The Vorthos Cast

Thank you Wizards of the Coast for our free preview cards for Bloomburrow! We're happy to introduce the world to our two all-star uncommons, Mabel's Mettle and Quaketusk Boar! You can find full images of the cards and art on our Twitter at Twitter.com/TheVorthosCast

We have our resident Assassin's Creed expert, Jay Annelli, here to tell us all about the flavor gems of the Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed set! Who better to tell us the ins and outs of this special booster release than a loremaster who worked on the creative text team for the set and also has a long, documented history as a sociopathic murderer. My lawyers are telling me that I cannot call Jay a sociopathic murderer. I think I heard someone jumping into a haystack outside my house? I should stand on the roof to investigate. If you enjoy our podcast, consider signing up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord community, $3 a month gets you access to our live-listen tier where you can listen to us record the podcast every week, and any amount of money will contribute to our ability to keep the show running! We appreciate all of you, even those who don't subscribe!

We've made it to 300 episodes, and to thank you, our dear listeners, we're answering your questions! We've got the full roster of co-hosts to answer the hard-hitting questions, like "Does Bolas know about the Fomori?" and "What's Kellan's fursona?" Seriously, though, thank all of you so much for your years of support, all the way to 300 episodes! We love making this show, but we wouldn't do it without you. So please share our show with your friends and get them reading Magic story along with you and us. If you want to support us financially for the next 300 episodes, you can do that on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, but you don't have to! We'll still appreciate you all the same. But by supporting, you can get into our Discord server, just $1 a month, where the coolest Vorthoses from around the world hang out and ask us all sorts of questions all the time. You can be one of them!

Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our free preview card for Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed! This is a deep cut character from the lore, so of course Jay had a lot to say about him!

It's our Pride special! This week we're talking about queer characters in Magic story, where you can read more about them, and how Wizards of the Coast has done with representation in their stories and cards. Things get real gay. If you want to support the podcast, you can sign up to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month provides access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world are talking all about Magic story and upcoming releases Bloomburrow and Duskmourn! For $3 a month, your support gets you into our live listen, where you can hear us record live!

Our second part of what turned out to be a two-part series of Flavor Gems from Modern Horizons 3! We cover new legends, deep-cut callbacks, and cute mechanical references to Magic's past. Thank you for listening, and if you think we missed any incredible Flavor Gems you can always reach out to us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, or through email, TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com. If you want to support the podcast, you can sign up to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month provides access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world are talking all about Magic story and upcoming releases Bloomburrow and Duskmourn! For $3 a month, your support gets you into our live listen, where you can hear us record live and talk about Destiny 2 for hours afterwards!

This is our first of (maybe) three episodes exploring the flavor gems of Modern Horizons 3! Modern Horizons sets have always been full of the deepest lore references and a place for old characters to get new cards. This time around is no different, and we've dedicated an entire episode just to legends from the past returning or premiering in this set! If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, the easiest way to do that is to give us just $1 a month on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. That will get you access to our Discord server, where Vorthoses from around the world gather to talk about all things Magic story and art. For $3 a month, you can listen to us record each episode live, including any pre- and post-show discussions!

Modern Horizons 3 previews are underway, and as with previous Modern Horizons sets there are so many deep lore references and stories to be told! This week we're tackling the five transforming planeswalker cards from the set and what we know about these characters and how their sparks ignited. If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!

This is a special free preview episode of the Vorthos Cast for Modern Horizons 3 featuring our preview card, Ajani Fells the Godsire! You can find the full card on our Twitter at https://twitter.com/TheVorthosCast

We're taking one last look back into the sunset as we wrap up all discussions about Outlaws of Thunder Junction in an interview with the author herself, Akemi Dawn Bowman! You may remember Bowman's work back in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, where she wrote about a young man trying to find someone he'd lost while getting wrapped up in a multi-planar story featuring a villain's first-time story appearance and another villain's return to story after many years away. She does it again in OTJ, and we're here to ask her all about it! If you like our podcast, thank you! We like you, too! If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!

With the end of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, we also finished the first story arc since the end of March of the Machine! We've got Roy Graham, Story Lead at Wizards of the Coast for Magic, on the podcast this week to talk about leading the story through the omenpaths and into a new era, including creating and growing Kellan, setting up the BIG reveal, and what we can expect going forward. If you like our podcast, thank you! We like you, too! If you want to support us as we continue to make weekly episodes, you can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month gets you the chance to listen to us record our show live!

With Modern Horizons 3 on, well, the horizons, we're turning our vast and endless eye upon the story of the Eldrazi, cosmic horrors from the blind eternities whose purpose--if it exists--remains unknown. To know your enemy, you must know their history, and this week we'll discuss the story of the Eldrazi in Magic, as well as what we know to be true about these terrors from beyond the thin veil of reality. If you want to support The Vorthos Cast you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! This will also get you access to our Discord server, where folks are discussing the slow trickle of previews for Modern Horizons 3 and the future of Magic story. It's only $1 a month for access, and $3 a month to listen to us record the podcast live!

