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January 17, 2020 Episode 56: Bans & Theros: Beyond Hyped, Vol. 2
We take another look at Theros Beyond Death, and share some of our picks to click in Pioneer and Modern!
The Break Down: Irrelevant top 8s and, oh yeah, HUGE MODERN BANS
The Dive Down: Theros Beyond Death Picks to Click - Again!
The Wind Down: The Dive Down Nation's favorite cards from Theros Beyond Death
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Timestamps:
4:10 - Housekeeping
5:18 - The Break Down begins - Some outdated Top 8s
8:34 - A closer look at Golgari Yawgmoth
14:30 - 3 Modern bans!
33:20 - The Dive Down begins - Shadowspear
39:53 - Nylea, Keen Eyed
46:45 - Underworld Breach
55:06 - Gallia of the Endless Dance
1:00:26 - Shatter the Sky
1:08:45 - Klothys, God of Destiny
1:16:42 - Quick Picks begin - Thassa, Deep Dwelling
1:18:05 - Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
1:19:52 - Eidolon of Obstruction
1:22:00 - Escape Velocity
1:23:52 - Thassa’s Oracle
1:25:40 - Gravebreaker Lamia
1:27:52 - Fruit of Tizerus
1:30:34 - The Wind Down - The Picks to Click Listener Survey
1:40:22 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
Jan 13 B&R announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/january-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement?n
MagicFest Austin coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/47
SCG Knoxville Open coverage: https://old.starcitygames.com/events/110120_knoxville.html
Golgari Yawgmoth deck tech: https://old.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/golgari_yawgmoth_with_aaron_ba.html
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 43 min
January 10, 2020 Episode 55: Theros: Beyond Hyped, Vol. 1
The crew takes a first look at Theros Beyond Death, and share some of their favorite, standout cards.
The Break Down: MTGO Modern Championship
The Dive Down: Theros Beyond Death Picks
Timestamps:
1:52 - Housekeeping
3:26 - The Break Down begins
6:00 - MTGO Modern Championship
15:00 - SCG Open Columbus
16:33 - Bryan Gottlieb’s Hot New Deck
28:55 - The Dive Down Begins
29:39 - Our New Card Wishlists
38:17 - How We Evaluate Cards
42:45 - Tectonic Giant
49:12 - Escape Discussion
51:12 - Ox of Agonas
59:52 - Heliod, Sun-Crowned
1:11:12 - Polukranos, Unchained
1:20:05 - Whirlwind Denial
1:26:54 - The RB and UG Titans
Links from this week's episode:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/ekmpp3/mtgo_modern_champs_top_32_decklists/
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-champs-2020-01-05
https://twitter.com/BryanGo/status/1213962888194318336/photo/2
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1 hr 37 min
December 31, 2019 Bonus 4: Casual Spike Meets Aspiring Spike
In this installment of our monthly bonus episodes, Shane talks to the popular streamer Evart Moughon, better known as Aspiring Spike, about Pioneer, Modern, streaming, and playing with and against control decks.
Find the Aspiring Spike:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aspiringspike
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moughonevart
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1 hr 2 min
December 27, 2019 Episode 54: The Many Moods of Monastery Mentor
The lads see if Monastery Mentor has what it takes to succeed in Pioneer by testing 3 different decks!
The Break Down: Looking over the post-Oko Pioneer Preliminaries (plus some Modern Prelims)
The Dive Down: Making mistakes with Monastery Mentor
The Wind Down: Holiday listener questions
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Timestamps:
1:53 - Housekeeping
3:20 - The Break Down begins - Pouring over the post-Oko Pioneer Prelims
13:22 - Looking more closely at Green Ramp in Pioneer
21:56 - A brief look at the Modern Prelims
29:40 - The Dive Down begins - There's a Mentor in my Monastery!
36:40 - Exploring Mentor in Pioneer
38:46 - Shane with GW Mentor Tokens
48:30 - The verdict on GW Mentor
55:22 - Dave with Mardu PyroMentor
1:09:35 - The verdict on Mardu PyroMentor
1:11:29 - Stan with Esper Mentor
1:20:16 - The verdict on Esper Mentor
1:29:52 - Lessons learned on Monastery Mentor
1:34:13 - The Wind Down - Listener questions
Links from this week's episode:
Shane's GW Mentor Tokens: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2587692#paper
Dave's Mardu PyroMentor: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2590187#paper
Stan's Esper Mentor: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2587940#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 45 min
December 20, 2019 Episode 53: Diving Deeper: 5 Pioneer Takeaways
This week we Dive Deeper into the Pioneer format, and bring you 5 ways to level up your play!
The Break Down: The latest Pioneer bans, and WOTC's new B&R schedule
The Dive Down: Level up your Pioneer thinking with 5 takeaways
The Wind Down: We answer some listener questions
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Timestamps:
3:02 - Housekeeping
4:19 - The Break Down begins - The latest Pioneer bans
19:07 - WOTC's new B&R schedule, or lack thereof
29:18 - The Dive Down begins - Observations on Pioneer
30:18 - Non-basic lands.... can be good!
43:17 - Taking the advantage back on the draw
57:25 - The 3 toughness challenge
1:11:00 - The casting cost mindshift, 1 mana cards in Pioneer
1:19:30 - Counterspells in Pioneer
1:26:30 - The Wind Down: Listener questions on Pioneer
Links from this week's episode:
The 12/16/19 Pioneer bannings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement
The 12/16/19 B&R annoucement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement
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 40 min
December 13, 2019 Episode 52: 2019: A Real Year
The guys get together in a studio to indulge themselves with discussion of our favorite Dive Down (and Magic) moments of 2019.
