MTGCast #162 - This Ain't Your Poppa's Pauper Cube
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This Week in Magic
Join Tom and Conley this week, as M10 pre-release tournaments are this weekend (July 11-12) with the Vampire Nocturnus as the pre-release promo along with some interesting alternate play options and Two-Headed Giant! Don't miss the M10 booster box promotion (first 20 people to buy a booster box at participating locations) to score an alternate art foil Honor of the Pure. Also, there is the start of the Magic Online Player Rewards that started July 1st, open to players in the USA and of legal age (18-21 years old and depends on your state). MTG and Bragster.com odd promotional campaign, check it out and the odd dares. Ballots have been sent out the for 2009 inductees for the Pro Tour Hall of Fame.
What Have We Been Playing?
Tom has been enjoying some online multiplayer Duels of the Planeswalkers and Conley wins a Vintage tournament and is testing out a new casual format (psst, think Pauper Cube meets Chaos Magic)!
Listener Emails
Tons of great emails including one for another new casual variant called "Skittles."
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