The Old Mage MTG Podcast

🎴 Purchase fine cardboard and cardboard accessories at TCGPlayer with our affiliate link: https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/zNvkNW ☕ Buy us a coffee if you enjoyed: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic   Today we discuss everyone's favorite set to hate. It's Homelands time! Thanks to the Grand Creature Type Update, a few of these cards have improved considerably over time, but the set as a whole is s...

🎴 Purchase fine cardboard and cardboard accessories at TCGPlayer with our affiliate link: https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/zNvkNW ☕ Buy us a coffee if you enjoyed: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic We head back to 1995 to finish our discussion of Ice Age with the rares. We remember some old classics we played back then and review some cards we overlooked at the time but would love to brew with no...

🎴 Purchase fine cardboard and cardboard accessories at TCGPlayer with our affiliate link: https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/zNvkNW ☕ Buy us a coffee if you enjoyed: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic Today we head back to 1995 and reminisce about the 3rd worse expansion set we had the pleasure of opening as youngins. Ice Age was a definite step up in quality from Fallen Empires and a set I've grown...

Today we have some more mono-green matters to discuss. After a brief discussion of ways to generate card advantage with a few unique green spells (I'm still learning how to take advantage of Mulch), we review some classic Stompy decks from the heart of the Premodern era. Hope you enjoy! ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic 🎴 Purchase fine cardboard and cardboard accessorie...

Today we review the recent evolution of a Premodern deck that I wish I built. That deck is Oath Ponza, or TerraOath and it is way better than the puny little mono-green deck that I designed, which ramps out Mirri Cat Warrior and Ravenous Baloths. Whoop-dee-frickin'-doo. We also discuss the recent sale of the original Force of Will art. Finally, we bring back the Old Men Magic Commander Corner beca...

In today's episode, we bring to an end (for now) our discussion of clerics with a review of our favorite Premodern clerics in black. Plus some gold clerics, some green clerics, some blue clerics, some old-school clerics and some deck discussion. We talked for 2.5 hours and just scratched the surface, but we had to end it there because Alex needed to let his dog out and I had to make queso dip for...

In today's episode, we begin our review of Premodern Clerics with the white clerics. We also talked about when Justin Bieber said that he hoped Anne Frank would've been a Belieber had she survived the Nazi invasion and we review a card that looks suspiciously like Iron Chef Michael Symon. Hope you enjoy! ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic Intro music from Holizna Hit the...

We are back from our brief hiatus and ready to discuss more old-frame cardboard. In my quest to build a fun and at least slightly competitive Premodern Slivers deck, I've been doing some playtesting and some netdecking. In this episode, we discuss a few of the most interesting old-frame Slivers decks I've come across during my search. Several are classics that placed in the top 8 of extended tourn...

Another week, another zombie for us to discuss. In this episode we discuss Zombie Infestation from Odyssey, review a few of the earliest decks that leveraged this card to power reanimation and discard strategies on the tournament scene, and have a look at how some are utilizing this card these days in the Premodern format. Thanks for listening! ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldm...

In part 2 of our 2-part episode on Premodern zombies, we present to you... even more zombies. These are my B-team zombies that aren't shoe-ins for a competitive zombie deck but definitely add some spice to the kitchen table. Yes we tried to keep this episode under 2h long. Yes we failed to do so because there are just too many rotting flesh-bags to discuss in the world of old-frame MTG. ☕ Buy us...

In today's episode, we review some Premodern zombies. The A-team zombies that should be considered for any old-frame zombie deck. It's part 1 of a 2-parter because there are too many Premodern zombies to fit into a single episode unless we made it 5h long and I can't pod for that long without a nap. ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic Intro music from Holizna Hit the man u...

In today's episode, we review a cycle of cheap creatures from Exodus known as The Keepers, discuss a few items of potential interest in the premodern card market (I'll tell you not to buy cheap foils but what the hell do I know) and are introduced to Atraxa for the first time. ☕ Buy us a coffee. We'd appreciate it: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up a...

