Dual’s & (Mana) Dorks - a D&D and MTG podcast

Avatar Previews & the State of Design

Hope you already got your fill of Spiderman! (Let alone Edge of Eternities) because it is already time for Avatar the Last Airbender!!!  @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I preview some of the new cards and explain the set's brand new mechanics!

We also dive into Mark Rosewater's yearly State of Design. Discuss some of the successes and failures in the last year in Magic the Gathering. Then try to figure out what possible reason they could have for ignoring the Assassin's Creed set...

GenCon 2025 & Suffocation of MTG

I just got back from GenCon 2025! I go over what its like to play in a Regional Championship Qualifier event, partake in a Gavin Verhey Unkown event, and gush to  @TypicalGeminiMTG  about all the cool cards and cooler people I met!

We also talk about how suffocating it is to be a Magic fan right now. We hadn't even gotten to the Edge of Eternities release weekend and we are already being bombarded with Spiderman cards, the Soul Stone, and even Avatar the Last Airbender promos! Just let me enjoy my space set!

Edge of Eternities Set Review - Bonus Action ep. 13

I sit down with @TypicalGemini to discuss everything you need to know about Edging, ahem.... Edge of Eternities!  We go over all the draft archetypes, set mechanics, card styles, major cycles, and discuss many of our favorite cards from Magic's newest set!

 

And all of it without ANY innuendo or pun.....

Skipping to Spiderman

We've been Edging for an Eternity and now Wizards of the Coast slings some web right into our faces with Spider man previews! The very same week we begin the Edge of Eternities prerelease weekend!

I also enlist the help of  @TypicalGeminiMTG  to discuss the most recent earnings call where we learn the Final Fantasy set had $200 Million in revenue ON THE FIRST DAY!!! As well as some hints for where Magic's Universes Beyond will be going in the years to come!

Final Fantasy Set Review - Bonus Action ep. 12

The best selling Magic the Gathering set of all time is out and in (some) peoples hands. It's expensive, its beautifully designed, and frankly... its worthy of being the best selling in some ways.

 @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I break down the limited environment, the commander decks, and talk about some of our favorite singles from the set!

Final Fantasy Secret Lair is a Beautiful Failure

The Best Selling Magic the Gathering set of ALL TIME gets not one, not two, but three Secret Lair drops with gorgeous art. Surely Wizards of the Coast won't manage to screw this one up... right?

Sadly we were wrong. Between 5 hour lines, products selling out within the first hour, lines pausing, scalpers galore, and no transparency; this will certainly go down as one of the worst run drops of all time for MTG. We give you some tips to avoid Secret Lair line clogging, dive into Hasbro layoffs, give a positive update on the TCG Player union fight with ebay, and hypothesize when we will get another print run of Final Fantasy play boosters.

Also we give a brief rant about how Marvel screwed up after Endgame and dropped the ball HARD with Thor Love and Thunder.... for some reason.

220 TCG Player Employees Laid off by Ebay

Ladies and Gentlemen it is not a fun one today. Ebay, who bought TCG Player in 2022, is laying off all of the employees in their Syracuse, New York warehouse, and moving the entire operation to Kentucky. Seemingly in an attempt to stop the Unionization efforts from the Syracuse TCG Player Employees!  @TypicalGeminiMTG  and I discuss the ramifications of this and if there is anything we can do as consumers.

We also go over the rules changes to Sagas that will begin with the release of the Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering Set, The Secret Lair X National Association of Latino Arts and Culture: Nuestra Magia, and dating sims that let you... have relations... with household objects and the very concept of Existential Dread?!?!

They are PUSHING Final Fantasy!

Between the Through the Ages bonus sheet being available in 1/3 of all play boosters and in EVERY collector booster, The best value in secret lair drops we've seen in what feels like years, AND the general card quality for the set; Final Fantasy is shaping up to be the most pushed set in a long time! But is that a good thing?  @TypicalGeminiMTG  sits down with me to discuss the ending of this spoiler season for MTG x Final Fantasy

Did they make MTG Arena BETTER?!

Yet again we find ourselves hit by the sadness that is make set debut's and showcases happening after we post to Patreon but before the free feeds... Alas, we trudge on through a major Magic the Gathering Arena update that provides many quality of life improvements to the card economy when collecting cards for new sets, and utilizing new card styles and printings!

We also go over the value in the MagicCon Las Vegas Festival in a Box, as well as the Everyone's Invited Secret Lair Commander Deck. That wrap it up by telling you how to let Wizards know your thoughts on the most recent MTG set, Tarkir Dragonstorm!

Tarkir Dragonstorm Review - Bonus Action ep. 11

Tarkir Dragonstorm is THE Magic set of the year! The one set being heralded as the only magic set of the year that FEELS like a magic set, and on one of the games most popular planes too!

Connor and Wyatt ( @TypicalGeminiMTG  ) break down all the sets mechanics, card cycles, and point out some of their favorite cards from the adored Tarkir Dragonstorm!