MTG Potpourri #2 – A Band Called Camel

Posted on February 2, 2014

Joining you this week is your host Tom, formerly of Monday Night Magic for many years, as well as two esteemed cohosts in Adam Styborski (@the_stybs) and Conley Woods (@conley81). Our goal is to bring you some Magic news, some pro-level talk, random topics du jour, and a little entertainment.

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This week, we go over:

A brief overview of who should take over for Alex Trebek hosting Jeopardy

Tom's all-consuming love affair with salted caramel ice cream

What we would hope/want/dream to see in next Magic Online client and compare it some other digital CCG's out there (e.g. Hearthstone)

We have the entire Born of the Gods card list (Gatherer), and we go through some of our picks.

Conley shares a bit about his eleventh-place finish at Grand Prix Sacramento and also about the dominance of the mono-colored devotion decks in Standard at Grand Prix Vancouver—that and taking two hours to find his car at the airport.

We delve deep into our plans for a MTG-themed cover band called Camel, Tom and Conley's utter disappointment that Mogis, God of Slaughter, is not a Minotaur, and some missed flavor opportunities on Eye Gouge and Lost in a Labyrinth.

Tom also shares a groundbreaking research article suggesting that dogs can sense earth's magnetic fields . . . by observing them pooping and peeing. Here’s a ink to the full article in PDF format.