Flippin' Orbs - An Old School MtG Podcast

Gordon, Eliot and Seb each brought to table one card to build a deck around. Some of the ideas may be viable, some may not. We also talk a bit about which is the coolest vanilla creature and of course the elephant in the room, how do we address all the drama that some pesky circles have done to our dear community?What we talk about and when:00:11:11 - What is your favorite vanilla creature?00:34:30 - The elephant in the room aka Don't disturb my circles!00:59:51 - Build around cards01:01:05 - Blood Moon as a build around?01:21:43 - The many flavors of Sindbad01:43:01 - Dimond Valley is an old schoolers best friend01:59:02 - Flippin' Orbs goes MtG finance?!02:05:40 - The End

The sun has at last come to the north and the grass is green. So why not do a green episode? We talk about creatuires and spells. Underplayed cards and cards that as Eliot says “sees the correct amount of play”. Do you agree with our picks and thoughts?

At last it's time for a new episode! This time it was recorded live and streamed on Twitch. Watch the replay on our site or Youtube. This time we talked about The Dark and the card Pestilence because reasons hehe. Hope you like it!

Hey there! What's that? Who's there? Well it is Markus Lundqvist (or is it actually Richard Stebbing?) Dragged from ye old Britannia and representing the Brothers of Fires crew he had a chat with us about this and that and one very special topic for him. This episode is for all of you itching to play more cards from the whole of 93/94 card pool and are crazy enough for some big stakes. Yes, we sat down with him in a pub to talk about the thing that is Ante 40k.http://shufflecutante.com/

We open a Scryings booster with a bunch of spoilers. At least like… 10+! And they are really cool, we promise :)

What have they done!? What on earth should we do now? Maze of it is unrestricted in EC rules and we talk about what, how and when you can do something about that in this LIVE* episode of Flippin Orbs.Gordon, Eliot and Seb discuss some ways to play Maze of Ith now with the unrestriction of the card in EC rules. What are the best interactions with maze? How do we find out the best card to make use of maze? What decks will be better? Come join us in this live* episode of Flipping Orbs.*= We actually streamed this episode live on Twitch and there is a good chance we will do it again so do follow us there on twitch.tv/wakwakmtg. That also means we have video of this so if you want you can look at our beautiful faces as well on YouTube for this episode hehe.

This episode is part two of Episode 18 but it has been delayed so don't trust Gordon when he says it is episode 20. In this episode we talk about how to keep the interest and the format fun even though it doesn't change much. Also we talk about different ways and formats you can play to use your old school cardpool.

Yes, it is that time of the year again. N00bcon has come and gone and a month has passed, something that for many people is a sign that it is soon time for the almighty Old School blog to publish an update. What update you may ask? The ban and restricted list of course! That is, if there even will be any changes?If you want to know, listen to the episode in which our Founding father Magnus “Mg” De Laval tells us for the third year in a row what will happen, why and also why things didn’t happen. This year it also comes with a sort of a warning, something to think about until next time.Enjoy!

Feeling a bit like you missed out? Oh, do we have an episode for you! In this episode we talk to not one, not two, not three (getting tired yet?), but 7(!) non-Flippin’ Orbs people that were at n00bcon. We talk about the Wizard’s Tournament, The Urborg Feast, The main event and the MAIN Event and much more. Hope you enjoy this over 3 hour long episode!Also, this isn’t really episode 22 of Flippin’ Orbs, it is “actually” episode 1 of Flippin’ Tings as we join forces with Bryan from All things Considered for a collaboration episode. Something that has been in the making for quite some time but at last came to fruition.What we talk about and when:00:03:57 - Mano talks about his n00bcon experience00:12:29 - Bob Agra talks from the perspective as a first time guest00:28:34 - We talk about the Wizard’s Tournament 200:38:33 - Brother Stebbo tells us the story on how he became the People’s Champion00:58:22 - Seb give us a short tournament report01:06:04 - Mano give us a short tournament report sorta01:16:40 - Jordan Boyle talks about how his mono blue deck got him a top8 finish01:29:04 - Is n00bcon now a festival, not just a tournament?01:43:15 - Floridian Homarid Shaman Von Brädow talks about the festival feeling02:02:40 - Christian Reinhard talks about organizing the Urborg Feast and more02:10:35 - Jesper Ejsing got into the n00bcon top8 from the Urborg Feast, here is his story02:21:23 - The n00bcon feeling02:25:34 - Here is Constanting Prishvitsin, the longest returning non-nordics guest, thoughts about n00bcon02:34:59 - All the l00t and the future03:00:42 - The most important easter egg of them all!

