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Modern Boros Energy has quickly emerged as a Tier 1 Modern deck despite the ongoing menace of Nadu taking over tournaments left and right. On this week's show, The Dive Down is joined by YungDingo to break down how the deck functions, how to sequence its various 1-drops, and the benefits of splashing into black for Mardu Energy.

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Timestamps:
2:56 - A Dingo ate my Heavy Play
4:40 - This week's episode/housekeeping
8:55 - The Dive Down begins: A wild Dingo appears!
17:28 - Inside the Grinder's Studio
21:52 - What is Boros Energy all about?
26:20 - The 1-drops
36:52 - The 2-drops
51:30 - The 3-drops
1:08:45 - Interaction
1:13:40 - The Energy economy
1:17:42 - The matchups
1:26:56 - The future of Boros Energy
1:31:01 - Bye, Dingo!

Links from this week's episode:
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x.com/yungdingomtg
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6540163#paper

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Someone finally did it... Crashing Footfalls has revealed its beautiful face again in a post-MH3 Modern tournament, so D00mwake and Stan had to try the deck out themselves. Then we share our favorite picks from Bloomburrow in the final week of spoilers for the upcoming set.

The Break Down: Stan and Devon talk about the same deck again.
The Dive Down: Dave talks about the same cards again. Shane has the same doubts again.

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Timestamps:
6:00 - Heavy Play, not a camarone
7:10 - This week's show/housekeeping
11:01 - The Break Down begins: The rhinos are back in town
43:44 - The Dive Down begins: Bloomburrow spoilers, part 2
44:26 - The Infamous Cruelclaw (revisited)/Sunspine Lynx
49:53 - Osteomancer Adept
52:36 - Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
55:04 - Beza, the Bounding Spring (revisited)/Dourport Mage
1:00:37 - Huskburster Swarm
1:03:13 - Fountainport
1:05:21 - Jackdaw Savior
1:09:34 - Vinereap Mentor
1:11:10 - Ygra, Eater of All
1:15:25 - Darkstar Auger
1:17:54 - Stormsplitter
1:20:22 - Valley Mightcaller
1:21:14 - Keen-Eyed Curator
1:25:28 - Thundertrap Trainer
1:27:30 - Our picks to click
1:35:16 - Wrapping up

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Oh look, another Modern tournament dominated by Nadu decks! On this week's show, we break down the results from NRG Chicago, which included a Modern 10K and some cheeky side events featuring the rhino boys. Then we dive into our Bloomburrow spoilers.

• No Surprises, All Alarms
• Higher Highs for Nadu
• The Cutest Little Cards Ever

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Timestamps:
3:08 - Heavy Play is anything but bland
5:13 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:51 - The Break Down begins: NRG Chicagoland
26:20 - The MTGO Modern Super Qualifier
35:21 - The Dive Down begins: Bloomburrow Spoilers begin!
41:42 - Hidden Grotto
42:51 - Three Tree City
46:28 - Heartfire Hero
49:10 - Into the Floodmaw
52:13 - Iridescent Vinelasher
53:46 - Might of the Meek
55:41 - Valley Mightcaller
56:51 - Mistbreath Elder
59:49 - Emberheart Challenger
1:02:20 - Kitsa, Otterball Elite
1:06:37 - Brazen Collector/Coruscation Mage
1:09:33 - Artist's Talent
1:11:32 - Dawn's Truth
1:13:13 - Dewdrop Cure
1:15:33 - Pearl of Wisdom
1:16:17 - Rottenmouth Viper
1:18:17 - Huskburster Swarm
1:20:54 - Ral, Crackling Wit
1:22:43 - Maha, Its Feathers Night
1:25:00 - The Season Cycle
1:27:38 - Mockingbird
1:29:40 - The Infamous Cruelclaw
1:31:56 - Beza, The Bounding Spring
1:35:16 - Wrapping up

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We couldn't get through an episode without mentioning the lack of a Nadu ban, but quickly dive into the huge batch of MTGO data that was finally unlocked after several weeks of downtime. Then we recap some of our favorite sideboard cards in the current Modern Metagame, and announce latest love of Basim Ibn Ishaq and Ocelot Pride.

We kick off the show by asking the difficult question, "What is WOTC waiting for?" Then we dive into a ton of MTGO data, which finally came back this week with decks from Leagues, Challenges, and Last Chance qualifiers. We review the most successul decks and admire some of the coolest outliers.

Then we rundown some of the biggest sideboard cards to make a splash after MH3 and the decks they attack most.

The Break Down: What are they waiting for?
The Break Down, cont.: New Pivot Tables Unlocked
The Dive Down: How to Sideboard for MH3

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Timestamps:
6:00 - Heavy Play will not remove your fingers
9:24 - This week's episode/housekeeping
14:32 - The Break Down begins: Nadu's still here
22:10 - Decklists are back, and we broke them down
30:17 - MH3 has dramatically changed Modern - is this good?
47:55 - Some new decks on the Modern scene
1:11:28 - The Dive Down begins: New meta, new sideboards
1:31:39 - Winding down

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PT Amsterdam was last week and Modern will never be the same. This week Dave, Devon, and Stan talk about the huge impact MH3 cards had on the tournament — and, of course, spend a ton of time speculating about what's going to happen with Nadu. Bans? Errata? Only Fly Away? We'll see, but we mostly bet it won't happen until about 6 weeks from now (sorry).

Devon shares what he thinks the next best deck will be. Stan gets energetic about his RCQ deck choice. Dave is torn between two ways to gain card advantage.

• 25.5% Nah Dude
• Anyone Have a Line on Cheap Soul Spikes?
• Is The One Ring The Real Problem?

Timecodes:
2:30: Introduction
5:53: We Love Heavy Play
7:38: Housekeeping
9:35: PT Amsterdam Day 1 Metagame
15:10: Winrates, etc., starting with Nadu
17:01: Sideboard Cards (RIP Storm)
21:55: The Next Decks: Jeskai Energy Control and Necrodominance
31:31: 10-0 Lists (Bant Nadu, Necro, Esper Goryo's)
35:49: Boros Energy
43:18: Domain Zoo
45:10: Mono Black Grief
47:03: Underperformers (Storm, Merfolk)
52:48: Focus on Nadu
53:06: Eldrazi Winter and Hogaak
1:01:16: We Said the B Word — Time to Ban Nadu
1:09:38: What About The One Ring?
1:18:10: What We're Doing During the Nadu Era
1:20:30: Signoff

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On this week's show, we take a look at the results from Modern's first big paper tournaments since the release of MH3. We chat about NRG St. Louis, MXP Tacoma, our predictions for PT Amsterdam, Stan's experiences playing Bant Nadu, Devon's experiments with Kappa Cannoneer, and Dave (and Devon's) explorations of Energy Prowess.

The Break Down: Paper Modern Shows its Colors
The Dive Down: Nadu, Kappa, and Mutagenic Growth

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Timestamps:
5:41 - Heavy Play time
7:00 - This week's show/housekeeping
10:22 - The Break Down begins: the NRG St. Louis Modern event
19:12 - The MXP Tacoma Modern event
24:55 - What does the PT metagame potentially look like?
48:31 - The Dive Down begins: What's the deal with these new cards?
49:57 - Stan Nadu'd so you Nadon't have to
1:03:30 - Devon loves Kappa Cannoneer
1:11:15 - Dave (and Devon) played Energy Prowess
1:23:20 - We mention a single Assassin's Creed card
1:26:00 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/52904
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/79404
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6464281#paper
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6oV78FnDbkCjyWt3OEVKRg
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/mhmc1tqudk23WRA4yUUhew

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It's time to rev up those rental accounts because new cards are on the horizon. On this week's show, Shane and Stan (aka The Cool S Bros) share their war stories of leaguing with Modern Horizon 3 decks. Stan fires up some Boros Energy and Ruby Storm, while Shane locks his opponents out with Eldrazi Prison.

We kick off the show with a high level check-in on format diversity in the weeks following MH3's release. Then we chat about the one-two punch of Guide of Souls and Ajani, flexible applications for Kozilek's Command, and Storming off against The One Ring decks.

The Break Down: MH3 Week 2
The Dive Down: Sleeve, Believe, Heaving new decks in Modern

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Timestamps:
7:12 - Heavy Play is lovely
8:51 - This week's show/housekeeping
14:54 - The Break Down begins: The new top tier of Modern?
25:10 - The Dive Down begins: Stan played Boros Energy
50:52 - Shane played Eldrazi Prison Tron
1:19:18 - Stan played Ruby Storm
1:33:16 - Wrapping up

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Welcome to the new Horizon of Modern. That long awaited day is finally here — Horizons 3 has launched and is in the hands of anyone who wants to: 1) use a Bird Wizard to draw their whole deck, 2) Break a line with a bowl of spaghet monsters, 3) Pay life to draw cards, then DIE, and 4) explore an potentially incredible new format.

This week Dave and Devon talk through early impressions of decks we're seeing, things we've tested, early results from an MH3-inclusive 5k in Las Vegas and more. Tune in for the Nadu, stay for the Unstable Amulet. It's another week on The Dive Down!

• Nadu
• Eldrazi
• And All the Rest of the Cards

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Timestamps:
3:20 — Heavy Play Means Business
7:40 — Housekeeping
9:30 — The only place we can start: Nadu
27:15 — Big Eldrazi (Tron)
33:40 — Lil 'Drazi (Aggro)
42:00 — Affinity
43:55 — Ruby Storm
52:05 — Energy Decks (Boros, R Prowess, 4c Control)
56:40 — Mono Black Griefs, Scam (Necrodominance and more)
1:07:02 — Buried Alive/Phoenix
1:09:38 — Stuff We Haven't Seen (Flare of Cultivation, Shifting Woodlands)
1:13:03 — What We've Excited for Next
1:16:01 — What About Old Modern?
1:17:19 — Outro

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It took another couple hours but we finally made it through the complete MH3 spoiler (even after skipping a ton of limited fodder). We wrap up our set review with the gold cards along with the new to Modern reprints, and cap it off with some of our favorite cards in the set and a few called shots about cards to watch.

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Timestamps:
4:26 - Heavy Play: likely better than Dark Knight Rises
5:36 - This week's episode/housekeeping
9:29 - Multicolored
35:12 - Artifacts
46:50 - Lands
1:04:25 - Dual-Faced cards
1:28:26 - Reprints
1:57:18 - Our MH3 awards
2:10:12 - Our final takes on MH3
2:20:55 - Wrapping up

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It's finally here! The Modern Horizons 3 spoiler is complete — and wow do we have a lot to talk about. Join us this week as Dave, Devon, and Shane talk through every card * in the set from Colorless and WUBRG. We debate which new Eldrazi titan is best, how much energy you need to feel paid off, some pet cards that we wish we good, and more! Lots more because we're talking about every card *.

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Timestamps:
3:17 - Heavy Play is nothing to be apprehensive about
5:01 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:08 - The Dive Down: It's Modern Horizons 3 set review time!
10:10 - Colorless
23:29 - White
45:30 - Blue
1:10:05 - Black
1:32:42 - Red
1:50:53 - Green
2:07:05 - Wrapping up

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The time has finally come for the sea change that is Modern Horizons 3. We dissect the first batch of official spoilers from Tuesday, and revisit some of our most embarrassing evaluations from MH2 spoiler season all those moons ago.

We chat about Phlage, the Eldrazi Titans, the Flares and Medallions, new toys for Storm, and lots more!

The Dive Down: The MH3 Spoiler Season We Always Wanted
The Wind Down: The MH2 Spoiler Season We Hoped to Forget

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Timestamps:
7:10 - Heavy Play can hold MH3 cards
9:08 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
12:37 - The Dive Down begins: MH3 spoilers begin!
15:26 - Stan's Polygon spoiler: Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
24:17 - Amped Raptor
28:00 - Devourer of Destiny
30:51 - Ulamog the Defiler
35:49 - Breaker of Creation
36:39 - Ugin's Labyrinth
39:52 - Thief of Existence
41:51 - Basking Broodscale
44:36 - Kozilek, the Broken Reality
49:00 - Flare of Fortitude (and other Flares)
54:09 - Flare of Duplication
55:11 - The Medallions
59:16 - Ral, Monsoon Mage
1:03:07 - Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1:05:06 - Harbinger of the Seas
1:09:58 - Orim's Chant
1:11:19 - Powerbalance
1:12:54 - Double-faced lands
1:14:54 - Eladamri, Korvecdal
1:19:01 - Our worst takes from the MH2 spoiler season
1:30:13 - Wrapping up

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On this week's show, the four amigos break down the results of the Modern Open at NRG Indianapolis, the last big paper Modern tournament before MH3 changes everything (presumably). Plus, D00mwake joins the dark side and started playing Phoenix. And Stan tries some new cards in Ensoul, plus a bunch of OJT drafts.

The Break Down: The Motor City is a Real Zoo Meta
The Dive Down: Be the Bad Guy, Play Phoenix
The Dive Down cont.: Stan Likes OTJ

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Timestamps:
6:56 - Heavy Play is our favorite co-host
8:25 - Goodbye, Tanner!
12:23 - This week's show/housekeeping
17:15 - NRG Indy's Modern $10K
46:15 - Cool decks grab bag - d00m on Izzet Phoenix
56:36 - Stan played some new cards in Ensoul
1:08:20 - Talking about Freestrider Lookout
1:13:45 - Stan loves OTJ draft
1:25:40 - Wrapping up

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After a brief intro, Stan is forced to drop out of the ep leaving Shane and Dave in the hot seat. First, they examine last weekend's 4 Modern Challenges in search of ideas, inspiration, and surprises. Do you know what the highest frequency deck was in all these Challenges? How about the one most likely to convert to an X-2 or better record? After all the event talk, the team goes deep into Andrea Mengucci's Gruul Prowess list from the weekend and welcome the return of the real king — Tarmogoyf.

• Shane & Dave Take Over
• A Few Surprising Challenges
• More Talk About Tarmogoyf

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Timestamps:
1:55 - Stanley Cups x Heavy Play
5:33 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:49 - The current Modern Challenge metagame
34:48 - Gruul Prowess in Modern
51:25 - Is Abundant Harvest good?
54:22 - Is Questing Druid good?
58:26 - More on Gruul Prowess
1:11:52 - Briefly talking MH3 spoilers
1:18:37 - Turn it off if you want: some Survivor chat
1:24:50 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Bamzing's Challenge Posts:
Saturday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1ckv7pz/saturday_modern_challenges_results_may_4_2024/
Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1cllxrd/sunday_modern_challenges_results_may_5_2024/
Mengu's Prowess List: https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1786721343523704991

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Shout out to Wizards of the Coast for seeing some poor quality card pictures in the wild and letting us see them in high definition instead. Official MH3 spoilers dropped this week, on the heels of the latest Pro Tour. Stan and D00mwake discuss!

Do Pro Tours still mean anything? Perhaps when the format they feature is fresh and exciting! We don't talk about Standard often, but enough innovations emerged at PT Thunder Junction, we were pumped to chat about the latest cards and winning decks.

Speaking of latest cards. MH3 spoilers came early, despite the somewhat awkward circumstances. The Dive Down doesn't discuss leaks, but official spoilers have started to roll out and we chat about some standouts, including Flare of Denial, Winter Moon, Kappa Cannoneer, and Wight of the Reliquery.

