Eternal Durdles

Zac and Nate, take some bold guesses that pay off immediately about GP Birmingham. Phil's out this week, Playing in the GP! Good Luck Phil!

Phil's traveling this week. Nate and Zac interview Turbo Depths aficionado Matthew Hackbert. They scour his thoughts on the deck, how to play it and ways to attack it.

"Stock" GB Turbo Decklist

Main: Lands - 23

3 Bayou

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Dark Depths

4 Thespian's Stage

3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1 Sejiri Steppe

1 Bojuka Bog

1 Ghost Quarter

1 Swamp (S-C if ItN)

1 Forest (S-C if ItN)

Creatures - 11

4 Vampire Hexmage

4 Elvish Spirit Guide

3 Sylvan Safekeeper

Other - 26

4 Lotus Petal

4 Thoughtseize

4 Duress

4 Crop Rotation

4 Sylvan Scrying

2 Expedition Map or 2 Into the North (Map usually over ItN)

3 Pithing Needle

1 Flex (This is often S. Library or 3rd Map/ItN)

Sideboard - 15

1 Pithing Needle

1 Karakas

1 Dryad Arbor/Mishra's Factory

2 Thorn of Amethyst

2 Surgical Extraction

2 Rite of Consumption

3 Abrupt Decay

3 Flex

SB Flex is often some combination of the following:

More Thorns/Spheres

Decay/Grip effect

Surgical

Bosejiu for vs U/x Control

Card Advantage (Bob/S.Library, etc.)

Bitterblossom

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BUG "Negator" Depths - This variant designed and championed by Tom Hepp

Main:

Lands - 28

4 Dark Depths

4 Thespian Stage

4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4 Misty Rainforest

3 Verdant Catacombs

2 Bayou

1 Underground Sea

1 Tropical Island

1 Bojuka Bog

1 Sejiri Steppe

1 Wasteland

2 Flex Spots (Some combo of Gemstone Mines and/or a Forest)

Creatures - 4

4 Vampire Hexmage

Other - 28

4 Mox Diamond

4 Crop Rotation

4 Brainstorm

4 Thoughtseize

2 Duress

2 Inquisition of Kozilek

3 Sylcan Scrying

2 Pithing Needle

2 Expedition Map

1 Stifle

Sideboard - 15

3 Flusterstorm

3 Surgical Extraction

2 Krosan Grip

2 Abrupt Decay

2 Pithing Needle

1 Dryad Arbor

1 Ghost Quarter

1 Karakas

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Zac Nate and Phil look at a the first week of Dominaria being legal, check out a couple of deck innovations and get a quick snapshot of the meta.

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Phil, Nate and Zac look at Dominaria now that its out and see what gems they can find.

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Phil Nate and Zac react to the BnR update. Then dissect @MTGAARON's "Pillars of the Format" tweet.

Nate Phil and Zac discuss the top 8 of GP Seattle. What this means for the health of the format, and answer a series of conundrums related to Deathrite Shaman.

Phil takes Back to Basics and puts is in a Dimir shell. Zac plays Temur Shift in a Modern 2k. Nate goes full mentor in a Legacy 4k.

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Phil's Black to Basics

Creatures

4 Baleful Strix

3 Snapcaster mage

2 Vendilion clique

1 Tasigur, The Golden Fang

Spells

3 Jace, The Mind Scupltor

4 Force of will

4 Ponder

4 Brainstorm

1 preordain

4 Thoughtseize

4 Fatal push

2 Counterbalance

1 counterspell

2 Back to Basics

1 Diabolic Edict

1 Toxic Deluge

4 Polluted Delta

2 Misty Rainforest

2 Scalding Tarn

1 Flooded Strand

5 Island

3 Swamp

2 Underground Sea

SideBoard:

3 flusterstorm

3 surgical extraction

2 vampire hexmage

2 pithing needle

2 dread of night

1 dragonlord silumgar

1 hostage taker

1 notion thief

Zac's Shift

LANDS

2 Breeding Pool

1 Sheltered Thicket

2 Forest

3 Island

4 Misty Rainforest

1 Mountain

3 Wooded Foothills

4 Steam Vents

3 Stomping Ground

1 Cinder Glade

2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

CREATURES

4 Sakura-Tribe Elder

1 Snapcaster Mage

1 Primeval Titan

SPELLS

3 Cryptic Command

1 Explore

1 Farseek

1 Izzet Charm

1 Lightning Bolt

3 Prismatic Omen

4 Remand

4 Scapeshift

4 Search for Tomorrow

2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

2 Search for Azcanta

SIDEBOARD

2 Anger of the Gods

2 Abrade

2 Relic of Progenitus

2 Negate

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

3 Obstinate Baloth

2 Vendilion Clique

Phil Nate and Zac talk about what defines a brew, and when its right to brew.

The crew takes a queue from the community and guess the chaos that would ensue with a ban on fetchlands.

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Phil, Nate, and Zac take a look at the recent Dominaria leaks and try to find spoils for eternal formats. There are some gems!