This week we kick off season 6 with Catherine Nicoloff, a pro tour player from the dawn of Magic whose impact on the game has been ignored for far too long!

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For Episode 300, the great Tim Willoughby takes over the microphone to talk to one guest we've never interviewed before- me!

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This week I'm joined by the prolific commander content creator, MTG Muddstah! We talk about his process and journey, and content creating as a parent!

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This week on Casual Magic, we're joined by Gunner Wuher to discuss the phenomenal charity tournament Commander Sealed! We discuss the challenges of running events for commander, and the joys of building decks out of limited pools of cards. 

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EPISODE 200! Thank you all so much for taking this ride with me! Today I talk to one of the greatest of all time, Luis Scott Vargas! 

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This week, we chat with one of the greatest deck builders in the game, Gerry Thompson! We discuss his checkered past, his deck tuning insights, and how he changed his life to become more level headed and kind. 

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This week we're joined by pro player and Magic coach Mason Clark to discuss the methodology and art of coaching folks to be better Magic players!

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This week, MTG Goldfisherman Crim returns to gush about how much we both love Universes Beyond, and where we hope it goes! This was recorded three days BEFORE Wizards announced their collaboration with Marvel, so you can see how good our predictions were, lol.

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This week we have a very special interview brought by the Magic Ambassador program, featuring Senior Art Director Ovidio Cartagena talking about the culture and inspirations of Lost Caverns of Ixalan! Absolutely fantastic and moving conversation.

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This time, RC member Gavin Duggan comes on for a lively discussion about combo in commander, and a broader study of having fun at the table. It's a really interesting philosophical discussion with one of the founders of the format!

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This week I'm joined by Anuraag Das, legacy grinder, commentator, and current host of the relaunched Modern Super League, to talk about winning a brainstorm at Vegas, and tournaments in the modern era! We also discuss the power of representation and seeing yourself in your hobbies.

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This week we have James Turner, producer and streamer with everyone's favorite Canadian comedy troupe, Loading Ready Run! We discuss the challenges of putting on a Pre-Prerelease as well as the history of Loading Ready Run itself, in honor of their 20th anniversary!

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This time I'm joined by one half of the Scrybabies, Tori of the Vast! We talk about Modern and Commander and her life as as Content Creator!

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This episode I'm joined by Steel City Steph, an absolutely delightful content creator from Pittsburg, and we discuss the best ways to play games with strangers!

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This week we're joined by a true legend, the master artist Magali Villeneuve! We have a wonderful conversation about her art and her methods, and she's just a delight.

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This week we have Commentator and co-chair of the VML, Haiyue Yu! It's a fantastic conversation about the challenges of doing commentary on digital games.

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This time around I chat with Amy the Amazonian, famed twitch streamer and arena breaker! She's incredibly cool and I was thrilled to get to chat with her as a long time fan of her crazy arena hacks.

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This week I'm joined by Corbin Hosler, cohost of Brainstorm Brewery and scribe of all things coverage. We talk about the Pro Tour and finding amazing stories to share, and how coverage has evolved over the years.

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This week we have Phil Gallagher of Youtube channel Thraben University to talk Legacy and the impacts of Lord of the Rings on eternal formats! 

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This week on Casual Magic, I talk to one of my favorite comics on twitter (who played magic back in the day) about our lives on social media and the art of comedy in brief. This is admittedly one of my more self indulgent episodes, but it was a really great conversation!
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This time around, I'm rejoined by my pal Hermit Druid to talk about gardens, food, colonialism, and the intersections thereof. We got so involved we forgot to talk about the actual magic cards!

Also, a note- this episode features strong language that I tried to bleep out, but some may have slipped through. Be aware!

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This time around I have the fantastic card alterist SK Alters on to talk about the challenges of changing cards! We go through his alters and his inspirations and how to do it yourself.

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This week we're rejoined by AliasV to discuss her fantastic show Elder Dragon Hijinks!

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This week we're joined by Dutch musician and commander content creator Daniel Cane to talk about Magic in Holland and his life in music! We also detour through a discussion about languages, so strap in!

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This week I'm joined by JanePlaysMagic to discuss how to make queer friendly spaces for communities to grow! 