The Break Down: A Pro Tour for the Cowboy In All Of Us
The Dive Down: A Look, A New Free Counterspell

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Timestamps:
01:40 - Intro
02:00 - Holding a Heavy Play Heart
04:10 - A d00mwake-style Omelette
07:30 - This aggression will not stand
09:20 - This week’s show/housekeeping
16:05 - PT Seattle: What does it mean now?
19:40 - Overall Metagame
27:10 - Winrates
35:25 - Top 8
43:10 - Final thoughts on Standard
48:20 - Modern Horizons 3 early spoilers
49:05 - Nethergoyf
53:50 - Chthonian Nightmare
59:15 - Ugin’s Labyrinth
1:04:16 - Flare of Denial
1:09:22 - Kappa Cannoneer
1:12:45 - Winter Moon
1:16:25 - Wight of the Reliquary
1:21:21 - Wrapping Up

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A new spellslinger's in town — goes by the name Slickshot Show-Off. This week we focus on the most hyped card coming into OTJ season, where it's fitting across formats, and talk about a few tricks to making sure the show off goes off without a hitch... off. Is there anything we can do to keep Dave from falling into a deep Prowess hole again? Probably not, but we're going to try — and just in case you're trying to avoid catching Prowess, too, we also talk about a few other decks Devon is having success with in Pioneer. But first — before all that — we dive into the Modern main event at this weekend's NRG Minneapolis tournament.

• NRG Minneapolis
• The Show Off Rides Again
• It's Basically Demonic Tutor

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Timestamps:
4:30 - Heavy Play has clout
6:42 - This week's show/housekeeping
11:32 - The Break Down begins: NRG Minneapolis
24:34 - The top 8
28:55 - Cool Decks, Inc
33:04 - The Dive Down begins: We played some cool decks!
34:10 - Slickshot Showoff - does it live up to the hype in Modern?
56:45 - Does it live up to the hype in Pioneer?
1:09:05 - Golgari Vampires in Pioneer
1:16:35 - Azorius Mentor Zombies in Pioneer
1:25:18 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Modern Open Decklists: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/51194
Alex Poulosky, Modern Temur Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/388962
Nathan VanDinter, Modern Temur Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/388996
Ryan Overturf, Modern Gruul Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/387842
Devon O'Donnell, Pioneer Gruul Prowess: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6332355#paper
d00mwake, Pioneer Golgari Vampires: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6338707#paper
Devon O'Donnell (aka d00mwake), Pioneer UW Zombie Mentor: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6339425#paper

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On this week’s show, we manage to fill that awkward week between spoilers and set release by preparing for the upcoming RCQ season, which conveniently kicks off this weekend. We take a look at the Pioneer metagame going into the season, and some possible upgrades from Outlaws of Thunder Junction that could shake up the format too.

Everything but the water and Clif Bars
New season old decks
D00m has prepared some new decks

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Timestamps:
5:42 - Barenaked Heavy Play
7:35 - This week's show/housekeeping
11:17 - The Dive Down begins: Prepping for Pioneer RCQ season
22:21 - The current Pioneer meta - Tier 1
42:07 - The Tier 2 decks
56:31 - Some Cool Decks
59:50 - d00m's hot new decks for Pioneer
1:22:01 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Anael Yahi's Data: https://twitter.com/anaelyahi/status/1779962905099665648
Metagame Mentor: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-pioneer-decks-to-defeat-at-april-2024-rcqs
MTGDecks.net Pioneer Winrates: https://mtgdecks.net/Pioneer/winrates
D00m's Dimir Proft: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322644#paper
D00m's Slickshot Heroic: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322647#paper
D00m's Azorius Geralf: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322650#paper
D00m's MonoB Bronco: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322652#paper
D00m's Bant Plot: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322653#paper

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We said we'd never lie to you, but maybe... maybe we'd forget that there were another 30 mythics left to talk about in this set. So we did it for you — more cards! This week Dave, Devon, and Shane talk about what might happen with some of these weird, weird cards from The Big Score. Do we tell a certain Jitte to stay lost? What happens when we break out the Synthesizer? What card that Devon loves left Dave and Shane quaking in their boots?

After we discuss The Big Score, we take a quick trip through Pure Modern 5 — the most recent installment of Devon's "What if there was a simpler Modern?" tournaments.

• Congrats, Tanner
• The Spoils of the Vault
• Pure Modern: Stormwing is Back, Baby

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Timestamps:
1:40 - Heavy Play is not impacted by the eclipse
5:52 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:03 - The Dive Down begins: The Big Score
12:20 - Lost Jitte
19:08 - Worldwalker Helm
23:00 - Simulacrum Synthesizer
27:01 - Bristlebud Farmer
30:22 - Torpor Orb
32:26 - Pest Control
36:26 - Generous Plunderer
39:13 - Sandstorm Salvager
41:25 - Harvester of Misery
44:20 - Grand Abolisher
46:35 - Legion Extruder
48:42 - Memory Vessel
49:58 - Esoteric Duplicator
53:24 - Greed's Gambit
57:16 - Sword of Wealth and Power
59:55 - Loot, the Key to Everything
1:02:52 - d00mwake's 5th Pure Modern tournament
1:17:08 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
d00m's Pure Modern 5 Meta: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/70042

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Our friends from across the Multiverse have flooded the desert sands of Thunder Junction, and brought a host of exciting new spoiler cards with them. We recap some of our favorite cards and other notable arrivals in Magic's 100th set.

Are all the Spree cards great or merely good? Is the emphasis on Crime cards the latest symptom of Magic's moral decline? Have we lost the Plot or simply found a new way to cast spells for free?

D00mwake likes Duelist of the Mind. Dave likes Requisition Raid. Shane likes Magda, the Hoardmaster. Stan likes Calamity, Galloping Inferno.

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Timestamps:
6:39 - Heavy Play is not an April Fool's joke
8:54 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
11:15 - The mechanics of Outlaws of Thunder Junction
20:07 - Aven Interrupter
23:58 - Final Showdown
27:05 - Fortune, Loyal Steed
29:07 - High Noon
31:30 - Claim Jumper
33:15 - Requisition Raid/Bovine Intervention
37:16 - Getaway Glamour
37:17 - Oltec Matterweaver
41:15 - Archmages Newt
44:28 - Duelist of the Mind
48:24 - Jace, Reawakened
51:22 - Geralf, the Fleshwright
53:35 - The Key to the Vault
56:49 - Three Steps Ahead
59:10 - Kaervek, the Punisher
1:10:59 - Hollow Murauder
1:04:30 - Lively Dirge
1:07:06 - Insatiable Avarice
1:09:09 - Pitiless Carnage
1:10:40 - Magda, the Hordemaster
1:13:22 - Magebane Lizard/Reckless Lackey
1:14:40 - Slickshot Showoff
1:19:01 - Calamity, Galloping Inferno
1:20:40 - Aloe Alchemist/Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
1:22:40 - Collosal Rattlewurm
1:24:14 - Smuggler's Surprise
1:27:10 - Railway Brawler
1:29:05 - Ornery Tumblewagg/Trash the Town
1:32:40 - Akul the Unrepentant
1:34:30 - Assimilation Aegis
1:36:40 - Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius/Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds/Intimidation Campaign
1:38:04 - Oko, the Ringleader/Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
1:40:36 - Satoru, the Infiltrator
1:44:35 - Pillage the Bog
1:46:54 - Lavaspur Boots
1:50:08 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
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Results are in from LMS Prague and we break down the top decks at the 265 player event. Then chat about our experiences playing a couple versions of Domain Zoo. And D00mwake shares the secret to winning an RCQ.

The Break Down: Legacy European Tour Master Series Prague, Grand Open Qualifier (Modern)
The Dive Down: Takeaways - A Domain Zoo Experience Discussion
The Wind Down: D00mwake won an RCQ!

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Timestamps:
5:35 - Heavy Plan is not from Khans era
7:33 - This week's episode/housekeeping
11:35 - The Break Down begins: The Legacy European Tour Prague Modern Open!
23:18 - The top 8 results
30:27 - Winrates and matchups
48:20 - How are we feeling about Modern?
53:04 - The Dive Down begins: It's all happening at the zoo
1:17:05 - Devon won another RCQ!
1:29:51 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/59235
https://twitter.com/MTGdecks/status/1772028283762192725
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6272273#paper
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6273416#paper
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1771203670236909886

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This weekend was the annual Hunter Burton Memorial Open, the first large paper Modern tournament since the recent B&R. We dive into the tournament results to see where the format is headed, try out some of the latest versions of Rhinos to see if Cascade still works, and enjoy a little Goryo's Vengeance as a treat.

Thanks to smarter people than us, we've reviewed a ton of Modern results and win percentages to get a sense for who's beating who in the latest Modern format. We review some of the expected strategies to rise in popularity in a post-Rhino Modern tournament, admire some possible up and comers to the metagame, and pontificate about where Modern can go from here.

Then Stan and Shane fire up some Rhino decks to see if the Cascade hits keep coming without Violent Outburst, and Stan finally wraps up his Goryo's Vengeance league and experiences some Scam flashbacks.

The Break Down: Hunter Burton Memorial Open results to chew on.
The Dive Down: Rainbow Rhino and Goryo's Vengeance decks to stew on.

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Timestamps:
4:20 - Heavy Play gets a thumbs up
6:53 - This week's episode/housekeeping
10:16 - The Break Down begins: The HBMO Modern Event
53:34 - Stan plays Goryo's Vengeance
1:06:05 - Stan and Shane played the new Rainbow Rhinos
1:32:39 - Wrapping up

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The mad lads did it, they banned our beloved Violent Outburst in Modern. We're not particularly happy about the outcome or its communication, but we discuss what it means for Cascade decks and the format moving forward.

In today's episode, we delve into the somewhat surprising B&R announcement and discuss the survivability of Cascade strategies moving forward. We assess some potential winners and losers from the news, including some decks to watch out for in the coming weeks, including Yawgmoth, Titan, Reaninator, Creativity, and more. We also express our concerns about the ban announcement lacking detailed data, as we had hoped for more transparent communication from Wizards of the Coast. The absence of bans in Pioneer also caught our attention, and we critiqued the announcement for its perceived shortcomings, urging for greater detail and insight in future communications.

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Timestamps:
2:15 - Heavy Play will not be banned
4:52 - This week's episode/housekeeping
7:32 - The Dive Down begins: Violent Outburst is banned!
32:33 - How we feel about the actual ban
45:00 - Where does Rhinos go?
50:50 - Where does Modern go?
1:02:25 - What about Pioneer?
1:13:45 - Yes, we talked about Balatro again
1:29:47 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
March 11 B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/march-11-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement

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A discourse is brewing on this week's Dive Down, as the rhino boyz reflect on some of the issues Modern players seem to have with the current format and metagame. Can we close Pandora's box of free spells and triomes? Will MH3 save us? Or could WOTC do something more... drastic..?

The Break Down: Devon asked, you answered.

The Dive Down: Eight Hateful Hypotheses

The Wind Down: Love that joker... for about 20 minutes.

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Timestamps:
4:30 - Heavy Play: easy to open
8:09 - This week's episode/housekeeping
11:50 - The Dive Down begins: Modern's Hate Hypotheses
21:25 - Grief.
27:55 - Cascade.
39:15 - Free spells.
49:35 - The mana.
58:37 - The One Ring/Bowmasters.
1:07:51 - Modern is stale.
1:12:16 - Did a perfect Modern ever exist?
1:19:50 - The Wind Down: It's Balatro time!
1:38:18 - Wrapping up

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Last weekend was MagicCon Chicago — and wow are we tired, friends. Join the Rhino Boyz as we recap the main event, side events, and small events that made up what was a great weekend in the Motor City! Shane give a metagame breakdown of the PT. Stan takes a shot at the cup. D00m plays the hero. Dave falls in love with a bunch of real Jokers.

• They Broke It
• Rats, Assassins, Villians, and Free Spells
• We Tried It

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Timestamps:
3:38 - Heavy Play is not on a PIP
6:18 - This week's show/housekeeping
10:42 - The Break Down begins: MagicCon Chicago!
14:11 - A Pro Tour MKM breakdown
39:08 - The PT Top 8
41:46 - Final thoughts on the PT
45:04 - 4 new sets from the MC Preview Panel
1:10:53 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen and Roy Graham from WOTC
1:32:30 - The Dive Down begins: Rakdos Vampires takes a bite out of Pioneer
1:52:48 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
PT Meta on Melee: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/52679
Frank Karsten's WR%s: https://twitter.com/karsten_frank/status/1761570878737748061/photo/1
Preview card reference: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/future-sets-spoilers-february-23-modern-horizons-3-thunder-junction-bloomburrow-and-assassin-s-creed
Seth Manfield's/CFB's RB Vampires Decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6211825#paper

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The MagicCon is finally upon us. We prepare for a weekend full of side events by looking at the most exciting innovations for our favorite formats, and figure out how to win the most tickets for the coveted prize wall.

We take a look at Modern and Standard results since the release of Murders, plus whatever Pioneer results we can get our hands on, to share our favorite decks in each format and what strategies appear to be performing best too.

We also stop by the first NRG Series Open of the year in beauitiful Elmhurst, Illinois to chat with Dom Harvey, Misplaced Ginger, and Christian Calcano!

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Timestamps:
3:56 - Heavy Play: not complicated
6:04 - This week's show/housekeeping
12:37 - The Break Down begins: The NRG Chicago Pioneer $10k
19:05 - An interview with Derek Pite (aka Misplaced Ginger)
27:27 - Back to NRG Chicago
39:38 - The NRG Chicago Standard $5k
42:50 - The Dive Down begins: Planning for Magiccon Chicago!
48:58 - What we're playing in Modern
1:07:55 - What we're playing in Pioneer
1:18:58 - An interview with Dom Harvey
1:29:21 - Some Standard thoughts
1:42:04 - An interview with Christian Calcano
1:48:10 - Some final stuff about Magiccon Chicago
1:50:11 - Wrapping up

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Join us this week as we discuss how Modern has gone rainbow. The full compliment of Rhino Boys — Dave, Devon, Shane, and Stan — are together for the first time this year. We're talking about Modern in upheaval and the results from all the RCs this last weekend.

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• Rhino Supremacy, Part XXIV
• Lifelink, Hexproof, Trample, First Strike, Vigilance

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Timestamps:
0:01 - A big announcement!
5:05 - Heavy mise en Play-ce
7:56 - This week's episode/housekeeping
14:51 - The Dive Down: Modern Upheaval, and not the card
17:40 - The Dallas RC meta and Leyline Rhinos
25:30 - Dallas winrates and conversion rates
38:15 - The Dallas top 8 and other Modern events
44:29 - A giant winrate matrix
56:10 - Up-and-coming decks from the past weekend
1:08:41 - Dave played Leyline Zoo
1:16:02 - Stan played Leyline Rhinos
1:23:40 - Devon played Goryo's Vengeance Asmo stuff
1:30:02 - Some brief Pioneer NRG prep chat
1:33:05 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Denver RC listsing: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/54549
@AzoriusI's data: https://twitter.com/AzoriusI/status/1757036428674891821?t=eUvsssljH2AZZ0U3SmOWpA&s=19
Typical Rainbow Rhinos List (from Mack Endress): https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/363672
Modern Matrix from MtgDecks.net: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/winrates/range:custom_2024-02-09_2024-02-12
d00mwake's Goryo's Vengeance list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6173859#paper

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RC Denver is coming up. MagicCon Chicago is coming up. As a bit of an amuse bouche for these giant upcoming events, this week Dave and Shane take a look at SCGCON Hartford — Modern $10ks, Pioneer Events — and talk about MKM cards that we've seen pop up across our formats. Leyline? Surveil? More?

• SCGCON Hartford's Modern $10ks
• Surveiling the Landscape
• Leyline is where?

