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We are two casual try hard Magic the Gathering players. We are trying to balance jobs, families and other responsibilities while also trying to be the best players possible. We want to help you get from the 1-3 bracket of your FNM to 3-1 or 4-0 then move on to Mythic Qualifiers, Magic Fest and beyond. We will talk about fundamental strategy, Arena, traveling and more.
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Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
This week Bryan and James discuss changes to make to the Arena Cube. Bryan identified some issues and tried to suggest some cards swaps that might improve the next iteration of the cube. See if you agree and have other suggestions.
LSV Cube Video: https://youtu.be/lPtJ3T7WGes?si=PY_R2isdgrxwfp8r
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
This week the guys are talking about some cards you may not get to play with much, the Avatar Eternal cards. They talk about the cards and discuss what other formats these cards could have been legal in. There are some cool cards to here to know about for your decks or cubes.
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
The week the guys finish talking about the cool cards in the Avatar Set. They go through the green, gold and colorless cards.
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Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
The guys are talking about the cool Black and Red cards from Avatar: The Last Airbender set. There are some cool and maybe broken cards in here.
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
The guys are hanging out with Aang and the gang this week. They breakdown the draft archetypes and they get into some single card discussion. They are able to talk about all of the interesting white and blue cards this episode.
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Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
This week the guys are turning on Nickelodeon and playing some Avatar! They go over the mechanics that you are going to find on your cards at this weekend's pre-release. Hopefully, this breakdown will help you bend your way to victory.
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Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
This week the guys discuss their experiences with the Arena Power Cube and break down some more of the archetypes.
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
This week the guys talk about some of the development stories on the Power Cube on Arena then get into some of the archetypes. The tell you how to get into some of the powerful decks in the cube so you can hit the ground running.
To help support the podcast, please consider going to TCG using our link: https://casualtryhard.com/TCG
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Thursday Oct 23, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
MORE POWER!!!!! The Arena programmers have given us MORE POWER!!!! We have the POWER 9, fast mana like Mox Diamond and Grim Monolith and DARK DEPTHS! They are bringing a POWER Cube to Arena. It is a cube that has a vintage cube feel. The guys talk about what is known and maybe why they are doing this now.
To help support the podcast, please consider going to TCG using our link: https://casualtryhard.com/TCG
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You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher or YouTube just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
This week the guys are talking about the state of Magic. They go over some of the discourse that has happened recently about Universes Beyond, the release schedule and game play. Get caught up on the goings on in the Magic and get their thoughts as well.
To help support the podcast, please consider going to TCG using our link: https://casualtryhard.com/TCG
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Youtube: CasualTryHardMTG
Discord: https://discord.gg/6uCuW79
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher or YouTube just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com