In the first installement of Arcane Savants, we talk off the chuff about the current state of Commander preconstructed decks in 2023, reflect back on how they use to scale to homebrew decks, and talk about how the politics of Commander look to a newer player entering the format.

The Panel: Ryan Sainio, Jacob Torbeck, Kyle Winkler

Music - Emotional Chill Electronica Downtempo

Today I wanted to produce a companion piece to my article written for Hipsters of the Coast, coming out the same day, discussing the expandable card game, Marvel Champions. We hit on the teambuilding and adaptive nature of the game and going into smaller details I wasn't able to fit into a written piece.

Marvel Champions allows me to team up with my friends and go on an adventure taking place on the tabletop, it just might be the perfect game for someone in my audience as well.

I hope you all enjoy the episode. - Ryan S.

Music - "Old Record" by DmitryTrots

Taking a break from the more comic and podcast laden topics of the last few interviews, Ryan talks with HobbesQ of the Goblin Lore Podcast on the subject of fatherhood, the trials of medically assisted pregancies, and just being nerd dads with a mind on raising the best kids we can. How has fatherhood changed our relationships with our own parents and we may have learned lessons from their techniques. 

I am extremely proud of this episode and the discussions we have, even if some of them might now have been entirely fleshed out during the dicussions.

I hope you all enjoy the episode. - Ryan S.

Music - "Old Record" by DmitryTrots

The day has finally come, I sit down with the podcaster that got me into podcasting; Peter Rios of The Daily Rios and Comics Geek Speak fame. In this episode we discuss what it is like to live in a world of super hero media being a comic book fan. We have a little bit of podcast history mixed in, with some other smaller conversations. But I am truly blessed to have Peter sit down and help me recontextualize what it means to know comics.

I hope you all enjoy the episode. - Ryan S.

Music - "Old Record" by DmitryTrots

This week, we go behind the scenes on the Marvel Plus podcast with the show's host, Brett Scott, to talk about what goes into making the show at the pace the Disney+ shows come out.

In a dicussion that dives deep on topics - touching on his podcast origins, his many different shows, building a community, and much more - there is a lot to take away from the conversation.

I hope you all enjoy the episode. - Ryan S.

Music - "Old Record" by DmitryTrots

This week, I was joined by (another) Ryan, host of Talkin' Snikt: The Wolverine Show to talk about the House of X/Power of X trade from 2019, documenting the new status quo of mutants in the Marvel Universe.

There is dicussions of the X-Men history, how this could impact the MCU, and what is really up with Kang - a completely unrelated topic, not sure how it got there.

Our guest is a deep entrenched X-Men fan, so I hope you all enjoy the episode. - Ryan S.

Music - "Old Record" by DmitryTrots

This week, talk bout a series of short films I fully intended to make, but fell short on: "Ryan Sainio's Hamlet"

Touching on how the short films that were published in the late 2000's differ from the version I would make today. Nothing fully fleshed out, but something to think about.

Maybe, I make an audio play. Who really knows.

~ Ryan Sainio

Intro Music - "We Came Down" fea. Thotem by Superpoze

Ryan returns to talk through the process, decisions, and stories that lead to the previous episode, which looked to maintain a memory of his departed sister.

Hopefully, an honest testament of the thoughts and feelings had by our heroic host.

Enjoy.

~ Ryan Sainio

Intro Music - "We Came Down" fea. Thotem by Superpoze