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Timestamps:
3:01 - Heavy Play is out of sight
4:50 - This week's episode/housekeeping
12:17 - SCG Hartford Modern 10k(s) check-in
23:15 - Saturday's Top 8 and general performance chat
36:28 - Sunday's Modern 10k
49:50 - New cards in Hartford's Pioneer events
53:55 - New decks from our favorite streamers
1:11:49 - Wrapping up

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This week Shane returns, and in celebration we take a quick trip to Ghent to recap the Modern RC this week. What's going on in Modern as we make our way towards the next RC in Denver? But first (well, second, actually) — the last cards we like from MKM, and our top 5 lists!

• The More Modern Stays the Same, the More it Changes
• Rhino Supremacy, Part XVI
• More Orrible Murder

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Timestamps:
3:54 - We can talk about Heavy Play
5:34 - This week's show/housekeeping
12:07 - The Break Down: Legacy European Championship Ghent
16:27 - Dave's Cool Decks, Inc diversion
22:52 - Deck performances
27:37 - The top 8
31:00 - Takes and takeaways
37:37 - The Dive Down: Week 2 of Murders at Markov Manor spoilers!
40:44 - Reenact the Crime
46:16 - Insidious Roots
50:49 - Break Out
57:55 - Gleaming Geardrake
57:56 - Tomik, Wielder of Law
1:01:21 - Pick Your Poison
1:05:16 - Assemble the Players
1:17:15 - Case of the Gorgon's Kiss
1:10:01 - Forensic Researcher
1:15:16 - Case of the Uneaten Feast
1:19:45 - Our Top 5 lists
1:39:26 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Ghent matchup grids: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/legacy-european-championship-ghent-legacy-european-tour-tournament-150715/winrates

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It's a simple show this week... or is it? Dave and Devon dive into the previews to date of the latest set — Murders at Karlov Manor! Tune in as we discuss Disguises, Cloaks, and whether the Mole God lives up to the hype (spoiler: it does).

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Timestamps:
1:10 — Getting Heavy
4:00 — Tell Us If You’re Coming to Chicago!
4:45 — Spoiler: We’re Talking About Cards!
5:45 — Housekeeping
7:00 — It’s Cards!!
8:00 — It’s Rules!!
9:18 — Disguise
13:11 — Cloak
16:49 — Investigate
18:28 — Collect Evidence
23:01 — Suspect
23:17 — Cases
27:56 — Split Cards
30:40 — Just Random Cards
30:55 — Lightning Helix
33:24 — No More Lies
36:15 — Warleader’s Call
39:41 — Proft’s Eidetic Memory
43:25 — Krenko, Baron of Tin Street & Crime Novelist
47:37 — Fugitive Codebreaker
51:10 — Treacherous Greed
55:20 — Intrude on the Mind
58:52 — Massacre Girl, Known Killer
1:02:25 — Doorkeeper Thrull
1:05:53 — Leyline of the Guildpact
1:10:34 — Delney, Streetwise Lookout
1:13:28 — Anzrag the Quake-Mole
1:17:28 — Archdruid’s Charm
1:21:58 — Urgent Necropsy
1:25:36 — Kylox’s Voltstrider
1:30:08 — Sharp-Eyed Rookie
1:32:32 — Long Goodbye
1:33:04 — Surveil Lands
1:36:00 — One More Thing

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Join Shane and Devon as they embark on an epic journey through the realm of... Standard. Yes, Standard. With RCQ season in full swing, it's time to look over all the decks you need to know to be prepared. The boys look at the recent history of standard, how WOTC is trying to revitalize it, and provide insight on basically all the decks in the format. With everything from hyper-aggro to over-the-top ramp, this format has something for everyone!

The Dive Down: It's Standard.

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Timestamps:
4:22 - Heavy Play: not bad
5:45 - This week's show/housekeeping
10:24 - Standard then and now
22:09 - So what IS Standard?
27:28 - What does Standard look like right now?
28:11 - Domain Ramp
32:19 - Esper Midrange
34:32 - Rakdos Discover
37:54 - Golgari Midrange
43:00 - Azorius Soldiers/Flash
48:14 - Mono-Red Aggro
54:57 - Azorius Tokens
1:00:26 - The other midrange decks
1:10:06 - Big Rakdos
1:12:45 - Azorius Craft
1:16:30 - Bant Toxic
1:21:34 - Azorius Tempo
1:24:19 - How to approach Standard in the RCQ season
1:33:54 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Frank's Metagame Mentor article: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-everything-you-need-to-win-your-early-2024-standard-rcq

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It's time for The Dive Down to get back to work! We're fully into 2024 and this week Shane and Dave are diving deep into what Modern is right now. Tune in as we discuss SCG Cincinnati's 20K and 10K along with the most recent MTGO Showcase Challenge and try to answer some of the formats biggest questions. How dare Scam still exist? How did Rhinos get to be 14% of the meta at the 20K? Is Yawgmoth the new top moth? All this and more on this week's Dive Down.

• Queen City Callbacks
• Not Dead After All After All
• Sometimes UW Control Can Be Good

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Timestamps:
3:57 - A Heavy Play surprise
8:27 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
12:51 - The Dive Down begins: What is Modern in 2024?
15:59 - The SCG Cincinnati $20K meta and performance
42:34 - The MTGO Showcase Challenge meta and performance
56:35 - So what's going on in Modern right now?
1:11:55 - The NRG Championship results
1:16:43 - A tiny Wind Down
1:20:27 - Wrapping up

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This week's episode is not about about Modern or Pioneer! Instead, we fire off our free passes to MTGO's Vintage Cube and figure out how D00mwake became one of the format's trophy leaders. We also dust off our Arena accounts to play a little Timeless. Are we picking up new formats for the show? Only one way to find out!

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Timestamps:
2:18 - Heavy Play is also wonderful
4:24 - This week's episode/housekeeping
8:28 - It's Vintage Cube time!
54:57 - The best cards in Vintage Cube
1:14:00 - Beaudelaire is back, baby
1:17:00 - Time for... Timeless
1:39:44 - Wrapping up

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Izzet Phoenix is back on the menu so we're diving back in for the first time in 5 years! Stan is joined by CCR from MTG Grindcast, along with the Pioneer trophy leader & Izzet Phoenix aficionado OafMcNamara to break down the deck in all its controlling glory.

We chat in great detail about how to evaluate the cantrips and removal spells in a turbo xerox deck, how it pairs up against other top decks in the metagame, how to maximize its various flex slots, the benefits of Izzet over Grixis, and so much more. We have a couple true Phoenix masters on this episode so the level ups are imminent.

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Timestamps:
3:42 - Heavy Phoenix Play
5:15 - Housekeeping/This week's show
7:35 - This isn't your Modern's Phoenix
12:43 - Phoenix's gameplan and deck construction
37:49 - Cantrips. Just cantrips.
53:54 - The removal
1:00:52 - The flex cards
1:13:21 - Matchups
1:27:50 - Grixis Phoenix??
1:34:10 - Fable and other considerations
1:41:18 - Wrapping up and where to find our guests

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With all the discourse swirling around Dreamhack Atlanta, the Dive Down boys decide to avoid it at all costs and just look at the cold hard facts - which decks did well, which decks did poorly, what did the matchup spreads look like, and where does Pioneer go from here. We also wrap up the show with an extended wind down recapping some of our favorite moments from Magic, podcasting, and pop culture.

Finally, at long last, UW control is good (in Pioneer). Thanks to Temporary Lockdown lining up just right against the latest builds of Rakdos Midrange and the up and coming Amalia combo, along with a ton of other counterspells and removal cards, control finally found a weekend to dominate the metagame.

And in case you were wondering what kind of movies, music, TV, podcasts, and video games we've been consuming all year, we take a chance to finally recap our favorites from the year as well.

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Timestamps:
2:55 - The Heavy Play fence
4:34 - This week's episode/housekeeping
9:59 - The Break Down: The Atlanta Pioneer RC
37:21 - Takeaways from the weekend
52:14 - What's up with this meta?
1:00:20 - Stan Smells Better
1:02:13 - The Wind Down: Your hosts are talking
1:03:08 - Our favorite Magic things this year
1:07:30 - Best new host of the year
1:09:16 - Our favorite episodes of the year
1:13:59 - Stan's favorite thing
1:14:35 - The card(s) of the year
1:16:51 - The card(s) we would revoke from existence
1:19:30 - Magic is good
1:21:25 - Music we liked this year
1:25:32 - Movies we liked this year
1:28:38 - TV we liked this year
1:33:30 - Podcasts we liked this year
1:40:41 - Video games we liked this year
1:46:42 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/28009
https://twitter.com/karsten_frank/status/1736897130722140214/photo/2

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RC Atlanta is looming, so this week the team is diving into Pioneer. Dave, Devon, and Shane take a spin through what's happened to the format since the bans early last week. Is Copter rising? Is Mono Green Devotion dead? Where's Phoenix right now? How did Shane like the new hotness Amalia Combo — a deck that Dave hated a couple of weeks ago? Turn in to find out.

Don't worry if Pioneer isn't your thing, we still spend some time on Modern going through the results of the Legacy European Tour: Barcelona Modern main event. Lots of interesting results to consider after this 700+ person tournament.

• Scam Still Won... Big?
• Infinite Loops No One Understands

• The Most Popular Deck Doesn't Have Copter

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Timestamps:
2:01 - Have you heard the Heavy word?
4:19 - This week's show/housekeeping/patreon highlight
10:04 - The Break Down begins: The Legacy European Tour Barcelona overall meta
23:37 - The Top 64 meta and conversion rates
27:24 - The Top 8
35:10 - We travel to Arrakis
38:04 - The Dive Down begins: prepping for RC Atlanta
39:24 - The effects of Pioneer's recent bans
57:20 - Lost Caverns of Ixalan's additions (including Amalia combo)
1:13:57 - What will happen at the RC, and what d00m is (probably) playing
1:24:15 - Predicting the RC meta
1:30:02 - Wrapping up

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The mad lads did it! Fury... banned. Up the Beanstalk... banned. Karn, the Great Creator... banned. Geological Appraiser... banned. Smuggler's Copter... once banned, now unbanned. We react to the bombshell B&R, consider which decks win and lose from the announcement, and think about what looks good for RC Atlanta.

Our hands shook with anticipation as we vigorously refreshed the B&R URL on Monday morning. Wizards promised bans in Modern & Pioneer, and they practically told us they were banning Fury, Beans, Karn, and Appraiser, but maybe it was an elaborate bit? Turns out, not a bit! And what's this, Smuggler's Copter finally unbanned? There's so much to talk about, and so soon before the Pioneer RC in Atlanta.

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Timestamps:
3:20 - Hold your non-banned cards with Heavy Play
6:28 - This week's episode/housekeeping
9:31 - The Break Down begins: We got some bans
13:48 - The B&R schedule moving forward
18:51 - Pioneer bans overall
22:46 - Karn, the Great Creator banned
31:10 - Geological Appraiser banned
33:49 - Smuggler's Copter UNBANNED!
46:56 - Pioneer winners and losers
51:10 - Testing those new scents
54:35 - The Break Down continues: Fury banned in Modern
1:07:56 - Up the Beanstalk banned
1:13:45 - Modern winners and losers
1:26:53 - Where do we go from here?
1:30:39 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/december-4-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement

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On this week's show, The Dive Down breaks down results from a variety of Pioneer RCs that took place in Asia, Latin America, and Canada. Our eyes pop out at some numbers from the new Discover decks, and we check-in on the final NRG Series open of the year.

Three regional championships in one weekend, AND an NRG Series open? Yes please! Shane, Devon, and Stan chat about results from the latest batch of high level Pioneer play, and focus on the best and worst performing decks internationally. Discover had some... frightning results. But Phoenix has once again rose from the ashes. Who knew instant speed removal can be good?

Then we wrap up with a check-in on the Modern Open results from NRG Madison.

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Timestamps:
7:02 - Devon talks Heavy Play
8:12 - This week's show
10:56 - The Break Down begins - Pioneer Regional Championships!
13:56 - The Japan/Korea RC
34:03 - The South America RC
41:16 - Some combined data
44:05 - The Canada RC
51:12 - What do we know about Pioneer now?
1:03:04 - Stan speaks
1:05:00 - The NRG Madison Modern 10k
1:24:33 - The NRG leaderboard update
1:28:00 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Japan & Korea Regional Championship
https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/17934
https://melee.gg/tournament/view/15433

South America RC
https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/17939
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/39553

Canada RC
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/17096

NRG Madison Modern Open: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15654

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On this week's show, the ha ha boys take some new cards from Lost Caverns of Ixalan for a spin in Modern and Pioneer. They cast Tishana's Tidebinder, Geological Appraiser, Warden of the Inner Sky, and more!

Holy moly, LCI has already made quite the splash! In its first week live, it's already led to a huge disruption to Pioneer, along with some interesting upgrades for Modern. Stan and Dave chat about Pioneer Merfolk, playing Modern Rhinos with Tidebinder, and then Devon jumps in to talk about Boros Convoke, Temur Discover, and a few more brews that might surprise you.

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The Dive Down: Stan Loves Merfolk
The Dive Down cont.: Dave of the Inner Sky
The Dive Down cont. cont.: Devon Discovers Something Broken

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Timestamps:
3:12 - Capitalism time
5:50 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:31 - The Dive Down begins: New cards, new decks!
11:51 - Tishana's Tidebinder in Modern Rhinos
23:14 - A few other Modern tidbits
25:36 - Amalia combo in Pioneer
33:41 - Black Friday deals!
36:28 - Boros Convoke with Warden of the Inner Sky
46:21 - Simic Merfolk with lots of new cards
57:52 - Hollow One is back?
1:07:36 - Temur Discover
1:23:18 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

• Amalia/Wildgrowth Walker: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/pioneer-abzan-amalia-combo#paper
• Pascal Maynard’s Boros Legends https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5982814#paper
• Boros Convoke with Warden of the Inner Sky https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5984424#paper
• Pioneer Simic Merfolk: https://twitter.com/claudiohmtg/status/1724852503836045703
• Modern Rhinos ft. Tidebinder: https://twitter.com/DackFayden07/status/1725947372348604759
• Pioneer Discover: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5993199#paper

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This week on The Dive Down we get back to basics. Stan and Shane focus on the three things The Dive Down does best: a) break down a large Modern tournament (SCG Pittsburgh), 2) give some takes about Rhinos, and iii) have a heartfelt conversation about MTG Universes Beyond. Mono White Hammer, Halo Forager, Sheoldred, and Captain America – what do they have in common? They're all here for this week's episode of The Dive Down.

The Break Down: SCG Pittsburgh
The Dive Down: New Cards, Old Rhinos
The Wind Down: Beyond Universes Beyond

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Timestamps:
6:43 - Stan gets Heavy
9:57 - This week's show/housekeeping
13:20 - The Break Down: The SCGCON Pittsburgh Modern $10k
36:15 - The Dive Down: Is Sheoldred Rhinos good?
43:18 - Sheoldred
57:33 - Halo Forager
1:00:36 - Commandeer
1:06:43 - Subtlety
1:18:29 - Brotherhood's End/Obsidian Charmaw
1:24:51 - The Wind Down: Our takes on Marvel in Magic
1:37:23 - Wrapping up

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It's time for the final spoiler episode of 2023! We think? We go through the full spoiler from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan and talk about the cards we think will have the most impact... that we haven't already spoken about. What lands from this lands set do we actually think could be worth trying? Did they finally fix Smuggler's Copter? How Bitter will our Triumphs be? Have we Lost any Corpses? Did we Cleave any Souls? Not really — but tune in to find out what we think of some of these cards!

