Episode 251: Regional Championships and Unusual Discoveries in Pioneer

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

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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