Emma is the Content Manager for MTG Rocks with work featured in Dicebreaker and Polygon. Emma loves helping players dive into Magic: The Gathering. She's big on games of all kinds and always happy to jump in on the fun. You can find Emma shuffling Magic cards, gushing about Thraben Inspector, or referencing The Simpsons.
Emma Partlow has hosted 101 Episodes.
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Episode 111: Modern Cascade On A Budget (Living End, Rhinos, Glimpse Combo)
September 22nd, 2022 | 39 mins 3 secs
afr, baldur's gate, budget, card, card game, cascade, commander, commander legends, content creation, core2021, d&d, dominaria, dominaria united, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, living end, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, rhinos, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott & Emma tackle a huge project that's been a long time in the making: Modern Cascade decks on a budget! They cover Rhinos, Living End, and Glimpse Combo, and how you can build all three decks for $100 per deck!
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Episode 109: Rotation Pickups for Pioneer & Modern!
September 1st, 2022 | 35 mins 51 secs
afr, baldur's gate, budget, card, card game, commander, commander legends, content creation, core2021, d&d, dominaria, dominaria united, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
This week, Scott & Emma take you though every set that's rotating shortly, and they highlight the best budget pickups from each one!
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Episode 108: Wizards Presents & Pauper Rotation Pickups!
August 25th, 2022 | 40 mins 42 secs
afr, baldur's gate, budget, card, card game, commander, commander legends, content creation, core2021, d&d, dominaria, dominaria united, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott and Emma lay out all the news from the recent Wizards Presents stream, and all of the sets that are confirmed for 2023. They also talk about their feelings on the next year of Magic, and as a bonus they even give a full list of Pauper cards to pick up before rotation!
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Episode 107: Exclusive Dominaria United Previews!
August 19th, 2022 | 12 mins 25 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dominaria united, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
The BM Cast crew are back, and Emma brought with her not one, but THREE exclusive Dominaria United preview cards! They talk about where they might see play, and one in particular catches Scott's eye... Thank you again to Wizards of the Coast for the free preview!
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Episode 106: Pioneer Primer: Mono White Humans
August 11th, 2022 | 38 mins 1 sec
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Emma is back, and she's brought a deck deep dive! She and Scott cover Mono White Humans for Pioneer, a budget deck that's putting up impressive results! They talk about the strengths of the deck, its weaknesses, and how to navigate some of the more tricky lines with this disruptive aggro deck.
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Episode 102: The Variety Episode with Angelo
July 14th, 2022 | 54 mins 46 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Emma takes the wheel while Scott's off galavanting at CommandFest Birmingham, and she's joined by Angelo (@thejesguy). They talk about affordable pickups from Double Masters 2022, their thoughts on Battle For Baldur's Gate, and they even talk about the disc horse...
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Episode 101: Stuff & Things
July 7th, 2022 | 34 mins 43 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
The month ahead is going to be a bit different. A sick Scott and tired Emma give a quick breakdown of the future of the show, Scott gives his five currently overperforming Commander cards, and they discuss the benefits of Mystical Archives...
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Episode 100: 100 Episodes: Then vs Now
June 30th, 2022 | 54 mins 43 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott & Emma look back on a hundred episodes and two years of The BM Cast. They look back on formats and bans, how the game has changed in that time, and what they'd like to do more of in the future.
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Episode 99: Double Masters 2022: Reprints & Pauper Downshifts
June 23rd, 2022 | 51 mins 9 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott & Emma take a look through the Double Masters 2022 previews this week! They talk about some of the valuable pulls, why Wizards include dud rares, and they express their real feelings about chaos cards...
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Episode 98: Battle For Baldur's Gate Precons & Upgrades
June 16th, 2022 | 50 mins 35 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott & Emma break down the preconstructed decks from Dungeons & Dragons: Battle For Baldur's Gate! They talk about the value cards & reprints, as well as ways to improve the decks for cheap. They also talk about the recent Pioneer Banned and Restricted announcement, and they might just have found a food take that they have in common...
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Episode 97: Artisan Commander & Baldur's Gate Previews
June 9th, 2022 | 45 mins 19 secs
afr, budget, card, card game, commander, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott & Emma take a look at Artisan Commander this week! They explain the difference between Artisan and regular Commander, give a quick rundown of the format, and then cover the best new legendaries that might make waves there.
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Episode 96: What About Second Baldur's Gate Previews?
June 2nd, 2022 | 38 mins 10 secs
afr, baldur's gate, budget, card, card game, commander, commander legends, content creation, core2021, d&d, dungeons and dragons, edh, forgotten realms, game, historic, magic, modern, mtg, mtg arena, pauper, pioneer, standard, tcg, zendikar
Scott and Emma are back to round out the rest of the D&D: Battle for Baldur's Gate preview season! They talk about the affordable powerhouese in the set, why Cut a Deal is so good, and they reveal their own class and background...