Carl and Garrett return from a short hiatus to debate the glass cannon higher risk synergy card and the pure value removal creature card. Guess who's on which side. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dis…

Carl and Garrett debate over how well a, you guess it, 1 mana 1/1 will fare as we decend into the brand new format, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patr…

Carl and Garrett debate a color fixing tapped value land in this adventure-filled format. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticaldispute) and visit our website (mystic…

Carl and Garrett do a for-real old school official debate, taking opposite sides to duke it out over the surprising news that Play Boosters will soon be replacing both Draft Boosters and Set Boosters. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the lates…

Carl and Garrett debate the best performing blue common, which is a conditional counterspell, so you can kinda see where this one is going. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.…

Special guest Robert Conroy (AKA viralmisnomer) joins to answer some questions from Garrett and the MD community about 17Lands and share some exciting new features. Check out Robert on Twitter at @17Lands and the new 17Lands features here!. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debat…

Carl and Garrett meet IN PERSON for the first time EVER and recap their awesome weekend at MagicCon Vegas 2023 for their 100th episode. This episode was recorded LIVE and UNEDITED and also in VIDEO, so go check it out on our brand spankin' new YouTube channel at youtube.com/@MysticalDispute! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co…

Carl and Garrett set forth on the best adventures of all: data, numbers and charts provided by 17Lands for the new Wilds of Eldraine format. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon…

Carl and Garrett found one of the most contentious preview cards in recent memory so, of course, they battle each other to the ends of the earth. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (pa…

Carl and Garrett suggest some buffs to rebalance LTR limited, and maybe make White and Green suck just a little bit less. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticaldisput…

Carl and Garrett debate the below-average-game-in-hand-win-rate cards of Lord of the Rings and when they are (and are not) playing them. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com…

Carl and Garrett debate one of the best uncommons in the best performing color against one of the best commons in the second best performing color. Check out Carl's article about forcing Blue Red on the Mystical Dispute website! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and …

Carl and Garrett debate which of two extremely powerful uncommons in two extremely powerful colors is more extremely powerful than the other extremely powerful one. And they also pronounce everything poorly. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about th…

Carl and Garrett debate which basic land cycler is best within its color, skillfully dodging any conversation about color power imbalance in the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth. Check out Sierkovitz's data evaluation on basic land cyclers on Twitter. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett…

Carl and Garrett look at some, uh, lopsided early data points from 17Lands for Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth. Buckle up, butter cup. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patr…

LIVE REACTION PREVIEW BATTLE - Carl and Garrett go at each other's throats again with very little editing to cover up their flubs and bad jokes as they battle over randomized preview cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate…

Carl and Garrett debate the so-called Bad Cards of March of the Machine... if there are any? Hello? Where are you, bad cards?? Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticald…

Carl and Garrett use a random card generator to randomly generate a few random debates on random cards in March of the Machine, randomly. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.co…

Carl and Garrett debate a boring old removal spell vs. a surprise top performing common bounce spell. Guess who's on each side. Seriously, guess. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (pa…

Carl and Garrett debate all thirty-six Battles, the brand new card type in March of the Machine. Well, they all get mentioned at least. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/…

Carl and Garrett find another 1 mana 1/1 to debate over. Carl has drafted a lot of Omen Hawkers. Like, a lot. Whereas Garrett hasn't really drafted any. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patr…

Carl flexes those nerdy spreadsheet muscles and evaluates early 17Lands data for March of the Machine, while Garrett, who is not a nerd, and is actually super cool, has a few early data points of his own. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the l…

LIVE REACTION PREVIEW BATTLE - Carl and Garrett once again draw swords and battle to the DEATH over three random March of the Machine preview cards! Live! Unedited! Unsavory! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support My…

Special guest Ethan Saks (AKA LordTupperware) returns to challenge Garrett, who recently questioned the limited design philosophy of downshifted-to-common Obsessive Skinner in a scalding hot take. Meanwhile, Carl tests standard (RIP Carl). Check out Ethan's Twitch stream at twitch.tv/lordtupperware, Twitter at @lordtupperware and his podcast Lords …

Special guest Greg Hatch returns to describe his unique approach and journey through Phyrexia: All Will Be One, and how he leverages the maybe-not-so-great-cards, while Garrett watches incredulously and Carl is also there. Check out Greg on Twitter at @HatchingPlans and as a frequent top performer on the 17Lands leaderboards! Short form limited Mag…

Carl and Garrett debate an incredible, game-ending, insta-concession-inducing bomb, vs. a common one mana removal spell. For real. This format is wild. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patre…

