Preview season already!?! No complaints here, as the guys get to reviewing both the new cards in Strixhaven and the reprints about to hit the Historic format. Plus, the debut of Arena iOS and how the guys anticipate their gaming habits will be influenced. Spoiler: it’s toilet Magic.

Music:
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Timestamps: 
Arena on IOS - 0:27
New dual lands - 19:11
Commands - 27:04
Quandrix Command - 33:04
Professor Onyx - 40:10
Rowan and Will - 45:26
Kasmina, Enigma Sage - 52:57
Professor of Symbology - 56:00
Shadrix Silverquill - 1:05:58
Mystical Archive - 1:14:46
Time Warp - 1:30:53
Abundant Harvest - 1:32:13

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Our First Look at Strixhaven

Using two brilliant tracks from @meaganjohnson and @sevenism from the 20x20 Project ...

SC won't let me put links to the albums! But check out the 20x20 Project on bandcamp! It's awesome!

More on this 448th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Seamless Bridge (The Assignment: Create a 20-second piece of music to connect two preexisting 20-second pieces of music), at:

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halF seamlesS [disquiet0448] - with Mrs Dink & Sevenism

Two formats and a small field of some of the best players in the world have left Gerry and Bryan with plenty of food for thought headed into the biggest Magic tournament of the year: the Grand Finals! The guys talk about why the Omnath problem has proven so difficult to solve in Standard, and whether the competitors here have found any glimmers of hope. 

When it comes to Historic, Omnath is only beginning to assert its dominance. Did anyone in this field find the answer? Also, what video game came out of nowhere this week to consume the lives of our hosts?

Music:
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Timestamps:
Grand Finals small metagame - 8:43
Standard decks - 22:08
Rakdos - 30:11
Historic - 51:12
Question of the week - 1:07:40

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The Best Decks of Magic’s Grand Finals

This is a big weekend for tournament Magic and Yorion is the headliner. What caused its meteoric rise and can anything stop it? Gerry and Bryan share their experiences with the different Yorion variants, their mirror match strategies, and the other decks in the format that have their attention.

Music:
Mega Man 2 "Ending theme"  
Remix by zookun |  Music composed by Manami Matsumae & Takashi Tateishi

Timestamps:
MPL & Rivals - 0:50
Standard Yorin - 11:28
Lukka setups - 27:58
Rogues - 36:27
Adventures - 46:00
Ramp - 51:11
Fake Blue Tron - 59:57
Rakdos & Mono Green Food - 1:04:35

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Yorion Is The New Enemy

Z 042 - lol look at vegeta is he fuckin crying lmao

In a GAPECAST inspired by the 1971 Ozsploitation classic Wake In Fright, non-Ilford man John Grant is marooned in the one-horse town of Ilford South after he falls asleep on a train; a place where the only respite from the drudgery of the data mines comes from sinking pint after pint of strong milk, and the only excitement from the occasional cow hunt. Whilst this also sounds idyllic enough, there's a deep, dark underbelly to Ilford South rather like that of a cow itself, which even its revered former MP Mike Gapes may not be fully aware of. Financial corruption at the highest political level. A string of mysterious deaths, as opposed to the normal murders committed by the GG Gang. And then there's the curious case of the Golf Course Ogre, who keeps killing all the cows. John Grant finds himself sucked in by the town's strange magnetism, and gets in deeper and deeper until he's...gaping in fright.

Written by FFF/Produced by JFR
Additional writing by JFR

CAST:
JFR as Mike Gapes, John Grant, Luke Akehurst, Gorgeous Georgie, Keith the Barman, Gambler, Second Non-Ilford Man and Ilford South Radio FM DJ
FFF as Richard Miller, Jimothy Baker, Shivvonica, Train Conductor and The Swan & Gapes Emcee

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Gape In Fright (GAPECAST #20)

We discuss the work of director Jacques Tourneur and talk about his career in the shadow of Val Lewton, his masterpiece noir OUT OF THE PAST, and his films that time forgot - like his colourful western CANYON PASSAGE.

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#245 - Jacques Tourneur's Horrors of Ambiguity

This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, we buy in to that corporate lifestyle by talking about our favourite fictional brands in video games. We talk about some absolute classics. Mmm, why I could go for a delicious glass of Nuka Cola right now!

We have plenty of digressions this week as well, including a big thing about the whole beans on Weetabix thing, and giving Matthew a roasting because he says he doesn't like food that "glistens". Absolute nonsense.

Full show notes: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-electronic-wireless-show-podcast-episode-128-the-best-fictional-brands-in-games-special

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#128: The Best Fictional Brands In Games Special

Sweeping change has come to almost every Magic format, and Uro (and some of its most notorious pals) have been left out in the cold. Where do we go from here? Let Gerry and Bryan tell you in this special bonus episode!

Music:
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Timestamps: 
Why did it take so long? - 1:46
Historic - 6:51
Pioneer - 12:44
Modern - 17:52
Legacy - 36:22
Vintage - 52:36

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The Biggest Ban Announcement Ever

Abby Martin responds to the outcry against Michael Che's joke on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live about medical apartheid in Israel. 

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Truth Behind SNL’s Controversial Israel Joke

Another day, another huge announcement from Wizards of the Coast, and to the surprise of no one Gerry and Bryan are... fine with it? Are we sure this is right? Why are the guys happily taking their Magic cards to Mordor and beyond? Plus, a look at the decks currently dominating Standard, and an impassioned defense of Nickelback.

Music:
Mega Man 2 "Ending theme"  
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Timestamps: 
Wizards news announcement - 0:57
Nickelback discussion - 3:08
D&D set - 9:27
Is there an IP you're hoping for? - 22:40
Standard - 28:06
Naya Adventures - 37:21
Mono-Red Snow - 46:42
Mono-White - 51:54
Rogues - 1:00:15
Sultai - 1:05:02
Rakdos - 1:05:50
Temur Obosh - 1:08:01
Dimir Rogues - 1:18:18

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