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In some ways, Magic: The Gathering is like an elaborate game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Powerful decks are not build randomly. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

Spinning out of the adventures of Captain Midnight, Stephen and Matthew sit down to read Skyman #1 from Dark Horse Comics. SKYMAN #1 Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artist: Manuel Garcia, Bit Colorsist: Marta Martinez Garcia Cover: Freddie Williams II, Dan Scott Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $2.99 After an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, a drunken Skyman accidentally kills an innocent man! Needing a new face for their initiative ASAP, the Skyman Program turns to US Air Force Sgt. Eric Reid: a wounded veteran on the ropes, looking for a new lease on life. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Rodrigo is back, Michael Douglas is Ant-Man, so where is The Wasp? Also, is there a time limit for the death and return of characters? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS Michael Douglas is Hank Pym! LINK REVIEWS STEPHEN EGOS #1 Writer: Stuart Moore Artist: Gus Storms Publisher: Image Comics A twisted far-future epic! An aging hero risks everything to rebuild his former team – but to do so, he must cross a line with his wife that can’t be uncrossed. MATTHEW L’IL VAMPI #! Writer: Eric Trautmann, Brandon Jerwa Artist: Agnes Garbowska Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Welcome to Stoker, Maine, the most normal, boring town in the world. Or is it? There are sea serpents roaming the docks, a mummy in the town hall. And a gaggle of ghouls and goblins just devoured the breakfast cereal aisle at the local Shop-O-Mart. Who is behind this m

Mana curve refers to the number of cards in each converted mana cost slot in a deck. Remember from episode 23 that converted mana cost (or CMC) is the total number of mana required to cast a spell. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. This week on Munchkin Land - WE'RE BACK! After the holiday hiatus most of the regular players are back for some high seas adventures... in spaaaaaaace! Sail the Seven Seas. Plunder the treasure. Make your crew walk the plank. Munchkin Booty brings the greatest gold-grabbers in history – pirates! – to the world of Munchkin. Use your Silver Long Johns to beat the Lobster Mobster, drink your Demon Rum to fight off the Viking Kittens, and defend yourself with the Cutlass (or Cutlad, for the gents) against the Prince of Whales. But watch out for Sharks! Plunder the seven seas as a Pirate, Naval Officer, or Merchant. Taunt your foes with your horrible Accent – British, Spanish, Dutch, or French. Equip your Half-Galleon with a Crow's Nest and Figurehead. But above all . . . level up! Munchkin Booty is a stand-alone card game designed by Steve Jac

The Almighties are back, and moving in a new direction! Creators Sam Johnson and Mike Gagnon join me for an entertaining interview about the comic, its characters, and its future. Recently, they released The Almighties Origins, a free seven-page digital comic you can obtain through their website, thealmighties.com. Also, both talk about their upcoming projects, including Sam’s Geek-Girl and Cabra Cini, Voodoo Junkie Hit Woman. Be sure to listen! Then everything wraps up with a look at recent news, including December’s sales numbers, Cullen Bunn’s latest DC Comics project, and Image Expo 2014! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future! Be back next week for my fun interview with Joshua Fialkov, one of the creators behind Dark Horse’s Skyman!

In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: The group stands before the king of Diamond Throne and make their plea for support. NOTE: Level 14 character sheets are now available at members.majorspoilers.com and the Critical Hit Logo T-Shirts are indeed at SlashLoot.com Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Mana is the fuel that powers your spells, so having the right amount of land for your deck is critical. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

This week, Zach utters a Yippee ki-yay as he sits down to watch a building blow up, learn about parallel storytelling, and wonder why 1988's Die Hard inspired so many film makers. Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Steve de Souza and Jeb Stuart, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. Die Hard follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he takes on a group of highly organized criminals led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who perform a heist in a Los Angeles skyscraper under the guise of a terrorist attack using hostages, including McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), to keep the police at bay. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Zach on Film continues far into the future! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen

Detective Comics is 900 issues old - it's just too bad DC rebooted the universe and we have to review Detective Comics Volume 2 issue #27. DETECTIVE COMICS #27 Writers: John Layman, Scott Snyder, Paul Dini, Brad Meltzer, Gregg Hurwitz, Peter J. Tomasi Artists: Jason Fabok, Neal Adams, Dustin Nguyen, Guillem March, Bryan Hitch, Sean Murphy Cover: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $7.99 DC Entertainment presents this mega-sized issue featuring an all-star roster of Batman creators past and present! Don’t miss a modern-day retelling of The Dark Knight’s origin by the incredible team of writer Brad Meltzer and artist Bryan Hitch! Plus, all-new stories by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy, Peter J. Tomasi and Guillem March, Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen, Gregg Hurwitz and Neal Adams, new art by legendary Batman writer/artist Frank Miller and more! Also in this issue, John Layman and Jason Fabok kick off the new storyline “GOTHTOPIA”! It’s a bright, shiny, happy place where dreams come true...as long as