We're rustlin' up some grub with the flavor gems of Thunder Junction! Were you wondering about some of these Western tropes, curious about how many of these legends have been seen round these parts before, or just want to know where you can get some Halo out on the range? Bring your own tin can and we'll serve up some answers on this week's episode. If you want to leave your servers a nice tip, you can do so by joining our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel and $3 a month means you can listen to us record live! If you can't spare any coin, you can always leave us a review wherever podcasts can be reviewed, and we'll enjoy that just the same.

The ending has come to Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and it brings with it the start of something new. This week we're covering the two-part epilogue to the Outlaws of Thunder Junction story and the real ending of the Omenpath Arc of Magic Story, finally getting answers for Jace and Vraska's escape from Phyrexian influence and their plans for the future of their family and the multiverse. We also discuss some of our thoughts about this arc in general, and specifically the state of Magic story as it goes into the Dragonstorm Arc. You can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to us record our episodes live! You can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. You can also find us on Twitter at @TheVorthosCast, or email us with thoughts, questions, comments, coupons for free cheese dip at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com.

The main story of Outlaws of Thunder Junction is finished, but before we can watch our outlaws ride off into the sunset, we have to tell tale of Annie Flash with "Blood Is Thicker Than Venom" by H. E. Edgmon. Then we see what happens when you put the most untrustworthy scoundrels of the multiverse together for one big job, and you know it ain't a happy ending. Read Episode 5, "High Moon": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-5-high-moon Read Episode 6, "The Ballad of Thieves and Thunderslingers": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-6-the-ballad-of-thieves-and-thunderslingers Read "Blood Is Thicker Than Venom": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/blood-is-thicker-than-venom Then, you can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to us record our episodes live! You can find us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. You can also find us on Twitter at @TheVorthosCast, or email us with thoughts, ques

The train's pulling up to the station and you have to face the choice: Do you listen to us discuss episodes 3 and 4 of the main story and the side story "A Pleasant Family Outing," or do you tuck tail and run away? We're continuing our discussions of the Outlaws of Thunder Junction stories by Akemi Dawn Bowman this week with the two main story episodes, "A Train to Prosperity" and "Finding Tarnation." But halfway through "Finding Tarnation," we got waylaid by the dastardly Seanan McGuire once again with her side story, "A Pleasant Family Outing"! Read Episode 3, "A Train to Prosperity": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-3-a-train-to-prosperity Read Episode 4, "Finding Tarnation": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-4-finding-tarnation Read "A Pleasant Family Outing": https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/a-pleasant-family-outing Then, you can subscribe to our Patreon, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server and $3 a month means you can listen to

We have to free previews from Outlaws of Thunder Junction, including one plot-pivotal story spotlight that doubles as a nasty removal spell (we always have to get one) and one very sharp-dressed and sharp-clawed desperado! You can see full cards and art on our Twitter @TheVorthosCast!

What's this? A special bonus episode of The Vorthos Cast? That's right! We had the incredible opportunity to invite Isaac Fellman, author of "No Tells," the side story for Outlaws of Thunder Junction that introduces Yuma and his little cactus baby Kirri to Magic! We talk all about the experience of writing for Magic as an outsider to the IP, our favorite noir films, and the ways in which our lives influence our writing and our writing influences our lives. Isaac Fellman is the author of the upcoming novel, Notes from a Regicide, as well as Dead Collections, The Two Doctors Górski, and The Breath of the Sun. You can follow him on Bluesky (isaac-fellman.bsky.social) and subscribe to his newsletter at https://isaacs-law.ghost.io/. You can support The Vorthos Cast at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! For $1 a month you get access to our Discord server, and for $3 a month you can listen as we record episodes live every week! Sometimes, like this week, you can even get two episodes live! That's such a bargain!

Two worlds collide in this episode of the unofficial Magic story podcast, The Vorthos Cast, as we have on the hosts of the official Magic Story Podcast, Harless Snyder and Natalie Kreider! We talk all about making a Magic story podcast, what makes Magic story so incredible, and how important it is to provide access to the stories that make Magic great to all audiences. Go check out The Magic Story Podcast anywhere you can listen to podcasts! They're everywhere! It's hard to miss them. If you'd like to support the unofficial Magic story podcast, The Vorthos Cast, you can do so at www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month will get you into our live listens, where you could have heard us gab with Natalie and Harless all about cats and horses before and after our recording. Also, if you hear audio issues in this episode, it happens! They won't be in the next episode.

We got caught unawares out on the trail as a whole band of Outlaws showed up from the brush, thunder rifles drawn. We're here this week to cover the first two episodes of the main story of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, by that dastardly Akemi Dawn Bowman, and no lawman or outlaw is going to keep us from doing it. Read the first episode here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-1-an-offer-of-revenge And read that second episode, too: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/episode-2-the-jailbreak Then mosey on down to the Patreon saloon and toss your favorite lore podcast a coin or two so we can keep making these episodes, ya hear? www.Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast