Foundations of Magic Podcast
Magic: the Gathering discussion, hot takes, strategy, advice and news.
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Cohosts Dennis, Onnik and Richard
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Dennis
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Onnik
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Richard
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 94 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2025
Spiderman/Through the Omenpaths Prerelease Prep Ep. 32
Dennis, Onnik and Richard discuss the new set, mechanics, archetypes, draft format and everything else about the upcoming Spiderman set.
Richard prepares for the Arena Qualifier weekend
Do the right thing... Episode 31
Dennis, Onnik and Richard discuss recent standard tournament data and other topics.
Dennis Gets the episode number wrong.
Onnik has some cards graded.
New Spider-Man spoilers.
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We don't talk about Vivi... Episode 30
Episode 30
Onnik's Commander tournament.
Igniting the Spark documentary
Rosewater Spider-Man teaser article
Through the Omenpaths set symbols.
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The Wizard's Cauldron
Dennis, Onnik and Richard discuss the current situation with Vivi and Cauldron in Standard.
Richard recounts his success with last weekend's Arena Open event.
New old cards coming to Arena to shake u…
VI VI VI - The Number of The Beast
Dennis, Onnik and Richard discuss new standard and the dominance of Izzet Cauldron. Tournament results from the Arena Championships. State of Design by Mark Rosewater.
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On the Edge of Product Fatigue
Dennis, Onnik and Richard discuss the perpetual spoiler season, set release timing, product fatigue, new standard, and hiring your very own personal rules lawyer.
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Edge of Eternities Post-Prerelease
Dennis, Onnik and Richard recap their prerelease experiences.
Onnik rubs elbows with champions.
Then we go over our picks for new cards that will make an impact in Standard, Cube, Modern and other fo…
SPACE MADNESS!! - Episode 25
The gang discusses, standard rotation, prerelease, commander deck plans, typos and much more. Even my ice CREAM bar. They always tried to take it away from me. I've had it since I was a child!
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Edge of Eternities Mechanics - Episode 24
New mechanics and card subtypes in Edge of Eternities
Dennis and Richard update on their friendly competition for Arena Rank
What's everyone playing?
Taking a break next week.
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Go to bed Grandpa! - Episode 23
Standard bans causing early rotation.
Dennis and Richard face off in an Arena Rank challenge!
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Magic Con Vegas!
Onnik shares his experience at Magic Con Vegas.
Pro Tour Final Fantasy's metagame points to the banhammer dropping soon. What will go?
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Laughing at Jasper Flint
Prerelease Recap
Problems with Promos
Final Fantasy cards for cubes.
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Final Fantasy Prerelease!! - Episode 20
Final Fantasy archetypes and prerelease strategy!
New rules for Sagas!
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Raging about Standard - Episode 19
Dennis gets a new ride.
Challenge Onnik to a game of Triple Triad at Magic Con Vegas!
Richard monstrously rages about the state of standard. Something has to give.
Final Fantasy Mechanics.
Final Fantasy …
Sideboarding - Episode 18
The gang talks about sideboarding in both constructed and limited using the current standard Azorious Omniscience deck as the example.
Scalpers ruining the game?
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Card Evaluation
We take a look at different ways we like to evaluate new cards when they come out. We run a couple of new Final Fantasy cards through the evaluation gauntlet.
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Stigmas in MTG - Foundations of Magic Episode 16
Let's talk about stigmas in Magic. Roping, conceding, mana weaving, playing blue...
Everyone has an opinion on these common occurrences. Some are par for the course while others are just unacceptable…
Standard and Commander THE LONG WAY Foundations of Magic Episode 15
Commander unbans, game changers, standard metagame, final fantasy
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Commander Announcement Predictions! - Episode 14 Foundations of Magic
Dennis, Onnik and Richard speculate on what may or may not come off of the commander ban list in the upcoming announcement.
What do we know about commander? Not much, but we're going to talk about it…
Discordant Dragons - Episode 13
Onnik creates a paper version of a final fantasy card game.
New TDM cards we like. Cube, Commander and 60 card constructed.
Izzet Skred in Pauper
Mox Jasper. Is it even real?
Spotlight series results and…