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Talking Crap!
A magical podcast
Episode 3

Talking crap is a podcast starring Levi "Thinks-he-owns-the-place" Hinz, and Cameron "Controversial" Veigel, bringing you opinions and insights you can happily ignore, or pass on to your children's children.

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In this episode:

* More Shards of Alara
* Cube Draft Report
* Format of the Week: Winston Draft
* Shout-Outs

Credits:
Starring: Levi Hinz and Cameron Veigel
Recording Date: Monday 22nd September, 2008
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Title and end song: Air - Sexy Boy
Running time: Approx 29 mins.
File size: 6.5 MB
Unofficial Rating: PG. Mild coarse language.
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weasel · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

Show notes:

Spoilers:

Angel's Herald (W)

Creature - Human Cleric
(2)

, (T), Sacrifice a green, a white and a blue creature: Search your library for a card named Empyrial Archangel and put it into play. Then shuffle your library.
1/1

Empyrial Archangel (4)

Creature - Angel
Flying, shroud
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Empyrial Archangel instead.
5/8

Ethersworn Canonist (1)

Artifact Creature - Human Cleric
Each player who has played a nonartifact spell this turn can't play additional nonartifact spells.
2/2

Cruel Ultimatum (U)

Sorcery
Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, and loses 5 life. Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Draw three cards. You gain 5 life.

Brilliant Ultimatum (W)

Sorcery
Remove the top five cards of your library from the game. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play any number of cards from one of those piles without paying their mana costs.

Sanctum Gargoyle (3)

Artifact Creature - Gargoyle
Flying
When Sanctum Gargoyle comes into play, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
2/3

Tidehollow Sculler (W)

Artifact Creature - Zombie
When Tidehollow Sculler comes into play, target opponent reveals his or her hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Remove that card from the game.
When Tidehollow Sculler leaves play, return the removed card to its owner's hand.
2/2

Grixis Charm (U)

Instant
Choose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Bant Charm (G)

Instant
Choose one - Destroy target artifact; or put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library; or counter target instant spell.

Sharuum the Hegemon (3)

Legendary Artifact Creature - Sphinx
Flying
When Sharuum the Hegemon comes into play, return target artifact card from your graveyard to play.
5/5

(Spoiler is saying he is in fact legendary

Still good though!)

Winston Draft

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silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 656

won't download

weasel · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 656

I am glad that you guys knew what 'shards' were this time, and seemed to have a better idea of what you were talking about. I am only half way through but it seems like an improved podcast.

silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 656

I have done tons of winston drafts...but only with the cube!

BTW my feelings on cube drafting right now haven't changed.

71dion · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

Nice work again guys... very entertaining....
I am in the same boat as Sam with the Winston drafts ( heaps, but all pretty much only with a cube )..... and you never get tired of it ( or have weak decks... )..
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silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 656

by the way the whole set is spoiled(except for 3 cards) and it sucks, it sucks really bad, like...the worst set that has been released since I started playing, by far.

weasel · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

Lol what the? Did I accidentally load mtgsalvation forums? This set looks like heaps of fun, I'm really going to enjoy it. Of course I've said that before and a set has sucked, so I'll really have to wait until after the prerelease to decide, but I really do think I'm going to enjoy the set.
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badlittlemonkey · Lily Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 2301

Interested in what makes a bad set

Uninteresting, power level or the type of decks it promotes

I hated the idea of Lorwyn with all its tribal aggro decks and overall I still think Lorwyn was a bad block ...just not as bad as I thought it would be. I liked Shadowmoor a lot more since it was not so tribal themed but both Eventide and Morningtide struck me as bad sets...a lot of dross and then bam a must have Mutavualt and Figure of Destiny.

I hated Lorwyn draft yet I like Lorwyn plus Morningtide draft, the extra set seemed to make it less draft by numbers.

I really enjoyed Kamigawa but obviously it was heaps weaker than Mirrodin which meant for a lot of people it sucked. Mind you saviors definitely sucked...the epic spells were ok though

silensis · Comes into play tapped Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 656

ok, I think the set will be great fun in limited, I am really looking forward to it. What I don't look forward to is another yr of lorwyn block constructed. Hopefully I am wrong.

weasel · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject:

Ahh yeah I guess. Thats more of a problem with Faeries though. I think I look at new sets for Limited these days, as I don't really play any Type 2 any more.
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badlittlemonkey · Lily Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 2301

Take fairies out of Lorwyn and constructed gets worse......... 5 color is ok but after that there is no card advantage just hope you draw well.

I think the set could be a slow burner. Lorwyn sought of gave you the decks on a platter and while cards like Shriekmaw and Muldrifter are going to remain in heavy use I think Shard will be a good set.

badguy · Like Arnie, or like Nixon? Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 352

The forum on which they spoiled the (almost) last 60 or so cards is awash with people saying it's terrible/worst set ever/they hate it/mechanics are bad/ and so on. It's funny, I don't know if I look at the set differently, but I seem to assess it with it's relation to limited, and how the cards will inter relate. I really like the look of it I must say, I'm enjoying playing with all the different shards, and I like how each one has it's own mechanic.

While at the same time I can understand how having a grizzly bear in the set might seem terrible:
Cylian Elf (1)

2/2

Maybe it's just what the set needed to shore up green, as opposed to giving it a keyword just so it would be different.

And for constructed I love the charms, the aggro creatures, the devour mechanic, and it will be fun to see how it turns out.

In a way it's quite interesting, the way all the writers articles I've been reading (on Starcitygames) have been saying they love the set, and yet all these people are saying they absolutely hate it, without even playing.

Gfish · The 'G' is for Draco Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 665

The new set will be awesome for drafting especially, but I think the tribal mechanic will overshadow Type 2 for a while to come...