The Chatterstorm Podcast

Following on from last week, Sarah once again enters the Craft Beer or Magic: The Gathering Card? gauntlet.

Don't miss her slow descent into madness!

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Have you ever noticed that craft beers sound like Magic cards?

We're playing a game this week, where Sarah is trying to sort the brews from the brews.

News is light, okay?

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Which cards in Baldur's Gate make you stop and reread them? Make you say "sorry, what?"

That's what we're talking about in this week's episode. Don't miss it!

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Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate is on the horizon. What are people talking about? 

This week it's Elder Dragons, the power of the colour white, and politics in EDH.

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Now that we're in the SNC meta, which new cards are busted out the gate? What lesser-hyped cards do we want to brew with? 

Is Esper the new Mono-White? Tune in to find out what the heck that even means!

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Wizards have released April's "State of the Game" announcement for MTG: Arena, where they've laid out a new format, some economy updates and the digital premier play path.

Get all of the essential info here!

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Full spoiler is out, and SNC is chock-full of card cycles. Today we're breaking down most of the creature cycles for SNC to see which families are getting short-changed.

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It's our first time on the streets of New Capenna, but not all is novel. There are a number of familiar faces you might run into, and tonight, they're the talk of the town.

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6 new SNC cards have been spoiled, including 3 crime family dons and 3 charm spells. Listen now to hear the cards and what we think about them!

In other news, Wizards made a paper pro-tour announcement this week. What does this mean for competitive players?

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The topic on everyone's minds this week: The Arena Economy Update stream.

What major changes were announced? How did the community react? What do we think? Listen and find out!

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Later this week Wizards will hold a highly anticipated "Arena economy update" stream. Could this be a defining moment for the future of Arena?

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We got our first look at Streets of New Capenna this week, hear our initial thoughts. Plus a (really)mini celebration for our 50th podcast episode.

With the latest round of Alchemy changes taking affect we go over our thoughts on WOTC potentially pushing specific archetypes, our top finance tip & some initial thoughts on the next set release. 

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has been live on MTG Arena for 2 weeks now. What's working and what's not? 

We all know that Sunforger is a super powerful EDH staple- but did you know it's part of a cycle? 

In this episode, we're taking a look at the other cards in the cycle and rating them on a scale of 1 to Sun(forger)

With Alchemy changes and Kamigawa Neon Dynasty on the horizon we're talking spoilers, potential nerfs and buffs plus a direct plea to WOTC to reverse the Goldspan Dragon changes. 

New year, new Magic? 

Sam is back and we're laying out some controversy first thing this year. Listen to learn what we expect from 2022 and what we're excited about.

Another year of MTG has flown by, so we're handing out awards to all of our favourite cards, sets and categories of the year! 

Join us over the next couple of weeks as we close of 2021 and usher in an exciting 2022.

EVERYTHING you need to know about the Arena Decathlon- the ambitious new string of events to play over the holiday season. We're also going over the spoilers from WOTC's spoiler stream for Kamigawa Neon Dynasty.

Alchemy, MTG Arena's newest set, has been a point of contention in the community, to put it lightly. Tune in to hear our thoughts after a few days of playing alchemy. What are we having fun with, and what criticisms do we have? 

Josh and Sarah have a lot of news to cover. Listen in for a breakdown of the Top 8 decks in the Innistrad Championships, everything you need to know about Alchemy, and a break down of Josh's Arena Open attempt.

Why is it a good idea to have alternate commanders in the 99?

Are S-tier limited bombs bad play design?

What are Sam, Sarah and Josh the best/worst at in our playgroup? 

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Chatterstorm, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @chatterstormpod

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The episode is late but better late than never! And it was worth the wait!

This week we're talking about Penny Dreadful, the overpowered card problem, Standard, Limited, Commander- we crammed just about everything in.

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Friendship ended with Alrund's Epiphany. Thalia is my best friend now.

This week the gang are talking about Crimson Vow, and the impact that it's had on Standard and Historic. They also discuss the philosophy of selling cards. Would you sell a Wrenn and Seven for £20?

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Crimson Vow full spoiler is out! This week we're sharing our thoughts on the coolest and most impactful new cards from the set. We're also making sure we're on the same page about gifts because apparently Olivia is a bit of a bridezilla...

Spooky songs, scary stories and sizzling hot spoilers! Happy Halloween! 🎃

Wizards is patching cards now?

Why is Mardu such a lame word?

Is that dead lady hot?

Answers to all these questions and more in this week's episode of Chatterstorm.

WOTC and the CAG have announced some bans recently, so we've been talking about bans in Magic, how they're decided and why they're needed.

AFR spoiler season is well underway and today we're talking about the overall set mechanics that we've seen. What looks good, what looks bad and what are we hoping to see from the rest of the spoiler season?

Josh, Sam, and Sarah go over some MH2 cards they want to pick up and play a guessing game with some of the spoilers. 

Sarah, Josh & Sam go over some interesting spoilers from MH2 & Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.