MTG in 2025 - Year in Review | 719

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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