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- Ep 12 - The Warning
In this weeks episode Dave Ben and Dave get a little nostalgic as the talk about the lost legends news. The also talk shop about the new Arena Anthology sets. Predicting what cards (based on cards announced at time of recording) might boost what decks. They resolved their Wrenn and Six foil price is right Challenge and other Dave issues a new play challenge to the gang.
News
Lost legends for DMU
As promised Explorer Anthology 1 and Historic Anthology 6 are releasing on the 28th of July.
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1 hr 3 min - Ep 11 - Back to the Birds
In this weeks episode the guys talk about Channelfireball is getting bought by TCGPlayer and how The Reserve List is still very much here to stay or at least that's what Bill Stark thinks. See what Dave Ben and Dave think.
News
TCG Player to buy Channelfireball and BinderPOS
Bill Stark tweets about the reserve list
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47 min - Ep 10 - Meet the Maestro
This week Dave Ben and Dave talk about Alchemy Bans and rebalances. Their hopes for Explorer Anthology 1 and maybe some hopes for Historic Anthology 6. They take a peak at Fortnite secret lair spoilers and the discuss Japanese cult movie classic Battle Royale.
News
Arena State of the game
Alchemy rebalancing
Fortnite Secret Lair Spoilers
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55 min - Ep 09 - Project MayHAM
Product delays and rotation are in the news and Dave, Ben and Dave discuss spoilers from Double Masters 2 and the Alchemy Baldur’s Gate set. The biggest spoiler of the show maybe that Dave and Ben don’t actually hate some of the Alchemy cards.
News
Warhammer pushed back!
Rotation is coming!!!
Spoilers
Double Masters 2
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate
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1 hr - Ep 08 - From the Proving Grounds
Time spiral gets drawn on. North or South, same bathroom. Coming to a draft near you: Show your tournament organizer how well you can draw circles. 2x2 set draft archetypes. BREAD isn't just a delicious baked good anymore and more!
News
WotC wants to see your happy little circles and draft archetypes
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/seeing-double-masters-2022-06-16
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55 min - Ep 07 - Brokering
This week, Moderator Dave is on assignment and Ben and Superior Dave tackle the recent Pioneer bans as well as suss out what the best counter spells are for each format. Let's do the thing.
News
On June 7th the ban hammer fell
Pioneer
- Winota, joiner of forces….. is banned
- Expressive Iteration…… is banned
Explorer
- Expressive Iteration…… is banned
Magic the gathering online is turning 20
- Everyone get 100 play points (accounts created before June 7th)
- Players get an avatar the corresponds to the age of their account
- They are running a series of tournaments; the grand prize is a playset of every card from a booster release.
- Constructed event include formats- Legacy, Vintage, Modern and Pioneer
- Limited events include Sealed Deck- Masters 25, Vintage Masters, Modern Horizons, Modern Horizons 2
- Too help players better compete in the festivities MTGO is selling an all access token that grant access to the complete card catalog (some exclusion apply) for the duration the celebration, Its $25
- Vintage Cube is back.
Unfinity Magic’s 4th unset comes out Oct 07
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1 hr 3 min - Ep 06 - Rubble Rousing
On this weeks episode news is in short supply so the gang discuss the various ways to teach new players to play and get them playing. Then they argue over a handful of controversial cards and whither they stan those cards or want them banned.
News
Magic the gather 2022 start kit announced
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1 hr 1 min - Ep 05 - The Turn
This week Ben podcasts from the depth's of his dark basement, Moderator Dave apparently podcasts live from a buffalo ranch, and other Dave is normal. They talk about Comics Championships, Baldur's Gate Spoilers and more.
News
Seb McKinnon draws a comic cover
Maive the looking glass
New Capena Championship // Hisamichi Yoshigoe Naya Midrange
Arena Announcements for May 25
Baldur’s gate is going to be harder to get than originally expected.
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1 hr 1 min - Ep 04 - Party Crashers
In this Episode Cards are banned, Moderator Dave can't play best of 3 in the bathroom and tons of spoilers. Plus a new challenge is proclaimed.
News
Ban Hammer Falls on explorer
Warhammer 40K
Double Masters 2022, Dominaria United, Arena Organized Play and Love your LGS Promo
The New Evolution Mother Nature just Dropped
Challenge
The new Challenge is a Sealed match. Despite what Ben said 3 or 4 times it is not a draft. He knows this, it is suspected that he was trying to inception the Daves and throw them off their game.
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1 hr 1 min - Ep 03 - The Set up
In this Episode Ben hops in his covered wagon and heads west into the shining future of pioneer. Seriously He wont shut up about it. Moderator Dave joins the wrong event and Other Dave puts us all in our places.
Also there is some news....
News
Arena Open
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate- Spoilers
Commander Fest
Next 3 sets hype stream tweet
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1 hr 4 min
About Magic Proving Grounds
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to the Proving Grounds. The only Magic the Gathering Podcast that proves that winning is only half the battle. Join MTG lifers Dave, Ben, and Dave as they tackle the world of Magic one week at…
a time.