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The Astrolab
by Joe Dyer & Scott Campbell
Welcome to the Astrolab! The podcast that everyone seems to want to ban, because it's just too good at fixing mana and drawing cards!Hosted by Joe Dyer (@volrathxp) and Scott Campbell (@MTGPackFoils), join the Astrolab as we talk about a wide variety of Magic: The Gathering related topics!
Episodes
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Procedure X-89: Gates
Joe and Scott catch up on MTG unbannings, new Pauper downshifts, and Baldur's Gate 3.
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Procedure X-88: Bowmaster Your Bowmaster
Joe and Scott are back after a month of busy stuff to talk about Bowmasters. And other stuff, of course.
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Procedure X-87: Yay Sportsball!
Joe and Scott catch up on MTG and other things.
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Procedure X-86: Catching Up
Joe and Scott catch up after a few weeks of break time.
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Procedure X-85: Get in Nerds, We're Going Podcasting!
Joe and Scott go over some local tournament scene issues, call in the Pinkertons, and Scott goes on a tirade. Just a regular day in The Astrolab.
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Procedure X-84: Waiting For a Bird Man
Joe & Scott talk about the D&D movie, and probably some Magic.
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Procedure X-83: Iteration Expressive
Joe & Scott talk about Legacy bans, Lord of the Rings, and more.
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Procedure X-82: Papyrus Magic
Joe and Scott talk about a lot of paper Magic stuff.
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Procedure X-81: Umbilical
Joe and Scott talk about Vintage/Pauper and The Legend of Vox Machina.
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Procedure X-80: Out of the Abyss
Joe & Scott talk more D&D and some Phyrexia cards.
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Procedure X-79: OGELLL
Joe & Scott talk about D&D for a change and about the recent OGL 1.1 controversy.
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Procedure X-78: Happy Holidaze
Joe & Scott get one final episode in before the end of 2022 and the holidays. Relevant Links Dark Depths Podcast w/ Gavin Verhey as guest - https://anchor.fm/darkdepthspod/episodes/Making-Magic-with-Gavin-Verhey---Ep--118-e1shmn2
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Procedure X-77: Bro Bro Bro Bro
Joe is back from vacation, so Joe and Scott talk about Legacy/Modern/Pioneer and other stuff.
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Procedure X-76: Mind Goblin Deez Podcasts?
Joe and Scott talk a bit before Joe's vacation about Brother's War, stickers, Andor, and other stuff.
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Procedure X-75: Two Tickets to Paradise
Joe and Scott hang out and catch up on Magic and other stuff.
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Procedure X-74: Unleash the Demon Kraken!
Joe and Scott talk about post DMU stuff, Pioneer, and more.
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Procedure X-73: Reading is Hard
Joe and Scott dive into a quick episode to talk about the latest QoL changes for Magic Online. Relevant Links MTGO Announcements - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online/magic-online-announcements-august-30-2022 Dominaria United MTGO -...
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Procedure X-72: It's Bigger on the Inside!
Joe and Scott cover a lot of Magic news in catching up, and also gush over Doctor Who.
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Procedure X-71: Buy Some [Redacted]
Joe and Scott talk about Dominaria United, Unfinity, and Arena Anthology sets. Relevant Links: Dominaria United - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/legends-return-first-dominaria-united-previews-are-here-2022-07-21 Mark Rosewater on Unfinity -...
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Procedure X-70: This Is How a Unicorn Talks
Joe's back from Trotcon, and he and Scott talk about stuff like Commander, Vintage Leagues, Legacy events, and more. Relevant Links Arena Historic Anthology 6/Explorer Anthology 1 - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/mtg-arena-announcements-july-20-2022 Music by Joseph...
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Procedure X-69: Taking Stocks, Littler Box!
Joe and Scott catch up and talk about Displacer Kitten, Modern/EDH, and stuff. Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-68: Time Flies When You're Having Fun
Joe & Scott are back after a bit of another break and talking about D&D, MTGO All Access, and all sorts of stuff. Relevant Links Magic Online Turns 20! Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-67: Take the Initiative
Joe and Scott are back after a break and talking about Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Relevant Links Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate - https://scryfall.com/sets/clb?as=grid&order=spoiled MTGO Announcements -...
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Procedure X-66: Execute Order 66
Technical difficulties with Zoom lead to a shorter episode this week, recorded on May the 4th where Joe and Scott talk a bit about Explorer, SCG Con Pittsburgh, and some Star Wars. Relevant Links Explorer...
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Procedure X-65: Mulching For Fun and Profit
Joe and Scott talk a bit about 8Mulch in Legacy after Joe's day at Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy 8, as well as some Modern and New Capenna spoilers. Relevant Links Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy 8 - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/buffalo-chicken-dip-legacy-8#online Travis Brown Hammer -...
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Procedure X-64: Sleeps With The Fishes
Joe and Scott talk about formats, Commander Legends, and New Capenna. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-63: Kitty-B-Gone
Joe and Scott follow up on Modern post Lurrus ban! Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast BnR Announcement 3-7 - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/march-7-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement Modern League 3-15 Results -...
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Procedure X-62: Slow Magic Week
Joe and Scott just chat about Magic because it's a slow news week. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast BCDL 8 Announcement - https://twitter.com/BcdLegacy/status/1499137095683780615 Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-61: THIS TURTLE IS LIT
Joe and Scott follow up on Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander stuff with some talk about Kappa Cannoneer, as well as Secret Lair stuff PLUS some Vox Machina discussion. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Secret Lair - https://secretlair.wizards.com/us Music by Joseph McDade -...
