The Vorthos Cast

Archangel Elspeth Tirel, hero of March of the Machine, the nightmare of Phyrexia: how did she become the angel she is today? This week we cover the many lives and deaths of Elspeth and the hints laid forth from her very inception that she would one day wear the wings of an angel. Next week is our 250th episode! We'd love to answer questions from our listeners about all things Magic and Vorthos Cast! If you have a question, you can reach out to us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, you can join our discord through supporting us on Patreon (Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast), or even just shoot us an email at TheVorthosCast@Gmail.Com! It's really easy to find us on the internet.

It's time for the aftermath of our flavor gems! Or, wait, the flavor gems of the aftermath? March of the Machine: The Aftermath is a special, story-driven booster product with only 50 cards, and we're talking about each and every one of them. There are some real tasty gems in this set, giving us a vision of what the multiverse looks like immediately after the Phyrexian invasion, and what it might look like going forward... If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We are now in the Aftermath of March of the Machine, and we've got two incredible stories to discuss that hint at the major consequences of the Phyrexian invasion and the future of the multiverse as we know it. And, more importantly, a lot of yuri. If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We're wrapping up our flavor gems for March of the Machine this week with a look at all of the new battle cards. Spanning 36 planes, with some of the deepest cuts of the set, we had our hands full for this episode! If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We have our first part of our flavor gems for March of the Machine! There's so many we couldn't possibly fit all of them into one episode! This week we cover the planeswalkers, the corrupted, and the defenders of the multiverse! If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We return to our regularly scheduled episodes to talk about all eight of the March of the Machine side stories in one episode! What terrors were delivered to the planes of the multiverse that we didn't see in the main story? How did the denizens of Ravnica deal with the eruption of Realmbreaker through the Undercity? Was there a soul saved on New Capenna? All these answers and more can't be found in this episode! But you can learn what happened, how we felt about it, and what we think might happen next! If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We were unable to record a regular episode of the podcast this week, so Chris reached out to friend of the show and former Magic Story writer, Yichao, who lapsed out of following the story after War of the Spark and wanted a "quick" rundown of what he's missed. Well, this isn't very quick, but it sure is a rundown! Listen along as Chris explains four years of the story to a very bewildered former narrative team member. We'll be back next week with a real episode 244 of the podcast! Until then, please enjoy this bonus episode! If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month gets you into our Live Listen tier, where you can hear the show recorded live! If you'd like more episodes where Chris and Yichao rant about Magic story, you might have to wait four more years.

We have K Arsenault Rivera on the podcast this week to talk about writing the end of a multi-year arc to Magic story and what it meant to be the author who brought the end to Phyrexia. We also talk about what Magic means to her, and us, and the important roles it can play in our lives. We also make K cry (positive). If you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month will let you listen to us make authors cry live!

We finish our summary and discussion of the March of the Machine story by K Arsenault Rivera with episodes 7 through 10, where we see the rise of Archangel Elspeth and the fall of the Phyrexian machine. How can an unstoppable force of infection be brough to heel? Try cutting off its head. And then, of course, there are its consequences... If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for these four free preview cards! We're excited to share with you Invasion of Ergamon, Tribute to the World Tree, Beamtown Beatstick, and (Daretti's) Deadly Derision! If you enjoy this episode, make sure to follow us on Twitter, @TheVorthosCast, to get full card arts! You can also support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!

We begin discussing the story of March of the Machine with episodes 1 through 6 by K Arsenault Rivera, picking up after the failed strike at the heart of Phyrexia where our heroes failed and the multiverse's fate seemed sealed to annihilation, and ending with the return of hope in the protector in white. With the multiverse hanging in the balance, how will the march of the machine be stopped? If you enjoy our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where just $1 a month gets you access to our Discord channel where Vorthoses from around the world are reacting to the incredible story unfolding every day. For $3 a month you get access to our live listen, where you can hear the unedited podcast as we record it days before it goes live!