• What Devon Would Do with One Billion Dollars
• Shane Has a Favorite Doors Song
• Dave Has Lubed the Headset

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Timestamps:
4:30 - Heavy Play
6:03 - This week's show & housekeeping
8:55 - The Dive Down begins: MORE CARDS
10:52 - Volatile Fault
13:57 - Echoing Deeps
16:31 - Restless Anchorage
18:25 - Dusk Rose Reliquary
22:02 - Stalactite Stalker
24:45 - Goblin Tomb Raider
27:33 - Dreadmaw's Ire
29:41 - Tarrian's Soulcleaver
33:10 - Subterranean Schooner
33:57 - Dauntless Dismantler
38:55 - Bitter Triumph
41:24 - Fanatical Offering/Fungal Fortitude
43:25 - Zoyowa's Justice
45:47 - Sentinel of the Nameless City
48:39 - Corpses of the Lost
52:35 - Bloodletter of Aclazotz
58:49 - Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
1:02:23 - Our favorite cards
1:11:54 - Wrapping up

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For the 375th time this year, we descend into the madness of trying to work out what cards from a new set will make an impact in our formats. It's Lost Caverns of Ixalan time! Spelunk with us as Dave, Shane, and Devon debate the great questions of this set. Which removal card is better — Get Lost or Molten Collapse? Which combo piece unlocks more combinations — The Millennium Calendar or Bartolome del Presidio? Which Merfolk is the most... gilly (?) — Tishana's Tidebender or Cenote Scout? You decide! But listen first before... you decide!

• Is this Removal Good?
• Are These Combo Cards Good?
• The Splendid Descended

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Timestamps:
3:54 - Heavy Play!
5:57 - This week's show/housekeeping
7:48 - The Break Down begins: Metagame Mentor and the state of Modern
17:12 - The standout decks right now
24:23 - The Dive Down begins: The Lost Caves of Ixalan!
27:18 - Get Lost
32:17 - Molten Collapse
37:03 - Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
41:26 - The Ancient One
46:33 - Souls of the Lost
49:53 - Spelunking
53:14 - Restless Vents
55:45 - Enterprising Scallywag
58:42 - Glimpse the Core
1:02:24 - Helping Hand
1:04:42 - Tishana's Tidebinder
1:09:11 - Cenote Scout/Nicanzil, Current Conductor
1:13:07 - The Millenium Calendar
1:17:14 - Market Gnome
1:18:51 - Amalia Benavides Aguirre
1:20:39 - Bartolome del Presidio
1:24:03 - Squirming Emergence
1:29:37 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Dr. Frank's Office Hours: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-top-15-modern-decks-for-november-2023

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Could the right move in Modern be... adding a 4mv black card to Rhinos? Playing a green 2 drop over Murktide in... Murktide? What is even going on right now? We believe there's new stuff to try in Modern even now! Tune in to hear Devon almost take Rhinos + Sheoldred all the way and hear Dave come to the grim realization that casting Divinations is the only thing that makes him feel something in this crazy world. We try out new lists, new ideas, all in a quest to somehow beat both Beans and Scam with the same deck. Can it be done? Not yet... but we think people (and Devon) may be onto something. After we talk what we've been playing in Modern, we dive into descending into some of the first cards from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan.

• Devon Goes There ft. Sheoldred
• Dave Plays Cheap Spells ft. Questing Druid
• Shane Descends Into Spoilers

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Timestamps:
6:03 - Heavy Play time
6:59 - On this week's show
8:02 - Housekeeping
11:33 - The Dive Down begins: d00m makes the finals with Sheoldred Rhinos
35:22 - Dave tests Temur Tempo
55:33 - Spiderspace's Grixis Tempo deck (briefly)
57:53 - The Break Down begins: Spoiler season returns - Lost Caves of Ixalan!
58:58 - Craft & The Enigma Jewel
1:03:01 - Discover & Geological Appraiser
1:06:22 - Descend & The Mycotyrant (also Map Tokens)
1:12:30 - Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance
1:14:54 - Spyglass Siren
1:16:45 - Jadelight Spelunker
1:19:15 - Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
1:21:35 - Quintorius Kand
1:26:00 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
d00mwake's Rhinos + Sheoldred: https://x.com/d00mwake/status/1716509786089443466?s=20
Andrea Mengucci's Temur Murktideless Murktide: https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1716078994670428517?s=20

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Come back home for some beans, ya hear? We know you've had a lot of legumes lately, but this week The Dive Down has a special chef here to cook for us — Evart Moughon. Evart joins Dave and Shane to talk through his Up the Beanstalk brews including Cascade, Calibrated Blast, and more. Since this was recorded on (Non) Ban Day, we also spend some time getting his reactions to the current state of Modern and what he really thinks about Scam/Grief. Lastly, to close out the show, we dip our toes back into Pioneer and take a look at The NRG Series Showdown in Indianapolis.

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• No changes to all formats but meet our new boosters!
• Lean into the bean
• NRG Indianapolis Pioneer Showdown

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Timestamps:
4:15 - Shane's Heavy Play XP
6:00 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:31 - The Break Down begins - (lack of) bans!
43:35 - Talkin' beards
46:54 - The Dive Down begins - Cascade Beans
56:40 - How this deck works
1:10:18 - Fighting the Bean
1:20:40 - The Dive Down, cont: The NRG Indy Showdown Pioneer $10k
1:28:12 - The top 8
1:32:16 - Some Pioneer takes
1:36:48 - The NRG standings
1:38:40 - Shane's extremely brief RCQ report and wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Honestly just: https://www.moxfield.com/users/aspiringspike

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No one fully understands the timing of the upcoming B&R announcement, but public opinion in Modern is swelling around Scam. Is it time to make a change to Modern? We look at the deck's performance, play patterns, and popularity to consider Wizard's options.

The Dive Down boys are divided. Some of us like the deck! But it's insanely popular right now, and the Grief play patterns can be pretty annoying. Messing with the ban list seems a bit awkward during the Modern RCQ season, but maybe saving people from the turn one Scam play would be a welcome change?

The Dive Down: Luv2Grief
The Dive Down, cont: More of a Dauthi head myself
The Dive Down, still cont: This discussion isn't dead after all

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Timestamps:
3:58 - Heavy Beeps
6:25 - Housekeeping
9:42 - Why we are talking about Scam
13:13 - How did we get here?
21:13 - Scam's current place in the meta
39:12 - Our experiences with Scam
46:11 - How good is Scam, really?
1:00:11 - What's maybe not so good about Scam
1:12:07 - How you can beat Scam
1:20:08 - Winter scents
1:22:50 - Does Scam deserve a ban?
1:31:15 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

• https://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-everything-to-win-your-2023-modern-rcq?_ga=2.177410017.512776497.1696739444-1798107090.1696739444
• https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/10/september-23-modern-metagame-update-getting-cheated/

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This week what's on the tin is in the show! We begin to dip back into Pio and cover the recent RCs in the EU and Canada, talk Modern Coffers and Scales, and finally chat a little about new cards from our imminent return to Ixalan.

• LEC Lille Pioneer
• Devon talks RCQs, Dave gets mathy
• Cavern of Souls is back... but why?

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Timestamps:
6:03 - Playing Heavy
11:20 - Housekeeping
15:36 - The Break Down begins: The Lille Pioneer RC
25:56 - The Lille Top 8
34:28 - The Face2Face Calgary Pioneer event
36:39 - The flat Pioneer metagame
42:15 - Getting Hollow
45:33 - The Dive Down begins: Devon's Coffers RCQ
1:05:42 - Dave played Hardened Scales
1:27:51 - Talking some fresh spoilers
1:38:15 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
LEC Lille Results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/16639
F2F Tour Championship: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/17095
Pioneer Winrates: https://mtgdecks.net/Pioneer/winrates/event_ids:141948,142011,142012
Modern Hardened Scales: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5888059#paper

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We finally cast the new card in town and played a couple Up the Beanstalk decks in Modern and... Standard?! Plus some new Modern Prowess builds, and a recap of Stan's latest RCQ.

Stan reached another top 8 finish in a Modern RCQ, and we recap his latest Rhino learning from the tournament. Then he keeps on casting free spells with a crazy Invasion of Alara Standard Cascade deck featuring Up the Beanstalk. Meanwhile, Shane learns to love 5C Bring to Light Beans. While d00mwake admits how much he hates Omnath decks and just played Prowess instead.

The Break Down: The joy and pain of another top 8
The Dive Down: The musical fruit
The Dive Down cont.: Playing Prowess without Dave

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Links from this week's episode:
Stan's Rhino Deck: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5841110#paper
d00mwake's Rhino Deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/waHIPFpV1UyF6II44-YS7w
Modern Bring to Light Beans: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5878236#paper
Standard Cascade: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5870855#paper
Gruul Prowess: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-Ii6mZEKQ0CnfLoATc4q1g
Jeskai Prowess: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/nMdLGyE670G6s1BFzLLHfQ

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President of the Narset fan club, George Jabbour, joins Stanislav to go over some tips to prep for the upcoming Modern RCQ season, a brand new sideboard guide tool, and why playing control is such a pain in the @$$.

Stan and George are gearing up for some Modern RCQs this weekend, so they swap notes on how they prepare for competitive tournaments in any format. Plus, George talks about his brand new sideboard tool, flexslot.gg, which he developed himself and is free for anyone to use.

Finally, we dive into control strategies, which are near and dear to George's heart, to go over why they're so tough to play, how they stack up against today's Modern metagame, and why some people should probably avoid them.

The Break Down: How to prepare for a Modern tournament.
The Dive Down: Never playing control again.

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Timestamps:
1:12 - Stan gets Heavy
3:33 - Housekeeping
5:55 - George in the Grinder's Studio
17:41 - Tournament prep practices
48:19 - Sideboarding and flexslot.gg
1:00:25 - Special Shane smell appearance
1:04:40 - Talking about Control
1:14:07 - How to think about playing Control
1:21:48 - Evaluating Control finishers
1:27:47 - Controls matchups
1:36:38 - Promoting George
1:38:33 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
https://linktr.ee/jabjabber
https://shuddermtg.substack.com/p/how-bad-practice-can-make-you-worse-085

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Hello Magical Friends! This week it's all about WOE and the new cards that are making an impact in Modern and Pioneer. Turns out that this return to Eldraine might actually be hiding a little bit of power in it after all. First, we dive into Modern. Devon's been running hot with Mono-Black Coffers lately — thanks in no small part to a chase mythic that's a perfect fit for the deck. We also spend some time talking about two cards that look to be new format staples: Agatha's Soul Caludron and Up the Beanstalk. After that we hop over to Pioneer. At first glance, it looks like WOE has given aggro decks in Pioneer a bunch of new tools... but which ones are actually any good? We think you otter tune in to find out how just far this bunnicorn go. If you know what we mean. Actually, we don't know what we mean... just tune in anyway! It's another week on The Dive Down!

• New Stuff!
• Modern & Devon's Success
• Pioneer & Aggro Decks

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Timestamps:
5:00 - Improve your gameplay and your gameday
8:10 - Housekeeping
10:43 - Modern Starts: Mono-Black Coffers
22:05 - Talkin' 'bout Talisman and Beseech the Mirror
36:45 - What makes Coffers good?
44:33 - Agatha's Soul Cauldron & Up the Beanstalk
1:02:04 - Smell Break
1:05:19 - Pioneer Starts: Boros Convoke ft. Regal Bunnicorn
1:22:19 - Elusive Otter in Izzet Prowess
1:32:40 - Devon's other intriguing decks
1:43:40 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
D00mwake's latest Mono-Black Coffers List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5855694#paper
Claudioh's Soulful Yawg List: https://twitter.com/claudiohmtg/status/1700788139806081409?s=20
Danzant's 75-Card Main 4c Bean List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5855695#paper
D00mwake's Boros Convoke List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5L65haImFUuje1toa8N15A
WelcomeToTheInternet's Izzet Prowess List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5849646#paper
D00mwake's Boggles List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/wHNBKOkiOUijxke5Q3KoKA
D00mwake's Naya Pia List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/AmkMP2PT80SIk9_P1UxO-g

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This week we talk about the history of Modern through the lens of the most important — and infamous — sets covering everything from Alara to Zendikar. Actually saying "from Alara to Zendikar" sounds less impressive than I hoped. Forget that. We start all the way back with 8th Edition and we at least mention nearly all the sets currently in Modern (well at least like... 60% of them).

How did the sets designed before Modern was created impact the birth of this format? How did the format move from childhood into adolescence? What little detours ended up taking us into this Modern Horizons-driven reality? And most importantly... what were The Rhino Boys doing while all this was happening?

Join us for this special episode brought to you by long time sponsor AND top tier Patron — Will from Barrister and Mann. He made the rules and we made the ep. Hope you enjoy it!

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Timestamps:
3:58 - Heavy Playtime
10:00 - Housekeeping
14:03 - The story of Modern begins
19:22 - Eighth Edition
25:40 - Mirrodin
30:04 - Ravnica
35:20 - Time Spiral
43:45 - Alara
47:19 - Magic 2010
55:36 - Zendikar
1:01:10 - Scars of Mirrodin
1:04:45 - PT Philly
1:08:06 - Innistrad
1:11:58 - Return to Ravnica
1:16:30 - Modern Masters
1:24:45 - Khans of Tarkir
1:34:03 - Some later sets, and some takes
1:43:20 - What sets did the most good for Modern?
1:46:51 - Thanks, Will!

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The full set is finally spoiled and we're back with the definitive opinions on what's good, what's bad, and what's just neat. We spend a lot of time chatting about some adventuring otters, introduce a once Modern playable cantrip to Pioneer, and head up the beanstalk to draw some cards.

• Adventure Awaits
• Virtue is a Virtue

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Timestamps:
3:48 - Weighted Play
7:07 - Housekeeping
8:32 - Moonshaker Cavalry
12:38 - Elusive Otter
18:51 - Devouring Sugarmaw
22:21 - Frolicking Familiar
26:31 - Scalding Viper
33:18 - Hearth Elemental
37:12 - Questing Druid
38:55 - Mosswood Dreadknight
41:40 - Thunderous Debut
44:54 - Regal Bunnicorn
48:47 - Royal Treatment
50:35 - Quick Study
53:27 - Woodland Acolyte
58:25 - Soap's on Sale
1:01:40 - Sleight of Hand
1:05:50 - Up The Beanstalk
1:08:58 - Faerie stuff
1:14:07 - Collector's Vault/Candy Trail
1:16:08 - Virtue of Persistence/Virtue of Courage
1:18:47 - Sentinel of Lost Lore
1:21:56 - Takes on Wilds of Eldraine
1:23:49 - The bests of the set
1:33:06 - Wrapping up

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It's that most magical time once again — it's spoiler season! Join Dave, Devon, and Shane as they begin surveying the Wilds of Eldraine. We're looking for new Adventures, causes for Celebration, and to take on new... Roles? Ok that didn't work for long. This week we talk about the cards and concepts from Eldraine that seem like they could make an impact in Modern and Pioneer.

But before we get to that, we talk with Devon about his recent RCQ win, Rac Sac, and how it feels to claim lots of goblins in a single day. Join us!

