S5E33 - MTG Jumpstart - "Oh yeah, I want the +1 unicorns"

In This Episode:

This week we talk Magic: The Gathering Jumpstart, the completely
new format that Void loves (link below). MTG Jumpstart is both an
online format that Arena uses as special events, but also an
in-person, physical format where players can buy booster packs of
cards set to a particular theme. These packs have 20 different
cards in them, that are (apparently) semi-random. Then, you
choose a second theme, shuffle them together, and you have a
surprisingly versatile and useful deck -- at least against other
Jumpstart decks.


We feel like the format could absolutely be wonderful in
tournament form, and it's a great way to spice up home and
friendly games, too. Grab a booster box and then go to town
making fun themes like Treehugging Mermaids or Walled Lightning.
Fun stuff. 


Jumpstart really does seem to be a way for Magic: The Gathering
to be more of an evergreen game without nearly the investment
that keeps people from becoming long-term players. So
yeah...we're excited about it. Void is very excited about it.


You can find out more about Magic: The Gathering Jumpstart here:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/jumpstart


Weekly Geekery


Beej binged both seasons of Umbrella Academy, and is now
hankering for more. He even subbed to ComiXology Unlimited to
read the graphic novels to see how they compare. The discussion
last week on Marvel's Avengers beta made him boot up Batman:
Arkham Knight, but the batmobile ruined things for him.


Void spent a whole lot of time with Assassin’s Creed:
Brotherhood, making it through the midpoint of the Desmond arc
and getting reacquatinted with the open world feel the game uses.
Recursion by Blake Crouch is a crazy good book that is really
hard to explain, but deals with real and false memories and how
they interact, and EVE Online was released as a mobile game
called EVE Echoes, and it is...EVE. Though we're not sure if
that's a good thing or a bad thing.


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