Dual’s & (Mana) Dorks - an MTG podcast

Does it really surprise anyone? Elon Musk wants to buy Hasbro to get access to the Dungeons & Dragons IP for his upstart video game company XAI... a game studio looking to make games using AI. Should we take his comments on X very seriously? The stock market sure did. We also dive into the upcoming D&D and Magic the Gathering Video Games, the 20 ways to win Secret Lair commander deck, and...

Happy Thanksgiving! To show our thanks to you and the card game we love, we brought on our side-bro Wyatt (AKA Typical Gemini) to give our set review for the Magic the Gathering Foundations set! Being the last set of 2024, a 5 year standard legal set, and having some interesting non-standard legal cards in jumpstart packs, we tell you everything you need to know about Foundations!

Who would've thought a lukewarm take clipped for shorts would make people so upset! But are they right about Universes Beyond? Are 50/50 Universes Beyond releases actually GOOD for Magic the Gathering? We also dive into the newly announced Secret Lair Commander deck 20 ways to win, the spiking prices of Foundations Jumpstart Cards, Hasbros Lawsuit for allegedly lying about overpurchasing Magic pro...

OOOOOOOO BOY. Was anyone really surprised that the Secret Lair website only lasted 6 minutes before crashing for the Magic x Marvel drop? We certainly aren't. But there is much to discuss about the Limited run model for Secret Lairs, a brief recap of all the announcements out of Magic Con Las Vegas, and laughing at D&D Beyond for posting nearly all of the new Dungeon Masters Guide for FREE!

The Bros bring back the Bro from another... Mo?  @TypicalGeminiMTG  to talk about all the announcements at the recent Magic-Con Las Vegas! Foundations announcements, rules changes, universes beyond being legal everywhere, the slate of 2025 sets, and many many dumb jokes and bits abound! Stay tuned for the Foundations set review for a deep dive into the cards!

The Marvel x MtG leaks we talked about a couple weeks ago were real! We dive into the full slate of Marvel Secret Lairs that will be dropping very soon, we discuss the implications of a Spider Man Magic the Gathering set separate from the rest of Marvel. We also dip our toes into some early previews for the 2024 Dungeon Masters Guide, a hilariously poorly written, clearly AI generated, article fro...

The Bro's sit down with the illustrious Wyatt AKA  @TypicalGeminiMTG  to talk about the spookiest Magic the Gathering set, Duskmourn House of Horrors! How good is this set compared to the other best sets of the year, what are the core mechanics, and some of our choice cards from the set!

So have a tumultuous week for Magic the Gathering, the Commander Rules Committee has given over control of the commander format to the design team of Wizards of the Coast! This of course is a massive change to how the format is run, but is the community concern reasonable, or are they as usual overblowing the negative impact of this change? We also get a look into the Competitive Commander Collect...

We may have just gotten the biggest commander banlist update we've ever seen. Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, Dockside Extortionist, and Nadu, Winged Wisdom all caught the Commander Rules Committee ban hammer. Dockside and Nadu were somewhat expected. Mana Crypt and Jeweled Lotus on the other hand were a shock.   Many are now very upset with the massive loss in value of their collections, many decks in...

The cEDH community in an attempt to self regulate their format brought together several major tournament players in the format to put forth a cEDH specific set of tournament rules/bans. This was met with widespread backlash both from the idea of cEDH needing a rules committee, but moreso from the fact the committee was only white men. And due to Twitter being a cesspool of garbage, the would be Ru...

In a surprise to literally nobody, we find ourselves having to discuss a misinformed outrage, courtesy of an article on Wargamer! D&D Beyond is updating their content to reflect the new changes to the 2024 revision of the game. Despite the fact they are not, and never were, going to deleted the 2014 content, the people have been led to believe they were! Magic the Gatherings yearly "State of D...

In the Post-GenCon world we found ourselves with a copy of the 2024 revision to 5th editions Players Handbook! (Courtesy of Wizards of the Coast) In a months time it will be on shelves for you to enjoy, but what about the other 2024 D&D products? The DMG? The Monster Manual? Project Sigil???? To offset the fortune of the PHB, we were not the lucky few who were hand delivered packs of Mystery B...

