streamed on Twitch. Watch the replay on our site or Youtube.
This time we talked about The Dark and the card Pestilence because reasons hehe. Hope you like it!
Hey there! What's that? Who's there? Well it is Markus Lundqvist (or is it actually Richard Stebbing?) Dragged from ye old Britannia and representing the Brothers of Fires crew he had a chat with us about this and that and one very special topic for him. This episode is for all of you itching to play more cards from the whole of 93/94 card pool and are crazy enough for some big stakes. Yes, we sat down with him in a pub to talk about the thing that is Ante 40k.
http://shufflecutante.com/
We open a Scryings booster with a bunch of spoilers. At least like… 10+! And they are really cool, we promise :)
You have probably heard of Scryings and that it is spoiler season! We at Wak-Wak got a spoiler to write about, but we had an opportunity to hear what a lot of people thought about the spoiler so we instead did an audio recording. Hope you don’t mind and without further ado, here it is!
And yes, Flippin’ Orbs will also have a spoiler later this month before we stream the first Scryings draft! The image of this post may give you a hint about what we have in our hands and will open on next episode!
What have they done!? What on earth should we do now? Maze of it is unrestricted in EC rules and we talk about what, how and when you can do something about that in this LIVE* episode of Flippin Orbs.
Gordon, Eliot and Seb discuss some ways to play Maze of Ith now with the unrestriction of the card in EC rules. What are the best interactions with maze? How do we find out the best card to make use of maze? What decks will be better? Come join us in this live* episode of Flipping Orbs.
*= We actually streamed this episode live on Twitch and there is a good chance we will do it again so do follow us there on twitch.tv/wakwakmtg. That also means we have video of this so if you want you can look at our beautiful faces as well on YouTube for this episode hehe.
Gordon, Eliot and Seb each brought to table one card to build a deck around. Some of the ideas may be viable, some may not. We also talk a bit about which is the coolest vanilla creature and of course the elephant in the room, how do we address all the drama that some pesky circles have done to our dear community?
What we talk about and when:
00:11:11 - What is your favorite vanilla creature?
00:34:30 - The elephant in the room aka Don't disturb my circles!
00:59:51 - Build around cards
01:01:05 - Blood Moon as a build around?
01:21:43 - The many flavors of Sindbad
01:43:01 - Dimond Valley is an old schoolers best friend
01:59:02 - Flippin' Orbs goes MtG finance?!
02:05:40 - The End
This episode is part two of Episode 18 but it has been delayed so don't trust Gordon when he says it is episode 20. In this episode we talk about how to keep the interest and the format fun even though it doesn't change much. Also we talk about different ways and formats you can play to use your old school cardpool.
Yes, it is that time of the year again. N00bcon has come and gone and a month has passed, something that for many people is a sign that it is soon time for the almighty Old School blog to publish an update. What update you may ask? The ban and restricted list of course! That is, if there even will be any changes?
If you want to know, listen to the episode in which our Founding father Magnus “Mg” De Laval tells us for the third year in a row what will happen, why and also why things didn’t happen. This year it also comes with a sort of a warning, something to think about until next time.
Enjoy!
Feeling a bit like you missed out? Oh, do we have an episode for you! In this episode we talk to not one, not two, not three (getting tired yet?), but 7(!) non-Flippin’ Orbs people that were at n00bcon. We talk about the Wizard’s Tournament, The Urborg Feast, The main event and the MAIN Event and much more. Hope you enjoy this over 3 hour long episode!
Also, this isn’t really episode 22 of Flippin’ Orbs, it is “actually” episode 1 of Flippin’ Tings as we join forces with Bryan from All things Considered for a collaboration episode. Something that has been in the making for quite some time but at last came to fruition.