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Procedure X-60: Biker Mice From Kamigawa
Joe and Scott follow up off the heels of Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy 7 as well as talk about Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty spoilers. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy 7 - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/buffalo-chicken-dip-legacy-7#online This Week...
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Procedure X-59: RAGABANNED
The monkey is gone! Joe and Scott talk about BnRs both for Pauper and for Legacy, and also a bit about the lack of Modern. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast January 20 BnR…
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Procedure X-58: Format Panels
Joe and Scott talk about the Pauper Format Panel and how this might function for other formats. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Pauper Format Panel - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-pauper-format-panel-2022-01-10 Music by Joseph McDade -...
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Procedure X-57: Welcome to Centaurworld
We're a Centaurworld podcast now, didn't you know? Just kidding. Scott and Joe get back together after the New Year to discuss upcoming MTG events and some Pioneer. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Episode 56: Twin Sucks
Joe and Scott catch up post Thanksgiving and talk about various Magic topics. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-55: Vampire Wedding
Joe and Scott talk about Innistrad: Crimson Vow / Commander as well as some Disney+ Day stuff. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast VOW - https://scryfall.com/sets/vow?as=grid&order=set VOC - https://scryfall.com/sets/voc?as=grid&order=set Music by Joseph McDade -...
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Procedure X-54: On Formats
Joe and Scott catch up and talk about various formats. Also, topics of Eternal Weekend, Buffalo Chicken Dip Legacy, and Secret Lairs. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Secret Lairs -...
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Procedure X-53: Return to Sender
Joe's back from vacation, so we talk about that a lot, also stuff about Midnight Hunt/Historic Brawl + event news. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-52: Back in the New York Groove
Joe and Scott are back after a bit of a small break before a larger break to talk about Magic set announcement news in the last week. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Secret Lair Superdrop Out of Tiem -...
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Procedure X-51: Secreter GP
Joe and Scott talk a bit about the coverage on Twitter of the Secret GP, the playmat, and all the insanity as well as Innistrad: Midnight Hunt spoilers and a love letter to "The Suicide Squad". Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast The Secret GP -...
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Procedure X-50: Historically Speaking
It's the 50th episode and quite frankly there's not a lot of MTG news outside of Historic Horizons! Joe and Scott talk about that and a bunch of non-MTG life stuff. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast JumpStart Historic Horizons -...
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Procedure X-49: Secret GP
Joe and Scott talk about Secret GPs, AFR Story stuff, some Historic Horizons talk and of course, Loki. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Secret GP - https://twitter.com/andersoneclair/status/1417492799352623107 AFR Story Modules -...
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Procedure X-48: Generic Fantasy Title
Joe and Scott talk about experiences with the Forgotten Realms, Forgotten Realms Commander, some Secret Lair stuff, and a little catch-up on Loki. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast AFR Commander Precon Lists -...
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Procedure X-47: Bardic Inspiration
Joe and Scott dive deep into Adventures in the Forgotten Realms! Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast AFR Spoilers - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/spoilers/Adventures+in+the+Forgotten+Realms#online State of the Game Arena -...
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Procedure X-46: Roll Initiative
Joe and Scott talk a little MH2, but then we talk a LOT about Forgotten Realms and DUNGEONS! Also a bit of Loki spoilers. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Maro’s Teaser…
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Procedure X-45: Urza's Broken Saga
Joe and Scott discuss the impact of Modern Horizons 2 on various formats. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Vintage 101: The Land - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/vintage-101-the-land Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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Procedure X-44: Formats are Dead, Long Live Formats
Joe and Scott dive into Modern Horizons 2! Plus a little bit from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms! Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Mythic Spoiler MH2 - http://mythicspoiler.com/ MH2 Scryfall - https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?as=grid&order=spoiled AFR Scryfall -...
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Procedure X-43: Down With the System
Joe and Scott talk about the MPL/Pro Play sunset, BnR announcements about Historic, and Historic Anthology 5. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast MTG ESports Announcement - https://magic.gg/news/esports-transitions-and-getting-back-to-gathering Mark Rosewater-...
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Procedure X-42: The Question
Joe and Scott go over a TON of Magic news this week from Modern Horizons 2 to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast THE HORSE STREAM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGiAOmOFodQ Summer of Legend Announcement -...
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Procedure X-41: One Year Later
It's our one year anniversary! We wax poetic on what we've learned in a year, and what Magic might look like post pandemic in paper. Also, Secret Lairs and Captain America and the Winter Soldier. We also give a shout out to Nathan Golia of Eternal Durdles, who recently departed that show! ALSO,...
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Procedure X-40: Smoggy Bottoms
Our 40th episode! We talk about Week 1 of Strixhaven so far, plus Episode 5 of Falcon/Winter Soldier! Relevant Links @volrathxp @mtgpackfoils @theastrolabcast Music by Joseph McDade - https://josephmcdade.com/music
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Astrolab! The podcast that everyone seems to want to ban, because it's just too good at fixing mana and drawing cards!Hosted by Joe Dyer (@volrathxp) and Scott Campbell (@MTGPackFoils), join the Astrolab as we talk about a wide variety of Magic: The Gathering related topics!
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Welcome to the Astrolab! The podcast that everyone seems to want to ban, because it's just too good at fixing mana and drawing cards!Hosted by Joe Dyer (@volrathxp) and Scott Campbell (@MTGPackFoils), join the Astrolab as we talk about a wide variety of Magic: The Gathering related topics!
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