The Ornithopter Flight Academy

After a little time off the guys are back to give their opinions on how to fix master sets! Also Brendon shares some HUGE NEWS!

This week the guys talk about all of their favorite cards from the new Lord of The Rings set!

This week Josh and Brendon discuss what Commander only cards they think could get reprinted into Modern and how they would effect the meta.

With the next B&R announcement right around the corner the guys give there thoughts on the changes and predict what will be banned

This week the guys go over and give their opinions on ALL 50 of the cards from the up coming mini-set march of the machine: aftermath!

The guys break down some of their favorite/well known fan made formats! Make sure to email us any that we missed at tofapodcast@gmail.com Links from the show Man steals Pokémon cards on the job in 'largest' theft the game has ever seen, tries to sell his haul, but the law is super effective | PC Gamer Oathbreaker - MTG Wiki (fandom.com) An Introduction to Canadian Highlander | MAGIC: THE G...

Brendon & Josh break down the commons and uncommons for March of the Machine limited just in time for prerelease weekend!

As spoilers start to come out for March of The Machine, the guys decide to look back at All will be one and give their opinions on the set. What cards did over performed and which cards were the biggest disappointments?

Having a week to prepare Brendon & Josh talk about their $100 Standard brews, how they performed, what they would do different and how they would upgrade them with a bigger budget! Brendon's Deck: Rakdos Hellraiser Deck (mtggoldfish.com) Josh's Deck: Satoru Combo STD Deck (mtggoldfish.com) Don't forget to check us out on TCGplayer we are TOFA Enterprises and as always please share...

After a week off the guys catch up on a whole lot of news then they talk about the Standard format and make some predictions for the upcoming Standard RCs! Our new TCGplayer store: https://www.tcgplayer.com/search/magic/product?productLineName=magic&seller=a6cb345e&view=grid

This week we are joined by Phil Gallagher aka ThrabenU to talk about the current Legacy Metagame and how to approach it. Also make sometime to talk commander and we get Phil's thoughts on Magic Con Philly

Brendon and Josh look back at some of their favorite moments from the Pro Tour and then have Efrain aka HollywoodPizza on to talk about his online tournament series The Pizza Box! HollywoodPizza's linktree https://linktr.ee/hollywoodpizza

Brendon and Josh talk about the meta game breakdown of Pro Tour Phyrexia and give some of their predictions! 

With Josh finally back we take a look at Phyrexia: All Will Be One limited and give our opinions on some of the best draft/sealed archtypes

This week week Brad comes on to teach us about a format that Brendon hasn't played before, Pauper Commander! Get ready because after this episode you will want to sleeve up a PDH deck of your own! Link for the pdhhomebase https://www.pdhhomebase.com/ Link to the PDHPod: https://open.spotify.com/show/55DyhZMhnn7z4SivHPiFVC

This week Brendon has Richard Hawron aka OptimalMTG to talk some pioneer and more specifically Mono-Blue Spirits! Richard breaks down some matchups and explains some of the card choices in his favorite deck!  Here is a link to Richard's Article: https://magic.facetofacegames.com/optimal-talks-my-calgary-rc-weekend-experience/  You can Find Richard on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/op...

This week we have Everyday Eternal's Callum Smith and we talk about Brendon's favorite deck, Legacy Painter. They also discuss the current state of legacy, what decks they think are good right now and what they think should about the dominance of Initiative in legacy! 

In the going trend of getting hosts from Constructed Criticism on the show, this week Abe Stein comes on and we talk all thing Hammer Time! Links to some of Abe's articles https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-art-of-calling-an-audible/ https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/magic-resolutions-you-can-keep-in-2019/

This week we have a special guest co-host as Heezy from Constructed Criticism come on the cast to help Brendon learn how to tackle a new format and how to prepare with limited time! If you are wanting to improve your game and take it to the next level this is one you won't want to miss! This is the article by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa referenced in the episode. https://strategy.channelfireball.com/...

With Josh having to step a way for a couple months Brendon invites his friend Onnik on to talk about everything from Arena to Cube to what it takes to host an online tournament that crosses a lot of time zones. This is a very fun episode where we get to see the game from a very different perception!

This week we dive into levels of thinking and talk about how to use this to up your game! Links to the articles mentioned Practical Leveled Thinking (And Other Topics) - Star City Games Leveled Thinking - Star City Games The Ulamog Gambit | TCGplayer Infinite

This week we talk about some of our favorite cards of all time and we find out why Josh doesn't have that many friends! Make sure you email us your favorite cards at tofapodcast@gmail.com

In the last 30 years Magic has changed quite a bit and this week Brendon and Josh look back on the B&R list from 1994 to now and highlight some of the more interesting cards that have gotten the hammer over the years. Link to the Timeline we used: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Banned_and_restricted_cards/Timeline

This week we recap the Regional Championships that happened this weekend and give our thoughts on the state of competitive paper play moving forward!

As we wait for the first RC happening this weekend and seeing the impact Brother's War makes, Brendon and Josh talk about what makes a good meta game, what makes a bad meta game and how they think you can turn bad meta game a into good one