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D&D Virtual Table Top on Ice - Dual's & Mana Dork's Podcast ep. 89

Wizards of the Coast has been developing a 3D virtual table top game for Dungeons & Dragons for years and after the Beta release in February... 90% of the Project Sigil development team has been laid off and the product is seemingly dead in the water.

We also get to bring in Wyatt (@TypicalGeminiMTG) to the show!  And just in time to go over what you can expect to get from your Tarkir Dragonstorm products! Plus, are Secret Lair's more accessible now???

Magic Sales are DOWN in 2024! - Dual's & Mana Dorks ep. 88

We have Hasbro's financial report for Q4 2024 and the full fiscal year of 2024 and in a shock to nobody, Wizards of the Coast is the primary revenue driving entity at Hasbro, but interestingly, sales of Magic product are down compared to 2023!

Additionally, Spongebob has some bad Secret Lairs, Commandfest's have been dated, and Sam is going away! (for now)

Final Fantasy & Magic Con All Announcements!

It has been a busy week in Magic the Gathering News!  Magic Con Chicago weekend just wrapped up and thanks to the Preview Panel we saw some cards from Tarkir Dragonstorm (including a new Mox), art from Edge of Eternities, and the announcement of Avatar the Last Airbender being a full Universes Beyond Set for the end of the year!

And all of that after the commanders for the Final Fantasy precons were revealed, along with several very... controversial cards from the main set!

Aetherdrift Set Review feat. @TypicalGeminiMTG - Bonus Action ep.10

Have you ever wondered if you were too fast? If you were too furious? Aetherdrift will speed racer you into another plane of existence! The Dungeon Bros along with our good friend  @TypicalGeminiMTG  discuss the set mechanics and favorite cards released in Aetherdrift!

The Commander Bracket System is USELESS

Commander Players! We get our first in depth look at the Commander Bracket matchmaking system.  Gavin Verhey seems to think that this will improve the big problem of... what exactly?  More interestingly, this comes alongside the "Game Changer" list.  A list of 40 cards that the Commander Format Panel has identified as cards of particularly high power (that could possibly catch a ban???)

We also briefly discuss the announced Live Action Magic the Gathering Film and TV series!  Maybe it won't be cancelled this time.

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Aetherdrifting to the Forgotten Realms!

Aetherdrift spoilers are in full swing and we go over some of the cards we've seen so far, and discuss the two (yes, only two) commander decks! We also started recording mere hours after the newest Unearthed Arcana playtest is posted to D&D Beyond! We take a preliminary look at the 8 Forgotten Realms themed subclasses we got.

New D&D 5e is OUTSELLING the original!

In the time since our break, not only did we miss the Artificer Unearthed Arcana, but we also got some very interesting numbers for the sales of 2024's D&D 5e revision. Outselling the original 5e in 4 months, what it took the originals 3 years! Impressive stuff.

We also go over the Innistrad Remastered full set reveal, the D&D Slot Machine licensing deal, and the... interesting basic land Secret Lair arts!

D&D and MTG 2024 year in review

The highs were HIGH and the lows were... very very low... But we brought on friend of the show  @TypicalGeminiMTG  to discuss the year that was 2024 for D&D and Magic the Gathering!

We had a new president for Wizards of the Coast, we had AI controversies, we had the release of D&D 5e's major 2024 revfsion, we had Magic formats broken wide open then banned back into some sense of normalcy, and we had the HOTTEST bird summer you could possibly imagine (RIP Nadu) 2025 is also looking very exciting!

We take a brief look at what is coming and what we want to see in the coming year.

MAJOR Banned & Restricted Updates for Modern!

The last Banned & Restricted update for 2024 was a JUICY one to say the least! Two Major bans for Legacy in Psychic Frog and Vexing Bauble. Jegantha the Wellspring singing the end to companions in most constructed formats. AND the long awaited banning of The One Ring and... Ampted Raptor(?) for Modern, as well as the shocking UNBANNING of Mox Opal, Green Suns Zenith, Faithless Looting, and the notorious Splinter Twin!!!

Will this meaningfully shake up Modern and other formats? Is it crazy that Kaladesh has been renamed to Avishkar??? What about a D&D video game being delisted, product MSRP's for Aetherdrift, or a new and cheaper than normal Secret Lair release?

Elon Musk wants to buy Hasbro!

Does it really surprise anyone? Elon Musk wants to buy Hasbro to get access to the Dungeons & Dragons IP for his upstart video game company XAI... a game studio looking to make games using AI. Should we take his comments on X very seriously? The stock market sure did.

We also dive into the upcoming D&D and Magic the Gathering Video Games, the 20 ways to win Secret Lair commander deck, and the Lord of the Rings Roleplaying game coming to D&D Beyond!