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Was that a howl?! No! It's a new Demonstrate the Loop! We're reviewing Magic's new Innistrad: Midnight Hunt set, giving our thoughts on the new cards, shouting out our favorites, and rating the set as a whole. Come sit down a spell and listen, won't you?

The Commander Rules Committee dropped a massive update this week by announcing the simultaneous banning of Golos, Tireless Pilgrim & unbanning of Worldfire. Our hosts discuss these developments & their implications in today's Demonstrate the Loop!

(Originally recorded 6/7/2021) In today's episode, we discuss Wizard of the Coast's "Universes Beyond" initiative, and give our thoughts about what future products could look like and how they might impact the game as a whole.

The first digital-only set in a long while is here! JumpStart: Historic Horizons adds hundreds of cards to the historic format, including some that will only be available digitally. In today's episode, we go over this set's new (and digital-only) mechanics and try to determine which of them could b…

(Originally recorded 8/24/21) Wizards streamed a MASSIVE showcase recently of a bunch of upcoming products/releases! Today, we go over each of these announcements and evaluate their impact on the game.

In today's episode, we go over both the well-worn player archetypes used by Wizards of the Coast and contrast them with the Commander-specific options presented in a recent Kristen Gregory article to find what is the more accurate descriptor. What player archetype do you fit into, and which set do …

We're talking surprises, this time! Sometimes a new Commander drops into the format that's not only interesting, but also makes you reevaluate what you expect from future cards. In this episode, we go over the legends that (recently) surprised us the most, and just what we think makes them so inter…

Wizards has released 4 new commander pre-constructed decks and we've got a review for them! In this episode we try out a rubric for analyzing pre-constructed product and give our thoughts on how these decks fare & server new players, old players, and the format as a whole. Pre-Constructed Deck…

We have not one, but two bannings to talk about today: Hullbreacher for Commander, and Book of Exalted Deeds for Standard 2022. Today we go over & give our thoughts on the justification for these bans, and assess their impact on the respective formats. Do you agree with us? Got any points we di…