MTGeniuses
Every week, three super smart incredibly smart geniuses talk about the game Magic: The Gathering and they're so smart about it, too.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Episode 48: Darksteel Relics of the Past | MTG Atavisms; Guess That Card
Today we dive into the strange history of MTG game mechanics! The oddities you aren’t likely to see nowadays but have influenced some modern card designs. They don’t make 'em like this anymore!
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Episode 47: Dain (feat. MTGeniuses) | Dainterview; DMC Lord of the Nazgûl
Episode 46: Noah’s Favorite | Color Series Green; Build-a-Card GREEN EDITION
“So I tap these 4 lands for 30 mana, cast 12 creatures and they all have haste and +3/+3.”
“Dude, it’s turn two.”
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Episode 45: Leah (feat. MTGeniuses) | Game Theory; Cast or Pass NEWBIE EDITION
Today we welcome our first-ever guest, Leah!
She’s taking over the pod!!
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Episode 44: New Year, Same Hassenfeld Brothers | Hasbro Layoffs; New Year’s Resolutions
Episode 43: Let’s Go for a Drive | Our Suggested Future Direction for MTG; DMC Shorikai, Genesis Engine
These are our demands for WOTC going forward. We fully expect they will implement them posthaste, so get ready for a brighter future for the game. :) A man can dream…
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Episode 42: Never Outshine the Master | Power Creep; Cast or Pass LOST CAVERNS EDITION
Robert Greene was right, we shouldn’t print strictly better cards.
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Episode 41: Official Golgari Swarm Meeting | Color Series Golgari; Build-a-Card Workshop GOLGARI EDITION
Cards go into the graveyard, cards come out of the graveyard. It's beautiful. The circle of life. What more could you ask for?
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Episode 39: Give a Mana Rock and You Cast His Spells for a Day | Mana Rocks; Mana Dorks TIER LIST
But teach a mana rock...something about a fish?...
Mana Rocks resource:
https://managathering.com/manarocks.html
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Episode 38: Of Dice and Men | Card Type Series Creatures; Build-a-Card Workshop CREATURE EDITION
So, what's your body count? I mean in your commander deck, don't be weird. Today we're talking about them little boys, creatures. They walk, talk, and other things.
Naturally we're gonna design creat…
Episode 37: Fixing for a Better Deck? | Fine-Tuning Decks; Build-a-Card Workshop ELDRAINE EDITION
Now what you'll wanna do is tighten that bolt right there. Yes, the lightning bolt. That'll make your paradox engine purr like a cauldron familiar. ;)
And also custom cards designed for the plane of …
Episode 36: Tomorrow, today! | 2024 Premier MTG Sets Predictions; Cast or Pass WILDS OF ELDRAINE
We can see the future, so you should listen to us. We're droppin some hot knowledge concerning the standard-legal MTG sets to release next year, and it's like totally accurate.
Also predicting a Cas…
Episode 35: We Play Some Busted Sh*t | Power 9 of Our Playgroup; Ridiculous 6 Combos
Ever wonder why we hate Magic so much? Here's an exhaustive list of all the cards that are so powerful we continually question our life choices. It's fun!
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BONUS: DMC Special
Wanna see us measure our decks? We're doing three brand new measurements in this DMC B-B-B-BONUS
Commanders mentioned in this ep:
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Rocco, Street Chef
Episode 34: The Grand Arbiter Calls for a Hearing | Color Series Azorius; DMC Malcator, Purity Overseer
We're back, baby! Sorry for the hiatus, but we're here now with some color series and DMC for your enjoytainment purposes.
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BONUS: FMKTG
The geniuses couldn't get it together this week, but please enjoy this bonus episode of hypothetical discussion about marrying, killing, or seducing different MTG characters. See ya next week!
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Episode 33: Is more keywords again??
This is part 3 of our keywords series. Ya don't gotta listen to the previous two but I really think you should...
No, you know what? Listening to the first two is a requirement now, we'll catch ya h…
Episode 32: so what the heck is a Secret Lair anyway
This week, the Smartcardboys™ are talkin about the greatest scam WOTC has ever come up with…the Secret Lair! Then we talk about how great some of them-there lairs are in Cast or Pass, ye hear?
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