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Overthinking MTG
by HamHocks42
Overthinking MTG is a podcast where our host, HamHocks42, takes a look at a random card from Magic: the Gathering and talks about it for at least 10 minutes. Often, he ends up yammering about whatever's on the top of his mind that the card reminds him of he ends up sharing his thoughts on recent news related to Commander, Magic: the Gathering Arena, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or humorous anecdotes from his kitchen table jank days. If you want to chat with Graham and any other , you can absolutely join the conversation or request specific cards over on Discord: https://discord.gg/yefBNBu
Episodes
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292 The Enigma Jewel
Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTG Ixalan The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Ixalan Spoiler The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Spoiler The Enigma Jewel Locus of Enlightenment MTG Arena Magic Arena HamHocks42 The Overthinking MTG Podcast Overthinking MTG All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Twitch:...
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291 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
MTG Arena Standard Magic: The Gathering Arena MTGA Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Tamiyo's Safekeeping Tamiyo MTG Protection Spell MTG Arena Green Standard Green Deck Magic Green Card MTG Arena Magic Arena HamHocks42 The Overthinking MTG Podcast Overthinking MTG All the Socials…
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290 The Master, Multiplied
MTG Doctor Who Doctor Who Magic: the Gathering Doctor Who Magic: the Gathering Spoiler Magic: the Gathering Preview Doctor Who Universes Beyond Doctor Who The Master MTG The Master Magic: the Gathering The Master The Master Multiplied MTG The Master Multiplied Doctor Who Commander MTG Doctor Who...
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289 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTG Arena Standard MTG Lost Caverns of Ixalan Magic: The Gathering Arena MTGA Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant MTG Ghalta, MTG Arena Magic Arena Lost Caverns of Ixalan Standard Ixalan MTG HamHocks42 The Overthinking MTG Podcast Overthinking MTG All the Socials:...
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288 The Skullspore Nexus
Lost Caverns of Ixalan MTG Arena Standard MTG Lost Caverns of Ixalan Magic: The Gathering Arena MTGA The Skullspore Nexus MTG Arena Magic Arena Lost Caverns of Ixalan Standard Ixalan MTG HamHocks42 The Overthinking MTG Podcast Overthinking MTG All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Twitch:...
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287 Blossoming Tortoise
Wilds of Eldraine MTG Arena Standard MTG Wilds of Eldraine Magic: The Gathering Arena MTGA Blossoming Tortoise Slogurk the Overslime MTG Arena Magic Arena MTG Arena Early Access Wilds of Eldraine Standard Eldraine MTG MTG Streamer Event All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Twitch:...
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286 Elusive Otter
Elusive Otter is an adorable card that features a fan-favorite creature type but unlike past otters, this one packs a punch that can change a game in a big way. Having a one-drop threat that can grow so easily and become unblockable opens up tempo archetypes that are not top tier in the Standard...
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285 How to Build Lich-Knight's Conquest
In this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 breaks down his impression of Lich-Knight's Conquest after playing with it in the Wilds of Eldraine Streamer Event (formerly known as Early Access). WOE has some amazing designs, and Lich-Knight's Conquest is absolutely one of them. It...
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284 Werefox Bodyguard
In this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 discusses Werefox Bodyguard from Wilds of Eldraine. The card is filling the 3-drop white removal slot that has been filled by cards like Brutal Cathar, Skyclave Apparition or Sigrid God-Favored before it, but this card might be...
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283 Spiteful Hexmage
In this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 discusses Spiteful Hexmage from Wilds of Eldraine. This card is incredibly powerful for a very low cost and could be efficient enough to see play in older formats. In Standard, it can combo with cards like Brave the Wilds to produce...
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282 Wilds of Eldraine Previews Part 1
Wilds of Eldraine spoilers have officially begun! HamHocks42 walks through the highlights of day one of spoiler season. There are some amazing cards present, so check it out! All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hamhocks42 Patreon:...
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281 Culling Ritual
Culling Ritual is a hell of a card. In fact, as far as sweepers go in Magic: the Gathering, you can do much worse than this Golgari powerhouse. In multiplayer games like Commander, it's especially potent and can also combo with Diregraf Rebirth for amazing value. As far as board wipes go, Culling...
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280 Arden Angel
Arden Angel is a card that appeared on the Sega Dreamcast in 2001 but never saw a paper version until now. The chaotic nature of the card made it impossible to print in the past, but with the addition of dice rolling (specifically d4s) it's now possible. This card will be included in the Secret...
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279 Wilds of Eldraine First Look
In this episode of Overthinking MTG, HamHocks42 looks at the cards previewed in the first look of Wilds of Eldraine. We'll see the return of Adventures, a powerful planeswalker and a white Craterhoof Behemoth that will be a massive player in Commander on day one. All the Socials:...
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278 Exterminate!
