The Vorthos Cast

We've reached the halfway point in Django Wexler's The Gathering Storm, with chapters 7 through 10 leading us up to the (failed) guild summit before War of the Spark. We even get back to listener questions, so thanks again to all our fans who ask those! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:39 – The Wildered Quest Blurb Link: https://www.amazon.com/Throne-Eldraine-Wildered-Kate-Elliott-ebook/dp/B07VP1PQ81 01:57 – Listener Question: Elder Dragons Older than the Thran? 03:23 – Listener Question: How Many Pre-Mending Planeswalkers Still Around? 07:23 – Listener Question: Could Dack Have Saved Himself with the Immortal Sun? 10:39 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 7 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=f04ef0245f 19:16 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 8 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=77411a7f11 32:19 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 9 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=fd2c659d7a 37:04 – The Gathering Storm Chapter 10 Link: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=671981442a09c23d267bd602b&id=331efd73d0 46:57 – Final Thoughts

Every new Commander product brings flavorful new legends, new cards, and reprints to Magic players worldwide. They're good in meaty, perfect for digging in for a full flavor gems episode featuring flavorful new legends, new...well, you know. Also a baby crab! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 02:27 – MTG Lore Advanced Story Search Link: http://mtglore.com/advanced-story-search/ 04:14 – Anje Falkenrath 05:29 – Atla Palani, Nest Tender 06:37 – Chainer, Nightmare Adept 07:22 – Elsha of the Infinite 08:14 – Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero 10:14 – Greven, Predator Captain 11:36 – Ghired, Conclave Exile 13:15 – K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 14:54 – Kedena, Slinking Sorcerer 16:40 – Marisi, Breaker of the Coil 20:00 – Rayami, First of the Fallen 21:38 – Sevinne, the Chronoclasm 22:51 – Tahngarth, First Mate Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/commander-2019-preview-moo-crew 23:27 – Volrath, the Shapestealer 25:19 – Mandate of Peace 26:30 – Thalia’s Geistcaller 27:20 – Song of the Worldsoul 27:41 – Leadership Vacuum 27:59 – Bone Miser 29:51 – Backdraft Hellkite 30:57 – Dockside Extortionist 31:48 – Ohran Frostfang 32:35 – Idol of Oblivion Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/stirring-slumber-2015-05-13 35:18 – Chromeshell Crab 36:32 – Solemn Simulacrum 37:30 – Mimic Vat 39:10 – Final Thoughts

It's time to talk about our free Commander 2019 preview card! Tahngarth, First Mate - 2RG Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior Tahngarth, First Mate can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever an opponent attacks with one or more creatures, if Tahngarth is tapped, you may have that opponent gain control of Tahngarth until end of combat. If you do, choose a player or planeswalker that opponent is attacking. Tahngarth is attacking that player or planeswalker. 5/5 Tahngarth was Sisay's first mate on the Weatherlight, a mighty warrior of the Talruum minotaur people. This card represents him early in the Weatherlight Saga, before he gets captured by Volrath and experimented on (as shown in his original card). Enjoy this mighty new legend who is always happy to get into a fight!

We have reached our final destination on this journey back to the Weatherlight Saga. From Prophecy to Apocalypse, the climactic showdown between Dominaria and Phyrexia is finally here. Also don't forget that we have a free Commander (2019 Edition) preview card from Wizards of the Coast to show off on Twitter on Wednesday, August 7th! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:51 – Commander 2019 Flavor Gems Episode in Two Weeks! 02:23 – Prophecy 04:52 – Invasion 21:36 – Planeshift 37:00 – Apocalypse 47:11 – Last Thoughts

