Quote of Arms

The long and winding road that has been Season Six comes to an end with a magnificent myconid-laden commemoration, featuring MTG Ambassador, cosplayer, and streamer extraordinaire Giraffanat!

They came as three. The great mystery of Zendikar was solved...and then gave way to an alien invasion the likes of which the multiverse hadn't seen since...the Phyrexians (which we talked about last week). Join Tronisbad and me as we discuss a BIG threat to existence!

Who, Prae tell, are the greatest villains in the Multiverse? The Phyrexians, of course! Join me and the dapper Dutchman, Daniel Cane, as we discuss the dangerous dictators of disaster: Phyrexia's Praetors!

Big, scaly, winged monsters. An incredible creator known for burninating the countryside. Need I say more?

Join Astralsflame and I as we discuss all manner of draconic doombringers!

Join me and GamefreakSA, or be helpless to watch as we forcibly join YOU! The topic du jour, if haven't guessed (it's an obscure one), is LICIDS! Those odd, parasitic little guys that attach themselves to creatures to mess with them! Listen as we discuss what they are like, how to build around them, and the awesome mechanic they helped to inspire!

Join me and a freshly-minted MTG Ambassador as we reach across the pond to connect over Rat Royalty! The Prince of Biel Tan and I discuss Colonies, Relentless Rats, and Rat support of all shapes and sizes!

A collaboration long in the making, The Heckin' Murder Queen and I discuss what beautiful, unholiness rises in the wake of her slaughter! Rise, and reanimated masses simping over her majesty, Ghoulcaller Gisa, and learn about how to claim power from the shambling masses!

Join MJ and I as we heed the Siren's Call to adventure and explore underrated and underdeveloped creature types! What do you do when there isn't a ton of support for a creature type? You make it your own, exploring the gameplay implications of the theme's lore!

Assemble the Voltron! Like the namesake TV show, Voltron is a strategy designed around putting pieces together to make a number of smaller pieces combine into a huge, unstoppable machine! Follow along as Tmakalpha and I discuss the different ways to assemble the archetype!

Join Dungeon Learner's Guide and I as we do a deep delve into the lore and gameplay behind the starcrossed, musclebound tragic hero of the Gatewatch, Gideon Jura! How do you build a commander deck around a planeswalker? Listen and learn!

IT'S HERE! BIG NUMBER 50!

Voiddyn and I celebrate a big milestone by talking about a timeless tribe. Hope this podcast is just as eternal!

Big Tuck and I talk about the Wizard Fissure with a particular author, the Magic of magicians, and the limits and opportunities incumbent upon a versatile creature type!

DracVPauper and I talk about Pauper Commander, a new, more-accessible, fast-paced Commander variant, as well as how and why to build around tribal synergies in a powered-down card pool!

Ooze the best creature type? One that can bend and shape itself to become literally everything!

No, we don't mean changelings; for all your cloning needs, choose the ooze!

Abockley and I discuss the denizens of the darkness, the pointy-teethed menaces who lurk in the shadows and live forever in our hearts.

No matter what plane or IP you know them from, we guarantee you know about...vampires!

MakoMark makes a mark on Quote of Arms with a Giant episode!

We talk about big creatures, big spells, and share big laughs!

It's a S-S-S-Specter! Or, is it an ancestor? Or a statue?

One thing's for sure: it's an awesome episode about Spirits, with special guest Justin Z from Red Zone Gaming!

ScrufyNerfHerd slinks into the studio to speak about Rogues: the salacious, sinister, shadowy sneaks, omnipresent in both Magic and Dungeons and Dragons!

Geoffrey from Living Card Animations, who animated the Unsummoned Skull logo featured on the YouTube adaptation of this podcast (check it out at bit.ly/unsummonedskull!) comes on to talk about the beat brawny beaters that scale the skies!

Animated antics, amazing artistry, and awesome acknowledgements abound!

A chorus breaks out in song. Light radiates from the sky, refracted in every color of the Magic spectrum.

While Angels, like Roses are beautiful, every rose has its thorn, and Rose Thorn and I talk about the protective, powerful, vengeful, and unforgiving rulers of the sky.

Will of the Compleation and I build an episode based on the charming robot piles that accumulate into advantage.

Get ready to construct a whole new meaning of what artifact decks can look like!

I'm joined by the youngest player to make Day 2 of a Grand Prix, the prodigious Dana Fischer!

We discuss elves, Nissa, and all things green (NOT blue!) over several formats and levels of competition!

What have those sneaky courtesans been up to? Jake F and I catch up on Ninjas, a shadowy tribe that has improved noticeably in the last few years, especially with the return to Kamigawa!

We look at competitive and casual versions, as well as what they're like on either side of the table!

Anomolee and I discuss the acorn-loving, adorable furry tree-dwelling rodents, but be warned: they are DEADLY!

Like a squirrel's random-moving mind, we also discuss the differences between tokenization and representation, and quite a lot of pop culture references!

The ethereal, effervescent Ashlen Rose, master of giant stompy creatures embraces her dark side in a discussion of black's entry into the cycle of beefy fliers: white has Angels, Blue has Sphinxes, Red has Dragons...and we had a great time!

