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Airdate - 4/24/19
First Pick
Early Access Stream Event
Gather the Townsfolk
Japanese-Art Planeswalkers:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/japanese-alternate-art-planeswalkers-2019-04-22
Japanese-Art Cards Coming to MTGO:
https://twitter.com/MagicOnline/status/1120487869980794882
Amano’s Original Liliana Art:
https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1120650606094561280
https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1120715163366252545
WAR Mythic Edition:
https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/04/war-of-the-spark-mythic-edition-revealed-on-weekly-mtg/
https://twitter.com/misterorange/status/1118991614855270401
Signature Spellbook: Gideon
https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/18/18412105/magic-the-gathering-war-of-the-spark-planeswalker-death
SS2’s Blackblade Reforged Gets an Exclusive Frame:
https://twitter.com/ethanfleischer/status/1118919767560048641?s=21
Mythic Championship 2 League Draft
https://www.thousandleagues.com/games/mtg/competitions/2019mc2/leagues/375/league_users
Chris Rahn’s Cat:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1232364890265020&id=100004745622275
MTG Quiz
Numot’s MRI Results:
https://twitter.com/NumotTheNummy/status/1119000182211788800?s=20
Randy Announces MOCS Coverage:
https://twitter.com/rbuehler/status/1120442290017918976?s=09
MTGOTraders Increases Ticket Buy Price:
https://twitter.com/mtgotraders/status/1119649768584749057?s=21
Seb’s Kickstarter: $720K US
https://twitter.com/SebMcKinnon/status/1120328413607342080?s=19
https://twitter.com/SebMcKinnon/status/1120409047067430912
Desperate Ravings
Hasbro Earnings Report:
https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-revenue-operating-profit-and-earnings-share
https://twitter.com/rhineville/status/1120779662484025344?s=19
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/04/23/hasbro-ceo-says-toymakers-turnaround-is-on-track-for-2019.html
MCQ Staffing Recommendations:
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/coordinators/2019/04/20/mcq-staffing-recommendations/
MED Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God Auction:
https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1119006351248756736?s=20
https://twitter.com/bibliovoreorc/status/1119989285082533889?s=21
MED Ugin, Spirit-Dragon Auction:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123741920683?ul_noapp=true
Challenger Deck sales still suck
Judges’ Annotated Infraction Procedure Guide App:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.italianmagicjudges.aipg
MythicSpoiler Allows Hiding of Leaks:
https://twitter.com/MythicSpoiler/status/1118715416530915328?s=09
Stores Didn’t Know About Alternate Art Before Distributors’ Deadlines:
https://twitter.com/heyworstartist/status/1120626714089000960?s=21
Maximum Hand Size Abolishment Discussion:
https://twitter.com/PatrickStocks/status/1118634989694988293
MTG and ProGuides Partner for Tutorial Videos:
https://twitter.com/VentureBeat/status/1121036425259114502?s=09
GP Coverage in 280 Characters or Less:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/410942703623208960/569643555073556504/FB_IMG_1555883997081.jpg
WotC Opens Studio in Austin:
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/43044/wizards-coast-opens-studio-austin
Splash Damage
Arena Begins to Pressure Hearthstone:
https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/19/hearthstone-loses-viewers-on-twitch-as-magic-the-gathering-arena-closes-the-gap/
The Finisher
ChannelFireball.com announced a unique promotion this week, tweeting on Monday that for every pro-point Luis Scott-Vargas earns at the Mythic Championship in London this weekend, orders made before Thursday will be that much percent off in the CFB store. Now, this is a hell of an angle. And as a sales and marketing professional myself, I’m interested: since you all are excellent at building your own personal name brands, what’s your best sales pitch for a future viral marketing campaign taking advantage of a big Magic brand?
