Everyday Eternal Podcast

Time stamps
01:00 — I wanna play BUG. Which BUG deck should I play?
02:57 — How many creatures? Which creatures?
04:48 — Spells
08:48 — How many lands? Which lands?
14:48 — Non-stack interaction
23:56 — Sideboard
31:38 — Matchup: Miracles
35:12 — Situation: Miracles
37:49 — Situation: Elves
42:20 — Struggling to come up with a situation for UWx Blade
49:05 — Outro

BUG Delver by Jacob Kory and Matt Pavlic

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will
4 Abrupt Decay
3 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
1 Sylvan Library
3 Hymn to Tourach
1 Thoughtseize
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Flex Slot

4 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
1 Tropical Island
3 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
4 Wasteland

No SB provided.

Links:
Bob Huang’s stream

Today’s music is Something Elated by Broke for Free and was acquired via the Free Music Archive. Check out Broke for Free on their website.

Time stamps:
2:27 – History: CounterTop Thresh / CounterTop Goyf
4:39 – History: CounterTop Thopters
7:57 – History: May 2012: The Miracles are printed
18:20 – What colors to play: Is UW enough?
21:49 – Current builds: Stoneblade, Legends, Ponder
30:09 – Would you play Counterbalance with no Miracles?
32:34 – Would you play Miracles with no Counterbalance?
34:24 – Should Sensei’s Divining Top be banned?
43:09 – Miracles deck construction
50:39 – Dig Through Time
53:25 – Landbase
1:02:03 – Matchups: The Mirror
1:16:33 – Matchups: Death and Taxes
1:25:30 – Matchups: OmniTell
1:35:40 – Matchups: RUG Delver / Canadian Threshold
1:42:22 – BGx / Abrupt Decay Decks
1:48:29 – Outro

Today’s music is Battle (Boss) by BoxCat Games and was acquired via the Free Music Archive. Check out BoxCat Games on their website or on the iTunes app store.

In Episode 36 of Everyday Eternal, Matt and Sam review the latest batch of cards from R&D, Dragons of Tarkir.
Time stamps:
1:27 – Mechanics: Bolster, Rebound, Exploit, Dash, Formidable, and Megamorph
7:48 – Sarkhan Unbroken
12:38 – Narset Transcendent
23:30 – Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
28:09 – Assault Formation
32:49 – Display of Dominance
40:04 – Graceblade Artisan
41:23 – Hedonist’s Trove
53:25 – Myth Realized
59:36 – Virulent Plague
1:02:43 – Zurgo Bellstriker
1:05:55 – Dragonlords
1:15:56 – Cards that want you to control or reveal a dragon – Silumgar’s Scorn
1:17:51 – Commands
1:28:13 – Rending Volley
1:29:55 – Shenanigans: Complaining about art and Word of Command
1:34:40 – Shenanigans: Plays of the week
1:40:38 – Thanks to Eternal Central
1:42:24 – Goodbyes and Outro

Today’s music is 8-bit Love Machine by Gumbel and was acquired via the Free Music Archive. Check out Gumbel on FaceBook or on BandCamp.

In episode 35 of #EverydayEternal Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt), Julian Knab (@itsJulian23), and special guest Felix Munch (@35lands) discuss the banning of Treasure Cruise, and its affect on the future of Legacy.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:52 Topics and Updates
0:03:43 Streaming and MTGO
0:09:18 Felix, on Lands technology
0:20:35 Team EuroSwag Weekend 2015
0:26:52 Julian’s tournament experience(s) in Nuremberg
0:31:45 Julian, on Elves sideboard technology
0:37:00 How long does it take a metagame to adapt to B&R changes?
0:47:15 Prague Eternal, GP Lille, and upcoming European events
0:50:30 Announcing ‘Ambitions,’ a high level Legacy tournament in Lille July 3 2015
0:58:24 Matt, on Junk-style technology
1:09:00 Recommended decks for current metagame

In episode 34 of #EverydayEternal Sam Craven (@thecravenone) and Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt) take a look at Fate Reforged. With goodies for Vintage and Legacy players alike, the guys discuss what changes decks might make to bring in these new cards.
00:29 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
05:20 Return of Delve: Temporal Trespass
10:19 Gurmag Angler
13:26 Hybrid Mana abilities: Tasigur, the Golden Fang
15:51 Soulfire Grand Master
20:08 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
23:52 Warden of the First Tree
27:51 Manifest: Soul Summons
29:56 Cloudform
32:19 Reality Shift
32:24 Prowess: Monastery Mentor
40:52 Dark Deal
42:54 Goblin Boom Keg
46:28 Grim Contest
47:52 Hewed Stone Retainers
50:00 Other mechanics: Dash, Bolster, Lifegain Duals, Modal ETB effects
51:40 Monastery Siege
54:54 Plays of the week, Outro

