{"id":922527,"date":"2025-12-27T21:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread"},"modified":"2025-12-27T21:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T21:53:20","slug":"divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorced Dads is a brilliant Magic The Gathering clone, but with more existential dread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Every now and then, a joke is just too good to stay a joke.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case for <strong>Divorced Dads<\/strong>, a collectible card game that has its origins in a viral video skit from comedian Graeme Barrett, aka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AudioOpera\">AudioOpera<\/a>. You&#8217;ve probably seen something of his when doomscrolling Instagram or Tiktok; his most-shared video by my estimation is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0q-qPLyN16Q\">skit news report<\/a> about a group of live-action role players finding a body in the woods while mid-LARP.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite bit of his, however, was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/4KM9SVyhlpA\">recurring<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/1Bm9uCukgds\">series<\/a> of a collectible card gaming character opening up booster packs of &lsquo;Divorced Dads&#8217;, a card game where every card represents something a Divorced Dad has, or wants. In various skits, cards like &lsquo;Bald Spot&#8217;, &lsquo;Jam Band&#8217;, &lsquo;Enchanted Forest&#8217; (one of those tree-shaped car air fresheners), &lsquo;Retirement Plan&#8217; (a fistful of lottery scratch-offs), and &lsquo;Hacked Facebook&#8217;. The rarest and most sought after card, of course, is &lsquo;The House&#8217; &#8211; because <em>she<\/em> usually takes the house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/divorced-dads-is-a-brilliant-magic-the-gathering-clone-but-with-more-existential-dread\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, a joke is just too good to stay a joke. Such is the case for Divorced Dads, a collectible card game that has its origins in a viral video skit from comedian Graeme Barrett, aka AudioOpera. You&#8217;ve probably seen something of his when doomscrolling Instagram or Tiktok; his most-shared video by my estimation is the skit news report about a group of live-action role players finding a body in the woods while mid-LARP. My favorite bit of his, however, was the recurring series of a collectible card gaming character opening up booster packs of &lsquo;Divorced Dads&#8217;, a card game where every card represents something a Divorced Dad has, or wants. 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