Games That Occupied Our Time in 2013 Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five. When we aren't recording shows, or reading comic books, we're playing games, and in this episode we look at those games that ate up our time in 2013. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Decks have a minimum card count. Constructed formats require that the deck contain at least 60 cards. Limited formats require at least 40 cards. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Star Wars back to Marvel, Stephen cries, Afterlife with Archie #3, Injustice Gods Among Us Year 2 #1, Revelations #1, and how Major Spoilers almost won a Podcast Award. NEWS Star Wars returns to Marvel LINK REVIEWS STEPHEN AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #3 Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Cover: Francesco Francavilla Riverdale Yearbook Variant Cover: Tim Seeley NEW ONGOING SERIES! “Escape from Riverdale” Part 3: The zombie apocalypse is in full swing and the surviving members of the gang have taken refuge in the Lodge Mansionóbelieving themselves safe from the infected roaming the streets of Riverdale! But there’s no stopping Archie from sneaking out, risking life and limb to find his missing parentsóleaving those sequestered behind vulnerable to an enemy within! The zombie mayhem (and body-count) continues to rise in this breakout series, for TEEN+ readers! MATTHEW Injustice Gods Among Us Year 2 #1 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Bruno Redondo As the series returns, the Black

We kick off the new 2014 year with a look at how things are going on the front lines of the comics industry - in a popular comics shop! You’ll enjoy my chat with Pete Casazza from the Big Planet Comics store in College Park, Maryland. Pete is both a fan and a businessman in the industry, so he notices trends and interesting developments in his shop. He talks about what went up and what went down in 2013, and discusses digital comics as well as how he feels many of the comics companies are doing. We both comment on how well Archie/Red Circle is doing with Afterlife with Archie and The Fox. He surprises me with many of his insights, so I’m sure you’ll enjoy listening! You can find out more about his excellent store at this link! Be back next week so we can continue to enjoy our comics in 2014! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: You've been asking, and now we are answering. NOTE: Level 14 character sheets are now available at members.majorspoilers.com and the Critical Hit Logo T-Shirts are indeed at SlashLoot.com Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Six days before a new set is officially available for sale a special worldwide event gives planeswalkers their first chance to play with the new cards. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

This week, Matthew and Stephen travel to another dimension of not only sight and sound, but of mind... their next stop? A dueling review of Twilight Zone #1. TWILIGHT ZONE #1 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Art: Guiu Vilanova Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 The Twilight Zone, Issue One: Trevor Richmond is a Wall Street investor who embezzled millions and is about to tank the economy. Again. Desperate to avoid the consequences for his actions, he goes to Expedited Services, Inc., which offers to help him disappear and enjoy a life of leisure in a new life. But what exactly is this new life, how much is freedom worth, and what happens to the old life when someone else shows up to claim it? This is the first installment of three interlocking stories that will push the boundaries of The Twilight Zone into new and uncharted territory, a journey that will travel into the past and the future, into murder and revenge and the sunrise of nuclear Armageddon. From J. Michael Straczynski, Hugo-winning

Walk into your local gaming store on Friday night and you are likely to find Planeswalkers of all sorts battling for the title of weekly champion. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew and Stephen hold down the fort as the minutes tick away to 2014. This means it’s a mishmash show featuring numerous comic book and video game reviews, as well as a nice mixture of Batman and the Power Rangers. REVIEWS STEPHEN LEGENDERRY: A STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE #1 Writer: Bill Willingham Artist: Sergio Davila Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment We start in the Big City, protected by Vampirella and the Green Hornet. A scarlet clad woman of mystery rushes into a bar, pursued by a team of assassins. The terror that breaks loose there and then will eventually lead (in the issues that follow) to The Phantom's Jungle, Flash Gordon's space age town of Landing, battles in the sky with Captain Victory, and so much more, until finally, we arrive in the Monstrous Lands, protected by... well, nobody. [rating:3.5/5] DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #1 Writer: Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham Artist: Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine Publisher: Vertigo From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman’s

Every Magic player is unique, but the majority of magic players can be profiled into a combination of three basic types. Thanks for listening. Send feedback to The Magic Minute by emailing themagicminute@gmail.com. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast Network continues to expand in the future!