We've brought on Phyrexian language expert, Bella Guo, from Wizards of the Coast to teach us about the language of our favorite bionecromechanical horrors! Listen along as we attempt to speak the names of Phyrexians and their compleated masterpieces with our fleshy, weak mouths!

MagicCon Philadelphia gave us our first glimpse at the culmination of the New Phyrexian Invasion arc in March of the Machine. We go plane by plane and discuss the major players for each target of Elesh Norn's invasion, what team ups we've seen so far, and how the planes can fight back against the terror that's on its way.

It's the fifth anniversary of the podcast! This week we get a little self-indulgent and talk all about our trip to MagicCon Philadelphia, where we had the opportunity to talk on the main stage about the story of Magic! You can find out presentation on YouTube (linked below), but this is the story of how we applied for the panel opportunity, how we made our presentation, and how our trip went! You can watch our panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmyx7AyLsgU And since it is our fifth anniversary, you can give us a little birthday present by supporting us over on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! We appreciate all our supporters, and as little as $1 a month gets you into our Discord server. Five years is a long time to do a podcast, and we wouldn't be able to do it without you.

This week we continue discussing the story of the set Phyrexia: All Will Be One with a recap and discussion on the five incredible side stories, including getting into the mind of a Phyrexian, understand the true nature of the Autonomous Furnace, and how incredibly moving Teferi's story has become. If you enjoy our show and you're going to be at MagicCon Philadelphia this weekend, we're doing The Vorthos Cast Live! We'll be on the main stage Sunday at noon to talk all about the story from War of the Spark until March of the Machine! And if you want to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast!

This week, we make a glistening vinaigrette and devour some delicious flavor gems of Phyrexia: All Will Be One! We're going to be at MagicCon Philadelphia! If you're going to be there, make sure to join us on the main stage Sunday, February 19th, at noon! We'll be covering the story of what's happened from War of the Spark to March of the Machine! If you want to support the podcast, consider joining us at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gives you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month lets you listen to the show as it's recorded every week!

The time has come to compleat the main story of Phyrexia: All Will Be One. We give our customary summary of the full story of the set while sharing our thoughts on the overall direction of the story, how well we think this dark period of the story was told, and how the future of the multiverse will unfold. If you enjoy our show, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. For $1.00 a month, you get access to our Discord server. For $3.00 a month, you can listen as we record live! It's always a lot of fun!

This week, the author of the main story for Phyrexia: All Will Be One has joined us to talk Nahiri, Tyvar, and the heartbreaking fates of some of our favorite planeswalkers. Seanan McGuire is a Hugo Award-winning author of "more books than is actually healthy for a single person," including the Wayward Children series and, as Mira Grant, the Newsflesh and Parasitology series. Her story for ONE is the first main story collection she's written for Magic, but you may recognize her from "Homecoming," the story of Liliana and the Raven Man from Dominaria United, or the Hugo-nominated "Tangles" from Midnight Hunt. If you'd like to support The Vorthos Cast, check us out on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where all of our patrons get access to our Discord server!

Thank you to Wizards of the Coast for our free preview of Phyrexia: All Will Be One! We're happy to introduce you to Expand the Sphere, Gleeful Demolition, and Resistance Skywarden! These three uncommons can be found in the upcoming set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, which releases February 10, 2023! You can head to your local game store the weekend of February 3rd to play in the prerelease to get your hands on these uncommon cards early!

All Will Be ONE... starting next week, when we cover the stories of Phyrexia: All Will Be One. This week, though, we're taking you through all eleven members of the strike team that's had a rough landing on New Phyrexia. Some are safe for now, like Kaito and Koth, and others, well... But who are these eleven intrepid planeswalking heroes and why are they the ones delving through the nine hells of biomechanical horror? We introduce you to each of them and what they bring (or brought) to the team. If you enjoy our show, consider supporting us on Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast. For $1.00 a month, you get access to our Discord server. For $3.00 a month, you can listen as we record live! It's always a lot of fun. A lot of what we record is left on the cutting room floor, and you don't have to miss any of it if you listen live!