Show Notes
– Fate Reforged Complete Visual Spoiler

5C

Maindeck

4 Force of Will
2 Cabal Therapy
2 Swords to Plowshares
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
2 Treasure Cruise
2 Opposition
1 Intangible Virtue
2 Jeskai Ascendancy
1 Quiet Speculation
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Lingering Souls

4 Scalding Tarn
4 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
2 Volcanic Island
2 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Tropical Island
1 Badlands
1 Plateau

No SB provided

In episode 33 of #EverydayEternal, the original cast is reunited! Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt), Jacob Kory (@mtgkoby), and Sam Craven (@thecravenone) join up to talk recent news in Eternal, including big changes to the SCG Open Series. The guys break down their choices for the most playable cards in the new Commander 2014 set. And as always, Matt has a new pet card for Legacy.
0:00:48 MTGO Holiday Festival
0:05:00 Surge in the price of power after #GPNJ
0:12:33 Changes to the SCG Open Series
0:25:56 Commander 2014: Containment Priest
0:31:54 Dualcaster Mage
0:37:08 Daretti, Scrap Savant
0:45:47 Titania, Protector of Argoth
0:51:40 Malicious Affliction
0:54:44 Nahiri, the Lithomancer
1:00:46 Siege Rhino in all formats: Legacy
1:04:48 Plays of the week and outro
Show Notes
– MTGO Holiday Festival Announcement
– SCG 2015 Open Series Announcement

With Grand Prix: New Jersey on the horizon, episode 32 of #EverydayEternal finds Sam Craven (@thecravenone) and Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt) discussing the top Legacy decks from both Legacy Champs and the StarCityGames Legacy Open in Minneapolis. Included in the conversation is how to handle these decks, what metagame changes these decks could bring, and how to deal with those change.
0:00 Intro, and the top decks from Eternal Weekend
0:02:30 UR Delver is really coming into its own
0:05:59 UB Tezzerator
0:11:30 Jund
0:21:00 Surprises in the Top 32: Increased presence of combo, strength of Tabernacle, and fewer StoneBlade decks than expected
0:30:32 Dimir Charm in UBx decks
0:33:55 Punishing Maverick with Domri Rade and Voice of Resurgence
0:39:48 Common themes and how to fight them: low toughness, high converted mana costs on key cards, and greedy manabases
0:47:46 SCG: Minneapolis full of interesting decks, and Slivers
0:54:27 UR Painter and “Rest in Pieces”
1:00:52 Dragon Stompy
1:05:34 Plays of the week
1:09:01 GP: New Jersey information and outro

– Legacy Champs Top 32 Decks
– StarCityGames Legacy Open Minneapolis Top 16 Decks

Matt’s suggested lists for GP New Jersey:

Maindeck

4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Thoughtseize
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Zealous Persecution
3 Liliana of the Veil
3 Lingering Souls
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

4 Wasteland
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Marsh Flats
1 Windswept Heath
3 Scrubland
1 Bayou
3 Swamp
1 Plains

2 Rest in Peace
3 Pithing Needle
2 Disenchant
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Zealous Persecution
2 Tidehollow Sculler

Maindeck

4 Force of Will
2 Thoughtseize
2 Counterspell
3 Swords to Plowshares
2 Supreme Verdict
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Brainstorm
2 Dimir Charm
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Dig Through Time
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Notion Thief
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Batterskull
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 Lingering Souls

1 Karakas
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Academy Ruins
3 Tundra
2 Underground Sea
1 Scrubland
3 Island
1 Swamp
1 Plains

3 Meddling Mage
2 Rest in Peace
2 Zealous Persecution
2 Vendilion Clique
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Pithing Needle
1 Notion Thief
1 Swords to Plowshare

Maindeck

4 Deathrite Shaman
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
4 Dark Confidant
1 Scavenging Ooze
3 Vampire Hexmage
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Green Sun’s Zenith
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Thoughtseize
2 Life from the Loam
1 Living Wish
4 Abrupt Decay
3 Swords to Plowshares
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Dark Depths

1 Thespian’s Stage
4 Wasteland
1 Cabal Pit
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Windswept Heath
1 Marsh Flats
3 Bayou
2 Scrubland
1 Savannah
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Swamp

1 Bojuka Bog
1 Dark Depths
2 Gaddock Teeg
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Karakas
2 Krosan Grip
3 Pithing Needle
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Chains of Mephistopheles

