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Warp 9.9, engage! (Not warp 10. Nobody wants to turn into a lizard.) Maria, Megan, and Tyler beam straight into the MTG x Star Trek crossover, from hand-signed chase cards and Klingon rules text to the four Commander decks headlined by Picard, Spock, Worf, and a seven-mana Borg Queen. PLUS: Spot the cat is SO cute, Tribbles that are definitely not going to be a problem, and a Q card that might be as annoying (and charming?) as the real deal.

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A lot went down in Magic Town this week, and we’re catching you up. We dig into the latest banned and restricted announcement (Competitive Brawl gets new commander bans, and Standard is apparently thriving, Meghan’s lifegain deck can confirm), get our first look at Darkhold Destiny, Marvel’s spooky new Universes Beyond set, and break down the big booster pack shake-up, including 1-in-1000 “God packs." We also send our congratulations to the Wizards of the Coast employees who are unionizing!

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Reality Fracture is here, and after getting our hands dirty in the Draft queues, we have THOUGHTS! Maria, Meghan, and Tyler dig into the early data to figure out which color pairs are winning, which commons wildly overperformed expectations, which uncommons are basically mythics wearing fake mustaches, and why four toughness might just be the "magic number."

Come dink around with us as we break down one of the slower, more balanced, and delightfully complicated Draft formats we’ve played this year!

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Sanity is in short supply this week as Meghan survives a Nyquil fever dream and Tyler the deep dark depths of the woods! But they brave the wilds of the GLHF studio to rank what Magic means to them, get thrown by a game of Scryfall randomizer ("Hot Frosty" is now an official unit of measurement), and make bold predictions on the best common in each color of Reality Fracture. Plus a prerelease report featuring not one--not two--but three Jaces at once.

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Get ready to get fractured! Judge Rob joins Maria and Tyler to walk you through the trickiest cards, rules, and interactions in Reality Fracture before your prerelease this weekend. We cover the return of Prepare, what's going on with all those Jace planeswalker tokens, negative power on creatures, and a whole lot of totally unnecessary eyeballs. Plus: a surprise contender for cutest card in the set!

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Alchemy is being put out to pasture on Arena, so we pour one out, dig through Wizards' format data (93% of Standard is Best-of-One?!), and learn some more shocking truths about how people really plat MTG Arena. Then we take a tour through Jace's Echoverse to check in on the mirrored pairs from Reality Fracture! Who's thriving, who's an a-hole, and who got turned into a werewolf. Plus: one very load-bearing pair of moist frog thighs.

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Reality is fracturing and Jace is the problem!! Classic. This episode, Maria (she's back!), Meghan, and Tyler dig into the brand new Reality Fracture mechanics — Empower Jace, Heartwood tokens, the return of Prepare, and the delightfully weird Echoed Pairs. PLUS: the Zeta Set disaster that had Maria waiting in a five-hour queue for nothing, some love for midwest gas stations, and an update on Tyler's life in the cage.

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Let's look at the big picture of Magic, courtesy of Head Designer Mark Rosewater! Meghan and Tyler dig into his two-part "Big-Picture Questions" mailbag, taking the temperature of where Magic design is headed, what's behind some of its biggest decisions, and the burning questions players have been asking for years. PLUS: a detour into the question: what makes a chess Grand Master: nature or nurture?

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Grab a deck and chill with the GLHF crew! The MTG Hall of Fame is finally back, and we're breaking down the 2026 class — the unanimous votes, the surprises, and the snubs that have us like O_o. Then Meghan reports back from post-bans Standard (spoiler: it's combo city), and Flavor Text Theatre pitches you a movie...Hobbit style.

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Meghan has a problem. She can't win at Hobbit draft! What is she doing wrong?! If you feel like Meghan, don't worry! Tyler is here with the data to turn that frown (or losing streak) upside down. With his 88% win percentage, he'll share the tactics to take down your pod and look good doing it...we guarantee it.