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Timestamps:
3:36 - The Heaviest Play
6:05 - Housekeeping
7:59 - Random Europe stories
10:36 - d00m finally won an RCQ!
18:50 - Wilds of Eldraine is here
21:55 - Adventures are back
23:10 - Decadent Dragon
29:44 - Callous Sellsword
33:56 - Kellan, the Fae-Blooded
37:36 - Knight of the Helix
39:42 - Creature Lands
50:18 - Choose your Role
53:26 - Monstrous Rage
56:01 - Not Dead After All
1:00:47 - Bargain
1:02:38 - Farsight Ritual
1:04:40 - Brave The Wilds
1:07:13 - Beseech The Mirror
1:09:48 - Celebration (briefly)
1:11:14 - Faerie Fencing and Ego Drain
1:14:22 - Enchantments matter (maybe)
1:15:21 - A Tale For The Ages and Yenna, Redtooth Regent
1:18:49 - Tough Cookie
1:21:38 - Agatha's Soul Cauldron
1:25:07 - Beluna Grandsquall
1:27:17 - Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
1:31:02 - The Goose Mother
1:32:57 - Ruby, Daring Tracker
1:36:14 - Wrapping up

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This week Shane and Stan are joined by returning guest Gabriel Maxson, aka SpiderSpace, to talk about the implications, impact, and potential uses of Preordain in Modern. Before that, we take a good look at the results from the NRD Detroit Modern $10k. How many copies of Preordain made the top 8? I guess we will never know....

The Break Down: NRG Detroit Results
The Dive Down: SpiderSpace on Preordain (aka Stan Loves Cantrips)

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Timestamps:
6:21 - Housekeeping
9:40 - The NRG Detroit Modern $10k metagame
34:45 - The NRG Top 8
44:54 - The NRG leaderboard
46:46 - An ocean of aroma
48:26 - The Dive Down begins: What's the deal with Preordain?
51:31 - Why Preordain was banned in the first place
54:28 - How does Preordain compare to what we had before?
1:02:54 - Are cantrips even good in Modern?
1:07:50 - Preordain's role in particular decks
1:32:04 - Did we decide anything here?
1:41:10 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Detroit: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15650
Find SpiderSpace on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiderspacemtg?lang=en
Find SpiderSpace on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spiderspace

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On this week's episode, we kick off with a round of B&R reactions, followed by a recap of the upcoming product roadmap including Modern Horizons 3. Then we take some Pro Tour decks for a spin to see what these so-called pros have been cooking up.

Devon tells us about his experiences playing with Merfolk, Reanimator, and Samwise, Shane tries out some of the latest Tron builds, and Stan rams some wizards into Rhinos.

The Break Down: Preordain Unbanned!
The Break Down (cont.): Modern Horizon 3 is coming!
The Dive Down: New Modern decks fresh from Spain!

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Timestamps:
2:59 - Some important Patreon stuff
3:58 - Very Heavy Play
5:48 - Housekeeping
7:06 - The Break Down: Tired: Bans; Wired: Unbans
19:02 - The unbanning of Preordain
26:17 - No changes in Pioneer
37:03 - WOTC's GenCon annoucements - MH3, Pioneer Masters, and more!
49:28 - Spooky smells
52:10 - The Dive Down: Testing Pro Tour lists
52:55 - Stan plays CFB's Temur Wizard Rhinos
1:07:07 - Devon plays 4C Reanimator, Merfolk, Samwise combo, and more
1:22:04 - Shane plays Handshake G Tron
1:38:27 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-7-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Rhino Wizards: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/Temur-Rhinos-Got-Some-Spicy-New-Tech-from-Lord-of-the-Rings/943a3c89-7c29-4747-a3dd-3c8d581386b6/
Handshake Tron: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/315233
Naya Scapeshift https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5771029#paper

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This week Dave, Shane, and Stan go through the biggest things we learned from the Modern PT last week in Barcelona. It might feel like Rakdos and Tron led the story (and they did) but there's a lot of other things to be learned from what happened. What do we think about The One Ring's win rate? How many decks out of the top 80% of the meta had winning records? How much more can we talk about Rhinos? The answers and what we think they mean might surprise you.

• Only 10 Decks Had 50%+ Win Rate
• The One Ring Might Not Be Broken
• But Grief Probably Is

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Timestamps:
3:52 - Stan reps Heavy Play
5:28 - Housekeeping
7:33 - Headlines from the Modern Pro Tour
9:39 - 1: Rakdos was everywhere (and also won)
22:21 - 2: Five decks made up the top 57% of the meta
31:30 - 3: Tron is ... good. Right?
43:15 - 4: The less-represented decks were Not Good
50:02 - 5: Small Sample Size Theater
54:34 - 6: Only 10 deck archetypes had a 50+% winrate
56:15 - 7: The most popular cards might not have been the best
1:04:35 - 8: The top 32 had 13 different decks
1:09:12 - 9: The top 8 was stacked
1:12:34 - 10: What's next for Modern
1:20:48 - Does the PT impact Casual Spikes?
1:24:13 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
The decks of the Pro Tour: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/16429

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It's almost PT Barcelona time — and we're super excited to talk through the decks, meta, and how we think everything is going to shape up this weekend. Shane, Dave, and Devon (aka d00mwake) go through all of the changes to Modern since LOTR and what we think that means to Pros and to the rest of us.

Once we get through a meta discussion, we decide to put pride on the line and do a fantasy draft of the archetypes — nothing like a little competition on top of competition. Shane goes all in on Scam. Dave grabs late round value. Devon goes for big mana. Who will reign supreme?

• What the Meta is
• How it Got There
• Fantasy Drafting the Meta

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Timestamps:
4:43 - Dave spoils his intro
6:42 - Housekeeping
10:15 - The Modern Pro Tour is back!
17:02 - How the meta has shifted with LOTR
24:23 - Last weekend's 4 challenges
35:36 - What's shaping Modern's meta
41:30 - The One Ring decks
58:18 - The Bowmasters decks
1:05:07 - The combo... deck?
1:07:50 - The other contenders (and non-contenders)
1:16:45 - Fragrances for individuals
1:19:05 - The Pro Tour fantasy draft!
1:35:45 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Take a look at our draft board: https://www.figma.com/file/uHvwBeISD3a8PXfBvJVgf3/TDD-PT-LOTR-Draft-Board?type=whiteboard&node-id=0%3A1&t=3TczhXHJBK2Lig2q-1

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This week the boyz go over the top with the biggest decks that have gotten buffs from the LOTR set. Control and big mana strategies have been strengthened by The One Ring, so we take a trio of the best of them out for a test drive. That's right, it's time for Shane to break out his (nearly) all Russian deck, Mono-Green Tron. But before we get to that Stan professes his love for Mono-Black Coffers and Dave takes a spin with the Twitter hype deck of the week — UB Ring Control by Talisker.

• Mono-Black Coffers
• Dimir Control (from TaliskerMTGO)
• Mono-Green Tron

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Timestamps:
2:05 - Heavy Play!
5:35 - Housekeeping
8:36 - Stan talks Mono-Black Coffers
14:38 - How Coffers works
21:30 - Playing Coffers
29:58 - Coffers in the Modern meta
34:31 - Dave talks Dimir Control
44:29 - Playing Dimir Control
51:12 - Stan has a box
54:40 - Shane talks Green Tron
1:01:45 - How Tron is different and better
1:15:45 - So let's talk about The One Ring
1:25:00 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Mono-Black Coffers by DreamsOfAshiok: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5740288#paper
UB Ring Control by Talisker: https://twitter.com/taliskermtgo/status/1679559848994676751?s=46
Mono-Green Tron by Giona Cai: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-mono-green-tron#paper

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On this week's show, we continue to track the impact of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth on the Modern metagame with a detailed recap of tournaments all over the world and world wide web. We touch on the St. Louis NRG Team Trios, the Legacy European Tour Bologna event, and a bunch of Modern challenges.

We look at which decks converted the best across tournaments, who's seeing the most consistent results among the format's top archetypes, interesting trends within online data, and how we rank the current Modern staples.

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Timestamps:
8:07 - Housekeeping
11:58 - Heavy Play x The Dive Down
14:00 - The St. Louis NRG Team Trios
27:33 - The NRG Top 8 decks
32:22 - The Legacy European Tour Bologna Modern Event
42:20 - Live Smells of Little Treats
47:02 - Legacy European Tour deck performance
1:01:18 - The Top 8
1:03:34 - Cool Challenge stuff
1:10:40 - Takes on Modern decks
1:23:32 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Series Team Trios in St. Louis - https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15645
Legacy European Tour Modern Bologna - https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/16657

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This week we keep talking about THE PRECIOUSSSSs... because no one can stop putting this colorless 4-drop in their Modern decks. Dave and Devon go through at least 6 or 10 decks with the ring while Stan silently looks on and nods approvingly (he has no voice, yet he lent his energy and notes to this episode). Then we do a bit of a deep dive into how to think about playing against The One Ring — and try to create a roadmap for how to think about playing against format-warping cards in general. Finally, we talk quickly about a couple of non-Ring decks you can consider right now.

Rings Decks
Playing Against Rings Decks
Non-Rings Decks

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Timestamps:
1:48 - Housekeeping
3:39 - Modern is different, and The One Ring is why
5:30 - 4C Ringpile
15:14 - Ringos (and other chat)
29:10 - Ringanimator
37:20 - Dimir Asmoringtacular
42:13 - The emerging Ring Meta
44:35 - Azorius Ringtrol
46:26 - Playing against The One Ring
1:05:40 - Decks outside The One Ring
1:25:42 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Rhinos ft TOR
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1674247337416310786
4C Money Pile
https://twitter.com/Fencingbrick/status/1674185814429900804/photo/3
https://twitter.com/CHERRYAXEMAN_OP/status/1674357284795809794
https://twitter.com/Aspiringspike/status/1675246156874498048
Ponza ft TOR
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1674838758108037128
Reanimator ft TOR
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1673860448347619328
UW Control ft TOR
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5707375#paper
Dimir Asmo w/ TOR
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1675667766634860544
Scam ft. Bowmasters
https://twitter.com/YungDingoMTG/status/1672503676840058880/photo/1
Samwise combo
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1672268892868161536
Creativity playing Reprieve
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-06-30#paper

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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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Ryan Spain, now the Creative Director of Magic Online at Daybreak Games, returns to The Dive Down to talk about the transition of MTGO from WOTC to Daybreak, goals and hopes for the platform's future, and the realities of managing such monolithic software.

We learn about how Magic card frames pose challenges for MTGO's file sizes, how two factor authorization was developed, and why MTGO still doesn't exist on Macs.

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Timestamps:
3:07 - Housekeeping
7:40 - Ryan Spain of Daybreak Games joins The Dive Down
12:14 - Creative Directing Magic Online
14:25 - Transitioning M:O to Daybreak
18:35 - How M:O fits into the Magic ecosystem
24:40 - Bugfixing and developing M:O
31:08 - Future plans for M:O
54:18 - The economy of M:O
1:05:15 - Engagement with formats on M:O
1:08:20 - Where's the Mac version?!
1:13:16 - Experimentation on M:O
1:18:34 - Some final thoughts
1:21:00 - Wrapping up
1:22:39 - Secret track

Links from this week's episode:
https://www.mtgo.com/news/mtgo-stateofmtgo-10112022

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This week Shane welcomes back two friends of the show — Devon O'Donnell (aka d00mwake) & Evart Moughton (aka aspiringspike) — to sub in for Dave and Stan and talk Post-RC Pioneer hype decks and where cards from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth could find homes in Modern. That's right, two guests, two formats, and a whole lotta takes. Devon loves Evart's dogs. Evart loves The One Ring. Shane registers quiet skepticism about all these hobbits.

• Devon & Evart's Wild Weekend
• Post-RC Pioneer Hype Decks
• anything cool going on in modern?
• Is The One Ring Busted?

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Timestamps:
3:45 - Housekeeping
5:07 - The Break Down begins: Devon and Evart Do Dallas
20:48 - The hype decks of Pioneer post-RC
43:11 - Anything cool going on in Modern?
47:00 - LOTR: Tales of Middle-Earth spoilers continue
48:20 - Is The One Ring busted?
51:55 - Stern Scolding
55:26 - Aragorn, the Uniter
56:53 - Frodo, Determined Hero
1:00:14 - Orcish Bowmasters
1:02:30 - Boromir, Warden of the Tower
1:05:16 - Flowering of the White Tree
1:08:07 - Flame of Anor
1:11:29 - Samwise Gamgee
1:16:05 - Rosie Cotton of South Lane
1:18:40 - Elven Farsight
1:22:20 - This is not Modern Horizons 3
1:24:28 - Oliphaunt
1:28:50 - What Evart and Devon are up to
1:34:54 - Wrapping up

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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth spoilers are in full swing, so we dive into a bunch of cards that could see play in existing Modern decks or even create some new ones. Plus we recap the results of the latest Pioneer Regional Championship in Dallas.

We attempt to Press the Enemy and get a Stern Scolding. But we Forge Anew with some Orcish Bowmasters and a determined Frodo in the legendary lands of Rivendell. After that we encounter the denizens of Khazad-dûm and Moira. Then Stan cracks a pack.

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Timestamps:
3:29 - Housekeeping
8:45 - LOTR Spoilers... again!
14:05 - Stern Scolding
20:36 - Cast Into the Fire
23:48 - Press the Enemy
30:45 - Forge Anew
37:10 - Orcish Bowmasters
43:15 - The Legendary Lands
54:32 - Frodo, Determined Hero
57:18 - Frodo Baggins
1:00:01 - Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
1:03:35 - Lobelia, Sackville-Baggins
1:05:13 - Troll of Khazad-dûm
1:07:48 - Moira Marauder
1:11:11 - Summertime Shaving
1:14:25 - Stan cracks a pack
1:18:28 - Dreamhack Dallas RC Break Down
1:21:18 - The RC Metagame
1:34:43 - Conversion rates
1:37:35 - The Top 8
1:42:58 - Pioneer takeaways
1:48:08 - Wrapping up

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This week on The Dive Down we go deep on that deck that people can't stop talking about — Boros Convoke in Pioneer. Dave and Devon talk about the core strategy of the deck, the flex cards and why people use them, how to mull, what to keep, and matchups — the good, the bad, and the middle. Get ready for Devon to explain how his perceptions about some matchups have changed since he started playing the deck and for Dave to have an argument with ChatGPT about math. Finally, we talk about what's on Devon's mind as he gets ready for Dreamhack Dallas. It's all in a week on The Dive Down!

• Risky Keeps?
• ChatGPT Can't Do Multivariate Probabilities
• Dreamhack Dallas via Valencia

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Timestamps:
3:03 - Housekeeping
5:48 - What's the deal with Boros Convoke?
10:22 - The cards of Convoke
46:53 - Playing Convoke
59:36 - Matchups and sideboard options
1:16:15 - The Valencia LMS Pioneer event meta
1:35:47 - Some final takes on Convoke
1:39:13 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Boros Convoke Lists:
D00m’s current list: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxLkfM-WAAEB13p?format=jpg&name=medium
Frank Karsten's article: https://strategy.channelfireball.com/cfb-pro-content/convoke-chaos-unleash-the-power-of-pioneers-hottest-new-deck-mtg-deep-dive/
Sodek’s list + guide: https://mystical-teachings.com/boros-convoke-primer/

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Stan and Shane combine forces to discuss the NRG Pioneer $10K in Minneapolis, and then give some hot takes about the changes to the B&R cadence and Standard's new 3-year rotation. What latest tech from March of the Machine (and it's Aftermath?) had an impact in Pioneer? And what do WOTC's changes mean for the future of our formats? Listen and find out!

