Episode 189: NRG in STL & Dominaria United, pt 2 (ft Jesse Robkin & Aspiringspike)

Fresh off an amazing weekend at the NRG tournament in St. Louis, Jesse Robkin joins us to break down the Team Trios Trial and the Modern 5K. Then our old pal Aspiringspike drops in to go over the remaining cards from Dominaria United that have potential for constructed play.

Jesse and team reached the finals of the NRG Team Trios Trial on Saturday, where she piloted Mono Green Devotion in the Pioneer seat. Then on Sunday, she pulled out her trusty Izzet Breach deck and made the finals again in the Modern 5K. She walks us through her touranments, lessons learned with the decks she played, and the overall metagame from the weekend's events.

Then for the second half of the show, Evart Moughon AKA Aspiringspike drops in to wrap up our discussion of Dominaria United, now that the full spoiler is live. We go over the tribal lords, the white interaction, and more!

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Timestamps:
3:17 - Housekeeping
5:06 - Introducing Jesse Robkin
9:35 - The NRG Team Trios event through Jesse's eyes
22:28 - The NRG Team Trios meta
27:32 - The finals winners
29:08 - Taking Izzet Breach to the finals of the 5k
35:48 - The 5K top 8
39:21 - Jesse's parting thoughts
42:48 - Well water woes
45:56 - Aspiringspike is back!
49:01 - Spike's thoughts on Modern
56:58 - The cards we're most excited about: Leyline Binding
1:07:56 - Aether Channeler
1:13:31 - Soul of Windgrace
1:18:25 - Founding the Third Path
1:23:48 - Balmor, Battlemage Captain
1:25:09 - Leafcrown Visionary
1:28:02 - Vodalian Hexcatcher
1:30:38 - Rundvelt Hordemaster
1:34:02 - Some cards we are excited for in Pioneer
1:44:53 - Temporary Lockdown and Karn's Sylex
1:47:43 - Good stuff for Pioneer or Modern if you're lucky: Serra Paragon
1:50:35 - Electrostatic Infantry
1:54:01 - Shore Up
1:55:54 - Ghitu Amplifier
1:58:38 - Academy Loremaster
2:00:23 - What we are excited for in Dominaria
2:03:55 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
Find Jesse Robkin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tiddypills
Find Aspiringspike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aspiringspike
Find Aspiringspike on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Aspiringspike

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