The crew is all together, both podcast and Weatherlight, for our second episode chronicling the story of the legendary skyship. This week covers the sets that are most commonly associated with the Weatherlight Saga: Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus, Mercadian Masques, and Nemesis. All hands on deck for another journey into Magic's storied past! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:26 – The Vorthos Cast at Magic Fest Atlanta 02:42 – Throne of Eldraine Announced Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20 04:07 – Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest: Novel by Kate Elliott Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-throne-eldraine-ebook-2019-07-25 05:56 – We have a Commander (2019 Edition) Preview Card! 07:03 – The Weatherlight Saga: Rath and Mercadia Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwLm187ubeg 08:25 – Prequel Stories 14:42 – Rath and Storm (Tempest Block) 30:42 – Mercadian Masques 39:40 – Nemesis 46:04 – Final Thoughts

Endless preview weeks are finally over, so it's time to get to a topic many listeners have been asking to hear about: the Weatherlight Saga! Over the next three weeks, we'll talk about the intrepid adventures of the legendary skyship that happened in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. We begin by dunking on Urza, covering his life and the events that led to the construction of Weatherlight in the first place. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:04 – Throne of Eldraine Announced (Discussion Next Week) 01:34 – Rise of the Gatewatch Art Book Released Link: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Gatewatch-Wizards-Coast/dp/1419736477/ 02:43 – Prelude to the Weatherlight: The Artifact Cycle Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49600-artifacts-i-stones-of-power-and-heart Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/49603-artifacts-ii-lines-of-time-of-blood 03:51 – The Thran 12:39 – The Brothers’ War 19:59 – Planeswalker 27:22 – Time Streams 38:22 – Bloodlines 44:57 – Final Thoughts

We are back after a week off with a bunch of news, some deep listener questions, and the next three chapters of The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler! And by "we" we of course mean Loreley and Brian, as the rest of the cast is still taking it easy. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:53 – War of the Spark: Forsaken Cover Revealed Link: https://www.amazon.com/War-Spark-Forsaken-Magic-Gathering/dp/1984817949 02:34 – SDCC “Archery” Announcement Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/magic-san-diego-comic-con-2019-07-11 04:17 – New Fan Site: MTG Nexus Link: https://www.mtgnexus.com/ 06:16 – Coming Up on The Vorthos Cast: The Weatherlight Saga 08:35 – Listener Question: Bolas Control Off-Plane/Interplanar Spells? 14:36 – Listener Question: Chandra Elementals/Why Bring Back Jaya? 19:17 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 4 29:06 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 5 33:45 – The Gathering Storm: Chapter 6 40:57 – Final Thoughts

Podcast mom & dad are back this week to discuss the broad (and sometimes deep) flavor gems from Core Set 2020, a set that shouldn't be overlooked due to some excellent card names, flavor text series, and art references. Also note that we will not have a new episode next week due to the upcoming American Independence Day weekend. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:27 – No Episode Next Week! 02:46 – Aerial Assault 04:31 – Ancestral Blade 05:47 – Eternal Isolation 06:21 – Squad Captain 06:45 – Starfield Mystic 07:27 – Captivating Gyre 08:30 – Hard Cover 09:32 – Moat Piranhas 10:51 – Octoprophet 11:55 – Tale’s End Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/blight-we-were-born-2016-01-13 14:00 – Sorin’s Guide 15:00 – Chandra’s Regulator 15:55 – Fry 16:14 – Glint-Horn Buccaneer & Brineborn Cutthroat 17:03 – Goblin Smuggler & Nimble Birdsticker 18:05 – Ripscale Predator 19:16 – Ferocious Pup 20:12 – Silverback Shaman 21:26 – Wolfrider’s Saddle 22:20 – Risen Reef 22:52 – Kaalia, Zenith Seeker Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/stonekiller-2012-08-06 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/stonekiller-part-2-2012-08-13 24:51 – Kethis, the Hidden Hand 26:16 – Kykar, Wind’s Fury 27:50 – Omnath, Locus of the Roil 29:19 – Rienne, Angel of Rebirth 32:53 – Yarok, the Desecrated 35:03 – Bag of Holding 36:35 – Pattern Matcher 39:11 – The Elementalkin 41:20 – Siege of the Bonespire 43:33 – “Last Words” Dragons 45:37 – Final Thoughts

With Jay and Loreley away, the rest of the cast will play! Brian, Ashley, and Cary answer some mailbag questions and talk about the first three chapters of The Gathering Storm. 01:25 - How many confirmed oldwalkers are still around post-mending? 04:59 - Time travel canonically exists, right? 08:20 - How does it feel to know two key moments from the end of the story without knowing what happens in the lead up to that? 12:20 - How do you feel Magic compares to other IPs in terms of complexity of Lore? 18:12 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 1 20:40 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 2 26:20 - The Gathering Storm Chapter 3 32:22 - Final Thoughts

Modern Horizons is finally out, so we took some time to talk with Ethan Fleischer, designer and creative text writer for the set. Want to know how Ayula, Queen Among Bears was designed? Curious which characters were cut from the set? Listen in and enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! No timecodes. No final thoughts. Just a near-hour of chit-chat!

In the nicest episode of The Vorthos Cast yet, we cover the rest of the flavor gems from Modern Horizons. There was also massive news in the form of the Netflix series being announced, so we spend plenty of time covering that too! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:51 – Animated Magic Netflix Series Announced Link: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/magic-the-gathering-animated-series-netflix-russo-brothers-1203230595/ Link: http://bardel.ca/ 07:39 – Ravnica Prequel by Django Wexler Is Out Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 09:28 – Next Week: MH1 Interview with Ethan Fleischer 10:33 – Arcum’s Astrolabe 12:40 – Dead of Winter 14:28 – Changeling Stuff 15:55 – Hollowhead Sliver 17:25 – Lancer Sliver 18:48 – Cloudshredder Sliver 20:22 – First Sliver’s Chosen 21:55 – Astral Drift (Promo) 23:13 – Goatnap 24:11 – King of the Pride 24:41 – Good-Fortune Unicorn 26:15 – Goblin Engineer 27:21 – Knight of Old Benalia 29:37 – Segovian Angel 31:12 – Choking Tethers 31:49 – Rebuild 32:50 – Tribute Mage 33:17 – Goblin Oriflamme 34:35 – First-Sphere Gargantua, Collector Ouphe, Splicer’s Skill 35:33 – Dismantling Blow 36:16 – Excavating Anurid 38:09 – Kaya’s Guile 38:46 – Llanowar Tribe 40:35 – Seasoned Pyromancer 42:45 – Final Thoughts

Modern Horizons is almost here, but thankfully we get to see all of the exciting, powerful, and flat-out weird cards already. We're breaking our flavor gems episode into two weeks. Today: the legendary cards. Next week: everything else. We also partnered with artist Diosboss to create images for official podcast merchandise! We're looking to produce a playmat and tokens, so look for more information on those in the coming weeks. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:29 – Vorthos Cast Merch by @Diosboss Soon! Link: https://twitter.com/Diosboss 02:33 – Kess, Dissident Mage 04:42 – Marit Lage’s Slumber Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/modern-horizons-preview-its-finally-marit-lage 05:44 – Pashalik Mons 10:07 – Serra the Benevolent Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-345643028/the-vorthos-cast-04-dominaria-pre-show 13:11 – Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 18:26 – Urza, Lord High Artificer 27:18 – Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 33:17 – Hall of Heliod’s Generosity 36:16 – Ayula, Queen Among Bears 38:44 – Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis 40:07 – Morophon, the Boundless 42:26 – The First Sliver 44:38 – Wrenn and Six 47:24 – Final Thoughts

"It's never Marit Lage," we said. But her time as come. Her icy prison destroyed, she is now as free as our free Modern Horizons preview card from Wizards of the Coast: Marit Lage's Slumber - 1U Legendary Snow Enchantment - R Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible. Art: Randy Vargas Listen as we talk about Marit Lage's esoteric origins, a long con, and comments from the artist.

