Spell Slinging Sunday: Recent Episodes
Bubba and The Bug
Sorry for such a long delay, we had a longer break than we anticipate as our school and sports really started to take over. We hope you will continue to join us!
Today we are going to talk about one of the newer set, the Lost Caverns of Ixalan!
Well, we all dropped the ball on getting this out on time. We are so sorry to be so late and we hope that you continue to tune it as we are getting out schedules worked out!
Oops, we did not get our episode for last week out in time so here it is a little late. Hope your spooky season is going well!
This week we are talking about the scariest Phyrexian cards! Do you use a Phyrexian deck? Do you panic when you see some of these cards hit the table? Join us to see what Phyrexians we we find the most threatening!
Welcome back to our Halloween Spooktacular! Last week we talked about scary cards and today we are going to talk about a scary commander! Do any of you use Umbris, Fear Manifest to command your deck? You might just want to after this episode!
It’s October and time for us to start our Halloween Spooktacular! For our first Spooky episode we are talking about scary cards. Cards can have scary art or be scary to play against. See if our list of scary cards matches with any cards that you find scary.
Did someone say Elder Dragon? I mean it really isn't EDH without an Elder Dragon right? Let's talk about Arcades the Strategist. If you have ever thought about using an Elder Dragon as your Commander, maybe Arcades is the one for you!
Have you ever wondered what the best commanders are? We took a look around the internet to see what is considered to be the better commanders. Jodah the Unifier was on the list and we thought we would take a look at him to see what makes him great commander! Do you have a deck built around Jodah? We would love to hear what you use with him.
Join us a we crack some packs from the latest Magic set, Wilds of Eldraine. See if any of the cards we pull are ones you are looking for! We are also doing a Commander Chowdown on Syr Ginger, The Meal Ender. Could he be a commander for your future deck?
Another new set and we take a look at the cards we are most looking forward to! See if any of our favorites match with yours!
Have you heard of this commander? It is all about all things enchantments. Be sure to give it a listen! Have you used commander yourself? If so give us a comment. Looking for a new green white commander? If so, give this one a try.
Happy Sunday! Today we are doing a Deck Tech on our mom's deck. She had Lyra Dawnbringer as her commander and has paired up angels with Eldrazi. Yuck! We are not a fan of playing against her deck and are super glad she hasn't had time to tweak it. Hopefully she won't be listening to this episode..... Have you thought about using Lyra as your commander? Leave us a comment on our facebook page!
Whew, it has been a week! Hopefully all is going well for you and you are getting a chance to sling some spells.
Today we are going to talk about a preocn from Commander Legends. I don't know how you feel about the Commander Legends set, but its a fan favorite at our house. We are going to explore the preconstructed deck that has Aesi at the helm. Who wouldn't want to have this giant serpent at the helm bringing you extra land drops and card draw! Join us as we take a look at this precon deck!
Well, we certainly didn't pull the One Ring. However, we did find a few things about this set that we did like. Join us as we talk about the Lord of The Rings!
We are getting caught up on some of the sets we missed talking about. This week join us as we share our top 10 cards from the March of the Machine MTG set. Maybe there will be some cross overs! See if our top 10 matches any of your favorite cards!
Today if our last in our our build a commander deck with us series and we are going to talk about Artifacts! Hopefully you have had some fun and maybe even started a new deck. We would love to hear who you chose as a commander. Feel free to leave us a comment and let us know!
Are you working on your new Commander deck with us? We are back with part 3, Spells and Enchantments. Buckle up, it's a good one!
Well, we thank you for coming back with us after our little break. We thought we were done with creatures last week, but we decided that we had more to say! So, join us while we talk about more creatures we will be using in our Build a Commander Deck Series!
Whew! It has been a whirlwind here and we had an unplanned emergency absence. Thanks for sticking with us!
We are back with our Part 2 - Creatures!
We thought we would try something a little different. We thought we would take you through our process of building a Commander deck. If you have had trouble or just wanted to get a little more information before building your own be sure to join us for this short series.
Today we are talking about choosing a commander and picking some lands. Be sure to review and subscribe so you don't miss our part 2!
We are just a little late with this episode, but after binging on chocolate and jelly beans we were late getting to our episode. Of course chocolate bunnies made us think about what it would be like with Easter themed commander and eggs! So, join us as we take a look and see what you think!
Sorry we are a little late with this episode.
We were looking at some older cards and came across the set Dragon's Maze. We found some interesting cards in this set and we are sharing our thoughts with you! Do you have any cards from this set in your decks, or maybe for Pauper? Do you think this set is too old to be relevant for current Magic decks? Give us your thoughts!
Now that Dominaria Remastered (and Dominaria United) is available, who else is digging out their cards from the original Dominaria set? Karn, Scion of Urza anyone? Join us as we talk about cards from Dominaria. Maybe you will find yourself inspired to pull this set back out (if you haven't already!)
You have heard us talk about Arahbo and how cool of a commander we think he is, but have you thought about other cat cards that are available? We certainly have! Join us as we talk about more cats! Maybe you will find a new commander to try or even just some cool supporting characters!
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Welcome to Spell Slinging Sunday! Today we are going to do a Commander Chowdown on Atraxa, Grand Unifier! Have you been looking for a new commander? Maybe this could be the one for you. Maybe you have been lucky enough to pull one from the newest set! We would love to hear from you!
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It's Sunday and time to sling some spells! Today we are talking about our top picks from the latest set Dominaria Remastered! Be sure to let us know if any of our favorites match with any of yours!
Do you like dinosaurs? Do you like playing commander? Have you been wanting to use a Dinosaur as your commander but aren't sure what dinosaur to use? Join us as we talk about some of the different dinosaurs available to use as a commander. Maybe you will find some inspiration for a new deck!
Sorry for missing last week - hopefully you enjoy our latest episode!
Today we are excited to talk about Phyrexia and our top 8 favorite cards. Do any of our favorites match with yours?
We are also doing something new this week and we are excited to share it with you! This episode we are going to crack some packs and talk about cards we find. Cracking packs is always fun and you never know what you are going to get!
Do you like the Un Sets in MTG? We really haven't seen much of them until now with Unfinity! These cards are crazy! Join us while we talk about our favorites from this crazy set!
We have made it back! Welcome to Season 3 of Spell Slinging Sunday! We are so excited to be back and we hope you are ready to talk more about Magic The Gathering.
For our first episode of Season 3 we are taking a look back at the sets that were release in 2022. Whew there were a few! What was your favorite? Take a listen to hear what we have to say about those sets. Maybe you'll agree or maybe not. Feel free to drop us a comment on Instagram or Facebook. We would love to hear from you!
Welcome back and we are looking forward to our latest season of Spell Slinging Sunday.
Happy Holidays! We are preparing to take a break before beginning Season 3 of Spell Slinging Sunday. Stay tuned! We will be back on January 22, 2023!
Today we are talking about what would it be like if Santa was a commander. Would he be red/green? White? WUBRG? Join us to see how we would envision Santa as a commander!
Be sure to join us again in January for Season 3 and be sure to check out our older episodes.
Happy Holidays!
Does anyone love Strixhaven as much as The Bug? I don't think so! Join us this week as we take a closer look at Tanazir Quandrix as a commander. Green and blue, what a great combination! Have you used Tanazir as your commander? Drop us a comment and let us know!
It's time for another Commander Chowdown! This time we are bringing Urza, Lord Protector to the table. Have you been thinking about using this card for your next commander deck? We have! Join us as we talk about how we would use this as our next commander.
Sorry for a late episode - we had some technical difficulties.
This week we are talking about the Brothers' War. Join us as we talk about our favorite cards from the newest set. Drop us a comment and let us know if we talk about any of your favorites!
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Here it is! Our last Halloween Spooktacular of 2022! Today we will be doing a Commander Chowdown on the Reaper King! Have you built a deck around this commander? We would love to hear about it - follow us on Facebook and leave us a comment.
Halloween is looming closer! Of course you have to have witches! Today we are going to be talking about Tasha, the Witch Queen. Do you think she would make a good commander? Join us to find out what we think!
It's our second week of our Halloween Spooktacular! This week we are talking about Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar and Jeska Thrice Reborn. What is Halloween without a black cat? Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar fits the theme. Since Falthis has partner we decided to pair him with Jeska, Thrice Reborn. Why Jeska? What else would we add to this deck? Check out this episode to find out!
It's October already and time for our Halloween Spooktacular! This week we are talking about a spooky commander! Join us as we talk about Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon as a skeleton commander.
Sorry for the break between episodes - we had some technical difficulties.
What are your thoughts about Dominaria United? Are you finding some favorite cards? We sure did! Join us this week as we talk about our top 10 cards from this set
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We are back! Sorry for the break in episodes. We had some technical difficulties where we accidentally deleted our episode. Then some family things happened plus school and homework and now everything is back to normal and we can continue on!
I'm sure you can guess by the name of our episode that we are going to be talking about Wurms. Have you ever thought about making a wurm deck? We have, and then we wondered how many wurms are there in Magic? Would there be enough to make a tribal deck of wums? Join us as we take a look at some different wurms and see what you think!
Today we are going to chow down on Phylath, World Sculptor. Join us as we talk about landfall triggers and whether or not we would want Phylath as a commander for our deck. Are you running a Phylath deck? We would love to hear from you!
We can't believe that it's been a year since we have started this podcast! We are so thankful for everyone who is listening and we hope that you continue.
This episode we are going to start with the decks that got our family back into playing Magic. Do you have any of these precons?
We are also sharing some podcast plans for the next year of Spell Slinging Sunday. Hopefully you will be just as excited about them as we are!
Who loves Modern Horizons 2? While we may not have many cards from this set, there are some cards that we both still really like. Do any of our favorites match with yours? Have you thought about picking up a few packs or maybe buying some singles?
The Bug has been eyeing a new commander as well - his choice is Drizzt Do'Urden! Join us as we chow down on what cards would work well with Drizzt for a new commander deck for The Bug.
The Bug had an opportunity to join a Modern Magic event at our local game store. Have you thought about attending an event? Does it seem scary to you? Join us as we talk about how things went for The Bug.
Bubba is getting ready to build a new commander deck and has chosen Nissa Steward of Elements to be his commander. Join us as we talk about possible cards for his new deck and maybe look for a future episode where we do a Deck Tech after he gets it built.
Have you played green/blue? Leave us a comment to let us know who your favorite blue/green commander is!
Sorry for the lateness of this episode - we got a little caught up in baseball.
Today we are taking a look at one of the Commander Decks from Crimson Vow - Strefan, Maurer Progenitor. Have you been playing vampires or been wanting to play a vampire centered deck? Join us as we talk through this deck from Crimson Vow. Maybe you will be inspired to create a vampire deck of your own!
It's been hot here so let's look at some cool cards from the vintage set Ice Age. Remember when sets came out in blocks of 3? We don't either. However, we went through our parents old binders and found some Ice Age. Maybe you remember or have thought about using some cards from this set. Join us as we take a look at this vintage set!
Another new set so it is time to talk about our top 10! Today we are talking about Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. We each have our top 10 lists at the ready. Join us to see which cards they are. Are you looking forward to the same cards that we are? Be sure to like and subscribe, drop us a comment about your favorite cards. Be sure to check us out on Instagram!
Join us as we talk about a new commander that we are excited about! We will be talking about Minsc and Boo because who doesn't like hamsters? We are looking forward to Battle for Baldur's Gate and this might just have to be a commander we build a deck around. Are you excited for Minsc and Boo?
Since we were actually able to go on vacation, we started thinking about Lands. Today we are going to talk about lands that we found interesting. The art might be a place we think would be neat to visit or it may just be an interesting land. Do you have a favorite land?2
Don't you just love it when a new set comes out? So do we! Join us as we talk about our favorites from The Streets of New Capenna! Do any of ours match with any of yours?
Sorry we haven't uploaded for a couple of weeks. Our baseball seasons have started and on top of that there was a round of flu and a cast!
With all of that going on, it seems like the perfect time to talk about infect. Do you use this mechanic in your deck? Today we are going to talk about the infect cards that we find interesting.
Today we are going to do a deck tech on Arahbo. When our family started to be back in to Magic, we got a couple commander decks to try out the format. Bugs' first commander deck was Arahbo, Roar of the World. This deck has a bit of a special place for for Bug. Today we are going to talk about the Arahbo precon deck from Commander 2017.
It's not lie we enjoy playing commander! In this episode we are going to talk about what we would do if we had Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath as our Commander. Have you used him as your commander? Is blue/green a favorite color combination for you? Join us as as we take a look at this Legendary Elder Giant!
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This week, we thought we would dig through our parent's old stuff and see what we could find. Welcome to From the Vault! Some of the older sets have a reputation for not being good. Today we are going to talk about some cards from Homelands and while it doesn't have quite the reputation of Fallen Empires, it's pretty close. See if you agree with us - and be sure to leave a comment on Facebook or email us at bubbaandthebug@gmail.com We look forward to more From the Vault episodes!
