So Many Insane Plays

By Kevin Cron & Stephen MenendianLeisure Games

So Many Insane Plays episodes

June 24, 2014 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 36: Conspiracy and Vintage Masters
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian examine Conspiracy for Vintage, and discuss the contents and release of Vintage Masters on Magic Online (MTGO).

0:03:25: Dack Fayden
0:08:19: Conspiracies
0:10:25: Council’s Judgment
0:14:20: Split Decision
0:19:30: Treasonous Ogre
0:21:32: Dack’s Duplicate
0:25:15: Deal Broker
0:30:50: Coercive Portal
0:38:55: Vintage Masters
Other Show Notes
– Team Serious Vintage Open June 14 (Columbus, OH, USA)
– NYSE Vintage Open 2 June 20-22 (New York, USA)
– Team Serious Vintage Open June 28 (Berea, OH, USA)
– Team Serious Vintage Open July 26 (Warrens, MI, USA)
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
50 min
May 07, 2014 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 35: Journey Into Nyx
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review Journey into Nyx and grade their Born of the Gods report card.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements: Banned and Restricted List Updates, or lack thereof.
0:04:40: Born of the Gods Report Card
0:11:15: Aegis of the Gods
0:26:29: Mana Confluence
0:36:28: Dakra Mystic
0:48:06: Prophetic Flamespeaker
0:58:37: Eidolon of the Great Revel
1:09:37: Oppressive Rays
1:12:25: Athreos, God of Passage
1:18:34: Dictate of Kruphix
1:20:36: Spite of Mogis
1:23:32: Eidolon of Rhetoric
1:28:20: King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
1:33:05: Pull from the Deep
1:36:32: Disciple of Deceit
1:50:09: Summary
1:53:14: Dack Fayden
Other Show Notes
– Journey Into Nyx Visual Spoiler
– Eudomonia 93/94 Old School Magic May 18 (Berkeley, CA, USA)
– Team Serious Open Vintage May 31 (Columbus, OH, USA)
– Forgotten Path Games Vintage June 8 (Vacaville, CA, USA)
– Team Serious Open Vintage June 14 (Columbus, OH, USA)
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
2 hr 21 min
April 10, 2014 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 34: Vintage Tactics – Cantrips
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian analyze Vintage tactics: cantrips. Also, Old School Magic, Titus Chalk’s So Do You Wear a Cape?, and Magic card prices.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements: upcoming tournaments, Old School Magic, So Do You Wear a Cape?
0:15:44: Card prices and the future of reprints: Vintage, Legacy and Modern
0:24:10: Brainstorm
0:48:30: Ponder
0:54:40: Preordain
Total Runtime: 1:22:45
Other Show Notes
– Pauper to the People 143 Video Audio
– So Do You Wear a Cape? by Titus Chalk
– Is Legacy Cheaper Than Standard?
– Team Serious Vintage Open Vintage (Columbus, OH, USA) – April 12
– Odyssey Games Vintage (Kalamazoo, MI, USA) – April 12
– Vintage at Eudemonia (CA, USA) – April 20
– 93/94 Old School Magic at Eudemonia (CA, USA) – May 18th
– Comic Town Legacy/Vintage Split Tournament (Columbus, OH, USA) – May 31
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 23 min
February 05, 2014 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 33: Born of the Gods
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian investigate Born of the Gods for Vintage. Also, how will counterfeits impact Vintage?

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements
0:04:45: Counterfeits and Vintage
0:20:10: Theros Report Card
0:24:30: Born of the Gods mechanics
0:37:20: Spirit of the Labyrinth
0:51:30: Pain Seer
0:55:50: Kiora, the Crashing Wave
1:21:50: Born of the Gods summary
Total Runtime: 1:27:51
Other Show Notes
– Swan Song Playability Results
– Born of the Gods Visual Spoiler
– Team Serious Vintage Open March 8 2014
– Eudomania Vintage
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 28 min
January 07, 2014 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 32: Vintage Tactics
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian analyze Vintage tactics.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements
0:02:20: Vintage Tactics: Land Drops
0:32:45: Vintage Tactics: Mana Drain
0:52:45: Vintage Tactics: Vampiric Tutor
1:07:30: Awarding the 2013 Moxies!
Other Show Notes
– Sharpening Your Skills: Playing With and Around Mana Drain
– Eudomania Vintage, 01-04-2014
– Team Serious Vintage Open Columbus 01-18-2014
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 14 min
December 02, 2013 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 31: Eternal Weekend Results
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian discuss the results of Eternal Weekend.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements
0:03:05: Impressions from the whole of Eternal Weekend: setting, security, attendance, grinders, coverage, community, the future.
0:17:15: Kevin’s tournament report
0:54:10: Steve’s tournament report
1:26:45: Top 8 Decks
2:12:00: Listener Feedback
Total runtime: 2:14:34
Other Show Notes
– Team Serious Open: Sandusky December 15 2013
– Team Serious Open: Columbus December 21 2013
– Vintage Champs 2013 Top 8 decks and coverage
– Eternal Weekend Vintage Champs Coverage Playlist (on YouTube)
– Walk the Planes: Vintage
– So Many Insane Plays – Pitch Burning Tendrils Primer, Other Brews, and Two Report
– Joel Lim’s Vintage Champs tournament report
Jaco's treasure map power 9! pic.twitter.com/ijXLJWRKLZ
— Stephen Menendian (@SMenendian) June 16, 2013
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
2 hr 15 min
October 28, 2013 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 30: Commander 2013 and Eternal Weekend Preview
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review Commander 2013, discuss Vintage Masters, and preview Eternal Weekend.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements
0:02:20: Vintage Masters
0:08:00: Commander 2013 Mechanics
0:14:20: True-Name Nemesis
0:28:05: Unexpectedly Absent
0:39:20: Toxic Deluge
0:50:45: Sydri, Galvanic Genius
0:54:50: Bane of Progress
1:01:40: Restore
1:06:30: Eternal Weekend Preview
Total runtime: 1:37:44
Other Show Notes
– Vintage Masters
– Commander 2013 Gallery
– Matt Hazard’s Thespian Stage deck
– Recent northeast tournament results:
– 09-07-2013 Players Guild
– 09-14-2013 MVPLS
– 09-16-2013 Scholars
– 09-28-2013 Mythic Games
– 10-05-2013 Players Guild
– 10-07-2013 Scholars
– 10-08-2013 MVPLS
– 10-19-2013 TopDeck Games
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 38 min
September 23, 2013 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 29: Theros
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review Theros, grade their Magic 2014 report card and discuss Magic Online Vintage and Legacy PTQs!

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements – Upcoming Tournaments and Vintage PTQs?
0:18:08: Magic 2014 Report Card
0:27:14: Theros Keywords, themes and cycles
0:53:32: Swan Song
1:04:31: Curse of the Swine
1:11:42: Bident of Thassa
1:14:57: Dissolve
1:17:33: Chained to the Rocks
1:23:04: Ashen Rider
1:26:56: Hero’s Downfall
1:30:32: Triton Fortune Hunter
1:35:28: Akroan Crusader
1:38:37: Anger of the Gods
1:42:34: Read the Bones
1:53:07: Mistcutter Hydra
1:59:41: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
2:03:42: Daxos of Meletis
2:13:13: Psychic Intrusion
2:19:11: Spellheart Chimera
2:24:19: Steam Augury
2:39:56: Listener Feedback
Total runtime: 2:41:57
Tweets on Legacy and Vintage PTQs
Famous Magic (and poker) player Eric Froehlich recently opined on the wishes for Legacy or even Vintage PTQs and Pro Tours. Some of the conversation between him, David Williams, Matt Sperling, and WotC employee Worth Wollpert’s dialogue can be found in the Tweets below.
I know it's impossible, 0%, etc, but Legacy is so sweet and Modern is SO unplayably bad, would be awesome if there could be Legacy PTQs/PT!
— eric froehlich (@efropoker) September 17, 2013
@efropoker Legacy PTQs would be glorius
— Chris Pikula (@meddlingmage) September 17, 2013
@meddlingmage @efropoker the fact that they decided to stick to the reserve list means this is basically impossible.
— David Williams (@dwpoker) September 17, 2013
@dwpoker @meddlingmage I'm aware, and I'm ok with that, but nothing wrong with a little daydreaming
— eric froehlich (@efropoker) September 17, 2013
@efropoker @meddlingmage well then…how bout some Vintage PTQ/PTs #daydreaming big time
— David Williams (@dwpoker) September 17, 2013
@dwpoker @efropoker @meddlingmage now you're talking my language.
— Luis Scott-Vargas (@lsv) September 17, 2013
@dwpoker @meddlingmage while that would be gas, legacy is still the 'better' more diverse format in terms of card choices
— eric froehlich (@efropoker) September 17, 2013
@meddlingmage @efropoker maybe online someday? Cc @mturian
— Worth Wollpert (@mtgworth) September 17, 2013
@mtgworth @meddlingmage @efropoker That does sound fun.
— Mike Turian (@mturian) September 17, 2013
@mturian @mtgworth @meddlingmage @efropoker that's why Worth is in charge. Awesome idea.
— Luis Scott-Vargas (@lsv) September 17, 2013
Show Notes
– Team Serious Vintage Open – Comic Town – Columbus OH – September 28
– Vintage Tournament at Odyssey Games in Kalamazoo, MI – October 5
– Vintage Tournament at Eudemonia in Berkeley, CA – October 27
– Mark Rosewater’s 2002 Vintage article
– Vintage Top 8’s for M14 Report Card
– Theros Visual Spoiler
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
2 hr 42 min
September 09, 2013 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 28: Burning Tendrils Scenarios
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian recap GenCon 2013, analyze Burning Tendrils scenarios, and answer listener feedback.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:01:00: Announcements
0:02:24: GenCon Recap
0:12:10: Burning Tendrils Scenarios
1:07:50: Listener Feedback
Total runtime: 1:13:43
Burning Tendrils Scenarios
Scenario 1: (13:54 mark in podcast)
On the play against a Mishra’s Workshop deck in game 2 (post sideboard), you fan open this opening hand:
Scenario 2: (34:40 mark in podcast)
On the play in game 1 against an unknown opponent, your opening hand is as follows:
Scenario 3: (45:51 mark in podcast)
On the play in game 1 against an unknown opponent, your opening hand is as follows:
Scenario 4: (52:33 mark in podcast)
On the play in game 2 against an opponent playing Young Pyromancer Gush, you’ve mulliganed to 5 and your opening hand is:
Scenario 5: (58:41 mark in podcast)
On the play in game 1 against an unknown opponent, your opening hand is as follows:
Scenario 6: (1:03:41 mark in podcast)
On the play in game 1 against an unknown opponent, you open a hand that’s nearly identical to scenario 5, but Griselbrand is replaced by Oath of Druids:
You can find many more Burning Tendrils scenarios, along with 125 pages of detailed analysis, in-game examples, insightful explanations and tips, sideboarding advice, tournament reports, and more in the Burning Tendrils Bible.
Other Show Notes
– Vintage Tournament at Olde World Games in Vacaville CA – September 15
– Team Serious Vintage Open – Comic Town – Columbus OH – September 28
– Vintage Tournament at Odyssey Games in Kalamazoo, MI – October 5
– GenCon 2013 Saturday Vintage Decklists & Metagame Breakdown
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 14 min
July 22, 2013 So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 27: Magic 2014
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review Magic 2014 for Vintage. Also, we discuss Theros Duals, Oracle updates, and our Dragon’s Maze report card.

Timestamped Table of Contents:
0:02:42: Theros Dual Lands
0:11:40: Oracle Updates
0:26:18: Dragon’s Maze Report Card
0:36:20: Chandra, Pyromaster
0:43:35: Glimpse the Future
0:45:52: Young Pyromancer
1:01:28: Strionic Resonator (Cromulent Resonator)
1:07:55: Imposing Sovereign
1:10:57: Mindsparker
1:14:25: Banisher Priest
1:16:08: Dark Prophecy
1:18:44: Haunted Plate Mail
Total runtime: 1:24:30
Show Notes
– M14 Set
– M14 Oracle Updates
– Team Serious Vintage Open in Columbus, OH – July 27
– Eudomania Summer Vintage Tournament in Berkeley, OH – July 28
– Odyssey Games Vintage Tournament in Kalamazoo, MI – August 3
Contact us at @ManyInsanePlays on Twitter or e-mail us at [email protected].
1 hr 25 min