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An unexpected journey, indeed! Prerelease weekend sent us over the Misty Mountains and straight into The Hobbit, and we've returned with treasure to share. Tyler recounts his victories from his local event, Maria ventures into a Scottish game store for her first taste of the set, and together we crown the cards that impressed us most — plus the surprises lurking at the back of those booster packs.

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Get prepped for your Hobbit prerelease with the help of Judge Rob! This might be a small set, but it comes with the possibility of big misplays -- so know before you go! From tricky new cards and mechanics to sagas that might make you roll, roll, roll, roll -- Judge Rob's got you as covered as a bunch of pancakes in syrup for second breakfast!

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2026 is stacked, and Meghan and Tyler are breaking down every last bit of it! From second breakfast in the world of The Hobbit to the reality-bending chaos of Reality Fracture to boldly going where no Magic set has gone before with Star Trek — this is your full preview of the year's remaining sets: new cards, new mechanics, and the art treatments you'll be chasing. Grab a snack and get prepped. The future looks very bright!

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Travel down the beautiful canals of Amsterdam to relive the glory that was MagicCon Amsterdam and Pro Tour Marvel Super Heroes! Find out about all the action - including the top decks (in Draft AND Modern), plus all the hot goss from behind-the-scenes. PLUS: get ready for 2027 and all the in-universe Magic sets coming our way!

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Get prepped for Pro Tour Marvel Superheroes this weekend - live from Amsterdam! The format is Modern and Draft...with a twist we haven't seen for NEARLY TWO DECADES...a Top 8 Draft!! Get caught up on what's happening in the world of Modern and Marvel Superheroes Draft ahead of the big dance with Maria, Meghan and Tyler! ...you'll also get an update about Maria's toilet.

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It's hotter than Chandra's socks out there and our brains as fried as the egg on Nicol Bolas' head! So why not grab a tall glass of Beth Ann's lemonade and enjoy this very silly episode of GLHF where Maria, Meghan and Tyler play a bunch of MTG Party Games? From Match Game to MadLibs, everyone needs some time in the summer to just *vibe*...especially when your podcast studio doesn't have AC.

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Wondering how you can take down the forces of evil? ...Or good? We don't judge! And we've got the answers! Maria, Meghan and Tyler dive into the data to help you hone your skills at Marvel Superheroes draft and sealed and get those wins in your pod! Some of the best picks might surprise even the biggest-brained among us (looking at you, Leader.)

Stay super, heroes!

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We're celebrating 700 episodes of Good Luck High Five with one of our favorite things: ✨a musical!✨ So bring out the opera glasses and grab your merch at intermission, the show is about to begin! ...and, in regards to the content of said musical, if you happen to be a certain famous author, please don't sue us.

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Grab your tightest tights, leotard and cape -- it's time for the Marvel Superheroes prerelease! Judge Rob joins Maria and Meghan to talk you through the new cards and mechanics plus anything that might trip you up when you go to throw down.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Judge Rob! ...we know Superman is DC.

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Maria and Tyler sure are feeling SUPER after their whirlwind trip to Los Angeles for the top-secret MTGxMarvel Superheroes Opening Night Party! Hang out and hear all the hot goss from behind the scenes of this exclusive and star-studded event. PLUS: the very first Marvel Superheroes Crack-a-Pack and we ask the all-imporant question: what super-power would you choose?

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Get a first look at Marvel Superheroes as it swoops in to save you from a 50-story fall off of a skyscraper! (What were you doing up in that skyscraper anyways?) Maria and Tyler have all the new cards and mechanics to take you from zero to hero! PLUS: how good is your Magic finance brain? The new game Movers & Shakers asks if you can name the cards that gained the most value this week! And Maria finally watches a war movie.

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Maria, Meghan and Tyler got featured on the news and it's gone completely to their heads! Now, they're all high and mighty -- thinking they can give YOU tips on how to be a better Magic player! The outright audacity! Well, if you're still reading, I guess you're gonna listen to this episode anyway and you should know that's what's in here.

