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AirDate - 12/28/23

#1 WotC Best Move (last year's winner: 40K Commander + Collector Decks):

• GenCon 3-year Announcement Day -NerdGirl? -MoxReuby - Evan
• Doctor Who faithful recreations
• Saving draft boosters, new set boosters too - PowrDragn
• Big Universes Beyond licenses signed

#2 WotC Worst Move (last year's winner: 30th Anniversary packs):

• D&D Open Gaming License 1.1 -MoxReuby - Evan
• Hiring the actual Pinkertons
• Commander Masters "Bust Equity"
• Mass Layoffs in 2023 -NerdGirl
• Too many variant printing types - PowrDragn
• March of the Machine: Aftermath

#3 Hashtag of the Year (last year's winner: #mtgbro):

• #stopthesub / #DnDBegone (DNDBeyond OGL 1.1 clusterf)
• #mtgambassador -NerdGirl, PowrDragn -MoxReuby - Evan
• #TheOneRing

#4 In Memoriam (no "winners"; all announced):

• Sheldon Menery, "L6" Judge, godfather of Commander https://www.weremember.com/sheldon-menery/6w3o/memories
• Teeuwynn "Tee" Woodruff, MTG designer https://x.com/maro254/status/1698413270284333239?s=46&t=k4fFg36qAlE5wMj3KtN0yA
• The Judge Academy
• 1,800+ layoffs in 2023
• The O.G. draft booster
• Comic Town in Columbus, OH
• Karn, The Great Creator + Geological Appraiser in Pioneer & Explorer
• Fury + Beans in Modern
• Swiftspear in Pauper

#5 Most Hated Card (last year's winner: Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki)

• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (DOM) -MoxReuby
• Counterspell (Secret Lair? Maybe?)
• The One Ring (LOTR)
• Orcish Bowmasters (LOTR) -NerdGirl - Evan
• Up the Beanstalk (WOE)
• Atraxa, Grand Unifier (ONE) - PowrDragn

#6 Most Loved Card (last year's winner: The Wandering Emperor):

• Skrelv, Defector Mite (ONE)
• Halfling "Tolkien" (LOTR)
• Weathered card back (MTG Arena) - PowrDragn
• Ian Malcolm, Chaotician (Jurassic World Collection)
• Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender (WOE) -NerdGirl -MoxReuby - Evan

#7 Drama of the Year (last year's winner: 30th Anniversary):

• DMR leaks of ONE rares in packs
• D&D's OGL 1.1 debacle -MoxReuby - Evan
• Pinkertons and Aftermath -NerdGirl
• Standard shift to 3 years
• Wayfarer's Bauble art controversy
• Race-shifted LOR characters - PowrDragn
• Ambassador Program? -NerdGirl, PowrDragn

#8 Artwork of the Year (last year's winner: Ob Nixilis, The Adversary by Yongjae Choi):

• Graveborn token (CMM, Jeff Miracola, 17 years after Cold Snap)
• TARDIS border cards in WHO -MoxReuby - Evan
• The Goose Mother (WOE, Jesper Eising) -NerdGirl
• Nissa, Ascended Animist (ONE) - PowrDragn
• Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines (ONE)

#9 Coverage Moment of the Year (last year's winner: [no winner]):

• Elijah Wood commercial
• Jake Beardsley makes top 8, tackles gf, later wins PT LOTR -MoxReuby
• Posty Buys The One Ring -NerdGirl - Evan
• My Magic Life (BDM tribute/interview of Sheldon) - PowrDragn

#10 Format of the Year (last year's winner: Commander):

• 3-Year Standard
• Modern
• Commander -NerdGirl, PowrDragn - Evan
• Pioneer -NerdGirl
• Timeless -MoxReuby

#11 Set of the Year (last year's winner: Warhammer 40k):

• Phyrexia: All Will Be One
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth
• Lorcana: The First Chapter HAHA
• Wilds of Eldraine -NerdGirl
• Commander Masters
• The Lost Caverns of Ixalan - PowrDragn -MoxReuby - Evan

#12 Card of the Year (last year's winner: Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki):

• The One Ring (LOTR) -NerdGirl, PowrDragn -MoxReuby - Evan
• Orcish Bowmasters (LOTR)
• Everybody Lives! (WHO)

The Finisher

We've come to the end of yet another year, and yet another Micsies. So, as we look forward to the NINTH annual Magic Micsies in 2024, what do you predict we'll be talking about at this time next year?