Episode 229: NRG Chicagoland & the Power of The One Ring, ft. d00mwake

We finally return to Modern!! Shane and Devon join forces to break down a bunch of tournaments from last weekend, including the NRG Chicagoland Modern $10k, a huge Japanese paper tournament, and some wild MTGO Challenges. After that, they look more closely at The One Ring (and some other cards) and how it's quickly changing the face of Modern.

The Break Down: Mono-G Tron has legs in Chicago
The Break Down, cont: Living End returns to MTGO
The Dive Down: Devon returns to... Modern?

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Timestamps:
6:36 - Housekeeping
8:59 - The Break Down begins: The NRG Chicagoland Modern $10k
11:46 - The overall metagame and deck breakdowns
26:25 - The NRG Top 8
33:55 - The NRG Leaderboard
35:52 - The Players Convention Modern Open
42:35 - What these two paper tournaments tell us
45:30 - The Modern Showcase Challenge
1:00:07 - What are we thinking about all these tournaments?
1:04:38 - Devon goes on an advertising journey
1:08:00 - The Dive Down begins: The One Ring(s)
1:27:54 - Delighted Halfling and Orcish Bowmasters
1:32:46 - Devon has been playing... Modern?
1:38:51 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
The NRG Chicagoland Modern $10K: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/14061
The Player's Convention Modern Open: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15431
Mixed data: https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/14956?mix=14939
The Showcase Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-showcase-challenge-2023-06-24#paper
Sunday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-06-25#paper
Boros Hammer: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/306630
Izzet... Stuff: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5694033#paper

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