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Currently Playing: What is Magic Even Doing?

2025 was a rough year for classic Magic fans. 2026 looks even worse. Join the Distraction Makers Discord https://discord.gg/VHnksn5eH3 Hosts Forrest Imel https://forrestimel.com/ https://voidmonster.org/ Gavin Valentine https://www.gavinvalentinedesign.com/ Thumbnail Artwork Chancellor Gowron by Remi Jacquot

Tracks in this Playlist

They’re Never Going to Fix This Are They?
I Never Thought I’d Worry About This
Booster Packs May Have Been a Mistake...
The Best Green Art of Magic the Gathering
Collusion Won a Huge cEDH Tournament... Again
The Marvel Set is Weird
The Best Black Art of Magic the Gathering
We Need to Talk About Magic Design
The Card that Changed Everything
The Secret Lair Situation Keeps Getting Worse…
This Card Should be in Every Green Commander Deck, But…
Something Strange is Happening to Standard
I'm So Tired of This...
They Want This Gone… and They Might be Right
What is Happening to Pro Magic?
This Keeps Getting Worse...
What's Next for the Distraction Makers?
Heartwood Storyteller is a Dumb Magic Card
Competitive Games are Struggling - What Happened?
Commander is Reinventing Magic: the Gathering and Leaving Some Players Behind
Something Strange is Happening with Magic Design...
We Need to Talk About Secrets of Strixhaven
cEDH Tournaments Are a Mess
This is Insane
What is it Going to Take?
Something Weird is Happening in cEDH
Players Are Looking to the Past for Better Games
Why do Game Designers Keep Blaming Players for Their Failures?
Players Aren't the Priority Anymore
Slay the Spire is Still The Best Digital Deckbuilder
Magic Artist Victor Adame Minguez Tells All About Universes Beyond
They Want to Nuke the Legend Rule for Universes Beyond
Did Wizards Just Try to Kill Competitive Magic?
Old Magic is Still Awesome | Premodern
Universes Beyond is Terrible for Magic Artists
How Bad Has Power Creep Gotten in Magic the Gathering?
Brackets Can’t Fix This - How Magic’s Systems Test Player Limits
The Most Broken Mechanic No One is Playing in Commander
It's Time to Fix The Commander Ban List
Did Game Designers Make Players Hate Competitive Games?
What Will It Take for Universes Beyond to Fail?
Finally, a TCG That Gives a S**t
cEDH Players Are Freaking Out
Finally a Set That Feels Like Magic
What is Magic Even Doing?
The TCGs We’re Most Excited About in 2026
2025 Year in Review and What's Next for Distraction Makers
Wizard's Last Chance to Save 3 Year Standard
Lorwyn Eclipsed... by Marvel Previews
Oh My God It Happened Again
Things Are About to Change for Trading Card Games
Universes Beyond has a Big Problem
What Happened to TCGs?
Did Riftbound Solve Magic's Biggest Problem?
Why Don’t They Make MTG Cards Like This Anymore?
An Honest Review of Riftbound the League of Legends TCG
How Did We Get Here?
Are We in The Biggest TCG Bubble in History?
Are The Haters Wrong About MTG Avatar the Last Airbender?
Is The Commander Hybrid Mana Change a Mistake?
Magic is Doing Better Than Ever and We’ve Never Been More Worried
The Commander Changes Are Concerning
What We Got Wrong About cEDH | Ft. Logan From CriticalEDH
Is This Magic's Biggest Design Mistake?
Commander Has a Cursed Design Problem
Magic is Falling Apart - Is Universes Beyond to Blame?
Could Double-Faced Lands Break Magic?
Hate Counterspells? You’ll Love This Commander Deck
What Can Magic Learn From Yugioh’s New Format? - Yugioh Genesys
How Turbo Could Dominate cEDH
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Competitive Play
We Might Have a Problem
Japan Just Broke cEDH by Playing Zero Interaction
This Commander Deck is Hot Trash and It Keeps Winning
Does Magic Need Standard?
The Two Best Mechanics for Commander (In Our Opinion)
This Might Be The Best Strategy in Commander—And It’s a Huge Problem
It’s Official, A New Era of Magic Design has Begun
Why Don’t More Commander Players Know This?
Was MTG Always Headed for Universes Beyond?
Is Edge of Eternities' New Mechanic a Failure?
Is it a Design Mistake if it Keeps Happening?
You Should Play Two-Headed Giant Commander
How To Play Fewer Lands in Commander and Get Away With It
Universes Beyond Has Changed Magic Forever and There’s No Going Back
Legions - The Time Magic Made a Set With Only Creatures
Was The Free Mulligan In Commander a Mistake?
Oops, Should Wizards Have Banned This Card?
The Dumbest Deck Idea We've Ever Had (So Far)
The Hidden Structure in Magic That Created the Archetypes
We Need to Talk About Edge of Eternities
3 Steps to Create Casual Commander Decks That Are Fun to Play and Play Against
What The Bans Tell Us About The Future of Magic
Was Commander Damage a Mistake?
Is Magic The Gathering Just a Collectible Now?
How Casual Play Took Over Magic: The Gathering and What It Means For Its Future
How Game Designers Create Bluffing
Are OTKs Bad Game Design?
Should You Proxy Magic Cards? - A Game Designer’s Perspective
We Need to Talk About cEDH... Again