Episode 262: Rainbow Rhinos and 19,442 Matches of Modern

Join us this week as we discuss how Modern has gone rainbow. The full compliment of Rhino Boys — Dave, Devon, Shane, and Stan — are together for the first time this year. We're talking about Modern in upheaval and the results from all the RCs this last weekend.

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Timestamps:

0:01 - A big announcement!

5:05 - Heavy mise en Play-ce

7:56 - This week's episode/housekeeping

14:51 - The Dive Down: Modern Upheaval, and not the card

17:40 - The Dallas RC meta and Leyline Rhinos

25:30 - Dallas winrates and conversion rates

38:15 - The Dallas top 8 and other Modern events

44:29 - A giant winrate matrix

56:10 - Up-and-coming decks from the past weekend

1:08:41 - Dave played Leyline Zoo

1:16:02 - Stan played Leyline Rhinos

1:23:40 - Devon played Goryo's Vengeance Asmo stuff

1:30:02 - Some brief Pioneer NRG prep chat

1:33:05 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

Denver RC listsing: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/54549

@AzoriusI's data: https://twitter.com/AzoriusI/status/1757036428674891821?t=eUvsssljH2AZZ0U3SmOWpA&s;=19

Typical Rainbow Rhinos List (from Mack Endress): https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/363672

Modern Matrix from MtgDecks.net: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/winrates/range:custom_2024-02-09_2024-02-12

d00mwake's Goryo's Vengeance list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6173859#paper

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