Tusk Talk
Tusk Talk
Team Tusk
Tusk Talk podcast, presented by Eternal Central, discusses Eternal Magic: The Gathering formats.
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 23: Legacy Champs and Old School at Eternal Weekend
Part two of a double feature on Eternal Weekend. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Branden Hagen (Seemsgood), and Special Guest from The Taxmen Greg Kraigher (Vintage Greg). We go deeper into Eternal Weekend following last episode’s coverage focusing on Vintage, and pivot to Legacy and our experiences playing at Eternal Weekend 2017. We also talk about the Eternal Central Old School event (118 players), and a some brief thoughts on Vintage. Timestamped table of contents: 0:00 – Intro 5:18 – Old School Talk 7:08 – Goblins in Old School 10:50 – Disintegrated.dec 14:30 – Free Maze of Ith 24:20 – Vintage Talk 34:10 – Legacy Champs 43:20 – Elves 49:55 – Abyss Affinity 57:48 – Turbo Depths 59:44 – ALLURAGE 76:55 – Food at Tournaments 83:00 – Legacy Champs Top 64 90:00 – Outro​ Total runtime: 1:34:37 Show Notes – Old School 93-94 at Eternal Weekend 2017 – ALL Decklists and Photo Report – North America Legacy Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown – North America Vintage Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown Contact us at [email protected].
Nov 14, 2017
1 hr 34 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 22: Vintage Champs and Mishra’s Last Stand
Part one of a double feature on Eternal Weekend. Hot Carl / Ponder? (Greg Mitchell), Nedleeds (Sean), and Vintage Champs Top 8 competitor Greedy Mike (Mike Kiesel) talk Vintage and food in Pittsburgh. Timestamped table of contents: 00:00 – Intro 02:30 – Vintage Champs Top 20’ish overview and thoughts 06:00 – Hot Carl’s failure 10:00 – Nedleeds’ failure 18:00 – Greedy Mikes Run to Glory 50:00 – The Top 8 and being killed by Montolio 62:00 – Is Andrew Markiton an avatar of Mishra? 66:00 – How good is this Workshops deck, really? 72:00 – The tears of the Internet, or restricting Mishra’s Workshop 80:00 – Why can’t ‘blue’ decks compete anymore? 90:00 – The Misstep Two Step 100:00 – If not Workshop, then what? 110:00 – Wrap-up and Pittsburgh Show Notes – North America Vintage Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown – The Curious Case of Mishra’s Workshop, by Sean – Vintage Champs 2017 and the State of Vintage, by Jaco Contact us at [email protected].
Nov 9, 2017
1 hr 51 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 21: SCG Atlanta and Tuskvitational 2 Recap
Welcome to another episode of Tusk Talk, with Team Tusk. Today we have Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), and Josh Hand, breaking down the recent SCG Atlanta Team event, the SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic, ranting about defunct mail orders, and recapping the Tuskvitational 2. Total runtime: 1:38:04 Show Notes – O’Brien SCG Atlanta Team Event, Feature Match with Sean O’Brien – Megadeus Top 16 Deck, from SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic – Nyqueit Top 4 Deck, SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic – Nyquist Older Dark Depths List A List B Contact us at [email protected].
Sep 5, 2017
1 hr 38 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 20: GP Vegas Aftermath, Vintage Misery, Post Top Apathy, and Riding the White Horse
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou) and Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), talking with Josh Hand, breaking down Grand Prix Las Vegas (2017 edition), upcoming events, the State of Vintage, Legacy After Top, and finally, touching on the newly released expansion Hour of Devastation. 02:00 – Intro 03:00 – GP Vegas Wrap Up 24:00 – Upcoming events, and Team Neutral Ground Atlanta 33:00 – State of Vintage 41:00 – Legacy A.T. (After Top) 53:00 – A pretty long review of a pretty mediocre set (Hour of Devastation) Total runtime: 1:57:16 Show Notes – Eternal Extravaganza 7 – Hour of Devastation Visual Spoiler Contact us at [email protected].
Jul 9, 2017
1 hr 57 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 19: Talking Old School With Danny Friedman
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou) talking with Danny Friedman (@danny_friedman_) of Chicago’s Lords of the Pit. Danny is one of the few people who have as much or more enthusiasm for Old School as we do. Chicago’s scene has grown tremendously, and we dig deep in Old School, and talk about some of Danny’s recent adventures at NoobCon, various Chicago tournaments, and the upcoming premier inaugural Old School Player’s Ball. 00:00 – Welcome to Dominaria 03:40 – Friedman Origins 10:00 – Here Come the Lords 14:00 – Magic Art, Qualudes, and Diablo Screenshots 18:00 – Fuck the Deck 28:00 – Murderworld and other Wacky Prison decks 33:00 – Nether Voids, Mana Vortex and other Misery 35:00 – Copy, copy, copy 40:00 – The Internet and Netdeckers 44:00 – Of Ships and Pirates 46:00 – Chicago area 93/94 Events 51:00 – Hit and Quit, the Legend of Ziggy and the Unmistakable Vape 55:00 – n00bcon 62:00 – Danny casts Rain of Salt 68:00 – Futures so Bright… 70:00 – Swedish B&R vs. EC B&R 73:00 – Strip Mine vs. Factory vs. Workshop vs. Library 80:00 – Channelfireball the Company, not the combo 88:00 – Player’s Ball 94:00 – Eternal Weekend 110:00 – Magic Anniversary 114:00 – Psionic Blasts Out Total runtime: 2:11:17 Show Notes – Danny Friedman’s Blog, Understanding Ancestral – Old School Player’s Ball 2017 – The O’Brien School of Magic – Old School on Eternal Central – Swedish Old School Contact us at [email protected].