In this episode, we talk to Keith "The Misprint Guy" Adams about how Richard Garfield went from a pile of papers to photocopies and then to presenting the pile of cards that ended up being the best thing to ever happen. We discuss different misprints, test prints, pre old school sets, security stickers, an unreleased magic set and much more. For all of you collectors and magic history aficionados this episode is a must!What we talk about and when:00:04:10 - Introduction of the guest00:06:30 - The Alpha playtest cube00:16:15 - The question of the episode00:46:00 - The playtest era01:02:42 - Different misprints and more01:23:00 - The Garfield event cards01:35:35 - Entry level oddities to collectThe strange beta card with holographic sticker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwZGucyZ0USpectral Chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOh-EqNYvE

In episode 20 we talk with the deck builder, shark owner and premodern founder Martin Berlin. We talk about his old school cube, get some thoughts on the Winter Derby finals which featured UR Atog vs. UR Counterburn. We also spend some time addressing the new possible mulligan rule and what implications it could have for old school magic. Seb forgets what people he is talking with on the podcast and Gordon asks the hosts about Homelands, since the Arvika festival allowed it for their tournament last weekend.What we talk about and when:00:02:52 - Introduction of hosts and guest00:07:11 - Who is Martin Berlin?00:21:50 - The question of the episode - Favorite Homelands card?00:31:47 - Arvika Festival with Homelands00:57:42 - The Winter Derby Finals01:13:26 - The (possible) new mulligan rule01:30:37 - Building an old school cube

Eliot, Seb and Gordon talk with Lorenzo about the Fishliver Oil Cup in Italy. What does it take to become mentioned by the 93/94 founder MG as an even better tournament than n00bcon? Eliot briefly talk about the Urza’s Chalice Cup the Beasts organized in February. We also adress different online tournaments and the rumours about Randy Buehler starting up an old school super league.What we talk about and when00:05:00 - Introduction of guest 00:06:05 - Some talk about pesto(!) 00:11:45 - What we are drinking 00:16:11 - The question of the episode 00:46:57 - The Fishliver Oil Cup 01:32:45 - The Urza’s Chalice

At last we are back! With both an episode for you guys and a schedule for us to be able to start to record more regularly. Much joy! In this episode it’s only us hosts and the plan was that every host came up with a topic he wanted to talk about. That means we have three different topics and three different views on every topic. But after the recording went on a bit too long we decided to split this episode in two parts, in this episode we talk about Seb’s topic, playtest cards, and in the next part we talk about mine and Eliot’s.What we talk about and when:05:00 Question of the episode16:50 Playtest cards

Episode 17 of Flippin’ Orbs is a monster of an episode, it’s over 3 hours long(!). The topic is also sort of a monster, because today we will talk about different rules sets and house rules. First we talk to the amazing Guillaume Denoix, one of the earliest French players and one of the fathers of the quite special French rules. Why did they decide to come up with their own rules and why do they look as they do? There is a lot of thought behind it all!Then we also talk to the father of the format, Magnus “Mg” De Laval about the whole idea of house rules and his thoughts about it.We also talk about playing hate cards in the main deck and much much more. Hope you enjoy!What we talk about and when:02:50 Intro with Seb03:25 Eliot joins for realz!04:25 Chaos Orb techniques09:17 Question of the episode - What’s your favorite non-restricted artifact?20:30 Hate in the main brain38:30 Interview Guillaume Denoix1:55:55 The hosts talk a bit2:16:10 Interview with Magnus2:39:37 More host talk about different rulesListen to our editor, Bonnie’s, music at http://soundcloud.com/nackamasterna

It’s time for episode 16 of Flippin’ Orbs! We are sorry that it has taken some time, but we promise we have some really nice episodes lined up for you in the coming months! In this episode we talk with Eliot Davidoff about the Beasts of the Bay and sideboarding. Hope you enjoy!