PLUS: a healthy helping of Magic news! From the Arena Limited Championship Qualifiers to Historic Trojan Horses filled with Bogles, this episode just might have it all. Including Saint Peter.

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Put on your oven mitts and keep the fire extinguisher handy — we've got some hot takes about Commander. Should Sol Ring be banned? Should all planeswalkers be commanders? Should people maybe work out their anger somewhere other than their playgroup's battlefield?! Maria, Meghan, and Tyler get into it — plus a look at this week's Banned & Restricted Announcement that's shaking up Modern.

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New, new, new! 2026 has a lot of "new" coming for Magic — and we've got the deets. Sponge-powered superheroes in Marvel, problematic rings in The Hobbit, Jace messing everything up (again) in Reality Fracture…the year ahead looks bright. Let's preview it!

PLUS: a brand new Flavor Text Theatre game that's sure to...make some noise. 😉

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From Sin City to the Twin Cities — Maria and Meghan are back from MagicCon Vegas and Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven, and they've got the hot goss. They rubbed elbows with Hollywood hotshots, stormed the kitten enclosure, and watched history get made at the Pro Tour finals. PLUS: the actual secret to Secrets of Strixhaven draft… and a whole lot more.

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Secrets of Strixhaven is here and so is MagicCon Las Vegas and the Pro Tour! The highest-stakes Magic of the season is this weekend and we're coming in hot with a comprehensive Strixhaven Draft Guide to get you ready for all of it! (The top common just might blow your mind.) Get ready to watch the pros battle it out -- or draft on your couch. Hey, why not both?!

Catch Maria & Meghan's Vegas Meet and Greet Friday, 5–6pm in Creator Central!

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Grab your hall pass and ditch math class! This week, Maria, Meghan, and Tyler are cutting class to relive every chaotic, glorious moment from the Secrets of Strixhaven prerelease!

From Tyler's round one (featuring a beat so bad it's legendary) to Meghan's brain-melting Quandrix quandaries, to Maria ascending to the literal highest plane by casting Ancestral Recall...repeatedly...this episode has more drama than a semester's worth of homeroom gossip! It's going in the yearbook. Possibly the history books.

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Sharpen your No. 2 pencils and clear your schedule; school is back in session! Maria, Tyler, and special guest Judge Rob are digging into Secrets of Strixhaven, giving you a cheat sheet for the set's trickiest mechanics, cards, and rules. Whether you're a straight-A spellslinger or Witherbloom frog licker, this episode will make sure you don't get caught off guard at your prerelease. PLUS: the Cutest Card and Grossest Card awards are handed out and Maria asks the tough questions like: would YOU have arms that end in giant boulders?

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Wanna know how the Secrets of Strixhaven precon Commander decks actually play? We have the answers! Because we actually played them! Yeah...we're pretty cool like that. Whether you're looking at picking up Lorehold, Prismari, Witherbloom, Quandrix or Silverquill - we did the homework so you don't have to. PLUS: a surprise unboxing and Maria submits her application to the Julliard School of Ocarina. We're sorry.

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School's back for summer - and this time, it's magical. Like, literally. Maria, Meghan, and Tyler are diving headfirst into Magic's newest set, Secrets of Strixhaven! They've got new mechanics, a trailer debut, and one very urgent question that may define this entire set: is that frog barf hallucinogenic? Settle in, pick your college, and let's hit the books (p.s. "book" is now an official artifact subtype!) class is officially in session!

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Strixhaven holds its secrets close - but not for long. Maria, Meghan, and Tyler put on their prognosticating hats and take their best shots at what's coming in Magic's newest set: Secrets of Strixhaven. Scholastic mysteries, big reveals, and even bolder predictions await.

Then, Flavor Text Theatre: MadLibs summons a historic figure so revolting it may go down in podcast history. The laughs are real. The horror may be realer.