Exterminate is the classic catch-phrase of the Doctor Who villains, The Daleks. As such an iconic trope for the franchise, the card was naturally going to be removal and, fortunately, it looks pretty powerful in decks that are capable of producing Daleks. The card is well balanced, however. All…
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277 The Tenth Doctor
Doctor Who is coming to Magic: the Gathering and in today's episode of Overthinking MTG, HamHocks42 takes a look at one of the face cards of the set, The Tenth Doctor. The card appears to have big splashy gameplay potential, but it does suffer from a lack of power compared to other commanders…
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276 Jace, Arcane Strategist
During War of the Spark, Wizards of the Coast put out a product targeted at new players called Planeswalker Decks. The deck featuring Jace was helmed by Jace, Arcane Strategist and, frankly, it's bad. Like, real, real bad. Honestly, this is head and shoulders worse than Jace, Mirror Mage, and...
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275 Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate is a new legendary spirit naga from Commander Legends that synergizes beautifully with colorless counter creatures like Walking Ballista, Hangarback Walker, and Stonecoil Serpent. It could also be an absolutely amazing modular commander alongside cards like Arcbound...
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274 Rukarumel, Biologist
Commander Masters will be bringing a complete EDH preconstructed deck featuring slivers. While slivers have been a mainstay in Magic: the Gathering for years, they can be an incredible value snowball that can absolutely dominate any game they are present in. They also have a ton of five-color...
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273 Skyswimmer Koi
The people have spoken, and a random card has been selected! Skyswimmer Koi is an amazingly flavorful common from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. It cares about artifacts entering the battlefield and once those artifacts are there, it helps filter your hand and fill the graveyard. All the Socials:...
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272 Vilis, Broker of Blood
In this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 looks at an excellent reanimator target in Vilis, Broker of Blood. The card combos beautifully with any cards that require you to pay life such as Night's Whisper or Fell Stinger, but the engine really clicks into fourth gear when...
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271 The Leyline Cycle
In today's episode, HamHocks42 takes a look at the leyline cycle that was printed in M20 and also calls out some of the other leylines from Magic's past. The cards are incredibly interesting because they don't require mana to cast as long as they're in your opening hand, but cost four mana...
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270 Dreamshaper Shaman
Dreamshaper Shaman is an uncommon from Theros: Beyond Death that reads like an interesting janky build around that looks like it holds potential. Trust me, though, it just doesn't. The shaman here is able to cheat large permanents onto the battlefield in an inconsistent fashion, but it's just…
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269 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
Oboro, Palace in the Clouds is a classic utility land that can absolutely super charge landfall strategies, especially when you have multiple land drops available in each turn (i.e.: with Azusa, Lost But Seeking). In this podcast, HamHocks42 breaks down what makes this land so consistently good…
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268 Path to Exile
Path to Exile is a classic piece of removal in Magic: the Gathering that has been largely overshadowed by its older counterpart Swords to Plowshares. Both will be reprinted in the Lord of the Rings: Commander product and in this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 compares the two...
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267 LOTR Equipment
In today's episode of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 takes a look at some big-name equipment that appear within Magic: the Gathering's Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth. There are some incredible tools and weapons used within the story that found their way…
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266 Last March of the Ents
Last March of the Ents has an opportunity to be a fun top end finisher in a lot of green-based Commander decks. Commander games do need to come to an end at some point, and this card can definitely make that happen. For the low-low price of having a single high-toughness creature, you can free…
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265 Stone of Erech
Stone of Erech is a new hoser from the Magic: the Gathering set Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth. It's a colorless artifact that's capable of shutting down a number of strategies, especially aristocrats strategies and reanimator loops. It's additionally problematic for players who like to...
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264 The Forces of Evil in The Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings is a classic tale of good versus evil and, as a result, has to show off a lot of evil characters and forces. Naturally, those are going to make their way onto cardboard in the Magic: the Gathering set Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth. In this edition of The Overthinking...
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263 Saruman of Many Colors
Saruman of Many Colors is a card in the upcoming Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Magic: the Gathering set. The card represents Saruman, one of the series' iconic villains as an Esper creature capable of stealing spells from your opponents' graveyards. The wording on the card itself is...
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262 The Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth will be arriving for Magic: the Gathering Arena and in physical paper soon and, as such, Wizards of the Coast have begun spoiler season in earnest. The set looks incredible, and on today's episode of Overthinking MTG, we kick off our spoiler round-ups with…
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261 Standard Ban Speculations
There has been a lot of hullabaloo around the upcoming Standard Banned and Restricted Announcement scheduled for May 29th, 2023. With the knowledge that there won't be a Standard rotation coming up this Fall, Standard players everywhere (especially MTG Arena grinders) anxiously await the news of...
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260 Spin Into Myth (and the Fateseal Mechanic)
Spin into Myth and Mesmeric Sliver contain a keyword ability called "Fateseal," and they're the only cards in all of Magic: the Gathering that do. Why would a keyword be given to this ability released in Future Sight in 2007 and never be used again? Also, can we expect to see Fateseal in any…
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259 Deadbeat Attendant
HamHocks42 breaks down how attractions work, why they're good in older formats like Legacy and provides some unedited thoughts on why they exist within the greater context of Magic: the Gathering. All delivered in the standard Overthinking MTG style with a single card at the forefront: Deadbeat...
