Temple of the False Pod
By Andy Stocker, Bruce Richard
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A Magic: the Gathering podcast where we discuss casual aspects of both 60 card/kitchen-table and EDH/Commander formats. We’re here for the stories, so come and join us at the Temple of the False Pod, where our decks aren’t optimized but our plays sure as HECK are fun.
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Mono-Red Karlach is POWERFUL FUN
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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A Simple Way to Look at Building Your Deck
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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We Need to Be Better About TOKENS
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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You Need to Kill Your Commander
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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This New Mechanic Is Secretly AWESOME
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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BEST Cards from MARVEL SUPER HEROES
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Play A Mono-Colored Deck. You WON'T Regret It.
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Please Play More Counters!
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Karlach Packs A PUNCH (or two) | Deck Tales | Deck Tech
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Most Dangerous Gamer is THE Goofiest Commander | Deck Tales | Deck Tech
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May 27, 2026 |
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Do You Have Haste In Green? | Green Instants | Temple's Treasures
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May 20, 2026 |
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These New Planes Are WEIRD
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May 13, 2026 |
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Universes Beyond is Sometimes A Lot of Fun
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May 06, 2026 |
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They Unbanned Biorhythm? They Want to Unban WHAT?!
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Precon Commander Decks, The Absolute Greatest Place to Start?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Dollar Store Gaea's Cradle | Manascape Refractor
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Bruce Brings The Busted One (The Ozolith)
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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The Initiative is Broken And Will NEVER See Widespread Play
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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NOTHING will Be Banned EVER again
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Drana is a PERFECT Mono-Black Commander | Deck Tales | Deck Tech
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Don't Use THESE Legendary Creatures as Your Commander
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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How Many Lands is Enough? It's 40.
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Targeted Removal in RED?! | Red Instants | Temple's Treasures | Commander
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Are You Winning TOO MUCH in Commander?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Queen Marchesa WANTS to Give Up the Crown | Deck Tales
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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These Cards Are SO 2023 | Best of 2023
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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How We Will Become Better (Not Skill) Magic Players in 2024?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Have you heard of Fractured Powerstone? Play it.
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Is Bootlegger’s Stash GOOD or BAD?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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We Discuss THE Important Things of Magic the Gathering
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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These Magic Resources are ALWAYS Helpful
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Mono-Red, Hidetsugu, BIG PUNCH. Andy’s First Deck | Deck Tales
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Glissa Can Answer the Call | Deck Tales
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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It’s Over... | Doctor Who Universes Beyond
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Will We Get In-Universe Versions of These? I LOVE THEM | Doctor Who Universes Beyond
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Which of These Planes are BAD?! | Doctor Who Universes Beyond (Pt. 2)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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There’s MORE Planechase?! | Doctor Who Universes Beyond (Pt. 1)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Removal AND Burn?! | Black Instants | Temple’s Treasures
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Jurassic Park Cards Seem Pretty Powerful
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Lunar Frenzy belongs in EVERY Red Deck
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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This Pirate Should See More Play! | Tomb Robber
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Getting ”The Job” Done Together with Lorcan (and a special Guest!) | Deck Tale
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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These Mechanics are Game Changing... In a Good or Bad Way?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Card Draw: How Much Should You Have?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Our Favorite Cycle is BACK?! In Wilds of Eldraine!
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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These BLUE INSTANTS Are HIDDEN GEMS | Temple’s Treasures
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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How Do You Know What Changes You Need to Make in Your Decks?
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Muzzio: BIG Blue Artifacts | Deck Tales
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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STOP Ignoring Combat, It’s Really Important
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Organization is Your BEST Friend (Mine is Bruce)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Strixhaven and Commander 2021 Are SUPER COOL and Important
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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This Card is SO Bruce, But Is It Really? | Vexing Puzzlebox
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Multiplayer Mechanics are the Best Thing About Current Design
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Cards from Middle Earth: An Extended Finale
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Why Would Someone Play Limited Formats? (Sealed, Draft, CUBE!)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Why Isn’t Anyone Treating Virtus as The Threat They Are? | Deck Tales
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Bruse Tarl ENDS Games | Deck Tale
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May 31, 2023 |
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What is Green Good At?
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May 24, 2023 |
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DIY MagicCon
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May 17, 2023 |
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Some Of These White Instants Will Blow Your Mind | Temple’s Treasures
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May 10, 2023 |
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The End of the Multiverse (Pt. 3)
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May 03, 2023 |
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MORE Planes of the Multiverse (Pt. 2)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Planechase is BACK! (And So Are We!) (Pt. 1)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Andy Has to Go Fast!
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Bruce Brings a New Classic to The Table
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Ilharg, Sneak Attack, And The Super Secret to Fun | Episode 100!
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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The Mimeoplasm Involves Everyone at the Table | Deck Tales
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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How Do Theft Effects Play in Casual EDH?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Why Should We Care About a Healthy Standard?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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You Need to Play These Old Blue Sorceries
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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What to Expect and How to Prepare for MagicCons
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Six Animals You Have in Your Deck
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Tajic: And Then There’s Pump
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Impulse Draw is Actually Really Good in Commander
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Elesh Norn, All Will Be... Fun?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Courts in Commander are SUPER FUN
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Bruce’s Favorite Card Is Symmetrical
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Commander Centric Design has Changed The Magic Landscape! | FINALE Deck Building! (Pre-EDH)
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Taking Your Decks Apart: A Discussion on What Works
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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The Card Draw Episode | 2 Year Anniversary!
