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June 09, 2021 Episode 128: The Modern Horizons 2 Full-ish Set Review, Part 2
It's just Stan and Shane this week, and they tackle the second half of the Modern Horizons 2 full set review! Before that, there's a brief Cool Decks, Inc, where we cover 3 decks that made the top 8 of last weekend's Modern Challenge. We then plant some flags and light some takes on fire about the best and worst cards in MH2.
The Break Down: Cool Decks, Inc - MH2 begins!
The Dive Down: It's Just Cards
The Wind Down: Hot Takes on MH2
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Timestamps:
3:00 - Housekeeping
5:41 - Cool Decks, Inc.
6:18 - Hardened Scales
9:49 - Temur Cascade
12:16 - Foodgaak
17:19 - The MH2 set review continues!!
22:42 - The Blue Cards
33:31 - The Black Cards
42:58 - The Red Cards
48:19 - The Green Cards
50:07 - The Gold Cards
1:09:38 - The Artifacts
1:25:34 - The Lands
1:27:52 - The Reprints
1:35:03 - Hot Takes on MH2
1:35:50 - The Best New to Modern Reprint
1:36:39 - Our Favorite New Cards
1:37:21 - The Best Creatures
1:39:06 - What Cards Might Get Banned?
1:40:34 - Best Upgrade to an Existing Deck
1:41:28 - Most Improved and Hurt Modern Decks
1:43:47 - Best and Worst New Decks in Modern
1:44:50 - Most Underrated Cards
1:46:25 - Most Overrated Cards
1:48:13 - What Might Mess Up Modern?
1:49:13 - Our Final Takes on MH2
1:52:00 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
Hardened Scales: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053051#paper
Temur Cascade: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053052#paper
Foodgaak: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053055#paper
Modern Horizons 2: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?order=set&as=grid
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 54 min
June 02, 2021 Episode 127: The Modern Horizons 2 Full Set Review, Part 1 ft. Aspiringspike
It's finally here!! The first in our two part FULL SET REVIEW for Modern Horizons 2. This week Shane's travel schedule kept him off the episode, but he's been replaced with our unofficial 4th host, Evart Moughon, aka Aspiringspike, one of the most respected and creative deck builders and streamers in Modern.
The Dive Down: It's Just Cards This Time
The Dive Down, cont: And Not Even All Of Them
The Dive Down, cont: We Really Tried, Though
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Timestamps:
2:48 - Housekeeping
4:54 - The White Cards
26:01 - The Blue Cards
44:27 - The Black Cards
1:03:43 - The Red Cards
1:24:40 - The Green Cards
1:39:17 - Some of the Gold Cards
1:45:43 - A Few More Cards With Evart
1:57:07 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
Modern Horizons 2: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?order=set&as=grid
Evart's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aspiringspike
Evart's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoughonEvart
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May 27, 2021 Episode 126: Modern Horizons 2 Previews Begin & Thassa's Oracle Banning
This week we talk the banning of Thassa's Oracle in Historic and the first post-ban Historic tournament. Then we head into The Dive Down to discuss the early Modern Horizons 2 previews, and then tackle some listener questions in The Wind Down!
The Break Down: Oracle Nomoreacle
The Dive Down: Horizons for Yerizons and Ear...zons
The Wind Down: Your Questions, Answered
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Timestamps:
3:40 - Housekeeping
4:51 - The Break Down begins - Thassa's Oracle is banned in Historic!
19:30 - The Insight eSports 5k Invitational metagame breakdown
24:15 - Deck winrates
33:05 - The Top 8 and what Historic decks are winning right now
36:30 - The Dive Down begins: Modern Horizons 2 Spoilers!
37:46 - Grief
49:39 - Cabal Coffers
53:38 - Yusri, Fortune's Flame
57:20 - Flametongue Yearling
1:00:07 - Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
1:06:29 - Unmarked Grave
1:10:07 - Rishadan Dockhand
1:11:57 - Profane Tutor
1:15:55 - Timeless Dragon
1:18:40 - Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
1:24:08 - MH1 Reprints
1:26:15 - The Wind Down: listener questions!
1:26:35 - Is MH2 a "cash grab?"
1:31:48 - What does Death's Shadow need to win in Historic?
1:34:42 - How to move to a new game store?
1:38:46 - How are we REALLY doing, personally?
1:43:13 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
5/19 B&R Annoucement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/may-19-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Insight ESports Tier 1 Invitational: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/5400
Modern Horizons 2 Spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?as=grid&order=spoiled
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 46 min
May 21, 2021 Episode 125: Hello Historic Anthology 5, Goodbye MPL
Jobs were lost (after next year) and new cards are announced (for next week). We go through all 25 additions from Historic Anthology 5, consider their potential and their competitive past. We also reflect on what the competitive future looks like for casual spikes.
