Episode 245: Never Play the Fourth Bean, ft. Aspiringspike

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.

• Meet our new sponsor: Pedialyte!

• 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

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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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