Episodes
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Magic Hall of Famer and BJJ Black Belt - Raphael Levy
Raphael Levy is a Magic Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Toulouse, France. He holds the record for most consecutive Magic Pro Tours played. 0:00 Intro 0:43 Playing 90-plus Pro Tours in a row 9:40 Happiness, finding balance 13:38 How Raph’s PT streak ended 19:05 Brazilian...
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Magic Pro Tour Competitor and Streamer - Mythic Maria
Maria is a Magic competitor and streamer based in Germany. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Content creator origin story 5:52 Competitive gamer origin story 9:42 Discovering Magic The Gathering 12:31 Success in competitive Magic and the gender barrier 20:17 The Venus and Mercury League (VML) 25:14 Misconceptions...
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An American Magic Player In China - Arthur King
Arthur King is a Chinese-American Magic player based in Shanghai, China. Arthur's podcast is called "The BingKing Podcast." Find it at https://www.youtube.com/@LookitCrows 0:00 Intro 1:03 Arthur’s origin story 8:53 Playing Magic during college 13:35 Moving to China 17:49 Getting into Commander...
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Data-Driven Magic The Gathering Analysis, With Sierkovitz
Sierkovitz is a Limited Magic aficionado, data analyst and host of the Magic Numbers podcast. He is a long-time collaborator with 17Lands.com and focuses on making data accessible to Magic players of all skill levels. 0:00 Intro 0:35 Biggest trap with using data and win rates 9:56 Content…
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Israeli Magic Player and Medical Doctor - Niv Shmuely
Niv Shmuely is a Magic player and medical doctor from Israel. He has played in three Magic Pro Tours and the World Magic Cup as a member of the Israeli team. 0:00 Intro 3:30 How Niv got into competitive Magic 7:37 Pro Tour Valencia and the flood 11:50 Worlds Team Tournament - Israeli national…
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#MCAmsterdam - The Humans of Magic Recap
Magic Con Amsterdam: June 28-30, 2024. 0:00 Intro 0:38 Why I went to Amsterdam 3:59 General experience 9:06 Notable moments 14:19 Memorable conversations 27:48 Takeaways Memorable conversations: - Justine Jones - Will Hall & Matej Zatlkaj - ZBexx - Josh Lee Kwai - Spice8Rack - Andrea Mengucci -...
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Magic Pro Player & Hall of Famer - Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif is a Magic Pro Player and Hall of Famer from Paris, France. Interview was recorded at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, during Magic Con Amsterdam. 0:00 Intro 0:54 Pro Tour Amsterdam and Worlds 3:52 Tournament recap - key decisions 7:18 Fond Amsterdam (and PT) memories 12:07...
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Magic Content Creator & Streamer - Kurohitsuki
Kurohitsuki is a Magic content creator and streamer from Buffalo, New York. Interview was recorded at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, during Magic Con Amsterdam. 0:00 Intro 1:10 "Kurohitsuki" name and persona 7:15 Kuro's background 10:32 A very special gift 11:27 Becoming a creator 14:58...
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Magic Content Creator & Cosplayer - ZBexx
ZBexx is a Magic content creator and cosplayer from Portland, Oregon. Interview was recorded at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, during Magic Con Amsterdam. 0:00 Intro 0:57 Exploring Amsterdam and Dutch culture 6:11 Traveling as a Magic couple 8:35 Choosing a Magic content lane 11:19…
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Ukrainian Magic Player - Vitalii "V" Ponomariov
Vitalii "V" Ponomariov is a Ukrainian Magic player, LGS owner, and IT professional. He currently lives in Lviv, Ukraine. V and I first connected in 2022 when he shared his perspective on Ukrainian Magic on the Magic The Gathering Subreddit. He introduced me to his friends in the Ukrainian Magic...
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Creative Choices, Confidence, Playing Guitar - Rhystic Studies
Sam, a.k.a. Rhystic Studies, creates videos about the art, history, and culture of Magic: the Gathering. 0:00 Intro 1:50 Podcast monologues, Twitter bios 7:31 Discord fan interactions 10:39 Recent interviews 14:08 On being a solo act 16:02 Collaboration opportunities 18:41 Creative choices and...
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Harry Potter & Guardians of the Galaxy Concept Artist - Rob Bliss
Rob Bliss is an artist and illustrator for Magic The Gathering. Rob is also a concept artist and has worked on productions such as Harry Potter, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Dark Knight. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Speaking engagements 5:08 How Rob developed his style 12:30 Early life as artist 15:23...
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A Conversation on Israel-Palestine with Spice8Rack
An introduction to the Israel-Palestine conflict with Spice8Rack, Magic YouTuber and political activist. 0:00 Intro 3:00 Ground rules and expectations 6:47 Resources - journalists 9:07 Resources - coordination 10:32 Resources - education 11:15 Resources - books 22:26 How do we know if a resource…
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Magic The Gathering's Most Prolific Writer - Alison Luhrs
Alison Luhrs is a creative writer and worldbuilder for Magic The Gathering. She was also the creative lead for Baldur's Gate 3, and is currently the narrative director for Destiny 2. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Doing improv 6:49 Improv's learning curve, embracing failure 12:23 Connecting with the audience...
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Finding Inner Balance - Andrea Mengucci
Andrea Mengucci is a Magic The Gathering content creator and player. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Interview start 3:14 Content evolution, new YouTube channel, logistics 8:32 Connecting with audience, making it fun 13:02 Magic content innovation 16:29 Why Mengu isn't making Commander content 17:56 Modern…
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Magic The Gathering Artist - Victor Adame Minguez
Victor Adame Minguez is an artist and illustrator for Magic The Gathering. Victor's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/victoradameart/ 0:00 Intro 1:00 Beginning of Victor's creative journey 5:53 Making art a viable career 6:38 Artistic ability vs. practice 9:30 "I don't have any other skills"...
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Modern Innovations, Pro Tour Learnings - Aspiringspike
Evart "Aspiringspike" Moughon is a Magic player and streamer. He is best known for his deckbuilding innovations in the Modern format. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Streaming Dark Souls 6:02 Personal off-stream projects 7:58 Value of effective practice 13:45 Viewership drop when variety streaming 15:53...
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Magic Pro & World Champion - Javier Dominguez
Javier Dominguez is a Magic pro player from Spain. He won the 2018 Magic World Championship. 0:00 Intro 1:24 The language of Magic 3:43 Repeatable decision-making 5:23 Leveraging poker skills, studying the game 10:20 Frustrations 12:49 Being competitive vs. having fun 16:46 Choosing Magic over...
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Inside Magic's Shiniest Brand: FOIL BUG
Foil Bug is committed to serving the MTG community by sharing shiny content, creating premium merch, and guiding players to amazing stores around the world. 0:00 Intro 1:16 What is FOIL BUG? 3:55 Spicerack.gg integration 5:22 Split player bases across two stores 10:31 How the FOIL BUG Store…
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Apex Gaming - Kyle and Terren Huck
Kyle and Terren Huck are the owners of Apex Gaming, a Magic The Gathering card shop and tournament organizer in Caldwell, Ohio. The Apex Gaming documentary is now on the Humans of Magic YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@humansofmagic 00:00 Intro 01:49 Kickoff 02:35 Kyle and Terren...
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Magic Pro Player & Coach - Mason Clark
Mason Clark is a Magic pro player and coach. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Breaking Formats, Defying Expectations - Deathsie
Vincent "Deathsie" Chu is a Magic The Gathering Twitch streamer specializing in the Limited format. Sorry gang, the audio quality wasn't great in this one! We recorded it on a whim with ONE microphone on my table :( Have tried to fix and clean it up, but that's the best I could do. Hope you'll...
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Memes To Dreams - Piotr "kanister" Glogowski
Piotr "kanister" Glogowski is a Magic pro and streamer from Poland. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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2023 Year In Review
Livestreamed on YouTube on Dec 21, 2023. 03:22 Hits 21:13 Misses 32:37 Favorite episodes 52:56 Learnings 1:03:28 Plans for 2024 For future livestreams, sub to the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@humansofmagic
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Community Q&A - Dec 2023
Livestreamed on YouTube on Dec 19, 2023. I answered community-submitted questions. For future livestreams, sub to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@humansofmagic
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The Woman Driving Magic Card Design for Commander - Melissa DeTora
Melissa DeTora is a Senior Game Designer at Wizards of the Coast. She is a former professional Magic player and the first woman to Top 8 a Magic Pro Tour. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Curious Obsession - Zvi Mowshowitz
Zvi Mowshowitz is a Magic player, writer, and Hall of Famer. He currently writes about AI, policy and rationality on his Substack, "Don't Worry About the Vase." Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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An Unfiltered Conversation With Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson is a Magic player, streamer, personality, and caster. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Magic's Do-it-all Superwoman - Maria Bartholdi
Maria Bartholdi is a host, caster, producer, writer, improviser, podcaster and painter. She is a 10-time Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award winner and a mainstay of Magic Pro Tour coverage. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Reflections On A Magic Career - Chris Pikula
Chris Pikula is a former professional Magic player with two Pro Tour Top 8s and a Worlds Top 8. In 2000, Chris won the Magic Invitational and created the Meddling Mage card. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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China's Top Magic Pro Player - James Zhi
James (Yimin) Zhi is a professional Magic player and streamer from Shanghai, China. He has one Pro Tour Top 8 and four Grand Prix Top 8s. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Magic Content Creator & Artist - Soos_MTG
Soos_MTG is a Magic content creator and artist from Italy. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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An Unfiltered Conversation With Marshall Sutcliffe
Marshall Sutcliffe is the creator of Limited Resources (the premier Limited format podcast for Magic The Gathering) and Wristwatch Revival (a wristwatch restoration YouTube channel). Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Alex Bertoncini - An Interview With Magic's Greatest Cheater
Alex Bertoncini is a Magic The Gathering competitor who rose to prominence via the Star City Games tournament circuit. Alex was suspended from competitive Magic play in 2011, 2014, and 2019 - with the last suspension culminating in a lifetime ban. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon:...
