Podcasts about magic pro tour

We are back to talk all things Modern, rom the current meta to what needs to go. And to help us break it down we are joined by Magic Pro Tour winner Eli Loveman. Join in the conversation on our Discord! https://discord.com/invite/7zAZV8JK If you want to customize you deck even more check out the Alter Sleeves link below! It really helps support the show. https://altersleeves.com/themmcast Want to pick up any of new cards you saw in this week's episode? Click over to TCGPlayer.com using our affiliate link here! It's a free and easy way to support the show. Thanks! - https://t.co/spyomDMIF2 Looking to pick up some of the cards we discussed today? Use our link below to help support the show! https://channelfireball.com?ref=alexkessler Opening animation was done by Geoffrey Palmer. Follow him on Twitter: @livingcardsmtg  @livingcardsmtg816  ---- Contents ---- 0:00 - Intro Join The MMCast Patreon https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast Discord: https://discord.gg/fjYdTwS MMcast Twitch: twitch.tv/kesswylie Instagram: @TheMMCast TicTok: @TheMMPodcast Kess: Twitter: @Kesswylie Instagram: @Kess_Wylie Twitch: Twitch.tv/Kessco Ben: Twitter: @benbatemanmedia Instagram: @BenBatemanMedia Twitch: Twitch.tv/BenBatemanStreams Michael: Twitter @Dudardd Website: kess.co/themmcast Email: themmcast@kess.co Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/170382890167965/?ref=share Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa DeTora is a Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast. She is a former professional Magic player and the first woman to Top 8 a Magic Pro Tour. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic

Maria Bartholdi is a host, caster, producer, writer, improviser, podcaster and painter. She is a 10-time Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award winner and a mainstay of Magic Pro Tour coverage. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic

Christian Calcano is a Magic and poker pro from New York. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic

Last week was all about bans, but this week the guys take some time to talk about what cards they would unban in Pioneer. Oh and there's some Lord of the Rings thrown in as well because the HYPE TRAIN DOESN'T STOPSaturday Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-03-11#paperSunday Showcase: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-showcase-challenge-2023-03-12#paper Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review! 

This week the guys hype up Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered, take a look at weekly challenges, and then end things with a discussion on some cards that are on our personal Pioneer watchlists.Pro-Tour Top 8: https://playingmtg.com/meet-the-pro-tour-top-eight/ Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!  

 Get 20% OFF @ Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code: Crew3pod at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Looking for more pioneer content? Visit: playingpioneer.comFor premium content, check out their patreon: https://www.patreon.com/playingpioneerThis week the guys took to Patreon for a topic, and turns out you all wanted to know how best to tackle the post Pro-Tour meta popping up now at local game stores. Of course we got you covered on that!Pro-Tour Top 8: https://playingmtg.com/meet-the-pro-tour-top-eight/ Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review! 

  Get 20% OFF @ Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code: Crew3pod at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Looking for more pioneer content? Visit: playingpioneer.comFor premium content, check out their patreon: https://www.patreon.com/playingpioneerWhat a stocked weekend! Amazing non-stop paper action with a focus on Pioneer at the highest level of play, AND our first look at March of the Machines? Oh yeah this episode is stuffed!Pro-Tour Top 8: https://playingmtg.com/meet-the-pro-tour-top-eight/ Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!  

THE GANG IS BACK! What's up FAM?! Long time no....hear? Lots of life stuff had us all taking a break but now WE ARE BACK! This week, Carolyn and Nicole give Brasky their breakdown of all things Pro Tour Phyrexia. Carolyn gives a great behind the scenes rundown of how production works and Nicole lets everyone in on a first-person view of the event. Will there be a FAM get together at the PT? How awesome would that be! Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and follow us on Twitter for more updates @FAM_Podcast.

