Fireside Magic
Biweekly Magic: The Gathering podcast covering all formats with a slightly competitive slant.
Episodes
41 episodes
A History of Lands becoming Dudes
This week the boys talk lightly about Avatar, and because Darren was woefully underprepared to talk about new cards we're also doing a deep dive on all the ways that lands have become creatures because Earthbending rules. Fireside M...
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Episode 41
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1:04:43
Don't be fooled, there's a fish in that bag.
Fireside Magic is made by Fireside Media. If you would like to contact us about the show, you can send an email to Fireside.M3dia@gmail.comThe Fireside Crew is branching out! We are taking this show on the road (figurativel...
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Episode 40
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58:18
I'm not saying I would, but $30 is $30
It's Value Vintage time again, and Anthony's fully drank the kool-aid. We talk about his first steps into the format, and how sweet decks and deck building are. ---Fireside Magic is made by Fireside Productions. ...
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51:15
Armchair Analysis of a multibillion dollar division of a company
Anthony is not impressed by anything that's happened in the last two weeks, and Darren very smartly pushed up his glasses before recording today's episode because he's very smart and knows money things. Basically what we're saying is that we co...
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Episode 38
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58:01
Spiderman is the worst thing to ever happen and we're so excited for it
This is an uncensored episode. SorryAnthony is joined by Darren and Jesse to talk all about upcoming changes to standard again, more spoilers we haven't read and aren't excited for, and why wizards of the coast is among the worst compani...
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Episode 37
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1:12:21
Kowalski: Analysis
The FULL CREW is joined by notable person-who-is-better-at-the-game-than-all-of-us-combined, Will Kowalczyk, to chat about how standard sucks, and what it takes to get to the pro tour. Find Will on Twitter here: https://x.com/Pugfac...
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Episode 36
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1:03:01
Gushing Over Magical Expansions
iykykWe just can't stop talking about Edge of Eternities. It might be the best set ever...? Well, top 5 at least. Oh and I guess here's the rest of our top 5 too just to prove it.---Fireside Magic is a production of TheGath...
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Episode 35
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1:08:51
We're actually playing Magic again! (real)
Holy Moly, Edge of Eternities has these dried up prunes playing games again. What a shock! This week we talk about how good draft is, how it's nice to have a standard that sucks again, and a sick pioneer deck.Fireside Magic is a producti...
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Episode 34
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56:16
Edging for Eternities (sorry)
We talk about cool cards coming out in the new set, and commander for some reason.Darren got a new fidget toy, which is what all that weird sound is. Your speakers / headphones aren't broken. I couldn't edit it out in post so you're just...
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Episode 33
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1:18:24
The Big Ban Theory (Banzinga!)
Wizards banned seven cards from standard. [LAUGH TRACK]*knock knock knock* Cori *knock knock knock* Cori *knock knock knock* Cori [LAUGH TRACK]Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the ...
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Episode 32
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1:10:14
A Live Look at WotC Behind the Scenes
Darren shapeshifts into notable Wizards of the Coast employee Ian Duke, and Anthony takes his toy wheel out for a spin. Sorry the episode is late---Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the s...
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Episode 31
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1:00:05
Don't Spoiler? I don't even know her! (This is not a spoiler episode)
Darren top 8's a tournament, Jesse builds Esper Greasefang, and Anthony thinks that an old card is not iconic. Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the show, our tier lists, or anyt...
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Episode 30
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1:05:34
Arachnid Boy vs Silica Lad
Jesse is back with a vengeance as this time we talk about one of Magic's bigger blunders and what to do when you're just not feeling it anymore. Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy...
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1:05:06
Cori in the House (like the hit spinoff from That's So Raven)
Darren and Anthony talk about a bad meta, a tier 0 nightmare, and things that would make magic boomers shed a tear. ---Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the show, our tier lists, or...
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Episode 28
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1:11:52
Magic finance is literally more stable than the american stock market
This episode, Anthony and Darren talk about the secret number that makes WotC furious - the secondary market price of a card.Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the show, our tier lists, or anyth...
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Episode 27
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1:12:00
The Cursed episode that Nearly Wasn't (based on a true story)
Sorry we took another break right after taking a break, but the break we took before that was so good we wanted to do it again for a third time. Some day this show will get onto a regular schedule hopefully. Anyway, we talk about our Timeless t...
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Episode 26
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1:30:21
Big things are coming, and so are we
This week the crew talk about the two coolest ways to play magic, competitive pioneer and competitive modern. And after that it's on to cheating and why if you're going to do it, at least you should be good at it. Also he have a tournament! Sig...
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Episode 25
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1:08:03
NO ONE beats Kyle!
Today the gang talks about the pro tour that happened or something, I don't know, I didn't watch it. They also discuss some of their favorite magic accomplishments and how your story ain't over till its over. Here's anthony's deckli...
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Episode 24
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1:04:49
The upper bound of forward velocity
MAX SPEED!!!This time we picked some Aetherdrift spoilers that we thought were cool and talked about them. If you were looking for competitive advice on new cards, or accurate card evaluations that you can apply practically to your every da...
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Episode 22
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1:19:31
Judge's Familiar has won exactly two Pro Tours
The regular crew returns to get a quick glance at Aetherdrift before becoming violently ill. Then after that they talk about their favorite Pro Tour Winning decks, which is much more enjoyable.Fireside Magic is a production of TheGather...
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Episode 21
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1:21:41
Fireside Extra: What is Value Vintage
In this special extra edition of the show, we are joined by Mitchell, an admin from the Value Vintage discord server, to talk about the best format that you're not playing yet, why you should, and what makes it so cool. See the dis...
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41:17
I have never looked at card art before, stop being ridiculous.
It's 2025; new year new me. We cover all the things we loved and not loved from 2024, look forward to some changes coming in the new year, and also talk about Standard a little bit.Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. ...
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Episode 20
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1:08:40
In Case of Unbans, Break Glass
BANS! This episode, we talk about all of the changes that every format received on Monday and how we're all extremely excited for each of them.Fireside Magic is a production of TheGathering.gg. If you enjoy the show, our ti...
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Episode 19
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1:17:43
Pioneer? You doing ok bud?
This episode, we continue to gush over foundations, cry over pioneer, ask a spike, and shill for an entire 5 minutes 32 seconds.Darren's Deck Listhttps://www.moxfield.com/decks/KOMuwR4UEkWztcXD-3UGHQAnthony's Deck Listhttps:...
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Episode 18
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1:15:57
The Universes Beyond were the friends we made along the way
Today, Anthony is joined by Jesse and Darren to talk about all the ways that the Magic you know and love is being ripped away from you. Also the next set is hype AF and we're all very excited to continue playing the game.Fireside Magic ...
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Episode 17
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1:44:02