This is episode 15 of Flippin’ Orbs and we have two amazing topics in this episode. First we talk about a bunch of underplayed cards and theorize if you actually can build something around them. After that we also talk about how to play old school over Skype and when the subject comes up we of course needed Dave Firth Bard to join us. Hope you enjoy!What we talk about and when:02:50 Introduction of the guest05:20 Question of the episode18:00 Introdocution to underplayed cards18:30 Skull of Orm33:20 Rukh Egg40:10 Diamond Valley47:10 Nether Void50:00 Juxtapose58:40 Who is Dave Firth Bard?01:33:00 Old School via Skype01:58:00 Episode wrap up Link to the Old School Discord - https://discord.gg/4ev8FnZLink tothe Old School Reddit - https://reddit.com/r/oldschoolmtg/Link to the Facebook group for Skype play - https://www.facebook.com/groups/551913338322720/

In this episode we first sit down with Svante Landgraf to talk about combo decks in old school. After that we also talk to Stephen Menendian about the same topic, how he got into old school and also about one of both his and Gordon’s favorite decks, UR Counterburn.What we talk about and when:00:26 News and introduction03:03 Introduction of Seb04:04: Introduction of Svante05:30 Combo talk with Svante01:02:23 Interview with Stephen Menendian01:04:45 Old rules, Stephens story and combo02:06:35 UR Coiunterburn02:29:42 Some fun and some sad newsLink to Stephens article about combo: http://www.vintagemagic.com/blog/old-school-magic-chapter-11-the-untold-history-of-combo-in-old-school/Link to Stephens article about UR Counterburn: http://www.eternalcentral.com/three-in-a-row-top-8-at-eternal-weekend-2017-old-school-tournament/Music by The Freak Fandango Orchestrahttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Freak_Fandango_Orchestra/

In this episode Gordon, Seb and Grant sit down and talk about Magic accessories like playmats, deckboxes and much more. Then we also talk to Legend Randy Buehler about his career and interest in Old School.What we talk about and when:02:02 Introduction of hosts02:30 Question of the episode19:40 Magic Accessories 20:35 The Khalsa Brain Table24:00 Playmats35:40 Deckboxes53:20 Life counters01:05:30 Tokens01:13:05 Old New School Accessories01:35:45 Interview with Randy Buehler02:41:50 Last Ramblings

In this special episode of Flippin’ Orbs Gordon and Seb sit down with fellow Stockholm players, Björn Jonnie Bonnie Myrbacka and Yann Franzén to talk about their experience from n00bcon, as it were their first time there. We recorded this episode at a pub so the sound quality may not be the best. But we hope you can listen anyway. 

Episode 12 - The Brothers of FireJonas Twitchen is one of the founders of the Brothers of Fire, a blog and old school group based in London, UK. In this episode we sit down with Jonas to talk about old school in the UK. How did it start? How did they grow their player base? What rules do they use? And much more. Before the interview though, Gordon, Seb and Grant have a discussion about “all” the different combo decks in the format and what we think about them. What we talk about and when:00:02:20 - Welcome hosts00:03:16 - Question of the episode00:12:03 - What we've been playing00:24:40 - Combo in old school00:49:14 - Interview with Jonas Twitchen01:05:13 - The UK rules and community growth01:32:45 - The future of the UK community01:37:00 - Goblin Artisans01:42:13 - Sign of