The Vorthos Cast

In this episode, we talk about story translation news, many M19 previews, and the latest Magic Story episode. Outside this episode, you're a valid Vorthos and we love you! 00:36 Translation Drops 02:46 Core Set 03:57 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager 07:08 Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire 08:56 Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner 10:48 Chromium, the Mutable 12:24 Arcades, the Strategist 14:04 Skilled Animator 14:18 Lathliss, Dragon Queen 15:06 Tezzeret's Strider 15:57 Sarkhan's Whelp 17:21 - Ajani's Last Stand 18:32 Sarkhan's Unsealing 20:26 Liliana, the Necromancer 20:59 One with the Machine 24:42 Trashmaster Goblin 25:21 Colossal Stomp 25:57 Daybreak Chaplain 26:34 Regal Bloodlord 27:30 Runed Armasaur 28:38 Azareth the Awakener 30:30 Sai, Master Thopterist 32:26 Chronicle of Bolas: The First Lesson 48:06 Discussion

00:53 - Global Series Flavor Gems 07:41 - Core 2019 Story and Previews 09:24 - Nicol Bolas Elder Dragon 11:21 - Vivien Reid and the other planeswalkers 14:54 - Patient Rebuilding 16:12 - Onakke Ogre 17:58 - Take Vengeance 19:24 - Vampire Sovereign and Sovereign's Bite 20:26 - The Elder Dragons Comic 27:48 - Chronicle of Bolas: The Twins 48:40 - What does this mean for Ugin and Tarkir? 51:50 - The Ur-Dragon versus Arahbo? 54:52 - Will we see the Elder Dragon War? 56:10 - What other planes might we see? 1:00:10 - Wrap-Up

In this episode, the cast talks about the various terms for changes to continuity, and breaks down the continuity issues in Return to Dominaria. The Cast also talks about what they loved about the story and where it succeeded! 00:18 Definining Continuity Changes 09:56 Gideon's Aegis Shield 12:02 Suq'Ata City 12:52 Sisay and Shanna's Aura 14:40 Jhoira and Jodah 16:42 Molimo and Llanowar 18:36 The Cylix and Yavimayan Geography 22:38 Chandra's Problematic Timeline 23:00 Slimefoot's Babies 25:32 The Liches of Urborg 27:42 Blackblade vs Black Blade 28:50 Continuity Management and Feedback 32:14 Mother Luti and Jaya Ballard 35:29 Liliana's Character Development 36:54 Kwende as a white-aligned villain 38:02 Everything Teferi! 41:10 Gideon's Character Development 47:42 Slimefoot Remains Silent 49:13 Loose Ends and the Future 51:35 Wrap-Up

Today the Cast dives deep into the history of Nicol Bolas, what we know about his schemes so far, and what his final plan might be for Ravnica! 00:56 Core 2019 03:25 Bolas in Pre-History 05:07 Fate Reforged 06:24 The Kami War 07:37 Death of the God-Emperor 10:22 The Eldest Reborn 13:47 Birth of the God-Pharaoh 15:27 Alara 16:57 The Infinite Consortium 22:40 Shards of Alara and the Conflux 28:19 Zendikar 34:19 Test of Metal/Dark Discoveries 38:02 Scars of Mirrodin 40:34 Kaladesh 41:48 Amonkhet 42:39 Ixalan 44:19 Dominaria 45:00 Ravnica 46:09 Bolas Meta-Discussion 54:04 What is Bolas's Plan? 1:01:25 Wrap-Up

In this episode, we kick things off with a previewed Magic 2019 card, dive into discussion of Magic's many gods and religion, and wrap it all up with the Dominaria finale (featuring a fair bit of future story speculation). 1:02 – Core 2019 preview: Apex of Power 2:59 – Gods of the Multiverse 17:23 – Religions of Dominaria 29:03 – Return to Dominaria Episode 12 42:47 – Open story hooks on Dominaria 44:10 – Guilds of Ravnica speculation 50:05 – Final thoughts

In this episode, the Cast talks Battlebond Previews, the Penultimate Episode of Return to Dominaria, and what they foresee in the finale. 01:35 Battlebond Previews 04:38 Will and Rowan Kenrith 08:08 Vitrus, Gorm, and the Azra 10:55 Pir, Toothy, and Racial Consistency 15:18 Regna and Krav, Angel and Demon Lovers 17:11 Sylvia Brightspear and Korvath Brightflame 18:48 Soaring Show-Off 20:27 Uncommon Partners 21:10 Last One Standing 21:55 Magic Story Podcast: Otaria and the Cabal 24:28 Return to Dominaria Episode 11 Discussion 45:44 When does Gideon get the Blackblade 47:31 Unresolved Threads 51:09 Weatherlight Casualties 53:16 Wrap-up