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After 13+ years slinging spells, GLHF has officially left the battlefield. No, we're not dead — we've ascended. Slay the Spire II has claimed our souls, and frankly? We regret nothing. Long live the Spire. LONG. LIVE. THE SPIRE!!!!!!!!!!

...okay. FINE. We'll talk about TMNT draft. Apparently while we were busy climbing the Spire, the turtles draft format was secretly 🔥fire🔥. If you wrote off this format as cheesy pizza slop, buckle up, because we did the homework so you don't have to. Full draft guide inside. Let's go!

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You know what they say: two Bens are better than one… but two special Bens? Now that’s a party.

This week on Good Luck High Five, Maria and Meghan welcome a double helping of delightful chaos as Ben Wheeler and Ben Ulmer from LoadingReadyRun join the show! The Bens stop by to catch up, crack jokes, and bring a little maple syrup-flavored charm to the table.

Come hang out as the crew dives into MTG-themed games like Match Game and The Randomizer, swaps stories from the past year in Magic, and proves once and for...

Cowabunga, nerds! It's time to recap the pizza-filled madness that was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prerelease. Maria and Tyler share their Sealed decks and detail what worked, what didn't, and what you should look out for in Drafts ahead. PLUS: Flavor Text Theatre returns with a classic: Movie Pitches, turtle style.

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I hope you like penicillin on your pizza because we're ready to eat some questionable cheesy concoctions at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prerelease! Judge Rob joins Maria and Meghan to go over the new mechanics and tricky new cards and interactions you might run into as you run through the sewers. Don't head to New York City without this podcast!

PLUS: Cutest and Grossest Card are crowned and Maria learns the most shocking fact about Meghan....ever?!

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Cowabunga, cardboard crusaders! 🐢🔥

Grab your nunchuks, a vial of green ooze, and a slice of spicy oatmeal pizza (barf) because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is headed to Magic the Gathering! Whether or not you're super stoked to see these turtley teens back in action or not - Maria, Meghan and Tyler are here to showcase the new cards, new mechanics and radical new art from the upcoming set.

PLUS: A look at this week in Magic news: from celebrating Pride with the Gruulfriends to a way to win $2,000 (?!?) while playing Arena this weekend!

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Valentine’s Day is almost here and the sparks are flying as Maria, Meghan, and Tyler tap into all the latest news from the Multiverse! From a heart-stopping shake-up in Commander thanks to the newest B&R announcement, to Meghan’s boots-on-the-ground report from Toronto’s Spotlight Series, the crew’s got all the hot goss.

PLUS: You’ll also get a handful of Magic-themed Valentines (some better than others), and Magic heads to the Olympic Games!

So grab your chocolates, shuffle up, and prepare to fall in love with Magic all over again. 💞

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Fresh off Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed, Maria, Meghan, and Tyler break down the moments that lit the fuse on a brand-new competitive Magic season. From an unforgettable Game 4 in the finals to a wildly diverse Standard metagame and an all-international Top 8, hear the biggest stories, boldest plays, and meta-shaping takeaways straight from the folks who were on the (very cold) feature match floor.

PLUS: A surprise trip into the sewers! After a printing mix-up forced Wizards of the Coast to officially reveal every rare and mythic in the upcoming TMNT set, we’re diving headfirst into a fi...

Maria's Back, fam! And she's been drafting a lot. So let's talk about it! With the GLHF crew all back together, they share the science behind winning in Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited. From the best P1P1s to the top 10 commons to the secret "mythic uncommons" that punch way above their rarity - this episode is packed with the insights you need to draft smarter, play tighter, and chase that trophy. If you’re sitting down at a Lorwyn Eclipsed draft, consider this required listening.

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Don’t look directly at this episode - an eclipse is coming. 🌑

Meghan and Tyler share their insights from the Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease, breaking down which cards overperformed, their first impressions on the speed of the format, and just how format-warping the rares might be. PLUS: some hot takes on what could shake up Standard once the set officially lands.

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