What we talk about and when:
00:03:57 - Mano talks about his n00bcon experience
00:12:29 - Bob Agra talks from the perspective as a first time guest
00:28:34 - We talk about the Wizard’s Tournament 2
00:38:33 - Brother Stebbo tells us the story on how he became the People’s Champion
00:58:22 - Seb give us a short tournament report
01:06:04 - Mano give us a short tournament report sorta
01:16:40 - Jordan Boyle talks about how his mono blue deck got him a top8 finish
01:29:04 - Is n00bcon now a festival, not just a tournament?
01:43:15 - Floridian Homarid Shaman Von Brädow talks about the festival feeling
02:02:40 - Christian Reinhard talks about organizing the Urborg Feast and more
02:10:35 - Jesper Ejsing got into the n00bcon top8 from the Urborg Feast, here is his story
02:21:23 - The n00bcon feeling
02:25:34 - Here is Constanting Prishvitsin, the longest returning non-nordics guest, thoughts about n00bcon
02:34:59 - All the l00t and the future
03:00:42 - The most important easter egg of them all!
In this episode, we talk to Keith "The Misprint Guy" Adams about how Richard Garfield went from a pile of papers to photocopies and then to presenting the pile of cards that ended up being the best thing to ever happen. We discuss different misprints, test prints, pre old school sets, security stickers, an unreleased magic set and much more. For all of you collectors and magic history aficionados this episode is a must!
What we talk about and when:
00:04:10 - Introduction of the guest
00:06:30 - The Alpha playtest cube
00:16:15 - The question of the episode
00:46:00 - The playtest era
01:02:42 - Different misprints and more
01:23:00 - The Garfield event cards
01:35:35 - Entry level oddities to collect
The strange beta card with holographic sticker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwZGucyZ0U
Spectral Chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOh-EqNYvE
In episode 20 we talk with the deck builder, shark owner and premodern founder Martin Berlin. We talk about his old school cube, get some thoughts on the Winter Derby finals which featured UR Atog vs. UR Counterburn. We also spend some time addressing the new possible mulligan rule and what implications it could have for old school magic. Seb forgets what people he is talking with on the podcast and Gordon asks the hosts about Homelands, since the Arvika festival allowed it for their tournament last weekend.
What we talk about and when:
00:02:52 - Introduction of hosts and guest
00:07:11 - Who is Martin Berlin?
00:21:50 - The question of the episode - Favorite Homelands card?
00:31:47 - Arvika Festival with Homelands
00:57:42 - The Winter Derby Finals
01:13:26 - The (possible) new mulligan rule
01:30:37 - Building an old school cube
Eliot, Seb and Gordon talk with Lorenzo about the Fishliver Oil Cup in Italy. What does it take to become mentioned by the 93/94 founder MG as an even better tournament than n00bcon? Eliot briefly talk about the Urza’s Chalice Cup the Beasts organized in February. We also adress different online tournaments and the rumours about Randy Buehler starting up an old school super league.
What we talk about and when
00:05:00 - Introduction of guest
00:06:05 - Some talk about pesto(!)
00:11:45 - What we are drinking
00:16:11 - The question of the episode
00:46:57 - The Fishliver Oil Cup
01:32:45 - The Urza’s Chalice
At last we are back! With both an episode for you guys and a schedule for us to be able to start to record more regularly. Much joy! In this episode it’s only us hosts and the plan was that every host came up with a topic he wanted to talk about. That means we have three different topics and three different views on every topic. But after the recording went on a bit too long we decided to split this episode in two parts, in this episode we talk about Seb’s topic, playtest cards, and in the next part we talk about mine and Eliot’s.
What we talk about and when:
05:00 Question of the episode
16:50 Playtest cards
Episode 17 of Flippin’ Orbs is a monster of an episode, it’s over 3 hours long(!). The topic is also sort of a monster, because today we will talk about different rules sets and house rules. First we talk to the amazing Guillaume Denoix, one of the earliest French players and one of the fathers of the quite special French rules. Why did they decide to come up with their own rules and why do they look as they do? There is a lot of thought behind it all!