Brian David-Marshall is a Magic player, Magic Pro Tour historian, and co-founder of Neutral Ground. -- 0:04:00 on being starstruck 0:07:56 Brian on family 0:13:03 Brian's comic book career 0:23:10 letter from Jerry Siegel / Brian starts his own comic business 0:30:17 first contact with Magic 0:37:51 being part of Magic's earliest tournaments 0:43:43 Neutral Ground 0:50:10 memorable interactions with Magic players 0:56:07 historical context - early era Magic, Alpha to Revised editions 0:59:51 opening a Revised edition booster pack at Magic 30 1:00:54 the early days of Wizards of the Coast / Wizards sanctioned events 1:05:58 Richard Garfield introduced Booster Draft to Brian (!) 1:09:24 thoughts on the Magic Hall of Fame 1:16:34 Dr. Garfield's legacy / the first IRL net-deck ever 1:20:18 James's love letter to the Star Wars CCG 1:24:27 Brian's start in Magic coverage / the Aaron Forsythe email 1:35:19 standing on the shoulders of coverage giants 1:40:29 "coverage is pretty lonely" 1:43:43 "is Jon Finkel the greatest ever?" 1:51:48 what kept Brian in coverage for so long 1:55:48 most memorable commentary interviews / art of conversation 2:05:50 Brad Nelson 2:11:03 the overall metagame of Magic 2:14:13 thoughts on coverage in 2022 / Hall of Fame induction wishlist 2:21:15 the evolution of pro players shifting to Commander 2:24:24 the era of perfect information 2:27:47 recording Shuffle Up And Play with The Professor and Sheldon Menery 2:38:06 Brian interviews James about Star Wars / "Andor is f***ing great" -- Show notes: humansofmagic.com Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic

Milan Bhayana is one of the youngest players to qualify for the Magic Online Champions Showcase (MOCS) and Magic Pro Tour. He is a Top Chef competitor and owner of the 'lilchefmil' Tik Tok account with 921K followers. [3:42] Attending school online [6:39] Offline connections matter [11:32] College aspirations [14:16] Building a Tik Tok account with his sister [18:27] Top Chef experience [22:40] Top Chef takeaways [24:15] Parents [28:28] Magic origin story [31:33] Learning mindset: Magic and cooking [34:19] Magic Online during class [39:21] Magic Online shout-outs: boomer-zoomers [41:15] Why are zoomers playing Magic? [42:17] Future MTG competitive play goals [45:21] Future Tik Tok goals Show notes: humansofmagic.com Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic Music: @kuplasound

Melissa DeTora is a Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast and currently leads the MTG Casual Play Design team. She is the first woman to Top 8 a Magic Pro Tour. [8:03] Melissa's WOTC journey: Intern -> Senior Game Designer [9:47] What is Play Design? [13:38] Play Design -> Casual Play Design [17:41] Playtesting Commander during COVID-19 [23:26] Designing for "Casual" [25:57] Play Design interactions with Commander RC and CAG [28:21] Too many treasures / Dockside Extortionist is OP [29:36] Arcane Signet [32:06] "I'm still learning things every day" / "I don't want to go to FNM" [37:58] Melissa's mentors [43:21] Design story: Tovolar [46:33] Looking back: Mutate, Companion mechanics [53:46] Looking back: past sets [56:43] Self-criticality as a designer [58:41] Self-criticality as a player [1:00:39] Mindset change: PTQ to PT [1:02:36] "You are probably bad at Magic" [1:05:38] Raphael Levy [1:09:22] Playtesting at the DeTora residence / Joel Larsson, pathfinder [1:13:15] Parents and Magic [1:14:22] Pump It Up [1:24:06] Women in Magic: then vs. now Show notes: humansofmagic.com Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic Music: @kuplasound

Show Notes News Roundup - April Fools Jokes (6:31), Magic Pro Tour Returns (22:15), Agricola 15 & Framework (31:38), R.I.P. Scott Bennie (37:15) Kickstarter Pickstarter - The Quest Kids (39:02), Maglev Metro Expansions (43:26), Bones Deep (48:00), Master Dater (49:51), Maul Peak (53:50), Silicon Valley (55:02), Dice Advent Calendars (56:20) ARcana (57:41) Table Talk - Cartographers Heroes (1:04:57), Forgotten Waters (1:14:23), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1:22:36), Letters to Margaret (1:29:48) Board Game Game - Name the Game (1:33:51) Follow Jonathan - JonathanEstis.com, @Quence on Twitter, @Quence on Twitch, Jonathan Jots Newsletter, Oreo Review Show Follow Ivan - @IvanHahn and @IvanHahnPhotos on Instagram, The Snack Guy, Destination Relax E-mail us: meeplegallery@gmail.com, Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/rollforcrit, Theme by John Fio

