2025: the year where Magic finally let you equip Doc Ock with Summon Materia so he could hop in a racecar and fly into outer space to fend off an attack from the Fire Nation. It’s been a crazy year. But now it’s time to look back over the cards, events, controversies, and changes from the last 365 days of MTG that made this one of the biggest (but also most polarizing) years in the game’s history.
Jimmy, JLK and Rachel discuss everything that made 2025 one to remember: the goods and bads, the highs and lows, what worked, what didn’t, and what we hope to see in years to come.
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Relevant Links:
Aetherdrift w/Christian Navarro | Game Knights 76:
https://tinyurl.com/33nhbvbe
Mark Rosewater on Aetherdrift:
https://tinyurl.com/4v52mrn6
Final Fantasy Earnings:
https://tinyurl.com/mv57xe2a
Beyond the Edge of Eternities: An MTG Movie:
https://tinyurl.com/bdz5kuu4
Edge of Eternities w/ Bosco & Irene The Alien | Game Knights #79:
https://tinyurl.com/yr39caew
Vehicles as Commanders:
https://tinyurl.com/2zv229e4
Jim Davis:
Twitter: @JimDavisMTG
YouTube: @JimDavisMTG
Limited Resources:
YouTube: @LimitedResourcesPodcast
Blake Rasmussen's Response to Survey Feedback:
https://tinyurl.com/mtre384h
We Rank Every Precon from 2025 | The Command Zone 713:
https://tinyurl.com/4pmbyeyx
WOTC on Secret Lair x Monster Hunter:
https://tinyurl.com/fn948fmy
The Story of Ghazban Ogress:
https://tinyurl.com/3tc6db3s
Mark Rosewater's Response to Ghazban Ogress:
https://tinyurl.com/ynvvasxc
Magic: The Gathering Movie:
https://tinyurl.com/3z9s2746
We Like The Hybrid Change, Actually | The Command Zone 708:
https://tinyurl.com/2duppunp
Sheldon Menery: Current Commander Concerns:
https://tinyurl.com/4r97826a
Why Not To Play Commander:
https://tinyurl.com/2cmdj2ku
Pigs & Slop:
https://tinyurl.com/yjc6ar94
What are we even doing? | The Command Zone 702:
https://tinyurl.com/7efnnjjs
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