This is The Magic Studio with your host Robert Martin, the interview podcast with the best in Magic: The Gathering. I'd like to thank GatheringMagic.com—where you can find this show and some of the best articles in Magic—and CoolStuffInc.com. Our guest this week is Tom Martell.

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0:00 – 0:17 – Intro to the show and guest

0:17 – 1:29 – With the ability to turn one card—Lingering Souls—into a Grand Prix Legacy title and a Pro Tour championship, my first question is: Should Lingering Souls be banned?

1:29 – 3:00 – When you first started working with Lingering Souls, how did you know it was going to be such a good card for you?

3:00 – 4:15 – When I interviewed Sam Black, he said you had the ability to, because of your ability to make great in-game adjustments, take a sideboard and play it differently than team members want you to.

4:15 – 5:46 – When you prepare for a Pro Tour with Team SCG Black, what is your role on the team?

5:46 – 6:52 – Give a little insight on what is like to work the talent on the team.

6:52 – 7:55 – I have to ask about the scarf.

7:55 – 9:24 – Concerning the first Pro Tour championship for you, was there any point in Top 8 when you felt that you might have been at risk of not winning it?

9:24 – 10:14 – Is there a difference between a two-out-of-three match and a three-out-of-five match?

10:14 – 11:31 – How hard is it to play when people are all over as compared to at a Pro Tour when you play by yourself?

11:31 – 13:06 – Owen has done really well at GPs; could the moment of playing in a Top 8 of a Pro Tour gotten to him?

13:06 – 14:08 – Could working in the SCG Black environment made positive changes for Owen?

14:08 – 15:22 – Has the possibility of making the World Championship caused you to play too much Magic?

15:22 – 16:29– I understand you are having a token of made of yourself like the rest of the members of StarCityGames. Is it going to be unusual to see yourself on the battlefield? And what about the first time someone asks you to sign it?

16:29 – 17:24 – You have a larger-than-life personality on and off field of Magic; how much has that helped you in your career in Magic?

17:24 – 19:06 – You also did a lot of Magic TV on which you would make your opinions known to the world. Do you make this up by doing more TwitchTV?

19:06 – 20:10 – With your schedule of work and Magic, how much more can you give without suffering burnout?

20:10 – 21:44 – You have a Pro Tour win and multiple Top 8s. Is this the beginning of a résumé that will make the Hall of Fame?

21:44 – 24:06 – Your Magic career has spanned quite a bit of time from Pro Tour: Chicago from 2000 to now; what has changed for better or for worse when it comes to Magic?

24:06 – To End – Is there something the Magic community can do to change the culture of people who are unaccepting of others?