Magic Pro play is back! How can you qualify and what do we think about this new system? With us to discuss this news is prolific content creator DeQuan Watson. Let us know what you think in comments below! Want to pick up any of new cards you saw in this week's episode? Click over to TCGPlayer.com using our affiliate link here! It's a free and easy way to support the show. Thanks! - https://bit.ly/3fW7fqV If you want to customize you deck even more check out the Alter Sleeves link below! It really helps support the show. https://altersleeves.com/themmcast Opening animation was done by Geoffrey Palmer. Follow him on Twitter: @livingcardsmtg  @Living Cards MTG  Guest Info: ~ DeQuan Watson ~ https://youtube.com/powrdragn https://twitch.tv/powrdragn https://twitter.com/powrdragn https://colorofmagic.podbean.com Join The MMCast Patreon https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast Discord: https://discord.gg/fjYdTwS MMcast Twitch: twitch.tv/kesswylie Instagram: @TheMMCast Kess: Twitter: @Kesswylie Instagram: @Kess_Wylie Twitch: Twitch.tv/Kessco Ben: Twitter: @benbatemanmedia Instagram: @BenBatemanMedia Twitch: Twitch.tv/BenBatemanStreams Michael: Twitter @Dudardd Website: kess.co/themmcast Email: themmcast@kess.co Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/170382890167965/?ref=share Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dive into the pursuit of card games as sport - with training, rewards, and perfection as the goal - and what publishers and players gain (or lose) by promoting this approach. *Disclaimer - this episode was recorded before the Magic Pro Tour announcement, the lack of which we reference.

No more Pro Tour, No more TCG product at Target / Walmart, RE8, and alex getting DUNKED on with some "got em" jokes.

First time guest and one of the youngest players to ever make the Magic Pro Tour, Milan Bhayana, joins us on this week's episode to talk about the recent change in the companion rule and how it will affect the format as a whole. Should you still play companions in your deck? Should they be in the main deck or in the sideboard? What decks get worse with the rule change? Which decks get better? We discuss this and more in this installment to better prepare our listeners who are gearing up to play competitive Pioneer this summer. If you like the show and want to hear more like this be sure to follow us and share it with friends!   Our Discord: https://discord.gg/SBRF8DH Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/MtgPioneer

Alex and Ben return to discuss the fate of Ben and his brother and Grand Prix Portland, as well as to discuss the new change stop the Magic Pro Tour circuit  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Ihlenfeldt shares with us some of his experiences in the Magic Pro Tour. Tor was busy being sad and forgot how to be funny.

“Humans of Magic” presents: Jon Finkel. Jon is one of the greatest Magic players ever and a member of the Magic Hall of Fame. To use a basketball analogy, he is undeniably the Michael Jordan of Magic. Jon is a Managing Partner at Landscape Capital Management, LLC, a hedge fund that prides itself on investing in non-traditional ways. Here is our full conversation, in which we discuss: - Jon’s first encounters with Magic - Pro Tour memories - Being part of the Ultimate Guard Pro Team - Impressions on the state of the game today - Kobe Bryant vs. Tim Duncan - Jon’s scholarship fund for Magic players: gamershelpinggamers.org ...and much, much more! Enjoy! -- Jon Finkel -- @Jonnymagic00

On this episode, Maria and Meghan welcome very esteemed guests Marshall Sutcliffe (of Limited Resources fame) and Tim Willoughby (of the Magic Pro Tour) to the episode! Sitting on hotel room beds in Boston awaiting the upcoming World Championship, our fearsome foursome discuss Ixalan limited and their favorite moments from GP Providence (including that GREAT Osyp bluff), predict who will take home the title of World Champion (socks are on the line!!) and Marshall picks a devious date in The Dating Game. This is a crazy fun episode that is simply not to be missed! Marshall's Twitter: @marshall_LR Tim's Twitter: @timswheelbarrow Join our crazy family: http://www.patreon.com/mtacast Sub to our epic vids: http://www.youtube.com/mtacast The best place to buy cards, hands down: http://www.cardkingdom.com/mtacast Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mtacast Be our friend: http://www.facebook.com/mtacast Use our playmats: http://www.magictheamateuring.com/shop Watch us stream: http://www.twitch.tv/magictheamateuring