Today we are going to talk about Nicol Bolas as a commander. You can find Nicol Bolas in a few sets, today we are going to talk about the Nicol Bolas from Core 2019. Have you thought about using him as your commander? Join us as we talk about Nicol Bolas the Ravager.
We began playing Magic when Ixalan hit the shelves. What could be better than dinosaurs and pirates? This week we rank our top 10 sets that have come out since we started playing from Ixalan fordward. We even talk about the top 3 sets that we didn't like. Will we talk about your favorite set? Tune in and find out!
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Today we talk about what it would be like to have Toski, Bearer of Secrets as your commander. Kaldheim is not our favorite set, but it does have some interesting cards. Mono Green for the win!
Sorry for the delay, we are still trying to figure out our microphones. Preconstructed commander decks are a great way to start playing Magic the Gathering. Today we are going to talk about Osgir, the Reconstructor.
I'm sure you aren't surprised that there is a new MTG set about to come available! The card lists are up and we are getting a little excited. Join us as we talk about our top picks for Kamigawa Neon Dynasty! We are even starting to get these microphones figured out.
Sorry for the delay! We got some new microphones and we are still figuring them out. So, this week, we are FINALLY getting out the episode that was supposed to air last week.
This week we do a Deck Tech on a Strixhaven preconstruced (or precon) deck. We haven't done much with the color blue, but maybe its time we started!
Welcome back! We are excited to start Season 2 of Spell Slinging Sunday. Join us as we talk about commanders that we think would be great for new players. Could we talk about one of your favorites? Be sure listen and find out!
It's our Christmas Finale! Join us as we talk about how we would design our own commander as Elf on the Shelf! We also talk a little about the year in review. We are taking a break for the holidays, but we will be back on 1/23/2022!
Join us as we get ready for the holidays. We are going to take a look at commanders in traditional Christmas colors - Red, Green, and White. Don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook!
This week we are talking about Sorin the Mirthless in a Commander Chowdown. Do we like him for a commander? What cards would we pair him with? Join us and find out!
It's another new set from Magic and we talk about the cards we are most excited to see!
Small technical difficulties so a shorter episode coming late. Today we talk about Pre-Release events and the Pre-Release Kits we got for Crimson Vow.
Join us for our first Lore Lunch! Where we talk about the Lore of Magic The Gathering in the time it takes you to eat your lunch! For our first one we are talking about the story of the Innistrad Plane. There was so much to talk about that we will need to come back to cover more!
Well, we were a little late with this one - for good reason. Join us as we finish our Innistrad Spooktacular and we talk about bone cards.
There are lots of scary cards in Magic. Sometimes its the art work that is scary. Join us as we talk about the cards that we find the scariest to play against!
We're back to finish talking about Commander Cards from the 6 Innistrad Sets! If you missed part 1, feel free to go back and listen before joining us for part 2. This is our 3rd episode of our Innistrad Spooktacular! Happy October!
Oh man! We had so much fun picking commanders from the Innistrad sets that we had to break this up into 2 parts! Stay tuned for next Sunday when we do part two of Commander Cards from Innistrad sets.
It's the first week of October and we are doing an Innistrad Spooktacular! Join us as we talk about Tovolar and the cards we would like to pair with him if he was our commander!
Join us while we talk about Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. We were lucky to be able to open some packs and get a closer look at some of the cards in the set.
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Have you ever wondered what would make a good gift for your favorite MTG player? We talk about things that would make a great gift (and that we wouldn't mind getting ourselves!).
Join us as we talk about Bug's dinosaur deck with Atla Palani, Nest Tender as his commander. You can find the complete deck list on our blog at www.spellslingingsunday.wordpress.com
Join us while we talk about Jumpstart and what we know about Cube. Check out our blog at www.spellslingingsunday.wordpress.com and leave us a comment with any tips for us about Cube.
Join us as we take a look at one of the new commanders from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms - Bruenor Battlehammer! We talk about some cards to use in a deck with Bruenor in command.
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Join us while we talk about Bubba's Thantis The War Weaver Commander Deck. We talk about the cards he has and some changes he can make to help improve his deck. Also, check out our blog on wordpress where you can see his complete before and after deck list. You can find us here: https://spellslingingsunday.wordpress.com/
Welcome to our First Podcast! This is a Magic The Gathering podcast for kids by kids but it's okay if adults listen too. Today we are talking about the newest set from Magic The Gathering - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR). Tune in to see what cards we are most excited to see. What are you looking forward to from this set?