Then we also talk to the father of the format, Magnus “Mg” De Laval about the whole idea of house rules and his thoughts about it.
We also talk about playing hate cards in the main deck and much much more. Hope you enjoy!
What we talk about and when:
02:50 Intro with Seb
03:25 Eliot joins for realz!
04:25 Chaos Orb techniques
09:17 Question of the episode - What’s your favorite non-restricted artifact?
20:30 Hate in the main brain
38:30 Interview Guillaume Denoix
1:55:55 The hosts talk a bit
2:16:10 Interview with Magnus
2:39:37 More host talk about different rules
Listen to our editor, Bonnie’s, music at http://soundcloud.com/nackamasterna
It’s time for episode 16 of Flippin’ Orbs! We are sorry that it has taken some time, but we promise we have some really nice episodes lined up for you in the coming months! In this episode we talk with Eliot Davidoff about the Beasts of the Bay and sideboarding. Hope you enjoy!
This is a special episode of Flippin’ Orbs recorded before Grant decided that he needed to take a break from the podcast. And isn't it fitting that this last episode is all Grant? He sat down in a pub with fellow Lords Matt and Carter and had a short talk and her it is completely unedited! That means the sound is a bit bad, but we hope you like it anyway.
This is episode 15 of Flippin’ Orbs and we have two amazing topics in this episode. First we talk about a bunch of underplayed cards and theorize if you actually can build something around them. After that we also talk about how to play old school over Skype and when the subject comes up we of course needed Dave Firth Bard to join us. Hope you enjoy!
What we talk about and when:
02:50 Introduction of the guest
05:20 Question of the episode
18:00 Introdocution to underplayed cards
18:30 Skull of Orm
33:20 Rukh Egg
40:10 Diamond Valley
47:10 Nether Void
50:00 Juxtapose
58:40 Who is Dave Firth Bard?
01:33:00 Old School via Skype
01:58:00 Episode wrap up
Link to the Old School Discord - https://discord.gg/4ev8FnZ
Link tothe Old School Reddit - https://reddit.com/r/oldschoolmtg/
Link to the Facebook group for Skype play - https://www.facebook.com/groups/551913338322720/
In this episode we first sit down with Svante Landgraf to talk about combo decks in old school. After that we also talk to Stephen Menendian about the same topic, how he got into old school and also about one of both his and Gordon’s favorite decks, UR Counterburn.
What we talk about and when:
00:26 News and introduction
03:03 Introduction of Seb
04:04: Introduction of Svante
05:30 Combo talk with Svante
01:02:23 Interview with Stephen Menendian
01:04:45 Old rules, Stephens story and combo
02:06:35 UR Coiunterburn
02:29:42 Some fun and some sad news
Link to Stephens article about combo: http://www.vintagemagic.com/blog/old-school-magic-chapter-11-the-untold-history-of-combo-in-old-school/
Link to Stephens article about UR Counterburn: http://www.eternalcentral.com/three-in-a-row-top-8-at-eternal-weekend-2017-old-school-tournament/
Music by The Freak Fandango Orchestra
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Freak_Fandango_Orchestra/
In this episode Gordon, Seb and Grant sit down and talk about Magic accessories like playmats, deckboxes and much more. Then we also talk to Legend Randy Buehler about his career and interest in Old School.
What we talk about and when:
02:02 Introduction of hosts
02:30 Question of the episode
19:40 Magic Accessories
20:35 The Khalsa Brain Table
24:00 Playmats
35:40 Deckboxes
53:20 Life counters
01:05:30 Tokens
01:13:05 Old New School Accessories
01:35:45 Interview with Randy Buehler
02:41:50 Last Ramblings
n00bcon has come and gone and that means it is once again time too take a look at the ban and restricted list too see if something should be changed. Last year we had the honour of having Magnus "Mg" De Laval coming on the podcast to tell us what changes it had been decided on and this year we make it a tradition! In this two hour long episode you can hear what is being changed and also Magnus reasoning behind it all. Btw these changes are now in effect if you follow the Swedish B&R. Hope you enjoy!
