EternalDurdles Podcasts

Zac and Phil go over the rest of Crimson Vow and how stupid crazy good reckless impulse is. Also a whopping THREE new parody songs (one at the beginning and two at the end). WOW! Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/EternalDurdles.

This week Zac and Phil take a look at the first wave of Crimson Vow spoilers and their sickening excitement for the Count Dracula treatments. They also chat about Halloween, costumes, and trick-or-treat listeners to a double-feature parody intro.

Phil and Zac talk about how they've been experiencing Legacy in two vastly different bubbles.

Ya boiz Zac and Phil welcome Nate G. back to the podcast to talk about zombies, vampires, werewolves, and the hills we're willing to die on.

Zac and Phil choose a couple of cards to talk about before we record the full set review next week with the Return of Nathan Golia. We also added TWO new parodies by ForceofPhil! Intro and Outro.

Phil is upset about the framing of the community's discussion of the b&r list. Zac is a jackass.

Zac confesses to Phil that he's not feeling the love with Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.

Zac and Phil get into the spoilers from Maro on Blogatog for MTGDND.

Zac schools Phil on some D&D knowledge in regards to the abilities and art direction on Den of the Bugbear. Phil talks about what he's learned since MH2 became legal. Zac shares some minor MTG finance findings.

Phil and Zac are having a party for the 200th episode. We invited Jerry Mee and Pat Euglow from Leaving a legacy, Cyrus Corman-Gil and Eric Vergo from Top Down Legacy, Joe Dyer II of MTGGOLDFISH , and of course Nathan Golia is back! As always you can support the cast at patreon.com/eternaldurdles. Phil and Nate get credit on the intro this week.…

Phil and Zac finish up our first impressions of Modern Horizons 2. Moderation 5:00 Thought Monitor 8:50 Sythis, Hand of the Harvest 16:07 Dauthi Voidwalker 20:39 Bloodbraid Marauder 23:55 Blossoming Calm 27:21 Fury 34:21 Echoing Return 37:00 Inevitable Betrayal 41:50 magus of the bridge 45:23 Murktide Regent 47:20 Soothing Rest 49:36 break the ice:…

Phil and Zac go waaaaaaay down the rabbit hole. We have 50 cards we wanted to chat about the list below: Don't forget you can support us at www.Patreon.com/eternaldurdles Serra’s Emissonary Sword of Heart and Home Void Mirror Garth, the One Eyed Grist Hunger Tide Aeve, Progenitor Ooze Kitchen Imp Subtlety Chatterstorm Arcbound Shikari Carth the Lio…

Phil and Zac talk up the New Modern Horizons 2 Spoilers. Time Stamps: Dakkon Shadow Slayer: 4:29 Timeless Dragon: 10:07 Rishadan Dockhand: 10:22 Grief: 16:00 Profane tutor: 19:45 Thrasta, Tempest Roar: 25:00 Flametounge Yearling: 27:35 Yursi, Fortune's Flame: 28:10

Zac & Phil discuss WOTCs decision to kill the MPL. Without any solid plan to replace the Pro scene, what does this mean for the common player? https://www.patreon.com/EternalDurdles Don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9PVLLPfdzI_pr1U9hZDtw?sub_confirmation=1…

Phil and Zac talk about the rest of Strixhaven and the brand new drops from MH2 and MTGDND.

Nate is leaving the podcast after five years. Zac and Phil ask him anything and everything about Magic. [A message from Nate: Thank you for listening. I appreciate all of you who took the time to check in with us. I'm not quitting Legacy or Magic just stepping down from the cast. Onward.] This does mean we didn't do Part 2 of the Strixhaven review …

Hell yes it's set review time. We discuss whimsy for a while and debate how combo decks work. We actually ran out of time so we'll circle back to the cards you're mad we missed next time. Here's what we got so far (time stamps approximate!): 22 Magma Opus 24 Body Of Research 25 Harness Infinity 26 Blot out the Sky 28 Silverquill Silencer 32 Blex, V…

This Week in Legacy writer Joe Dyer joins Phil and Nate to talk about havin' kids, gettin' vaccinated, and Legacy. (Strategies and Tactics for Nic Fit/Explorer Rock starts about half an hour before the end of the episode.)

Phil, Zac and Nate discuss the many miniature eras of eternal Magic during the COVID-19 year. Nate and Phil have a spirited discussion about green one-drops.

We pontificate on potential Universes Beyond that could impact Legacy down the road, now that it's happening. Also discuss the fun things we're trying in the new Legacy and old-border reprints. Note: Patreon supporters can watch this podcast on video! It's a new perk we're adding, check out the Patreon to find out more.…

We live-streamed our celebration of the death of Oko, Thief of Crowns; Dreadhorde Arcanist; and Arcum's Astrolabe. Still works as audio only though. A new day for Legacy.

gdi we finally recorded and they're just gonna fix the format monday. oh well. we talk about valki. why can you do this? also new song!

We chat with Stu Ziarnik, erstwhile leader of Austin's Romancing the Stones tournaments, on building and maintaining eternal Magic communities and adapting to the new webcam-based world. RTS plays mostly Vintage, with some Old School and Middle School mixed in. Check out the site: stonesmtg.com; and twitter.com/StonesVintage…

Talkin' Magic with longtime friend of the cast Eric Vergo, the only person to top-8 both Legacy and Vintage champs in paper in the same year! We talk about Eric's Soul Sisters deck, his newfound love of brewing, what's going wrong in development, how to improve coverage, and much more. Happy new year everyone!…

The guys ponder whether it's time to just play Yorion in everything. Then we discuss some of the early Kaldheim spoilers. What musical theme world will we head to after metal? Phil's Yorion Monte: 3 Painter's Servant 4 Goblin Engineer 4 Baleful Strix 4 Trinket Mage 4 Tribute Mage 4 Urza, Lord High Artificer 4 Karn, the Great Creator 4 Force of Will…

We have a bad Maro tweet to discuss! Is it possible that the average player doesn't know what the stack is or what planeswalkers are? Why is this information being told to us anyway? It's basically an hour of riffing on this nonsense. Back next week with decks!

