Navigated to MTG in 2025 - Year in Review | 719

MTG in 2025 - Year in Review | 719

Dec 31, 2025
3h 26m

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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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