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“You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!”Our Sponsors We are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation. MNM Host(s) This Week Chewie Slate from Monday Night Magic Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic Zak Whyte, a Level 2 Judge from Montgomery, AL (@Zakman86) Polish Tamales, a cartoonist, writer, storyboard artist, and graphic designer - http://polishtamales.com This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News -- Lingering Souls and Intangible Virtue banned in Innistrad Block Constructed -- Yuuya Watanabe takes down GP Kuala Lumpur -- Paul Rietzl wins GP Mexico City -- SCG Invitational/Opens in Baltimore -- Magic Online Cube Event Announcement: There will be 7 ticket entry events with 8-4, 4-3-2-2, and Swiss all offered! -- Magic at PAX East -- Opening the Helvault at the Avacyn Restored Prerelease -- Venser vs. Koth decklists revealed -- New Play/Draw rule is going into greater effect -- Magic Tournament Rule Changes -- Gerald Freas banned for 18 months for douchebaggery -- Jon Loucks wins online PTQ to accompany his Limited Resources cohost to Barcelona Magic Calendar – MTG MOM Events Calendar – MTGO Events CalendarMTGCast Website Donations – MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit behind the monthly goals at this point.MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited Resources Contact “marshall_LR” in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LRSubscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crew Contact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com — http://twitter.com/#!/themanapool Jack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com — http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com– http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com — http://www.twitter.com/mtgcast Chris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com — http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com — http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com — http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com — http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com — http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com — http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com — http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom – The Monday Night Magic News Team!

Monday Night Magic #302 – The Other Third Power"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie Slate from Monday Night MagicJack LaCroix from Monday Night MagicAnthony Avitollo from The Third PowerMarcel from Monday Night MagicCharlotte Sable from Judgecast North This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- Spectral Flight, Unstable Mutation in the deck that won the Legacy Open in Sacramento-- Reid Duke swept GP Nashville while Todd Anderson caused a bit of controversy with his faulty Top 8 math-- Japanese MPS Lands-- Cube Draft announced on MTGO, will run during PAX East-- UltraPro Avacyn Restored stuff is overloaded with Angels-- WotC has a job position open.  You too can work on Magic the Gathering!-- Sweet new SCG Judge sleeves-- Audacity v2.0 is now officially released, with updated MP3 encoders, plug-ins, etc-- Cast a Spell on MS charity Magic tournament in OH Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapool Jack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcast Chris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #301 - Blood in the Water"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie Slate from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jay Kirkman from Ertai's Lament - http://ertaislament.comAmanda Stevens from Red Site Wins - http://redsitewins.com This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- GP Indy results, Tom Martell takes it down-- Vintage and Legacy World Champs prizes revealed, Vintage GP-level events shot down-- Command Tower and Sneak Attack are upcoming Judge foils-- New season of Preconstructed Playoffs going on over on Ertai's Lament-- Giant Sharkgate Video #1-- Giant Sharkgate Video #2-- MTGPad.com announces new full-color printings and a podcaster special discount-- Bookwyrm & Bandersnatch: A thought-provoking yet snarky blog reviewing the wide array of books the library has to offer, including hot best-sellers, guilty pleasures, and all the books you should have read in school, but didn't.-- Ask Sharuum The Hegemon Tumblr account-- MS Charity Magic tourney  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapool Jack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcast Chris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #300 - It Gets There"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABu...

Monday Night Magic #299 - Pray I Don't Alter It Any Further"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie Slate from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Marshall Sutcliffe from Limited Resources - http://www.mtgcast.com/Sean Catanese from JudgeCast Podcast - http://www.mtgcast.com/Ron Faris from Black Wing Studios - http://blackwingstudio.blogspot.com This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- Jack and Chewie are joined by L3 Judge Sean Catanese, Ron Faris of Black Wing Studio (http://blackwingstudio.blogspot.com), and Marshall from the Limited Resources podcast (http://LRCast.com) to talk about everything from warning letters to GP results to PTQs to artistic expressions.  Sure it's a long episode, but it will be well worth your time as we have packed a LOT of information and fun into it!-- Pastimes responds to playmat fiasco-- Edgar Flores suspended for 3 months "for misrepresenting game state" supposedly due to his DQ at SCG Indy-- But Dad, Two Explores by Scott Holmes-- Congratulations to Raphael Levy who is now officially the all-time leader on Pro Points. He passed Kai Budde with a 32nd place at #gpmadrid-- GP Madrid-- GP Baltimore-- Quote from Scott Marshall (Level 5 DCI Judge):  I expect that the next PTQ round will be placed with stores.  NOTE:  The next season starts on April 1st.-- Aaron Forsythe Twitter Quote -- Cool #WorldMagicCup fact #1: Team members will be able to talk to each other as they build their draft decks on Day 1.-- Aaron Forsythe Twitter Quote -- Cool #WorldMagicCup fact #2: The first tiebreaker for determining which player gets cut after Day 1 will be Pro Point total from this year-- The Magic Cup Rules-- The Magic Cup Player Race and Possible Qualifiers (Brian David-Marshall)-- MTGO Release Events -- Feb 22 through March 9-- What do you think of playing altered cards in a tournament? There's text box confusion, possibility of cheating, etc-- Heading 3.3 Authorized Cards: Artistic modifications are acceptable in sanctioned tournaments, provided that the modifications do not make the card unrecognizable, contain substantial strategic advice, or contain offensive images.  Artistic modifications also may not obstruct or change the mana cost or name of the card.The Head Judge is the final authority on acceptable cards for a tournament.-- The MortarPod Podcast is done and will no longer exist.  The hosts have requested that all of its shows be pulled off of the MTGCast Network immediately as well, making them the first such Podcast to request "self-censorship" from the internet.-- We'll start here for next week-- Gold Run at GP:SLC -- $12,000 in free cards-- MS Charity Magic tourney  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!

