The sun has at last come to the north and the grass is green. So why not do a green episode? We talk about creatuires and spells. Underplayed cards and cards that as Eliot says “sees the correct amount of play”. Do you agree with our picks and thoughts?By Gordon Andersson

At last it's time for a new episode! This time it was recorded live and streamed on Twitch. Watch the replay on our site or Youtube. This time we talked about The Dark and the card Pestilence because reasons hehe. Hope you like it!By Wak-Wak.se

Hey there! What's that? Who's there? Well it is Markus Lundqvist (or is it actually Richard Stebbing?) Dragged from ye old Britannia and representing the Brothers of Fires crew he had a chat with us about this and that and one very special topic for him. This episode is for all of you itching to play more cards from the whole of 93/94 card pool and…

We open a Scryings booster with a bunch of spoilers. At least like… 10+! And they are really cool, we promise :)By Wak-Wak.se

You have probably heard of Scryings and that it is spoiler season! We at Wak-Wak got a spoiler to write about, but we had an opportunity to hear what a lot of people thought about the spoiler so we instead did an audio recording. Hope you don’t mind and without further ado, here it is! And yes, Flippin’ Orbs will also have a spoiler later this mont…

What have they done!? What on earth should we do now? Maze of it is unrestricted in EC rules and we talk about what, how and when you can do something about that in this LIVE* episode of Flippin Orbs. Gordon, Eliot and Seb discuss some ways to play Maze of Ith now with the unrestriction of the card in EC rules. What are the best interactions with m…

Gordon, Eliot and Seb each brought to table one card to build a deck around. Some of the ideas may be viable, some may not. We also talk a bit about which is the coolest vanilla creature and of course the elephant in the room, how do we address all the drama that some pesky circles have done to our dear community? What we talk about and when: 00:11…

This episode is part two of Episode 18 but it has been delayed so don't trust Gordon when he says it is episode 20. In this episode we talk about how to keep the interest and the format fun even though it doesn't change much. Also we talk about different ways and formats you can play to use your old school cardpool.…

Yes, it is that time of the year again. N00bcon has come and gone and a month has passed, something that for many people is a sign that it is soon time for the almighty Old School blog to publish an update. What update you may ask? The ban and restricted list of course! That is, if there even will be any changes? If you want to know, listen to the …

Feeling a bit like you missed out? Oh, do we have an episode for you! In this episode we talk to not one, not two, not three (getting tired yet?), but 7(!) non-Flippin’ Orbs people that were at n00bcon. We talk about the Wizard’s Tournament, The Urborg Feast, The main event and the MAIN Event and much more. Hope you enjoy this over 3 hour long epis…

In this episode, we talk to Keith "The Misprint Guy" Adams about how Richard Garfield went from a pile of papers to photocopies and then to presenting the pile of cards that ended up being the best thing to ever happen. We discuss different misprints, test prints, pre old school sets, security stickers, an unreleased magic set and much more. For al…

In episode 20 we talk with the deck builder, shark owner and premodern founder Martin Berlin. We talk about his old school cube, get some thoughts on the Winter Derby finals which featured UR Atog vs. UR Counterburn. We also spend some time addressing the new possible mulligan rule and what implications it could have for old school magic. Seb forge…

Eliot, Seb and Gordon talk with Lorenzo about the Fishliver Oil Cup in Italy. What does it take to become mentioned by the 93/94 founder MG as an even better tournament than n00bcon? Eliot briefly talk about the Urza’s Chalice Cup the Beasts organized in February. We also adress different online tournaments and the rumours about Randy Buehler start…

At last we are back! With both an episode for you guys and a schedule for us to be able to start to record more regularly. Much joy! In this episode it’s only us hosts and the plan was that every host came up with a topic he wanted to talk about. That means we have three different topics and three different views on every topic. But after the recor…

Episode 17 of Flippin’ Orbs is a monster of an episode, it’s over 3 hours long(!). The topic is also sort of a monster, because today we will talk about different rules sets and house rules. First we talk to the amazing Guillaume Denoix, one of the earliest French players and one of the fathers of the quite special French rules. Why did they decide…

It’s time for episode 16 of Flippin’ Orbs! We are sorry that it has taken some time, but we promise we have some really nice episodes lined up for you in the coming months! In this episode we talk with Eliot Davidoff about the Beasts of the Bay and sideboarding. Hope you enjoy!By Wak-wak.se

This is a special episode of Flippin’ Orbs recorded before Grant decided that he needed to take a break from the podcast. And isn't it fitting that this last episode is all Grant? He sat down in a pub with fellow Lords Matt and Carter and had a short talk and her it is completely unedited! That means the sound is a bit bad, but we hope you like it …

This is episode 15 of Flippin’ Orbs and we have two amazing topics in this episode. First we talk about a bunch of underplayed cards and theorize if you actually can build something around them. After that we also talk about how to play old school over Skype and when the subject comes up we of course needed Dave Firth Bard to join us. Hope you enjo…

In this episode we first sit down with Svante Landgraf to talk about combo decks in old school. After that we also talk to Stephen Menendian about the same topic, how he got into old school and also about one of both his and Gordon’s favorite decks, UR Counterburn. What we talk about and when: 00:26 News and introduction 03:03 Introduction of Seb 0…

In this episode Gordon, Seb and Grant sit down and talk about Magic accessories like playmats, deckboxes and much more. Then we also talk to Legend Randy Buehler about his career and interest in Old School. What we talk about and when: 02:02 Introduction of hosts 02:30 Question of the episode 19:40 Magic Accessories 20:35 The Khalsa Brain Table 24:…

n00bcon has come and gone and that means it is once again time too take a look at the ban and restricted list too see if something should be changed. Last year we had the honour of having Magnus "Mg" De Laval coming on the podcast to tell us what changes it had been decided on and this year we make it a tradition! In this two hour long episode you …

In this special episode of Flippin’ Orbs Gordon and Seb sit down with fellow Stockholm players, Björn Jonnie Bonnie Myrbacka and Yann Franzén to talk about their experience from n00bcon, as it were their first time there. We recorded this episode at a pub so the sound quality may not be the best. But we hope you can listen anyway.…

Episode 12 - The Brothers of Fire Jonas Twitchen is one of the founders of the Brothers of Fire, a blog and old school group based in London, UK. In this episode we sit down with Jonas to talk about old school in the UK. How did it start? How did they grow their player base? What rules do they use? And much more. Before the interview though, Gordon…

In this episode we talk to Sean O’Brien, a player that has playing since the beginning of magic and also is honoured as the founder of the O’Brien School of Magic in one of the most important early strategy books for Magic the Gathering. The O’Brien School of Magic is a mana denial strategy all about not letting your opponent cast spells at all. We…

We talk about the first iteration of the B&R and also with Titus Chalk, author of the book Generation Decks. Welcome to the season season of Flippin’ Orbs! In this episode we talk about how the ban & restricted list looked like in it’s first year and then we have an interview with Titus Chalk lined up for you guys. Titus is the author of the book g…