May 31, 2017
2 hr 11 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 18: Top Banned, Gush & Probe Restricted, and Team Tusk Going Off
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), and Josh Hand (Megadeus). Sensei’s Diving Top is now banned in Legacy. Gitaxian Probe and Gush are now restricted in Vintage. Reactions, analysis, small predictions, and bad cards. Legacy talk, Vintage talk, and then back to Legacy talk. Rated R, for Mature Audiences. (Editor’s Note: If you have delicate sensibilities, this is probably not for you). 00:00 Goatballs and Omelettes 01:45 Intro 02:50 Legacy Ban Announcement, why and why now? 08:30 Who watches the Watchmen? 10:30 Who’s next! 14:00 Did they hit the right card? 19:30 Did people attack Miracles the right way? 22:00 If we weren’t clear, F Brainstorm 24:00 Unban something for gods sake 28:34 Deez Nuts 31:00 What netdecks benefit? 37:00 Omniscience 40:10 Can the Miracle mechanic survive? 41:50 Vintage Restrictions Gush strikes out 45:00 The stew start to boil 47:00 Misstepisery 49:00 The enemy of my enemy is my friend 52:00 More Legacy idiocy, Explorer Rock, Merfolks 64:00 Pox lifestyle 66:00 Tribal Inequity 69:00 Remasuri 70:00 Pittsburgh 71:00 Really shitty Almond Cats review 74:45 Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. 76:00 Outro Total runtime: 1:22:02 Show Notes – Squirrel Costume – April 24 2017 Banned & Restricted List Update – Sriracha, the movie Contact us at [email protected].
Apr 29, 2017
1 hr 22 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 17: Legacy Unleashed and Vintage Despair
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), Shawn French (Frenchie), and Greg Mitchell (Hot Carl / Ponder). We discuss the recent EE6 and Card Kingdom Legacy series, Legacy Unleashed, and the recent Banned and Restricted non-announcement. 00:00 – Intro and EE6 20:00 – Legacy Unleashed 36:00 – The Future of Legacy Play 46:00 – Hot Carl’s Secret Origin 55:00 – Vintage Restricted Dogfight 77:00 – No happy ending on to GP Vegas Total runtime: 1:20:54 Contact us at [email protected].
Apr 10, 2017
1 hr 20 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 16: Aether Revolt Review and Legacy Discussion
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Zack Wilson (DEEEEEEEEEEEED), and Brian Plattenburg (Alphastryk). We cover the latest release Aether Revolt from WOTC, digging deep in our world of fringe playables. We discuss the recent question asked on The Source, ‘Do you enjoy Legacy?’ We close out covering some Top 8 lists that are interesting. 0:00:29 – Reviewing Aether Revolt for Vintage and Legacy 1:00:30 – Is Legacy enjoyable? 1:13:27 – Legacy Decklists and Results Total runtime: 1:50:36 Contact us at [email protected].
Feb 1, 2017
1 hr 50 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 15: GP Louisville Wrap Up
Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), and Josh Hand (Megadeus). We cover the recent Legacy GP in Louisville, the Banned and Restricted List announcement from January, and farm fresh food concepts. 00:00 – Intro 01:30 – The Forgotten GP, and lack of coverage 15:00 – What did you play, and why? 21:00 – The actual event, and beats and beatings 38:00 – What would you change? 48:00 – The Brainstormtastic Top 32 55:00 – The future of Legacy Grand Prixs 60:00 – The new Banned and Restricted cadence Total runtime: 1:16:12 Contact us at [email protected].
Jan 12, 2017
1 hr 16 min
Tusk Talk Podcast Episode 14: The Tales of Adventure Legacy Circuit
Welcome to a new episode of Tusk Talk with Evan Nyquist (Hymnyou), who speaks with Michael Caffrey of Tales of Adventure. We focus on the newly released TOA Legacy Circuit, talk some Legacy, and look towards the future of Eternal formats. Michael shares some of his thoughts on the format, their new platform for Legacy standings (eemagic.com), and hit some questions that most players have about the new Legacy circuit. Michael Caffrey has also generously provided our listeners with a promo code for 10% at toamagic.com till the end of this year. Total runtime: 39:06 Show Notes Tusk Talk #14 Tales of Adventure promo code: tusk Listeners who use this code to get 10% off at toamagic.com All of the Legacy circuit stats can be found on eemagic.com. This new Legacy circuit is huge news for us in the southeast USA, and are looking forward to linking with other regions! This video helps explain the circuit as well, please share! https://www.twitch.tv/talesofadventure/v/107641894 Contact us at [email protected].
Dec 19, 2016
39 min
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