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Sam Black's World Of Magic The Gathering
Sam Black is a professional Magic The Gathering player with three Pro Tour Top Eight finishes. He runs a weekly Limited podcast called "Drafting Archetypes." Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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The Human Behind Humans of Magic - James Hsu
James Hsu is the creator of the Humans of Magic podcast. James is interviewed by Matej Zatlkaj, a Slovak Magic: The Gathering pro player and commentator. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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This "Tom Cruise" Plays Magic The Gathering - Evan Ferrante
Evan Ferrante is an actor, producer, and the World's Biggest Tom Cruise impersonator. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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3 Decades Of Magic Dominance - Kai Budde
Kai Budde is a professional Magic The Gathering player. He was inducted into the Magic Hall of Fame in 2007. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Magic Pro Tour Top 8 Finalist - Christian Calcano
Christian Calcano is a Magic and poker pro from New York. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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How Saffron Olive Makes Content (And Deals With Haters)
Seth, probably better known as Saffron Olive, is a full-time Magic content creator for MTGGoldfish. Show notes: humansofmagic.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic
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Magic YouTuber & Merfolk Master - Nikachu MTG
Jonathon "Nikachu" Zaczek is a Magic YouTuber and Modern Merfolk Master. 0:00:10 who is Nikachu - from Merfolk master to all-around YouTuber 0:10:10 why Nikachu is so committed to Merfolk 0:16:00 difference in playstyle - Magic, poker and chess 0:19:45 edges to be gained in Magic from playing...
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Musician and Magic Player - Kupla
Kupla is a musician, producer and Magic player from Finland. 0:01:20 who is Kupla? 0:05:52 how Kupla started playing piano 0:09:57 90's musical nostalgia 0:13:05 teenage musical style and influences 0:15:51 experiencing Magic The Gathering in Finland 0:21:04 James and Kupla grew up on 90's Magic...
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Magic Hall of Famer, Pro Poker Player - Eric "Efro" Froehlich
Eric "Efro" Froehlich is a Magic Hall of Famer and poker pro. 0:00:48 recent health situation 0:09:27 the day of the surgery 0:14:58 family reliance 0:21:50 after the operation 0:27:51 the role of memory - in life and Magic 0:32:33 loyalty, obligation and regret minimization 0:35:36 has Eric...
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MTG Secret Lair Artist - Justine Jones
Justine Jones is an artist and illustrator. She started illustrating Magic cards with her Secret Lair interpretations of iconic cards: Reaper King, Sliver Overlord and The Ur-Dragon. For Magic art-related inquiries, including ordering Justine's artist proofs: [email protected] 0:01:00...
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Brazil's Biggest MTG YouTuber - Fazendo Nerdice
Elba is the creator of the Fazendo Nerdice ("Doing Nerdy Stuff") YouTube channel, which specializes in Magic and all kind of wonderful games. 0:01:00 YouTube channel origin story 0:08:56 psychology in YouTube 0:12:07 advice for beginning YouTubers 0:19:16 balancing a full-time vs. YouTube career...
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UK Royal Marine To Magic Pro Tour Caster - Will Hall
Will Hall is an MTG streamer and caster. 0:01:30 the Ukraine stream happened by accident 0:09:36 legal drama with Will's 24/7 Ukraine stream 0:16:28 wanting to give to others - where does that come from? 0:23:10 on injustice and stopping robberies 0:27:18 how Will became a Royal Marine 0:39:09…
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Finding Your "Why" - MTG Creator Anna Margaret
Anna Margaret is a scientist, cosplayer, and content creator. 0:00:45 setting boundaries and people-pleasing 0:04:06 from Disney party princess to content creator 0:08:48 on being bubbly and happy 0:11:41 science - and talent - runs in the family 0:22:56 postgraduate aspirations and forks in the...
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MTG Creator Turned Designer - Sean Brown
Sean Brown is a designer, musician and writer from Australia. 0:00:40 Sean's Australian-Filipino roots 0:08:33 spirituality vs. personal responsibility 0:14:02 current relationship with Magic 0:29:51 exploring a new career direction 0:40:01 "the progress is the point" 0:48:42 Sean's current…
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MTG & TTRPG Storyteller - Lexi McQueen
Lexi McQueen is a performer, world builder and dungeon master. She is known for her creative work in the Tabletop RPG space. 0:01:25 selfish vs. selfless Saturdays 0:06:01 growing up as a black Christian 0:10:56 how Lexi's parents influenced her 0:18:42 Lexi's current spiritual beliefs 0:20:49...
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MTG Player To Poker Pro - How He Did It - Michael "Cliffy" Clifford
Michael "Cliffy" Clifford is a Magic player and full-time poker professional. 0:01:45 who is Cliffy - his Magic origin story 0:09:54 Cliffy and James's shared love of the Legacy format 0:13:25 how to learn (and improve at) Storm Combo in Legacy 0:21:35 Lurrus the Storm Combo GOAT! and other...