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Mystery Booster: Commander Edition is a surprise Vorthos hit this year, as the convention-only booster set has 59 totally new cards in it, including nine planeswalkers! All of these new planeswalker cards are actually really wonderful lore deep cuts, from the very first named characters in all of Magic story to an unnamed fan favorite for almost a decade! We're talking through the nine planeswalkers so you know who they are, where they came from, and why they do what they do.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
Wow! 400 episodes! That's a lot! And we're not even counting all the previews and special side episodes we've done! To thank you all for listening to so, so many hours of this podcast, we solicited questions from our listeners and answered them in this episode! All of us are here, including Jay, the host emeritus, and we're answering questions about our opinions on robots, which cursed ships we're set sail on, and actual real lore questions like what the heck a nightstalker is.If you want to support us in making 400 more episodes about Magic's lore and story, head on over to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month (that's like two packs of Magic a year) will get you access to our Discord server where Vorthoses around the world talk all about Magic, and for $3 a month you can listen to us record the podcast live every Thursday at 7pm Eastern time! All paid patrons get access to early episode releases, too!
Jace has created his own model multiverse, an echo of our own, where existential threats like Nicol Bolas, the Eldrazi, and Phyrexia never existed. In addition, he has gathered together the reflections of planeswalkers from the true multiverse whose histories have diverged in significant ways. These planeswalkers, known in our world as the Lorwyn Five, are key to Jace's plan to assert control of the multiverse and impose his vision on reality. We're here to tell you the true origins of the Fractured Five (and Vraska) and where their lives were fractured in the Echoverse.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
an incredible story about Felothar and the Abzan during their struggle against Dromoka and the importance of trust and the bonds between women.Don't worry about our meddling with the time streams in this one. If you're reading this message, that means we've put everything back in its place. If you see Cary some time in the past, though, could you let them know we're working on getting them back?If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
We're once again joined by the incredible Seanan McGuire to ask all about Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos! She tells us all about how the novel came to be, how it felt to write a full novel rather than a series of web fiction episodes, and why Segante has a single nipple piercing. We also spend a lot more time talking about cross-species fertility than you'd expect in a Magic the Gathering lore podcast.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
It's comics week, again! This week we're talking about the first two issues of Dark Horse Comics' Untold Stories: Jace. Elspeth's story was untold yet familiar, being the story for the card set Theros: Beyond Death. But Jace's story is new to us, and even new to Jace himself, as the mind mage is delving into memories which had been locked away from even himself until now. These memories concern his time working for Tezzeret as an interplanar thief and smuggler, and their mission to Shiv on Dominaria, where things went very wrong.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
The Untold Stories comic series from Dark Horse finished their first four-issue run with Untold Stories: Elspeth this month! These comics tell untold stories from Magic's past—stories that didn't quite make it to the page before now. Elspeth's untold story is the story of Theros: Beyond Death, a set that released in a very inopportune time (early 2020) and had an unfortunate cancellation of the planned novella to tell its story. These comics rectify that, giving us the story of Elspeth's escape from the underworld, and issues #3 and #4 conclude the story in exciting fashion. We're here to tell you all about it, and also share our thoughts on the series as a whole.If you'd like a refresher of what happened in issues #1 and #2, listen to episode #367 from December of last year: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/367-untold-stories-elspeth-1-and-2If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
That's right! This week's the last week of our five part series book club for Omens of Chaos! We're talking about the climax of the novel, where all the pieces fall into place and the villain's grand scheme is revealed. While every episode of the book club has contained spoilers, this is the most spoilery of all spoiler episodes, so if you haven't finished the book, you should do that first! Then you should come back and listen to our thoughts on the highlights of the last few chapters of the book, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.If you want to go back and listen to previous book club episodes, this is the page breakdown for the novel:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
back at the dorm.To follow along with the book club, this is the page breakdown for the novel:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
Book Club continues with the second Interlude chapter, this time through the point of view of Alandra of Shandalar, through Chapter 17. The students open up about what's keeping them on Arcavios during the upcoming holiday break, then attend a fantastical masquerade, where Eula has a mysterious and unnerving encounter with an upperclassman who gives her either advice or a threat. Afterwards, a trip to the swamp turns into a fight with masked students and tea time with Liliana Vess! A lot happens in these chapters as the novel takes off.To follow along with the book club, this is the page breakdown for the novel:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
Our book club for Omens of Chaos continues this week with the first interlude, which gives us Jamira's point of view as well as the first concrete signs of a sinister Kasmina, through to Chapter 11! We see the exciting life of students, from laundry to study halls to office hours with a professor who is just a hoot. There's a lot of slices of life happening in this section, and we talk about how we feel about the novel's ability to give us everything we want and need from Magic's first novel in so many years.To follow along with the book club, this is the page breakdown for the novel:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
This week begins our chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos, where we go through the novel and provide quick summaries of the events and discussions about the characters, plot, and fun lore drops we get along the way! Spoiler Alert! We will discuss everything that happens in these chapters, as well as how it connects to later events in the novel. If you haven't read the entire book, this is your spoiler warning!We're starting with the prologue and going through to the end of chapter 8 this week, pages 1-125 in the print edition. A lot happens!To follow along with the book club, this is the page breakdown for the novel:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
We're kicking off our month (and a half) of Omens of Chaos this week with a special guest, Kathleen De Vere of LoadingReadyRun! If you haven't read Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos by Seanan McGuire, you should do that now, because this episode is spoilers all the way down. We're talking about structure, plot, tone, themes, characterization, and all the ways this book succeeded (and some of the ways we think it could have gone further) as both a Magic novel and a novel in its own right.Starting next week, we'll be doing a deep-dive into the novel chapter by chapter, giving summaries as well as more specific thoughts about the details of the book. Want to read along? Here's how we're breaking down the book:Part 1: Pg.1-125Part 2: Pg.126-167Part 3: Pg.168-253Part 4: Pg.254-306Part 5: Pg.307- 413If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
First of all, the name is Loreley's responsibility.After the preview panel at MC Vegas, we thought now would be a good time to revisit the story of Jace Beleren since the events of Phyrexia: All Will be One. The last few years of story have all been leading to this moment, as Jace has worked covertly (and somewhat overtly) to enact his plan for planar engineering. What led him from hero to villain, and what exactly has led up to Reality Fracture? Chris and Cary also get to do a little speculation as to what's going to happen, and who we might see writing the story.If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
It's time for the flavor gems of Secrets of Strixhaven, a show where we look at all the most flavorful cards of the set and talk about art, callbacks, and lore you may have missed! This set is full of callbacks to the first time we were on Arcavios and new mini-stories hidden in the card art and mechanics! There's also Noxious Newt!If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
This week we're joined by Wizard and author of the story for Secrets of Strixhaven, K Arsenault Rivera! She's contributed to the Magic Story since Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and has been a frequent guest of the podcast over the years since. We talk about writing the students of Strixhaven, as well as catching up with Chandra and Ajani after they've both been through so much.We had to do some very unusual recording for this episode, so if things sound weird, I did my best!If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
by Isaac Fellman: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-down-to-the-lake-aloneIf you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
by Alison Lührs: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-the-math-of-moreIf you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
The story for Secrets of Strixhaven is complete, and this week we're going to talk about just what happens with the rampaging archaic, the mysterious Oracle, and the tangle in reality that we're all about to jump into. This is a story you do not want to miss, and you can read all of it at MTGStory.com! So go do that! It's really good!If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
It's time for the main story of Secrets of Strixhaven! This six episode story is written by returning author K Arsenault Rivera, who is following up with the Strixhaven students last seen during Lorwyn Eclipsed, including the Lorwyn elf Lluwen who is struggling to adjust to life on a new plane. What starts as field work for the students, now in their second year, becomes a disaster and a mystery with the reveal of an angry, giant Archaic slumbering under Titan's Fall. Plus, there's a budding romance!You should read the Secrets of Strixhaven story on MTGStory.com!If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
The Planeswalker's Guide to Secrets of Strixhaven has been released, and along with it a whole host of lore for the world outside of the university! Strixhaven is just one location in the wider world of Arcavios, a plane of dual natures and dueling wizards, marked by six millennia of war and six centuries of peace. Across the Vastlands are countless opportunities for enterprising young mages to make their name, and we're going to tell you about the most exciting locales for field work and internships!If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
by Valerie Valdes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/secrets-of-strixhaven-off-the-recordIf you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
This week in our Magic 102 series, we're discussing the building blocks of Magic, the card types and core mechanics of the game, and what they mean to the flavor, worldbuilding, and story. Magic is a game, but it's also a storytelling experience, where you are a powerful mage locked in battle with other powerful mages, casting spells and summoning creatures, and this episode will explain how that translates to the cards.If you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! All supporters get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses around the world are telling stories and discussing Magic with each other! All patrons get access to early episode releases, and patrons at our $3/month tier can listen to us record episodes live!
Hello all our listeners! We just turned eight years old, which is very young for a person and very old for a podcast. We're celebrating our anniversary with a special episode featuring all five co-hosts and also Jay, co-host emeritus to talk about the past year of the podcast, our favorite moments and episodes, and what we're looking forward to in the next year.Thank you so much to all our Patreon supporters who have kept us recording weekly episodes since 2018! We wouldn't be here without you. If you'd like to help keep the podcast running, you can join at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and receive exclusive access to our Discord server and early episode releases!
Welcome to the world of Magic story! In the spirit of our Magic 101 series, this week we're giving listeners an updated basics of Magic lore, including understanding what the multiverse is, the planeswalkers who inhabit it, and what happened during the Mending and Spark Rupture. If you're looking to learn more about this wonderful fantasy setting, this is your place to start.MTGStory.comMTGLore.comMTG.WikiIf you'd like to support the show, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
We're starting a new series this week with Let's Cook: Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, a deep dive into the mechanics of the plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, from its original inception to its most recent release. This isn't a typical set review or Flavor Gems, but a look at the worldbuilding and flavor of the setting through the lens of its card game mechanics. How flavorful is Evoke? What about Clash? And how well was Hybrid Mana utilized in Shdowmoor and Lorwyn Eclipsed? Let us know how you feel about this new series, and look out for visits to planes in the future such as Ravnica and Arcavios!If you like this episode and want to hear more of this style, let us know! You can reach out to us directly at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com, but the best way to get your message to us is via Patreon! Supporters at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast get access to our Discord server for only $1 a month, as well as early releases of episodes! For $3 a month, you can listen to us live and let us know when we mess up in our listener chat!
The Story Circle reconvenes for one, special episode in honor of the truly most powerful wizard from Dominaria: Barrin. Before he was Barrin, though, he was Barrinalo, a young scribe whose life would be forever changed by the death of another wizard, Pharon. This story by Paul B. Thompson originally appeared in The Secrets of Magic anthology from 2002, edited by Jess Lebow. It is read by the incredible Christopher Wilson.We will return next week with regular episodes, but in the meantime we hope you enjoy this audio version of a beloved Magic story.If you'd like to support the show, we'd like that, too! By going to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you can donate as little as $1 a month and get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world talk about Magic lore, story, and also the card game sometimes. And if you donate at $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! All paid patrons get access to early episode releases, too!
We welcome Seanan McGuire back to the podcast this week to talk about Lorwyn: Eclipsed, her most recent story for Magic! We talk about what it's like balancing writing a brand new cast of characters in a legacy setting that's nearly 20 years old and characters who have loomed large in player nostalgia since 2007. She also gives us a little more detail about Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos and writing the first Magic novel since 2019.If you'd like to support the show, we'd like that, too! By going to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you can donate as little as $1 a month and get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world talk about Magic lore, story, and also the card game sometimes. And if you donate at $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! All paid patrons get access to early episode releases, too!
Lorwyn: Eclipsed is a special set for Magic as it marks the first full return to the plane of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, last visited nearly 20 years ago! The world has changed considerably, but you'll find that the flavor has only gotten better with age. The care and dedication put into this return is undeniable, with art and designs honoring the past and showing how far Magic has come since 2007. Our flavor gems are only a first serving, and we encourage you to return to the table and share your own delicious findings!If you'd like to support the show, we'd like that, too! By going to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you can donate as little as $1 a month and get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world talk about Magic lore, story, and also the card game sometimes. And if you donate at $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! All paid patrons get access to early episode releases, too!
by Akemi Dawn Bowman. Read all three stories at MTGStory.com because they're all very good!If you'd like to support the show, we'd like that, too! By going to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you can donate as little as $1 a month and get access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world talk about Magic lore, story, and also the card game sometimes. And if you donate at $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! All paid patrons get access to early episode releases, too!
D supplement?For all our Patreon supporters, thank you all so much for another year of The Vorthos Cast! We wouldn't be able to do it without you! Even just $1 a month is enough to let us know you value our podcast in your lives and that keeps us going. You're the best!If you aren't a Patreon supporter, you can be! It's easy! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and give us $1 a month to access our Discord server and listen to episodes early! That's only $12 in a year, which is less than the cost of one digital copy of Lorwyn: First Light! You could spend that money on us instead and get like 50 hours of podcast where we won't even tell you to go buy a second podcast to understand the first one. For $3 a week you can listen to us record live and hear our thoughts on the Justice League and baseball.
Welcome to 2026! We're starting the year by finishing the story of Lorwyn Eclipsed, wherein we learn the true identity of a mischievous blue and green faerie and say goodbye to an old friend. And, yes, we will briefly discuss that last scene of the story. You know the one.If you want to read the story, and you definitely do, go to MTGStory.com and read it! It's good!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
We return this week to the story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed! All episodes of the main story are out, but for part 2 of our discussion we'll be talking about episodes 4 and 5. A lot happens to our cast of characters in these two chapters, including the return of Ashling to the story and the introduction of a very mean elf!We'll be away for the holidays next weekend, so no regular episode until January 5th!If you want to read the story, and you definitely do, go to MTGStory.com and read it! It's good!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
Welcome to our first episode discussing the story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed! We're talking about episodes 1 through 3 this week. All parts of the main story of Lorwyn Eclipsed are written by the amazing returning author Seanan McGuire. They tell the story of four unfortunate students from Strixhaven who literally fall into Lorwyn thanks to a mischievous fae and accidentally disturb the cycle of Morningtide and Eventide that has kept the plane in balance since the fall of Oona.If you want to read the story, and you definitely do, go to MTGStory.com and read it! It's good!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
The story of Lorwyn: Eclipsed begins today on mtgstory.com! But before you go and read that, we're checking in with the Dark Horse Comics Untold Stories series with the first two issues of Untold Stories: Elspeth! This series tells the story of Theros Beyond Death with incredible art and writing. You can read issue #1 now, and issue #2... well, we'll talk about it!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
For this week's episode, we're going to tell you what you can find in this little book and if we think you should buy it.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
We continue to delve into the past of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor in preparation for Lorwyn Eclipsed, and this week we decided to take a look at the flavor gems of a block (or two, depending on who you ask) that came long before the Vorthos Cast existed! We talk about the cycles, standout cards, and our cast favorites from Lorwyn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, and Eventide! And, of course, a little speculation on what might return in Lorwyn Eclipsed.
How has Lorwyn-Shadowmoor changed since our first visit? We're digging in on major highlights from the Planeswalker's Guide to understand how the world has fared, and what aurora-evading trickery awaits on the twinned plane. To close our discussion, we indulge in a healthy dose of story speculation for Lorwyn Eclipsed and the finale year of this arc.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
With the story for Lorwyn Eclipsed only a month away, we're taking our dear listeners into the past to tell the story of our first (and only) trip to the plane of Lorwyn. We follow Rhys, Ashling, Maralen, Brigid, the sapling of Colfenor, and nearly every other named legendary creature from original Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block on their adventure to stop Oona and end the Great Aurora's influence over the plane.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
With Lorwyn Eclipsed on the horizon, we turn our attention to the plane of faeries and boggarts, elves and kithkin, and its shadowy second self, Shadowmoor. To get everyone prepared for this field trip, we've put together an overview of the worldbuilding of the plane as it was, before the end of Oona's reign and the invasion of Phyrexia. Next week, we'll tell you all about that quest to unseat the faerie queen...If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
by Mira Grant: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/side-two-children-of-the-carnival-part-1 and https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/side-three-children-of-the-carnival-part-2
creature type line. Did they succeed? Well, it's complicated!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
Last weekend we went down to Georgia (or, well, were already in Georgia) to attend MagicCon Atlanta! A lot of exciting news was announced, including upcoming sets and the upcoming novel by Seanan McGuire! Listen along as our hosts (including new co-host Henn!) talk about their weekend of fun and games in Atlanta and tell you what you need to know about 2026 in Magic.Preorder Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos at your favorite bookstore: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747400/strixhaven-omens-of-chaos-magic-the-gathering-by-seanan-mcguire/If you want to support the podcast and help us get to more Magic events, you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member gets access to early episode releases and our Discord server for as low as $1 a month, and for $3 a month you can listen as we record our episodes live at 7pm EST on Thursday evenings!
This week we're joined by the incredible Seth Dickinson, author of Exordia, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, and most notably for us, the story for Edge of Eternities. We talk about the process of writing a brand new universe for Magic, the genesis of the End Stone's narration, and how Mallowmass became the economic structure of Pinnacle.Seth also shared with us some really incredibly cool designs commissioned as inspiration for the Seriema, which look very different from the art direction of the set. You can see an example in this episode's art.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
This week's episode is a special panel discussion! We have guests Henn (@iwriterobots) and Valerie Valdes (author of the Lost Caverns of Ixalan and Bloomburrow stories) alongside host Loreley as panelists to discuss the act of writing personal fiction, fanfiction, and even paid IP work, including the importance of a writing community.Want to find the MTG Writer's Discord? Go follow Henn on Bluesky at @iwriterobots.com.And you can follow Valerie's blog at https://candleinsunshine.com where you can learn all about Witch You Would and Valerie's Chilling Effect Sci-Fi series!There are some audio errors in this episode, but that's what happens when you record four people across the internet.If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.
This week, we're delving deeper into the Edge and talking about the metacosmology of this universe outside of the multiverse. How does the Edge exist in relationship to the Multiverse? What makes a star? How does faster than light travel work within Magic's outer-outer space? These are just some questions we answer in this episode.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
We're putting a spotlight on a member of the greater Vorthosium this week with special guest Henn (@iwriterobots) to talk about robots in Magic! The Edge was full of delightful mechans, so we asked friend of the show Henn on to talk about what it means to be a robot, why robots in the Edge are so cool, and if you should be kissing them (yes).To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
Our expedition through the Edge has brought us to Sothera, where we have conducted extensive research into the planets and peoples that make up this supervoid system. Last week, we explored the different lifeforms in all their complexity, and this week we are delving into the depths of the planets themselves to learn about the secrets they hold and the organizations that vie for control of them.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
With the stories behind us, we may now confidently embark on our mission of mapping the world(s) of the Edge, starting with an overview of the lifeforms we may find out in the exoverse. From Astelli to Vaar, the space outside of the multiverse is full of diverse life, and we're covering all the ones encountered within the Sothera system.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
It's time for your routine sustenance break! Nutrients will be delivered via audio signals. Yum!It's our regular Flavor Gems episode, but now in space! Edge of Eternities provided us with so many incredible cards telling their stories through mechanics and art. We covered as many as we could, but there are still so many discoveries to be made.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
This week we're finishing up our discussion of the side stories of Edge of Eternities with a story about a Monoist struggling to accept the gravity of her actions, and a Drix who has become wrapped up in a tangle of loss. We also give our thoughts on the overall impact of these side stories, and the joy of loving a Magic setting.To read the side stories, go to MTGStory.com!And, if you want to read the short article by Ethan Fleischer mentioned at the end of the episode, you can find it here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/edge-of-eternities-design-allusions-vs-tropesTo support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
Greetings weftwalkers! With the main story of Edge of Eternities behind us, we're now locked on to the side stories. This week's mission is to cover the first three side stories released alongside the main story of Edge of Eternities, incuding a bit of space horror, a heist, and a coming of age bug's life.To read the side stories, go to MTGStory.com!To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
This week's the end of our summary and discussion of the main story of Edge of Eternities by Seth Dickinson. If you can't tell, we really loved it! We cover episodes 9, 10, and 11, and we give some thoughts on the overall story, its themes, and the parts that really stood out.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our free preview of Edge of Eternities! We have two really fascinating common creatures that bring depth and intrigue to two factions found in the Edge: The Illvoi Galeblade of the Uthros Combine and a Hullcarver from the Monoists of Susur Secundi.
We return to orbit around the main story for Edge of Eternities with episodes 5 through 8, following our heroes (or villains?) as they carry the mysterious artifact found on Sigma's Reach through Kavaron and beyond. Haliya and Alpharael clash once more, but now Sami and Tan are caught in the middle, and looming over all of this is the mysterious Metalman with his own objectives...To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
We're entering into orbit around the main story of Edge of Eternities by Seth Dickinson. For our first mission, we are exploring episodes 1 through 4, providing a summary and discussing key parts of the narrative. As you join our boarding party, we remind you that it is vital to familiarize yourself with the story at MTGStory.com, including the Planeswalkers' Guide. Once you have prepared for boarding, please dress in your red shirt and proceed to the Podcast.To support the Vorthos Cast on future missions in the Edge, please consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where members get access to the podcast Discord channel and early episode releases.
MagicCon Vegas gave us a first look at the upcoming set, Edge of Eternities, and then immediately afterwards we were given the Planeswalkers' Guide and first episode of the Edge of Eternities story! The Edge of Eternities story is now live, with updates every day for the next couple of weeks. So today, we're giving our first reactions to the guide and story, talking broad overviews of what we've learned so far, and mostly just getting really excited for this incredibly different, strange universe of Magic.We forgot to do a Patreon plug for this episode, so it's important that you read this text! We have a Patreon! Joining our Patreon is as cheap as $1 a month (that's like, two packs of a Magic set per year!) and you get access to our Discord server and you get early episode releases! For $3 a month (or less than one collector booster a year!) you can listen to us record our episodes live! Join at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast
The Story Circle has gathered on this day in June to hear a story from Henn @IWriteRobots, a Theros tale of tragic love between Pavios and Thanasis, two men trapped by fate. "Emonberry Red" by Clayton Kroh is a heart-wrenching tale, and it contains within it heavy content, including depictions of suicide. It also contains within it beauty, longing, love, and loss. Take care when listening.If you'd like to hear more audio stories from Magic's past, please consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, as well as early releases of the podcast! $3 a month gets access to our live listen, where you can hear episodes recorded live!
The Story Circle offers up the delicious tale of Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar and her time spent as the executive chef for The Dark Lord Vincent, where she wrote the most famous cookbook in all of Magic history. Looking for a recipe for ogre toes or cubed unicorn? Gather and listen to the story of the "Chef's Surprise" by Sonia Orin Lyris, originally published in the Distant Planes anthology edited by Kathy Ice, released in 1996.If you'd like to hear more audio stories from Magic's past, please consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, as well as early releases of the podcast! $3 a month gets access to our live listen, where you can hear episodes recorded live!
This week, the story circle has gathered to share a tale from Kamigawa's past. Master Dosan shares the parable of Iname, the first kami to create life in the form of the first kami child. A family drama among the spirits of Kamigawa, "Thankless Child" is emblematic of the original Kamigawa block's vignettes, visions into the world through the stories that are told there.Music from the official soundtrack to Kamigawa Neon Dynasty, "The Neon Riverside," by insaneintherain.If you'd like to hear more audio stories from Magic's past, please consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, as well as early releases of the podcast! $3 a month gets access to our live listen, where you can hear episodes recorded live!
Welcome back to the Story Circle, our Magic fiction audio series! Our first Story Circle story for 2025 is "Expeditions to the End of the World" by J. Robert King from the Colors of Magic anthology, read by Jay Annelli. This story begins with Captain Crucias, a mostly reformed pirate running a cruise to the edges of Argoth during the Brothers' War. It's a bit of a tearjerker with some heavy topics, including childhood illness and death, so be prepared to laugh at the start and cry by the end.If you'd like to hear more audio stories from Magic's past, please consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, as well as early releases of the podcast! $3 a month gets access to our live listen, where you can hear episodes recorded live!
Welcome back to the Story Circle, where we share stories from Magic that we believe deserve sharing. This year, we're doing things a little differently. For this first week, you'll hear our intro explaining what's different this time around, as well as some Vorthos news, and then we're jumping right into the story. For this story and future story episodes, we will also be posting the audio of just the story independently, in case folks want to just hear the story.Our first Story Circle story for 2025 is "Expeditions to the End of the World" by J. Robert King. This story begins with Captain Crucias, a mostly reformed pirate running a cruise to the edges of Argoth during the Brothers' War. It's a bit of a tearjerker with some heavy topics, including childhood illness and death, so be prepared to laugh at the start and cry by the end.If you'd like to hear more audio stories from Magic's past, please consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, as well as early releases of the podcast! $3 a month gets access to our live listen, where you can hear episodes recorded live!