In this episode we cover the full history of how Magic's story has been told, from every medium to every paradigm shift. We also recap Return to Dominaria: Episode 10, which features fans' favorite fungus, Slimefoot! 2:08 – Go listen to our Announcement Day mini-episode! 3:51 – What story moment got cut from DOM? 6:37 – History of Magic Story: Pre-Revision 10:44 – History of Magic Story: Revision & The Weatherlight Saga 14:05 – History of Magic Story: Post-Invasion & Plane-Hopping 17:25 – History of Magic Story: The Mending 19:57 – History of Magic Story: Post-Mending Era 33:27 – History of Magic Story: Magic Origins 42:05 – History of Magic Story: Dominaria & Guest Authors 46:03 – Dominaria Episode 10 Recap 57:08 – Final Thoughts

00:15 - Battlebond 01:56 - Global Series 04:08 - Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance 05:15 - Concept Art 05:55 - Ravnica's Third Set 07:18 - Final Thoughts on Redesigns The Ravnica Stories Collection: https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AED3FH3RQEFDDBONZ3BJPVAZYIBQ/DZYGDSUW5Q20

The Vorthos Cast digs into the Mending, cylixes, and Dominaria Episode 9! 01:50 - Battlebond 07:22 - Mending Podcast Discussion 20:25 - Jackalope Herd (Exodus) 24:55 - Return to Dominaria: Episode 9 29:53 - Karn's Sylex/Cylix/Kylix 38:53 - Jhoira and the Crew 40:56 - Jace: RIX vs. DOM 45:58 - Teferi **CRUNCH** 46:16 - Change in Processes 48:30 - Final Thoughts

Today the Cast says goodbye to Kelly Digges, talks about the real-life origins of the Nine Titans, and revels in Jaya Ballard having been Mother Luti all along! 01:04 - Farewell to Kelly Digges 02:11 - Concepts and Legends Art Book 05:20 - Core 2019 News and Discussion 10:06 - We don't know Odyssey or Onslaught 12:46 - Why Were The Nine Titans Chosen 27:00 - Return to Dominaria Episode 8 38:00 - Mother Luti is Jaya Ballard Discussion 50:09 - How did Karn and Jaya Meet? 53:25 - What is Karn up to in Yavimaya? 55:13 - What has Jaya been up to? 56:46 - What does this mean for the Raven Man theory? 59:51 - Wrap-up

This week Jay, Andrew, and Cary share some big news, revel in behind-the-scenes information about Dominaria's map, answer fan questions, and recap Return to Dominaria Episode 7. 00:23 – Big News for Andrew 03:02 – Dominaria Geography Background 04:58 – Magic Story Podcast 14 Recap 20:32 – Art Speculation for Global Series: Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling 23:30 – Tamiyo’s Magic vs. Sagas 27:00 – Carthalion Family History 39:19 – Return to Dominaria Episode 7 Recap 54:55 – Final Thoughts

Jay has returned for the conclusion of Dominaria preview card coverage and discussion of Return to Dominaria Episode 6. 02:46 - Jay talks Jodah 05:56 - Traxos, Scourge of Kroog 07:58 - Evra, Halcyon Witness 09:55 - Kwende, Pride of Femeref 11:24 - Marwyn the Nurturer and Hallar the Firefletcher 14:25 - Clifftop Retreat 15:32 - Hinterland Harbor 17:35 - Isolated Chapel 18:15 - Plains by Dimitar 19:25 - Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood 21:27 - Primordial Wurm 23:45 - Gideon's Reproach 24:50 - On Serra’s Realm 26:08 - Deep Freeze 27:24 - Syncopate 29:06 - Feral Abomination, Fight With Fire 30:03 - Devastation of Otaria, The Bladewing Clan, Nature’s Spiral, Sparring Construct 32:00 - Mark Poole’s Basic Land Cycle 33:00 - Sveylun and Slinn Voda 34:15 - Call for Listener Questions 34:35 - Return to Dominaria Episode 6 40:18 - Ghosts and Phasing 42:30 - What was that Artifact? 44:05 - Niambi and Teferi’s Legacy 45:28 - Teferi’s Spark and Spark Transferal 51:27 - Wrap-Up

With Jay on vacation, Andrew and Cary discuss GP Seattle, highlight exciting preview cards from Dominaria, and recap Return to Dominaria Episode 5! 00:20 – GP Seattle 02:48 – The Antiquities War 04:32 – Primevals’ Glorious Rebirth 06:05 – The Eldest Reborn 07:44 – The Mending of Dominaria 10:54 – Rite of Belzenlok 15:20 – Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar 18:31 – Grand Warlord Radha 20:46 – Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive 23:38 – Lich’s Mastery & Josu Vess, Lich Knight 24:53 – Cabal Stronghold 27:41 – Blackblade Reforged 30:21 – Assorted Flavor Gems 36:52 – Return to Dominaria Episode 5 And here's the link to Sam's video about Seb McKinnon we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J05d3zNkb3k

0:45 Preview Card: In Bolas's Clutches 7:21 Nicol Bolas's Plans 14:37 The Chain Veil 16:32 The Twist Endings 21:56 The Raven Man Problem

Cary, Andrew, and Jay discuss Dominaria previews from the past week, recap Return to Dominaria Episode 4, and announce the date of The Vorthos Cast's very own Dominaria card preview!