The Break Down: Hyrule via Knutsford
The Break Down, cont: An 160 All-Foil Control Mirror
The Dive Down: Strong Feelings About B&Rs

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Timestamps:
6:40 - Housekeeping
9:14 - The NRG Minneapolis/St. Paul Pioneer $10K
12:40 - The overall metagame and performances
30:50 - Thoughts on the meta
34:51 - The Top 8
40:24 - Stanislav played Izzet Creativity
51:25 - Hot takes on WOTC's new B&R strategy
1:07:23 - Hot takes on Standard moving to a 3-year rotation
1:11:44 - Stan cracks a pack
1:15:34 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
The NRG Minneapolis Pioneer $10K: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/14059
Revitalizing Standard: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/revitalizing-standard

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This week d00mwake joins Shane and Dave to go through a quick tour of the weirdness that happened in Modern and Pioneer MTG this week. We dive deep into the wild Modern Challenge on 5/13, a new + interesting deck d00mwake has been playing in Pioneer, and the somewhat surprising places new cards have appeared in the last few weeks. Dave declares his love for Sultai Shadow. Shane wonders if Ob Nixilis is really a win more. Devon takes us through an interesting new Boros Tokens list he's been working on.

• Adventures in Pioneering
• Surprising Modern Tricks
• Yargle's Vengeance

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Timestamps:
5:25 - Housekeeping
8:15 - Devon's adventures in Pioneer
8:40 - Boros Tokens
16:48 - Rakdos Sacrifice with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
27:12 - Coppercoat Vanguard
33:45 - Some final Pioneer highlights
40:15 - Saturday's Modern Challenge highlights
40:51 - Sultai Traverse Shadow
51:07 - Hardened Scales makes a return!
55:14 - Weird Creativity tech
57:24 - Weird Rakdos Scam tech
1:02:03 - 4-Color Omnath with Nissa
1:04:05 - Some more weird Modern tech
1:11:34 - Sunday's Modern Challenge highlights
1:14:42 - Yargle's Vengeance
1:17:13 - Even more weird Modern tech
1:21:34 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

Saturday 5/13 Modern Challenge
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-05-13#paper

Modern Humans w/ Coppercoat Vanguard
jenesaisquoi, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5612522#paper
Parrotlet, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5610799#paper

Sunday 5/14 Modern Challenge
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-05-14#paper

Coppercoat Vanguard in Pioneer
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5616010#paper
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5616016#paper

Rakdos Sacrifice w/ Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
ChiChiChi, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5612490#paper
Shadowz2005, https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5612482#paper

D00mwake's Boros Tokens
https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1655674173904003106?s=20

Mason Clarke's NeoSoulflayerTraxa
https://twitter.com/masoneclark/status/1657193505695887360?s=20

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This week it's time for... you guessed it... more card talk on The Dive Down. With Dave out, Stan and Shane do double duty with a look at the cards that stand tall in the Aftermath of MOM and ask the question: how many bulk rares do you have to sacrifice to despark a planeswalker? After that we take a quick trip to Middle Earth to talk about some tempting new information. Listen. Now. You've been tempted.

• Some Aftermath
• Some Rings
• A Pack is Cracked!

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Timestamps:
4:55 - Housekeeping
7:24 - The Dive Down begins: March of the Machine: Aftermath
13:02 - Coppercoat Vanguard
15:57 - Vesuvan Drifter
20:12 - Ayara's Oathsworn
24:32 - Nissa, Resurgent Animist
27:48 - Tranquil Frillback
30:47 - Jirina, Dauntless General
32:41 - Calix, Guided by Fate
35:58 - Narset, Enlightened Exile
40:02 - Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
42:54 - Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
45:08 - Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
49:07 - Samut, Vizier of Naktamun
51:52 - Some final thoughts on Aftermath
53:32 - LOTR spoilers continue
54:30 - The Ring Tempts You
1:00:04 - Call of the Ring
1:01:54 - Delighted Halfling
1:08:10 - The Wind Down! Crack-a-pack!
1:15:01 - Wrapping up

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We kick off the show with a chat about a ton of Modern data that's been collected since the Yorion ban, and review matchups for the top decks in the format.

Then we dive into four new Pioneer decks d00mwake helped put together to keep experimenting with cards from March of the Machine. Stan takes another Elves deck through the grinder, but Gruul with dinosaurs? Devon then plays his own Gruul dino deck, but with Reckless Stormseekrs and Esika's Chariots. Dave draws a bunch of cards with blue convoke spells. And we make as many tokens as possible in Naya.

The Break Down: Modern data post Yorion ban!
The Dive Down: Pioneer deckfest featuring more March of the Machine!

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Timestamps:
3:35 - Housekeeping
6:26 - Modern Meta Data Since the Yorion Ban
8:05 - Prevalence Data
15:25 - Win Percentages
18:05 - Matchup Percentages
26:05 - Barrister and Mann Welcome Spring
32:19 - Pioneer Deckfest Begins!
33:00 - Spirits, Rogues, etc.
38:50 - Gruul Elves w/ Imperiosaur
47:44 - Gruul "No Boats" w/ Imperiosaur
51:29 - Is Pioneer Becoming a Faster Format?
58:05 - Izzet Pyromancer
1:10:10 - Rakdos Ghalta
1:13:34 - Naya Tokens
1:16:58 - Wrapping Up With an Iron Bru

Links from this week's episode:
Anael Yahi's Modern data extravaganza: https://twitter.com/YahiAnael/status/1650601983697362956?s=20
Gruul Dino Elves (http://www.streamdecker.com/deck/gPcr1x_SO ),
Gruul Dino no elves (http://www.streamdecker.com/deck/KMSs8DSJ9 ),
Izzet Pyro (http://www.streamdecker.com/deck/DAjXwnxt2 )
Naya Tokens (http://www.streamdecker.com/deck/zIofmKPnZ )

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It's Sleeve Believe Heave week for new cards from March of the Machine. We play Modern and Pioneer with cards like Ancient Imperiosaur, Rona, Herald of Invasion, Fairie Mastermind, and more!

The Break Down: Four Modern decks!
The Dive Down: Some Pioneer decks too!

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Timestamps:
4:45 - Sleeve/Believe/Heave: MOM in Modern
7:36 - Stan plays Kuldotha Aggro
20:50 - Dave plays Jeskai Prowess
34:24 - Stan plays Baral & Kari Zev
44:33 - Dave plays Jund Indomitable Creativity
53:13 - Adagio and Presto
57:07 - Sleeve/Believe/Heave: MOM in Pioneer
58:51 - Shane plays Sultai Rona Combo
1:21:35 - Dave plays Dimir Rogues
1:34:31 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

Modern
Kuldotha Aggro: httdps://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5569038#paper
UR Prowess/YungDingo: https://www.streamdecker.com/deck/fOnU-Zwd-
Baral & Kari Zev: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5565460#paper
Jund Creativity: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5569004#paper

Pioneer
Sultai Rona Tandy Deck: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5570816#paper
Dimir Rogues: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5566886#paper

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This week we get to look at the first paper Modern tournament featuring the new cards of March of Machines - the $20K Modern RCQ that took place in Richmond this past weekend. We go over the metagame, the performances, and the top 12 decks! Following that, d00mwake is back to talk to us about a bunch of brews he has for Pioneer, featuring some hot tech from MOM. Is Jeskai Ascendancy back? Is Invasion of Tarkir going to change Pioneer? We don't actually know yet, but we sure can hope!

The Break Down: Modern Keeps Being Modern
The Dive Down: Devon Brings the Brews
The Dive Down, cont: You'll Never Believe the Most Exciting Deck

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Timestamps:
4:29 - Housekeeping
8:53 - The Break Down: The SCG Richmond $20K Modern RCQ
9:37 - The overall metagame
27:41 - The top 12
43:08 - Cool Decks, Inc.
48:18 - Taxes... stink?
51:40 - The Dive Down: d00m brews in Pioneer
54:02 - 4C Ascendancy
59:39 - Rona Ascendancy
1:05:03 - Sultai Rona
1:09:24 - Gruul Dragons
1:17:02 - 4C Dragons
1:22:33 - Gruul Fling
1:27:36 - Mono-Green Scales
1:32:58 - Sorin + Ghalta
1:40:05 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
The Richmond $20K: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/14572
4C Ascendancy: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556305#paper
Rona Ascendancy: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556308#paper
Sultai Rona Combo: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556313#paper
Gruul Dragons: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556306#paper
4c Dragons: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556315#paper
Gruul Fling: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556307#paper
Mono-G Scales: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556309#paper
Sorin & Ghalta: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5556312#paper

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The boys are back for some more spicy takes and overall expectations for March of the Machine. We chat about some new instant speed draw spells, some potential combo shenanigans, and our called shots on the set's potential sleeper hits. We pay our respects to Archangel Espeth, theorycraft what type of Izzet spells deck can play the new convoke draw spells, and recap some of the crazy new combo omens via Omen Hawker.

The Break Down: Dave is back to tell us we did a good job
The Dive Down: Shane and Stan continue to do a good job

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Timestamps:

• 4:08 - Housekeeping
• 9:16 - March of the Machines spoilers, pt. 2
• 12:15 - Meeting of the Minds/Transcendent Message
• 16:53 - Archangel Elspeth
• 20:09 - Zephyr Singer
• 23:26 - Khenra Spellspear
• 29:10 - Invasion of Gobakhan
• 34:22 - Urabrask
• 40:03 - Polukranos Reborn
• 43:17 - Sunfall
• 46:55 - Ancient Imperiosaur
• 50:16 - Tax Time
• 53:22 - Voldaren Thrillseeker
• 56:44 - Omen Hawker
• 59:35 - Kroxa and Kunoros
• 1:02:26 - Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1:04:19 - Our top picks from MOM
• 1:10:56 - Sleeper picks
• 1:18:21 - Wrapping up

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There's a new card in town, and we're here to chat about Battles (including the band) during our first look at spoilers from March of the Machine, a Magic set that comes out in April...

We kick with a chat about Battles in particular, and the type of questions we're asking before we trying playing these brand new cards in decks. Then we look at some new additions including Baral & Kari Zev, Halo Forager, The Sword of Once and Future, Elesh Norn, and more!

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Timestamps:

• 5:01 - Housekeeping
• 9:31 - March of the Machine - Another Event Set!
• 13:09 - Battles are here!
• 21:26 - The spoilers begin, sort of
• 24:22 - Ayara, Widow of the Realm
• 29:28 - Baral and Kari Zev
• 34:35 - Surge of Salvation
• 38:35 - Bloodfeather Phoenix
• 44:19 - Elesh Norn
• 50:16 - Halo Forager
• 55:26 - Faerie Mastermind
• 59:32 - Sword of Once and Future
• 1:03:39 - Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1:08:00 - Invasion of Tarkir
• 1:10:57 - Invasion of Karsus
• 1:12:30 - Change the Equation
• 1:18:45 - Wrapping up

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Devon O'Donnell returns to help us break down the results of this weekend's NRG Chicago Modern and Pioneer trials. Then chat about d00mwake's own upcoming Pure Modern tournament and what to play in a tournament without Modern Horizon cards.

The Break Down: NRG Mundelein: More Trials Than Salem
The Dive Down: Elevator Constellation Triggers
The Dive Down, cont: The Purest of Modern Tournaments

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Timestamps:

• 4:40 - Housekeeping
• 6:40 - The Break Down: Shane & Devon talk NRG Mundelein
• 10:01 - The 2023 NRG Series structure
• 13:35 - The Modern 10k metagame
• 36:53 - The Modern top 8
• 45:13 - The Pioneer 5k metagame
• 55:19 - The Pioneer top 8
• 57:30 - The NRG leaderboard
• 59:38 - The Dive Down: Stan & Devon talk Pure Modern
• 1:14:44 - What's good in Pure Modern?
• 1:49:30 - Wrapping up

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Sure it's 3 months away, but if that doesn't stop WOTC from sharing The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth spoilers, what should stop us from talking about the summer's straight to Modern set? We chat about Frodo, Samwise, Gollum and the One Ring, and somehow convince ourselves that maybe these cards can work in a deck with other lands and spells..?

Then we dust off our old Arena accounts to play some new Innistrad cards. We break down which decks get the biggest boost from the latest update, bringing Explorer one step closer to Pioneer. And take count of which decks still have a way to go due to critical, missing pieces.

The Break Down: One supplemental set to rule them all and in the darkness bind them
The Dive Down: Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered but not forgotten

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Timestamps:
7:20 - Housekeeping
8:50 - Do we want Hobbits to shake up Modern?
25:19 - How can we evaluate cards in the post-MH2 era?
31:50 - The One Ring
43:18 - Frodo, Sauron's Bane and Gollum, Patient Plotter
46:05 - Samwise, the Stouthearted
49:21 - Reprieve
53:50 - Mount Doom
57:03 - Live smelling experiences
1:00:23 - Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered is here!
1:13:53 - Are we back on Arena?
1:18:25 - What does Shadows Remastered do for Explorer?
1:21:00 - The Pioneer decks you can play on Arena now
1:25:30 - Golden Packs are sweet
1:27:37 - Wrapping up

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Our international relations split today's show into two sections, and a new episode tradition was born. Join us for a multi-format look at some our favorite tribes, a new take on Calibrated Blast, and the latest version of Pioneer Sac. Listen in as Stan and Dave discuss what they've been up to in Modern and Pioneer over the last couple of weeks. Hint: it's in the title. After that Shane and Devon go deep on the new Pioneer Sac decklists featuring Tyvar. It's like two shows in one — enjoy the Deckfest 1!

• Stan Loves Pioneer Now!
• Dave Gets Weird in Modern!
• Shane & Devon Break Down Tyvar Sac in Pioneer!

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Timestamps:
3:52 - Housekeeping
7:03 - Dave and Stan played some MTG
8:22 - Stan played... Pioneer Elves???
21:00 - Stan also played... Pioneer Spirits!
33:24 - Dave played Mardu Calibrated Blast
46:35 - Dave also played Mono-White Humans... in Modern?!
57:29 - Coming home to some Barrister & Mann
1:00:40 - Shane and Devon talk Pioneer Golgari Sacrifice
1:08:36 - Tyvar in Golgari Sacrifice
1:13:06 - Some mana dorks
1:14:52 - The sac engines
1:27:08 - The fodder makers
1:34:05 - The Collected Company
1:39:20 - The mana
1:43:20 - The sideboard
1:44:45 - So how do you play this deck?
1:54:50 - Matchups and sideboarding
2:01:00 - Why play this deck?
2:05:31 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
• Pioneer Elves by XBoxGreg: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5391892#paper
• Pioneer Azorius Spirits by ScouterTF2: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5471488#paper
• Modern Cottage Blast by Aspiringspike: https://twitter.com/Aspiringspike/status/1631397428585693188?s=20
• Modern Mono-White Humans by HanktheObese: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5471479#paper
• Pioneer Golgari Sac by d00mwake: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5460137#paper

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Fresh off the heels of his RCQ win with Amulet Titan, our Twitter friend Ryan Donkin joins us to break down the power of Mycosynth Garden, pour one out for Ad Nauseum, and how to count all the triggers in Glimpse of Tomorrow decks.

