Eternal Durdles

Zac and Nate announce a donation to Campaign Zero and discuss Black Lives Matter. They then move on to talk about Wizards’ decision to ban several cards for racist art or concepts. This is an emotional conversation with little about gameplay, please be advised. Correction: Nate refers to a statement being removed from the ‘Depictions is Racism in Magic’ article. That statement was not actually eve...

Nathan, Zac, and Phil respond with thoughts about this new companion Errata. What it means for the game, and what sort of precedents this could set in the future.  

Phil and Nate realized that they couldn't possibly play enough Legacy to have an informed opinion about the real impact of Companions on the format, so they called in a guy who plays more than enough! Anuraag Das is a Legacy streamer and podcaster who is three months into daily streaming. He streamed the recording live and we got into some more specifics about the actual texture of the format with...

Nate goes Buck wild about a particular nonsensical companion interaction in standard that has implications that ripple through all formats. Zac and Phil sit back and share a bucket of popcorn. 

Zac, Nate and Phil discuss some of the remaining cards from Ikoria. 

Phil Nathan and Zac look at the spoils from this 2x spoiler season.  Time Stamps Companion Discussion 12:50 Keruga 20:15 Obosh 23:23 Gyruda 26.50 Lutri 29:03 Umori 30:35 Rielle 34:20 Mana scape refractor 44:00 Ominous seas 50:30 Shark typhoon 54:50 Mass extinction 56:23 Drannith Magistrate 57:40 Lukka 102:00 Vivien 107:00 Call of the Death-Dweller 1:11:20 Valiant Rescuer 1:13:09 Grimdancer 1:...

Longtime Magic player and Legacy streamer Romario Vidal is going to the PT thanks to a second-place finish with Doomsday in an MTGO special event! We chat about the deck and the tournament. Then Phil answers some questions about his Miracles deck. But we start with a special message that we hope you all take to heart. Here's some other relevant timestamps. 4:30 New song 7:55 Introducing Romario Ro...

Nate and Phil catch up as the lockdown in New York begins. Zac is missing, but he's fine (he told us later).  Improbable Edric: 4 Ice-Fang Coatl 2 Snapcaster Mage 2 Edric, Spymaster of Trest 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath 4 Brainstorm 4 Arcum's Astrolabe 4 Ponder 4 Force of Will 3 Improbable Alliance 2 Daze 2 Lightning Bolt 2 Punishing Fire 2 Dack Fayden 2 Spell Pierce 1 Preordain 1 Oko, Thie...

Zac And Phil struggle to pass the time in self isolation. They come up with 2 top 5 lists for what to do when you can't play paper Magic for a while.  Portal World  https://www.audible.com/pd/Portal-World-Audiobook/B07CJ28KQ2?qid=1584458350&sr=1-8&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_8&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=B8Z0GSC8AQXHNPZ1DZTA Orion https://www.audib...

Nate Phil and Zac tackle the banned list announcement in real time.  You can support our efforts at pateron.com/eternaldurdles

Nate Zac and Phil talk about what the format will look like after the BnR annoucement.

The guys invite Chris Banuchi of 90smtg on to the show. We cover origins of the channel and talk about the technology Chris uses.  Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRjwixdkw7TykmWn2Mss2g or search "90smtg" on youtube.

Nate and Zac talk about Nate's showing at the Alamo Old School tourney. Then Zac goes nuts about draws.

Filthy Phil and Nasty Nate welcome in Sam Ruckus to breakdown the Legacy meta in the Underworld Breach world. New intro and outro in this one.

Zac shares his tourney report from League of Scrying Gentlemen Sister of the Flame event. Phil recants our league with a real brew! 4 Dryad of Ilysian 2 Trinket Mage 1 Courser 2 Fae of Wishes 1 Oracle 4 exploration 4 Brainstorm 4 Loam 3 punishing fire 2 sylvan library 2 EE 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Expedition Map 1 crucible of worlds 4 misty 2 foothills 1 sc forest 1 forest 1 sc island 1 island 1 trop...

Zac Nate and Phil talk Breach, OX and our plans for GPNJ.

Phil, Nate, and Zac talk a bit about the recent BnR announcement. Then we chat it up about the Old School Expansion Scryings.

Phil Zac and Nate Review the rest of Theros: Beyond Death 12:15 Heliod, Sun-Crowned 15:00 Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis 15:30 Nyxbloom Ancient 18:30 Nadir Kraken 20:30 Arasta of the Endless Web 21:30 Eidolon of Obstruction 24:20 Destiny Spinner 26:30 Thassa's Oracle 26:30 33:00 Storm's Wrath 33:26 trecherous blessing 36:37 Taranika, Akroan Veteran 39:05 Setessan Champion 40:30 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove...

Nate Phil and Zac each pick a card from the New set to preview before we go deep into spoiler season.

Zac and Nate look back at 2019 and make some bold choices for the new year!

Phil and Nate go over the results of MF Bologna and discuss how long the Legacy metagame will be stand up to the intense scrutiny on 2019 releases.

Zac sits down with Old School Champion Will Magrann to talk about his win on Eternal Weekend.

Nate Phil and Zac Lament/Celebrate the death of Gruul's favorite son.

Nate, Phil and Zac interview Vintage Championship Semi-finalist Bryan Hockey. Brian Offers his experience in Vintage Champs, Eternal Weekend and some insight into the best and worst flavor text.  https://stonesmtg.com/article/modern-horizons-flavor-review

Phil and Zac wax on about Pioneer. They take a look at recent spikes in prices, and previous deck in the Pro Tour to see what we can expect in the early weeks of this format.