World's Greatest - Huey World Champ, Glossy Probs, Ixalan Board Game & Much More!

First Pick & Giveaway

Patreon Stream - Sunday, October 15th - 9PM ET

Giveaway - Legend of the Five Rings Core Set -

https://gleam.io/vZAMv/win-a-free-copy-of-legend-of-the-five-rings-the-card-game

World Championships - Congrats Huey Jensen!

• https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2017wc
• Won 12 in a row before losing a match
• Hometown hero
• With his parents in the audience

Winning Deck: Temur Energy; Top 4 - Temur Energy, Ramunap Red, 2x U/B Control

Outstanding Cards - The Scarab God

Final Standings in Worlds Draft - Reuben 60, Evan 58, Erin 42 (Total combined match points)

• Donald Smith going directly to WotC

Shiny / Glossy sleeve problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/74plfo/this_is_why_official_mtg_event_coverage_should/

Ixalan board game thing

• https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/exploring-explorers-ixalan-2017-10-10
• Time Warp, Blatant Thievery, Quicksilver Amulet, Aggravated Assault, Threads of Disloyalty, Merfolk Sovereign, Shared Animosity, Adaptive Automaton, Beacon of Immortality, Day of Judgment
• Visually: Settlers of Catan, Heroscape
• Worst hashtag ever: #MTGE02 (**Trick tweeted that it's changing to #MTGEXL https://twitter.com/TrickMTG/status/917773879535296513)

An update to the Magic the Gathering logo:
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2017/10/new-logo-new-brand-mtg/

Introducing Team Cardhoarder Brazil:

https://www.cardhoarder.com/content/introducing-team-cardhoarder-brazil-325

Gather the Townsfolk

Erin wins Vintage challenge and goes 3-0 on VSL

• Deeproot Champion (Quirion Dryad on crack)

"Player or Planeswalker" errata / rules change coming soon; no more 'redirecting' damage: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/166162774138/what-planeswalker-redirection-rule-change

MTG Arena stream details - thanks to Hipsters of the Coast

• There will be....some....format in which you can use your rotated Standard cards in #MTGArena
• They won't confirm that any other Limited format other than Draft will be included at launch.
• No Sealed at #MTGArena launch seems like a real possibility #MTG
• They are discussing/trying to integrate physical product purchases with digital rewards
• Beta date (and much more) will be revealed on stream in two weeks
• Sideboarding will exist in #MTGArena confirmed on stream #MTG

Desperate Ravings

Contract for first GP of 2018 is up. Judges are not pleased: https://amp.reddit.com/r/mtgjudge/comments/746uhx/first_2018_gp_up_hope_you_have_your_public/dnyg9e3/

Double-sided tokens are terrible

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/74rzqm/doublesided_tokens_feel_lazy_and_completely/

1v1 Commander Changes: Tutors, and Emrakul are out: http://wizardsmtgo.tumblr.com/post/166220048834/mtgo-commander-1v1-banned-announcement

Blast from the Past

1993 article about MTG: https://i.imgur.com/yhCs9Di.png

• Some delightfully archaic stuff: "WotC shows greater savvy of the on-line information services than any other game company... It has its own node (wizards.com) on the Internet computer network, which features a fast-growing newsgroup devoted to the MAGIC game that currently draws over 100 messages a day."
• "The MAGIC game requires a medium-to-large league of players to bring out its magic. Fortunately, its low entry price, simplicity, and quick play make this easier to achieve. It makes an ideal choice for conventions or lunch hours. Its drawbacks seem minor beside its groundbreaking achievement."

The Finisher

Last week, it was announced that on December 15th after 20 years AOL will be discontinuing America Online Instant Messenger service, better known as AIM. This is a huge blow to many who used the long-running instant messenger service that was core to many people's first social experiences on the internet. So as we set our away messages and tag our availability statuses for the last time, how will you remember AIM?