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258 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Let's look back at Theros Beyond Death to ask the question: Was Erebos, Bleak-Hearted any good? The card read like it should have a home in aristocrat style strategies, but never saw meaningful play outside of Commander and even there it's not known as a format staple. All the Socials:...
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257 Spark Rupture
Are you sick of dealing with planeswalkers? Well, I have a deal for you! Spark Rupture from March of the Machine: Aftermath shuts down planeswalker abilities and transforms them into vanilla creatures. Granted, those vanilla creatures could still kill you, but they won't do it with loyalty…
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256 Nashi, Moon's Legacy
Nashi, Moon's Legacy is a new card in March of the Machine: Aftermath that shows everybody's favorite adopted rat ninja growing into the scholar his mother apparently wished he could be. Additionally, he's added two new colors to become Sultai and support rat cards as well as legendary spells in...
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255 Urborg Scavengers
Urborg Scavengers are an awesome three-drop that hates on graveyards and also has the potential to take control of the game by becoming the strongest body on the board after a few attacks. All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hamhocks42 MagicJank:...
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254 Deification
March of the Machine: Aftermath brings a lot of interesting interaction pieces with planeswalkers and today's card - Deification - provides protection to a planeswalker of a single type. Building fun decks in Commander or other casual formats themed around a single planeswalker character was...
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253 Grand Abolisher (Secret Lair)
The newest Secret Lair from Wizards of the Coast includes artwork that is a transparent homage to The Stormlight Archive, a New York Times bestselling fantasy novel series by the author Brandon Sanderson. HamHocks42 discusses this connection and the potential legal issue it presents as it relates...
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252 Each Color's Best Battle
Magic: the Gathering's new card type has been out for almost a week now, so let's take a look at the examples of great battles in each color. There were a lot to choose from and a ton of great options from among the 36, but I whittled it down to one per color, plus one multicolor. Please note…
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251 See Double
Power creep is resulting in a ton of older cards being rendered obsolete and I fear the subject of today's video is taking the Alpha classic Clone and truly putting it to bed once and for all. To be fair, Clone hasn't been relevant outside of casual EDH for a long time with variants being…
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250 Rona, Herald of Invasion
Rona, Herald of Invasion looks like an incredibly powerful adaptation of Merfolk Looter with some absolutely incredible upside that can allow you to potentially free cast your entire hand. Honestly, if you get Rona, Tolarian Obliterator onto the field, you will have a very significant advantage....
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249 Playable Commons in March of the Machine
Just because a card is a common doesn't mean it's bad. In today's episode, we look at many commons from March of the Machine (MTGMOM) that could be good enough to see play in Standard and Commander in addition to being potential standouts in limited. In addition to brand new designs, we also see...
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248 Elesh Norn
The grand cenobite mother of machines is back in March of the Machine. And frankly, of course she is. She's the primary antagonist and the reason this whole war is happening, so naturally she'd see a new iteration here. In the story, she's also brutally murdered, so presumably this will be the…
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247 Etali Primal Conqueror
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is a seven drop in Magic: the Gathering that provides truly nuts top end stopping power. There are going to be some amazing and just truly busted turns after MTGMOM drops when the new Etali hits the battlefield and pops off like crazy. Patreon:...
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246 Kogla and Yidaro
Kogla and Yidaro - Magic: the Gathering's stand-ins for King Kong and Godzilla from Ikoria - have joined forces in March of the Machine to beat down phyrexians with the power of their sheer awesomeness. The card does a good job of blending the mechanical identity of Yidaro, Wandering Monster and...
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245 Invasion of Segovia
A new battle on an old plane is underway. The plane in question is Segovia, a plane where (apparently) everything is super duper tiny except the phyrexians (apparently). The card is a fun throwback to a classic plane that hasn't been referenced in years, but it also created a fun joke on Twitter…
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244 Invasion of Zendikar
Invasion of Zendikar is the first card with the new type Battle that Wizards of the Coast have previewed for us, and there are certainly thoughts to be had. This particular card doesn't look like it'll see much play outside of casual Commander, but the mechanical identity of Battles and the Siege...
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243 Uvilda, Dean of Perfection and the Strixhaven Deans
Strixhaven included a number of two-color cards that were incredibly complex without offering a ton of power to back up that complexity. Chief among them were the deans of the various colleges. We're focusing on Uvilda, Dean of Perfection in this episode of Overthinking MTG but I throw in a lot…
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Overthinking MTG is a podcast where our host, HamHocks42, takes a look at a random card from Magic: the Gathering and talks about it for at least 10 minutes. Often, he ends up yammering about whatever's on the top of his mind that the card reminds him of he ends up sharing his thoughts on recent news related to Commander, Magic: the Gathering Arena, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or humorous anecdotes from his kitchen table jank days. If you want to chat with Graham and any other , you can absolutely join the conversation or request specific cards over on Discord: https://discord.gg/yefBNBu
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