The Cedric Phillips Podcast

Cedric Phillips sits down with Mythic Championship London finalist, Matt Sperling, to chat about his runner-up finish with Affinity, the state of Organized Play for Magic and how things can be improved, everything that's wrong with his beloved Los Angeles Lakers (he's far too optimistic about them!) and how's he able to succeed in so many different formats when he has such a finite amount of time to dedicate to the game.

Cedric Phillips dials up Joey Bags to make their predictions for Money in the Bank. How many belts will Becky Lynch leave the show with? Is Drew McIntyre the easy favorite to win the Men's Money in the Bank match? What are the chances Ember Moon wins the Women's Money in the Bank match? And why the hell is Daniel Bryan and Rowan versus The Usos on the preshow?! All that along with Joe's YouTube channel of the week and their thoughts on the nonsense that is the Firefly Funhouse.

Cedric Phillips dials up log time pal and Magic Online superstar, Tommy Ashton, to talk about all things MPL. How did the two of them feel about yesterday's announcement by Elaine Chase? What do the additions of Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen and Jessica Estephan mean for the short term and long term of the MPL. Should be the MPL be about watching the best players play Magic or should it be about watching the most diverse players play Magic? Further, is there any way that the MPL can be both of those things? There doesn't appear to be a right answer to any of these questions but the two longtime friends try to find some anyway.

During his trip to SCG Richmond, Cedric Phillips sat down with Jim Davis and Ross Merriam to talk about what went wrong at SCG Richmond and where they think War of the Spark Standard is headed while they play an extremely competitive game of Gin.

Narrator: It wasn't extremely competitive.

During his trip to SCG Richmond, Cedric Phillips sat down with Jim Davis to talk about his plans for the rest of 2019, why he played Gruul Aggro in Richmond, his thoughts on War of the Spark Standard thus far, adopting the London Mulligan rule on the SCG Tour, and what the return of the old PTQ system means for the upcoming run of MCQs.

During his trip to SCG Richmond, Cedric Phillips sat down with Brian Braun-Duin, Ross Merriam, and Peter Ingram to talk War of the Spark Standard, their thoughts on the London Mulligan after playing in Mythic Championship II, what it was like for BBD to finally make his first PT/MC Top 8, and if open decklists should be a thing at all tournaments moving forward.

During his trip to SCG Richmond, Cedric Phillips sat down with Matthew Dilks, Edgar Magalhaes, and Tariq Patel to talk about the race for the StarCityGames.com Players' Championship, their thoughts on War of the Spark Standard, their favorite cards from Magic's newest set, adopting the London Mulligan rule on the SCG Tour, and if Finale of Devastation will make its way into Amulet Titan.

Cedric Phillips dials up Joey Bags to review the Superstar Shakeup and all the changes that have been taking place on Raw and Smackdown. How do they feel about Kevin Owens' heel turn? Will AJ Styles turn heel against Seth Rollins? Is Cedric Alexander already DOA? Why does Joe still hate Lars Sullivan? And why is Ced addicted to popcorn?

All that and a bang bang for the ages during what can only be described as a moment of severe weakness. This week's episode has it all!

Cedric Phillips is joined, once again, by Ryan Overturf to review their predictions for Mythic Championship London. What did they think about the performance of Izzet Phoenix? How about Thien Nguyen making the Top 8 with TitanShift? Does Humans take advantage of the London Mulligan and open decklists better than any other deck? And why was Mono-Green Tron, a very well known quantity coming into the weekend, the most played deck? All that and then the two SCG Tour commentators tackle the difficult conversation of Yuuya Watanabe's disqualification.

Cedric Phillips is joined by Ryan Overturf to make their predictions for Mythic Championship London. With the introduction of the London Mulligan rule, how much does that change deck selection for the players competing? Have decks like Tron and Dredge actually gotten better with the rule change? Is Izzet Phoenix still the deck to beat in Modern? And will the success of Amulet Titan on the SCG Tour translate to the grandest stage of them all? All that and Ryan even takes the time to explain why he wouldn't be caught dead playing Death and Taxes in Legacy but *would* play it in Modern!