The creator of Commander joins the host with the most to discuss cats, a tribe with 9 lives and almost as many different interpretations!

We look at different incarnations of cats in Magic's history: past, present, and future, as New Capenna looks to change the direction of the tribe and provide some awesome new strategies and commanders!

The amazing designer behind the thumbnails for the YouTube adaptation of the podcast, bit.ly/unsummonedskull, comes on to talk about Gruulfriends, the semi-canonical ship of Nissa and Chandra, and a deck that combines elements of both to tell a beautiful story of identity, love, and acceptance!

Bennie Smith, esteemed writer for Star City Games (whose work I have been reading and enjoying for YEARS!) slips into the schedule to discuss Ninjas! More than simple couriers, and far beyond the phenomena of Naruto, these roguish creatures strike quickly, then vanish into the night, making you wonder if they were ever there at all...

What's scarier than a stampede of hooves trampling anything and everything underfoot? A stampede of hooves trampling anything and everything underfoot WITH SWORDS ON THEIR HEADS! The Unicorn Queen rides into town in style, sharing the good word of the unicorn and altering the perception of these rare, beautiful, and, most all, deadly creatures! Call them a myth at your own risk, as the dangers they pose are very real!

Lady Lazula and I discuss the terrors of the night, the carnivorous canine-centric humanoids known as vampires!

While they do imbibe blood, they definitely don't suck (but, according the the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, some scrape)!

For the 30th episode special, I'm joined by Jeremy Noell, of Star City Games and Commander VS fame, who is also a friend of mine from college, to talk about creatures that are critical elements of multiple planes, embodying different colors and playstyles!

They came as three.

We discuss as two.

Looming, leering Lovecraftian terrors are the subject of this entry, from tiny tendrils to towering terrors, there are many varieties of Eldrazi, and they have woven their way into the fabric of Magic itself, supporting a variety of playstyles and strategies!

MurphisAlvy and I talk Wizards...and, no, not just the ones of the Coast, the ones that do the most!

From Dominaria to Strixhaven, Wizards are all over Magic: the Gathering; who else do you think supplies all the magic?

Galacticlam and I talk about shifty, sneaky stealthy shapeshifters!

They come in different forms; they sneak or strike in swarms; they've infiltrated cultures and subtly learned our norms!

They might be in the shadows, or hiding in plain sight, but one thing's absolutely sure: they have a role at your game night!

LennyWooley, AKA Ajani's Gay Pridemate, and I talk about the sporoform puffclouds that build power over time, proliferating shenanigans!

If they're not your favorite tribe, they'll grow on you, and mold your thinking!

Trent and I go rogue, talking about sneaky spies, alleyway assassins, and political plotters!

Rogues have infiltrated all color combinations, archetypes, and alignments, weaving their way into the fabric of Magic's intricately-woven tapestry!

DougYNerd and I talk about the noble, regal flying mounts and the wild, free mustangs of the atmosphere! While there's been much to-do about their horned-horse cousins, Pegasii are a fantastic flying equines in their own right!

Accomplished comedian and writer for Commander's Herald, Mike Carrozza, and I talk about perhaps the most important tribe: Clerics! Clerics are usually seen as White Mages, both in color and in healing capability, and Magic clerics do this and more. After all, NO ONE. MESSES. WITH. THE. WHITE MAGE.

Christian, a fellow EDHREC writer and marine biologist comes on to talk about the physiology, lore, and gameplay of Magic's iconic blue fish-people: Merfolk! We're swimming with the fishes now!

JQLGirl and I start the third season off with the polar opposite of how the second season ended! On the opposite plane as the big, white angels are the devilishly manipulative demons, dashing debonair destroyers in darkness.

The second 10-episode season of Quote of Arms comes to an end with another bang: a long-awaited guest comes on to talk about the tribe that's almost as ubiquitous as herself! Hoth Queen of Snow joins me to discuss Angels in Magic, including different builds, uniqueness of planes, and what they represent!

SnapBoltBaral and I talk about the most intellectual, creative, and flexible creature type: wizards! No, not the ones that make the game, but certainly the ones that break its rules! What they lack in size, they make up for in synergy and teamwork, and we'll go over how those pieces fit together to make powerful engines!

Nick and I discuss a Janky as Heck tribe: the crazy lovechildren of zombie and homunculi: zombunculi, also known as Thrulls! Additional topics include connections between Magic and geopolitical issues, positive representation of BIPOC in Magic lore, and how to win with 0/1s!

Skylar and I discuss goblins, Moxfield packages, and trans rights!

How do all these come together? Listen and find out!

Fitz and I explore the mythos behind the firebreathing tyrants that rule the skies in a variety of Intellectual Properties, our scaly overlords, the dragons!

Livio and I talk about the cutest little robotic bird men, as well as the Oathbreaker format!

What tribe will we discuss this week? Elementary! JJ Mickey and I discuss Elementals!

A special Halloween episode with MonoWhiteBorder, discussing a bleached white-ish tribe: Skeletons!

EclipseMeteor and I talk about the most Gigantic of all types!

In the Season 2 Premiere, Little Timmy, from the Skull Symbol Discord, and I discuss the spookiest tribe of all: SPIDERS!