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Vazi Just Wants Everyone to Spend
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Breena is BACK! Deckbuilding at Its FINEST (Part 2)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Red Usually Wants Fast, but Get A Load of THESE Sorceries! | Temple’s Treasures
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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We Use TEAMWORK to Build This Deck TOGETHER (Part 1)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Inniaz Flies in the Face of Chaos
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Preconstructed Decks Are A Good Thing
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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We NEED WOTC to Revisit Some Of Our Favorite Things
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Andy Talks About a REALLY GOOD White Card
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Bruce found a Phyrexian Robin Hood!
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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These Decks Were Built with LIMITED POOLS
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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M21, the LAST Core Set. Great Cards, Amazing Value
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Unblockable Creatures Make for Loads of Fun | Deck Tale: Ukkima/Cazur
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Catch These Ikoria Cards In a Second Pass
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Voltron is Becoming a Viable and Good Strategy
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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These White Sorceries Will Make You Rethink White | Temple’s Treasures
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Looking Forward: How to Make Changes and WHY?!
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Is Marchesa an Overlooked Commander?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Planechase Changed the Game and Is It Coming Back?!
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Are Two Color Decks THE BEST?!
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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The Stairwell to the Next Season is Paved with Tombstones
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Backgrounds are Better than You Think, and They Deserve a Slot in Your Deck
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Canada Day Special! BOROS BACKGROUNDS | Season 7 Finale
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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The Food Episode
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Laelia, Exile It All. Yes, All.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Should You REALLY Take Out Your Opponent Now?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Commander Legends First Impressions
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Dark Sorcery is Afoot, Or More Accurate Sorceries | Temple’s Treasures
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Magic Was the Stuff We Gathered Along the Way
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May 25, 2022 |
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There’s Something Uneven about Bruce’s Table | Deck Tales: Yennett
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May 18, 2022 |
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Waiting for the Perfect Moment
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May 11, 2022 |
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Vengeance: Viable Strategy or Petty Squabble?
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May 04, 2022 |
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Can Andy’s Card Do ANYTHING?
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Bruce Brings a DIVINE Card for Breaktime
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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The Season-Themed Season Finale of the Season!
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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A Casual Deck Starts with the Build and Builds into a Play
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Nadier and Kalain: the Treasure of Hard Work | Deck Tales
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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How to Know WHEN and HOW to Upgrade Your Deck?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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A Deck That Only Has Nine Cards In It?!
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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These Sorceries are Sure to Make Your Opponents GREEN with Envy - Temple’s Treasures
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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What’s The Big Idea?! (and Where Did It Come From?)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The Lynx Between Us: A Deck Tail
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Do You Understand The Importance of a GOOD Land-base?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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How Multiplayer Limited Formats Can Affect the Way You See Commander
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Kamigawa ETA One Month: Finale Deck Building Spectacular! (ALSO 50th Episode!)
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Don’t Make These Decks, We Wish We Didn’t
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Grenzo, Dungeon Warden: The Dungeon is The Bottom of the Deck: Deck Tales
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Top 12 Cards for Casual Commander from 2021!
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Holiday Cards! (And I Forgot to Mail Mine Out)
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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White Enchantments Are Always Sure to Impress - Temple‘s Treasures
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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How Important is Deck Originality? Do You Share a Commander?
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Some Super Cool Casual Pirates - Deck Tech Time
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Stranger Things Secret Lair: Completely Broken or Completely Reasonable?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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What Does THIS Standard Rotation Mean for Commander and Other Casual Formats?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Tresserhorn v Tresserhorn : 60 Card Casual FINALE SPECTACULAR
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Innistrad Cards You‘ll Want to Remember for Crimson Vow
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Bruce‘s Green Monster: Nissa, Vastwood Seer
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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The Proxy Episode!
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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What‘s in a Seat? A Discussion Regarding All Things Sitting
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Temple‘s Treasures: Blue Enchantments That You NEED
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Friend of the False Pod: Andrew Magrini and the Diametrically Ravnican Project
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Slinging Spells Twice as Fast - Galazeth Prismari Deck Tech
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Incorporating the 5th or 6th Player
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Basic Lands are Not as Simple as You Think
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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A King and A Queen Walk into a Bar, One is a Sphinx - FINALE DECKS
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Do You REALLY Need 40 lands?
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Grusilda's Monster Mash is Sure to Scare!
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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These Cards are the Cat's Meow
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Utilizing Lands for More Than Mana
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Green's Best Enchantments You May NOT Know: Temple's Treasures
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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The Secrets That Lie in the Early Game
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Making Raff Capashen Artifacts: Show & Tell
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Planeswalkers as Commanders: Garnering Loyalty
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Where Does Webcam Commander Fail Us?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Season Finale BBQ Bash!
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May 12, 2021 |
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What Tutors Mean for EDH and Casual Play
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May 05, 2021 |
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Assessing Threat: Basic Things to Look Out For
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Engineering Chaos - A Look into Bruce's Brudiclad Deck
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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So You Want to Build a Deck
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Temple‘s Treasures is back! But Red Enchantments!
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Broken Mechanics Don't Fix Themselves
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Syr Gwyn is Surprisingly Versatile!
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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So, It's NOT Your Turn. What Now?
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Is White (Secretly) The Best Color in Magic?
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Theme Deck Finale Spectacular: Germs!
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Isn't "Bluff" Just a Fancy Word for "Lie?"
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Bruce and Andy Bust Into a Pack of Double Masters
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Teysa Karlov: Fun or Impersonal?
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Could Professional EDH exist?
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Temple's Treasures: Black Enchantments
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Why Buy Sealed Product?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Ol‘ Buzzbark is His Name, Playing Games is His... Game.
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Why Planechase is So Important
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Commander Legends Are Our Stories
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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We Are The Temple of the False Pod
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Dec 15, 2020 |