This week we cast a critical eye back at Magic across all of 2025; examining each competitive format as well as LGS issues we saw. Across the past 12 months, what was the state of the game? The state of each format? How well did WotC treat players and the LGS ecosytem?
As we pull apart each of these issues, we grade them and then grade Magic the Gathering for 2025. How well do you think Magic did in 2025? Let us know!
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It's 2025 and we're back with our yearly tradition of discussing what we would do if we ran Hasbro.
This year we're discussing the now years long trend of Wizards and "Digital" carrying revenue with other categories continuing hemorrhaging money
.And also how we'd work with the LGS in the year to come!
So buckle up and enjoy some fun back and forth about how we, two dudes yelling over the internet, would change Hasbro.
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From Standard to Pauper to Vintage, 2025 has been a wild ride for every Magic the Gathering format. There have been bans, unbans, rebans, and even just ignoring formats in need entirely!But in the end, the final Ban and Restricted announcement of 2025 touched on multiple formats, addressing concerns across almost all formats, and heralded changes for those most in need.https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025We discuss our expectations and the realities that this announcement brought with it for the formats most near and dear to each of us, so stay a while and listen.Picks of the week: https://goo.gl/2hHEfdFind us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/MTGCabalCastiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-cabal-cast/id1439847289?mt=2Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/78wBQ3FZyg3dTquca3dxNZStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/mtg-cabal-cast
Avatar: The Last Airbender, the 107th Magic the Gathering expansion is on the horizon, which means it's time to review our "hype" assessments for Marvel's Spider-Man.How accurate were we? Were we off base or was it the children who were?Picks of the week: https://goo.gl/2hHEfdFind us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/MTGCabalCastiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-cabal-cast/id1439847289?mt=2Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/78wBQ3FZyg3dTquca3dxNZStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/mtg-cabal-cast
It's the end of 2025 and it's time to make way for the holidays. Product rearrangement, customer flow, event scheduling, and sales theory are a few of the things we'll be discussing this week.
How closely does your LGS mirror some of what we discuss? Have they changed product and case facing? Dusted off old products? Let us know!
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As we head into Avatar the Last Airbender to round out 2025 and then see a slate of primarily Universes Beyond based sets in 2026, we wanted to discuss what we seeing and hearing at the LGS level. How are players handling the announcement and how do they feel?
Is the Universes Beyond experiment being lauded or panned? Are we seeing the growth WotC espoused or have things stagnated and why? This week we breakdown the hype around Universes Beyond.
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We've spent years traveling for events so you don't have to!
This week we discuss what we've learned while tripping around and traveling for Magic events. What cities we enjoy the most, some traditions we have in each, some tips, tricks, and hacks we've learned over time.
Halt even discusses his newest "hack" to ensure you don't get hit with the dreaded "TSA Deck Check"!
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This week we discuss what it's like to vend sports cards and vending at sports cards shows. What are some of the details that make them different, and possily better than a Magic Con or Magic Fest.What goes into running and staffing a booth? What kind of local variance is there and do you need to account for it?And with this discussion, we ask an important question: is pivoting to sports cards a positive move.Picks of the week: https://goo.gl/2hHEfdFind us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/MTGCabalCAstiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mtg-cabal-cast/id1439847289?mt=2Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/78wBQ3FZyg3dTquca3dxNZStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/mtg-cabal-cast
Marvel's Spider-Man, the 107th Magic the Gathering expansion is on the horizon, which means it's time to review our "hype" assessments for Edge of Eternities.
How accurate were we? Were we off base or was it the children who were?
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We're going back! Back to... Lorwyn and... Strixhave?
2026 will bring us at least two "returns" sets, announced at MC Final Fantasy, buried beneath the announcement of the Avatar: The Last Airbended set, slated for late 2025. WIth the return to Lorwyn, we are heading back to another fan favorite plane, one that players have been clamoring for for what seems like a decade! And also Strixhaven.
Will these sets renew interest in a sputtering Standard format or just bring back great limited environments? What was it like to play these sets in standard the first time around? All this and more on this weeks episode!
It finally happened, Halt vended a Collect-A-Con and it happened to be in his own "backyard"! From start to finish he took copious notes about what he saw and experienced during the event and this week we break down just that.
What happened to Halt at Collect-A-Con Edison, July 2025 edition.
Edge of Eternities, the 106th Magic the Gathering expansion is on the horizon, which means it's time to review our "hype" assessments for Final Fantast.
How accurate were we? Were we off base or was it the children who were?
With the release of Final Fantasy a little over a month ago, we've been able to see what the impact of this massive IP at the LGS level. This week we discuss a few topics that take us from the lead up to release, through its time as the "current set", and ends with the lasting impact we see and think it will have.
If you enjoyed this set at the LGS, definitely stick around!
This past weekend, Thursty went to Fanatics Fest in NYC. So while most people were watching Magic Con: Final Fantasy, he was clinging cardboard, cleats, and deals at the "first" ever Fanatics Fest.
What IS this thing? What was it like? Why even go?! We dig in a bit and breakdown one of the most interesting, non-TCG explicit, events of the year.
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From working and vending an LGS to vending large events, there are "do's" and "don'ts" and this week we're breaking down a few of the most relevant we've experienced throughout our tentured and storied careers.
Interested in vending, this give episode a listen for a few quick tips to help you survive.