First Strike

First Strike

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First Strike episodes

  • Canadian Domination

    Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike

    Find us on Twitter:

    Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic
    Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier
    Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD
    Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub

    Guests:
    Dom Harvey - https://twitter.com/dominharvia
    Sean Gifford - https://twitter.com/BlinkyMTG 

    First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.

    1 hr 42 min
  • A Podcast of Champions, Scapeshift, UW Control

    Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike

    (1:15) Andy takes down the latest MTGO Standard MCQ with Bant Scapeshift. How broken is it?

    (14:05) Shaheen Soorani's team won SCG Philadelphia! He of course played UW Control.
    (19:55) If control is best in a predictable metagame, why is Shaheen playing UW Control?
    (22:05) What happened to misplacedginger? What's his take on Modern?
    (29:50) How did Elliot's SCG Philly go with Bring to Light Scapeshift?
    (32:50) Where is finalnub's head when it comes to Modern? Is Hogaak still good?
    (39:35) How has Shaheen's draft preparation been going?
    (41:45) Commentary on Hasbro revenue report
    (46:30) finanub responds to Ari Lax on Neoform

    Find us on Twitter:

    Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic
    Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier
    Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD
    Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub
    Derek Pite - https://twitter.com/misplacedginger
    Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg

    First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.

    56 min
  • New Kings of Modern the Future of Competitive MTG First Strike

    Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike

    (1:15) Shaheen Soorani's thoughts on the state of competitive MTG

    (3:55) Destruction of pro system will cause some types of players to no longer exist - Shaheen
    (15:45) What's the best case scenario from this point forward?
    (21:45) What is the MTG dream?
    (36:05) Modern time: is Snakeshift the new King of Modern?
    (48:15) Shaheen reveals what will most likely be his MC Barcelona deck

    Find us on Twitter:

    Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic
    Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier
    Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD
    Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub

    Guest:

    Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg

    First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Is Hogaak overrated?

    KYT, Elliot, and Jonathan are joined by "Detective" Dhaliwal and MTGO ringer Tangrams, Dave Inglis, to look at whether any cards from the Hogaak deck will be feeling the banhammer Monday, and their Top 5 Core Set 2020 cards for Standard. 

    1 hr 10 min
  • Detective Dhaliwal & Hogaak

    KYT, Andy, Elliot, and Jonathan catch up with Detective Dhaliwal, who cracked the case of the Hamilton Open with Modern's new best deck, Hogaak Vengevine. 

    1 hr 11 min
  • Mythic Championship III Preview

    KYT, Andy, and Elliot get hyped for the Mythic Championship III this weekend by looking at the decklists published and picking their top 6 players, then start to take a cautious look at what Modern Horizons has been doing to Modern.

    1 hr 12 min
  • Winning with UR Phoenix

    KYT, Andy, Elliot, and Jonathan chat recent MCQ winner Dan Fournier about playing UR Phoenix in Standard, crowdsourcing travel to Mythic Championships, and dethroning UW Control in Modern. Special apparance by Alex Hayne!

    1 hr

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First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.