The Break Down: Goodbye MPL
The Dive Down: Hello Historic Anthology 5
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Timestamps:
1:48 - Housekeeping
4:46 - The Break Down begins: We are all Casual Spikes now
36:05 - The Dive Down begins: HA5
36:58 - The Praetors
48:02 - Silumgar's Command
49:49 - Ojutai's Command
51:38 - Dromoka's Command
56:31 - Atarka's Command
1:06:05 - Kolaghan's Command
1:13:45 - Ancient Grudge
1:14:44 - Ray of Revelation
1:15:51 - Grisly Salvage
1:18:14 - Dragonstorm
1:20:24 - Intangible Virtue
1:23:10 - Into the North
1:24:36 - Relic of Progenitus
1:26:56 - Trash for Treasure
1:27:49 - Ichor Wellspring
1:29:41 - Stifle
1:30:56 - Merfolk Looter
1:32:32 - Reverse Engineer
1:33:50 - Court Homunculus, Vault Skirge, and Whirler Rogue
1:37:15 - Final thoughts on Historic Anthology 5
1:39:15 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
https://scryfall.com/sets/ha5
https://magic.gg/news/esports-transitions-and-getting-back-to-gathering
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 41 min
May 14, 2021 Bonus12: Going Optimal with Ryan Spain
In our latest bonus episode, we're joined by a godfather of Magic podcast, limited extraordinaire, former member of WOTC's Arena team, Ryan Spain! We chat about how the platform works, whether or not it's out to get you, and how to use two Arena accounts to draft more.
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https://twitter.com/ryanspain
https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal
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Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 23 min
May 10, 2021 Episode 124: The Summer of Legend Emergency React-i-sode
We couldn't wait until Friday to get this out to you, so here's an early EMERGENCY REACT-I-SODE to Wizard's "Summer of Legend" announcement this past week. We talk about Modern Horizons II, the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the return of sanctioned Magic, Historic Anthology 5, and more!
The Legendary Down: Emergency Reacts Only
The Wind Down: Over/Under-rated Modern Cards
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Timestamps:
3:57 - The Legendary Down begins
6:29 - MH2
9:30 - Fetches
18:39 - MH2 Spoilers!
37:56 - Counterspell Time
53:29 - Our hopes for MH2
56:15 - Abundant Harvest side-chat
59:10 - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
1:00:32 - Forgotten Realms Spoiler chat
1:08:29 - Sanctioned Play is Back!
1:10:16 - Historic Anthology 5
1:17:30 - Annoucement Odds 'n Ends
1:24:48 - The Wind Down Begins - Over/Underrated Modern Cards
1:31:03 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
The Summer of Legend: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/welcome-summer-legend-2021-05-06
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 34 min
May 07, 2021 Episode 123: Sleeve/Believe/Heave: Strixhaven Modern Edition
This week we are testing 2 new, and 1 not-really-new, decks featuring the latest cards from Strixhaven, and running them through the Sleeve/Believe/Heave ringer. Just how much DOES Dave love Magma Opus? Is Dredge back? Is Witchermancer the new Skelementals? Listen, and find out! Before that, we take a deep dive into the big weekend of Historic and analyze the winners and losers across the SCG Historic Satellite events.
The Break Down: SCG Historic Satellites
The Dive Down: Thrilling Dredge, a Witch, and Mopus
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Timestamps:
2:52 - Housekeeping
5:21 - The Break Down begins - One Thousand Sattelite Decks!
6:50 - Saturday's Meta
14:50 - Saturday's Winning Meta
21:18 - Sunday's Winning Meta
28:19 - Cool Decks, Inc.
28:46 - Selesnya Company
31:40 - Simic Stompy
36:22 - Tainted Pact Combo
41:38 - Jeskai Mutate Combo
43:33 - Temur Phoenix
48:05- Temur Superfriends
49:50 - Boros Midrange
53:01 - The Dive Down begins
55:53 - Dave w/ Jeskai Magma Opus
1:09:12 - Shane w/ Thrilling Dredge
1:28:04 - Stan w/ Rakdos Witchermancer
1:44:50 - Signing Off
Links from this week's episode:
GW Company: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133964
Simic Stompy: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133995
Tainted Pact: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133955
Jeskai Mutate: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133957
Temur Phoenix: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133825
Temur Superfriends: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/132373
Boros Midrange: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133988
Jeskai Magma Opus: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3946673#paper
Thrilling Dredge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3944691#paper
Rakdos Witchermancer: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3955309#paper
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 49 min
April 30, 2021 Episode 122: We're Going Rogue(s)
This week is an old fashioned deck dive on the latest Hotness in Historic - Dimir Rogues! We explore the cards, the strategies, and the fun of the deck, and spend a LOT of time talking about Brainstorm. Is Shane finally ready to cast blue spells? Before that, we go over a recent Modern Challenge and talk about the latest winnings decks.