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This week I'm joined by friend of the show Ben Wheeler as we discuss Canadian Highlander and our new show Shivam and Wheeler Love Magic!

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This week we're joined by Tom Marks, reviews editor at IGN, and we discuss how they handle covering Magic the Gathering in a traditional video games site.

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This week on Casual, we're joined by one of the coolest and most important folks in the history of Magic outside of Wizards themselves, legendary man-about-town, Brian David-Marshall! BDM and I share stories about cool decks and cool plays through the history of the game, as well as his history in comics.

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This week on Casual Magic, I'm joined by IGN's Senior News Editor (and very dear friend of mine) Kat Bailey to discuss Magic and Microtransactions, and how it lines up with the Video Games industry!

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This week, Twitch streamer extrordinaire Jorbs joins me to talk about his new memoir as well as the ups and downs of being a popular streamer. We also talk about his lengthy experiences with Magic!

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This episode we have one of my favorite players of all time, Hall of Famer Gabriel Nassif! We discuss his career and his approach to the game, as well as what its like to train for a pro tour.

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This episode we're joined by Pauper specialist Alex Ullman to talk about pauper format management, Golgari decks, and his journey as a writer!

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This week beloved friend of the show TappyToeClaws returns to talk (ostensibly) about MagicCon, and then we go deeeeeeeep into Eurovision? It's a wild one, folks, so hold on tight!

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This episode we have Geoffrey Palmer, aka LivingCardsMTG on the show to talk about his career with Magic Coverage, animating cards, and his hilarious and viral Paddington as Magic Art posts!

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Today I'm joined by your favorite content creator's most important asset, tech support to the stars and uber Bolas fan Logan Isch! We talk about running content and our favorite shared commanders!

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This week I'm joined by my dear friend ZMainCharacter to discuss more about content creation, and about their journey into becoming a huge star in Magic!

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This week we have an incredibly cool guest, Senatorial hopeful for Missouri Lucas Kunce! We talk about his love of the early days of Magic, his entry into politics, and his amazing collection of Wanderlusts. This show goes deep into the state of America in 2023, and is a great conversation. 

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This week we're joined by WotC Senior Game Designer Daniel Holt to chat about card frames, expansion symbols, designing commander decks and Kamigawa!

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This week on Casual, I'm joined by EDHREC writer and podcaster Dana Roach to talk about our approaches to the format and about content creation in the commander space. 

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MTG Secret Lair secrets unfold this week as Shivam talks to Tom Jenkot, Sarah Wassel, and Jacob Covey, art and creative directors from Wizards of the Coast about all things Secret Lair past, present and future! How does a Secret Lair get made? How does Wizards find artists?

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This week I'm joined by Esmond Heng of Quintessential MTG to talk about the Magic scene in Singapore!

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This week we have master data cruncher and stats wrangler Sierkovitz on the show to help me understand the math of Magic the Gathering! 

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This week I'm joined by Dave Humpherys, Wizards Game Design Architect and Hall of Famer, about his contributions to set design, philosophies about limited, and more!

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Today I'm joined by Liliana, aka DefiantNecro, to talk about the Praetors for Change charity fundraiser as well as her own history as a wrestler and content creator.

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This week I'm joined by professional MMA Fighter Zac Pauga to discuss his career as a fighter and his life as a magic nerd! 

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This week we're joined by Cary of The Splinter Bin parody account and one of the voices of the Vorthos Cast! We discuss tweaking wotc's nose and also go deep on the lore and story!

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This week I'm joined by Amanda, aka Onionbug, to discuss her journey into Magic, and the fantastic pauper commander variant, Pendragon! She's a complete sweetheart and this was a fun chat.

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This episode we're joined by Senior Game Designer Gavin Verhey to talk about the incredible one-time only event he ran at Magic Con Philadelphia, and how he created new cards just for the event!

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Today I'm joined by streamer, model, and rising CEDH allstar Lua Stardust to talk about her experiences with commander and CEDH tournaments as well as her new show Scrybabies!

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This week I've decided to discuss a topic that has been heavily requested- Pauper Commander. To help me understand this format, I'm joined by Derek Shaak of the Pauper Commander Rules Committee to lead me into the world of commons!

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