Episodes
Matt doesn't have anything too crazy going on but Jake has plenty to say about the Escape From Tarkov community burning to the ground for approximately 6 days. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 05/02/24
Published 05/02/24
We definitely just forgot to record last week but Jake has been fighting burnout at work so that almost assuredly played into that. We apologize but are back for another week of gaming and pre modern goodness. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil...
Published 04/26/24
Matt's place of work implements a new way to waste people's time and Jake teases a new hobby in the wake of some video game burnout. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 04/04/24
This week Matt has plenty to say about Unicorn Overlord and Jake has dipped his toe into emulating and is in love with getting to play old Pokémon games on the go again.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 03/28/24
Matt found his new love and joy in Unicorn Overlord and Jake is going all out on Tarkov Arena. It has been a very good week for gaming it would seem.   Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 03/20/24
Matt has some opinions on the new Final Fantasy Rebirth and of course there is some Pre-modern discourse. Lastly Jake give his opinions on Helldivers Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 03/06/24
Matt is pretty excited about the new final fantasy rebirth coming out and both the guys are really getting into pre modern stasis Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 02/28/24
We are super sorry to miss an extra week. The holiday and the work just kept it from happening but we are back. The guys get into it talking about what they want in a video game (or any media) remake.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman...
Published 02/21/24
This week it's back to pre-modern. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 02/02/24
The guys this week take an immediate left turn and spend their time talking about what makes video games worth the cost and looking at how they value games. They dig deep into value per hour, personal trends, and beliefs around valuing games based on price.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter -...
Published 01/25/24
Sadly Matt and Jake come into the new year with some bad news. Matt lost his father over the hiatus. As the guys get back into the swing of things they finally get some pre modern played and love it. Jake is back at hating his life in Tarkov and the farm life is pretty good… for farm life.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook -...
Published 01/20/24
Matt is still going pretty deep into the Pre modern scene and Jake is starting to fall into the hole. The 15 deck battle box of Pre modern has been ordered and the guys are super excited to start playing. Jake has some unfortunate interactions with his employer before leaving and cannot get enough of the game Ready Or Not.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email -...
Published 12/28/23
Matt and Jake are still getting pretty deep into premodern and the 15 deck battle box is approaching being ordered. Also with the new year comes a new opportunity for Jake and his career.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our...
Published 12/19/23
Matt opens the door to premodern and Jake rushes in. After some looking into the meta game the guys are super excited to get into some pre modern action. Jake is also pretty excited to make a sweet upgrade to the monitors for his gaming pc.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter -...
Published 12/13/23
The guys get together to discuss staying with family, investing in hobbies, and a little bit of growing up to be responsible.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 11/28/23
Matt and Jake welcome friend and patron CJ onto the show to get a little deeper into game design and what we look for in video game, tabletop RPG, and a sequel. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 11/23/23
Matt demotes himself at work and almost winds up with a swimming pool in his basement. Jake has really been scratching his D&D itch and is really diggin it. Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing intro song!
Published 11/08/23
Matt is all about the metal gear solid legacy games getting re released and Jake cannot get enough of Lies of P. Come along for more gaming talk about what the guys have been diggin their teeth into.   Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman...
Published 11/02/23
It’s our first episode away from MTG and Matt and Jake cover the week they missed, new hobbies on the rise, and what are some of the gaming tropes or mechanics that just don't work.  Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cantripcartel   Email - [email protected] Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/295644032315064/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CantripCartel  Thanks to Phil Blechman for our amazing...
Published 10/23/23
We got there folks! Cantrip Cartel celebrates their 100th episode by answering some questions from the fans and talking about the future of the podcast. I'm going to spoil the announcement here for people that do not want to listen to a magic free episode. Cantrip Cartel is no longer going to regularly cover MTG results. There is a large discussion in the episode why but future episodes will be Centered around all sorts of video games old and new. We cannot express how appreciative we are for...
Published 10/11/23
Its episode 99 and the legacy and modern metas are chugging along. Both formats have settled down into some pretty consistent decks. It seems like with a rotation of about 15 or so decks in the top 8 spots and both formats having a pretty clear meta share kingpin this week followed the trend. Notably Rakdos scam showed up in spades almost all weekend in modern. Tune in next week for episode 100 for the ask us anything episode and our big announcement to celebrate 100 episodes of cantrip...
Published 10/04/23
It is hard to believe that we have ade 98 of these! We continue to roll up on episode 100 and this week we have a few more challenges with some interesting top 8 results. We get to see dredge, maverick, 8 key and hardened scales across both challenges. With decks like that in the top 8 the event couldn't have been that bad. Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2023-09-24#paper Modern Challenge -...
Published 09/26/23
Another week is in the books! Legacy was a decent challenge this week. Tempo of one kind or another was pretty prevalent in the legacy challenge. Modern saw some real innovation in regards to the Omnath piles. All told the challenges looked pretty good!  Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2023-09-17#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-09-17#paper Timestamps Legacy - 1:02:03 Modern -...
Published 09/19/23
Matt and Jake are working to resolve technical difficulties and actually get an episode out this week. Even though the Legacy metagame is still kinda revolving around bowmasters the top 8s continue to be fairly diverse. Modern was pretty narrow all things said but that is pretty common for a high stakes event like a Super Qualifier.  Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2023-09-10#paper  Modern Super Qualifier -...
Published 09/12/23