Check out The Proxy Forge for high quality custom Magic the Gathering Proxies! https://www.theproxyforge.com?sca_ref=5617924.rZxlhBjvwn Thank you for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! After much uncertainty, Hasbro has found a new president and leader for Wizards of the Coast! John Hight, formerly of Blizzard Entertainment, has worked on video games and played table top rpg's and card games!...

Check out  @TypicalGeminiMTG  out on YouTube for his amazing deck techs that are ACTUALLY budget (like $20 or less!) Bloomburrow's full release is out NOW and it is shaping up to be the best set of the year! We go over all the set specific mechanics, point out some cards and cycles of cards that are worth noting, and get wildly off topic from time to time... don't worry about it!

Check out The Proxy Forge for high quality custom Magic the Gathering Proxies! https://www.theproxyforge.com?sca_ref=5617924.rZxlhBjvwn Thank you for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! After a week where there was so much information that we couldn't properly dive into it all, we are gifted with a calm week, giving the Bros some time to dig into their favorite hobbies! D&D's 2024 revision...

Check out The Proxy Forge! https://www.theproxyforge.com?sca_ref=5617924.rZxlhBjvwn Thank you for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! The universe loves to give us barely anything to talk about for weeks on end, only to infodump a MASSIVE amount of stuff on us all at once! The CRIT Awards is no longer going to be at GenCon after threats of violence; D&D has been previewing all of the class...

We have our friend Typical Gemini on to talk about Modern Horizons 3, the state of Magic the Gathering, and just getting into our love of the game! You'll probably see more of him in the future as other mtg sets begin to release!

Dungeon's & Dragons 2024 Revision may be the update that D&D has needed. They are posting videos daily discussing all the major updates to the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Masters Guide, and Monster Manual! We take the time to go over this first wave of announcements and get hyped for the newest version of the worlds greatest RPG! Assassin's Creed is also already in spoiler season for Magic...

Check out the CRIT Awards! https://www.critawards.org/   So we orginally wanted to discuss the Finalists for the CRIT Awards, but in classic Dungeon Bros fashion... It devolves into chaotic nonsense that is hardly related to the CRIT Awards at all. Ivy is a joy and be sure to get your votes in once the finalists are announced!

Thank You Proxy Forge for sponsoring this episode!  Wizards of the Coast just can't help themselves can they? There is an UPROAR because of a Job listing for a "Principal A.I. Engineer" for their video game division. Is it that big a deal or are people just over reacting (yet again)? We also discuss the D&D TV series being dropped by Paramount+ and WotC shopping it to other production and stre...

The Eldrazi are inside the PC I SWEAR! Despite being plagued by failed audio recordings and frozen video we nonetheless strive forward because there were a LOT of reveals for Modern Horizon's 3 with the world reveal of their Debut video. We get to see the commander deck commanders and backup commanders, new cycles of cards, powerful reprints, and so so much more. Also, D&D is returning to Grey...

Thank you to Proxy Forge for sponsoring this episode of the Podcast! https://www.theproxyforge.com?sca_ref=5617924.rZxlhBjvwn As with all news cycles the good must come with the bad... One D&D Players Handbook Fireside chat in this case being the good, with the Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast 2023 & Q1 2024 earnings report being the Bad. Financials aren't looking too hot for Hasbro, despit...

Wizards of the Coast President Cynthia Williams has filed with the SEC that she is resigning from her post effective THIS WEEK, and interestingly enough, right before the next quarterly earnings are made public... We go over her tenure and time with the company as well as discuss who would be a good replacement. We also have updates to Daggerhearts Beta systems, Larian Studios moving on from Baldu...

Outlaws of Thunder Junction is upon us and we talk about the set and some cool cards that have been revealed! Also, D&D is partnering with Lego and you can get a FREE adventure written by Chris Perkins to go with it!

Sam is recovering from a massive loss of his Wisdom (teeth that is), but that isn't gonna stop us from covering all the juicy new information we have for Vecna: Eve of Ruin, Quests from the Infinite Staircase, yet another round of MTG artist plagiarism, and we go over some of the feedback and thoughts from the audience about our first impressions of Daggerheart!