We return from an extended hiatus to review Commander Legends for Legacy. Is Prosperous Bloom back? How good is the monarch, really? Then, we wrap up in the final half-hour or so with discussion of the U.S. election. If you don't want to listen to non-Magic talk, just shut it off after the review!

As part of our ad-hoc series on "Wizards' Baffling Decisions that Reveal Contempt for Their Player Base," we take on the Walking Dead Secret Lair and continue trying to find the little corners of Magic that make us happy. There is a new parody song at the end of the episode. (Opening song: "Who Sold Out Now?" by Ignite) Romancing the Stones' Middle…

Nate and Phil adventure through Zendikar Rising looking for treasure. (It was late and I was too tired to timestamp the cards, sorry!)

Zac and Phil interview Youtube sensation MTGREMY. they talk about parodies his experience with the game, and getting into creating MTG content. Remy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YmkUUyVZSnfPzy4smvgXA ETERNAL DURDLES PATREON: patreon.com/eternaldurdles

Nat Phil and Zac take a look at previous spoiler discussions and see how we did or if we missed anything.

Phil and Zac, jump from that summer slump to talking about some wild lifegoals and an overlooked threat that legacy is taking for granted.

Eli Goings join us this week to talk about tiny red men. Eli's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27429031&fbclid=IwAR33t7y-QGDAQZ3InbNJ49dQTAJKFFnfTTTUd6n3Gj4PdpN0dRaeo5Eq_iE 4 Aether Vial 4 Goblin Matron 4 Mogg War Marshal 3 Munitions Expert 3 Pashalik Mons 3 Cabal Therapy 2 Goblin Cratermaker 2 Goblin Ringleader 2 Sling Gang Lt. 1 Skirk Pro…

Nathan, Phil, and Zac talk about the magic they have been playing while stuck at home.

Nate and Phil review a bunch of cards that are coming out soon. Teferi, Master of Time 2:25 Mangara, the Diplomat 8:31 Discontinuity 12:24 Elder Gargaroth 16:18 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage 17:00 Terror of the Peaks 22:15 Demonic Embrace 23:32 Chandra’s Incinerator 24:40 Garruk’s Harbinger 29:02 See the Truth 30:50 Conspicuous Snoop 35:00 Liliana’s St…

Zac and Nate announce a donation to Campaign Zero and discuss Black Lives Matter. They then move on to talk about Wizards’ decision to ban several cards for racist art or concepts. This is an emotional conversation with little about gameplay, please be advised. Correction: Nate refers to a statement being removed from the ‘Depictions is Racism in M…

Nathan, Zac, and Phil respond with thoughts about this new companion Errata. What it means for the game, and what sort of precedents this could set in the future.

Zac Phil and Nate struggle with the B&R announcement.

Nate gets in a disagreement with Maro on Twitter. The guys ponder the depths of the design crisis.

Phil and Nate realized that they couldn't possibly play enough Legacy to have an informed opinion about the real impact of Companions on the format, so they called in a guy who plays more than enough! Anuraag Das is a Legacy streamer and podcaster who is three months into daily streaming. He streamed the recording live and we got into some more spe…

Nate goes Buck wild about a particular nonsensical companion interaction in standard that has implications that ripple through all formats. Zac and Phil sit back and share a bucket of popcorn.

Zac, Nate and Phil discuss some of the remaining cards from Ikoria.

Phil Nathan and Zac look at the spoils from this 2x spoiler season. Time Stamps Companion Discussion 12:50 Keruga 20:15 Obosh 23:23 Gyruda 26.50 Lutri 29:03 Umori 30:35 Rielle 34:20 Mana scape refractor 44:00 Ominous seas 50:30 Shark typhoon 54:50 Mass extinction 56:23 Drannith Magistrate 57:40 Lukka 102:00 Vivien 107:00 Call of the Death-Dweller 1…

Longtime Magic player and Legacy streamer Romario Vidal is going to the PT thanks to a second-place finish with Doomsday in an MTGO special event! We chat about the deck and the tournament. Then Phil answers some questions about his Miracles deck. But we start with a special message that we hope you all take to heart. Here's some other relevant tim…

Nate and Phil catch up as the lockdown in New York begins. Zac is missing, but he's fine (he told us later). Improbable Edric: 4 Ice-Fang Coatl 2 Snapcaster Mage 2 Edric, Spymaster of Trest 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath 4 Brainstorm 4 Arcum's Astrolabe 4 Ponder 4 Force of Will 3 Improbable Alliance 2 Daze 2 Lightning Bolt 2 Punishing Fire 2 Dack F…

Zac And Phil struggle to pass the time in self isolation. They come up with 2 top 5 lists for what to do when you can't play paper Magic for a while. Portal World https://www.audible.com/pd/Portal-World-Audiobook/B07CJ28KQ2?qid=1584458350&sr=1-8&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_8&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=B8Z0GSC8AQXHNPZ1DZTA O…

Nate Phil and Zac tackle the banned list announcement in real time. You can support our efforts at pateron.com/eternaldurdles

Nate Zac and Phil talk about what the format will look like after the BnR annoucement.

The guys invite Chris Banuchi of 90smtg on to the show. We cover origins of the channel and talk about the technology Chris uses. Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRjwixdkw7TykmWn2Mss2g or search "90smtg" on youtube.

Nate and Zac talk about Nate's showing at the Alamo Old School tourney. Then Zac goes nuts about draws.