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Timestamps:
1:58 - Housekeeping
4:24 - The Break Down Begins - Modern Challenge Time
7:13 - The Aggro Decks
11:50 - The Creature Combo Decks
15:00 - 5-Color Scapeshift Stuff
15:42 - Some Event Takes
19:48 - What We'd Play
22:16 - The Dive Down Begins - Historic Rogues
29:08 - What Rogues is Trying to Do
32:32 - The Creatures
40:27 - The Spells
58:18 - Our Experiences Playing the Deck
1:00:57 - Tips n Tricks
1:07:05 - To Brainstorm or Not To Brainstorm?
1:27:59 - The Sideboard
1:36:19 - Matchups
1:42:48 - Did We Like It?
1:46:46 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
4/24 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2021-04-25?xd
Historic Rogues: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3937684#paper
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1 hr 49 min
April 23, 2021 Episode 121: Early Risers of Strixhaven: At the Head of the Class with Aspiringspike
The unofficial 4th host Evart Moughon, aka Aspiringspike, joins us yet again to go over his early testing and experiments in Modern. Dave talks about, what else, Modern Prowess and Historic Phoenix, and Shane says another aggro deck in Historic isn't good enough. Probably. Before that we look at two early Historic tournaments and have an extended jam session of Cool Decks, Inc.
The Break Down: Spike Top 8'd a Challenge!
The Dive Down: Spike Made Some Luminancer Decks!
The Dive Down, cont: Spike Has Thoughts About Historic!
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Timestamps:
7:08 - The Break Down begins: the first Historic tournaments
8:03 - The Insight esports $1k
13:50 - The Hooglandia open
17:10 - Cool Decks, Inc.
30:30 - Our Historic Thoughts
34:58 - Spike's Modern Challenge Top 8
43:20 - The Dive Down begins: the latest decks in Modern and Historic
45:25 - Jeskai Prowess
48:48 - Naya Prowess
53:23 - Boros Prowess
1:01:34 - Temur Taking Turns ft. Rowan
1:06:40 - Thoughts on Prismari Command
1:10:24 - Historic Boros Wizards
1:16:43 - Boros Wizards v2
1:21:23 - Boros Wizards v3
1:27:50 - Historic Izzet Phoenix
1:38:56 - Thoughts on Memory Lapse
Links from this week's episode:
Insight Esports Historic 1k: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/6052
Hooglandia Historic Open: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/5942
Watch Aspiringspike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aspiringspike
Find Aspiringspike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/moughonevart
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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1 hr 46 min
April 16, 2021 Episode 120: Snows Melt, Phoenixes Rise
With our time on Kaldheim coming to an end, the Three Friends take a look back and a look forward. Stan takes us through Modern right now via a couple of MTGO Challenges + we consider what might be coming next. Then we do a little self assessment and grade how we did on reviewing Kaldheim cards going into this format. Finally, we look ahead and talk about the decisions people are grappling with with... you guessed it... building Izzet Phoenix in Historic.
The Break Down: Where's Modern At?
The Dive Down: Learning from Kaldheim Spoilers
The Dive Down, cont.: The First of Many Times We'll Talk About Phoenix
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3:30 - Housekeeping
4:42 - The Break Down - Modern Showcase Challenge and Super Qualifier
6:33 - Modern Esper Control Chat
13:36 - Weekend Metagame
16:45 - Decks to beat vs. Decks that beat
21:55 - Can anything from Strixhaven beat tier 1?
27:45 - Dive Down pt. 1 - Sunsetting Kaldheim
28:20 - Tibalt’s Trickery
31:16 - Valki, God of Lies
33:16 - Vorinclex
36:17 - Doomskar
40:00 - In Search of Greatness
41:55 - Reidane, God of the Worthy
44:44 - Ascendant Spirit
46:55 - Birgi
49:17 - Jaspera Sentinal
51:45 - Elvish Warmaster & Realmwalker
53:53 - Behold the Multiverse
57:21 - Faceless Haven
1:02:43 - Dive Down pt. 2 - Historic Phoenix Brew Down
1:37:34 - Patreon Questions Wind Down!
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1 hr 52 min

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The Dive Down is a weekly podcast for people who love Magic: The Gathering but like talking about other things too. From videogames, to parenting, to 3D printing, and beyond. Each week hosts Dave,…