Last week we asked you, our lovely listeners, to send us questions about Magic lore and story, and now we're here with our 10th mailbag episode to answer those questions! We got questions ranging from asking about the peculiars of Ixidor's magic to what it means to get brunch in the multiverse, and we answered them to the best of our abilities. Thank you all for your questions!If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
It's been a little while since Aetherdrift released, but we've finally caught up with K Arsenault Rivera to talk about the experience of writing the story for Magic's racing set! We talk about the similarities between Aetherdrift and March of the Machine, writing despicable villains, and the importance of the Fast and the Furious films.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week we're answering a question that has certainly been on the minds of Vorthosi since Tarkir: Dragonstorm hit the shelves: What even is a dragon? How has Magic created their own concept of dragonkind? We talk the influences behind Magic's dragons, their different morphologies, and a little bit of Dragon Lore.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
It's that time of the set again! We poured over the pages of Tarkir: Dragonstorm cards to find the best stories we could find hidden among the art, mechanics, and flavor texts of the set. If you found any flavor gems of your own and want to share, leave a comment and let us know, or just hop into our Discord and join the conversation with your fellow Vorthosi.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
We're joined this week by the incredible Cassandra Khaw! Cass has written for Magic before Tarkir: Dragonstorm, but this is their first time writing the main set story, to huge success! We talk about returning to writing Magic story after a long break, how they captured fan-favorite characters so perfectly, and how fun it is to make characters suffer.You can read a sneak peak at The Library at Hellebore, Cassandra Khaw's upcoming novel, here: https://torpublishinggroup.com/sneak-peek-for-the-library-at-hellebore/If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
With the stories finished, we can now delve deep into the world of Tarkir as it is now, a world ruled by five clans once more, but very different from both the world before the dragonlords and the world that never was. Each clan's identity has evoled tremendously, so we go deep into the Planeswalker's Guides to give you an overview of who they are, how they work, and what roles they play in the new world of Tarkir.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
It's our final episode covering the stories of Tarkir Dragonstorm, and this time we're wrapping up the side stories! We're talking Sultai, we're talking Temur, and believe it or not we're talking Mardu, too! How do these side stories help tell the overall story of a Tarkir finding its past? Well, with the help of three excellent authors they do it very well!Read "Sultai: Betrayal" by Marcus Terrell Smith - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-sultai-betrayalRead "Mardu: Where Lightning Tells our Story" by Seanan McGuire - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-mardu-where-lightning-tells-our-storyRead "Temur: Together Survives the Pack" by K Arsenaul Rivera - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-temur-together-survives-the-packAnd Chris' final thought, Dominarian Plowshare - https://dominarianplowshare.substack.com/
We've reached the end of the main story of Tarkir: Dragonstorm, and what an ending it is! Our heroes find something terrible and awesome in the heart of the Meditation Realm, and the actions of our favorite blue mage brings and end to the Dragonstorm Arc. What's next when we blast off into the Edge of Eternities? We don't know yet, but we speculate!If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
We continue our discussion and summary of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm story this week with the first two side stories, centered around the lives of the Abzan and the Jeskai, and episodes 4 and 5 of the main story! A lot is happening on Tarkir (and elsewhere) and you won't want to fall behind with this story, which is sure to reshape the multiverse as we know it.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
The story for Tarkir: Dragonstorm has started, and we're jumping right in this week with the first three episodes! We return to the world of Tarkir where the clans have reasserted themselves against a thousand years draconic dominance. But while the clans have achieved independence, not all is peaceful for the world of dragons. Storms are brewing that threaten not only Tarkir, but all of the multiverse.Read the first three episodes of Tarkir: Dragonstorm by Cassandra Khaw for free!https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-episode-1-stories-and-their-boneshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-episode-2-omenshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/tarkir-dragonstorm-episode-3-what-the-past-devoursIf you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
Last week we glimpsed a Tarkir that never was, and now we will see what truly became of Tarkir. Five ruling clans of dragons control the plane, with humanoids as little more than servants. But these dragon clans were shaped around the past, and what they share in common with the humanoid clans they once conquered is as fascinating as what they have rejected from the past.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week we're existing in a state of being and non-being, living in a canon that is dead, exploring the potentiality of what once was. What I mean is we're talking about the clans of Tarkir as seen in the set Khans of Tarkir, all of which was wiped out of reality by time travel! But these clans give us insight into what the new Tarkir may look like.You can read more about the new world of Tarkir in the planeswalker's guides! The first one is available here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/planeswalkers-guide-to-tarkir-dragonstorm-part-1If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week we're using data from MTGLore.com to answer the question: What is the most popular Magic story? While it's a very self-selected sample of Magic players, we can glean some insights about what stories are popular with enfranchised readers and see some of the connections between them.If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
We're hitting the refreshments stand at the Ghirapur Grand Prix and coming away with a heaping armful of delicious flavor gems! Aetherdrift is a set that goes full speed with racing tropes, but there's more to this set than blue shells and pileups. We talk legends, story spotlights, and cards that really show off the worlds of Avishkar, Muraganda, and Amonkhet!If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
We're rapping up our recaps of the Aetherdrift stories this week with the side story, "Like No Other Beast" by Zachary Olson, and the final three episodes of the main story by K Arsenault Rivera. We also share our thoughts about the overall direction of the story, how well the ending came together, and what might be coming with Tarkir: Dragonstorm.As always, reading the story explains the story! We love recapping the events and sharing our thoughts, but the stories are better than we can ever explain them so you should go read them!Like No Other Beast by Zachary Olson: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-like-no-other-beastEpisode 4: Little-Guy Shortcuts - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-4-little-guy-shortcutsEpisode 5: First Over the Line - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-5-first-over-the-lineEpisode 6: The Bloodless Revolution - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-6-the-bloodless-revolutionAnd don't forget to follow us on BlueSky! We are no longer active on the other site. You can get updates when stories and episodes go live: https://bsky.app/profile/thevorthoscast.bsky.socialIf you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week we're discussing the first half of the Aetherdrift stories: Main set episodes 1 through 3 and the Amonkhet side story, Hour of Restoration. We give a recap of each episode and discuss some of the ways author K Arsenault Rivera's writing captured the feel of a high-speed race while keeping time for the quiet, emotional moments.As always, it's not enough to just listen to story recaps! Go read the story on the Magic Story website to let Wizards know you value free web fiction!Episode 1: The Dashing and the Desperate- https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-1-the-dashing-and-the-desperateEpisode 2: Pit Stop - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-2-pit-stopEpisode 3: Go! - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-episode-3-goHour of Restoration by Hadeer Elsbai - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/aetherdrift-hour-of-restorationIf you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week we return to the desert plane of Amonkhet! The last two times we saw this plane, it was destroyed by Bolas and then destroyed by the Phyrexians, but with two years to recover, the people of the plane have found new gods and new purpose, creating a society where the living and undead stand side by side. We cover the history of the plane, some of its most notable inhabitants, and how things have changed and stayed the same since our last visit!If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
This week begins our coverage of the worlds of Aetherdrift, Magic's multiplanar racing set, and where better to start than the starting line: the plane of Avishkar! This new name isn't a new place, though, as the world formerly known as Kaladesh has undergone a lot of change since we last visited it in Aether Revolt. We take you through the history of the plane, talk about the changes that birthed a new and better world, and run through some legendary names you might see on the track or in the stands during Aetherdrift!If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! For $3 a month, you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the show recorded live on Thursday evenings!
For our last episode of 2024, we have a holiday D&D adventure by Jay! Te'Grimaal (Loreley) and Bob the mailman (Chris) are caught in a Ravnican inn during a snowstorm when some very unusual elves attack. Will they defeat the source of this incursion, or will they be just a couple more names crossed off the naughty list?Thank you for another year of listening to and supporting our podcast! If you'd like to join our Discord server to talk all things Magic, sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where everyone who pledges a dollar or more a month gets access! We're looking forward to a 2025 of racing cars, dragons, and going to space!
With the release of Foundations and inspiration from a recent video by Rhystic Studies about the Seventh Edition core set, we decided we'd look at the entire history of Magic's core sets, from the very first set in Alpha all the way to this year's Foundations, to understand how depicting the lore and story of Magic has changed over 31 years.Watch "The New Iconic" by Rhystic Studies here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwIj3PnCe8Thank you all so much for your support over the year! If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
We've made it to the end step of the year! Now it's time to cleanup with our thoughts and feelings about all things Vorthos in the year 2024. This year saw murders, cowboys, fluffy little bunnies, and elder demons feasting on our fears. We'll be here in 2025 for a year of racing dragons in space!Thank you all so much for your support over the year! If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
It's time for week two of the Flavor Gems of Foundations, and this week it's all legends! There are so many new legendary creatures and new cards for returning legends in Foundations, between the main set and the accompanying products, that we had to dedicate an entire hour long episode to talking about them! And we didn't even cover all of the reprinted legends!If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
We're getting back to our Foundations with the flavor gems of Foundations! There's five years worth of tasty cards in this set, so we're going to spend two weeks covering all of them we think are worth serving! This week we're covering cards from all of the Foundations products, including the main set, Beginner's Box, Starter Collection, and Jumpstart! Next week we'll cover the legendary cards.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
While players experience the Foundations of Magic this weekend, we're returning to the foundations of the House and chatting with Annie Sardelis and Emily Teng from Wizards of the Coast about how their teams built the plane of Duskmourn in the story and cards. We talk about everything from the very inception of an entirely interior plane to the reason why Rooms couldn't be Lands.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
This week's episode is a bit different from our usual deep-dives and story summaries. We're tackling one of the biggest questions new fans of Magic might have: What is Magic's story? We want someone who might be encountering Magic through Foundations for the very first time to know what Magic story is, where you can read it, and what to expect from future sets.This is a very high-level overview, so our more experienced listeners may know everything and more that we talk about, but share it with your friends who are opening their first pack of Magic cards and saying "Hey, how do I learn more about this really cool character?"If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
For Halloween, we've decided to delve into a spooky one-shot adventure set in the halls of Duskmourn! Jay and Brian are joined by a special (returning?) guest as they open some doors and find themselves in a malicious escape room designed by a maniacal clown. Will they make it out alive? Probably! Will they make it out unharmed? Definitely not.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
Did you know this year was a special anniversary for Magic? It's the 30th anniversary of the Magic novel line, which began with Magic, the Gathering: Arena (not the digital game client) in 1994. For this episode, we're exploring the history of Magic novels, their rise and fall, and some of the surrounding circumstances that led to the world of web fiction as we know it today.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
This week we're joined by the #1 Fan of Jace Beleren, Radley! He's here to talk to us about the enigmatic wielder of mysteries, including delving into some of his current motivations in the story and some larger themes that surround one of Magic's longest running characters. If you don't follow Radley online, you can find him at @SpaceBeleren on Twitter, or follow his Vorthos blog at wielderofmysteries.tumblr.com. Radley's extensive knowledge of Jace means you'll see more of him on the podcast in the future as the narrative moves towards a showdown with the iconic blue planeswalker.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
Duskmourn is one giant, flavorful homage to horror movies of the modern age. This week we're diving into our favorite flavor gems of the set, including the very clever designs of the story's main characters and the best references to the horror movies we all love (except for Chris, who is on record for not really loving horror movies).If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!
It's time to welcome Seanan McGuire home to the podcast for another interview to discuss all things Duskmourn. We cover character choices, world building, and influences for this terrifying House. Come step into the parlor, take a seat, and enjoy listening to our conversation. Pay no attention to the way the chair won't let you go...Please go read the Magic story! You can find all episodes of Duskmourn for free at mtgstory.com! Reading the story explains the story.If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live! Sometimes you get to see Seanan's cats!
The twisting halls of Duskmourn contain many cautionary tales and grim nightmares, and today we're talking about these side stories that help flesh out the walls of the House. Children born into a world with no dawn or dusk, lost travelers who find no comfort in a moment of respite, elves who can only watch as their world is enclosed in eternal night, and even the miracle of kindness among the monsters that stalk the halls.Please go read Duskmourn's story and side story at https://magic.wizards.com/en/story! The side stories provide a lot of texture to the world and build on the history and themes present in the main story.If you want to support the podcast, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where every patron level gets access to our Discord server and early episode releases! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! That's even earlier episodes, if you think about it!
We conclude the main story of Duskmourn this week with our heroes coming face to facade with the elder demon of the house, Valgavoth. Do they all escape the House? And if they do escape, at what cost? Also, we discuss what it means for the narrative of Magic to have planeswalkers when there are paths between planes for non-planeswalkers to walk.As always, please click through and read the stories on the Magic Story page, https://magic.wizards.com/en/story ! You can do your part to help support the continuation of free Magic web fiction by simply reading the free Magic web fiction!If you want to support the podcast, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where every patron level gets access to our Discord server and early episode releases! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! That's even earlier episodes, if you think about it!
We slip once more through the halls of the House this week as our survivors face their greatest fears and terrible monsters. Not all of them do a very good job of surviving these episodes...Duskmourn story can be read for free on the Magic website at magic.wizards.com/en/story and you can find Mira Grant's DVD Extras on Seanan McGuire's blog at seananmcguire.com/blog/.If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
On August 27th, 2014, the first official Magic Story web fiction was published: The Madness of Sarkhan by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes. This story was the first chapter in the Khans of Tarkir story, which would be the first time the main story for a Magic set was published entirely online and for anyone to read it. This year, to mark it's 10th anniversary, The Vorthos Cast has created a mini episode looking back on the history of Magic story, from its early years in the Armada comics to today's story of Duskmourn.
It's time for our journey into the House to begin. The story for Duskmourn gave us a jumpscare with a release a full week earlier than anticipated, so we're going to start our coverage a full week early, too! But we haven't forgotten our promise of worldbuilding details, so every week we will also include a little bit of the Planeswalker Guide for you to keep you comfortable in the reassuring walls of the House.Duskmourn story can be read for free on the Magic website at https://magic.wizards.com/en/story and you can find Mira Grant's DVD Extras on Seanan McGuire's blog at https://seananmcguire.com/blog/.If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
This week we've activated the special interests of Jay and Loreley to talk about horror movies, and specifically how Duskmourn is informed by the rich history of scares on the screen! We're breaking down the big subgenres, the movies you may want to be familiar with, and how they play into the world design of Duskmourn.If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
The world of Bloomburrow is vast, colorful, and furry. This week we're looking at the worldbuilding of this brand new plane, from the landscapes of the valley to the people who inhabit those lands and to the history they all share.If y'all like this kind of worldbuilding episode, let us know! We cover a lot of the basics of the plane in this episode, but you can learn more through the three Planeswalker guides and the five episode story by Valerie Valdes. Or you can just send us an email with your questions and we might address them on future episodes!If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
It's time to dig into the many treats on offer from Bloomburrow! We're talking legends, baguettes, and fistfighting giant pandas on this installment of our flavor gems series! I promise it all makes sense if you listen!If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
We're welcoming back Valerie Valdes this week to talk about her work on writing the Bloomburrow set story! Valerie has been on the show before to talk about writing the story for Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and this week she's back to talk about the very different experience in writing Bloomburrow, including her influences for the story that combines epic quests with wholesome family dynamics.If you like Valerie as much as we do, you can keep abreast of her writings on http://valerievaldes.com/, check out recent release Where Pease is Lost, and look forward to her work in the upcoming anthology Beating Hearts and Battle Axes and her novel coming out next year, Mage You Look!If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We may begin posting early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!
The story of Bloomburrow is only five episodes long, but they're five great episodes and give us a lot to talk about! This week we're wrapping up the set's story and sharing our thoughts on this start of a new arc, the world of Bloomburrow in a wider Magic context, and where things might go from here.You can find all episodes of the Bloomburrow story right now on the Magic website for free! Just go to magic.wizards.com/en/story and read about the most lovable frog since Kermit!If you want to support us and help us keep making this podcast, check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, where we're talking all things Bloomburrow right now, and $3 a month lets you listen to us record each episode live, usually on Thursday evenings at 7pm.
We're back from our vacation to start talking all things Bloomburrow story! This week we're covering the first three episodes of the story by Valerie Valdes, what we think about the first glimpse of this new world, and what animalfolk we think the Lorwyn Five and friends would be on this plane!You can find all episodes of the Bloomburrow story right now on the Magic website for free! Just go to https://magic.wizards.com/en/story and read about the most lovable frog since Kermit!If you want to support us and help us keep making this podcast, check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, where we're talking all things Bloomburrow right now, and $3 a month lets you listen to us record each episode live, usually on Thursday evenings at 7pm.
Thank you Wizards of the Coast for our free preview cards for Bloomburrow! We're happy to introduce the world to our two all-star uncommons, Mabel's Mettle and Quaketusk Boar!You can find full images of the cards and art on our Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast
We have our resident Assassin's Creed expert, Jay Annelli, here to tell us all about the flavor gems of the Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed set! Who better to tell us the ins and outs of this special booster release than a loremaster who worked on the creative text team for the set and also has a long, documented history as a sociopathic murderer.My lawyers are telling me that I cannot call Jay a sociopathic murderer.I think I heard someone jumping into a haystack outside my house? I should stand on the roof to investigate.If you enjoy our podcast, consider signing up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord community, $3 a month gets you access to our live-listen tier where you can listen to us record the podcast every week, and any amount of money will contribute to our ability to keep the show running! We appreciate all of you, even those who don't subscribe!
We've made it to 300 episodes, and to thank you, our dear listeners, we're answering your questions! We've got the full roster of co-hosts to answer the hard-hitting questions, like "Does Bolas know about the Fomori?" and "What's Kellan's fursona?"Seriously, though, thank all of you so much for your years of support, all the way to 300 episodes! We love making this show, but we wouldn't do it without you. So please share our show with your friends and get them reading Magic story along with you and us.If you want to support us financially for the next 300 episodes, you can do that on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, but you don't have to! We'll still appreciate you all the same. But by supporting, you can get into our Discord server, just $1 a month, where the coolest Vorthoses from around the world hang out and ask us all sorts of questions all the time. You can be one of them!
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our free preview card for Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed! This is a deep cut character from the lore, so of course Jay had a lot to say about him!
It's our Pride special! This week we're talking about queer characters in Magic story, where you can read more about them, and how Wizards of the Coast has done with representation in their stories and cards. Things get real gay.If you want to support the podcast, you can sign up to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month provides access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world are talking all about Magic story and upcoming releases Bloomburrow and Duskmourn! For $3 a month, your support gets you into our live listen, where you can hear us record live!
Our second part of what turned out to be a two-part series of Flavor Gems from Modern Horizons 3! We cover new legends, deep-cut callbacks, and cute mechanical references to Magic's past.Thank you for listening, and if you think we missed any incredible Flavor Gems you can always reach out to us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, or through email, TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com.If you want to support the podcast, you can sign up to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month provides access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world are talking all about Magic story and upcoming releases Bloomburrow and Duskmourn! For $3 a month, your support gets you into our live listen, where you can hear us record live and talk about Destiny 2 for hours afterwards!
This is our first of (maybe) three episodes exploring the flavor gems of Modern Horizons 3! Modern Horizons sets have always been full of the deepest lore references and a place for old characters to get new cards. This time around is no different, and we've dedicated an entire episode just to legends from the past returning or premiering in this set!If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, the easiest way to do that is to give us just $1 a month on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. That will get you access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world gather to talk about all things Magic story and art. For $3 a month, you can listen to us record each episode live, including any pre- and post-show discussions!
Modern Horizons 3 previews are underway, and as with previous Modern Horizons sets there are so many deep lore references and stories to be told! This week we're tackling the five transforming planeswalker cards from the set and what we know about these characters and how their sparks ignited.If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!
This is a special free preview episode of the Vorthos Cast for Modern Horizons 3 featuring our preview card, Ajani Fells the Godsire!You can find the full card on our Twitter at https://twitter.com/TheVorthosCast
We're taking one last look back into the sunset as we wrap up all discussions about Outlaws of Thunder Junction in an interview with the author herself, Akemi Dawn Bowman! You may remember Bowman's work back in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, where she wrote about a young man trying to find someone he'd lost while getting wrapped up in a multi-planar story featuring a villain's first-time story appearance and another villain's return to story after many years away. She does it again in OTJ, and we're here to ask her all about it!If you like our podcast, thank you! We like you, too! If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!
With the end of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, we also finished the first story arc since the end of March of the Machine! We've got Roy Graham, Story Lead at Wizards of the Coast for Magic, on the podcast this week to talk about leading the story through the omenpaths and into a new era, including creating and growing Kellan, setting up the BIG reveal, and what we can expect going forward.If you like our podcast, thank you! We like you, too! If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!
With Modern Horizons 3 on, well, the horizons, we're turning our vast and endless eye upon the story of the Eldrazi, cosmic horrors from the blind eternities whose purpose--if it exists--remains unknown. To know your enemy, you must know their history, and this week we'll discuss the story of the Eldrazi in Magic, as well as what we know to be true about these terrors from beyond the thin veil of reality.If you want to support The Vorthos Cast you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! This will also get you access to our Discord server, where folks are discussing the slow trickle of previews for Modern Horizons 3 and the future of Magic story. It's only $1 a month for access, and $3 a month to listen to us record the podcast live!
We're rustlin' up some grub with the flavor gems of Thunder Junction! Were you wondering about some of these Western tropes, curious about how many of these legends have been seen round these parts before, or just want to know where you can get some Halo out on the range? Bring your own tin can and we'll serve up some answers on this week's episode.If you want to leave your servers a nice tip, you can do so by joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel and $3 a month means you can listen to us record live! If you can't spare any coin, you can always leave us a review wherever podcasts can be reviewed, and we'll enjoy that just the same.
The ending has come to Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and it brings with it the start of something new. This week we're covering the two-part epilogue to the Outlaws of Thunder Junction story and the real ending of the Omenpath Arc of Magic Story, finally getting answers for Jace and Vraska's escape from Phyrexian influence and their plans for the future of their family and the multiverse. We also discuss some of our thoughts about this arc in general, and specifically the state of Magic story as it goes into the Dragonstorm Arc.You can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to us record our episodes live! You can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. You can also find us on Twitter at @TheVorthosCast, or email us with thoughts, questions, comments, coupons for free cheese dip at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com.
The main story of Outlaws of Thunder Junction is finished, but before we can watch our outlaws ride off into the sunset, we have to tell tale of Annie Flash with "Blood Is Thicker Than Venom" by H. E. Edgmon. Then we see what happens when you put the most untrustworthy scoundrels of the multiverse together for one big job, and you know it ain't a happy ending.Read Episode 5, "High Moon": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-high-moonRead Episode 6, "The Ballad of Thieves and Thunderslingers": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-6-the-ballad-of-thieves-and-thunderslingersRead "Blood Is Thicker Than Venom": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/blood-is-thicker-than-venomThen, you can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to us record our episodes live! You can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. You can also find us on Twitter at @TheVorthosCast, or email us with thoughts, questions, comments, coupons for free cheese dip at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com.
The train's pulling up to the station and you have to face the choice: Do you listen to us discuss episodes 3 and 4 of the main story and the side story "A Pleasant Family Outing," or do you tuck tail and run away? We're continuing our discussions of the Outlaws of Thunder Junction stories by Akemi Dawn Bowman this week with the two main story episodes, "A Train to Prosperity" and "Finding Tarnation." But halfway through "Finding Tarnation," we got waylaid by the dastardly Seanan McGuire once again with her side story, "A Pleasant Family Outing"!Read Episode 3, "A Train to Prosperity": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-3-a-train-to-prosperityRead Episode 4, "Finding Tarnation": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-4-finding-tarnationRead "A Pleasant Family Outing": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/a-pleasant-family-outingThen, you can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to us record our episodes live! You can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. You can also find us on Twitter at @TheVorthosCast, or email us with thoughts, questions, comments, coupons for free cheese dip at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com.
We have to free previews from Outlaws of Thunder Junction, including one plot-pivotal story spotlight that doubles as a nasty removal spell (we always have to get one) and one very sharp-dressed and sharp-clawed desperado!You can see full cards and art on our Twitter @TheVorthosCast!
What's this? A special bonus episode of The Vorthos Cast? That's right! We had the incredible opportunity to invite Isaac Fellman, author of "No Tells," the side story for Outlaws of Thunder Junction that introduces Yuma and his little cactus baby Kirri to Magic! We talk all about the experience of writing for Magic as an outsider to the IP, our favorite noir films, and the ways in which our lives influence our writing and our writing influences our lives.Isaac Fellman is the author of the upcoming novel, Notes from a Regicide, as well as Dead Collections, The Two Doctors Górski, and The Breath of the Sun. You can follow him on Bluesky (isaac-fellman.bsky.social) and subscribe to his newsletter at https://isaacs-law.ghost.io/.You can support The Vorthos Cast at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! For $1 a month you get access to our Discord server, and for $3 a month you can listen as we record episodes live every week! Sometimes, like this week, you can even get two episodes live! That's such a bargain!
Two worlds collide in this episode of the unofficial Magic story podcast, The Vorthos Cast, as we have on the hosts of the official Magic Story Podcast, Harless Snyder and Natalie Kreider! We talk all about making a Magic story podcast, what makes Magic story so incredible, and how important it is to provide access to the stories that make Magic great to all audiences.Go check out The Magic Story Podcast anywhere you can listen to podcasts! They're everywhere! It's hard to miss them.If you'd like to support the unofficial Magic story podcast, The Vorthos Cast, you can do so at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month will get you into our live listens, where you could have heard us gab with Natalie and Harless all about cats and horses before and after our recording.Also, if you hear audio issues in this episode, it happens! They won't be in the next episode.
We got caught unawares out on the trail as a whole band of Outlaws showed up from the brush, thunder rifles drawn. We're here this week to cover the first two episodes of the main story of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, by that dastardly Akemi Dawn Bowman, and no lawman or outlaw is going to keep us from doing it.Read the first episode here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-1-an-offer-of-revengeAnd read that second episode, too: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-2-the-jailbreakThen mosey on down to the Patreon saloon and toss your favorite lore podcast a coin or two so we can keep making these episodes, ya hear? www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast
We're heading into the wasteland today (not the Tempest one) to talk all about the CRAM-packed flavor gems of the Fallout commander decks! Here's all you need to know about the biggest flavor bombs of the set, including a lot of backstory for the Fallout franchise that may help you appreciate the retro-futuristic sci-fi post-apocalypse dark comedy of the post-2077 American Wasteland!If you want to support The Vorthos Cast, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! This will get you access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world are excited about Outlaws of Thunder Junction! It's only $1 a month for access, and $3 a month to listen to us record the podcast live!
A little over a week ago, The Vorthos Cast was in Chicago for MagicCon Chicago! We did a full live episode you can now watch on YouTube called WANTED: Scoundrels of the Multiverse! It's a good one! Go watch it and share it with all your friends.Here's a link to it: https://youtu.be/721mpoC5aC8This week's episode is a recap of our time in Chicago, including how we created our panel and the experience of being a guest for one of the biggest Magic events of all time.
With our trip to MagicCon Chicago only days away, we sit down to talk about the short epilogue to the Murders at Karlov Manor story, as well as a broad discussion on ways to grow Magic story and make it more popular to a broader audience of Magic players.If you're reading this on the day of release, it's probably too late to decide to go to MagicCon Chicago. If you're reading this after the MagicCon, it's definitely too late. If you're reading this before the day it's posted, you're a time traveler and can probably go to any event you want at any time! If that's the case, join The Vorthos Cast Live on Saturday at 11am on the Mana Stage! We've got a great show planned for y'all!If you want to support The Vorthos Cast, which is how we can actually afford to get the entire podcast out to Chicago for this event, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! This will also get you access to our Discord server, where folks (including us) will probably be organizing hangouts and games while in Chicago. It's only $1 a month for access, and $3 a month to listen to us record the podcast live!
This week we're joined once again by the incredible Seanan McGuire, author of the Murders at Karlov Manor story! She answers our questions about writing a murder mystery, the importance of planeswalker friendships, and killing your darling planeswalkers and friends.If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, check us out on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where all of our patrons get access to our Discord server!
