The Vorthos Cast

A mysterious signal calls Ruuz from Ikoria to Ravnica at what turns out to be an inopportune time for the pirate. She meets some strangers just in time for them to start fighting for their lives. We're back with D&D, so enjoy the games! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

Jumpstart is a fancy new product that mashes themes together for limited play, but it also features a handful of new cards and oodles of basic lands with new art. As such, it gets a proper flavor gems episode all it's own. Enjoy! All our pledges at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast for June will be donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to support black trans communities across the US. We encoura...

Welcome to a new, sporadically released bonus feature we're launching: Beyond the Multiverse. These extra episodes will bring on guests to talk about the lore for IPs outside of Magic: The Gathering. Michael Yichao, narrative designer at Riot, joins us in our debut to talk all about the lore of Runeterra, the world behind League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra, and more games in the future. All o...

While core sets are usually more flavor neutral than other Magic sets, Core Set 2021 is stuffed with characters, images, and lore bits from across the Multiverse. Join us as we delve into this delicious collection of cards! All our pledges at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast for June will be donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to support black trans communities across the US. 00:25 – Supporti...

Welcome to our preview episode for Jumpstart! This product lets you mash up 20-card packs in myriad ways using myriad themes. Today we're showing off three themes: Goblins, Smashing, and Rogues, including a brand-new card from the Goblins packs! You can find full lists of these themes' packs on our Twitter: @TheVorthosCast.

This week is our second of two parts on the history of Core Set 2021's icon, Teferi. We left off with Teferi peacing out to avoid the Phyrexian Invasion, so we'll be picking up with him as he returns to a Dominaria far worse off than the one he left. All our pledges at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast for June will be donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to support black trans communities acro...

Core Set 2021 focuses on Teferi, the timey-wimey wizard from Zhalfir. This week we're taking a look back at Teferi's influence before the Mending, a time that saw him grow from prankster child to responsible adult. All our pledges at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast for June will be donated to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute to support black trans communities across the US. 00:10 – Supporting the Ma...

In the final episode of our Ikoria D&D adventure, a mystery will be solved! But what will happen to the NPCs? What will happen to our heroes? Are they even heroes? Surprises aplenty await! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

Murder! Intrigue! Flirting! Fauxnaam, Radaghast, and Ruuz continue interrogating(ish) citizens of Lavabrink in order to discover who murdered well-liked glassblower Gordon Truman. What clues will they discover this week? If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

This week we begin our second Dungeons & Dragons adventure set in Magic's Multiverse! A new cast of characters find themselves in a crisis in Lavabrink. Hiding from a monster attack, a murder most mysterious takes place. Who done it!? Find out, well, not this week. But soon! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

This week we are thrilled to interview Ikoria creative lead Doug Beyer about building this world, producing the Godzilla Series cards, planeswalker personalities, and more! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

Building with Flavor is a newish segment we do where we take a legend from the current set and construct a Vorthosy Commander deck for them. We highlight specific cards, as well as processes, for this kind of project. Ikoria gave us something very special, so for this set's iteration of Building with Flavor, Loreley put together a deck for Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos (Illuna, Apex of Wishes). If...

This week we welcome special guest Django Wexler, author of Sundered Bond and The Gathering Storm, onto our show to talk all about Ikoria, Ravnica, wargames, and toilet monsters. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! Here's the link to the Weekly MTG interview with Django that we talk about in the episode: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/6...

We have a kaiju-sized flavor gems episode this week! We're talking about our favorite cards from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Commander 2020, AND the Godzilla Series arts. It's certainly an adventure worthy of this wild and savage plane. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 02:03 – Ikoria Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/ar...

This week we're summarizing and reviewing Sundered Bond, the novella by Django Wexler for Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. This story follows Lukka, Vivien, and Jirina and their follies with the fantastical monsters, and people, of Ikoria. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:14 – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and Commander 2020 Previewed Lin...

Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our TWO free preview cards from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths! We also talk about Ikoria worldbuilding and genre influences, so stick around for the whole episode! Here are the cards: Thwart the Enemy - 2G Instant - C Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control. /"Your prey is in my custody now. Withdraw." —Vivien Reid/ Go...

We're finishing up with our time travel this week, taking a look back at the flavor gems of Born of the Gods and Journey into Nyx. Many of these cards can be seen in new light with Theros: Beyond Death released, so enjoy this look into the history of the original Theros block. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:19 – Announcing Iko...

In the wake of Theros: Beyond Death, we're looking back in time at the original set from this mythological plane. Just as we talk about our favorite flavorful cards from new sets, we're going to do the same for the original Theros set. Expect Born of the Gods/Journey into Nyx next week, folks! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 02:07...

We're giving a new feature a shot this week: An overview of the construction of a flavorful Commander deck! Chris put together a list for Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, a character with almost no established lore. Join us as we talk through our processes of how to build a flavor-fueled deck for characters that don't seem like they could support such things! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider...

Happy Birthday to us! This week we're celebrating two years of producing this podcast, and that means it's time to look back at the sweet stuff we did this past year and look forward to our future plans. Thank you all, listeners, for joining us on our aural adventure. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 02:49 – D&D: Mythic Odysseys of...

This weekend was February 29th, Leap Day, and the release of the new box set product Unsanctioned! This product features 16 brand-new silver-bordered cards, so of course we had to do a flavor gems episode! We even do something we haven't done in ages: Answer listener questions. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:13 – Listener Ques...

Episode 100. What a milestone. It's also the finale of our Dungeons & Dragons adventure set on Theros! This is the thrilling conclusion as our heroes(?) finally confront...well, someone. Give a listen to find out who! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:05 – Jump Start Announced Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/n...

We're back with the third part of our Dungeons & Dragons adventure set on Theros. Fevrisk, Bronte, and Erythros have found themselves in Asphodel, a city of the Returned. Everything probably goes smoothly, right? Right!? Dead wrong. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

This week we have special guest James Wyatt from Wizards of the Coast on to talk about Theros: Beyond Death. James was co-lead on the set's creative design, pulling it into the cohesive experience we see published. Join us to learn and laugh about all things Theros! Seriously, there are so many laughs. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthosca...

A few big announcements begin our second chapter in our Theros D&D adventure. Sent on a quest to Asphodel by a rich snob, our heroes(?) find violence, mystery, and...meat apparently. Discover what all that means in this week's episode of gaming delight! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:09 – Manastrike (Mobile) Released 02:13 – U...