Carl and Garrett debate the most Carl and least Garrett common in the format: Hazardous Blast. Is it good? Is it good for the format? That's like the point of the podcast... so maybe give it a listen? Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the lates…

Carl puts on his big nerd hat (just kidding, he's always a big nerd) and evaluates early 17Lands data and what insights it can provide into Phyrexia: All Will Be One. And Garrett once again calmly reacts to the generous reception that the new format was given (just kidding again, he goes on another rant). Short form limited Magic: The Gathering deb…

Carl and Garrett engage in a bloody, violent, horrifying battle over which preview cards will be better in the upcoming ONE format with new (and much simpler) preview battle rules. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Supp…

Carl and Garrett debate our primal brains one last time in the final installment of our variance and tilt series, where we go head-to-head with the most dreaded variance-factory in Magic: the shuffler. We even built a cool online tool called the R.A.D. (Reasonable, Acceptable Draw) Simulator to highlight the overarching point, and finish the episod…

Carl and Garrett take a short break with a mini-episode intermission for our Variance and Tilt series as we cook up the finale, and Carl shares a very relevant and relatable story. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Supp…

Carl and Garrett continue their debate against their angry brains in the second part of a series evaluating variance via data to combat tilt. Carl put together some high level math models to simulate Garrett's performance, a thousand seasons of Arena ranked draft from top 17Lands users, and the entire careers of the most prolific Magic pros. Short …

Carl and Garrett debate their own illogical brains in the first part of a series about maybe the most important topic for improving at Magic: managing tilt from bad variance. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support My…

Carl and Garrett round out 2022 with a mini-discussion about their second-favorite and favorite limited cards of the year. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticaldispu…

Carl and Garrett debate the very, very, very many bad cards in The Brothers' War limited, defending some and... not really defending others. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon…

Carl and Garrett debate how impactful the differences between Best-of-Three and Best-of-One are in The Brothers' War limited specifically. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.c…

Carl and Garrett debate if you should avoid or prioritize splashing in The Brothers' War limited. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticaldispute) and visit our website…

Carl and Garrett debate two incredible removal spells that are always great, but really shine in different archetypes from The Brothers' War. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreo…

Carl and Garrett have a good old fashioned showdown between two powerful white commons in the new Brothers' War format. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/mysticaldispute)…

Carl takes the stage like a big nerd and evaluates the approximately three days of 17Lands data we have available and what insights it can provide into The Brothers' War. But Garrett has some words before he starts. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics …

Carl and Garrett start the new format off right: with an epic duel over preview predictions for three commons in the upcoming format The Brothers' War. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patre…

A (very, very) quick update from Magic 30 which Garrett attended and Carl did not (boo, Carl). Not really an episode but you heard it here folks: MORE. OF. THESE. EVENTS. PLEASE! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Suppor…

Garrett puts Carl on trial: Why does he play more than forty cards in his limited decks so often? Or ever? Does he know he's allowed to play just forty? Has he abandoned math completely? Is it obvious who writes the episode descriptions? Find out! Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, wh…

Carl and Garrett discuss, debate, deep dive and dissect counterspells in limited with a top performing common in Dominaria United: Essence Scatter. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (…

Carl and Garrett discuss a couple of the quote-unquote Bad cards in Dominaria United and finish off with a rapid fire list of the worst-performers in the format. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Disput…

Carl and Garrett discuss (in an extra long episode) one of the format-defining aspects of Dominaria United: the tricks. We debate how fun they are and some of the more influential tricks in this very unique format. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics a…

Carl and Garrett determine the winner for the preview prediction battle and mini-debate a handful of some of the stranger cards in Dominaria United. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon …

Carl and Garrett debate between two Domain-fueled commons: a versatile 2-drop and a board-shaking 4/6 that can be played for cheap. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest draft format. Support Mystical Dispute on Patreon (patreon.com/myst…

Carl and Garrett debate between two similarly-performing blue commons: Talas Lookout and Impulse. A classic battle of pure baseline stats vs. synergistic upside. Take a guess who is on each side. Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase and Garrett Gardner, who debate cards and quick topics about the latest dra…

Carl and Garett debate the tricky cantrip Timely Interference in the brand new Dominaria United format, and Carl deep dives on how to get the most out of this (surprisingly? unsurprisingly?) powerful single mana card while Gerit continues to be a curmudgeon (as usual). Short form limited Magic: The Gathering debate podcast co-hosted by Carl Chase a…