"Magic is kind of mind-blowing." Mike Turian is one of the greatest Limited players ever in the history of the Magic Pro Tour, and a bona fide Hall of Famer. He is also a key driving force within Wizards of the Coast, having held key roles in R&D, Organized Play, Technology, Magic Online, and Magic Duels teams. In this no-holds-barred conversation, I talk to Mike about both his illustrious playing career (Part 1) and the decade that he's spent at Wizards of the Coast (Part 2). Mike has tons of great stories and learnings to share, so please do come along for the ride! Time stamps -- Part 2: [02:06] How Mike started working at Wizards [05:22] The most important advice that Randy gave Mike at the beginning [06:53] Working at Wizards vs. being a competitive player — tough decision? [09:28] Winning for the community vs. for yourself [11:08] Summary of Mike’s different roles at Wizards [11:57] Insights Mike gained from the Market Research team [14:53] The best way to provide user feedback for Magic Online [15:58] The Magic expansion sets that Mike led from a development perspective [16:38] Leaving R&D to drive the Planeswalker Points program [17:14] How hard was it to leave R&D? [20:36] Most memorable R&D moments [23:25] Developing the planeswalker card type [26:35] “With [Jace, the Mind Sculptor] we wanted to make a card that people loved, and I think we accomplished that.” [31:09] Favorite cards that Mike’s worked on [36:23] Advice for folks who want to work in Magic R&D [42:10] Mike’s current role in the Brand team — what does it involve? [46:53] Most exciting thing in Mike’s current role [49:54] Advantages of working in the digital domain [52:08] Favorite colleagues [55:27] The unsung heroes of Wizards [56:48] Personal and career goals — and the one competitive goal he’s yet to achieve [58:15] The competitive fire, and the purity of tournament Magic Photo Credit: Wizards of the Coast

"Magic is kind of mind-blowing." Mike Turian is one of the greatest Limited players ever in the history of the Magic Pro Tour, and a bona fide Hall of Famer. He is also a key driving force within Wizards of the Coast, having held key roles in R&D, Organized Play, Technology, Magic Online, and Magic Duels teams. In this no-holds-barred conversation, I talk to Mike about both his illustrious playing career (Part 1) and the decade that he's spent at Wizards of the Coast (Part 2). Mike has tons of great stories and learnings to share, so please do come along for the ride! Time stamps -- Part 1: [03:21] Introduction [09:49] Growing up in Pittsburgh [12:04] Earliest gaming experiences [15:51] Being competitive with his best friend [19:42] Playing Magic for the first time [29:24] Getting hooked on tournaments [32:40] Booster drafts with two packs, not three [34:34] The appeal of the Limited format [36:06] Learning the basics of Limited [38:45] The outside world through The Duelist magazine [41:10] Making a splash in larger events [43:21] Playing against Brian Kibler in Grand Prix Toronto [45:02] Mike’s first Pro Tour in Chicago [46:18] Randy Buehler [50:05] Being part of a team and preparation process [55:17] Teaming up with Gary Wise and Scott Johns [1:00:04] Skills learned through team play [1:01:10] Best Magic memories [1:03:10] On sportsmanship [1:04:16] What the Hall of Fame means to him [1:06:17] Mike’s Hall of Fame achievements [1:09:25] Focusing on Limited vs. Constructed [1:11:16] Mike’s criteria for Hall of Fame membership Photo Credit: Wizards of the Coast

April 15, 2016 - New WOTC President, changes to the MTG judge system, and documentary on the Magic Pro Tour.

Kessler and Ben are joined by Shaun Penrod, the host of the "MTG Pro Tutor" Podcast as they break down the inner workings of a Magic Pro Tour. They breakdown what to expect from the Modern Pro Tour: Oath of the Gatewatch from best decks to Pro Teams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Lee Kwai of the Command Zone joins Kessler and Bateman as they explain the recent changes with paths to the Magic Pro Tour. Then a deck tech on the classic big bad of the modern format Black Green Midrange.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices