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March 13, 2020 Episode 64: MTG Bans, SCG Regionals, and Other Happy Thoughts
This week we're doing a bit of a news show — we're covering and discussing a bunch of current topics in Modern and Pioneer including Monday, March 9th's B&R, Pioneer on Arena, and SCG Regionals in Modern. Join us as we break down and break down and break down the last week of mtg.
The Break Down 1: Pioneer Masters
The Break Down 2: B&R
The Dive Down: SCG Regionals (Modern)
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Timestamps:
2:43 - Housekeeping
4:21 - The Break Down begins: Pioneer Masters on Arena
19:32 - BANS!
32:53 - NO BANS??
48:21 - The Dive Down begins: SCG Regionals Weekend
50:48 - The top decks across all the top 8s
1:04:42 - The winners!
1:12:45 - The spicy decks
1:32:29 - Surprises
1:37:29 - Stan and Dave’s Regionals Experiences
1:47:28 - Closing out
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March 06, 2020 Episode 63: Testing Innovations in Modern and Pioneer
This week we are looking at some of the newest (and oldest) tech and decks in Modern and Pioneer! Mono G Walkers in Pioneer, Grinding Station Breach in Modern, and... Shadow of Doubt?
The Break Down: The Modern and Pioneer Showcase Challenges
The Dive Down: Innovations in Modern and Pioneer
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Timestamps:
2:19 - Housekeeping
5:27 - The Break Down Begins - upcoming bans and a listener poll
13:25 - The Modern Showcase Challenge
27:05 - The Pioneer Showcase Challenge
33:20 - The Dive Down begins - New tech in Modern and Pioneer
34:24 - Mono G Walkers in Pioneer
55:08 - Shadow of Doubt in Modern
1:24:08 - Grinding Station Breach
1:46:44 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
Pioneer showcase challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-showcase-challenge-2020-03-02
Modern showcase challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-showcase-challenge-2020-03-01
Mono G Walkers: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2819606#paper
Izzet Flash w/ Shadow of Doubt: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2511750#paper
Grinding Station Breach: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2815217#paper
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1 hr 50 min
February 28, 2020 Episode 62: Orzhov Sram Auras: Pants in Pioneer
The gents explore a Patreon request - Orzhov Sram Auras - in Pioneer! Who's wearing the pants in this format? Listen to find out!
The Break Down: SCG Indy Pio Open
The Dive Down: Some Hate, Some Hope, Some Pants
The Wind Down: Hey... Whacha Doin?
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Timestamps:
2:34 - Housekeeping
3:00 - Important updates to our Patreon!
10:44 - The Break Down: SCG Indianapolis Pioneer Open
39:53 - The Dive Down Begins: Sram Auras
41:23 - Intro to Sram Auras
43:25 - The Creatures
57:41 - Auras & Blessings
1:06:52 - The Lands
1:09:03 - The Game Plan
1:15:37 - Playing Against Different Strategies in Pioneer
1:22:43 - Beating Sram Auras
1:26:25 - The Sideboard plans
1:36:06 - Our thoughts on the deck
1:46:15 - The Wind Down: What we're playing for fun
1:54:18 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
SCG Indy coverage: https://old.starcitygames.com/events/220220_indianapolis.html
An example Sram Auras decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2794551#paper
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1 hr 57 min
February 25, 2020 Bonus 6: Modern Blue Moon w/ ThePenSword
In this bonus episode, Stan interviews a fixture of the MTGO leagues and Modern Blue Moon aficionado, Jacob Cumiskey aka ThePenSword. They talk about the ins and outs of Blue Red control decks, ranging from Thing in the Ice to Through the Breach, and gush over some of their favorite counterspells.
Find Jacob Cumiskey:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CumiskeyJacob
Twitch: twitch.tv/jacobcumiskey
Discord: https://bit.ly/2VvbZu3
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1 hr 24 min
February 21, 2020 Episode 61: Heliod Combo: Modern Spike Feeding
We take a dive into Heliod Company Combo in Modern. How it works, what we learned, and how annoying it is to play on Magic Online!
The Break Down: NRG Indianapolis
The Dive Down: Infinite Life and Infinite Misclicks
The Wind Down: Manners, Schmanners
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Timestamps:
2:40 - Housekeeping
5:54 - The Break Down begins - The NRG Pioneer Trial
26:12 - The NRG Modern Trial
36:40 - The Dive Down begins - Heliod Company Combo
38:40 - What the deck is trying to do
40:15 - Infinite life combos
48:08 - Infinite mana and damage
54:48 - The tutors
1:03:46 - The ramp
1:09:05 - Strategies playing the deck
1:23:08 - Using the sideboard
1:26:42 - Playing against Heliod Combo
1:30:30 - What we liked about the deck
1:33:34 - Troubles we had playing the deck
1:41:33 - The Wind Down - Magic Online Combo Etiquette
1:49:58 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
NRG Pioneer Trial: http://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/pioneer-nrg-series-trial-february-15-2020/
NRG Modern Trial: http://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/modern-nrg-series-trial-february-16-2020/
Heliod w/ Anafenza: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2784654#paper
Heliod w/ Infinite Mana: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2758766#paper
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1 hr 52 min
February 14, 2020 Episode 60: More Meta, More Meta, More Meta
We're headed back to where it all started - Modern! This week's episode is an exploration of the past month+ of Modern events on Magic Online. What's rising, what's fading, and what do we think about it?