Monday Night Magic #298 - Offensive Playmats, Etc"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekJason 'Chewie' Slate from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Charlotte SableLauren Lee  This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- Jack and Chewie are joined this week by Charlotte Sable (@jqlgirl) a Level 2 Judge from Guelph, Ontario and Lauren Lee (@mulldrifting) the Content Manager for StarCityGames-- GP Kobe (Limited) results-- GP Lincoln (Modern) results-- GP Indy playmat sparks outrage, Elaine Chase handles it-- Pastimes responds to playmat fiasco (posted after recording)-- MTGPad Contest  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #297 - Covering the Coverage"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekJason 'Chewie' Slate from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Eric McCormick from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Marcel White from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Bryan Prillaman  This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- Chewie and Jack are joined this episode by Eric and Marcel, along with a special half-awake yet still lucid Bryan Prillaman, a Level 2 judge from Orlando who was at PT: Dark Ascension, who is here to give us some information about the Top 8, even though he wasn't there at the time.  He was climbing a mountain. And he's been awake for 40 hours straight.-- Brian Kibler takes out Jon Finkel and Paulo Vitor to win PT Dark Ascension in Honolulu-- Dark Ascension Event Decks-- Gavin is doing the Daily Deck List on the Mothership with extended commentary on decks-- GP and PT schedule updates-- Complete GP Schedule-- Promo cards from the MTG comics-- Pinnacle offers sports book on PT Avacyn-- WotC announces Kaijudo, an updated take on the DuelMasters franchise.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #296 - Jack's Soapbox Assistance "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jay KirkmanTravis HallNick Stevens  This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News-- SPECIAL THANK YOU to Kevin Cron --- He wrote a special Excel Macro for MTGCast that should make statistical data reporting to the Podcasters a lot faster each month-- Magic: The Gathering Toolbox app released for iPhone-- Magic Fantasy Pro Tour Draft-- Changes to Launch Parties for Avacyn Restored-- SCG Richmond Results-Standard was chock full of aggro. Top 32 Decklists for Standard-- Legacy Results-Burn placed First? Again?!?!-- AVR Rumors: Names of the prerelease promo and buy-a-box promo are Moonsilver spear Silverblade Paladin, respectively.-- Also, absolutely no chance of Tarmogoyf in AVR according to MaRo.-- Solicitation Sheet also mentions "Opening the Helvault", which will be an additional chance to crack prizes.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #295 - A Vintage Affair "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Stephen Menendian - Vintage World Champion  This Week in Magic-- We're joined this week by Stephen Menendian, Vintage player extraordinaire and writer on Eternal-Central.com, who gives us a nice look at Vintage as a format and the nifty stuff you can do there.  You can grab his book, Understanding Gush, over on Quiet Speculation or follow him on Twitter @SMenendian  MTGCast News -- PWP Scorecard to embed on your site-- Dark Ascension Intro Packs-- Rules Update!-- Signed Beta set --- NOTE:  Fay Jones has been dead for over 15 years...-- The One Plague Rat Project-- Details are expected within the week for the Magic World Cup (based on comments from Aaron Forsythe on Twitter)-- Plot of FF7 according to Wikipedia articles that have nothing to do with FF7  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #294 - Spot the Inspiration "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Carlos Gutierrez - http://www.quietspeculation.com/author/carlosgutierrez/  This Week in Magic-- What do you consider shifty play or cheating?  MTGCast News -- SCG Event List Updated-- WPN stores can run PTQs now-- The entire DKA Visual Spoiler has been posted on WotC's website-- The DKA FAQ has been posted for every language on WotC's website-- Magic Wiki page on Type 4  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #293 - Conley makes lots of Good Points "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Robert Martin from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Chris Landsdel from Monday Night Magic -- http://www.mtgcast.com/Conley Woods -- http://www.mtgcast.com/  This Week in MagicWe're joined this episode by the one and only Conley Woods, champion of GP Orlando!  While we're covering all the news, we get to hear Conley's take on any number of things, from Patrick Chapin and foil tokens to Modern reprints and the number of his tentacles! We also managed to get him to hang out for a while and riff on some on some of the spoiled Dark Ascension cards.  