This week we return with our favorite flavor gems from Murders at Karlov Manor! We discuss references to 90-year-old mystery novels, famous TV detectives, and '90s era anti-drug school programs. It's a bit all over the place, honestly.If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
With the killer revealed, we know the who and how but not the why... In this episode, we discover what misguided beliefs may have led one of the speakers for the world soul of Ravnica itself to lash out with malice against the guildmasters (and goblin) with murderous intent. We also discuss our overall feelings of this set's story, and why we all really think you should read it.If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our three free preview cards for Murders at Karlov Manor! We were given three excellent story spotlights from the newest story, which you can (and should!) read here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/storyFor full images of our cards, including alternate arts, check out our Twitter! https://twitter.com/TheVorthosCast
As the case heats up, our plucky detectives fight their way through moss-eating assailants, Rakdos assassins, and Gruul mole gods. In the end, the clues fall into place and the identity of the killer is revealed. Who could be responsible for such brazen assassinations? And will the Guildpact survive if the killer of guildmasters is a guildmaster all their own...MNUGKY3LEBRGCY3LEB2G63LPOJZG65ZAMF2CA3TPN5XCAZLBON2GK4TOEB2GS3LFEB2G6IDTMVSSA33VOIQHI2DSMVSSAZTSMVSSA4DSMV3GSZLXEBRWC4TEOMQGM33SEBWXK4TEMVZHGIDBOQQGWYLSNRXXMIDNMFXG64RMEBUW4Y3MOVSGS3THEBQXE5BAPFXXKIDNMF4SA2DBOZSSA43FMVXCAYTFMZXXEZI=If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
Karlov Manor, the home of esteemed Orzhov guildmaster Teysa Karlov, is the site of the party of the year... and also of two terrifying murders. As the mystery deepens, it's up to Ravnica's Most Famous Detective (a very real accolade) Alquist Proft and former Orzhov guildmaster Kaya Cassir to lead their own independent investigations into the heart of these grisly crimes. Clues pile up, motives abound, and yet one question still remains: Whodunnit? This week we're covering the first four episodes of the Murders at Karlov Manor story by Seanan McGuire!If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
In the Ravnica justice system, the people are represented by, well, actually it's kind of complicated. Are the people represented? How are laws made? Is murder actually legal? The answer may surprise you! Or it won't, considering this is Ravnica we're talking about, and crimes really depend on your guild affiliation... This week we're covering everything we know about laws, crimes, and murders on Ravnica to prepare you for the Murders at Karlov Manor.If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
We've made it to the end step of the year! Now it's time to cleanup with our thoughts and feelings about all things Vorthos in the year 2023. The end of a multi-year arc, the start of a whole new world of stories, and so many products we couldn't even dare cover them all. We'll see you all in 2024 for a jam-packed year of murders, cowboys, and adorable little animals.Thank you all so much for your support over the year! If you'd like to support us with money, you can do that! You still get all the episodes we release even if you don't, but if you do give us $1 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, you'll get access to our Discord server, which is a cool place. $3 a month will let you listen to us record the show live on Thursday evenings, which is a very cool thing to do.
Magic now has its own multiverse spanning collection of delicious recipes! Cuisines of the Multiverse by Victoria Rosenthal and Jenna Helland released recently and we sat down to read not just the incredible recipes created by Victoria Rosenthal, but also the wealth of lore blurbs written by Jenna Helland. This book contains 12,000 words of real flavor text, giving some tasty tidbits to each recipe, including some commentary by Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar and a tale of Tyvar's heroics.New Capenna didn't make the cut for this book, but luckily we have an excerpt for you:New Capenna Dinner1) Order a pizzaIf you want to support Victoria Rosenthal, you can find more about her and her cookbook collections at https://pixelatedprovisions.com/Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
We take a relaxed stroll through the market of Ixalan and pull out some tasty flavor gems from the set that show off the new lore and genre tropes of the world.Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
This week we had the absolute privilege of interviewing Valerie Valdes, author of the Lost Caverns of Ixalan story! This interview covers a wide range of topics, including how to approach writing a story with multiple points of view, honoring and respecting the histories of people whose stories you are telling, the insidious reaches of imperialism and colonialism, and fun magical girl TTRPGs.You can read the Lost Caverns of Ixalan stories at magic.wizards.com/en/story.Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
When Huatli asks her lover, Saheeli, to take her place in a clandestine plot to avoid another war, she finds herself in the middle of a tense negotiation between the most influential people on the surface of Ixalan. Will the former planeswalkers be pawns on the board, or will they be among the hands that move them?Also, we discuss our thoughts on the story of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan as a whole, and how the new age of story is shaping up after its first two major releases.You can read the Lost Caverns of Ixalan stories at magic.wizards.com/en/story.Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
The factions from Ixalan's surface break through into the core and discover the Oltec people, but this also gives Vito and the vampires their chance to come face to face with their god, Aclazatz. While the vampires assault Chimil, the core of the plane, in the air, the Mycotyrant assaults from the ground. How will our heroes save the plane from eternal night and unending fungi?You can read the Lost Caverns of Ixalan stories at magic.wizards.com/en/story.Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
Move over grandpa! We're introducing our two free preview cards courtesy of Wizards of the Coast: Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar and Zoyowa Lava-Tongue!Listen to learn all about these two cards from the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set!
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan stories are out, and we're starting our coverage with the first three episodes of the main story by Valerie Valdes! We've returned to the plane (and continent) of Ixalan as Quintorius Kand, recently sparked planeswalker and Lorehold student, is called in to help Huatli open a mysterious door that leads into the depths of the plane. Meanwhile, contingents of vampires from the Dusk Legion and pirates of the Brazen Coalition are also independently racing into the interior of this world on their own quests!You can read the Lost Caverns of Ixalan stories at https://magic.wizards.com/en/story.Support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you early access to the podcast as it's being recorded!
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan story is available to read in its entirety! But if you're a bit lost and need a refresh of what Ixalan was like the last time we visited the plane, we're taking this week to give background information through the lens of the four major factions of the plane. Who are the Dusk Legion, the Sun Empire, the Brazen Coalition, and the mysterious River Heralds? And how do their movements and actions influence the surface of this plane?This week, in lieu of supporting us on Patreon, we ask that our listeners donate to the Palestinian relief charity of their choice.
The Story Circle has turned its attention to the first fiction appearance of Ob Nixilis, the planeswalker turned demon turned demonic planeswalker, as he claws his way into the heart of Zendikar searching for a path back to power. Dreams of the Damned is the first of two stories by Nik Davidson that introduces us first to the present and then the past of a fan-favorite character. It's also the first of our Story Circle pieces to slot into a larger, set-spanning story arc. How is Ob's character developed in such a short piece, and how does this story's role as a part of a broader fiction color our reading of it?This episode features a full reading of the story from about 9:30 to 18:47. This story was lost from the Wizards Magic website during a site migration, but it can be found on the Wayback Machine and through the MTGLore website here: https://mtglore.com/web-fiction/dreams-of-the-damned. Remember, preserving media is an integral part of appreciating media.If you enjoy this episode, you can let us know on Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast, or you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and share your thoughts on our patron-only Discord server.
We're going beyond time and space and into the world of Doctor Who with this special Beyond the Multiverse episode! Friend of the show and long-time Resident Doctor Who Expert on our Discord, Evan (@heavenlyevan on most social media) joined us today to give us a beginner-friendly guide to this 60-year-old British TV show. If you've never seen an episode of Doctor Who and want to know what's up with all these oddly dressed medical professionals with screwdrivers, this is the Beyond the Multiverse for you!If you'd like to be a companion for our show, you can support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 gives you access to our discord, a small amount of support that gets you into something much bigger on the inside, and you can even use that access to pester Evan with questions about the Doctors and all their companions! For $3 a month, you can listen to us as we record these episodes live.If you want to hear Evan discuss one of his all-time favorite moments from Doctor Who, you can listen to their guest spot on The Moment podcast at https://www.themomentpod.com/1-04-but-you-still-have-to-choose.
The Story Circle meets once again to discuss one of Magic's heaviest stories, Cowardice of the Hero by Matt Knicl. This story from 2014 tackles incredibly heavy themes of family abuse and trauma, while serving as a preview article for a forgotten rare from a small, middle set of the Theros block. We ask: What does this story want to tell us? Would this story be published today?This episode includes a full reading of the short story, from about 9:09 to 26:07. You can also read the full story on the Magic website at https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/cowardice-hero-2014-01-22. Unlike previous Story Circle texts, this story is still available where it was originally posted, but this may not always be the case. Preserving media is an integral part of appreciating media.If you enjoy this episode, you can let us know on Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast, or you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and share your thoughts on our patron-only Discord server.
Our Story Circle continues as we discuss another long-lost piece of Magic web fiction: Eater of the Infinite, from the Encyclopedia Dominia. This piece of web fiction was shared online in 1996 and written by an unknown author. It tells the story of why the Serendib Efreet looks like that, and it stands as an example of some of the earliest worldbuilding done for a Magic setting outside of Dominaria.This episode includes a full reading of the short story, from about 6:45 to 16:01. You can also read the full story archived on the Wayback Machine, or on the MTGLore website at https://mtglore.com/web-fiction/eater-of-the-infinite/. This story was once made available on the Wizards Magic website, but has since been lost.If you enjoy this episode, you can let us know on Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast, or you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and share your thoughts on our patron-only Discord server.
This week we're beginning our Story Circle, a series of episodes aimed at reading and discussing pre-Origins Magic fiction, including some pieces of what may be considered lost lore. For our first episode, we read and discuss War's Wage, a piece of web fiction released in the lead-up to Saviors of Kamigawa in 2005, written by famous early Magic author Jeff Grubb.This episode includes a full reading of the short story, from 5:45 to 25:12. You can also read the full story archived on the Wayback Machine, or on the MTGLore website at https://mtglore.com/web-fiction/wars-wage/. This story was once made available on the Wizards Magic website, but has since been lost.If you enjoy this episode, you can let us know on Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast, or you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and share your thoughts on our patron-only Discord server.
You might be shocked to learn that a set with a strong Food theme has a lot of Flavor Gems! We dive into this bounty of tasty cards and come out stuffed to the gills with gems to share with you. Hopefully you're satiated by this veritable feast of fairy-tale themed cards!If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
Seanan McGuire joins us once again, but this time not as (Hugo Award Winning) author of (Hugo Award Nominated) Magic Story, but instead as a subject matter expert on Fairy Tales! Seanan has a degree in fairy tales and herpetology, or as she calls it, a "degree in dragons." We discuss some of the history behind the fairy tales represented in Eldraine, including a short aside about venomous snakes and venomous candies.Thanks to rough internet connections, some audio may be hard to hear or skip a bit. We're sorry, but trying to control the whims of the internet is like trying to court a fae. We're just glad no one was turned into an elk.If you want to support our show, you can contribute to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month is an incredible bit of support that we will appreciate so very much, and it also gives you access to our Discord server! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live, and if Seanan is our guest you're likely to see a cute kitten!
We are joined once again by Magic author (and Star Wars author, and novelist, and all around very cool person) K Arsenault Rivera! Fresh off her incredible story for March of the Machine, Arsenault Rivera gave us yet another excellent installment of Magic fiction with Wilds of Eldraine. We discuss what it's like writing such different stories back to back, how she put some of herself into Kellan, and why she named the goose Albiorix.Also, yes, we talk about Star Wars for the first 10 minutes of this podcast. Listen to figure out why!If you want to support our show, you can contribute to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month is an incredible bit of support that we will appreciate so very much, and it also gives you access to our Discord server! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live, where we sometimes spend 20 minutes just talking about The Jersey Shore before recording.
Kellan must defeat the final two witches in order to save Eldraine from the Wicked Slumber, while Rowan comes face to face with her brother and all the mistakes she's made. The cast discusses the story, the implications of Kellan's birth father's identity, and possibilities for the future of Magic story with this first foray into the new world of Omenpaths.
If you like our podcast and would like to support us on our quest to summarize and discuss all things Magic story, you can do that at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! But more importantly, you should go read the stories for the set. They're quite good.
Episode 4: Ruby and the Frozen Heart - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-4-ruby-and-the-frozen-heart
Episode 5: Broken Oaths - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-broken-oaths
The Kindly Lord Talion, High Lord of the Fae, has sent us on a quest to discuss the story of Wilds of Eldraine! This week we're discussing the first three episodes of the story as Kellan, half-fae adventurer from origins as mysterious as they are sheepish, takes on the task of defeating three witches who maintain a choking slumber on all the realms. Meanwhile, Rowan is having a very bad time.
If you like our podcast and would like to support us on our quest to summarize and discuss all things Magic story, you can do that at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! But more importantly, you should go read the stories for the set. They're quite good.
Episode 1: Pure of Heart - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-1-pure-of-heart
Episode 2: Wandering Knight, Budding Hero - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-2-wandering-knight-budding-hero
Episode 3: Two Great Banquets - https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-3-two-great-banquets
Actually reading the story is the best way to support the story, which is the best way to support us (outside of throwing money at us, which we also appreciate).
At GenCon, Wizards of the Coast announced Magic products going all the way out to 2026! There were so many exciting sets announced that we wanted to do an episode covering all of them, including some sets that don't even have names yet! Can we interest you in a Cowboy Oko? Maybe a Shilgengar? How about a Final Fantasy set for you Warriors of Light?
Also, since the story for Wilds of Eldraine is ongoing (and we'll talk about it next week!) we wanted to do a very brief backstory on the plane as we know it. That comes much later in the episode, so if you want to just hear that Eldraine talk, jump to 42:30.
If you enjoy what we do here and want to be a part of supporting us (and also talking endlessly about Baldur's Gate 3), you can throw us $1 on Patreon (Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast) for access to our Discord server! For $3 you can listen to us record live, getting you the episode 4 days early!
Commander Masters had everything a Vorthos could want: Exciting new art for our favorite legends, new flavor text with bits of lore, new cards for old characters, and also there's Commodore Guff. That's right, me, Commodore Guff, finally got my own card! How does that make you feel, Chris? You said it would never happen, and yet here I am, writing your episode description, pointing out how wrong you were once again. You'll learn to respect your elders some day. What was I saying? Oh yes, this is another one of their flavor gems episodes. Please enjoy it, or whatever it is you do with these casts of pods.
If you like their silly show, and you want to support them for some reason or another, you can sign up for their Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. They never show me, Commodore Guff, any respect, even though I outrank every single one of them. But you can show them a few dollars a month.
Two hosts, two topics! This week, Cary and Chris look back on the Boom! Studios run of Magic comics, what they believe made these comics great and what could have been done better. They also discuss Adrift, A Lost Planeswalker Zine, a project by Cary to showcase Magic fanworks about underserved planeswalkers. What makes exciting Magic fanfiction, and why is the Magic multiverse a perfect world for fanfiction authors to explore?
If you enjoy our podcast, please support us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server! We have a channel just for custom card designs, fanfiction, fanart, and queso recipes!
School's back in session and this week we're giving you what you need to know about Planeswalkers! What you'll need to know for the quiz: What is a planeswalker? How have planeswalkers changed over the years? Who are some of the major planeswalker characters? Does Ajani use a litter box?
If you enjoy our podcast and want to support it, you can do that at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, a great place to go with questions you may have about the story of Magic to get real answers from cool people! $3 a month will get you in on our live listen, where you can listen to us record every week!
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our preview cards for Commander Masters! Shelter, with new art from Alayna Danner, and Urza, Lord High Artificer, with a new borderless profile art by Grant Griffin!
This is one of our most exciting episodes yet! The cast chats with Story Lead for Magic the Gathering Roy Graham about how the story is made and the trials of March of the Machine and its Aftermath. We get answers to some of the most pressing community questions, including why the narrative was best served by the Great Desparkening and how the future of story opens up with the Omenpaths.
We'll be back next week with more Magic Story 101! And if you're confused why we bring up pineapples so much in this episode, it's our codeword for when interviewees want us to cut the conversation to avoid any major spoilers. No pineapples were cut in the making of this episode.
If you'd like to support our podcast, please do! We can be found on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you into our live-listen tier, where you can hear the episodes recorded live! This week, live-listeners got to hear about Roy's League of Legends history.
Where exactly do you start reading Magic story? We're going to give you suggestions on where you should start your Vorthos journey and all the different paths you can take to enjoying the 30 year history of Magic's story!
This is part 1 in a multi-part series covering the basics of Magic story! Look out for more episodes this summer as we cover the basic story facts you'll need to get into the story with Wilds of Eldraine!
If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
Jay's Reddit post on where to get started: https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgvorthos/comments/yynavh/magic_story_resources_read_this_first/
Cary's Website and Where To Start guide: https://mtglore.com/where-to-start-with-magic-story/
The March of the Machine left holes in the very fabric of the multiverse, and the future looks uncertain in big and small ways. We're taking this week to discuss what these changes might mean for the future of the multiverse and its inhabitants. What does a future of Omenpaths look like? How does knowledge of a multiverse challenge the foundation of a plane's religions? We'll find out soon enough, but for now, we speculate!
If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where even $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and helps us keep our episodes coming out. For $3 a month, you can hear the episodes recorded live, and all the fun conversations before and after the show that get cut!
We're not really qualified to give in-depth lore tidbits about Lord of the Rings cards. So we didn't.
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We knew we had to have Don Marshall (@DonMarshall72 on TikTok and every other platform) on the show as soon as we knew we were going to be talking about Lord of the Rings! Don is an incredible source of Lord of the Rings lore facts on TikTok, and also just a delightful human being. In what turned into one of our longest episodes yet, we talk about Lord of the Rings, Magic: the Gathering, a little Warhammer, and aside about what it means to be positive in a culture so inundated with negativity, and then Loreley gives a full plot summary of Foulmere, the Magic short story that gives us the planeswalker Vram.
If you want to follow Don, you should! You can find him on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@donmarshall72! He's got some really rad pride merch with profits benefiting the Trevor Project and you can buy it by following his linktree: linktr.ee/DonMarshall72
If you want to support our podcast, you can do that on Patreon! Find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. We appreciate all of you so much. You're all strands of Galadriel's hair to us.
It's time to celebrate our 250th episode by taking questions from you, our listeners, once again! This episode has only the hottest takes and most scandalous Vorthos thoughts, such as which planeswalkers would cronch rocks.It's an incredible experience releasing our 250th episode of the Vorthos Cast and our eighth mailbag episode! And we've got so many more lore episodes planned and coming your way! Thank you all so much for your support. We'd never have gotten to episode 250 without our listeners.If you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Joining our $1 a month tier gets you access to our Discord server, and with the $3 tier you can listen to the episode as we record it live!
Archangel Elspeth Tirel, hero of March of the Machine, the nightmare of Phyrexia: how did she become the angel she is today? This week we cover the many lives and deaths of Elspeth and the hints laid forth from her very inception that she would one day wear the wings of an angel.Next week is our 250th episode! We'd love to answer questions from our listeners about all things Magic and Vorthos Cast! If you have a question, you can reach out to us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, you can join our discord through supporting us on Patreon (Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast), or even just shoot us an email at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com! It's really easy to find us on the internet.
It's time for the aftermath of our flavor gems! Or, wait, the flavor gems of the aftermath? March of the Machine: The Aftermath is a special, story-driven booster product with only 50 cards, and we're talking about each and every one of them. There are some real tasty gems in this set, giving us a vision of what the multiverse looks like immediately after the Phyrexian invasion, and what it might look like going forward...If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We are now in the Aftermath of March of the Machine, and we've got two incredible stories to discuss that hint at the major consequences of the Phyrexian invasion and the future of the multiverse as we know it. And, more importantly, a lot of yuri.If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We're wrapping up our flavor gems for March of the Machine this week with a look at all of the new battle cards. Spanning 36 planes, with some of the deepest cuts of the set, we had our hands full for this episode!If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We have our first part of our flavor gems for March of the Machine! There's so many we couldn't possibly fit all of them into one episode! This week we cover the planeswalkers, the corrupted, and the defenders of the multiverse!If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We return to our regularly scheduled episodes to talk about all eight of the March of the Machine side stories in one episode! What terrors were delivered to the planes of the multiverse that we didn't see in the main story? How did the denizens of Ravnica deal with the eruption of Realmbreaker through the Undercity? Was there a soul saved on New Capenna? All these answers and more can't be found in this episode! But you can learn what happened, how we felt about it, and what we think might happen next!If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We were unable to record a regular episode of the podcast this week, so Chris reached out to friend of the show and former Magic Story writer, Yichao, who lapsed out of following the story after War of the Spark and wanted a "quick" rundown of what he's missed. Well, this isn't very quick, but it sure is a rundown! Listen along as Chris explains four years of the story to a very bewildered former narrative team member.We'll be back next week with a real episode 244 of the podcast! Until then, please enjoy this bonus episode!If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month gets you into our Live Listen tier, where you can hear the show recorded live!If you'd like more episodes where Chris and Yichao rant about Magic story, you might have to wait four more years.
We have K Arsenault Rivera on the podcast this week to talk about writing the end of a multi-year arc to Magic story and what it meant to be the author who brought the end to Phyrexia. We also talk about what Magic means to her, and us, and the important roles it can play in our lives. We also make K cry (positive).If you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month will let you listen to us make authors cry live!
We finish our summary and discussion of the March of the Machine story by K Arsenault Rivera with episodes 7 through 10, where we see the rise of Archangel Elspeth and the fall of the Phyrexian machine. How can an unstoppable force of infection be brough to heel? Try cutting off its head. And then, of course, there are its consequences...If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for these four free preview cards! We're excited to share with you Invasion of Ergamon, Tribute to the World Tree, Beamtown Beatstick, and (Daretti's) Deadly Derision!If you enjoy this episode, make sure to follow us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, to get full card arts! You can also support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
We begin discussing the story of March of the Machine with episodes 1 through 6 by K Arsenault Rivera, picking up after the failed strike at the heart of Phyrexia where our heroes failed and the multiverse's fate seemed sealed to annihilation, and ending with the return of hope in the protector in white. With the multiverse hanging in the balance, how will the march of the machine be stopped?If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!
We've brought on Phyrexian language expert, Bella Guo, from Wizards of the Coast to teach us about the language of our favorite bionecromechanical horrors! Listen along as we attempt to speak the names of Phyrexians and their compleated masterpieces with our fleshy, weak mouths!
MagicCon Philadelphia gave us our first glimpse at the culmination of the New Phyrexian Invasion arc in March of the Machine. We go plane by plane and discuss the major players for each target of Elesh Norn's invasion, what team ups we've seen so far, and how the planes can fight back against the terror that's on its way.
It's the fifth anniversary of the podcast! This week we get a little self-indulgent and talk all about our trip to MagicCon Philadelphia, where we had the opportunity to talk on the main stage about the story of Magic! You can find out presentation on YouTube (linked below), but this is the story of how we applied for the panel opportunity, how we made our presentation, and how our trip went!You can watch our panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmyx7AyLsgUAnd since it is our fifth anniversary, you can give us a little birthday present by supporting us over on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! We appreciate all our supporters, and as little as $1 a month gets you into our Discord server. Five years is a long time to do a podcast, and we wouldn't be able to do it without you.
This week we continue discussing the story of the set Phyrexia: All Will Be One with a recap and discussion on the five incredible side stories, including getting into the mind of a Phyrexian, understand the true nature of the Autonomous Furnace, and how incredibly moving Teferi's story has become.If you enjoy our show and you're going to be at MagicCon Philadelphia this weekend, we're doing The Vorthos Cast Live! We'll be on the main stage Sunday at noon to talk all about the story from War of the Spark until March of the Machine!And if you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
This week, we make a glistening vinaigrette and devour some delicious flavor gems of Phyrexia: All Will Be One!We're going to be at MagicCon Philadelphia! If you're going to be there, make sure to join us on the main stage Sunday, February 19th, at noon! We'll be covering the story of what's happened from War of the Spark to March of the Machine!If you want to support the podcast, consider joining us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gives you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month lets you listen to the show as it's recorded every week!
The time has come to compleat the main story of Phyrexia: All Will Be One. We give our customary summary of the full story of the set while sharing our thoughts on the overall direction of the story, how well we think this dark period of the story was told, and how the future of the multiverse will unfold.If you enjoy our show, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. For $1.00 a month, you get access to our Discord server. For $3.00 a month, you can listen as we record live! It's always a lot of fun!
This week, the author of the main story for Phyrexia: All Will Be One has joined us to talk Nahiri, Tyvar, and the heartbreaking fates of some of our favorite planeswalkers. Seanan McGuire is a Hugo Award-winning author of "more books than is actually healthy for a single person," including the Wayward Children series and, as Mira Grant, the Newsflesh and Parasitology series. Her story for ONE is the first main story collection she's written for Magic, but you may recognize her from "Homecoming," the story of Liliana and the Raven Man from Dominaria United, or the Hugo-nominated "Tangles" from Midnight Hunt.If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, check us out on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where all of our patrons get access to our Discord server!
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our free preview of Phyrexia: All Will Be One! We're happy to introduce you to Expand the Sphere, Gleeful Demolition, and Resistance Skywarden! These three uncommons can be found in the upcoming set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, which releases February 10, 2023! You can head to your local game store the weekend of February 3rd to play in the prerelease to get your hands on these uncommon cards early!
All Will Be ONE... starting next week, when we cover the stories of Phyrexia: All Will Be One. This week, though, we're taking you through all eleven members of the strike team that's had a rough landing on New Phyrexia. Some are safe for now, like Kaito and Koth, and others, well... But who are these eleven intrepid planeswalking heroes and why are they the ones delving through the nine hells of biomechanical horror? We introduce you to each of them and what they bring (or brought) to the team.If you enjoy our show, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. For $1.00 a month, you get access to our Discord server. For $3.00 a month, you can listen as we record live! It's always a lot of fun. A lot of what we record is left on the cutting room floor, and you don't have to miss any of it if you listen live!
We're back! After a long holiday break, the cast is back together with a very special author interview: Jay Annelli, author of Magic the Gathering: The Visual Guide, an in-depth exploration of Magic's lore full of character details, gorgeous art, and even some hints at the upcoming return to New Phyrexia.If you want to support the podcast, you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! You could also support Jay's book by ordering it from your local bookstore. You can also buy it on some big websites but, like, don't you want to support your local bookstores, especially comic and gaming shops? It's not like you need this book today. You can wait a little while, it's okay.
The year of 2022 comes to a close! With some of the greatest Magic story content in recent history, 2022 was an incredible year for Vorthoses around the world. We get the whole cast together before our mandated two-week paid holiday vacation time. We discuss our thoughts on all the juicy story content that started with Kamigawa and ended with a sibling rivalry for the ages.If you enjoy our show, thank you! We really do deeply appreciate it when you tell us you like the show or show it to your friends. If you wanna give us a gift, you could subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1/month gets you on our Discord server to talk about compleated planeswalkers or Boom! comics or the newest story releases. But since it's a traditional time of year to give gifts to people you love, consider maybe tossing $12 at someone and telling them to sub to us for a whole year. That's some free gift advice from your ol' pal, editor Chris. It's a real cheap and easy way to give two gifts at once.Anyways, this is our last episode until January when we'll be back to talk about Jay's new book and Phyrexia: All Will Be One! You can hang out with us on Discord, but you won't get any new episodes for a few weeks.
The second major arc of the Boom! Studios Magic comics has come to its close, and we're covering issues 16 through 20! Chandra, Garruk, and Niko must gather allies and return to Ravnica to save their friends and the multiverse from Tezzeret's (somewhat familiar) diabolic plans to become a god once more! How good are these comics, though? They're really incredible work.If you enjoy the Boom! comics, go buy them from your local comic book shop! If you enjoy our podcast, go buy our love by giving us between $1 and $3 a month on Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! We won't love you, but you can pretend we do!
It's time for our flavor gems of The Brothers' War! This set, and it's accompanying Commander release, is so full of flavor that it's truly a triumph of storytelling through the cards alone. We cover as many important characters and their cards as we can and traipse through all 40 of the Story Spotlights in their chronological order. If you think we missed out on any of your favorite flavor gems of the set, let us know which cards you think were the most delicious!If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can just give us a five-star review on your app of choice, share our podcast with a friend, or just tell some stranger you meet on the street how cool you think we are. You can also give us some money, the highest form of flattery, at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
The story of the Antiquities War, the war between Urza and Mishra, between the two brothers whose conflict shaped the future of Dominaria and the multiverse as we know it, is well documented. Records of their battles and the machinations have been held close for millennia. But this story, the five episodes written by Miguel Lopez, tell the story of the war outside of the lives of the two brothers, the war that ravaged the land of Terisiare and its people for decades. This is what happens in those stories, though you should read them yourselves.If you want to support the podcast, consider joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast.If you want to find us on social media, well, listen to the end of the episode! We're still on Twitter, for now, at twitter.com/TheVorthosCast.
We're joined this week by the author Reinhardt Suarez, writer of the stories set in the present of the Magic story! He shares with us the experience of bringing these characters together, working with the story team at Magic, and how he got ready to write monumentally important characters for such a pivotal story.If you want to keep up with Reinhardt's writing, check out his website, www.thereinhardtexperience.com.If you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord community, and $3 a month gets you on our live listen tier where you can listen to the show recorded live, and sometimes extra content that's cut from the final release!
The story of The Brothers' War echoes through time as the past confronts the present and the present slips back into the past. This week we're covering the present day stories by Reinhardt Suarez. While Teferi grapples with the past, Elspeth must battle with the present as the Coalition's planeswalkers must defend their bastion of hope.If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! You can also follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TheVorthosCast!
As the story of the Brother's War set has wrapped up, we look at the legends of the time period, from the warring brothers themselves to their loved ones and those few brave souls who tried to stand between them. Learn of the origins of the Golgothian Sylex, the first spellcasters of Terisiare, and the greatest artificers, and toymakers, of all Dominarian history.If you would like to support the podcast, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TheVorthosCast! You can also join our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server!
We sent a message out through the galaxy and our psionic trail has lead Ethan Fleischer, designer for Magic: the Gathering and long-time fan of Warhammer 40k, to our podcast. But we're not hear to discuss power-levels, color identity, or card designs. We need to take in all the lore possible to learn about the world of Warhammer, before the Tyranids absorb our biomass.If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast! If you're looking to throw a few bones our way and fund our intergalactic empire, check out our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast.
This week, we discuss The Brothers' War that was, the 1998 novel by Jeff Grubb and the surrounding card sets and stories that told aspects of this monumental moment in Magic history, both in the story and outside of it. To know what to expect in the upcoming Magic set, you should know what's already been scribed into the annals of history.If you too want to be scribed into the annals of history, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
As if reliving some ancestral memory, Beyond the Multiverse returns! In this episode, we have special guest Jay Annelli on to talk all about the lore of the Assassin's Creed just after Magic the Gathering announced that they'll have a special partnership with the long-running game series next year! Learn all about jumping from tall buildings, communing with alien spirits, and fist-fighting the pope!If you enjoy our show, join our Patreon at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast where you can get access to our Discord server and give us suggestions for future Beyond the Multiverse episodes!
This week we're wrapping up all the stories from Dominaria United by discussing the three remaining side stories! We talk all about Squee's long relationship with death, the fall of the Weatherlight, and Niambi's work for peace.If you want to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server and more, join us at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!
It's time for the traditional Flavor Gems episode! This time we're going over our favorite gems from Dominaria United, a set with so many legends that we couldn't possibly cover them all, so we have to do our best to get as many delicious gems as we could into one episode. These gems have so much flavor. You should try some. Just take a bite. It's okay*.
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*Our lawyers want us to mention that you should not eat the delicious gems, regardless of how many planeswalker sparks they may or may not contain.
We're taking a quick detour away from the world of Dominaria and Magic's main canon storyline to cover the full miniseries of The Hidden Planeswalker from Boom! Studios Comics! Liliana and Tezzeret fight over the future of a planeswalker with a mysterious past, and we learn what it means to be a villain, and what it takes to be a hero.
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Brian, Cary, and Chris join forces and tackle the final two episodes of the Dominaria United main story, "A Brutal Blow" and "A Whisper in the Wind," then share their honest opinions about the story, including how they felt about certain deaths and resurrections. But first, unhinged speculation!
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This week we continue our summaries of the stories of Dominaria United with episodes 2 and 3, "Sand in the Hourglass" and "The Locked Tower" by Langley Hyde! We establish the major players of the story, see Karn's planeswalking prowess, and see Magic's take on John Carpenter's The Thing. The Phyrexians are here, and they're coming in force!
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The cast sits down to talk about the first episode of Dominaria United and the Raven Man reveal in Homecoming. With Chris and Loreley away, the cast has on special guest VorthosNick!
One of our most exciting episodes yet, this week we're talking with Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, and one of the most influential writers of early Magic lore. Jared Carthalion, the Shard of Twelve Worlds, Tevesh Szat, and more: all iconic elements of Magic lore as important today as they were almost 30 years ago, and all brought to us by Jeff Gomez. We discuss what it was like writing for Magic in its early days, creating the Armada Comics stories, and how important transmedia storytelling has become to media of all kinds today.
We also talk, briefly, about the side story "The Education of Ulf" by Brian Evenson, which features Jared Carthalion and Geyadrone Dihada, both first seen in the Armada comics line,
You can follow Jeff Gomez on Twitter @Jeff_Gomez.
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We have a special free preview for Dominaria United, provided to us by Wizards of the Coast, who wanted to watch us, specifically, suffer. We are sadly introducing everyone to the terror that is the Sheoldred's Restoration and the heartbreak of Extinguish the Light.
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The last part of our Dominaria retrospective series. This week we're looking at the Great Mending and the first time we returned to Dominaria after a long time away, the 2018 Dominaria set with story by Martha Wells.
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This week, Brian and Chris are left alone to tell you the story of the first Phyrexian invasion, the one detailed in the Invasion block of sets and the Invasion novels: the end of Urza Planeswalker, the end of Yawgmoth, the beginning of Phyrexia's long, slow crawl back to Dominaria's shores in Dominaria United.
Once upon a time, long ago, a man used a powerful artifact to lay waste to an opposing army and most life on an entire continent. He then went on to be even worse. This week we're telling the story of Urza from the sylex blast to the beginning of the Weatherlight Saga. As they say, if it wasn't for Yawgmoth, Urza would be the greatest villain in Dominarian history...
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This week we're joined by the one and only Amanda Stevens, an expert in all things Zhalfir, to talk Jamuraa, Teferi, and all the mistakes made by wizards and Wizards that's left this slice of Dominaria out of the story for decades.
You can find Amanda on Twitter at @AmandaTNStevens for more of her insight into DEI, Esports, and building Simic commander decks!
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While it's one of the hottest summers on record, we're keeping it cool by talking all about The Ice Age, one of the lesser known periods in Magic's history. From the moment Urza detonates a magical nuke to well after one of his descendants smashes a mirror on some task mage's head, we discuss the thousands of years of history that got Dominaria from The Brothers' War to the plane as we mostly know it still today.
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This week, the original Vorthos Cast crew has come together with storied Dominarian historian Ethan Fleischer to talk all about the complete history of Dominaria in lore. Not all the lore of Dominaria, but the lore of the lore of Dominaria. We're talking short story collections, licensed video game player guides, magazine articles, and even flash animations you'll never get to see again. A truly can't-miss discussion for any fan of Magic's story.
Dominaria served as the setting of almost all of Magic's earliest lore, and we're going to cover a lot of the Time of Legends in this week's episode! Jay, Loreley, and Chris talk the Armada comics, the Legends Cycle books, and some of the weirdest legendary creatures you might have missed in the Legends set.
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This week the podcast embarks on a mission to revisit Dominaria, where we began years ago, but with a modern and updated vision. This week, we cover a broad view of the world of Dominaria, including the major regions and some of the world-shattering (and mending) events. Get out your map of Dominaria (or globe, you know who you are) and follow along with Jay, Loreley, Brian, and Chris!
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This week, Cary and Chris cover issues 11 through 15 of the Boom! Studios Magic comics! With the former main trio trapped on Ravnica, three new planeswalkers take center stage with a new adventure to save their friends. Villains return, guildmasters die, and someone loses their tail!
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This week we're pouring over the pages of all the Magic story since War of the Spark to get caught up with what's been going on. We cover all the main Magic story and discuss what we might be leading up to with the next year of story and what we can expect from all this oil that's popping up everywhere...
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This week, we roll for initiative and enter the turn order as Jay, Brian, and Chris go over each of their top ten(ish) flavor gems of the new set, Magic: the Gathering: Commander Legends: Dungeons & Dragons: Battle for Baldur's Gate: The Quickening: 2 the Streets! You should make sure to tell Jay all about how much you enjoying sacrificing your Burnished Hart!
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This is the last week of Streets of New Capenna story! We cover "The Family Man" by K. Arsenault Rivera, "Alley Cat Blues" by Rhiannon Rasmussen, and the totally-related-to-Capenna-we-promise "Garden of Flesh" by Lora Grey! There's a fun vampire wedding, a smuggling cabaret cat, and body horror nightmares! A normal set of Magic stories.
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This week, Brian, Chris, and Cary talk all about the first three side stories of Streets of New Capenna! We're back in the big city, baby! We've got a chatty sphinx, a pile of metal bones, and a rhino man that's definitely not a platypus or secret agent!
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Last week was full of surprises as Magic announced their "Pride Across the Multiverse" Secret Lair! Coming with this wonderful release was also a short story written by none other than the amazing Alison Lührs, and we have her on for the very first time to talk all things Huatli and Saheeli, writing queer Magic stories, fandom, our favorite cursed ships, and... Robert Pattinson?
To learn more about Pride Across the Multiverse, visit the Magic website here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/first-look-pride-across-multiverse-2022-05-02
If you want to read Alison's fabulous story about Huatli and Saheeli in a two-person love triangle, check it out here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/note-stranger-2022-05-02
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We've gathered to present to you the most delectable of flavor gems from Streets of New Capenna. Only the finest cuts, the highest quality flavor. We got them from a pal of ours over at the docks who said they fell off a ship. You're not some kinda Broker, are you?
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We take a small detour this week to discuss the first issue of the spin-off mini-series from the Boom! Studios Magic comics, The Hidden Planeswalker! This is an incredible first issue written by Mairghread Scott and illustrated by Fabiana Mascolo, picking up the story where Liliana left off at the end of the first arc of the main Magic series. Mysteries abound and Liliana holds the key to unravel it all.
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It's our 200th episode! That's a lot of episodes! We're celebrating this achievement by answering as many listener questions about Magic lore as we could fit into an hour long episode. The gang's all here and we're all bringing our expertise to tackle the hard-hitting questions like "Is Gix alive?" and "What kind of bird person would you be?" Sadly, cut for time was "Does Ajani use a litterbox?" I can assure you he absolutely does.
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While Loreley is still hiding out from the law and Jay is lost in the glitz and glam of his new internet fame, Brian, Cary, and Chris discuss the final two chapters of the main story of Streets of New Capenna. Was the story a runaway success, or did it end up spinning its tires on the final lap?
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This week we have a never before attempted double-feature of the Vorthos Cast! We're starting off with a history of Elspeth, one of Magic's most storied heroes with the least amount of actual story. We cover everything in her life, from her first planeswalk to her first death. Then, we move on to a summary and discussion of the first three episodes of the Streets of New Capenna story by Elise Kova! What's going on in this mysterious city with its gilded skyscrapers surrounded by the lost history of Phyrexian devastation?
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While the novella for Theros Beyond Death was never released, we at the Vorthos Cast slipped a few bucks to a hungry intern at WotC and got a link to the UNRELEASED recording of the Audiobook! This has incredible implications for the story of Streets of New Capenna!
Publisher: Infinite Vorthosium Recordings Music: Steven O'Brien, "Epic Theme No. 2" https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/majestic-epic-orchestral-piece
You come to us, on the day of the release of the Streets of New Capenna story, and you ask us a favor, to tell you all about the illustrious history of organized crime in the lore of Magic: the Gathering? This is a favor we cannot refuse. Our lawyers have instructed us, though, to remind you that we are legitimate business Vorthoses and all of our books are clean, you see? Stop asking so many questions.
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After a week off, we've returned to give you a history of two of Magic's most popular (and sometimes controversial)creature types! We're talking Angels and Demons this week, and not the Dan Brown novel from the year 2000. Magic's two most consistent iconic representations of White and Black mana have been in the game since Alpha, and it looks like we'll be seeing quite a bit more of them in Streets of New Capenna, so it's time to get caught up on everything you need to know.
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Wow, four years have gone by so fast! To celebrate the fourth birthday of The Vorthos Cast, we have Jay, Loreley, Brian, Chris, and Cary all on at once to answer questions about the podcast, while also sprinkling in thoughts on Magic lore and some behind the scenes looks at how the cast is put together.
This week, we have the author of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty's main story and Kaito Origin story, Akemi Dawn Bowman, on to talk all about her experience writing for Wizards of the Coast, including the daunting task of writing such a pivotal story set in an 18-year-old world for a 30-year-old franchise! We also cover Kaito being a good boy, Tamiyo's compleation, and how the robot uprising will flatten Jay's house first.
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This week, Cary and Chris tackle all three of the remaining side stories of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. They also discuss the overall release schedule for story this set and what they believe was great and what should be revisited for the next set! This is a long one with three story summaries, reactions, and conversation.
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A new set means more delectable, mouthwatering, irresistibly tender flavor gems! Of course, an offering of such a tasty treat like Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has enticed Jay back to the cast to sit and really chew on the newest cards with Loreley and Chris.
Our legal counsel has instructed us to remind you to not eat the delicious cards.
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We may have covered the compleat story of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty last week, but we skipped over the origin story of our newest planeswalker, Kaito! Listen along as Loreley and Chris tell you all about how the ninja's spark ignited while being just as distracted by delicious smelling food as Kaito.
Thank you Wizards of the Coast for this free preview card and the opportunity to introduce Spinning Wheel Kick to the world! Now go Plague Wind Kick your opponents out of the game!
Loreley, Cary, and Chris cover the full five episodes of the Kamigaw: Neon Dynasty story! If you haven't read all five episodes of the story written by Akemi Dawn Bowman, you should do that now, because there are a lot of spoilers ahead!
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We welcome back Jed MacKay, author of the Boom! Studios Magic comics, to discuss the end of the first big story arc! LOTS of big spoilers in our conversation! Many apologies for the audio as there were some connection errors while recording.
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Loreley and Chris cover the second half of Boom! Studios' Magic comics written by Jed MacKay! They give an overview of the plot of issues 6 through 10, as well as a brief recap of the one-off Tezzeret special, Master of Metal, and then give their thoughts to how the first big arc of the series shapes up in the history of Magic lore.
This week, Jay and Loreley return to discuss the history of the plane of Kamigawa, including the worldbuilding as we knew it 1200 years ago and what happened in the original block's novels! Also Chris is there.
This wedding didn't exactly end with the happy couple going on vacation, because this honeymoon is going down and the sun is coming back up! This week we wrap up the main story of Crimson Vow and talk about these last few months of Magic story before we take off for our two week holiday vacation.
It's week four of the Crimson Vow stories! Everything's coming together as the Gatecrash storms the castle, Olivia and Arlin have their fated showdown, and Sorin has some granddaddy issues to work through. In addition, we also discuss the final side story of the return to Innistrad, and our feelings about the side stories overall.
Brian, Chris, and Cary are back once more to discuss the third week of Crimson Vow web fiction! We cover "Forever Hold Your Peace," the third main story by K. Arsenault Rivera, and "Survivors," the third side story, by Reinhardt Suarez. How does Sorin feel about his new Step-Grandmother? And who is the true nightmare at the center of the horrors of Traublassen? Find out on this week's episode!
We return to the festivities at hand as Brian, Cary, and Chris discuss the second week of stories from Crimson Vow, including "The Dolorous Weight of Pleasantries" by K. Arsenault Rivera, where we actually kinda learn to like(?) Sorin, and "The Blessing of Blood" by Marcus Terrell Smith, where we really definitely like Odric.
Brian and Chris attend the reception for Olivia's wedding and help themselves to the most flavorful cards of Crimson Vow.
The first week of the stories of Crimson Vow are here already! On this episode we discuss the first main story, Tithes and Invitations by K. Arsenault Rivera, where Sorin finds his gramps has gone missing and everyone has to google what RSVP means. Then we talk The Edge of the World by Aysha U. Farah, a true Nephalian mystery, with a surprising ending.
Jay returns just in time to announce his baby-related hiatus and chats with Brian and Cary about the current state of the Vorthos world, the past year of Magic story, and where we can go, and where we should go, in the future.
The finale to the Midnight Hunt main story has arrived in the form of Night Closes 'Round by K. Arsenault Rivera, and it's a bit more like a mid-season finale. We discuss where the story is going to go from here, and also the arrival of a long lost sister in our last side story, The Dusk Reborn by Rhiannon Rasmussen.
The festive atmosphere comes crashing down around our heroes in the fourth main story, Harvesttide by K. Arsenault Rivera, and the fourth side story brings an undead caller to Gisa's doorstep in The Dance of Undeath by Seanan McGuire.
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We reach the midpoint of the Midnight Hunt stories with the third main story, The Fall of the House of Betzold by K. Arsenault Rivera, and the third side story, His Eyes, All of Them, by Margaret Killjoy.
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We continue covering the events of Midnight Hunt with week two of the main story, The Motives of the Wolf, and side story, Sisters!
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Jay and Brian talk Flavor Gems of Midnight Hunt!
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt's stories have begun, and we welcome special guest Michelle Rapp onto the show to talk about them with us!
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Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for these two free preview cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt! They're both flavorful designs on double-faced cards, and we hope you all enjoy the little stories they tell.
Deathbonnet Sprout - G Creature - Fungus - U At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, transform Deathbonnet Sprout. 1/1 //// Deathbonnet Hulk G - Creature - Fungus Horror - U At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile a card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, put a +1/+1 counter on Deathbonnet Hulk. /They grow up so fast./ 3/3
Vengeful Strangler - 1B Creature - Human Rogue - U Vengeful Strangler can't block. When Vengeful Strangler dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control attached to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. /As the flames consumed the killer, his eyes remained fixed on the executioner's face, his hands twitching like angry spiders./ 2/1 //// Strangling Grasp B - Enchantment - Aura - U Enchant creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. At the beginning of your upkeep, enchanted permanent's controller sacrifices a nonland permanent and loses 1 life. /The next day, the executioner was found with ashen handprints on his throat./
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Our final week of Midnight Hunt preparation contains a summary of all the story threads that have woven their way into Innistrad's history. Two blocks and many ancillary stories worth of it in fact!
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is right around the corner, and now that we've caught you up on the worldbuilding of the gothic horror plane, it's time to review the various characters who have shaped this world.
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This week we're happy to welcome Jed MacKay, author of the Boom! Studios Magic: The Gathering comic, to the show! The big bad of the first arc has been revealed, and we talk about how this arc came to be. Heavy spoilers ahead!
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is right around the corner, so it's time to get reacquainted with the spookiest plane in the Multiverse. Whether you're new to this world or just want a refresher, we've got a whole episode about the world and cultures of this plane to get to prepared for the new set.
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We're catching up with the third and fourth issues of the Boom! Studios Magic: The Gathering comic this week. Vraska, Ral, and Kaya delve deeper into the mysteries behind their assassination attempts...but not is all as it seems!
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This week we brought on Casual Magic host, CAG member, Dragonlance aficionado, and friend of the show Shivam Bhatt to vibe about Adventures in the Forgotten Realms with us. Enjoy a laid back episode full of stories and laughter.
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In a whole set based on Dungeons & Dragons, there is a veritable dragon hoard of flavor gems. We (somehow) fit them into a single episode, so get your d20's ready for a flavorful adventure!
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Adventures in the Forgotten Realms blends Dungeons & Dragons into Magic: The Gathering for the first time in a card set. This week we have special guest James Wyatt, creative lead on the set, joining us to talk about how this set happened and the ways in which it was built to express what D&D is.
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Like Magic, Dungeons & Dragons is filled with decades of valiant heroes, nefarious villains, and everyone in between. This week we talk about many of the big names from the Forgotten Realms who may or may not appear in the upcoming Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set.
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Dungeons & Dragons is finally crossing over into Magic: The Gathering in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. But what exactly are the Forgotten Realms? If you're new to the worlds of D&D, this episode will help introduce you to the setting of this brand new card set.
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Today we conclude our flavor gems talk about Modern Horizons 2! We finish up the Dakkon cards, talk about a mischievous monkey, and try to figure out just what the heck Grist is.
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There are so many flavor slam dunks in Modern Horizons 2 that we've had to break them up between two episodes! This week we cover Dakkon et al, Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, Garth, the Sarpadian folks, and a few quick entries. Enjoy!
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It's time for Modern Horizons 2 previews! We have a whopping five cards this set, so we spend the whole episode talking about them!
Break Ties - 2W Instant - C Choose one— Destroy target artifact. Destroy target enchantment. *Exile target card from a graveyard. Reinforce 1—W (W, discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)
Late to Dinner - 3W Sorcery - C Return target creature from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a Food token. (It’s an artifact with “2, T, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.”) /"I knew you were set in your ways, friend, but even I didn't expect you to keep our engagement, under the circumstances."/
Spreading Insurrection - 4R Sorcery - U Gain control of target creature you don't control until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.) /Everyone wants to be on the winning side./
Lucid Dreams - 3UU Sorcery - U Draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard. /Never be afraid to look where others can't—or won't./
Tourach's Canticle - 3B Sorcery - C Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card, then discards a card at random. /The same hymn Tourach sang to praise the Ebon Praetor would later be adapted to glorify Tourach himself./
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This week we wade back into the waters of MTG comics with the new series by Boom! Studios. We're loving it so far, and we have a summary of the first two issues for those who are curious.
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This is the end for Rowan and Will. Will it be a triumphant end or a tragedy? And we have our final student story, this time all about Killian Lu. Plus tons of news about Magic releases this summer!
"Final Exam": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-5-final-exam-2021-04-21 "A Silent Voice Calls": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/silent-voice-calls-2021-04-30 Welcome to the Summer of Legend: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/welcome-summer-legend-2021-05-06
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Attack! As Extus and Lukka assault Strixhaven in the main story, Zimone Wola delves into the mysteries of her grandmother's legacy in the penultimate side story.
"Put to the Test": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-4-put-test-2021-04-14 "Blue-Green Ribbons": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/blue-green-ribbons-2021-04-23 Kaldheim Manga: https://mtg-jp.com/reading/storycomic/0034948/ The Great Strixhaven College Clash Episode 1: https://youtu.be/lUm9ppPk5aM
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It's week three of our literary studies at Strixhaven and things are going, well, not great. The tension rises between Rowan and Will, and Quintorius is afraid he might fail and get expelled (again). Listen to today's episode to find out what happens!
"Extracurriculars": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-3-extracurriculars-2021-04-07 "The Mentor": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/mentor-2021-04-16
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Welcome, students, to our second week of Strixhaven stories. Our main story jumps between Liliana's quest for answers and Lukka's quest for lunch, while Dina's side story is this week as she travels down a path familiar to Vorthoses.
"Lessons": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-2-lessons-2021-03-31 "The Chains That Bind": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/chains-bind-2021-04-09
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This week we're talking about the most flavorful cards in Strixhaven, including the Mystical Archives! From story moments to top-down designs, it's an episode crammed with the Vorthos cards you love!
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It's week one of Strixhaven story, and we once again have a main story and a side story. After we're introduced to the planeswalker cast of this set, we get a story about Rootha, the Prismari orc searching for her artistic voice.
"Class Is in Session": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-1-class-session-2021-03-25 "A Cry of Magic": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/cry-magic-2021-03-26
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Magic: Legends, the online action RPG, has hit open beta, and we all gave it a try. This week we talk about what's going on in the story of the game, how that lines up with the card game's narrative, and share our experiences with the beta so far.
(Since the recording of this episode, the beta was updated to try to fix many of the issues we had with it. Our reactions were not to this updated version.)
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Welcome to Strixhaven University, students! We have a free preview card from the Mystical Archive bonus cards you can open in your Strixhaven booster packs. This reprint represents the story of a man so consumed by anger he unleashed massive destruction in order to vanquish his foe.
Urza's Rage - 2R Instant - Rare Kicker 8R This spell can’t be countered. Urza’s Rage deals 3 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, instead it deals 10 damage to that permanent or player and the damage can’t be prevented.
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This week we're diving into the esoteric corners of Magic fiction to talk about the worlds and characters most people haven't ever heard of. If you love deep cuts, this is the episode for you!
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We only have a few weeks before Strixhaven previews start, so that means it's time for another mailbag episode where we answer listener questions! This week we tackle the big important questions like "Who's your least favorite planeswalker?" Enjoy!
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With Vorinclex bringing the Phyrexians back to Magic Story after a decade, it's a good time to catch up some newer story fans on what New Phyrexia is all about. In this episode, we cover the backstory from the six sets that chronicle the rise and fall of the plane of Mirrodin.
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Thank you Wizards of the Coast for our two free preview cardz from Time Spiral Remastered! We have Radha, a key story character from the original block, and a timeshifted land card Commander players are sure to enjoy.
Radha, Heir to Keld - RG Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior - Rare Whenever Radha, Heir to Keld attacks, you may add RR. T: Add G. /"Run home, cur. I’ve already taken your master’s head. Don’t make me thrash you with it.”/
Blighted Woodland Land - Timeshifted T: Add C. 3G, T, Sacrifice Blighted Woodland: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Radha's original preview article, "Who's That Girl?" by Matt Cavotta: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/who%E2%80%99s-girl-2007-01-11
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While everyone's enjoying Time Spiral Remastered preview season, we thought it would be fun to go back and talk about the three novels that were published during the original block.
And stay tuned on Thursday, March 4th for our own free preview episode where we reveal two cardz from this set!
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It's our final week of Kaldheim story discussion, so we cover the climactic battle of the set, the saga of an old god, and our overall thoughts on this set's narrative execution.
"The First Lesson: Introduction to Strixhaven": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/first-lesson-introduction-strixhaven-2021-02-18 "The Battle for Kaldheim": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-5-battle-kaldheim-2021-02-03 "The Saga of Lathril": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/saga-lathril-2021-02-05
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Through fire and mist our heavy metal journey through Kaldheim's story continues! Our heroes brave the heat of Immersturm and a lone warrior wander Istfell in this week's summaries and discussions!
"Into the Demons' Realm": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-4-demons-realm-2021-01-27 "Direction. Purpose. Honor. Glory.": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/direction-purpose-honor-glory-2021-01-29
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Today's episode is a tale of two sagas: one spun from the egotistical mind of Tibalt, and the other a probably-true account of hero Arni Brokenbrow. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the stories.
Introduction to Black Is Magic: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/introduction-black-is-magic-2021-02-04 Designing Black Is Magic: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/designing-black-is-magic-2021-02-04 Black Is Magic Product Details: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/black-is-magic-product-details-2021-02-04 "The Saga of Tibalt": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-3-saga-tibalt-2021-01-20 "Brokenbrow": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/brokenbrow-2021-01-22
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We're back with Magic Story, discussing the second main and second side stories for Kaldheim. Kaya learns more about the planeswalkers who will hinder and help her, and Niko finally reaches Starnheim!
"Awaken the Trolls": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-2-awaken-trolls-2021-01-13 "Aim Through the Target": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/aim-through-target-2021-01-15
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As a top-down set, Kaldheim is filled with flavorful cards inspired by Norse mythology. This set's flavor gems episode spans the divine to the dorky, so enjoy!
We didn't talk about every single legendary creature, but you can read about them all here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/legends-kaldheim-2021-01-21
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Magic Story is back, and Kaya is ready for a nice, relaxing visit to Kaldheim. Er, nevermind, she's on a mysterious monster hunt! Meanwhile, Niko has arrived after their first planeswalk and is faced with a whole new world with unfamiliar rules. This week we summarized and discuss our first two stories from this snow-packed set!
"Travelers": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-1-travelers-2021-01-07 "Know Which Way the Wind Is Blowing": https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/know-which-way-wind-blowing-2021-01-08
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Welcome to Kaldheim preview season! This week we reveal our TWO free preview cards from this Viking-themed set! We also talk about the worldbuilding of this brand-new plane, including the ten realms you'll see in the set.
Dogged Pursuit - 3B Enchantment - C At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. /Kaya had stalked countless horrific foes, but never one that killed with such callous precision and twisted creativity./
Open the Omenpaths - 2R Instant - C Choose one — • Add two mana of any one color and two mana of any other color. Spend this mana only to cast creature or enchantment spells. • Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
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He is here. The demonlord Taborax threatens the lives, and treasure hunts, of Smurt, Byndarin, and Ruuz. Can our adventurers strike a deal, or will they have to fight to survive? Find out on the finale of our Zendikar adventure!
As a note, we will be off the next few weeks for holidays. We'll back back January 11th, 2021 with our free Kaldheim preview cards!
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Deep in the Guul Draz Skyclave, our adventurers have discovered a little more than traps and goblins galore! This cult worships a mighty demon, but can Smurt, Byndarin, and Ruuz survive before this dark master arrives?
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We are back with D&D, this time adventuring on the rising Skyclaves of Zendikar! Smurt, Byndarin, and Ruuz have found themselves in the midst of a cult, and I'm sure everything will be safe and secure. Right?
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Schedules have shifted, so we're able to do a Flavor Gems episode for Commander Legends! Dive into the world of card names, art, and flavor text with us as we cover the best of the best from this set.
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Welcome to our second episode all about the oodles of legends from Commander Legends! We finish out the set with characters that include a genius weapons inventor, a man too big for his hat, and someone who just wanted to smell the flowers.
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Cary also published their first article in a long while! It's about the state of Magic Story over the past year, so go check it out: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/carythomasbarkett-11122020-one-year-forsaken-how-to-rebuild-magic-story
Commander Legends brings oodles of new legendary creatures and planeswalkers to lead your Commander decks. So many, in fact, that we need more than one episode to talk about them all! This week includes highlights such as rustic lesbians, a lost family member, and a goblin we give zero thumbs up.
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Two new art books were released recently: The Art of Magic: The Gathering – War of the Spark by James Wyatt and Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History by our own Jay Annelli! We talk about our favorite bits in each this week and encourage everyone to pick up a copy for yourselves!
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00:10 – Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History Link: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/magic-the-gathering-legends_9781419740879/ 19:48 – The Art of Magic: The Gathering – War of the Spark Link: https://www.viz.com/read/art-book/art-of-magic-the-gathering/product/6441 44:23 – Final Thoughts
It's been a long time since we adventured into the depths of a mailbag...so we did the thing! We got all kinds of questions from Twitter and Discord, and then we answered them. That's it. That's the episode. It's great! It's fun! It's enlightening! Enjoy it!
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We have reached the finale of Zendikar Rising's story! In addition to summarizing this last entry, we take some time to discuss the set's story as a whole and the new distribution model. Enjoy!
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2:00 – The Art of Magic: The Gathering: War of the Spark Is Out Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1974717356 05:54 – Magic Story: The Two Guardians Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-5-two-guardians-2020-09-30 23:33 – Zendikar Rising Story Discussion 44:28 – Final Thoughts
Drama on Zendikar! Our main set story this week features a breakdown between basically every character, while our side story brings back fan-favorite nerd Anowon.
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02:04 – Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History Soon! Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419740873 04:06 – Magic Story: Of Haunting Songs and Whispered Warnings Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-4-haunting-songs-and-whispered-warnings-2020-09-23 26:20 – Magic Story: Hunger Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/hunger-2020-09-25 50:14 – Final Thoughts
Magic Story has caught up to the Zendikar Rising trailer, and the depths of Nahiri's villainy are revealed! Six-thousand years ago, however, one Mul Daya elf rejects the ways of the ancient kor. Join us for summaries and discussion of both these stories!
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01:18 – We Don’t Talk About The Walking Dead Secret Lair Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/757767622 03:45 – Magic Story: The Dangerous Climb, the Long Fall Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-3-dangerous-climb-long-fall-2020-09-16 30:39 – Magic Story: Beneath Riverroot Tree Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/beneath-riverroot-tree-2020-09-18 48:00 – Final Thoughts
Welcome to our second week of Zendikar Rising story coverage! Our side story follows Akiri and Zareth as they return to Sea Gate, and the main story picks up with them joining Nahiri to adventure into a Skyclave. I'm sure everything goes smoothly in both tales, right?
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02:19 – The Magosi Steps Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/magosi-steps-2020-09-10 15:54 – Race to the Murasa Skyclave Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-2-race-murasa-skyclave-2020-09-09 39:13 – Final Thoughts
Weekly Magic Story has returned to the mothership, which means we're back to weekly coverage of Magic Story! This time around, we're getting two stories per week: one for the main planeswalker story and one for side stories for legendary creatures. This week we're summarizing and reflecting on the first episode of each!
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00:08 – Brian Reacts to Forgotten Realms 05:31 – Magic Story: In the Heart of the Skyclave Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/episode-1-heart-skyclave-2020-09-02 27:47 – Magic Story: Red Route Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/red-route-2020-09-04 38:32 – Final Thoughts
The Skyclaves have risen, and we are ready to talk about the biggest flavor hits from Zendikar Rising! If you want to easily follow along, check out the full set gallery here: https://scryfall.com/sets/znr?order=set
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01:01 – News 04:59 – Flavor Gems: Story Spotlights 10:06 – Flavor Gems: Legends 32:32 – Flavor Gems: Modal Double-Faced Cards 35:34 – Flavor Gems: Other Cards 47:13 – Final Thoughts
So much to talk about this week! Magic Story returns to web fiction! Zendikar Rising worldbuilding! 2021's set announcements! Oh, and our free Zendikar Rising preview card courtesy of Wizards of the Coast! Check it out:
Nahiri's Lithoforming - XRR Sorcery - R Sacrifice X lands. For each land sacrificed this way, draw a card. You may play X additional lands this turn. Lands you control enter the battlefield tapped this turn. "Zendikar has suffered enough. It is time, at last, for my home to know peace."
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00:33 – Zendikar Rising Preview 05:28 – Magic Story Returns to the Mothership 10:18 – Zendikar Rising Worldbuilding Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/zendikar-things-have-changed-2020-09-01 26:31 – 2021 Set Announcements Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/728086792?t=00h31m00s 45:40 – Final Thoughts
As Zendikar Rising preview week kicks off, don't feel left behind if this is your first adventure on the plane! This week we're covering all the past story moments that have happened on this world so that you're caught up for the new set.
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This week we talked with Jarel Threat, an artist new to Magic! We discuss his past career, major influences, and hint at the future, all while sharing laughs in between. Welcome to the game, Jarel!
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros is a new D&D sourcebook for players looking to mix their Magic and D&D! We interviewed narrative designer Kelly Digges about his work on this book, mused on the nature of canon, and shared lots of laughs. The book is now out in digital and hardcover, so pick it up to add some Greek flavor to your gaming group!
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros: https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/mythic-odysseys-theros "Canon Is An Abyss": https://www.patreon.com/posts/canon-is-abyss-30245800 Gods Unchained Lore: https://blog.godsunchained.com/category/lore/
Zendikar's horizon is...just over the horizon, so it's time to start talking about the living plane of fortune and glory! We're staying grounded this week, literally, as we explore the worldbuilding of Zendikar, from continents to cultures.
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Like all good assassination plots, things are about go to horribly wrong. Will Smurt, Byndarin, and Ruuz succeed in their mission, or will they fail at a critical moment? Find out in our final D&D episode for this adventure!
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Welcome to another episode of Beyond the Multiverse, our bonus episodes exploring the lore of other IPs! This time we’re planeswalking to Azeroth and exploring the lore of Warcraft with YouTuber Nobbel87!
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Here are a few helpful links from this episode:
Nobbel87's YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Nobbel87 Nobbel87's Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Nobbel87 Discussed Cinematic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gBChg6AII Upcoming Novel, Shadow's Rising by Madeleine Roux: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538202/shadows-rising-world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-by-madeleine-roux/
As the War of the Spark rages on the surface of Ravnica, three planeswalkers find themselves embroiled in a plot to assassinate Vraska, Queen of the Golgari. Who can they trust? How will they survive? The answers are as elusive as House Dimir itself.
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Ruuz, Byndarin, and Smurt have survived the onslaught of Eternals...for now. Found by Etrata and her compatriots, the planeswalker trio sticks to the shadows as the line between friend and foe blurs.
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A mysterious signal calls Ruuz from Ikoria to Ravnica at what turns out to be an inopportune time for the pirate. She meets some strangers just in time for them to start fighting for their lives. We're back with D&D, so enjoy the games!
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Jumpstart is a fancy new product that mashes themes together for limited play, but it also features a handful of new cards and oodles of basic lands with new art. As such, it gets a proper flavor gems episode all it's own. Enjoy!
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00:37 - Supporting the Marsha P. Johnson Institute Link: marshap.org/donate/ 01:43 – Listen to Our First Beyond the Multiverse Episode Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/beyond-the-multiverse-1-runeterra 05:38 – Flavor Gems: Spells Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/jumpstart 27:20 – Flavor Gems: Lands 45:52 – Final Thoughts
Welcome to a new, sporadically released bonus feature we're launching: Beyond the Multiverse. These extra episodes will bring on guests to talk about the lore for IPs outside of Magic: The Gathering.
Michael Yichao, narrative designer at Riot, joins us in our debut to talk all about the lore of Runeterra, the world behind League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, and more games in the future.
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We talk about a few Runeterra lore resources in this episode, so have links for some of that stuff!
Official Lore Website: https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/ Ekko Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEpp9lkfxA Bilgewater Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbJhZW-iN0s Buy the Art & Lore Book: https://www.amazon.com/League-Legends-Runeterra-Official-Companion/dp/0316497320/
While core sets are usually more flavor neutral than other Magic sets, Core Set 2021 is stuffed with characters, images, and lore bits from across the Multiverse. Join us as we delve into this delicious collection of cards!
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00:25 – Supporting the Marsha P. Johnson Institute Link: marshap.org/donate/ 02:22 – WotC Statement on Working with Terese Nielsen Link: https://clips.twitch.tv/TransparentMoldyPartridgeDxAbomb 05:17 –Flavor Gems: Planeswalkers Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/core-set-2021 12:15 – Flavor Gems: Legends 23:00 – Flavor Gems: Basri’s Cards 25:04 – Flavor Gems: Individual Cards
Welcome to our preview episode for Jumpstart! This product lets you mash up 20-card packs in myriad ways using myriad themes. Today we're showing off three themes: Goblins, Smashing, and Rogues, including a brand-new card from the Goblins packs! You can find full lists of these themes' packs on our Twitter: @TheVorthosCast.
This week is our second of two parts on the history of Core Set 2021's icon, Teferi. We left off with Teferi peacing out to avoid the Phyrexian Invasion, so we'll be picking up with him as he returns to a Dominaria far worse off than the one he left.
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00:23 – Supporting the Marsha P. Johnson Institute Link: https://marshap.org/donate/ 01:23 – Depictions of Racism in Magic Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10 03:14 – History of Teferi: The Mending 29:58 – History of Teferi: The Mortal Years 33:14 – History of Teferi: Gatewatch and War of the Spark 39:08 – Final Thoughts
Core Set 2021 focuses on Teferi, the timey-wimey wizard from Zhalfir. This week we're taking a look back at Teferi's influence before the Mending, a time that saw him grow from prankster child to responsible adult.
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00:10 – Supporting the Marsha P. Johnson Institute Link: https://marshap.org/donate/ 04:54 – History of Teferi: Tolaria 13:56 – History of Teferi: Mirage War 24:56 – History of Teferi: Planeswalker War 27:00 – History of Teferi: Prophecy War 32:16 – History of Teferi: Phyrexian Invasion 38:09 – Final Thoughts
In the final episode of our Ikoria D&D adventure, a mystery will be solved! But what will happen to the NPCs? What will happen to our heroes? Are they even heroes? Surprises aplenty await!
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Murder! Intrigue! Flirting! Fauxnaam, Radaghast, and Ruuz continue interrogating(ish) citizens of Lavabrink in order to discover who murdered well-liked glassblower Gordon Truman. What clues will they discover this week?
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This week we begin our second Dungeons & Dragons adventure set in Magic's Multiverse! A new cast of characters find themselves in a crisis in Lavabrink. Hiding from a monster attack, a murder most mysterious takes place. Who done it!? Find out, well, not this week. But soon!
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This week we are thrilled to interview Ikoria creative lead Doug Beyer about building this world, producing the Godzilla Series cards, planeswalker personalities, and more!
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Building with Flavor is a newish segment we do where we take a legend from the current set and construct a Vorthosy Commander deck for them. We highlight specific cards, as well as processes, for this kind of project. Ikoria gave us something very special, so for this set's iteration of Building with Flavor, Loreley put together a deck for Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos (Illuna, Apex of Wishes).
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Link to this episode's deck: https://scryfall.com/@LoreleyWrites/decks/230ecaf7-dec4-4ace-8c6d-36452efb105d
This week we welcome special guest Django Wexler, author of Sundered Bond and The Gathering Storm, onto our show to talk all about Ikoria, Ravnica, wargames, and toilet monsters.
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We have a kaiju-sized flavor gems episode this week! We're talking about our favorite cards from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Commander 2020, AND the Godzilla Series arts. It's certainly an adventure worthy of this wild and savage plane.
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02:03 – Ikoria Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ikoria-lair-behemoths 21:55 – Mini Story Flavor Gems 25:12 – Creature Type Flavor Gems 27:44 – Commander 2020 Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-2020-edition 32:42 – Variants & Godzilla Series Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ikoria-lair-behemoths-variants-2020-04-06 56:19 – Final Thoughts
This week we're summarizing and reviewing Sundered Bond, the novella by Django Wexler for Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. This story follows Lukka, Vivien, and Jirina and their follies with the fantastical monsters, and people, of Ikoria.
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01:14 – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and Commander 2020 Previewed Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ikoria-lair-behemoths Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/ikoria-lair-behemoths-variants-2020-04-06 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/commander-2020-edition 02:17 – Jay’s Godzilla Series Article Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayannelli-04072020-godzilla-the-monster-king 03:25 – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths – Sundered Bond Summary Link: https://www.amazon.com/Ikoria-Lair-of-Behemoths-ebook/dp/B086811HMB 40:31 – Sundered Bond Review 49:08 – Final Thoughts
Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our TWO free preview cards from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths! We also talk about Ikoria worldbuilding and genre influences, so stick around for the whole episode! Here are the cards:
Thwart the Enemy - 2G Instant - C Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control. /"Your prey is in my custody now. Withdraw." —Vivien Reid/
Go for Blood - 1R Sorcery - C Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. Cycling {1} /Lukka's bond provided not only friendship, but also the most powerful weapon in his arsenal./
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00:35 – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Preview Cards 03:57 – Ikoria Worldbuilding Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/planeswalkers-guide-ikoria-2020-04-02 23:08 – Ikoria Genre Influences 32:36 – Final Thoughts
We're finishing up with our time travel this week, taking a look back at the flavor gems of Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx. Many of these cards can be seen in new light with Theros: Beyond Death released, so enjoy this look into the history of the original Theros block.
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01:19 – Announcing Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths–Sundered Bond Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/ikoria-lair-behemoths-sundered-bond-ebook-available-preorder-2020-03-26 03:01 – Announcing Legends: A Visual History Link: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Legends-Visual-History/dp/1419740873 05:48 – Flavor Gems of Born of the Gods 29:59- Flavor Gems of Journey into Nyx 52:00 – Final Thoughts Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H981fHM6Li8
In the wake of Theros: Beyond Death, we're looking back in time at the original set from this mythological plane. Just as we talk about our favorite flavorful cards from new sets, we're going to do the same for the original Theros set. Expect Born of the Gods/Journey into Nyx next week, folks!
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02:07 – Announcing Signature Spellbook: Chandra Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-signature-spellbook-chandra-2020-03-13 03:47 – Announcing Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/making-fetch-happen-secret-lair-ultimate-edition-2020-03-13 05:31 – MaRo Teases Ikoria Link: https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/612967583098011648/maros-ikoria-teaser 08:04 – Flavor Gems of Theros 44:13 – Final Thoughts
We're giving a new feature a shot this week: An overview of the construction of a flavorful Commander deck! Chris put together a list for Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, a character with almost no established lore. Join us as we talk through our processes of how to build a flavor-fueled deck for characters that don't seem like they could support such things!
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01:28 – Keep Watch for MTG Event COVID-19 Updates 03:04 – Listener Question: Will You Do an Episode on The Prodigal Sorcery? 10:32 – Building with Flavor: Kroxa Link: https://scryfall.com/@chrisrd19/decks/339c1859-665b-4323-a85f-6145bbc9852e 43:44 – Final Thoughts
Happy Birthday to us! This week we're celebrating two years of producing this podcast, and that means it's time to look back at the sweet stuff we did this past year and look forward to our future plans. Thank you all, listeners, for joining us on our aural adventure.
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02:49 – D&D: Mythic Odysseys of Theros Book Link: https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/mythic-odysseys-theros 06:50 – Secret Lair: Thalia: Beyond the Helvault Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/secret-lair-drop-series-thalia-tie-mtg-arena-2020-02-28 08:35 – Foil Slot for Mystery Boosters Revealed Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/mystery-booster-foil-card-list-2020-03-06 12:46 – Listener Question: What Characters Do Y’all Want in Commander Legends? 17:16 – Listener Question: How Could Sarkhan Travel Through Time? 19:48 – Listener Question: The Wanderer and Moonblade Shinobi from Same Plane? 22:04 – Happy Second Birthday The Vorthos Cast!
This weekend was February 29th, Leap Day, and the release of the new box set product Unsanctioned! This product features 16 brand-new silver-bordered cards, so of course we had to do a flavor gems episode! We even do something we haven't done in ages: Answer listener questions.
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01:13 – Listener Question: Why Karona on Memorial to War? 04:04 – Listener Question: How Did Ravnican Oceans Survive in the Dark? 07:53 – Listener Question: Any Full-Fledged Snow Planes? 13:20 – Secret Lair: International Women’s Day Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-secret-lair-drop-series-international-womens-day-2020-02-25 15:27 – Unsanctioned Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/unsanctioned 49:16 – Final Thoughts Link: https://mtglore.com/
Episode 100. What a milestone. It's also the finale of our Dungeons & Dragons adventure set on Theros! This is the thrilling conclusion as our heroes(?) finally confront...well, someone. Give a listen to find out who!
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01:05 – Jump Start Announced Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/introducing-jumpstart-new-way-play-magic-2020-02-20 02:32 – Commander 2020 Deck Names Released 03:46 – Asphodel and Sulfur Part 4
We're back with the third part of our Dungeons & Dragons adventure set on Theros. Fevrisk, Bronte, and Erythros have found themselves in Asphodel, a city of the Returned. Everything probably goes smoothly, right? Right!? Dead wrong.
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This week we have special guest James Wyatt from Wizards of the Coast on to talk about Theros: Beyond Death. James was co-lead on the set's creative design, pulling it into the cohesive experience we see published. Join us to learn and laugh about all things Theros! Seriously, there are so many laughs.
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A few big announcements begin our second chapter in our Theros D&D adventure. Sent on a quest to Asphodel by a rich snob, our heroes(?) find violence, mystery, and...meat apparently. Discover what all that means in this week's episode of gaming delight!
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00:09 – Manastrike (Mobile) Released 02:13 – Unsanctioned Fully Previewed Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/unsanctioned 02:27 – New WotC Game Studio & Sci-Fi IP Link: https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/30/21115752/wizards-of-the-coast-archetype-entertainment-bioware-new-studio 02:45 – Magic Story Updates Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/odds-ends-theros-beyond-death-2020-01-27 03:34 – Asphodel and Sulfur Part 2
Without a Theros story to talk about, we have to make our own. Today begins a multi-week journey into the world of Dungeons and Dragons as we begin a roleplaying adventure to the plane of stars and dreams.
Join Jay, Brian, and Loreley as they play through a short D&D quest led by listener-turned-DM Chris that begins in a muddy prison in Meletis. What will become of their characters? Stay tuned over the next month to find out in Asphodel and Sulfur.
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Theros: Beyond Death returns us to a land of god, heroes, and monsters...and a whole bunch of new problems. This week we cover the flavor gems of this set, from new worldbuilding details to top-down designs of ancient myths. Truly, this promises to be an enchanting episode.
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00:34 – Secret Lair: Year of the Rat Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-secret-lair-drop-series-year-rat-2020-01-16 04:09 – Worldbuilding Flavor Gems 15:10 – Story Flavor Gems 23:27 – Saga Flavor Gems 28:30 – Legendary Flavor Gems 36:05 – The Other Ones! 43:12 – Upcoming Podcast Schedule 44:33 – Final Thoughts
It took a year of delays, but IDW's Chandra comic series is finally complete. IDW was kind enough to send us a review copy of the trade paperback containing all four issues, so here's an episode all about what ended up being a fun little (fiery) side story set in the Multiverse!
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01:02 – Game Informer’s Month of Magic: Legends Previews Link: https://www.playmagiclegends.com/en Link: https://www.gameinformer.com/video-podcast/the-game-informer-show/2020/01/09/gi-show-magic-legends-gameplay-impressions Link: https://youtu.be/8kKJx9ao5X4 02:56 – Upcoming: The Vorthos Cast Theros D&D Episodes 05:19 – IDW Chandra Summary 17:16 – IDW Chandra Review 37:56 – Final Thoughts
We are pleased to present our free Theros: Beyond Death preview card from Wizards of the Coast! Well, OK, we're not that pleased. More terrified. Empty. Broken. Gone... Hear what this morbid Underworld business is all about in our preview episode!
Final Death - 4B Instant - C Exile target creature. "The Underworld erodes memory, identity, and eventually the physical form, leaving only crumbling statues called misera—hollow monuments to mortal futility." Ill. Johann Bodin
It's our last episode of 2019, which means it's time to look back at what has ultimately been a tumultuous year for the Vorthos community. Starting with Guilds of Ravnica, we take in every release since then (except War of the Spark: Forsaken, which we talked about last week) and evaluate how the year as a whole has gone. See you in 2020, Planeswalkers!
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02:41 – We’re Off for Two Weeks! 03:50 – We have a Theros: Beyond Death Preview on January 2nd! 04:35 – No Theros: Beyond Death Story Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/theros-beyond-death-story-cards-2019-12-16 Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/carythomasbarkett-12182019-the-state-of-magic-story-2019 14:04 – Nicky Drayden’s Ravnica Stories Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 20:13 – Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica 23:19 – Children of the Nameless by Brandon Sanderson 25:49 – IDW’s Chandra #1-4 by Vita Ayala Illus. Harvey Tolibao Link: https://www.comixology.com/Magic-The-Gathering-Chandra/comics-series/123281 29:46 – The Art of Magic: The Gathering – Ravnica by James Wyatt 32:54 – War of the Spark: Ravnica by Greg Weisman 38:07 – The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler Link: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/The_Gathering_Storm 41:49 – The Wildered Quest by Kate Elliott 46:33 – 2019 Overall 53:30 – Final Thoughts
Welp, it's time for our summary and review of War of the Spark: Forsaken, Greg Weisman's sequel to War of the Spark: Ravnica. This book covers the aftermath of Bolas's war as Kaya, Ral, and Vraska hunt down the last of the elder dragon's minions. We read it so you don't have to.
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01:49 – Forsaken Summary: Introduction 02:28 – Forsaken Summary: Hunt for Liliana 08:43 – Forsaken Summary: Hunt for Tezzeret 15:25 – Forsaken Summary: Hunt for Dovin 20:57 – Forsaken Summary: Finale 24:18 – Final Outcomes for Each Character 27:14 – Criticisms 43:21 – The 10 Little Things Loreley Liked 50:10 – Final Thoughts
In our last stop in Theros's past before Theros: Beyond Death previews begin, we tell the tale of Elspeth, Sun's Champion as it appears in the two-part novella Godsend. If you missed the original block or just need the refresher, we got you covered!
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01:34 – Secret Lairs Were a Cool Thing 03:27 – The Story of Theros Block Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayannelli-11052019-preparing-for-theros-beyond-death 33:23 – Final Thoughts
The cast... or well, Jay and Brian, at least, are here to talk about the three major human poleis of Theros, and all the other cool stuff about the plane, too!
1:02 - Secret Lair Announced 3:29 - Feature: The World of Theros
Unbeknownst to us (but knownst to R&D), Mystery Booster - Convention Edition contained 121 new "playtest cards" with Future Sight-esque mechanics and employee-illustrated sketches. We did what any Vorthos crew would: pulled out the best references and art from the set! In an episode containing the most laughs, and mystery, ever, we highlight some of our favorites from this bizarre new product.
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00:57 – War of the Spark: Forsaken Is Out Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/595015/ 01:31 – Flavor Gems of Mystery Booster Playtest Cards Link: https://scryfall.com/sets/cmb1?order=name 46:15 – Final Thoughts
When this podcast hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some...well, not serious, but some god-related stuff. We're getting closer and closer to Theros: Beyond Death, so it's time to begin reintroducing this plane inspired by Greek mythology! Today we cover the fifteen gods that form the crux of the world.
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01:01 – A Bunch of Commander News for 2020 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/big-things-are-coming-commander-2020-2019-10-30 06:55 – Mystery Boosters 10:31 – Magic: The Gathering Inducted into National Toy Hall of Fame Link: https://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/magic-gathering 11:43 – The Gods of Theros 42:09 – Final Thoughts
We are finally done with Django Wexler's The Gathering Storm, the stories leading up to War of the Spark: Ravnica. It's been 20 weeks, and Nicol Bolas's final plans are set in motion. We take plenty of time to talk about these excellent stories as a whole too! (And Happy Halloween this week, folks!)
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02: 19 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 18 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=0d75c9223b 08:41 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 19 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=989fe24b08 12:55 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 20 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=b7318e2d99 Link: https://twitter.com/AndreGarciaArt/status/1187278888071847936 19:31 – The Gathering Storm Retrospective 37:25 – Final Thoughts
We're in week two of three covering the final episodes of Django Wexler's The Gathering Storm! This episode is all about the chapters leading up to the finale, where things really start going awry for our heroes and the clamps of Nicol Bolas's trap snap shut. Enjoy!
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01:07 – Riot Games Introduces Digital TCG Runeterra Link: https://playruneterra.com/en-us/ 04:45 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 14 Link: https://mailchi.mp/8d3f6c0de7f0/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1274959 12:33 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 15 Link: https://mailchi.mp/c2f4c4b9b5e1/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1297011 21:28 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 16 Link: https://mailchi.mp/9b7febc08405/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1297031 27:33 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 17 Link: https://mailchi.mp/f7a2dc644389/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1297039 34:33 – Final Thoughts
We had a bunch of announcements this past week, but more importantly, we're back to talking about The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler! We're gonna be finishing this prequel series over the next three weeks, starting with chapters 11, 12, and 13 this week.
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01:01 – Announcing: Mystery Boosters Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-mystery-booster-2019-10-10 03:21 – Announcing: Unsanctioned Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-unsanctioned-2019-10-10 06:28 – Game Night Product and Eldraine Holiday Gift Bundle 08:06 – War of the Spark: Forsaken Info Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/war-spark-forsaken-2019-10-09 13:18 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 11 Link: https://mailchi.mp/7d7e870cbf60/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1274875 20:25 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 12 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=6ab57d4759 23:24 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 13 Link: https://mailchi.mp/05c539e100c1/chapter-one-the-gathering-storm-by-django-wexler-1274903 30:57 – Final Thoughts
Throne of Eldraine has been revealed in all its flavorful glory! The set pulls from two major influences: Arthurian legend and fairy tales. This week we're diving deep into the second, discussing both the general fairy tale tropes and specific fairy tale references that appear in the set.
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01:53 – Ponies: The Galloping Extra Life Charity Promotion Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/03/magic-the-gathering-reveals-my-little-pony-crossover-set-for-charity 03:18 – Fairy Tale Tropes in Throne of Eldraine 10:14 – Specific Fairy Tales in Throne of Eldraine Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/sorcerers-apprentice-2010-07-12 38:08 – Final Thoughts
Throne of Eldraine has been revealed in all its flavorful glory! The set pulls from two major influences: Arthurian legend and fairy tales. This week we're diving deep into the first, uncovering the cards that pull from specific elements of the Arthur mythology, medieval knights, and the wisps of magic that entwine the two.
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01:01 – MF Atlanta Recap 02:58 – Trials of Alara Comic Cancelled Link: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/21/idw-cancels-magic-the-gathering-chandra-the-trials-of-alara-comic-before-publication/ 03:49 – Game Night Product Cover Revealed Link: https://wpn.wizards.com/en/products/game-night-2019 04:52 – No Throne of Eldraine Art Book Link: https://twitter.com/aquelajames/status/1176238964631453696 08:12 – Arthurian Gems of Eldraine 38:31 – Final Thoughts
It's time for TWO free preview cards from Throne of Eldraine! First, we have a card representing the turnstile relationships of Queen Ayara, who takes new suiters as quickly as the old ones die questing.
Festive Funeral 4B Instant - C Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard. "Even as we mourn the last, we look to the next with joy. Hopefully, my new suitor will bring the Cauldron home." —Ayara, First of Locthwain
Our second card sees the healing and redemption of one Garruk Wildspeaker, no longer cursed by the Chain Veil!
Return of the Wildspeaker 4G Instant - R Choose one — Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
We've got a few quick announcements about upcoming podcast content (MF Atlanta! Week Off! Previews! Flavor Gems!), and then it's time to just dig into Kate Elliott's novel, The Wildered Quest. After brief worldbuilding notes, we cover the entire book in summaries, jokes, and reflections.
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01:28 – The Whole Cast Will Be at MF Atlanta This Weekend! 02:23 – We Have Two Free Preview Cards on Thursday! 02:41 – Kenrith Family Portrait & Kate Elliott Interview Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/portrait-kenriths-2019-09-12 03:37 – Eldraine Worldbuilding 11:17 – The Wildered Quest Summary and Discussion Link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634136/throne-of-eldraine-the-wildered-quest-by-kate-elliott/?pdivflag=
Product Architect Gavin Verhey of Wizards of the Coast is back to guest on the podcast once again! This week we play a game of "If or When" with him, where we say a character and Gavin tells us "When" (When we finally make this card) or "If" (If we ever make this card). We talk about characters from all across Magic's history, from its earliest days to this year, so enjoy!
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01:29 – Throne of Eldraine Previews Have Begun Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/throne-eldraine 01:54 – We have TWO Free Preview Cards on September 19th 02:45 – 2020 Standard Sets Announced Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/476756794 06:44 – If or When with Gavin Verhey 49:25 – Final Thoughts
A week of downtime means a week of digging into our mailbag to catch up on all the questions we haven't been answering in previous episodes! From the brilliant to the banal, sit back and enjoy a relaxed episode that hits a variety of smaller topics.
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01:43 – Meet Oko, Magic’s New Fey Planeswalker Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2019/08/28/exclusive-meet-oko-the-magic-the-gathering-multiverses-newest-planeswalker/#7a2bb49f1b1a 05:13 – Listener Question: How Long Has Each Planeswalker Been a Planeswalker? 19:06 – Listener Question: Planar Chaos Colorshift a Planeswalker? 22:49 – Listener Question: Flavor + Mechanics Homerun Cards? 26:50 – Listener Question: Speculation for a Viking Plane? 28:56 – Listener Question: Which Muppet Babies Are the Gatewatch? 30:46 – Listener Question: History of the Slivers? 31:51 – Listener Question: What Are Karn’s Abilities? 33:46 – Listener Question: What Author Would You Hire to Write Magic? 40:24 – Listener Question: Where Would You Start Telling Magic’s Story? 46:36 – Final Thoughts
What is nothingness? What does it mean to exist? How come that frog I summoning in combat dissipated in a swirling burst of energy? These are the questions that plague metaphysically minded mages around the Multiverse, and today we're diving into, well, how reality works in the Magic IP. We've fielded lots of questions about these kinds of things over time, so consider this episode one big answer to a bunch of 'em!
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02:50 – Happy One Year on the Show, Brian and Ashley! 03:58 – The Inspiring Questions 06:32 – Metaphysics of the Blind Eternities 26:51 – Metaphysics of Planes 40:13 – Metaphysics of Magic 52:17 – Final Thoughts
We've reached the halfway point in Django Wexler's The Gathering Storm, with chapters 7 through 10 leading us up to the (failed) guild summit before War of the Spark. We even get back to listener questions, so thanks again to all our fans who ask those!
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00:39 – The Wildered Quest Blurb Link: https://www.amazon.com/Throne-Eldraine-Wildered-Kate-Elliott-ebook/dp/B07VP1PQ81 01:57 – Listener Question: Elder Dragons Older than the Thran? 03:23 – Listener Question: How Many Pre-Mending Planeswalkers Still Around? 07:23 – Listener Question: Could Dack Have Saved Himself with the Immortal Sun? 10:39 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 7 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=f04ef0245f 19:16 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 8 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=77411a7f11 32:19 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 9 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=fd2c659d7a 37:04 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 10 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=331efd73d0 46:57 – Final Thoughts
Every new Commander product brings flavorful new legends, new cards, and reprints to Magic players worldwide. They're good in meaty, perfect for digging in for a full flavor gems episode featuring flavorful new legends, new...well, you know. Also a baby crab!
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02:27 – MTG Lore Advanced Story Search Link: http://mtglore.com/advanced-story-search/ 04:14 – Anje Falkenrath 05:29 – Atla Palani, Nest Tender 06:37 – Chainer, Nightmare Adept 07:22 – Elsha of the Infinite 08:14 – Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero 10:14 – Greven, Predator Captain 11:36 – Ghired, Conclave Exile 13:15 – K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 14:54 – Kedena, Slinking Sorcerer 16:40 – Marisi, Breaker of the Coil 20:00 – Rayami, First of the Fallen 21:38 – Sevinne, the Chronoclasm 22:51 – Tahngarth, First Mate Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/commander-2019-preview-moo-crew 23:27 – Volrath, the Shapestealer 25:19 – Mandate of Peace 26:30 – Thalia’s Geistcaller 27:20 – Song of the Worldsoul 27:41 – Leadership Vacuum 27:59 – Bone Miser 29:51 – Backdraft Hellkite 30:57 – Dockside Extortionist 31:48 – Ohran Frostfang 32:35 – Idol of Oblivion Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/stirring-slumber-2015-05-13 35:18 – Chromeshell Crab 36:32 – Solemn Simulacrum 37:30 – Mimic Vat 39:10 – Final Thoughts
It's time to talk about our free Commander 2019 preview card!
Tahngarth, First Mate - 2RG Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior Tahngarth, First Mate can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever an opponent attacks with one or more creatures, if Tahngarth is tapped, you may have that opponent gain control of Tahngarth until end of combat. If you do, choose a player or planeswalker that opponent is attacking. Tahngarth is attacking that player or planeswalker. 5/5
Tahngarth was Sisay's first mate on the Weatherlight, a mighty warrior of the Talruum minotaur people. This card represents him early in the Weatherlight Saga, before he gets captured by Volrath and experimented on (as shown in his original card). Enjoy this mighty new legend who is always happy to get into a fight!
We have reached our final destination on this journey back to the Weatherlight Saga. From Prophecy to Apocalypse, the climactic showdown between Dominaria and Phyrexia is finally here. Also don't forget that we have a free Commander (2019 Edition) preview card from Wizards of the Coast to show off on Twitter on Wednesday, August 7th!
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00:51 – Commander 2019 Flavor Gems Episode in Two Weeks! 02:23 – Prophecy 04:52 – Invasion 21:36 – Planeshift 37:00 – Apocalypse 47:11 – Last Thoughts
The crew is all together, both podcast and Weatherlight, for our second episode chronicling the story of the legendary skyship. This week covers the sets that are most commonly associated with the Weatherlight Saga: Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus, Mercadian Masques, and Nemesis. All hands on deck for another journey into Magic's storied past!
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01:26 – The Vorthos Cast at Magic Fest Atlanta 02:42 – Throne of Eldraine Announced Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20 04:07 – Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest: Novel by Kate Elliott Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-throne-eldraine-ebook-2019-07-25 05:56 – We have a Commander (2019 Edition) Preview Card! 07:03 – The Weatherlight Saga: Rath and Mercadia Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwLm187ubeg 08:25 – Prequel Stories 14:42 – Rath and Storm (Tempest Block) 30:42 – Mercadian Masques 39:40 – Nemesis 46:04 – Final Thoughts
Endless preview weeks are finally over, so it's time to get to a topic many listeners have been asking to hear about: the Weatherlight Saga! Over the next three weeks, we'll talk about the intrepid adventures of the legendary skyship that happened in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. We begin by dunking on Urza, covering his life and the events that led to the construction of Weatherlight in the first place.
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01:04 – Throne of Eldraine Announced (Discussion Next Week) 01:34 – Rise of the Gatewatch Art Book Released Link: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Gatewatch-Wizards-Coast/dp/1419736477/ 02:43 – Prelude to the Weatherlight: The Artifact Cycle Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49600-artifacts-i-stones-of-power-and-heart Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49603-artifacts-ii-lines-of-time-of-blood 03:51 – The Thran 12:39 – The Brothers’ War 19:59 – Planeswalker 27:22 – Time Streams 38:22 – Bloodlines 44:57 – Final Thoughts
We are back after a week off with a bunch of news, some deep listener questions, and the next three chapters of The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler! And by "we" we of course mean Loreley and Brian, as the rest of the cast is still taking it easy.
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00:53 – War of the Spark: Forsaken Cover Revealed Link: https://www.amazon.com/War-Spark-Forsaken-Magic-Gathering/dp/1984817949 02:34 – SDCC “Archery” Announcement Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/magic-san-diego-comic-con-2019-07-11 04:17 – New Fan Site: MTG Nexus Link: https://www.mtgnexus.com/ 06:16 – Coming Up on The Vorthos Cast: The Weatherlight Saga 08:35 – Listener Question: Bolas Control Off-Plane/Interplanar Spells? 14:36 – Listener Question: Chandra Elementals/Why Bring Back Jaya? 19:17 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 4 29:06 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 5 33:45 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 6 40:57 – Final Thoughts
Podcast mom & dad are back this week to discuss the broad (and sometimes deep) flavor gems from Core Set 2020, a set that shouldn't be overlooked due to some excellent card names, flavor text series, and art references. Also note that we will not have a new episode next week due to the upcoming American Independence Day weekend.
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01:27 – No Episode Next Week! 02:46 – Aerial Assault 04:31 – Ancestral Blade 05:47 – Eternal Isolation 06:21 – Squad Captain 06:45 – Starfield Mystic 07:27 – Captivating Gyre 08:30 – Hard Cover 09:32 – Moat Piranhas 10:51 – Octoprophet 11:55 – Tale’s End Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/blight-we-were-born-2016-01-13 14:00 – Sorin’s Guide 15:00 – Chandra’s Regulator 15:55 – Fry 16:14 – Glint-Horn Buccaneer & Brineborn Cutthroat 17:03 – Goblin Smuggler & Nimble Birdsticker 18:05 – Ripscale Predator 19:16 – Ferocious Pup 20:12 – Silverback Shaman 21:26 – Wolfrider’s Saddle 22:20 – Risen Reef 22:52 – Kaalia, Zenith Seeker Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/stonekiller-2012-08-06 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/stonekiller-part-2-2012-08-13 24:51 – Kethis, the Hidden Hand 26:16 – Kykar, Wind’s Fury 27:50 – Omnath, Locus of the Roil 29:19 – Rienne, Angel of Rebirth 32:53 – Yarok, the Desecrated 35:03 – Bag of Holding 36:35 – Pattern Matcher 39:11 – The Elementalkin 41:20 – Siege of the Bonespire 43:33 – “Last Words” Dragons 45:37 – Final Thoughts
With Jay and Loreley away, the rest of the cast will play! Brian, Ashley, and Cary answer some mailbag questions and talk about the first three chapters of The Gathering Storm.
01:25 - How many confirmed oldwalkers are still around post-mending? 04:59 - Time travel canonically exists, right? 08:20 - How does it feel to know two key moments from the end of the story without knowing what happens in the lead up to that? 12:20 - How do you feel Magic compares to other IPs in terms of complexity of Lore? 18:12 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 1 20:40 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 2 26:20 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 3 32:22 - Final Thoughts
Modern Horizons is finally out, so we took some time to talk with Ethan Fleischer, designer and creative text writer for the set. Want to know how Ayula, Queen Among Bears was designed? Curious which characters were cut from the set? Listen in and enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion!
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No timecodes. No final thoughts. Just a near-hour of chit-chat!
In the nicest episode of The Vorthos Cast yet, we cover the rest of the flavor gems from Modern Horizons. There was also massive news in the form of the Netflix series being announced, so we spend plenty of time covering that too!
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01:51 – Animated Magic Netflix Series Announced Link: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/magic-the-gathering-animated-series-netflix-russo-brothers-1203230595/ Link: http://bardel.ca/ 07:39 – Ravnica Prequel by Django Wexler Is Out Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 09:28 – Next Week: MH1 Interview with Ethan Fleischer 10:33 – Arcum’s Astrolabe 12:40 – Dead of Winter 14:28 – Changeling Stuff 15:55 – Hollowhead Sliver 17:25 – Lancer Sliver 18:48 – Cloudshredder Sliver 20:22 – First Sliver’s Chosen 21:55 – Astral Drift (Promo) 23:13 – Goatnap 24:11 – King of the Pride 24:41 – Good-Fortune Unicorn 26:15 – Goblin Engineer 27:21 – Knight of Old Benalia 29:37 – Segovian Angel 31:12 – Choking Tethers 31:49 – Rebuild 32:50 – Tribute Mage 33:17 – Goblin Oriflamme 34:35 – First-Sphere Gargantua, Collector Ouphe, Splicer’s Skill 35:33 – Dismantling Blow 36:16 – Excavating Anurid 38:09 – Kaya’s Guile 38:46 – Llanowar Tribe 40:35 – Seasoned Pyromancer 42:45 – Final Thoughts
Modern Horizons is almost here, but thankfully we get to see all of the exciting, powerful, and flat-out weird cards already. We're breaking our flavor gems episode into two weeks. Today: the legendary cards. Next week: everything else.
We also partnered with artist Diosboss to create images for official podcast merchandise! We're looking to produce a playmat and tokens, so look for more information on those in the coming weeks.
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00:29 – Vorthos Cast Merch by @Diosboss Soon! Link: https://twitter.com/Diosboss 02:33 – Kess, Dissident Mage 04:42 – Marit Lage’s Slumber Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/modern-horizons-preview-its-finally-marit-lage 05:44 – Pashalik Mons 10:07 – Serra the Benevolent Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/the-vorthos-cast-04-dominaria-pre-show 13:11 – Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 18:26 – Urza, Lord High Artificer 27:18 – Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 33:17 – Hall of Heliod’s Generosity 36:16 – Ayula, Queen Among Bears 38:44 – Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis 40:07 – Morophon, the Boundless 42:26 – The First Sliver 44:38 – Wrenn and Six 47:24 – Final Thoughts
"It's never Marit Lage," we said.
But her time as come. Her icy prison destroyed, she is now as free as our free Modern Horizons preview card from Wizards of the Coast:
Marit Lage's Slumber - 1U Legendary Snow Enchantment - R Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible. Art: Randy Vargas
Listen as we talk about Marit Lage's esoteric origins, a long con, and comments from the artist.
We're in our second week of mailbag questions after War of the Spark, and it's another episode filled with laughs, knowledge, wants, desires, and a little crime. Also Magic's potential visit to Sick, Crying Baby World. It'll (almost) make sense; just listen.
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01:04 – The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler: Coming June! Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 01:47 – Chandra: Trials of Alara: Sequel Comic from IDW Link: https://www.newsarama.com/45280-magic-the-gathering-summoned-back-to-comic-books-with-trials-of-alara.html 02:10 – Our Modern Horizons Preview is Thursday, May 30th! 02:38 – Listener Question: How Did Alara’s Shards Reunite? 05:57 – Listener Question: How Does New Phyrexia Know of Other Planes? 10:25 – Listener Question: Continuity Error During Sorin/Nahiri Fight? 12:17 – Listener Question: Which Legendary Creature Would You Update? 18:57 – Listener Question: Which Uncarded Legend Would You Print? 22:35 – Listener Question: Metaphysics of Rathi Overlay? 25:06 – Listener Question: What’s the Deal with Cosmic Larva? 26:53 – Listener Question: Why Does Every Character Hate Urza? 28:58 – Listener Question: What Fast Food Would Your Favorite Planeswalker Eat? 31:20 – Listener Question: Planeswalker with Shortest In-Story Lifespan? 32:06 – Listener Question: What Did Argentum Look Like? Where’s the Mirari? 33:24 – Listener Question: Why Do Izzet Cyclopses Have Tiny Heads? 33:33 – Listener Question: Would Rat (Araithia) and Rat (Ratepe) get along? 33:47 – Listener Question: Is There an Ur-Cat Responsible for All These Cat Cards? 34:58 – Listener Question: Which Character Would You Like a Short Story for? 37:12 – Listener Question: Where Does Ravnica Grow Food? Who Farms the Multiverse? 38:38 – Listener Question: For What Genre/Mythology Would You Want to See a Top-Down Set? 43:09 – Final Thoughts
The war is over, Bolas has been defeated, and now we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs waiting for the end of Modern Horizons preview season (Our preview episode will be on Thursday, May 30th!) In the interim, we're catching up on our backlog of listener questions! We cover everything from Eldrazi to Stuffy Doll to Freyalise's old armor.
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01:11 – Announcing Our Modern Horizons Preview Date: May 30th Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/where-find-modern-horizons-previews-2019-05-16 02:41 – Listener Question: How to Make a Sharktocrab? 04:17 – Listener Question: Why Is Marit Lage Manipulating Bolas? 07:19 – Listener Question: How Can Ravnica Lose to the Eternals? 09:09 – Listener Question: Major Wars the Boros Were In? 10:29 – Listener Question: Where Does Bolas Poop? Link: https://d.rip/mikerugnetta/posts/canon-is-an-abyss-2nnyn 12:47 – Listener Question: How Does Yanggu Planeswalk with Mowu? 14:54 – Listener Question: Didn’t Sorin Bite Nahiri? Will She Be a Vampire? 17:53 – Listener Question: Prison Bolas–Magic’s Hannibal Lecter? 19:45 – Listener Question: Consequences of Ulamog and Kozilek’s Deaths? 22:24 – Listener Question: What Are the Color Dynamics in New Phyrexia? 25:01 – Listener Question: More Backstory on the Praetors? 27:13 – Listener Question: Who’s in Your Hypothetical Unstable Mythic Edition? 30:39 – Listener Question: What’s the Story of Stuffy Doll? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/threadbare-2012-07-23 32:35 – Listener Question: Excited for Serra? Chances of Urza in Modern Horizons? 33:23 – Listener Question: What Do We Know About Kaldra? 40:47 – Listener Question: Did Sorin Create the Four Angel Sisters? 42:48 – Final Thoughts
Spoilers ahead as we finish off our discussion of War of the Spark: Ravnica by Greg Weisman, the climax of the Bolas arc. We cover a bunch of minor characters, discussion the specifics of major plot elements, and muse about metaphysics.
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01:09 – Loreley Wrote Some Stuff for Arena Link: https://twitter.com/_SEV8/status/1121460059425394689 02:23 – War of the Spark Web Fiction Started Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/war-spark-ravnica-old-friends-and-new-2019-05-08 03:51 – Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane 07:24 – Minor Character Discussion 25:01 – Set Piece/Metaphysics Discussion 50:30 – Final Thoughts
War of the Spark: Ravnica, the new novel by Greg Weisman, is finally here! We're taking two weeks to break down the juicy information within that goes beyond the set's plot that was revealed on the cards. SO MANY SPOILERS AHEAD, so don't listen if you don't want to know things that happen in the novel! If you do listen, then enjoy the discussions!
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01:30 – Japanese Alt Art Planeswalkers Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/japanese-alternate-art-planeswalkers-2019-04-22 Link: https://twitter.com/ghirapurigears/status/1120484459877478405 04:40 – War of the Spark: Ravnica Introduction 07:34 – Teyo Verada 12:23 – Araithia Shokta AKA Rat 15:24 – Kaya 19:30 – Dack Fayden, the Greatest Thief in the Multiverse Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/cursed-blade-2011-10-24 27:04 – Jace Beleren 32:59 – Vraska 35:32 – Gideon Jura AKA Kytheon Iora (RIP) Link: https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/05/finally-rest-and-peace-gideon/ 39:20 – Ral Zarek and Tomik Vrona #Jesguys 43:05 – Liliana Vess 49:57 – Novel Recommendations (Final Thoughts)
War is upon us. But it's been waged behind the scenes inside Wizards of the Coast for years. Today we have a very special guest in Gavin Verhey, game designer for Magic who worked on the set. Gavin chats with us about War of the Spark and how it was a set designed with so many Vorthos elements for us to enjoy.
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No timecodes this week, folks, just enjoy the meandering discussion!
It's been the final of three preview weeks for War of the Spark, and we're talking about the climax of this multi-year story arc! Lots of announcements were made about the near future of Magic Story as well, so make sure to check out all the ways you can read about the game's characters.
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01:15 – War of the Spark Story News Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/war-spark-story-hype-2019-04-18 02:00 – Signature Spellbook Gideon Link: https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/18/18412105/magic-the-gathering-war-of-the-spark-planeswalker-death 03:35 – War of the Spark Mythic Edition Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/war-spark-mythic-edition-2019-04-18 05:03 – Podcast Schedule News 05:59 – WAR Act 2 Spotlights Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes 08:05 – WAR Act 3 Spotlights 35:27 – WAR Planeswalker Previews 39:55 – WAR Week 3 Flavor Gems 42:43 – Final Thoughts
Over the last few years, Nicol Bolas has assembled disparate pieces of a scheme to regain ultimate power. Unleashing the Elderspell on his victims, he nearly achieved his goal.
Nearly.
Today we have two special (and free!) preview cards to share with everyone. Nicol Bolas is defeated, so listen and learn how he lost and what his final fate will be.
It's been the second of three preview weeks for War of the Spark, so we're back with even more flavor gems from this action-packed set! Some great content was published last week to catch up newer story fans with this finale, or make sure to check them out for a refresher!
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01:17 – Nicol Bolas’s Grand Scheme Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHjeg1DTFs 02:31 – Magic Story 100: Alara to War of the Spark Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayannelli-04092019-magic-story-100-alara-to-war-of-the-spark 03:54 – WAR Act 2 Spotlights Link: magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes 10:01 – WAR Planeswalker Previews 27:01 – WAR Week 2 Flavor Gems 45:04 – Final Thoughts
War has begun on Ravnica. With a set packed so densely with stories, flavor, and characters, we're taking each of the three weeks of previews to polish the Vorthos gems of the set. If you've been out of the loop, we also recap the news from PAX East!
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02:31 – War of the Spark: Forsaken Novel Announced Link: https://www.amazon.com/War-Spark-Forsaken-Magic-Gathering/dp/1984817949 03:02 – War of the Spark Trailer Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5W9t62t10I Trailer Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLL2Gx3I_k Ice Age Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_FY8dKyJFo 06:45 – Other Plane In WAR? Link: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/183944682753/will-all-of-war-take-place-on-ravnica-or-will-we 08:08 – WAR Act 1 Spotlights Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/content/war-story-scenes 12:13 – WAR Planeswalker Previews 21:21 – WAR Week 1 Flavor Gems Link: https://twitter.com/rpancoast_art/status/1113803037338951680 49:42 – Final Thoughts
Welcome to the end of War of the Spark speculation, folks! We're spending three weeks pouring over the stained glass Planeswalker art to talk about the history and potential futures of each character. This week we're focused on Ugin and the other planeswalkers that lack an affinity for the Gatewatch or Nicol Bolas. What will their roles be in the upcoming war?
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00:00 – ??? 02:44 – Ugin 05:46 – Sarkhan Vol 10:49 – Narset 11:40 – Kiora 13:37 – Sorin Markov 15:19 – Nahiri 17:12 – Arlinn Kord 19:18 – Jiang Yanggu 20:18 – Davriel Cane 22:20 – Teyo Verada 23:06 – Big Hat Lady 25:11 – Hooded Redhead Lady 33:39 – Tezzeret and Dack Fayden, the Greatest Thief in the Multiverse 36:25 – Death Predictions 37:32 – Final Thoughts
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Welcome to the middle of War of the Spark speculation, folks! We're spending three weeks pouring over the stained glass Planeswalker art to talk about the history and potential futures of each character. This week we're focused on the bad guys: Nicol Bolas, his minions, and a few other villains. Will Bolas's nefarious plot come to fruition?
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01:01 – ECCC Magic Story Panel Announcements Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OODLifvdGHk 08:48 – Nicol Bolas 12:39 – Liliana Vess 14:20 – Ral Zarek 17:23 – Vraska 20:04 – Dovin Baan 23:41 – Kaya 28:20 – Domri Rade 32:43 – Vivien Reid 34:56 – Ashiok 39:25 – Ob Nixilis 45:04 – Tibalt 47:18 – Angrath 49:04 – Final Thoughts
Welcome to the beginning of War of the Spark speculation, folks! We're spending three weeks pouring over the stained glass Planeswalker art to talk about the history and potential futures of each character. This week we're focused on the good guys: the Gatewatch and their closest allies. Will they get to be the heroes they want to be?
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00:43 – Greg Weisman on Weekly MTG Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/395516943 12:26 – Gideon Jura 13:38 – Jace Beleren 15:37 – Chandra Nalaar 16:46 – Ajani Goldmane 19:12 – Teferi 20:08 – Karn 21:38 – Jaya Ballard 24:27 – Nissa Revane 25:12 – Samut 26:18 – Saheeli Rai 26:50 – Huatli 29:04 – Tamiyo 31:35 – Some Extra Speculation 33:39 – Final Thoughts
Slightly more than one year ago, The Vorthos Cast was born. Today's episode brings back original cohost Cary for a fully armed and operational podcast panel that looks back at where this show started, how it's evolved along the way, and the five wonderful folks who make it all happen. Let Jay, Loreley, Cary, Brian, and Ashley lead you down memory lane and divulge the behind-the-scenes history of the show.
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02:26 – Greg Weisman on Weekly MTG/Panel at ECCC 03:43 – Jay, Loreley, and Cary Start a Chat Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49659-who-is-the-raven-man 13:22 – The Vorthos Cast Is Born 19:14 – Cary Leaves, Brian and Ashley Join 27:05 – We Start a Patreon 28:55 – Listener Question: Full Episode with Arjun? 30:03 – Listener Question: Arjun/Annie Crossover? 30:45 – Listener Question: Will Elli Ever Get to Speak? 31:52 – Listener Question: What Made Y’all Start the Podcast? 34:56 – Listener Question: Favorite Episode of The Vorthos Cast? 37:42 – Listener Question: Favorite Podcasts to Listen To? 43:51 – Listener Question: What Is Each Cohost’s Official Role? 46:21 – Listener Question: Favorite Part of Making The Vorthos Cast? 49:19 – Listener Question: Could Cary $#!%post So Hard They Believe Themselves? 52:37 – Listener Question: What Do Y’all Do for a Living? 56:31 – Final Thoughts Link: https://twitter.com/JodiesJumpsuit/status/1103660116258185216
What a big week for Vorthos fans! Besides the final Ravnica Allegiance story being published, this year's innovation set, Modern Horizons, was announced with two deliciously flavorful cards! We also find time for a few listener questions and congratulate Autumn Burchett on their Mythic Championship victory!
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00:39 – Announcing: Modern Horizons Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-modern-horizons-2019-02-28 02:59 – MH1 Preview: Serra the Benevolent Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/jayannelli-03202018-the-song-of-serra 08:12 – MH1 Preview: Cabal Therapist 10:09 – MH1: The Mystery Art Link: https://vorthosjay.tumblr.com/post/183126555111/awesome-reveals-from-modern-horizons-serra 14:03 – Listener Question: Best Way to Summarize The Secretist? Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49732-ravnica-the-living-guildpact 16:22 – Listener Question: Did Amonkhet’s Trials Exist Before Bolas? 17:21 – Listener Question: Vitu-Ghazi Weakened Due to Trostani’s Discord? 18:57 – Magic Story: The Ascension of Reza Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/ascension-reza-2019-02-27 29:17 – Magic Story Discussion Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-438748113/episode-70-nicky-drayden-interview 40:18 – Final Thoughts
Wizards of the Coast surprised us with the first War of the Spark teaser trailer...right after we recorded an episode! Don't worry, as this week we catch up with all the public information about this climactic set. We also cover the Orzhov story and question where Ajani goes to the bathroom.
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00:14 – War of the Spark Trailer & Promo Art Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn_0ZjpjntE Link: http://mtg-realm.tumblr.com/post/182920955281/magic-the-gathering-war-of-the-spark 06:06 – Announcing Core Set 2020 and Commander 2019 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-core-set-2020-and-commander-2019-edition-2019-02-21 07:56 – Listener Question: Has “The Gathering” Ever Been Referenced in Lore? 11:27 – Magic Story: The Ledger of Hidden Fortunes Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/ledger-hidden-fortunes-2019-02-20 24:05 – Story Discussion 32:54 – Final Thoughts
We love Magic Story, but it stood us up on Valentine's Day! So we hung out with our mailbag and answered a wholeee bunch of listener questions. You folks asked about old characters, planar metaphysics, pizza, and more! We had a blast, and hope y'all enjoy this episode!
And yes, we'll talk about the War of the Spark teaser trailer next week. :-P
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00:44 – Announcing the Ravnica: Inquisition Game Link: http://www.dicetowernews.com/ravnica-inquisition-a-social-deduction-game-set-in-the-magic-the-gathering-universe/57452 02:43 – Listener Question: Why Are Ravnican Ogres Different? 04:17 – Listener Question: Why Are Dimir Logos Everywhere? 05:57 – Listener Question: What’s with the Orzhov “Cyclops” Helmets? 06:27 – Listener Question: Can Flamekin Be Planeswalkers? Link: https://multiverseinreview.blogspot.com/2015/09/prelude-to-war.html 10:04 – Listener Question: Any Info on Circu, Dimir Lobotomist? 11:30 – Listener Question: What Is the Nature of The Sisters of Flesh and Spirit? 13:09 – Listener Question: How Catastrophic Would Slivers in Velis Vel Be? 15:38 – Listener Question: Any Non-Card Named Ravnican Vampires? Link: https://mtg.gamepedia.com/List_of_secondary_characters 18:07 – Listener Question: Natural Metaphysics of Planar Fusion? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/savor-flavor/ajani-faces-planeswalker-2008-10-29 20:21 – Listener Question: Magical Weapon Power Ranking? 26:33 – Listener Question: Where Did the Five-Legged Shrew Go? 27:19 – Listener Question: Where Feather? 28:40 – Listener Question: Which Plane Is Most Likely to Invent Pizza? 33:57 – Final Thoughts
In this week's episode we cover the Simic fiction, discover that Jay has been hiding new information from us, and uncover the metaphysical mysteries of souls in the Multiverse.
There's no Magic story on February 13th, so our next episode is going to be a mailbag column! If you have a question you're dying to ask us, you can reach us on our Twitter or Tumblr accounts: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheVorthosCast Tumblr: https://thevorthoscast.tumblr.com/
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00:35 – 2019 Planeswalker Calendar Link: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Wall-Calendar-Day-Dream/dp/163571527X 03:37 – Listener Question: Where Do Spirits Go When They Die? 16:30 – Listener Question: Which Color Pair Is Most Misunderstood? 21:49 – Magic Story: The Principles of Unnatural Selection Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/principles-unnatural-selection-2019-02-06 33:33 Story Discussion 40:02 – Final Thoughts
Finally, the viashino have a place in Gruul history! Other than talking about this week's story concerning this triumphant moment, we answer some listener questions looking towards War of the Spark, call out Nicol Bolas, and wonder what Jace has on his face.
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01:08 – Listener Question: Who Would Win: Bolas or Ilharg? 04:53 – Listener Question: How Will War of the Spark Handle Planeswalker Cards? 08:20 – Magic Story: Rage of the Unsung Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/rage-unsung-2019-01-30 25:04 – Story Discussion 34:30 – Final Thoughts
Magic Story is finally back with Nicky Drayden's take on the Ravnica Allegiance guilds. This week we're covering the Rakdos story, catching up on listener questions, and reminding you about our new tier on Patreon that lets you listen to our recordings live on Thursdays at 7:00pm EST!
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02:33 – Listener Question: Finished the Web Fiction. What to Read Next? Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-storyline/649232-magic-storyline-resources-the-stories-and-lore-are 06:49 – Listener Question: Any Info about Ravnican Deities/Holidays? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/wake-call-2006-02-22 11:38 – Listener Question: How Does the Ravnican Calendar Work? 15:18 – Magic Story: The Illusions of Child’s Play Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/illusions-childs-play-2019-01-23 29:50 – Story Discussion and Speculation 37:10 – Final Thoughts
Prerelease weekend is over, and Ravnica Allegiance is almost here! Now that the whole set is public, it's time for the cast to comb through the set and find the most flavorful gems the cards have to offer. One topic, one episode, countless facets of flavor.
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01:06 – Ravnica Allegiance Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/ravnica-allegiance/cards?rna-productblock 01:43 – Bring to Trial 02:39 – Friggin’ Sharktopus 03:21 – Final Payment 04:04 – Rakdos, the Showstopper 05:25 – Depose//Deploy 06:53 – Angelic Exaltation, Mass Manipulation, Awaken the Erstwhile, Electrodominance, & Sagittar’s Volley 08:07 – Get to the Point 08:54 – Cult Guildmage 09:37 – Priest of Forgotten Gods 11:33 – Expose to Daylight 12:43 – Kaya’s Wrath 14:13 – Captive Audience 15:28 – Spear Spewer 16:46 – Noxious Groodion, Feral Maaka, & Sylvan Brushstrider 18:12 – Hero of Precinct One, Rally to Battle, & Civic Stalwart 19:38 – Rhythm of the Wild & Nikya of the Old Ways 22:07 – Titanic Brawl 23:06 – Humongulus 24:07 – Rakdos Firewheeler 25:55 – Burn Bright 26:51 – Verity Circle 28:05 – Catacomb Crocodile 30:02 – Ethereal Absolution 31:27 – Goblin Gathering 33:13 – Tower Defense 34:58 – Biomancer’s Familiar 35:51 – Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 37:08 – Ravnica Allegiance: Mythic Edition Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/ravnica-allegiance-mythic-edition-2019-01-10 43:36 – Final Thoughts Link: https://armlx.blogspot.com/2019/01/limited-design-32-for-three-is-place-to.html
Welcome to the final part of our series on the ten guilds of Ravnica! The law-writing Azorius, law-skirting Orzhov, and law-smashing Gruul are the subjects of this week's episode. We also briefly mention the name of the next set, War of the Spark, and announce some exciting new things for our Patreon!
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00:46 – New Patreon Tier Announcement! Link: https://www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast 03:44 – Next Set Title Revealed: War of the Spark Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/coming-soon 05:50 – Additional Notes from Ravnica Art Book 10:27 – The Azorius Senate 15:43 – Azorius Creature Types 17:20 – Notable Azorius 19:13 – The Orzhov Syndicate 25:49 – Orzhov Creature Types 27:52 – Notable Orzhov 30:23 – The Gruul Clans 35:29 – Gruul Creature Types 36:32 – Notable Gruul 37:17 – Final Thoughts
Welcome to 2019! In the heat of Ravnica Allegiance previews, it's time to get back to our dives into the ten guilds of the plane. This week is all about the evolutionary Simic Combine and revolutionary Cult of Rakdos.
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00:29 – Scheduling Reminders 01:18 – Loreley Gets Another NDA 03:00 – The Simic Combine 16:46 – Simic Creature Types 19:45 – Notable Simic 20:44 – The Cult of Rakdos 25:59 – Notable Rakdos 28:16 – Rakdos Creature Types 32:19 – Final Thoughts
Surprise! There's a whole new FREE Magic: The Gathering novella by Brandon Sanderson! Children of the Nameless is about the misadventures of snarky Planeswalker Davriel on Innistrad. This week's entire episode is dedicated to this wonderfully dramatic, humorous, and metaphysically mysterious tale.
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00:43 – Our Ravnica Allegiance Preview Plans 01:47 – Interviews with Brandon Sanderson Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/348676141?filter=archives&sort=time Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/a5c95s/children_of_the_nameless_ama_with_brandon/ 4:34 – Children of the Nameless Summary Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 39:46 – Children of the Nameless Speculation 50:46 – Final Thoughts
We got two amazing new pieces of Magic fiction this past week! We briefly mention Children of the Nameless, the novella by Brandon Sanderson (which we'll talk about next week!), but today's episode is mostly about Chandra #1 from IDW. We also get back into the groove of answering listener questions.
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01:00 – Children of the Nameless – Novella by Brandon Sanderson Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 03:16 – Listener Question: What Is Project Lightning Bug? 07:34 – Listener Question: Why So Little Conflict Between Bolas and Phyrexia? 09:21 – Listener Question: Did the Rakdos Stop Being the Mining Guild? 11:53 – IDW’s Magic: The Gathering Chandra #1 Link: https://www.comixology.com/Magic-The-Gathering-Chandra-1/digital-comic/713452 32:44 – Speculation: Kaldheim Soon? 36:37 – Final Thoughts
In a week with some haymaker news (New promos! Chandra comic preview! New Magic Story webpage!), we spent most of this episode finally exploring Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, the first D&D crossover book officially released. It contains new information about Ravnica, lots of useful tips for first-timers, and a plethora of familiar references for Magic fans new and old.
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00:14 – 2019 MagicFest Promos Link: https://www.cfbevents.com/promo 02:28 – IDW Chandra Comic Preview Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/magic-gathering-chandra-preview-2018-12-05 04:46 – Magic Story Page Update Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 09:28 – Inside Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica 43:04 – Final Thoughts
The Vorthos Cast is back with all the flavor news your ears need to hear. The biggest story out of last week was the boycott of future Grand Prix/MagicFest events my a number of Magic artists. We also talk about the soon-to-be-released Chandra comic from IDW and the remaining flavor gems from Ultimate Masters (out this Friday, 12/7).
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01:52 – Artist Boycott MagicFest Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/vorthosmike-11262018-artists-boycott-magic-fests 09:23 – Chandra #1 SCGCon Exclusive Cover Link: https://twitter.com/StarCityGames/status/1068160996899020800 10:49 – Ultimate Masters Flavor Gems 11:11 – Sigil of the New Dawn 12:43 – Foil 14:13 – Frantic Search Link: https://twitter.com/_SEV8/status/1065400011343753216 16:11 – Unstable Mutation 17:10 – Offalsnout 18:46 – Spoils of the Vault 20:39 – Lava Spike 21:17 – Gamble 22:58 – Seismic Assault 26:39 – Golgari Grave-Troll 27:29 – Kodama’s Reach 28:25 – Verdant Eidolon 29:21 – Vengeful Rebirth Link: https://twitter.com/kellydigges/status/1065290256432345089 30:39 – Slippery Bogle 31:52 – Phyrexian Altar 33:25 – Ulamog’s Crusher 35:37 – Phyrexian Tower 38:50 – Squee, Goblin Nabob 40:20 – Mistveil Plains Link: https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1068266617635815429 41:49 – Final Thoughts
The final Guilds of Ravnica story is here! After a few news items and a juicy listener question about Magic's past, we take a look back at what have been five excellent stories set on the city-plane.
Note that because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, we will be taking a week off. The Vorthos Cast will return December 3rd with Ultimate Masters Flavor Gems.
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00:26 – Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica Is Out! 03:56 – D&D Lore You Should Know: Orzhov and Dimir Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/335398564 04:24 – IDW Chandra #1 Delayed A Week Until 12/5 04:45 – GoFundMe for Chris L’Etoille’s Wife, Jaime Link: https://www.gofundme.com/qsxvx-jamie039s-recovery-fund 06:16 – Listener Question: What Prequel Cards Could Exist? 13:34 – Magic Story: Bound and Bonded Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/bound-and-bonded-2018-11-14 33:30 – A Look Back at the Guilds of Ravnica Stories 41:41 – Final Thoughts
A new Magic set has been announced! The first look at new art from Ultimate Masters occupies the first half of this week's episode, while the travels of an insectoid farm boy in this week's Magic Story inspire discussion for the second half. Also don't forget to head down to your local game story and pick up the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica for your Magic-themed D&D adventures!
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01:02 – Announcing Ultimate Masters Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-ultimate-masters-2018-11-05 02:10 – UMA Art: Bitterblossom 03:30 – UMA Art: Demonic Tutor 05:14 – UMA Art: Goryo’s Vengeance 06:50 – UMA Art: Reanimate 08:36 – UMA Art: Tasigur, the Golden Fang 09:42 – UMA Art: Through the Breach 13:31 – UMA Art: Eternal Witness 14:27 – UMA Art: Life from the Loam 15:19 – UMA Art: Tarmogoyf 16:26 – UMA Art: Fulminator Mage 17:45 – UMA Art: Platinum Emperion 18:20 – UMA Art: Ancient Tomb 19:23 – UMA Art: Dark Depths 21:46 – UMA Art: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 24:05 – The Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica Is Out! 24:44 – Magic Story: Death’s Precious Moments Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/deaths-precious-moments-2018-11-07 49:11 – Final Thoughts
After reporting on a smattering of Vorthos news and answering a handful of listener questions, the cast dives into The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Concepts & Legends, the new 25th anniversary art book by James Wyatt.
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00:24 – Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kits Released! Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/building-guild-kits-2018-11-01 01:11 – Ravnica Weekend Nov 9-11 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/introducing-magic-weekend-2018-10-29 04:12 – Another D&D Adventure with Ravnica: The Broken Pact Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/331337946 04:38 – Listener Question: Are the Metathran Still Alive? 06:00 – Listener Question: Is Profane Memento Referencing a Specific Angel? 06:46 – Listener Question: How Does Language Work Throughout the Multiverse? 12:01 – Listener Question: What Is Our Favorite Magic Web Fiction? 22:29 – The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Concepts & Legends Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/savor-flavor/perfection-through-etherium-2008-11-18 47:00 – Final Thoughts
There were lots of little news pieces this week for this fully armed and operational cast to cover. We also tackled a handful of listener questions, discussed the most recent Magic Story, and got a little wholesome towards the end of the episode.
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01:01 – 2018 Holiday Card: Bog Humbug Link: https://twitter.com/MTGAlison/status/1055603050243452928 01:35 – Ravnica: The Broken Pact D&D Session at Twitchcon Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/328296644 01:44 – “A Brief History of Wizards Being Bad at Selling Books” Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/samkeeper-10252018-a-brief-history-of-wizards-being-bad-at-selling-books 07:29 – Listener Question: What Happens to Liliana If She Gets Possessed? 08:39 – Listener Question: Were the Selesnya Building an Army to Stop Bolas? 10:06 – Listener Question: What Planeswalker Would We Pick for SDCC 2018-Style Promos? 12:44 – Listener Question: Chance of Returning to Kamigawa? 14:45 – Magic Story: Clans and Legions Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/clans-legions-2018-10-24 26:49 – Speculation: Is Aresaan Feather in Disguise? 28:53 – Speculation: Do These Stories Contain Hints for the Future? 31:27 – Speculation: Is Gruul Discrimination the Breaking Point of the Guild? Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/314360130 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/323443360 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/323444719 36:52 – Final Thoughts
A Broken Pact. A controversial cover. A spectacular story. This week's episode covers another exciting week in the world of Vorthos fans as most of the cast finally returns from the plight of a hurricane.
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00:21 – Jay Hired as Creativity Consultant for Magic 01:54 – Ravnica: The Broken Pact Episode 2 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/325237287 02:26 – IDW Chandra #3 Cover Controversy Link: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/10/17/turtles-ponies-ghostbusters-kyle-baker-black-panther-idw-january-2019-solicitations/ 15:09 – Listener Question: Concerns Comic Will Spoil Ravnica Story? 17:19 – Listener Question: How Does Each Guild Fund Itself? 18:58 – Listener Question: Was Niv-Mizzet Birthed by the Ur-Dragon? 20:18 – Listener Question: How Big Is Ravnica? 22:23 – Magic Story: Testing the Dark Waters Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/testing-dark-waters-2018-10-17 36:31 – Final Thoughts
With Hurricane Michael taking out half the cast, it's up to Andrew and Brian to cover a busy Vorthos week (Jay and Ashley are actually fine and will return next week.) We cover news about the future of Magic Story, congratulate Jay on his freelance position with Wizards of the Coast, discuss the Dimir-tastic Magic Story, and meander down interesting tangents along the way.
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01:02 – News: GRN & RNA Are All Side Stories Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/what-expect-magic-story-2018-10-09 05:31 – News: Magic Story to Explore Beyond Card Sets 07:07 – News: Greg Weisman Also Writing Third Ravnica Set Web Fiction 12:28 – Don’t Forget About Chandra #1 Soon from IDW 12:59 – News: Jay Working Freelance for Wizards 15:17 – Weekly MTG Interviews with Cassandra Khaw and Nicky Drayden Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/321317625 15:50 – Potential Halloween Story? 17:45 – Don’t Forget Ravnica: The Broken Pact D&D Crossover Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/322237710 18:25 – Magic Story: Under the Cover of Fog Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/under-cover-fog-2018-10-10 34:02 – Speculation: Is Merret’s Baby a Planeswalker? 39:14 – Final Thoughts
This week is part two of our delve into each of the five guilds from Guilds of Ravnica! We cover the Golgari Swarm, House Dimir, and the Boros Legion. If you want to learn more about the Selesnya Conclave or the Izzet League, check out part one from last week: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/35-the-guilds-of-ravnica-selesnya-izzet
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00:58 – Chandra #2 Cover Revealed Link: https://previewsworld.com/Article/219149-Pyro-Power-In-Magic-The-Gatherings-Chandra 02:03 – The Golgari Swarm 07:20 – Golgari Creature Types 12:02 – Notable Golgari 14:06 – House Dimir 18:36 – Dimir Creature Types 24:24 – Notable Dimir 25:48 – The Boros Legion 32:23 – Boros Creature Types 35:05 – Notable Boros 38:08 – Final Thoughts
With the Guilds of Ravnica prerelease behind us, it's time to start taking a closer look at the city-plane. After catching up with a few listener questions, we begin our dive into each of the five guilds from the set. This week we discuss the ideology, creatures, and characters of the Selesnya Conclave and the Izzet League.
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00:51 – Guild Kit Face Cards-New Art! 02:06 – Listener Question: Will Karn Use the Cylix on Ravnica? 03:25 – Listener Question: What Info Will Bolas Get from Liliana? 05:16 – Background of Ravnica’s Guilds 06:04 – The Selesnya Conclave 13:39 – Selesnya Creature Types 17:33 – Notable Selesnyans 20:10 – The Izzet League 25:04 – Izzet Creature Types 31:48 – Notable Izzet 35:32 – Final Thoughts
Jay is off again, but we have plenty of new to fill his place! From the announcement of the Ravnica author to D&D plans, there are lots of exciting Vorthos things happening in the next month! We also take this episode to cover the rest of the flavorful cards in Guilds of Ravnica.