After Fluctuator reached the top 8 of the Premodern North American Championships at Lobstercon 2023, I was inspired to learn how to build and play the deck. Luckily, others already did all of the hard work for me. Join us as we review a couple recent Premodern Fluctuator builds and try to understand their design. Also, we review the current Secret Lair Spookydrop. Some of the offerings are quite c...

I need to get better at building sideboards. In my quest to become the ultimate sideboarder, I am reviewing some of the best color-hosers from the Premodern era, starting with the double-hoser cycle in Tempest. We also discuss some of the new LOTR products being released to spread joy this holiday season. I do love that Hildebrandt art. ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic...

On this episode, we painstakingly review all of the slivers printed from Tempest to Scourge and decide which of these creatures will make their way into my first sliver deck. The mana base sure is a b*tch, but I think I'll face the pain and play 5 color slivers because I gotta have that queen. ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oldmenmagic Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at h...

We are back to discuss not just a cycle, but a M-M-M-MEGA-CYCLE of cards that span Tempest and Exodus. Each creature in the retriever cycle allows you to return a card from your graveyard to your hand when it enters the battlefield. They are cheap and useful, but are there better ways to do what they do? We also discuss Atogatog, which I am considering as a Commander for my next EDH deck. I might...

The people have spoken. Our licid episode was one of most poorly received podcasts we've ever done so we are here to give the people more of what they don't realize they want. Even more licids. We then review some of the reprinted enchantments from Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales that caught our attention. The art in this set is stunning. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www....

In this episode we discuss our first MTG conference, the Licid cycle from Tempest (no one plays these cards but at least one is going into my current pet Jank deck that I am very excited about) and we review the current Secret Lair Superdrop from WOTC. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www.youtube.com/@Holizna/about Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagi...

In this episode, we discuss the evolution of Miracle Grow during it's earliest days as at it transitioned from a U/G Quirion Dryad deck packed full of merfolk to a tri-colored deck that took full advantage of the threshold mechanic. We also learn about the Land Game, which from what I've gathered, isn't just one game, but is instead a game with rule sets that have varied significantly over time an...

Read more about Turbo Xerox and Miracle Grow in this article by Carsten Kotter: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/gro-history-and-current-legacy/ Read Mike Flores's article on the top 10 extended decks of all-time : https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/top-10-extended-decks-all-time-2008-02-07 Read about the theoretical Power 9 of Commander in this article by Anthony Lowry: https://...

What does an aspiring tournament Spike brew now that Land Tax is gone from Premodern? We discuss a recent Sam Black article examining just that issue. We also continue our streak of covering breaking news a week or more after it broke in our brief review of WOTC's 2024 release schedule. Bloomburrow looks quite promising to me. Let us know what you're exciting about brewing or possibly buying next...

Back in the mid 90s we thought Land Tax was a great way to make sure you hit all of your land drops and a low cost mana fixer. Today Alex and I learn about how people with far greater MTG minds turned Land Tax into the greatest card draw engine around, which led to its banning, unbanning, then subsequent rebanning in the Premodern format. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www.yout...

Today we complete our review of Premodern-legal cantrips. If we missed something cool, which I'm sure we did, please let us know in the comments. We also discuss a few old-frame cards that are moving in the market thanks to their interactions with some modern spells. Hope you enjoy. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www.youtube.com/@Holizna/about Contact the old men here: Twitter:...

Today we begin our review of Premodern-legal cantrips. Yes I panicked when I realized that I forgot Brainstorm when we reviewed the Ice Age cantrips. Yes I was later reminded by someone on social media that Brainstorm is not Premodern-legal, which is why I originally left it out of the show notes. So basically I nailed it. Hope you enjoy. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www.yout...

Today we discuss some of the cards that interest us the most from the upcoming Commander Masters set. No allied Fetchlands yet but we finally got those Medallions! We also review Alan Comer's 1997 Turbo Xerox deck which was wellspring of the decks that I always referred to as "those decks with lots of low casting cost blue cantrips or library manipulation spells." I also beg the viewers to help me...