We're in our second week of mailbag questions after War of the Spark, and it's another episode filled with laughs, knowledge, wants, desires, and a little crime. Also Magic's potential visit to Sick, Crying Baby World. It'll (almost) make sense; just listen. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:04 – The Gathering Storm by Django Wexler: Coming June! Link: http://www.randomhousebooks.com/campaign/magic-gathering-newsletter/ 01:47 – Chandra: Trials of Alara: Sequel Comic from IDW Link: https://www.newsarama.com/45280-magic-the-gathering-summoned-back-to-comic-books-with-trials-of-alara.html 02:10 – Our Modern Horizons Preview is Thursday, May 30th! 02:38 – Listener Question: How Did Alara’s Shards Reunite? 05:57 – Listener Question: How Does New Phyrexia Know of Other Planes? 10:25 – Listener Question: Continuity Error During Sorin/Nahiri Fight? 12:17 – Listener Question: Which Legendary Creature Would You Update? 18:57 – Listener Question: Which Uncarded Legend Would You Print? 22:35 – Listener Question: Metaphysics of Rathi Overlay? 25:06 – Listener Question: What’s the Deal with Cosmic Larva? 26:53 – Listener Question: Why Does Every Character Hate Urza? 28:58 – Listener Question: What Fast Food Would Your Favorite Planeswalker Eat? 31:20 – Listener Question: Planeswalker with Shortest In-Story Lifespan? 32:06 – Listener Question: What Did Argentum Look Like? Where’s the Mirari? 33:24 – Listener Question: Why Do Izzet Cyclopses Have Tiny Heads? 33:33 – Listener Question: Would Rat (Araithia) and Rat (Ratepe) get along? 33:47 – Listener Question: Is There an Ur-Cat Responsible for All These Cat Cards? 34:58 – Listener Question: Which Character Would You Like a Short Story for? 37:12 – Listener Question: Where Does Ravnica Grow Food? Who Farms the Multiverse? 38:38 – Listener Question: For What Genre/Mythology Would You Want to See a Top-Down Set? 43:09 – Final Thoughts

The war is over, Bolas has been defeated, and now we're sitting here twiddling our thumbs waiting for the end of Modern Horizons preview season (Our preview episode will be on Thursday, May 30th!) In the interim, we're catching up on our backlog of listener questions! We cover everything from Eldrazi to Stuffy Doll to Freyalise's old armor. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:11 – Announcing Our Modern Horizons Preview Date: May 30th Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/where-find-modern-horizons-previews-2019-05-16 02:41 – Listener Question: How to Make a Sharktocrab? 04:17 – Listener Question: Why Is Marit Lage Manipulating Bolas? 07:19 – Listener Question: How Can Ravnica Lose to the Eternals? 09:09 – Listener Question: Major Wars the Boros Were In? 10:29 – Listener Question: Where Does Bolas Poop? Link: https://d.rip/mikerugnetta/posts/canon-is-an-abyss-2nnyn 12:47 – Listener Question: How Does Yanggu Planeswalk with Mowu? 14:54 – Listener Question: Didn’t Sorin Bite Nahiri? Will She Be a Vampire? 17:53 – Listener Question: Prison Bolas–Magic’s Hannibal Lecter? 19:45 – Listener Question: Consequences of Ulamog and Kozilek’s Deaths? 22:24 – Listener Question: What Are the Color Dynamics in New Phyrexia? 25:01 – Listener Question: More Backstory on the Praetors? 27:13 – Listener Question: Who’s in Your Hypothetical Unstable Mythic Edition? 30:39 – Listener Question: What’s the Story of Stuffy Doll? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/threadbare-2012-07-23 32:35 – Listener Question: Excited for Serra? Chances of Urza in Modern Horizons? 33:23 – Listener Question: What Do We Know About Kaldra? 40:47 – Listener Question: Did Sorin Create the Four Angel Sisters? 42:48 – Final Thoughts