The Old Mage MTG Podcast

Establish your Mirage tutor positions now! Today we review prices of some premodern playables six months after their Dominaria Remastered reprints. We also have some more updates on the discovery of The One Ring and learn a little more about the cascade and suspend mechanics, and Living End. Intro music from Holizna Hit the man up at https://www.youtube.com/@Holizna/about Contact the old men here:...

Today our One Ring watch segment comes to an end. My Precious is in Canada. We discuss what is known so far (not much). We then look at a couple Fires of Yavimaya decks from the Premodern era that splash some big gold bodies into the more traditional R/G framework. If there is something else out there that you would splash, let us know in the comments. Hope you enjoy. Intro music from Holizna Hit...

This week Alex and I join the hunt for The One Ring by blowing our retirement funds on LOTR Collector Booster packs. As listeners of this show already know, I have not opened a booster pack since I purchased two Mercadian Masques boosters from a Barnes and Noble in Boardman, OH in 1999. Those were simpler times. Before multiple art variants. Before surge foils that will burn a man's retina if he v...

We finish our review of Rath cycle rares for the penny-pinching player. It's Exodus time. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the web: https://mtgstocks.com https://tcgplayer.com https://scryfall.com https://gatherer.wizards.com/  

We continue our review of Rath cycle rares for the penny-pinching player. It's Stronghold time. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the web: https://mtgstocks.com https://tcgplayer.com https://scryfall.com https://gatherer.wizards.com/  

We begin our review of Rath block rares for the penny-pinching player. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the web: https://mtgstocks.com https://tcgplayer.com https://scryfall.com https://gatherer.wizards.com/  

We conclude our discussion of Fires of Yavimaya and Zvi's Fires. At least for now. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the web: https://mtgstocks.com https://tcgplayer.com https://scryfall.com https://gatherer.wizards.com/  

In this episode, we begin our review of the "My Fires" articles written by Zvi Mowshowitz. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the web: https://mtgstocks.com https://tcgplayer.com https://scryfall.com https://gatherer.wizards.com/  

In this episode, I discuss Fires of Yavimaya and review some of the creatures that have been doing work in Fires decks for two decades and counting. These creatures are big, green (mostly) and cheap! And there's Birds of Paradise as well. Everyone loves ramping with a BOP. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resou...

On this episode I learn that Lightning Bolt is not and has not been a part of Standard since the 90s. We then review the cycle of Dragon Auras from Scourge, which is a cycle of creature enchantments that I might actually play with. Finally, we discuss a couple happenings in the market, I try to convince the young folk to buy an S&P500 index fund instead of going all in on a Bubble Matrix spec...

On this episode I discuss my excitement about finally finding a local LGS that has Premodern basic lands to sell to me for a quarter a piece, we review some of our favorite cheap cards from the 1997 set Visions, and Alex finally names his Commander deck. Oh what a day! We hope you enjoy. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our fav...

Episode 37 was the greatest of episodes but it is lost forever to the ether because I forgot to press the record button. I am blaming Alex. This is a tribute to that episode where we discuss The 001/500 Ragavan pulled by Star City Games, the Gempalm cycle of creatures from Legions and more. We hope you enjoy. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gma...

Welcome to another wonderful episode of The Old Men Magic Podcast. On this episode, we discuss the muses cycle from Legions. A cycle where every card is actually playable. We also discuss of few recent ups and downs in the MTG market and Kaervek's Purge. I dream of one day incinerating a Phyrexian Dreadnought with a three casting cost purge. We hope you enjoy. Contact the old men here: Twitter: ht...

How about them Dandan market moves eh. Rhystic Studies posts a banger video and the whole world opens their wallet. Welcome to episode 35 where we discuss the price of Forgetful Fish, review some chain spells old and new(ish), and discuss a premodern Parfait deck that inspired the latest addition to my old frame Commander deck. We hope you enjoy. Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter....

In episode, we review a group of cards from Judgement that may be terrible but also may make their way into one old man's group hug EDH deck. Sometimes terrible makes for great fun at the kitchen table. We also discuss a recent price spike in a reserved list Exodus card and review some old-frame fog spells for Alex to use to beef up his defense. We hope you enjoy. Contact the old men here: Twitter...

Welcome back to the podcast everybody. In this episode, we review some vintage cardboard that is now cheaper just eight months after being reprinted in Double Masters 2022 and we take a quick look at some recent variations of The Rock in Premodern. More Rock you say? Yes. But just a little bit more. Did the Phyrexian Rager fix everything? Should I try Nantuko Cultivator? We hope you enjoy. Contact...

In this episode, we discuss The One Ring, MTG ultra-rarities, and we continue our exploration of The Rock and how it evolved over its early years. Read about the history of The Rock here: https://www.mtgnexus.com/articles/1104-deck-history-the-rock Read about some other MTG one-ofs: https://magicuntapped.com/index.php/features/item/56-the-rarest-of-rare-the-history-and-the-mystery-of-the-1996-worl...

In this episode, we discuss cereal-stealing squirrels, The Rock's (the wrestler/actor) lackluster finishing move and the origin of The Rock (the deck) and His Millions, as built by Sol Malka.   Read about the history of The Rock here: https://www.mtgnexus.com/articles/1104-deck-history-the-rock   Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com   Some...

We start off this episode of The Old Men Magic Podcast slack-jawed and dumbfounded as we realize that an enter the battlefield creature we featured in episode 29 is not even an enter the battlefield creature. Nevertheless, we soldiered on to bring you a banger of an episode where fellow YouTuber Tong Zou explains to us how to turn 1 kill your opponent with Phyrexian Marauder (plus a few modern car...

After some follow-ups to last episode and a brief discussion of some market moves (anyone out there playing Leeches?), we conclude our review of the enter the battlefield creatures from Visions. Some are about as useful as I remembered, some may be better, and one in particular is still very confusing to me. We end this weeks episode in the Old Men Magic Commander corner, where we discuss this wee...

Yes we have talked about Uktabi Orangutan roughly 10 times on the podcast already and yes we are talking about it again. Can't stop won't stop. Today we review some of my favorites creatures from Visions: the enter the battlefield creatures. They are cheap and they are heaps useful. We also discuss some recent news in the world of plastic-slabbed, graded, collectible cardboard. I say, free the car...

In today's episode we discuss WOTC's recent removal of a figure from Secret Lair artwork. The vaguely weiner-shaped linework was too much for some eyes to handle. The anal impalement was fine though. We also discuss an old Secret Lair Superdrop that we recently learned about, featuring artwork from the legendary Bob Ross and the legendary Seb Mckinnon. Then we discuss a premodern goblin deck I rec...

Today's episode is a grab bag of topics about cards old and new (mostly old) that are currently occupying the minds of the co-hosts. I miss my Mana Drains. And I still don't want a Mana Crypt but I admit it is far better than I realized it was way back in 1995.  Contact the old men here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldMenMagic Email: oldmenmagic@gmail.com Some of our favorite MTG resources on the...

A lot has happened in green since the Old Men were casting their Forces of Nature (Force of Natures?). It's even got some card advantage now. In this episode, we discuss some Premodern-legal spells that have a built-in Regrowth function, generate multiple threats from a single spell and even some straight-up friggin' card draw. I want to play green but I also don't want to be stuck in topdeck mode...

Today we discuss more pitch spells. This time, it's the cycle from Mercadian Masques, which was printed after we stopped playing the first time around in the late 90s. I'm looking forward to giving these a spin in some premodern decks. Except for Cave-In. Cave-In is turrible. We then followed up by reviewing some recent purchases and adding a few cards to out first Commander decks, which are slooo...