• More Ways to Win on Turn 2
• Glimpse the Ad Nauseum and Other Unthinkable Brews
• Tinker, Brewer, Pilot, Consumer

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Timestamps:
3:33 - Housekeeping (including notes about a TDD Discord Modern Tournament)
6:06 - Getting Into Ryan's Brain: A Peek Inside the Grinder's Studio
11:20 - Putting Cards Together in Ways That Win
11:40 - Amulet Titan
22:52 - Ad Nauseum
32:05 - Ad Break: Barrister & Mann
35:15 - The Spark that Lit a Love of Combo
41:04 - The Secret Third Cascade: Glimpse
53:14 - When to Play Glimpse
56:41 - What Kind of Main Are You?
1:03:27 - Cards Ryan is Brewing With Now
1:06:10 - What Ryan is Trying in Pioneer: Lotus Field + More
1:09:49 - Stan Cracks a Pack: Peak Consumer Main Content
1:12:45 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
https://twitter.com/GR_DONKIN

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Well, here it is. The week you've all been waiting for — the Rhino Boyz finally get back their Rhino format. It's time for a check in on what's going on in Modern since Phyrexia: All Will Be One launched. We take a look at the Top 32 metas of all the MTGO Challenges from 2/10 – 2/24 and throw in some data on the Manatraders February final to boot. Oh yeah — and Stanislav finally rejoins the pod from his new home in the UK. Hear what we sound like during a daytime recording (for the first time ever) and also hear what we sound like in British accents (hopefully for the last time ever). What surprising decks are surging in Modern once again? What cards from ONE have made any impact? What terrible UK slang with each of us try to pepper our speech with? Find out on this week's ep!

• Too Many English Accents
• February Modern Challenge(s) Roundup
• We Catch Up and Crack a Pack

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Timestamps:
6:15 - Housekeeping
11:48 - The Break Down: What's going on in Modern?
44:53 - The Manatraders Modern top8 and what are we learning?
52:40 - Smuggling some bergamot
55:35 - Shane plays some Devoted Druid with Tyvar
1:09:30 - Cool Decks, Inc.
1:12:15 - Stan is back, and opens a pack!
1:21:40 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Devoted Druid with Tyvar by Bean17h: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5431806#paper
Devoted Druid with Tyvar by MickeyPlaysMagic: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5422748#paper

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With Shane and Stan both gone this week, Dave called in returning guest host Devon O'Donnell, aka d00mwake, to talk about his hot Pro Tour Phyrexia takes. Is d00m buying what Dave's selling? That's to be determined. Buying or not, Dave and Devon first go over the expected and unexpected decks from the return of the Pro Tour, then chat about some of the early previews from March of the Machines.

The Break Down: The Metagame Everyone Saw Coming
The Dive Down: A Winner No One Saw Coming
The Wind Down: The Team-Ups No One Knew They Needed

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Timestamps:
4:05 - Housekeeping
6:30 - Pro Tour Phyrexia - Is Devon buying what Dave's selling?
12:50 - Take 1: The meta was what we expected
18:07 - Take 2: The top of the meta didn't perform well
25:24 - Take 3: We should be playing the less popular decks
37:30 - Take 4: The rogues broke the format a bit
54:15 - Shane's secretly here
59:28 - Take 5: More metagame calls paid off
1:02:50 - Take 6: Fable of the Mirror Breaker is the best card in the format
1:07:50 - Take 7: The meta is unlikely to change
1:15:15 - Take 8: The top 8 was impressive and our predictions stunk
1:19:50 - March of the Machines early previews!
1:34:02 - Where to find d00mwake and wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
The PT decks: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/14111
March of the Machines spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/mom
Devon's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/d00mwake

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This week Dave and Shane invite Devon O'Donnell (aka d00mwake) over to help us prepare for the return of the Pro Tour! We go deep on Pioneer as we take a look at the recent meta and last weekend's MTGO Challenges (or whatever they're called), go over where established decks are picking up new tech from ONE, and lastly run through a bunch of sleeper decks and their potential for a PT break through — one deck d00mwake likes may even surprise you. We likely don't talk about Atraxa enough. But we do talk about the angel... some? Tune in for all this and to see what each of us chose as a top 4 for the tournament.

• As Much Pioneer as You Could Ever Want
• Atraxa Unifies the Rogue Meta
• One Deck That Oozes Potential

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Timestamps:
5:00 - Housekeeping
7:57 - The Pioneer Pro Tour
15:10 - The current Pioneer meta
27:45 - What can happen at the Pioneer PT?
30:02 - The Saturday Pioneer Challenge
43:48 - Saturday's cool decks
57:09 - Sunday's Pioneer Showcase Challenge
1:10:05 - Sunday's cool decks
1:20:28 - What do we know about Pioneer?
1:24:58 - Some sleeper decks of the new Pioneer
1:42:35 - Calling our top 4 decks of the Pro Tour
1:44:50 - Where to find d00mwake

Links from this week's episode:
Devon's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/d00mwake
Frank Karsten's Metagame Mentor: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-10-surprising-pioneer-decks-that-can-win-pro-tour-phyrexia
2/11 Pioneer Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-02-11#paper
2/12 Pioneer Showcase: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-showcase-challenge-2023-02-12#paper
d00mwake's Video on New ONE Decks for Pioneer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLghY2tsI4

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This week Shane and Dave dive into results from the first weekend of Magic after ONE. It looks like the set has had more impact on Modern and Pioneer than we thought possible with upgrades coming to several decks and even a couple of new brews emerging. Are THE Mycosynth Gardens ready for Prime Time? Is Venerated Rotpriest the card that will make Infect ripe again? Is Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler the real deal in Druid... or... anywhere else? Shane and Dave go through the results from the Modern $5k and $10ks from SCGCON Indy and look at some speculative brews for Pioneer from Frank Karsten's most recent Metagame Mentor.

• The Mycosynth Gardens Are So Nice This Time of Year
• Rotpriest or Rockpriest?
• Tyvar, Jubilant Brewer

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Timestamps:
4:55 - Housekeeping
8:40 - The SCGCon Indy Friday Modern $5k RCQ
23:44 - The SCGCon Indy Sunday Modern $10k RCQ
51:16 - New Modern oddities and ephemera
1:02:09 - Frank Karsten's Pioneer potentials in ONE
1:12:37 - New Pioneer oddities and ephemera
1:14:58 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
SCGCon Indy Friday modern 5k RCQ: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/13258
SCGCon Indy Sunday Modern 10k: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/13259
Modern Devoted Druid Combo in 2023: https://themanabase.com/modern-devoted-druid-combo-in-2023/
Frank Karsten's Metagame Mentor: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-10-surprising-pioneer-decks-that-can-win-pro-tour-phyrexia

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Here it is — Part 2 of our tour through Phyrexia: All Will Be One. But this week we've called in some reinforcements in the form of Sky Mason, aka DarthJacen on Playing Pioneer, Twitch, and Twitter. While Shane engages in another flight of fancy about a Green 7 drop and Dave speculates about edicts or bolts or something, Sky helps us get through cards that have real potential in Pioneer and Modern from this second half of the set. And then, at the end, as a treat, we all go over our top 5(-ish) cards from the set.

• It's Always 51 in Providence
• Napping in Skrelv's Hive
• [Everyone Had Almost the Same] Top 5 Cards

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Timestamps:
3:35 - Housekeeping
6:38 - Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
9:21 - The Eternal Wanderer
13:29 - Phyrexian Vindicator
16:21 - Skrelv's Hive
20:07 - Distorted Curiosity/Bring the Ending
25:14 - Prologue to Phyresis
28:37 - Mindsplice Apparatus
36:45 - Annihilating Glare
40:50 - Archfiend of the Dross
42:51 - Phrexian Obliterator
45:03 - Sheoldred's Edict
48:18 - Rebel Salvo
51:08 - Furnace Punisher
52:47 - All Will Be One
54:15 - Cankerbloom
55:36 - Nissa, Ascended Animist
1:00:24 - Migloz, Maze Crusher
1:05:50 - DarthJacen's top cards
1:21:35 - Shane's top cards
1:27:30 - Dave's top cards
1:31:35 - Where to find Darthjacen online

Links from this week's episode:
Check out Sky on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/darthjacen) and Playing Pioneer (https://playingmtg.com/pioneer/)

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This week Shane and Dave dive into the weirdness that is Phyrexia: All Will Be One. What card will be our number one for hype this spoiler season? What card that we think will see very little play counters spells with mv one? What Phyrexian Mite is a 1/1 for 1 with Toxic 1 and is number one in our hearts? How many more ones can I fit in this description? At least one. At least one. Join us this week as we go through the cards we love, the cards we hate, and the cards we're just plain Perplexia'd by.

• These Cenobites Are Making Me Thirsty
• Skrelv Wars, Nothing But Skrelv Wars
• So I Dub Thee Unforgiving

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Timestamps:
3:43 - Housekeeping
6:07 - All Will Be One
7:38 - The mechanics of ONE
17:13 - The spoilers begin! Allied Fast lands
20:04 - The Mycosynth Gardens
23:58 - Minor Misstep
29:45 - Venerated Rotpriest
37:27 - Gleeful Demolition
40:36 - Skrelv, Defector Mite
43:21 - Vat of Rebirth
47:29 - Kemba, Kha Enduring
51:29 - Ossification/Soulless Jailer
54:14 - The Filigree Sylex
56:18 - Blade of Shared Souls/Sword of Forge and Frontier
1:00:50 - Glissa Sunslayer/Malcator, Purity Overseer
1:03:42 - Mirran Safehouse
1:05:32 - Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
1:09:07 - Unctus, Grand Metatect
1:10:54 - Ichormoon Gauntlet
1:13:54 - Jace, the Perfected Mind
1:16:24 - Nahiri, the Unforgiving
1:21:16 - Mondrak, Glory Dominus
1:24:06 - Capricious Hellraiser
1:27:04 - Tyvar's Stand
1:30:00 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Scryfall: https://scryfall.com/sets/one?as=grid&order=spoiled

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This week Dave and Shane work on becoming Masters of their Domain with a quick dive into a deck that has been a bit of surprise in modern lately — Modern Domain Zoo. We debate which two drops are the best in this deck, wonder why this deck even has one drops, and finally, most domainedly, talk about killing opponents from the low teens with gameplans that include double Tribal Flames. But before all that, we talk about the exciting end of the 2022 NRG Championship Series, break down the decks from Modern and Pioneer, and marvel about the tiny tech choices people can make in a field of 16 players.

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Timestamps:
4:13 - Housekeeping
6:24 - The Break Down: The NRG Championship
8:58 - The Modern meta & decklists
28:24 - The Pioneer meta & decklists
41:53 - The tournament results
47:55 - Spring is here
50:42 - The Dive Down: Masters of our Domain (Zoo)
52:37 - What Domain is all about
54:55 - The Domain creatures
1:05:48 - The Domain spells
1:14:06 - The manabase and mana strategy
1:21:14 - Some thoughts about Domain Zoo
1:26:08 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Champs Decklists:
https://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/modern-2022-nrg-championship-january-14-15-2023/
https://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/pioneer-2022-nrg-championship-january-14-15-2023/
Sample Domain Zoo List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5339959#paper

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Dave and Shane kickoff 2023 in Magic in our first Stan-less episode of his hiatus. We take a quick tour around the formats we love: we first spend time on a tour of Modern via recent MTGO events, then through Pioneer via Frank Karsten's most recent assessment of the combined RC meta. But first we talk about this weekend's NRG Championship Series Finals. And then before that we also cry some because we miss Stan.

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Timestamps:
4:43 - Housekeeping
11:50 - The Dive Down begins - the NRG Championship preview
23:05 - The current state of Modern
48:19 - The current state of Pioneer
1:04:20 - Cool Decks, Inc.
1:20:05 - What we aren't talking about
1:22:30 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Championship Series Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/nrgseries
2022 NRG Series Championship Structure: https://articles.nerdragegaming.com/2022-nrg-series-championship-structure/
ManaTraders Modern $30k: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/2022-manatraders-series-30-000-invitational#paper
MTGO Modern Super Qualifier: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-super-qualifier-2022-12-26#paper
Frank Karsten's Pioneer RC Metagame Mentor: https://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-top-15-pioneer-decks-from-regional-championships

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Surprise! We got one more episode out of Stan before he heads off to the UK — and it's a good one. It's time for our annual chat about our 2023 goals as Magic players, podcasters, friends, and frenemies. We touch on some ideas we have for expanding the show, expanding our planewalking skills, and on how we all feel like we need to fight to stay engaged and curious in life as old age creeps in. No big deal.

But before all that, we're excited to bring you a fun discussion we had with Randy Chiang, CEO and Founder of [Heavy Play](heavyplay.com) — a brand new, player-centric take on deck boxes, playmats, and sleeves. We talk with Randy about what inspired him to chase his dream to design this line of accessories that aim to help make gameday easier for Magic players of all kinds. Heavy Play is currently working on a Kickstarter launch campaign — go check it out before it closes on January 15th!

The Break Down: The Last Playmat You'll Ever Need
The Dive Down: 2023 Goals

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Timestamps:
3:08 - Housekeeping
4:06 - Talking with Randy from Heavy Play
41:10 - Cheshire Stan
43:50 - Some 2023 goals
47:01 - Show goals
55:59 - Magic goals
1:17:33 - Personal goals
1:23:53 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Heavy Play Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heavyplay/heavy-play-equipmag-system-and-curv-sleeves
Heavy Play website: http://heavyplay.com

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For our final episode of the year, we're kicking off with a huge announcement of things to come in 2023. Then we dive into the hottest cards and decks of the year.

Yes it's true, Stan is fleeing the country. But we're not letting him leave the podcast just yet. Change is coming, sure, but the show will go on as our three friends figure out how to manage the unique challenge of timezone management.

Then we talk about the hottest cards and decks from the year, the ones that took us by surprise, and the ones we turned to whenever we had to win some tournament cash.

Thanks for another amazing year at The Dive Down. We couldn't do it without our wonderful friends and fans who continue to support us. We have more plans for next year and we can't wait to see what's to come in 2023.

The Break Down: The Mancunian Candidate
The 2022 Divey Awards: The Cards We Loved and The Cards We Hated

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Timestamps:
3:20 - Housekeeping
5:37 - Stan's big announcement
13:11 - The 2022 Year in Review
14:55 - (Some) Companions are banned
20:06 - RCQs change competitive Magic
24:59 - The Nerd Rage Gaming Series
28:41 - The Best of 2022 Awards begin - The Experience of the Year
34:21 - The card of the year
42:58 - Our favorite card(s)
45:08 - The comeback card
52:40 - The best new deck
57:18 - Stan's instant classic
1:00:01 - The best deck
1:07:39 - Our favorite deck(s)
1:08:57 - The most overhyped card
1:15:58 - The most underhyped card
1:17:31 - The most hated deck(s)
1:21:34 - The most hated card(s)
1:23:30 - Favorite product of the year
1:27:03 - Favorite episode(s) of the year
1:29:58 - Guests of the year
1:31:54 - Wrapping things up

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Jeskai Breach has been dominating the paper and MTGO scenes for months, and Stan's obvious pleas have finally been answered. The boys dive into the deck to figure out some quick tips on what it takes to combo off.

We also break down the results from NRG Louisville, including deck win rates across Saturday's Modern tournamnet, and the epic conclusion to the Player of the Year race.

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Timestamps:
5:15 - Housekeeping
8:06 - The Break Down - The NRG Modern Showdown
32:55 - Quick Pioneer Top 8
35:52 - Live Smell Reviews
39:15 - The Dive Down: Breaching for fun and profit
40:51 - A brief history of Grinding Breach
45:58 - How does the combo work?
50:45 - What's in the deck?
55:35 - What makes it tick?
1:02:24 - What we learned when playing
1:12:05 - How to beat it
1:18:50 - How did we like it?
1:24:19 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
Breach reference list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5272624#paper
Jesse Robkin's Breach Deck Guide: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/MTG-Modern-Izzet-Underworld-Breach-Deck-Guide/a4a197cf-3114-4d6b-b316-81a22363b068/

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Annnnnnnd we're back. Now that your faithful hosts have or have not recovered from Episode 200, Dreamhack, Thanksgiving, NRG Chicago, international travel, and other... ailments... it's time for the three friends to embark on the next 200 episodes of the show. To kick off the dawning of this new age of TDD, we're first going to spend some time talking about NRG Chicago and Stan's incredible performance there.

