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

The best selling Magic the Gathering set of all time is out and in (some) peoples hands. It's expensive, its beautifully designed, and frankly... its worthy of being the best selling in some ways.  @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I break down the limited environment, the commander decks, and talk about some of our favorite singles from the set!

The Best Selling Magic the Gathering set of ALL TIME gets not one, not two, but three Secret Lair drops with gorgeous art. Surely Wizards of the Coast won't manage to screw this one up... right? Sadly we were wrong. Between 5 hour lines, products selling out within the first hour, lines pausing, scalpers galore, and no transparency; this will certainly go down as one of the worst run drops of all...

Ladies and Gentlemen it is not a fun one today. Ebay, who bought TCG Player in 2022, is laying off all of the employees in their Syracuse, New York warehouse, and moving the entire operation to Kentucky. Seemingly in an attempt to stop the Unionization efforts from the Syracuse TCG Player Employees!  @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I discuss the ramifications of this and if there is anything we can do as c...

Between the Through the Ages bonus sheet being available in 1/3 of all play boosters and in EVERY collector booster, The best value in secret lair drops we've seen in what feels like years, AND the general card quality for the set; Final Fantasy is shaping up to be the most pushed set in a long time! But is that a good thing?  @TypicalGeminiMTG  sits down with me to discuss the ending of this spoi...

Yet again we find ourselves hit by the sadness that is make set debut's and showcases happening after we post to Patreon but before the free feeds... Alas, we trudge on through a major Magic the Gathering Arena update that provides many quality of life improvements to the card economy when collecting cards for new sets, and utilizing new card styles and printings! We also go over the value in the...

Tarkir Dragonstorm is THE Magic set of the year! The one set being heralded as the only magic set of the year that FEELS like a magic set, and on one of the games most popular planes too! Connor and Wyatt (  @TypicalGeminiMTG  ) break down all the sets mechanics, card cycles, and point out some of their favorite cards from the adored Tarkir Dragonstorm!

The news kept coming in hot and heavy these last two weeks. The Q1 earnings call isn't just boring statistics, we have confirmation that Final Fantasy Universes Beyond is Magic's besting selling set of all time! Over one month before its release! We also dive into Commander's recent Unbannings and updates to the Commander Bracket Beta system including 18 additions to the Game Changers List. We als...

In Classic Wizards of the Coast fashion, some Final Fantasy Starter Kits found their way into the hads of Brazilian consumers... two months before the street date!!!   @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I discuss how WotC would let this happen AGAIN, and how they handled this situation, compared to when we had the Pinkertons sent to a YouTuber's house! We also break down the surprise April Fools Day Secret La...

Wizards of the Coast has been developing a 3D virtual table top game for Dungeons & Dragons for years and after the Beta release in February... 90% of the Project Sigil development team has been laid off and the product is seemingly dead in the water. We also get to bring in Wyatt (@TypicalGeminiMTG) to the show!  And just in time to go over what you can expect to get from your Tarkir Dragonst...

We have Hasbro's financial report for Q4 2024 and the full fiscal year of 2024 and in a shock to nobody, Wizards of the Coast is the primary revenue driving entity at Hasbro, but interestingly, sales of Magic product are down compared to 2023! Additionally, Spongebob has some bad Secret Lairs, Commandfest's have been dated, and Sam is going away! (for now)

It has been a busy week in Magic the Gathering News!  Magic Con Chicago weekend just wrapped up and thanks to the Preview Panel we saw some cards from Tarkir Dragonstorm (including a new Mox), art from Edge of Eternities, and the announcement of Avatar the Last Airbender being a full Universes Beyond Set for the end of the year! And all of that after the commanders for the Final Fantasy precons we...

Have you ever wondered if you were too fast? If you were too furious? Aetherdrift will speed racer you into another plane of existence! The Dungeon Bros along with our good friend  @TypicalGeminiMTG  discuss the set mechanics and favorite cards released in Aetherdrift!

Commander Players! We get our first in depth look at the Commander Bracket matchmaking system.  Gavin Verhey seems to think that this will improve the big problem of... what exactly?  More interestingly, this comes alongside the "Game Changer" list.  A list of 40 cards that the Commander Format Panel has identified as cards of particularly high power (that could possibly catch a ban???) We also br...

Aetherdrift spoilers are in full swing and we go over some of the cards we've seen so far, and discuss the two (yes, only two) commander decks! We also started recording mere hours after the newest Unearthed Arcana playtest is posted to D&D Beyond! We take a preliminary look at the 8 Forgotten Realms themed subclasses we got.

In the time since our break, not only did we miss the Artificer Unearthed Arcana, but we also got some very interesting numbers for the sales of 2024's D&D 5e revision. Outselling the original 5e in 4 months, what it took the originals 3 years! Impressive stuff. We also go over the Innistrad Remastered full set reveal, the D&D Slot Machine licensing deal, and the... interesting basic land...

The highs were HIGH and the lows were... very very low... But we brought on friend of the show  @TypicalGeminiMTG  to discuss the year that was 2024 for D&D and Magic the Gathering! We had a new president for Wizards of the Coast, we had AI controversies, we had the release of D&D 5e's major 2024 revfsion, we had Magic formats broken wide open then banned back into some sense of normalcy,...

The last Banned & Restricted update for 2024 was a JUICY one to say the least! Two Major bans for Legacy in Psychic Frog and Vexing Bauble. Jegantha the Wellspring singing the end to companions in most constructed formats. AND the long awaited banning of The One Ring and... Ampted Raptor(?) for Modern, as well as the shocking UNBANNING of Mox Opal, Green Suns Zenith, Faithless Looting, and the...

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...