In this special episode of Flippin’ Orbs Gordon and Seb sit down with fellow Stockholm players, Björn Jonnie Bonnie Myrbacka and Yann Franzén to talk about their experience from n00bcon, as it were their first time there. We recorded this episode at a pub so the sound quality may not be the best. But we hope you can listen anyway.
Episode 12 - The Brothers of Fire
Jonas Twitchen is one of the founders of the Brothers of Fire, a blog and old school group based in London, UK. In this episode we sit down with Jonas to talk about old school in the UK. How did it start? How did they grow their player base? What rules do they use? And much more. Before the interview though, Gordon, Seb and Grant have a discussion about “all” the different combo decks in the format and what we think about them.
What we talk about and when:
00:02:20 - Welcome hosts
00:03:16 - Question of the episode
00:12:03 - What we've been playing
00:24:40 - Combo in old school
00:49:14 - Interview with Jonas Twitchen
01:05:13 - The UK rules and community growth
01:32:45 - The future of the UK community
01:37:00 - Goblin Artisans
01:42:13 - Sign of
In this episode we talk to Sean O’Brien, a player that has playing since the beginning of magic and also is honoured as the founder of the O’Brien School of Magic in one of the most important early strategy books for Magic the Gathering. The O’Brien School of Magic is a mana denial strategy all about not letting your opponent cast spells at all. We talk about the early days and also of course about how that strategy works today in Old School.
Me, Seb and Grant also talk a bit about some cards that may, or may not be, underrated.
What we talk about and when:
00:01:28 - Welcome hosts
00:03:02 - Question of the episode
00:08:14 - Underrated cards
00:55:28 - Interview with Sean O’Brien
02:00:00 - Seans thoughts about Old School today
02:53:32 - Sign of
We talk about the first iteration of the B&R and also with Titus Chalk, author of the book Generation Decks.
Welcome to the season season of Flippin’ Orbs! In this episode we talk about how the ban & restricted list looked like in it’s first year and then we have an interview with Titus Chalk lined up for you guys. Titus is the author of the book generation decks and has a lot of knowledge about the early days of magic. Enjoy!
What we talk about and when:
00.02.35 - Random ramblings
00.10.37 - Question of the day
00.17.30 - The first B&R
01.06.35 - Interview with Titus Chalk
02.25.40 - End ramblings
You can find Titus book here.
The picture with all the signed cards.
End music by Wittmack Ekbom
This is our season finale of the first season of Flippin’ Orbs which has been going since April now. But don’t worry, we will be back in January! In this epsidoe we talk about removal in the format, highlander old school and we do an interview with Felipe Garcia. In the interview we do a deck tech about TwiddleVault and last but not least talk about a Kickstarter project for a special high tech sleeve aimed at Magic collector and players.
What we talk about and when:
00.03.45 - Question of the episode - Removal
00.23.40 - Highlander
00.37.40 - Holiday break talk
00.45.30 - Interview with Felipe Garcia
00.49.25 - TwiddleVault
01.18.00 - Playable Certification Kickstarter
01.36.30 - Random ramblings
This is episode 8 of Flippin’ Orbs and this time we have two amzing topics lined up, as well as no other than Shaman Ben as a guest. We first talk about Ben and his journey in to the old school scene, then we pick his brain on how he has managed to build an awsome old school community. The second part of the episode we dedicate to a deck tech and this time we let Ben talk about one of his pet decks, Eureka!
What we talk about and when:
00.03.20 - Question of the episode 00.09.40 - Ben answers the question of the episode 00.12.40 - Introduction of Ben 00.29.00 - Ben’s blog and having fun in Magic 00.46.12 - Building an old school community 01.25.20 - Deck tech about Eureka! 02.24.20 - Sign of with Ben
On wak-wak.se you can find all the links to what we talk about.