After heaping praise upon our favorite son who came in 10th place, we dive into some Modern decks that feature cards from The Brothers' War. First, Stan talks about Portal to Phyrexia in a Shape Anew shell — is it anew contender for the top spot in Modern? Dave talks about sacrificing creatures to get what you want in Hammer using Diabolic Intent. Shane gets Arcane but only via Proxy in Cascade Rhinos. And lastly, because he couldn't help himself, Dave breaks back into an old image of his — using Third Path Iconoclast in UR Prowess. Do any of these updates earn a coveted Sleeve rating from TDD Inc, Intl? Tune in and find out.

The Break Down: Stan Tramples the Field at NRG Chicago
The Dive Down: New Modern BROs

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Timestamps:
2:58 - Housekeeping
8:17 - The Break Down: The NRG Chicago Pioneer $10K
11:45 - Stan finishes 10th at the NRG Modern $5K
18:44 - The Modern Meta
22:02 - The top 8 decks
26:26 - Modern takeaways
32:00 - It's your local Santa impersonator
35:14 - The Dive Down: Stan Shapes Anew
43:00 - Dave Hammers with Diabolic Intent
54:30 - Shane Tramples with Arcane Proxy
1:04:31 - Dave Plays Prowess (Again)
1:19:20 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
Shape Anew/Portal to Phyrexia: https://twitter.com/Aspiringspike/status/1597399229558759424
Hammer w/ Diabolic Intent: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5258908#paper
Rhinos w/ Arcane Proxy: https://twitter.com/Brittney_MTG/status/1597630506103099392
UR Prowess w/ Third Path Iconoclast: https://www.streamdecker.com/deck/o5BZmd8eM

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Well, we finally made it — episode 200! And it's your Rhino Boyz live, together, and in the same room in a small studio outside of Atlanta during Dreamhack. To celebrate ep 200, we deliberated over a list of 200 important cards from Modern's past and present, broke them down into categories.... and then did what we do best — talked about them. Join us as we reminisce about Modern's past, celebrate its current form, and bring up every counterspell.

A very special thanks to all of you Citizens of The Dive Down Nation who keep making this possible and for making our community the absolute best. We appreciate you!

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Timestamps:
4:58 - Housekeeping
7:20 - 200 cards begins
8:12 - The Mana of Modern
12:32 - I'm Living in a Living Nightmare
16:22 - Stuff That's in Burn
19:30 - Cheap Removal
27:26 - Every Counterspell
30:54 - Free-ish Spells
36:26 - Look, I'm Drawing Cards
41:01 - Control Stuff
43:37 - Cascade Spells
45:28 - Midrange is Dead
49:52 - 1+1+1=7
56:30 - Other People's Favorite Cards, Pt. 1
1:02:16 - These Cards are Just Good, Get Over it
1:05:35 - Tempo Stuff
1:08:45 - Two Two-For-Ones
1:10:35 - The Elementals
1:13:39 - Stoneforge & Friends
1:15:24 - We Miss Her, We Want Her Back
1:16:54 - Dredge Stuff
1:18:37 - Our Robot Overlords
1:20:34 - It's Hammer Time
1:22:24 - Titan Stuff
1:25:29 - It's Tribal Time
1:27:25 - Some Dorks
1:29:27 - Creature Combo Shenanigans
1:31:02 - Spells Cards
1:34:32 - A Mill Card as a Treat
1:35:20 - Other People's Favorite Cards, Pt. 2
1:38:42 - These Cards Will Never Be Good Again
1:44:49 - Cards We Can't Believe Are Good Enough For Modern
1:47:45 - Hope These Work
1:49:44 - Two Companions
1:52:59 - Oops, We Broke Modern
2:01:49 - Namesake Cards
2:04:22 - Vaguely Unfair & Other Cool Lands
2:07:08 - The Top End
2:08:34 - Thank You!
2:09:44 - Other People's Favorite Cards, Pt. 3
2:13:19 - Closing Out

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The anticipation is almost over. What started as a blink our collective eye way back in the spring has come to pass. It's time for RC Atlanta. As the rhino boyz prepare to head down to Dreamhack to... cover(?)... the event, we turn to new friend of the show Sky Mason, aka darthjacen, from Playing Pioneer to help us work through the latest decks, trends, and strategies for Pioneer. It's a great final discussion on a format that has come back to prominence this year.

But before all that, we have a special announcement — The Dive Down is excited to announce that we've launched our own custom merch store! Check out this limited collection of hats, shirts, and... a fanny pack (?) at thedivedown.com/store. Thank you + we appreciate you!

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Timestamps:
9:15 - Housekeeping
10:33 - WE NOW HAVE A STORE!
14:50 - Talking Pioneer with Sky
25:13 - Mono-Green Devotion
40:00 - Rakdos Midrange
51:38 - Izzet Phoenix
1:02:31 - Mono-White Aggro
1:08:28 - Abzan Greasefang
1:14:29 - A magical time of year
1:18:38 - Keruga Fires
1:23:41 - Selesnya Angels
1:28:32 - Gruul Vehicles
1:33:33 - Lotus Field
1:40:13 - Azorius Control
1:42:00 - Spirits
1:43:44 - Rakdos Sacrifice and other possibilities
1:50:15 - Anything from Brothers' War?
1:52:40 - Find Darthjacen on the net

Links from this week's episode:
For all things Sky Mason — https://linktr.ee/darthjacen
For SCG CON Pioneer $30k Results — https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11890

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In this second installment of The Brothers' War spoilers, Dave and Shane lament the lack of Stan this week while chatting the plusses and minuses of 20-ish new cards that just might impact Modern and Pioneer. Is Third Path Iconoclast the new Seasoned Pyromancer? Will Woodcaller Automaton get Karn the Great Creator banned? Is Sarinth Steelseeker the sleeper card of the set? I guess we'll find out. But before all that, we spend some time assessing the Nerd Rage Gaming Team Trios $10k and Pioneer $5k that happened in Fort Wayne this past weekend.

The Break Down: Devoted to NRG Fort Wayne
The Dive Down: Saga Targets, Wishboard Targets, and More!

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Timestamps:
5:09 - Housekeeping
7:35 - The Break Down: NRG Fort Wayne
10:45 - The Team Trios top 8
20:38 - The Pioneer $5k
35:55 - Get Lavender-y
38:55 - The Dive Down: We continue to BROmance
40:13 - Haywire Mite
41:52 - Mishra's Research Desk
43:23 - Combat Courier
44:10 - Calamity's Wake
45:39 - Brotherhood's End
47:37 - Audacity
49:00 - Forging the Anchor
50:20 - Hostile Negotiations
52:42 - Diabolic Intent
57:17 - Arcane Proxy
59:40 - Third Path Iconoclast
1:03:38 - Obliterating Bolt
1:06:00 - Woodcaller Automaton
1:10:04 - Cityscape Leveler
1:13:16 - Rootwire Amalgam
1:16:02 - Arms Race
1:18:30 - Bladecoil Serpent
1:21:42 - No One Left Behind/Recomission
1:24:55 - Zephyr Sentinel
1:27:25 - Skystrike Officer
1:28:48 - Sarinth Steelseeker
1:30:39 - The most impactful cards of BRO
1:36:00 - We play the pre-order price game
1:38:43 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
NRG Fort Wayne Team Trios: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11717
NRG Fort Wayne Pioneer $5k: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11718

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It's that time of year again — we're fitting one more set into 2022, so it's time for us to talk about early impressions of the first batch of cards from The Brothers' War. It's a set dripping with nostalgia from here to 1994. Tune in to hear us talk about Teferi, Urzas, Wurms, and more! Before we do that we make a quick checkin on Stan's RCQ preparations on 4c... Kaheera? Karuga? Jegantha?

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Timestamps:
5:55 - Housekeeping
10:22 - The Break Down begins - Stan touches the spirit realm
25:18 - Dave unlocks something new in himself
29:16 - The Dive Down begins - Spoilers, BRO
32:45 - Prototype and Phyrexian Fleshgorger
37:31 - Skitterbeam Battalion
41:54 - The Commands and Mishra's Command
48:48 - Meld
51:06 - The Stone Brain
55:25 - Urza's Sylex
59:14 - Portal to Phyrexia
1:01:39 - The Stasis Coffin
1:04:48 - Blast Zone/Monastery Swiftspear
1:06:09 - Feldon, Ronom Excavator
1:09:57 - Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
1:12:51 - Overwhelming Remorse
1:18:01 - Recruitment Officer
1:19:37 - Surge Engine
1:22:07 - Hurkyl, Master Wizard
1:27:13 - Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
1:33:05 - Closing out

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In this week's episode, we break down the Nerd Rage Gaming $10k Team Trios Trial and the $5k Modern Trial in Newark, Ohio. We look at the overall metagame, the new breakout decks in Modern, and what did well (and not so well). Following that, we take a bit of time to talk about some decks we've been playing in Modern and Pioneer!

We share our hands-on experiences getting better with RB Scam, the swingness of Gruul beatdown in Pioneer, the power level of 4C Omnath in a post-Yorion metagame, and why Domain Zoo is probably not the aggro deck we were hoping for.

The Break Down: Featuring Kaheera
The Dive Down: Not Featuring Kaheera

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Timestamps:
4:03 - Housekeeping
9:01 - The Break Down begins - The NRG Team Trio 10k
9:43 - The Pioneer meta
16:28 - The Modern meta
26:28 - The Team Trio top 8
36:52 - The Modern 5k meta
42:41 - The Modern 5k top 8
49:22 - Talking about Companions
55:51 - The Dive Down begins - Stan plays 5-Color Domain
1:02:18 - Stan plays Soul of Windgrace Jund Saga
1:08:35 - Stan plays 4C Control
1:15:00 - Shane plays Gruul Aggro
1:22:12 - Dave plays Red Aggro and Scam
1:26:39 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
The $10k Team Trios Trial: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11715
The $5k Modern Trial: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/11716
4C Control: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5168888#paper
5C Domain: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5168914#paper
Jund Saga: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5168886#paper
Gruul Aggro: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5172483#paper

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What does Modern look like now that Yorion is banned? On this week's show we go through the complete Friday October 14 deck dump to discuss our expectations for the format's staples and other rogue decks.

We consider the contenders for the "best new deck," including Murktide, Creativity, and Hammer. Plus we take stock of the initial attempts at 4C Omnath decks in 60 cards. And imagine the potential for emerging or rogue strategies, like 5C Zoo, Scam, and Breach.

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Timestamps:
3:16 - Housekeeping
9:26 - The People's Meta begins
12:15 - Murktide
18:29 - Hammertime
24:09 - Creativity
30:52 - 4C Omnath
36:21 - Rakdos Midrange
42:19 - Cascade decks
45:18 - Burn
48:08 - Amulet Titan
50:18 - Yawgmoth
52:39 - Control decks
58:14 - Grinding Breach
1:03:47 - Shadow
1:10:25 - Riding the Waves
1:13:14 - Mill
1:16:12 - Scapeshift
1:18:40 - Tron
1:20:43 - Uncategorized assertive decks
1:27:04 - A bunch of midrange
1:30:07 - Aether Vial decks
1:33:37 - Affinity stuff
1:34:37 - Uncategorized creature combo
1:37:19 - Prowess
1:40:35 - Mono-black control stuff
1:41:53 - Combo grab-bag
1:43:03 - What we might want to try
1:47:12 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-league-2022-10-14

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Yorion is banned, rejoice! To celebrate, we're scamming it up with Rakdos Scam aka Rakdos Elementals aka Rakdos Midrange aka Rakdos Blink. A deck that goes by many names but it's only got one thing on it's mind. Turn 1 Grief, baby! It's a Modern deck dive of undying proportions.

We kick off with a Break Down of Modern's B&R. Did WOTC go far enough? Did the right card get banned? And where does the format go from here?
Then we dive into Rakdos Scam to see what all the hype is about this MH2-inspired Midrange deck. Is it the next Jund or something new entirely?

The Break Down: [BANS] Sky Noodles & Company
The Dive Down, pt1: Evoking an Advantage
The Dive Down, pt2: A Lot of Other Very Mid Cards

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Timestamps:
5:50 - Housekeeping
8:49 - The Break Down - Yorion is banned!
25:44 - But no Pioneer bans
32:00 - Spooky scents
34:28 - The Dive Down - It's Scammin' time!
40:07 - A brief history of Rakdos Elementals
44:27 - The creatures of Rakdos Blink
1:02:42 - The spells of Rakdos Midrange
1:18:37 - Playing Rakdos Undying
1:25:41 - The strengths and weaknesses of Rakdos Scam
1:36:48 - Sideboarding and matchups
1:38:54 - Our final takes
1:44:30 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/october-10-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement

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Today is the story of a deck that has been floating around for a long time in Modern, a deck that we won’t let Dave forget about, a deck that inspired us to invite our old pal Zach "Manacymbal" Ryl... that's right, it's time for a Indomitable Creativity deck dive.

We chat about some of the different versions of the deck floating around, including the 5 color version with Leyline Binding and Grixis, sideboard strategies, tips and tricks with individual cards, and more.

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Timestamps:

Housekeeping - 6:56
Early History of Creativity - 8:00
X=1 (Velomachus Turns) - 12:22
X=2 (MH2/Emrakul/Serra’s Emissary) - 16:30
X= up to 4 (Archon of Cruelty Emerges) - 19:00
Fable and Leyline Binding Emerge - 21:30
Flavors of Creativity - 24:15
How the Deck Works (or Doesn’t) - 27:19
Back Up Plans - 33:02
Enablers (W6 + Fable) - 35:14
Protection Spells/Teferi - 45:10
Interaction - 48:38
How To Be Creative - 53:22
Is W6 the backbone of creativity? - 55:00
Sequencing land drops - 58:10
How Creativity is positioned - 1:01:30
Closing out - 1:07:15:03

Links from this week's episode:

5C: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5136656#paper
Introduces Leyline Binding, Boseiju, Nature’s Claim, Veil of Summer
https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/246731

4C/Temur: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5136649#paper

Grixis: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5133050#paper

Kanister's list: https://twitter.com/kanister_mtg/status/1575123839968747521/photo/1

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This week Dave and Stan review the results from the NRG Modern $10K in Minneapolis, where 5c Creativity beat Rakdos Scam in the finals. We also chat about the Sunday Pioneer $5K results, and other data that's been shared from across the weekend. Then we dip our toes in a couple new Modern decks to see if we like playing Scapeshift or Mono-Green Devotion.

The Break Down: NRG Minneapolis Modern $10k and Pioneer $5k
The Dive Down: Trying Out Scapshift (Modern) & MonoG (Pioneer)

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Timestamps:
Housekeeping - 4:45
NRG Minneapolis Modern 10K - 7:07
Modern Metagame Breakdown - 10:00
Modern Top 8 - 29:15
NRG Pioneer $5K - 46:40
Tournament Winrates Across Decks - 58:00
Stan plays Scapeshift - 1:12:36
Dave plays Mono-Green Devotion - 1:28:22

Links from this week's episode:

https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/10501

https://twitter.com/jekleckner/status/1574519024452763648?s=46&t=LFo9NVqh6FHt7ERhNQEOJg

https://twitter.com/jekleckner/status/1574527119706804240?s=21&t=wjnnmBpxc8xzQekdAoEOqQ

https://articles.nerdragegaming.com/the-nrg-championship-series/nrg-championship-trials-standings/

https://twitter.com/GR_DONKIN/status/1572390053556457472?s=20&t=9-72YkHS22jcINubKZ7X_A

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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