After a whirlwind, whistlestop tour of Thunder Junction and Big Score (featuring Bloomburrow and obliquely Modern Horizons 3 but absolutely NOT Assassin's Creed - yet) we are just about caught up on spoiler season and soon you can be too! Patreon / Twitter / Discord Dom on PatreonDominaria's Judgment による

When I see new cards, I think "yes". We manage to extend this thought for two hours, after a quick look at the Organized Play announcement and rant about the bizarrely concealed Arena Championships coming soon (?) to a Twitch channel (?) near you. Patreon / Twitter / Discord Dom on PatreonDominaria's Judgment による

This Monday's B&R update took a big swing at some weird aliens while ignoring the elephant in the room. We're back for some characteristically peaceful statements about the bans we did and didn't see and where Modern and Pioneer stand as they come back into the spotlight. Patreon / Twitter / Discord Dom on Patreon…

Your hosts and many friends of the show spent a long weekend in Chicago winning and losing (and drawing... repeatedly...) with a lot on the line. Dom is finally back in Canada and on the air with war stories and hot takes before the axe understandably falls - a Pro Tour, a Standard not-a-GP, a MagicCon, and all the ear-splitting hooting and holleri…

The semi-regular Pro Tour predictions episode with Jarvis Yu returns to stakes some claims about Pioneer, Draft, and even a bit of Standard for the $75k Open at Magic Con Chicago. Join him and Ari as they prove themselves right (or wrong) about a wide spread of topics, even if they refuse to weigh in on the great pizza debate. Patreon / Twitter / D…

Ari has restored his appreciation for Yawgmoth in Modern, and Jarvis Yu steps into the pod to discuss why the deck he is likely playing at the upcoming Regional Championship has gone from a solid combo deck with flaws to one of the undeniable best decks in the format. Patreon / Twitter / Discord Dom's Patreon…

Nobody knows what the hell to do with most of the cards in Murders at Karlov Manor so we put our most dogged detectives on the case and let them yap for hours about the bizarre combo decks coming to a Twitch stream near you - plus, a look at the results from the first weekend of Modern RCs and the format's relative stability heading into Denver and…

Standard season is full swing (allegedly but also actually?!) and there's somehow less Standard content than ever. We take a look at why that information isn't cascading any more and try to plug that gap ourselves with a tour of everything from Domain to the black midrange decks (in all the colours of the rainbow) and, inevitably, the Overslime its…

A long and busy year for Magic is over and a new one is already underway so we thought we'd take stock before another wave of discourse overwhelms us all. We take a look at the cards and sets of 2023, the hits and misses, and the return of the Pro Tour (and the elephants holding it up). Patreon / Twitter / Discord…

Dom and Ari were reunited in paper (...in the flesh? in person?) at Eternal Weekend along with hundreds of thrill-seeking gamers keen to enjoy the Cadillac of Magic. After reeling from his swift 0-3 (which was somehow not the most tragic exit from the tournament) and dabbling in Legacy, Dom found an even more fake format he can win in - does Santa …

The prophecy has been fulfilled and bans are in. We're back for a not-so-rapid reaction to the changes, their explanations, and where Pioneer and Modern go from here. 16:38 Pioneer 41:38 Modern Patreon / Twitter / DiscordDominaria's Judgment による

Last week we all made a horrifying discovery of something we already knew (Cascade is kinda messed up!) and watched Pioneer collapse on itself as a result. Since this recording Geological Appraiser has passed the test while any hosts foolish enough to register Quintorius got their ivory poached and bans are confirmed for Monday. Until then, we catc…

After no changes, it's time to turn and face the strain. Ban talk is at a fever pitch, every MTGGoldfish screenshot of a Scam-infested Modern Challenge racks up hundreds of retweets and growls, and Grief has never been more aptly named. Elsewhere, the Beans talkers are obsessed with how to get an edge in the 4C mirror - the only thing that matters …

Dom made a pilgrimage to Madison, Wisconsin last month to defend the honour of King Charles or Cube trying. In this solo episode he gives a report from this four-day Cube extravaganza, the lessons for Cube designers and drafters, and reflects on why Magic and Cube are pretty cool if you think about it. 00:00 An ode to Magic, Cube, and CubeCon 33:12…

Special guests are out and regular programming has resumed as your beloved hosts are back to break down an Ixalan set that actually has some cool cards this time! But first, a catchup on the discourse of the past few weeks, from play boosters (remember those?) to the Marvelisation of Magic past and present and even a vibe ranking of European cities…

As Dom and Ari swap their absentee roles for a bit, Gavin "alfaphrog" Thompson steps in to chat about the world of competitive Magic Online cube. How different are the try hard queues from your normal Vintage cube leagues, and what can be learned about drafting and building cubes from the experience of aiming to win over drafting the coolest Storm …

With Ari off scaling the beanstalks of the Mediterranean, noted JOTS (Jarvis of the show) Jarvis Yu steps in for a rapid reaction to Monday's announcements and non-announcements. The nature of Booster Draft may or may not be able to change forever while Modern is chugging along as our previous guests do everything in their power to show why this vi…

Simon Nielsen has always been a fan favourite but he's no underdog now - he's the 2023 Player of the Year in a season that also saw historic runs from several of his comrades on Team Handshake. He loves giving interviews and he was kind enough to give us one this week, taking Dom through his background as a rising star first in Denmark and then the…

Slow play is just one of many topics that consumed The Website this week so we went over Ari's article explaining how he avoided unintentional draws and all the awkwardness around them for years. What can designers, TOs, players, and judges do to address a problem that has plagued paper Magic since the beginning and is now a bigger problem than eve…

Dom couldn't repay the faith that Jarvis didn't put in him last week but he's back from the death pits of Vegas with war stories, hot takes on Wilds of Eldraine Standard and Draft, and an epic game of Where's Vuono? Tracking Sheet of Predictions Show Notes Patreon / Twitter / DiscordDominaria's Judgment による

Dom big times his podcast obligations to go play in Worlds, which means its time for Jarvis and Ari to place their bets from the sidelines once again. With the huge prize of declaring a prediction winner at the next local Cube night on the line, Jarvis and Ari make their stances known about the formats and players we will see at Worlds this weekend…

Instead of thinking about Worlds, we are - like everyone - thinking about thos Beans. Up the Beanstalk is all the rage in every format, including some unlikely and ambitious homes - we take a tour of those before tackling the Vintage Cube tier list discourse and all the other chatter from the Twitter sewers this week. Show Notes Patreon / Twitter /…

This week Dom delays testing for his upcoming Tournament with a discussion of common playtesting pitfalls and the unique challenges of preparing for high-level Standard. Then, a seemingly pedestrian nonsense roundup is derailed by a thrilling discovery of a fresh matsugan decklist dump that we get to unpick live. Show Notes Patreon / Twitter / Disc…

After Dom got lost up the beanstalk last week we are back to break down the full Wilds of Eldraine spoiler as well as the wildest discourse and nonsense of the week - does 56 card Amulet winning back to back Challenges finally Silence the (non)believers? Show Notes Patreon / Twitter / DiscordDominaria's Judgment による

This week Team Handshake's mad scientist, generous ent, and takemaster extraordinaire Tristan Wylde-LaRue joins the show to talk through his creative process and his rapid rise from lapsed local grinder to a major force in professional Magic. Show Notes Patreon / Twitter / DiscordDominaria's Judgment による