He also dropped us an exclusive teaser about something that may or may not come to pass towards the end of the show, so be sure to stay the whole time! -- Conley Woods beats Patrick Chapin in the finals of GP:Orlando -- 2 Rogue Decks Facing off in the finals. -- GP Orlando Top 8 Decklists -- DMong7 on Twitter has the colored hot planeswalker playmat! - got it for $270 (includes tax and shipping) -- Dave Astel's response to last MNM and WotC's App. -- Wizards-made Emblems! -- Foil Tokens - Do you want them? -- SCG:LA Top 16 Decklists -- What do you consider shifty play or cheating? -- Which Modern staples do you think they can/will reprint? And how? -- WotC has a job opening at this time -- Dark Ascension Card Image Gallery  MTGCast News -- Beyond that, there is nothing else to report for MTGCast specific news.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Monday Night Magic #292 - Dark Ascension with Laura and Spruke "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  This Week in MagicBill Boulden and Laura Diemer join us this episode to talk about their new album, Katana and Tonic, which drops Thursday, January 12. We've also got Eric with us again!  Marcel even makes a cameo at the end!  After we cover all the news and whatnot, we took a quick break to wait until midnight so we could check out the first Dark Ascension previews.  Hope everyone enjoys! -- Bill Boulden on Twitter-- Laura Diemer on Twitter-- Laura by Spruke's "I Hate" video-- Laura by Spruke's "Corridors of Time (Chrono Trigger Zeal cover)" video-- Marshal Sutcliffe from Limited Resources got 51st place at GP Austin-- Magic 2013 Release Information-- There is a possibility of byes for PTQs in the future according to Aaron Forsythe on Twitter-- Raphael Levy takes down GP Austin-- Charles Gindy takes down the SCG Atlanta Standard Open-- New WPN Site taken over by Bill Stark, with new content going up 3 days a week-- New prizes on Lansdell's "Get me to Vancouver" raffle!-- Magic meets D&D-- Dark Ascension Card Image Gallery-- Playing with the Unrelenting Force on Skyrim video Chewie mentioned-- Magic the Gathering Toolbox -- The only OFFICIAL WotC Magic App --- To be released soon --- Wizards of the Coast announced today that they will be releasing the first official mobile application for Magic: The Magic: The Gathering Toolbox!  This new, free app will allow players to build decks, research strategies, and find events, and also serves as an advanced life counter for your Magic games. You can even search and filter all 10,000+ Magic cards, with new card sets automatically added! And, as new card sets get released, players can pay a small fee to update the deck builder with the latest content.  The app will be releasing later this month for iOS devices, and an Android version is coming soon.  For more information and additional screenshots of the app, see today's Magic Arcana post on the Wizards.com website.-- Thanks to Calvin Russell for his donation to MTGCast!  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Marcel from Monday Night Magic -- http://www.mtgcast.com/Bill "Spruke" Boulden from The Gatherin' -- http://www.mtgcast.com/Laura Deimer from The Gatherin' -- http://www.mtgcast.com/  MTGCast News -- Beyond that, there is nothing else to report for MTGCast specific news.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@mtgcast.com-- http://www.

 Monday Night Magic #291 - Loop Rules and Tentacles "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  This Week in MagicJack, Chris, and Chewie brings you yet another edition of Monday Night Magic to the MTGCast Network! Sam Black, pro player and writer for SCG, and Riki Hayashi, Level 3 judge and one of the JudgeCast hosts, joins Chewie and Jack this week.  They are here to discuss the changes to the IPG (and the subsequent revocation of most of those changes) and the big news about Organized Play for next year.  Join us for a discussion of the loop rule, bad cross-promotions, and board games along with everything else! -- IPG changes taken down almost immediately, with a few exceptions-- QUOTE:  "Limited Resources: Now the #2 clan on MTGO."  Limited Resources has surpassed the Diplomats now and has accumulated over 141,000 Packs Won thus far.  As of 2011 Dec 22, the #1 Clan on MTGO -- Dragonquest -- has accumulated over 207,000 packs and has a total of 43 Members in the Clan.  Limited Resources has 1217 members in the clan at this time.  Truly, a 'Power in Numbers' process.  Ideally, the Limited Resources Clan will become the #1 MTGO Clan before the end of the Mayan Calendar.  The 3rd place clan on MTGO -- Diplomats -- has 27 Members and accumulated 140,945 packs accumulated.-- February FNM promo - Despise-- MTGO Championship Series for 2012-- Changes to Premier Level events and the Pro Players Club-- Helene Bergeot's article discussing the just announced changes to the WotC Organized Plan structure-- Underworld Awakening --- MTG Promo Contest-- Steve Argyle's "car payment playmat" sketch gets colored-- Argyle's alternate art Liliana-- Get Chris Lansdell to GP Vancouver!-- LARGE donation of $20 from Peter G. Herena from Illinois -- AWESOME THANKS!  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Sam Black -- a writer from StarCityGames -- http://www.starcitygames.com/Riki Hayashi from the JudgeCast Podcast and StarCityGames -- http://www.starcitygames.com/  MTGCast News -- Beyond that, there is nothing else to report for MTGCast specific news.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.

