Magic The Flavouring

It's Commander 2020, and foolishly the guys thought they could talk about it in the last 10mins of the previous episode. Never going to work. So enjoy this bonus episode as they talk through the new legendaries and some of the more king sized new toys for EDH.  Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio.  Twitter:   MTF- @MTFlavouring,  Andy- @AndyMannface,  Nathan- @TheFoxintheMoon,  mtflavouring@gmai...

Ikoria has just finished spoiler season and the guys talk through it's mechanics and gameplay. Do the set's new abilities deliver on its kaiju battle aesthetic and is the actual gameplay deep enough to justify it's bold design?  Also, Andy makes a feeble attempt to be even handed regarding magic player backlash and Nathan finds a Fox to fill an Otter shaped hole.   Music by Michael...

The guys run through the small steps you can take to engage with the game of Magic when you can't actually sit down and play it. With almost everyone around the world unable to get a face to face game in right now, how can you keep sane and still connect with MTG?  Also Ikoria spoilers begin to drop right as recording starts, and Nathan goes on an emotional journey about a specific Otter... M...

The guys talk through their predictions for Ikoria: Lair Of Behemoths and breakdown some of the hints given out by the Mtg Creative team in regards to its mechanics and creature types. What creature types do Andy and Nathan want to see, how much power can one Aura give and what the heck is a Whale Wolf?   Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio.  Twitter:   MTF- @MTFlavouring,  Andy- @AndyMannface,  Nath...

Coming to you from what can only be assumed is some sort of cavernous Hall of Legends on account of all the echos, the guys talk through what qualities make a Legendary Creature in the game of Magic, and what Non-Legendary Creatures they would like to see ascend to glory!  Also Nathan takes you through a brief history of the 'Legend' supertype, and bare witness to Andy in a particularly...

The guys run through some of their most flavourful commander decks and talk about the different levels of building with theme and flavour. What is the balance between form and function and what choices can you make when building a deck that still performs but also tells a story?  Deck lists:   Scarab God, http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/28-02-19-anything-you-can-do-i-can-do-better/  Grenzo, http://...

It's time to settle this once and for all! Is a Naga a Naga or is it a Snake? Well before they can answer that question, the guys have to go through every other humanoid race in Magic and find out where the lines are drawn. Should Leonin stay as cats, should Viashino be Lizards, and can WOTC just make up their minds about Jackals already!?! Also Nathan takes a pop quiz and Andy pines after a...

What new Planes do the guys want to see as a future setting in a main MTG set and which ones are they sick to death of visiting? Do the main characters matter more than the world they inhabit or is it the Plane itself that gets the Vorthos senses tingling? Let the ranting commence! Also the guys talk through the Planeschase product and why you should adopt it into your playgroup. Music by Michael...

The guys talk about Planeswalkers, both in their role as MTG story's heroes and as some of the games most powerful cards.  Are Planeswalkers too bound by the needs of each set or would making each one unique break the game? And where are our non-bipedal walkers?!? Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio. Twitter:  MTF- @MTFlavouring, Andy- @AndyMannface, Nathan- @TheFoxintheMoon, mtflavouring@gmail....

The guys dig deep into one of the most hot button issues of recent magic, the handling and delivery of Mtg Story.  In the past 12 months there have been so many twists and turns that sometimes it is hard to see a larger context and determine what has gone wrong, what has gone right and where. Andy and Nathan will be trying their very best to unravel this tangle, with only moderate amounts of ranti...

Rounding out their cycle of colour pie episodes, the guys talk through Green and its perceived domination of battle cruiser magic. Does a format's popularity effect how a colour is represented in the game and vice versa, and is this thematically justified in the colour's flavour? Also how many wolf tokens is too many and is there a beast within us all? Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio. T...

The guys breakdown Theros Beyond Death. From Titans to Demigods, this set has a dense lore and only one set to fulfill some high flavour expectations. What challenges come with returning to a fan favourite Plane? And does Andy have an irrational gripe about the number of creature types in the set (yes, yes he does)? For all that and more join the guys on a trip to the Underworld and back... Music...

The guys discuss the colour Red and quickly uncover that there is more to this section of the colour pie than destruction and chaos. From Goblins to Dragons, from fury to joy, Red is one of the most versatile colours in Magic and can be used to express the very spark of creativity in this most flavourful of games. Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio. Twitter:  MTF- @MTFlavouring, Andy- @AndyMannface,...

Do the ends always justify the means? If you're anything like Andy and you play mostly Black, then you may subscribe to winning at all costs! Andy and Nathan breakdown the major tenets of Magic's most amoral colour and how a love of Vampires (from two different sets) sparked their MTG obsession. Once again the guys will also dive into Alpha and discover that maybe it is a good thing that...

Continuing with their cycle of Colour Pie Episodes, Andy and Nathan breakdown what is often thought to be Magic's best colour, Blue. Through looking at the colour's key principles and at its history starting with Alpha, its easy to see that Blue is a colour packed with flavour and has its roots in the highest of fantasy tropes. Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio Twitter:  MTF- @MTFlavourin...

A legendary success, or a grim failure? How much flavour is packed into Throne Of Eldraine? Well, as it is the storybook set, the guys guess quite a bit actually! Andy and Nathan unpack the set and talk about the direction of Magic story, as well as the design choices and what they mean for the game moving forwards... Music by Michael Rawcliffe Audio Twitter:  MTF- @MTFlavouring, Andy- @AndyMannfa...

In the first installment of MTF's cycle of Colour Pie episodes, the guys tackle the big question: Is White the worst colour of Magic? Walking through White's main tropes and characteristics and how these are expressed on the battlefield as well as in lore, Andy and Nathan seek to get a picture of where the colour is and where it's going. They also take a trip back to Alpha to see ho...

This show is all about MTG flavour, but what is flavour anyway? Today the guys give an introduction to how Magic: The Gathering tells storys through the cardboard and how the game expresses itself outside of gameplay. Andy and Nathan talk about the elements of the game that first got them playing, and what continues to fasinate and excite them after years of slinging spells, as well as breaking do...