In episode 31 of #EverydayEternal, Julian (@itsJulian23) regales Sam (@thecravenone), Matt (@SDE_Matt), and Sean (nedleeds) with tales from this year’s Ovinogeddon. Later, Sean and Sam talk expectations for Vintage at Eternal Weekend 2014.
0:00:28 Problems at Ovinogeddon
0:11:48 Current dominance of Miracles
0:15:05 Funny stories from Ovinogeddon
0:41:13 Eternal Weekend Vintage Preview
0:44:16 What’s in Sean’s gauntlet
0:52:02 Influence of MTGO on the metagame
0:53:21 Workshops’ Problems: BUG and Young Pyromancer
0:59:42 Expectations for best performances at Eternal Weekend: Dredge a surprise contender, Oath falls flat?
1:04:59 LCV results
1:08:33 Announcements and outro

In episode 30 of #EverydayEternal Matt Pavlic (sdematt) talks with Bob Huang (@silyaznfoo) about Bob’s recent win at the StarCityGames Legacy Open in New Jersey with a UR Delver deck packed with Kahns of Tarkir cards, and how very wrong the ‘cast was in its initial evaluation of those cards. Sean O’Brien (nedleeds) also briefly joins in towards the end to talk a bit of Vintage. This will be followed up with a preview of Eternal Weekend coming soon!

0:00:49 Bob Huang: First place at #SCGNJ with UR Delver with Treasure Cruise and Monastery Swiftspear
0:07:42 Combating Treasure Cruise
0:11:08 Treasure Cruise and Dig through Time in non-Delver decks
0:15:55 How does this affect non-blue decks?
0:23:55 A bit more on attacking Treasure Cruise – This is not the next Mental Misstep!
0:30:25 New deck naming conventions
0:36:33 What cards are deprecated by these delve-based cards?
0:42:07 Less played decks that become better
0:48:33 Why Matt loves Gaddock Teeg
0:54:15 Vintage, and what Sean is going to play at Vintage Champs
0:57:35 Matt started playing Power
1:02:40 Terranova vs. other Workshop decks
1:04:25 Short Metagame preview for Vintage Champs
1:07:35 Wrap up

– The Most Dangerous Cards in Khans of Tarkir, by Carsten Kotter
– Vintage Super League Round 6 Steve Menendian vs. Luis Scott-Vargas

UR

Maindeck

4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Chain Lightning
2 Forked Bolt
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Treasure Cruise
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Young Pyromancer

4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Flooded Strand
4 Volcanic Island
2 Island
1 Mountain

2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Blood Moon
2 Sulfuric Vortex
3 Pyroblast
1 Smash to Smithereens

RUG

Maindeck

4 Force of Will
4 Daze
3 Spell Snare
2 Spell Pierce
4 Stifle
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Fire // Ice
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Hooting Mandrills
4 Wasteland
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Tropical Island
3 Volcanic Island

2 Cursed Totem
1 Krosan Grip
2 Submerge
1 Null Rod
2 Rough // Tumble
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Ancient Grudge
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sylvan Library

LEGACY

Maindeck

4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
2 Dack Fayden
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Force of Will
2 Transmute Artifact
1 The Abyss
1 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Baleful Strix
2 Academy Ruins
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Thopter Foundry
1 Sword of the Meek
1 Crucible of Worlds

4 Mox Diamond
2 Dimir Signet
3 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
2 Island
1 Swamp
4 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
3 Wasteland

1 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Goblin Welder
2 Toxic Deluge
1 Misdirection
2 Lodestone Golem
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Engineered Plague

GW

Maindeck

4 Mother of Runes
4 AEther Vial
2 Phyrexian Revoker
2 Sylvan Library
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Serra Avenger
3 Spirit of the Labyrinth
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
3 Flickerwisp
1 Batterskull

4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland
3 Karakas
4 Windswept Heath
3 Plains
3 Savannah
2 Cavern of Souls

3 Gaddock Teeg
2 Rest in Peace
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Grafdigger’s Cage
2 Pithing Needle
1 Ratchet Bomb
2 Krosan Grip
2 flex slots

JUND

Maindeck

4 Thoughtseize
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Red Elemental Blast
2 Sylvan Library
3 Punishing Fire
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Koth of the Hammer
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Bloodbraid Elf

3 Grove of the Burnwillows
3 Bayou
1 Taiga
2 Badlands
3 Wasteland
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Wooded Foothills
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Forest
1 Swamp

2 Slaughter Games
2 Chains of Mephistopheles
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Krosan Grip
3 Red Elemental Blast
2 Duress
2 Golgari Charm
2 Nihil Spellbomb