Modern Giveth, WOTC Taketh Away

The Rhino boys are back. Exciting news in the weird world of Magic: the Gathering was all it took for Dave and Stan to reunite with D00mwake to chat about Modern bans and unbans.

We pour one out for Phlage, daydream about Crashing Footfalls, scrach our head over Umezawa's Jitte, and act like we know how to talk about Lotus Field.

Is Modern back, baby?

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Timestamps:
0:01 - It's 1979 and d00mwake is back
5:15 - d00m ate Skyline and didn't tell Shane
9:17 - Modern is changed, again
16:08 - Phlage is banned
23:59 - Lotus Field is banned
30:47 - Violent Outburst is unbanned
50:46 - Umezawa's Jitte is unbanned
57:52 - Premodern fun
1:01:38 - Public comments - our favorite pieces of physical media
1:11:53 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

• twitch.tv/d00mwake
• https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-may-18-2026

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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