The Break Down: We talk about what we have been playing and enjoying in Modern and Pioneer
The Dive Down: The best (and worst) of 2019
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Timestamps:
1:52 - Housekeeping
3:33 - The Break Down: what we've been playing
34:15 - The Dive Down begins: our 2019
35:14 - Favorite episodes of the year
43:45 - Favorite Deck Dives of the year
47:01 - Worst and best card picks to click of the year
1:03:10 - Sleeve/Believe/Heave decks of the year
1:14:43 - Our cards of the year
1:21:16 - Our Magic experiences of the year
1:26:28 - The best new format of the year
1:30:03 - Our guests of the year
1:33:07 - Our worst takes of the year
1:39:22 - Was 2019 a good year for Magic?
1:44:34 - Signing off
Links from this week's episode:
Find Gal Schlesinger on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yamakiller
Listen to the Pioneer Cast, featuring Ross Merriam: https://twitter.com/CastPioneer
Read Emma Partlow's content on TCG Player: https://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article_search_result.asp?author=Emma%20Partlow
Find Riley Knight's content on Channel Fireball: https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/author/riley-knight/
Listen to Faithless Brewing: https://faithlessbrewing.podbean.com
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 48 min
December 06, 2019 Episode 51: ROY G NIV: 5C Niv-Mizzet ft. Faithless Brewing
The Dive Down teams up with Faithless Brewing to bring you a deck dive into Five Color Niv-Mizzet!
The Break Down: The week of Pioneer PTQs and the subsequent bans
The Dive Down: The Five Color Niv-Mizzet deck dive!
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Timestamps:
3:28 - Introducing Faithless Brewing
7:52 - Housekeeping
10:28 - The Break Down begins: Pioneer PTQs = Pioneer bans
19:28 - The Dive Down begins: Introducing 5C Niv
25:10 - What IS 5C Niv?
31:28 - The gameplan
43:24 - The cards begin: The BTL toolbox
50:00 - The mana
57:34 - The guild cards
1:16:15 - Executing the game plan
1:21:03 - The place in the meta
1:29:10 - Sideboarding with Niv
1:32:07 - Sideboarding against Niv
1:36:43 - The future of Niv
1:41:26 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
Faithless Brewing's homepage: https://faithlessbrewing.podbean.com
Faithless Brewing on Twitter: https://twitter.com/faithlessmtg
Faithless Brewing's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithlessbrewing
December 2nd Pioneer Bannings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-2-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement
An example 5CNM decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2518206#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 46 min
December 02, 2019 Bonus 3: Return of the Reply Guys
In our third bonus episode, we take questions from our awesome fans and listeners about Magic the Gathering and our personal lives.
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Timestamps:
2:05 - How bad does your favorite deck have to be in the metagame for you to play something else?
5:55 - How have your paper groups changed with Pioneer? Have people started leaving Modern to play Pioneer?
9:28 - Is The Dive Down going to transition its focus to Pioneer?
13:11 - What are your favorite deck archetypes?
17:35 - What were your favorite cards when you started playing, and what are your current favorite cards?
26:29 - How did we start playing Magic?
37:34 - What do you do outside of Magic for fun or when you need a break from Magic?
47:24 - What's one pre-Modern card we would add to the card pool?
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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57 min
November 27, 2019 Episode 50: How to Casual Spike a New Deck
The crew tackle a level-up topic: how to overcome the challenge of picking up a new deck!
The Break Down: GP Columbus
The Dive Down: That Fresh Deck Smell
The Dive Down, cont.: Those Fresh Deck Plans
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Timestamps:
2:16 - Housekeeping
4:45 - The Break Down begins - GP Columbus
7:07 - The day 1 meta
17:20 - The day 2 meta
21:38 - The top 8 and our thoughts on Modern at the end of 2019
31:30 - The Dive Down begins - how to learn a new deck
33:10 - What we like about picking up a new deck
40:10 - What we don’t like about picking up new decks
45:59 - How do we learn about new decks
54:58 - Thinking about a deck’s plan - the early game
1:05:38 - The mid-game
1:11:03 - The late-game
1:13:25 - What is your deck trying to do better than other decks
1:19:00 - Looking for card synergies in your deck
1:21:24 - What is your deck’s position in the meta?
1:23:44 - What’s the role of your deck?
1:31:52 - what can you lose to?
1:37:50 - closing out
Links from this week's episode:
CFB's MF Columbus Coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/42
Who's The Beatdown?: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/whos-the-beatdown/
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 40 min
November 22, 2019 Episode 49: Ban is Just Another Word for Pioneer Justice
This week, the Dive Down looks at some of Modern's bans throughout history, and examine how they shaped the format as it today.
The Beak Down: SCG Invitational, Modern and Pioneer results
The Dive Down: A history of bans and their impact on Modern
The Wind Down: The cards we liked in 2019
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Timestamps:
1:59 - Housekeeping
3:44 - The Break Down Begins
8:00 - Modern Discussion
24:43 - Pioneer Discussion
40:55 - The Dive Down Begins
44:39- The First B&R
50:45 - Eggs Ban
57:36 - Eye of Ugin Ban
68:37 - KCI Ban
77:08 - Putting it All Together
91:54 - The Wind Down
Links from this week's episode:
SCG Pioneer Day 2 Metagame: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/4680_day_2_metagame_breakdown.html
SCG Modern Day 2 Metagame: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/4680_day_2_metagame_breakdown.html
SCG Modern Decks 7-1 or Better: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/4687_71_or_better_modern_decklists.html
The First B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/explanation-september-2011-br-changes-2011-09-20-0
Eggs Ban: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/banned-and-restricted-2013-04-22-0
Eye of Ugin Ban: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/banned-and-restricted-announcement-2016-04-04
KCI Ban: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/january-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement
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1 hr 40 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,…