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00:50 – Guilds of Ravnica/Ravnica Allegiance Author: Nicky Drayden Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/312583620 02:02 – Contos de Magic: The Gathering–Brazilian Story Publication Link: https://twitter.com/kozistranslator/status/1041683986710454272 03:47 – Saving Throw Show–Ravnica: The Broken Pact D&D Stream Link: https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1043590792462385152 07:59 – Post-Mending Ravnica History: Gideon Fights Crime 09:23 – Guilds of Ravnica Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/guilds-ravnica-2018-09-19 09:52 – Collar the Culprit/Citywide Bust 11:45 – Intrusive Packbeast 11:59 – Skyline Scout 13:06 – Sworn Companions 16:24 – Drowned Secrets 17:17 – Wishcoin Crab 18:26 – Child of Night/Fearless Halberdier/Demotion 21:04 – Experimental Frenzy 23:12 – Hellkite Whelp 24:11 – Rubblebelt Boar/Street Riot 29:28 – Bounty of Might/Flight of Equenauts 31:38 – Generous Stray 33:10 – Grappling Sundew 35:11 – Pause for Reflection 36:45 – Conclave Cavalier 37:27 – Crackling Drake 39:07 – Etrata, the Silencer 41:02 – Tajic, Legion’s Edge 43:40 – Trostani Discordant 45:46 – Rhizome Lurcher 47:18 – Thousand-Year Storm 49:07 – Hitchclaw Recluse/Hatchery Spider/Prey Upon/Severed Strands 49:43 – Final Thoughts Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpOySUK3Vdc Link: https://thevorthoscast.tumblr.com/
With Jay off on hurricane duty, Andrew, Brian, and Ashley tackle a week of juicy Guilds of Ravnica previews before recapping Ravnica's history from the Mending to the present day.
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01:08 – Baby Kraul! 02:12 – Dream Eater 03:37 – Guild Summit 04:45 – Assassin’s Trophy 07:41 – Command the Storm 09:08 – Affectionate Indrik 10:45 – Erratic Cyclops 11:32 – Skyknight Legionnaire 12:31 – Notion Rain 14:07 – March of the Multitudes 15:29 – Izoni, Thousand-Eyed 17:02 – Niv-Mizzet, Parun 19:13 – Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice 20:18 – Lazav, Multifarious 22:34 – Vraska, Golgari Queen 25:50 – Find // Finality, Expansion // Explosion, Response // Resurgence 26:54 – Guildgates 28:49 – The Post-Mending History of Ravnica 44:25 – Final Thoughts
Lots to talk about this week! There's a new Magic novel, a bunch of preview cards from PAX West, and two chapters of Magic Story featuring Vivien Reid!
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00:51 – New Novel: Ravnica by Greg Weisman Link: https://www.amazon.com/Ravnica-Magic-Gathering-Greg-Weisman-ebook/dp/B07GVPZBDZ 02:44 –Conclave Tribunal 04:17 – Narcomoeba 05:06 – Sinister Sabotage 07:48 – Necrotic Wound 08:52 – Legion Warboss 09:59 – Wary Okapi 11:16 – Emmara, Soul of the Accord 14:46 – Firemind’s Research 15:47 – Ral, Izzet Viceroy 17:23 – Thought Erasure 18:52 – Hammer Dropper 19:26 – Guildgates Reprinted 19:47 – Shock Lands Reprinted 20:27 – Moodier Richard Wright Basics 20:48 – New Guild Basics 24:36 – Ral’s Staticaster 25:24 – Attendant of Vraska 25:53 – Unbowed Part 2 & 3 Link (Part 2): https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/unbowed-part-2-2018-09-05 Link (Part 3): https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/unbowed-part-3-2018-09-07 30:43 – Vivien Speculation 32:50 – Final Thoughts
With Brian off at Dragon Con, it was up to Jay, Andrew, and Ashley to cover the Vorthos news about the Guild Kits, website updates, and interview with new Magic Story author Cassandra Khaw. We also answered a few listener questions before covering the first of three stories about brand-new Planeswalker Vivien Reid!
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01:01 – No PAX Chat This Episode 02:09 – Guild Kit Art 04:23 – Story Widget Updates 06:07 – The Mary Sue Interview with Cassandra Khaw Link: https://www.themarysue.com/tms-exclusive-cassandra-khaw-vivien-reid/ 08:00 – Listener Question: Story/Flavor Text Mismatches 12:41 – Listener Question: Do Angels Have Ghosts/Souls? 17:18 – Magic Story: Unbowed Part 1 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/unbowed-part-1-2018-08-29 27:10 – When Does This Story Take Place? 27:58 – Prose and Horror 29:10 – Nicol Bolas and Skalla 32:00 – Lead-In to Guilds of Ravnica? 33:22 – Vivien As a Character 39:26 – Final Thoughts
This week we introduce the shows two new cohosts, Brian and Ashley, who will be joining Jay and Andrew moving forward. We also (re)introduce everyone to the plane of Ravnica in preparation for the upcoming set, Guilds of Ravnica. This episode covers the pre-Mending history of the plane.
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00:00 – Introducing New Cohosts Brian and Ashley 02:52 – Listener Question: Could Other Paruns Be Planeswalkers? 10:39 – An Abridged History of Ravnica: City of Guilds 27:19 – An Abridged History of Guildpact 30:42 – An Abridged History of Dissension 39:40 – Speculation: Is Niv-Mizzet Really the Only Dragon? 40:18 – Speculation: Link Between Guildpact and Ravnica’s Planar Barrier? 41:20 – Speculation: Are All Ravnica’s Angels Clones of Feather? 43:39 – Final Thoughts
It's Cary's final episode with the show, but lordy is it a juicy one. While we cover the final episode of Core Set 2019's fantastic story, our big topic of the day is the ways which Wizards of the Coast can better communicate with and support the Vorthos community.
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01:16 – Announcing: “Rise of the Gatewatch” Book 04:45 – Listener Question: What Can WotC Do to Support the Vorthos Community? 07:31 – Lack of Promotion for Ancillary Products 12:13 – Lack of Communication about Magic Story 16:42 – Lack of Website Support for Past Lore/Onboarding Link: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/story Link: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Black-Library 26:15 – Lack of Marketing for New Products Link: https://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/wizards-of-the-coast-selects-the-martin-agency-as-agency-of-record/148375 29:32 – Lack of Engagement with Fan Content Creators 33:52 – Actionable Solutions 37:40 – Chronicle of Bolas: The Unwritten Now Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/chronicle-bolas-unwritten-now-2018-08-15 47:42 – Speculation: What Did We Learn about Dominaria’s Timeline? 50:13 – Speculation: Does Narset Know Ugin and Bolas’s History? 52:24 – Speculation: What Did Ugin Teach the Abzan, Mardu, and Sultai? 55:17 – Final Thoughts
This week we talk about an exciting announcement: a new Magic: The Gathering comic from IDW all about Chandra! We answer a few listener questions (including a rapid-fire session for Cary), talk about the latest episode of Magic Story, and delve into the truth and lies of Bolas's take on his own past.
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00:29 – New IDW Comic–Magic: The Gathering: Chandra Link: http://comicbook.com/comics/2018/08/08/magic-the-gathering-comics-chandra-idw-publishing/#1 12:15 – Listener Question: Vorthos-Themed Commander Decks 15:21 – Listener Question: Moonsilver and Geists 17:01 – Rapid Fire Questions for Cary 23:36 – Chronicle of Bolas: Perspectives 34:42 – Speculation: How Much of Bolas’s Story Is Lies? 36:10 – Speculation: The Rest of Dominaria’s Mythohistories 37:29 – Speculation: What the Heck Is the Meditation Realm? 42:44 – Speculation: Is This the First Time Rift? 46:17 – Final Thoughts
After a light news week, we dig into a mountain of listener questions about a variety of topics. This episode of Chronicle of Bolas also sparked a number of questions about the history of the Multiverse.
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01:04 – Listener Question: History of the Slivers 06:36 – Listener Question: Color Pie Awareness in Magic Story 11:20 – Listener Question: Short Summary of Lorwyn Block 13:23 – Listener Question: Nissa’s Future 15:58 – Listener Question: Our Best Vorthos Moments in a Game 18:48 – Chronicle of Bolas: A Familiar Stranger Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/unbroken-and-unbowed-2015-04-22 31:59 – Elder Dragon War Timeline Questions 37:14 – Does This Story Change What Bolas Knows about Ugin? 41:09 – Final Thoughts 45:55 – Good-bye, Cary
Without a Core Set 2019 story this week, Jay, Andrew, and Cary get to go deep on Commander (2018 Edition) flavor. We also report the news about the Dungeons & Dragons expansion, Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, and answer a fan question about the metaphysics of Rabiah's 1,001 reflections.
01:32 – Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica 07:01 – Saheeli, the Gifted Link: http://talinthas.tumblr.com/post/176216595342/kaladesh-returns 08:07 – Tawnos, Urza’s Apprentice 11:24 – Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer 12:59 – Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor 13:50 – Treasure Nabber 14:10 – Ancient Stone Idol 17:02 – Lord Windgrace Link: https://twitter.com/EthanFleischer/status/1021876810856849415 17:58 – Thantis, the Warweaver 19:02 – Gyrus, Waker of Corpses 20:37 – Xantcha, Sleeper Agent Link: http://www.gatheringmagic.com/samkeeper-11032016-xantcha-magics-first-trans-hero/ 23:53 – Whiptongue Hydra 24:37 – Crash of Rhino Beetles 25:22 – Turntimber Sower 26:07 – Estrid, the Masked 26:43 – Kestia, the Cultivator 29:53 – Tuvasa the Sunlit 30:35 – Arismethes, Slumbering Isle 33:47 – Aminatou, the Fateshifter Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/aminatou-fateshifter-2018-07-26 35:35 – Varina, Lich Queen 37:19 – Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign 37:36 – Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow 38:55 – So What’s with That Planeswalker Poster? 42:35 – Listener Question: How Do the 1,001 Rabiahs Work? 44:52 – Final Thoughts
Lots of news to cover this week, especially the Weekly MTG interviews with franchise team members Nic Kelman and Daniel Ketchum. We also answer a few quick listener questions, recap episode 5 of Core Set 2019's story, and throw shade at five-card cycles.
00:41 – Vivien Reid Planeswalker Page 02:55 – Weekly MTG with Nic Kelman and Daniel Ketchum 08:12 – Vivien Reid Story by Cassandra Khaw Announced 13:12 – MTG Arena Exclusive Cards and Dialogue 16:43 – Listener Question: Blackblade vs. Godsend 18:23 – Listener Question: Hellkite Meaning 20:03 – Listener Question: Future of Disabled Characters 23:50 – Chronicle of Bolas: Blood and Fire Recap 36:53 – Elder Dragon War Questions 37:31 – Is Bolas Lurking? 43:30 – Final Thoughts
This week we discuss the first look at Commander (2018 Edition), the timey-wimey history of Tarkir, episode four of the Chronicle of Bolas, and speculation about this story's near future.
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00:24 – Commander 2018 Deck Themes and Art 15:31 – Timeline of Tarkir’s History 21:04 – Chronicle of Bolas: Whispers of Treachery 37:24 – Frame Story Speculation 3944 – Elder Dragon War Speculation 40:36 – Will Bolas’s Ravnica Plans Explained? 42:04 – Return to Tarkir Foreshadowing 48”58 – Final Thoughts
Magic Story was off this past week, but there was still plenty to talk about! First and foremost, we have a Patreon now! The SDCC promos were revealed, we discuss the ins and outs of Magic canon, and highlight our favorite insights from the Dominaria art book.
01:06 – We have a Patreon now! 02:23 – San Diego Comic Con Promos 08:52 – Seeding for Future Nissa, Karn, and Teferi Plots 14:44 – Hierarchy of Canon 29:53 – Vorthos Telephone: History of Internet Fanon 36:53 – Dominaria Art Book Flavor Gems 47:06 – Lord Windgrace Art and Speculation 52:34 – www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast
This week Jay, Andrew, and Cary cover Vorthos news, get back to answering your questions, and talk all about the latest episode of Magic Story!
00:59 – Two Sides of Jace’s Character Growth 06:02 – Apex of Power, Fraying Omnipotence, and Patient Rebuilding 09:45 – History of the Thran Empire 13:13 – Planeswalker Who-Knows-Who 15:50 – A Bunch of Teferi Questions 24:09 – Why Basic Lands Don’t Have Flavor Text 25:37 – C18 Planeswalker Predictions 31:21 – Chronicles of Bolas: Things Unseen 45:56 – Core Set 2019 Story Speculation 57:12 – Final Thoughts
In this episode, we talk about story translation news, many M19 previews, and the latest Magic Story episode. Outside this episode, you're a valid Vorthos and we love you!
00:36 Translation Drops 02:46 Core Set 03:57 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager 07:08 Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire 08:56 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 10:48 Chromium, the Mutable 12:24 Arcades, the Strategist 14:04 Skilled Animator 14:18 Lathliss, Dragon Queen 15:06 Tezzeret's Strider 15:57 Sarkhan's Whelp 17:21 - Ajani's Last Stand 18:32 Sarkhan's Unsealing 20:26 Liliana, the Necromancer 20:59 One with the Machine 24:42 Trashmaster Goblin 25:21 Colossal Stomp 25:57 Daybreak Chaplain 26:34 Regal Bloodlord 27:30 Runed Armasaur 28:38 Azareth the Awakener 30:30 Sai, Master Thopterist 32:26 Chronicle of Bolas: The First Lesson 48:06 Discussion
00:53 - Global Series Flavor Gems 07:41 - Core 2019 Story and Previews 09:24 - Nicol Bolas Elder Dragon 11:21 - Vivien Reid and the other planeswalkers 14:54 - Patient Rebuilding 16:12 - Onakke Ogre 17:58 - Take Vengeance 19:24 - Vampire Sovereign and Sovereign's Bite 20:26 - The Elder Dragons Comic 27:48 - Chronicle of Bolas: The Twins 48:40 - What does this mean for Ugin and Tarkir? 51:50 - The Ur-Dragon versus Arahbo? 54:52 - Will we see the Elder Dragon War? 56:10 - What other planes might we see? 1:00:10 - Wrap-Up
In this episode, the cast talks about the various terms for changes to continuity, and breaks down the continuity issues in Return to Dominaria. The Cast also talks about what they loved about the story and where it succeeded!
00:18 Definining Continuity Changes 09:56 Gideon's Aegis Shield 12:02 Suq'Ata City 12:52 Sisay and Shanna's Aura 14:40 Jhoira and Jodah 16:42 Molimo and Llanowar 18:36 The Cylix and Yavimayan Geography 22:38 Chandra's Problematic Timeline 23:00 Slimefoot's Babies 25:32 The Liches of Urborg 27:42 Blackblade vs Black Blade 28:50 Continuity Management and Feedback 32:14 Mother Luti and Jaya Ballard 35:29 Liliana's Character Development 36:54 Kwende as a white-aligned villain 38:02 Everything Teferi! 41:10 Gideon's Character Development 47:42 Slimefoot Remains Silent 49:13 Loose Ends and the Future 51:35 Wrap-Up
Today the Cast dives deep into the history of Nicol Bolas, what we know about his schemes so far, and what his final plan might be for Ravnica!
00:56 Core 2019 03:25 Bolas in Pre-History 05:07 Fate Reforged 06:24 The Kami War 07:37 Death of the God-Emperor 10:22 The Eldest Reborn 13:47 Birth of the God-Pharaoh 15:27 Alara 16:57 The Infinite Consortium 22:40 Shards of Alara and the Conflux 28:19 Zendikar 34:19 Test of Metal/Dark Discoveries 38:02 Scars of Mirrodin 40:34 Kaladesh 41:48 Amonkhet 42:39 Ixalan 44:19 Dominaria 45:00 Ravnica 46:09 Bolas Meta-Discussion 54:04 What is Bolas's Plan? 1:01:25 Wrap-Up
In this episode, we kick things off with a previewed Magic 2019 card, dive into discussion of Magic's many gods and religion, and wrap it all up with the Dominaria finale (featuring a fair bit of future story speculation).
1:02 – Core 2019 preview: Apex of Power 2:59 – Gods of the Multiverse 17:23 – Religions of Dominaria 29:03 – Return to Dominaria Episode 12 42:47 – Open story hooks on Dominaria 44:10 – Guilds of Ravnica speculation 50:05 – Final thoughts
In this episode, the Cast talks Battlebond Previews, the Penultimate Episode of Return to Dominaria, and what they foresee in the finale.
01:35 Battlebond Previews 04:38 Will and Rowan Kenrith 08:08 Vitrus, Gorm, and the Azra 10:55 Pir, Toothy, and Racial Consistency 15:18 Regna and Krav, Angel and Demon Lovers 17:11 Sylvia Brightspear and Korvath Brightflame 18:48 Soaring Show-Off 20:27 Uncommon Partners 21:10 Last One Standing 21:55 Magic Story Podcast: Otaria and the Cabal 24:28 Return to Dominaria Episode 11 Discussion 45:44 When does Gideon get the Blackblade 47:31 Unresolved Threads 51:09 Weatherlight Casualties 53:16 Wrap-up
In this episode we cover the full history of how Magic's story has been told, from every medium to every paradigm shift. We also recap Return to Dominaria: Episode 10, which features fans' favorite fungus, Slimefoot!
2:08 – Go listen to our Announcement Day mini-episode! 3:51 – What story moment got cut from DOM? 6:37 – History of Magic Story: Pre-Revision 10:44 – History of Magic Story: Revision & The Weatherlight Saga 14:05 – History of Magic Story: Post-Invasion & Plane-Hopping 17:25 – History of Magic Story: The Mending 19:57 – History of Magic Story: Post-Mending Era 33:27 – History of Magic Story: Magic Origins 42:05 – History of Magic Story: Dominaria & Guest Authors 46:03 – Dominaria Episode 10 Recap 57:08 – Final Thoughts
00:15 - Battlebond 01:56 - Global Series 04:08 - Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance 05:15 - Concept Art 05:55 - Ravnica's Third Set 07:18 - Final Thoughts on Redesigns
The Ravnica Stories Collection: https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AED3FH3RQEFDDBONZ3BJPVAZYIBQ/DZYGDSUW5Q20
The Vorthos Cast digs into the Mending, cylixes, and Dominaria Episode 9!
01:50 - Battlebond 07:22 - Mending Podcast Discussion 20:25 - Jackalope Herd (Exodus) 24:55 - Return to Dominaria: Episode 9 29:53 - Karn's Sylex/Cylix/Kylix 38:53 - Jhoira and the Crew 40:56 - Jace: RIX vs. DOM 45:58 - Teferi CRUNCH 46:16 - Change in Processes 48:30 - Final Thoughts
Today the Cast says goodbye to Kelly Digges, talks about the real-life origins of the Nine Titans, and revels in Jaya Ballard having been Mother Luti all along!
01:04 - Farewell to Kelly Digges 02:11 - Concepts and Legends Art Book 05:20 - Core 2019 News and Discussion 10:06 - We don't know Odyssey or Onslaught 12:46 - Why Were The Nine Titans Chosen 27:00 - Return to Dominaria Episode 8 38:00 - Mother Luti is Jaya Ballard Discussion 50:09 - How did Karn and Jaya Meet? 53:25 - What is Karn up to in Yavimaya? 55:13 - What has Jaya been up to? 56:46 - What does this mean for the Raven Man theory? 59:51 - Wrap-up
This week Jay, Andrew, and Cary share some big news, revel in behind-the-scenes information about Dominaria's map, answer fan questions, and recap Return to Dominaria Episode 7.
00:23 – Big News for Andrew 03:02 – Dominaria Geography Background 04:58 – Magic Story Podcast 14 Recap 20:32 – Art Speculation for Global Series: Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling 23:30 – Tamiyo’s Magic vs. Sagas 27:00 – Carthalion Family History 39:19 – Return to Dominaria Episode 7 Recap 54:55 – Final Thoughts
Jay has returned for the conclusion of Dominaria preview card coverage and discussion of Return to Dominaria Episode 6.
02:46 - Jay talks Jodah 05:56 - Traxos, Scourge of Kroog 07:58 - Evra, Halcyon Witness 09:55 - Kwende, Pride of Femeref 11:24 - Marwyn the Nurturer and Hallar the Firefletcher 14:25 - Clifftop Retreat 15:32 - Hinterland Harbor 17:35 - Isolated Chapel 18:15 - Plains by Dimitar 19:25 - Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood 21:27 - Primordial Wurm 23:45 - Gideon's Reproach 24:50 - On Serra’s Realm 26:08 - Deep Freeze 27:24 - Syncopate 29:06 - Feral Abomination, Fight With Fire 30:03 - Devastation of Otaria, The Bladewing Clan, Nature’s Spiral, Sparring Construct 32:00 - Mark Poole’s Basic Land Cycle 33:00 - Sveylun and Slinn Voda 34:15 - Call for Listener Questions 34:35 - Return to Dominaria Episode 6 40:18 - Ghosts and Phasing 42:30 - What was that Artifact? 44:05 - Niambi and Teferi’s Legacy 45:28 - Teferi’s Spark and Spark Transferal 51:27 - Wrap-Up
With Jay on vacation, Andrew and Cary discuss GP Seattle, highlight exciting preview cards from Dominaria, and recap Return to Dominaria Episode 5!
00:20 – GP Seattle 02:48 – The Antiquities War 04:32 – Primevals’ Glorious Rebirth 06:05 – The Eldest Reborn 07:44 – The Mending of Dominaria 10:54 – Rite of Belzenlok 15:20 – Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar 18:31 – Grand Warlord Radha 20:46 – Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive 23:38 – Lich’s Mastery & Josu Vess, Lich Knight 24:53 – Cabal Stronghold 27:41 – Blackblade Reforged 30:21 – Assorted Flavor Gems 36:52 – Return to Dominaria Episode 5
And here's the link to Sam's video about Seb McKinnon we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J05d3zNkb3k
0:45 Preview Card: In Bolas's Clutches 7:21 Nicol Bolas's Plans 14:37 The Chain Veil 16:32 The Twist Endings 21:56 The Raven Man Problem
Cary, Andrew, and Jay discuss Dominaria previews from the past week, recap Return to Dominaria Episode 4, and announce the date of The Vorthos Cast's very own Dominaria card preview!
Cary, Andrew, and Jay talk the new Sagas, Planeswalker Deck reveals, and Return to Dominaria Episode 3!
01:40 The Five Tolarian Academies 06:35 Merfolk Trickster 08:36 Triumph of Gerrard 11:11 History of Benalia (Link to History of Benalia) 14:20 The First Eruption (Link to the making of the card) 17:23 Fall of the Thran 21:39 Time of Ice 33:43 Planeswalker Deck Reveals 39:50 Return to Dominaria Episode 3
In our second episode of the week, we discover won't have to wait very long to get some resolution on a few of the things we've been talking about, we speculate about Belzenlok's greater role in the Chain Veil story, and lots of promo cards to talk about!
01:02 Megastructures Revealed 01:40 Zhalfiran Void 04:15 Opt 10:36 Cast Down 11:58 Shanna, Sisay's Legacy 12:58 Steel Leaf Champion 13:18 Llanowar Elves 14:05 Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp 15:14 New FNM Promo Frames 16:48 Liliana's History 26:05 Return to Dominaria Episode 02 44:58 Belzenlok the Elder Demon 48:48 Belzenlok and the Chain Veil 53:52 Wrap-Up
Today the Crew talks about Return to Dominaria Episode 1, the most exciting details from the new Dominaria Map, and the meaning behind some recent preview cards.
01:12 Signature Spellbook Series 04:50 Serra Disciple 07:23 Urza's Ruinous Blast 10:51 Flame of Keld 12:29 Saproling Migration 17:20 The Dominaria Map 23:55 Return to Dominaria Episode 1
On this episode of The Vorthos Cast, the crew discusses the two official preview cards and the history of the core trio from Dominaria's Key Art.
01:57 Homarid Explorer 07:23 Phyrexian Scriptures 10:51 Sagas outside of Dominaria 17:47 The Core Trio 18:31 Time Streams 31:49 Bloodlines 35:02 The Mirage War 36:12 Tempest 39:54 The Phyrexian Invasion 43:39 The Mirari Conjecture 47:25 Time Spiral 49:19 Planar Chaos 51:26 New Phyrexia 55:40 Teferi's Spark 59:52 Special Guest Art Review
On today's The Vorthos Cast, the crew talks Serran History, the weird way Serra's Realm was brought back into the lore, and hops around Dominaria for some background on what you might need to know for the upcoming story.
01:34 Dominaria Pre-Show Intro 04:00 History of Serra 19:44 Tamiyo's Scroll 25:10 New Order of Serra 26:37 The Domains 27:24 Keld 32:45 Skyshroud and Radha 35:28 Llanowar 36:36 Tolaria West 39:40 Jamuraa 42:46 Urborg and Windgrace 46:48 Otaria... Again 48:12 The Cabal and Josu 50:39 The Riptide Project 54:12 Anachronisms 56:10 Portals and Theorycrafting 57:48 Wrap-up
On this edition of The Vorthos Cast, the crew takes a look at the biggest flavor gems of Masters 25 and dives into the worldbuilding behind them!
00:50 - Introduction to Masters 25 02:44 - Valor in Akros 04:40 - Will-o'-the-Wisp 08:35 - Exclude 09:39 - Unearth 11:05 - Ensnaring Bridge 12:20 - Kavu Climber 13:28 - Balduvian Horde and Pillage 15:56 - Spikeshot Goblin and Worldbuilding 18:00 - Sundering Titan 18:51 - Relentless Rats 20:10 - Otaria Introduction 20:48 - Zombify 21:38 - Shoreline Ranger 22:27 - Willbender 23:18 - Fierce Empath and Elvish Aberration 25:01 - Undead Gladiator 28:08 - Broodhatch Nantuko and Insectoid Races 30:17 - Skirk Commando 30:59 - Ihsan's Shade 34:55 - Erg Raiders and New Artists 36:46 - Imperial Recruiter 38:10 - Stangg 39:52 - Serran Flavor and Motifs 44:18 - Wrap-Up
In this episode of The Vorthos Cast, the crew talks about the Ice Age, one of the lesser known periods in Magic's history. The Ice Age has extensive lore and at least one major player factors heavily into Dominaria.
00:31 - Fallen Empires 13:16 - Tevesh Szat's Origin 18:17 - The Dark 22:58 - Purple People 26:03 - Freyalise's Origin AND THE FUZZ 27:38 - The Ice Age 34:18 - The Summit of the Null Moon 38:44 - The World Spell 40:54 - Shandalar 46:44 - Alliances 50:52 - Coldsnap 53:00 - Phyrexia in the Ice Age 54:58 - Wrap-up and Discussion
In the premiere episode of The Vorthos Cast, the crew talks Dominaria's extensive history and the major mysteries in the lead-up to Dominaria.
01:02 Dominarian History 13:54 What We Know About Dominaria 14:52 Wool Over The Eyes Stinger Discussion 19:32 Jaya Ballard is Mother Luti 22:58 Teferi's Staff 26:20 Mysteries of Dominaria 31:20 The Megastructures 37:31 The Art of Magic: the Gathering - Dominaria 38:19 The Nexus 41:58 Core 2019 49:01 Closing Thoughts