The Vorthos Cast

The fate of the multiverse is at stake, but this time there is no megalomaniacal would-be Dragon God, abominable eldritch titans, or all-consuming biomechanical army threatening existence. It's one man and his desire to end all suffering. We're here with the story of Reality Fracture, the capstone to the last three years of Magic! This week we have the first three episodes of the story to talk about, bringing you summaries of what happened as well as insights into things you may have missed.

Read Magic Story! This is a command! Reality Fracture episodes 1 through 5 are live right now on MtgStory.com, written by the incomparable Alison Lührs! Episodes 6 through 10 are releasing this week! Don't just let us tell you what happened, because these stories are a joy to read and deserve your full attention!

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We've done it! It's our final episode about Mystery Booster: Commander Edition! This week we're talking about all the legends we haven't talked about yet, telling you where some of these new characters come from. Did you know Maular is from Muraganda? Or that Massimo is a reference to the tarot? We're going to tell you all about it!

If you're listening on Monday, August 31st, today is the release day for Reality Fracture story! Go read it! If you want to talk about the story as it comes out, you can join our Discord by becoming a supporter at any amount at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. Just $1 a month gets you access to the Discord server where Vorthoses from around the world talk about Magic lore every day! If you join at $3 a month, you can listen as we record episodes live on Thursday evenings at 7pm Eastern time! We talk a lot before and after each episode, and there's a lot that gets cut out every week, so you can hear the episode early and hear even more of it!

We return once again to Mystery Booster: Commander Edition for our second episode about the new legendary creatures of the set, and our third episode overall! This week we're tackling the new cards for previously existing characters—either from flavor text, card names, or art—and then start to talk about the brand new characters, such as Sahir, Visitor in Darkness, and Jabs, Mistress of Mockery! Do we finally get through all of the new cards from this set? Spoiler alert: We do not! Look out for a third part during next week's episode.

If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.

Wow there's a lot to talk about here! Mystery Booster: Commander Edition has 51 new legendary creatures (50 if you don't count the Alchemy card!) and most of them are deep cuts to Magic's history. We talked about 9 planeswalkers last week, and this week we only get through 13 of the legendary creatures before running out of time! This is going to be a multi-part flavor gems, and right now we can't say how many parts it'll be!

This week's topics are Ulgrotha, Otaria, and the Weatherlight Saga!

If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.

Mystery Booster: Commander Edition is a surprise Vorthos hit this year, as the convention-only booster set has 59 totally new cards in it, including nine planeswalkers! All of these new planeswalker cards are actually really wonderful lore deep cuts, from the very first named characters in all of Magic story to an unnamed fan favorite for almost a decade! We're talking through the nine planeswalkers so you know who they are, where they came from, and why they do what they do.

If you want to support the Vorthos Cast, you can! Go to Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast and contribute as little as $1 a month to get access to our Discord server, as well as early episode releases! And for $3 a month, you can listen to episodes recorded live on Thursday nights at 7pm Eastern time! We'd love to have you. Our Patreon supporters keep the podcast free and ad-free.