Once again, we ended up doing an almost two hour long episode but we hope you wont mind. First we talk about how we prepare for a tournament, choosing deck, testing, building a sideboard and more. Then Seb and Gordon talk to collector and player Marc Lanigra about him, his collection and his best tips for collecting Magic the Gathering cards.
What we talk about and when:
00.00.40 - Introduction 00.02.16 - Random banter about chips(!) 00.05.16 - Question of the episode 00.24.25 - Preparing for a tournament 00.42.36 - Interview with Marc Lanigra 01.48.15 - Sign out
You can find the link to the article about Marc's Survival of the Fittest and the alters we are talking about on our site: wak-wak.se.
This time we have almost 2 hours of old school ramblings for you. First, we take a closer look at the deck UR Artifact Aggro. We discuss how it’s played, how the deck is different with EC rules and the Swedish B&R, it’s matchups, variations and why it’s sometimes called Machine Gun. After that you can listen to an interview Grant did with Matt, one of the finalists from the Old School Player’s Ball.
What we talk about and when:
00.00.23 - Introduction 00.01.59 - Question of the day 00.15.30 - Combo of the episode 00.25.52 - Decktech - UR Artifact Aggro 00.52.00 - Keep or mull 01.08.05 - Interview with Matt 01.45.30 - Sign out ramblings
You can find a decklist and more info about UR Artifact Aggro here: http://www.wak-wak.se/9394decks/artifact-aggro
You can see Matt and the other players decks from the Old School Player’s Ball and read more about it here: http://www.eternalcentral.com/ospb2017/
In this episode we talk to player and brewer David Chambers from New Zealand. We pick David’s brain on how he thinks when he start brewing a new deck and we also take a closer look on three of his unconventional creations.
What we talk about and when: • 4:45 - David’s introduction • 5:30 - David’s story • 18:05 - David’s brewing workflow • 24:40 - David’s latest n00bcon deck - Total Recall • 45:37 - David’s take on mono black • 01:02:10 - David’s Atog deck - Trinket Repair Shop • 01:24:32 - Last ramblings And here are the decklists we talk about in this episode: http://imgur.com/a/MLxe0
This time we are joined by Seb Celia from the Wak-Wak crew in Stockholm and we rabble about all sorts of things. But the main focus is discussing three decks we like to play, Erhnamgeddon, The Deck and Fork Recursion Combo. We also talk a little bit about White Weenie and brewing with Black Vise.
Here is a small index on when we talk about what:
0.35 - Introduction of Guest host Seb Celia 5.30 - White Weenie, Black Vise and random talk 23.00 - Erhnamgeddon 46.50 - The Deck 1.08.40 - Fork Recursion Combo 1.39.30 - Some last ramblings
Here is Svantes blog that we talk about: https://endofturndrawacard.wordpress.com/ And here are the decklists: http://imgur.com/a/txKLU
This is the third episode of Flippin Orbs and this time it's all Grant! Grant met up with old school personality Dom to talk a little about the Lords of the Pit and the rise of the old school scene in the states. Enjoy!
In this episode of Flippin Orbs we talk a little about playing without power, or on a budget. We talk about what the main strategies are, what all the five colors have to offer when it comes to playing mono colored and also how to take it from there.
This is a very special episode in which we have Magnus De Laval on to reveal the yearly changes to the Swedish ban and restricted list. Listen to learn what changes are being made for 2017!
This time we may have gone overboard and recorded three(!) interviews on the topic of n00bcon, the world championship of 93/94. We talk about n00bcon’s history with the creator and organizer Magnus De Laval, deck construction with this years winner Kristoffer Arlefur and how first time visitor Gregory Protic won his invite playing on Skype.
Welcome to the first episode of Flippin' Orbs. In this Pilot we test the tech and talk about who we are, a bit about the different 93/94 formats and what to expect from the podcast. Please bare with us for the bad sound quality on this one.