The Break Down: RPT Phoenix and Shane's GP Phoenix experience
The Dive Down: More Meta, More Meta, More Meta
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Timestamps:
3:22 - Housekeeping
5:26 - The Break Down Begins - RPT Phoenix
19:30 - Pioneer RPT win percentages
26:00 - Adapting to the combo metagame
28:25 - Shane's GP Phoenix experience
40:34 - The Dive Down Begins - The new Modern Meta
44:05 - The Modern Challenge data
54:15 - The Modern Prelims data
1:03:04 - The current decks of Modern: Titan
1:07:13 - Mono-Red Prowess
1:11:44 - Urza
1:14:02 - Tron decks
1:18:19 - Jund and Death's Shadow
1:23:00 - Izzet Control
1:25:08 - Some quick hits
1:35:20 - Our takeaways
1:42:08 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode:
WOTC's RPT Phoenix coverage: https://magic.gg/events/players-tour-phoenix-2020
CFB's GP Phoenix coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/52
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1 hr 44 min
February 11, 2020 Bonus 5: The Shadowy Science w/ Michael Rapp
In this bonus episode, Dave interviews certified Death's Shadow Scientist Michael Rapp about playing... well Death's Shadow. They actually do a bit of a deep dive on decks of all different shadow sizes including the most popular build of the moment — 4 Color Traverse.
Find Michael Rapp:
Twitter: @RappaciousOne
Articles: https://blog.cardkingdom.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/H8kRu4R
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1 hr 19 min
February 07, 2020 Episode 59: Sleeve/Believe/Heave: Theros Beyond Death Edition
We kick off this week’s show with a Break Down of the first two Pioneer Players Tours, from sister cities Brussels and Nagoya. Then we Dive Down with the latest Sleeve/Believe/Heave episode, featuring 3 spicy Pioneer decks inspired by new cards from Theros.
The Wind Down: Players Tours Brussels & Nagoya
The Dive Down: Sleeve/Believe/Heave ft. Theros Beyond Death
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Timecodes:
5:05 - Break Down Begins
7:56 - PT Brussels Analysis
18:10 - PT Nagoya Analysis
41:55 - Dive Down Begins
43:58 - RB Midrange
59:30 - UB Inverter
1:22:44 - UG Ramp
Links from this week's episode:
Rakdos Midrange: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2728102#online
Dimir Inverter: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2723294#paper
Simic Ramp: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2723199#paper
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1 hr 42 min
January 31, 2020 Episode 58: Diving Deeper: #2020Goals
First up this week, we take a spin through what's been popping up in Pioneer and Modern since the release of Theros: Beyond Death. In our Dive Down section, each of us talks about our goals for improving our game or relationship with MtG in 2020 (#2020Goals #squadgoals #whathappensnextmightsurpriseyou). Finally, we wind down with some of Stan's tales of fantastic planeswalkers and where to find them — in London and Amsterdam, at least.
The Break Down: A Trip to the Spice Station
The Dive Down: Getting Better in 2020
The Wind Down: Player's Club International
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Timecodes:
3:09- Break Down begins
4:36- TBD and the state of Modern
17:48 -TBD and the state of Pioneer
33:12 - Dive Down Begins
34:39 - Stan's Goals: Focusing on a specific archetype
53:43- Zak's Goals: Sequencing
1:06:39 - Shane's Goals: Mulligans
1:23:03 - Dave's Goals: Take it Easy
1:37:39 - Wind Down begins
Links from this week's episode:
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Modern
Titan Field w/ Dryad by toondoslav https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2705484#paper
Zur’s Weirding.dek by Nephtyz https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2698557#paper
GW/Abzan Heliod by Spoonmanaron https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2698538#paper
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Pioneer
Pioneer Showcase Challenge lists https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-12076816#paper
Breach Lotus Storm by Taruto1212 https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2705456#paper
Abzan Rallistocrats by Uniq https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-league-2020-01-23#paper
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1 hr 49 min
January 24, 2020 Episode 57: Oh Lord He Comin': Chonky Red ft. Todd Anderson
This week The Dive Down crew welcomes special guest Todd Anderson to join us on our first Pioneer-focused Deck Dive — Chonky Red! Listen to find out why it's not an aggro deck, how tightly you should hold your Rabblemasters, and how to really bring the glory.
The Break Down: Todd and All Things Todd
The Dive Down: Chonk and All Things Chonk
The Wind Down: Listener Questions
You can find Todd at: https://www.twitch.tv/strong_sad or https://twitter.com/strong_sad
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Timestamps:
3:30 - Housekeeping
4:30 - The Break Down: An interview with Todd!
33:12 - The Dive Down begins: Chonky Red!
34:52 - What is the Chonk?
36:30 - Why all those lands?
42:00 - What makes this deck popular?
45:00 - The development of the Chonk
53:30 - The construction of the Chonk - the aggro creatures
1:09:00 - The burn spells
1:12:24 - The creatures that are also burn spells!
1:22:09 - The goldfish cards
1:31:26 - The… Chandra
1:35:33 - Sideboard considerations
1:42:23 - The future of the Chonk
1:46:02 - The Wind Down: listener questions!
1:52:23 - Where to find Todd
Links from this week's episode:
Todd's recent Chonky Red article on SCG, including his most recent decklist: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/its-not-big-its-chonky-all-things-chonky-red-in-pioneer/
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1 hr 56 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,…