Monday Night Magic #290 - PV, Beme, Chewie, and the Rookie "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!" Our SponsorsWe are brought to you by MTGOTraders.com, CapeFearGames.com, CardHoarder.com, Decked Builder / Drafter iPhone apps, MagicOnABudget.com, HalfPriceHobbies.com, MTGPad.com and MTGMintCard.com! Get your own MTGCast t-shirt today! - http://www.zazzle.com/mtgcastshirtsCheck us out on Quiet Speculation.  This Week in MagicJack, Chris, and Chewie brings you yet another edition of Monday Night Magic to the MTGCast Network! Chewie is joined this week by Worlds Top 8-er Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Rookie of the Year Matthias Hunt, and Men of Magic interviewer Robert Martin.  They discuss a great many things, like how StarCityGames dealt with the Alex Bertoncini incident, not giving to charity, personal hygiene, how Avacyn Restored will affect drafting, why double-faced cards are both awesome and terrible, and the bannings in Modern, the new IPG changes, and Bridge.  It is a good one, so stay tuned!-- Amelia Scout Gustafson born -- 2011 Dec 16 --- 7 pounds, 9 ounces; 20.5 inches long-- Marcel's Worlds video - MTGCast-- CommanderCast's Gifts Given auctions-- MTG:Tactics -- PRERELEASE EXCLUSIVE -- First Expansion:  Secrets of Terisiare Announcement!-- Chris Otwell's MTG Tactics review-- New decks for Duels of the Planeswalkers-- Alex Bertoncini's $10,000 Prize REVOKED by StarCityGames-- The Men of Magic interview with Alex Bertoncini-- Avacyn Restored revealed-- Banned & Restricted List updates-- Infraction Procedure Guide updates  MTGCast News -- Beyond that, there is nothing else to report for MTGCast specific news.  Magic Calendar-- MTG MOM Events Calendar-- MTGO Events Calendar  MTGCast Website Donations-- MTGCast in is need of Donations. We are a bit low behind the monthly goals at this point.  MTGO MTGCast Official Clan: Limited ResourcesContact "marshall_LR" in game to join the MTGO Clan, Limited Resources. Marshall can also be reached via twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/Marshall_LR  MNM Host(s) This WeekChewie from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Jack from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Chris Lansdell from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/Sam Stoddard from In Contention Podcast - http://www.mtgcast.com/Drew Levin  Subscribe to the MTGCast Monday Night Magic RSS feed! RSS feed for Monday Night Magic iTunes feed for all shows on the MTGCast network RSS feed for all shows on the MTGCast network Twitter for MTGCast Hoodchefz favored by MTGCast crewContact Us! Call us and leave a voice message at 570-486-6637!Join the MTGCast Facebook Group - Discussion, Photos, Videos and More!Chewie at chewie@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/themanapoolJack LaCroix at jack@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/jacklacroix Christopher E. Otwell at otwellc@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/otwellc Tom Gustafson at pitimp@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/mtgcastChris Lansdell at lansdellicious@gmail.com -- http://www.twitter.com/#!/lansdellicious Adena Chernosky at prsgrrl@gmail.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/prsgrrl Eric McCormick at eric@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/EricMTGcast Conley Woods at conley@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/Conley81 Robert Martin at robert@mtgcast.com -- http://www.twitter.com/thebeme Tristan Gregson at tsg@channelfireball.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/TristanGregson Marcel White at marcel@mtgcast.com -- http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeckChewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team! 

Join the Monday Night Magic crew at Worlds in San Francisco. Player from across the planet converge at the biggest Magic: the Gathering tournament of the year. Many players consider this the last real Worlds as next year's event will only be a 16-man showdown. MNM's own Conley Woods is a contender at Worlds letting people know he's a force to reckon with.Your Host(s): Marcel White Show's Email: CommanderCast@gmail.com Show's Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AllUpOnMyDeck