Episode 49: Born a Gamblin' Gob

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-ninth episode, Alex and Joe discuss a goblin character not yet physically seen in Magic: the Gathering lore – Krark, of the Mirrodin goblins – and the clan he founded and inspired. This clan of goblins was the one that adopted Slobad when he was found cast out into the wilderness, but they are superstitious and irrational...   Much like the Gambler's Fallacy in the real world! The two pick apart the little we know of this mysterious goblin tribe, the card Krark's Thumb, and how both of these are a good lens for viewing the "hot hand" or "evening out" probability theory of the Gambler's Fallacy in the real world. ____________________________________________ We have a Patreon! You can join at the $1 "Goblin Bangchucker" tier, which gets you access to our private Discord server where you can talk all things lore, life, and love with other goofy gobbos like yourself, or the $3 "Goblin Haberdasher" tier, which also allows you to suggest show topics. Additional rewards and tiers will continue to be added, too! ____________________________________________ Remember: we've reached 500 followers on Twitter and will announce the lucky winners soon! This will be a big blowout drawing, so if you want to be eligible to win, follow us now! There will also be a separate monthly prize for Patreon subscribers, so get in there too! ____________________________________________ You can find the hosts on Twitter: Joe Redemann at @Fyndhorn, Hobbes Q. at @HobbesQ, and Alex Newman at @AlexanderNewm. Send questions, comments, thoughts, hopes, and dreams to @GoblinLorePod on Twitter or [email protected]. Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle). Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com.