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February 27, 2025Episode 310: A Lot of MaRo in Chicago
MagicCon: Chicago was the biggest MagicCon ever, in part because The Dive Down was there to experience it. This week's show features conversation we had at the Con with Mark Rosewater, Blake Rasmussen, and Athena Froehlich. We chat about a couple cards revealed from Tarkir: Dragonstorm and gather some WOTC insights following December's Modern unbans.
A Preview Panel!
A Chat with Blake!
MaRo's 20 Cards of All Time!
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Timestamps:
7:26 - This week's show/housekeeping
14:05 - The Dive Down begins: MagicCon Chicago!
23:06 - The MagicCon Chicago Spoiler Panel
47:44 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen
1:16:03 - The MaRo Q&A
1:50:35 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 59 min
February 20, 2025Episode 309: Aetherdrift & Green Sun’s Zenith: Not What We Expected
Magic never ceases to amaze us. On this week's episode, we discuss our mutual surprise over the impact of Aetherdrift on Modern. Then we wrap our series on Modern's latest unbans with a look at Green Sun's Zenith in Amulet Titan, Yawgmoth, and beyond.
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Timestamps:
4:36 - This week's show/housekeeping
8:19 - The impact of Aetherdrift
37:53 - A new sponsor - Magic Mind! Code DIVEDOWN gets you 48% your first subscription
42:03 - Green Sun Zenith
1:03:50 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 9 min
February 13, 2025Episode 308: Portland RC: Reactions & Reflections
On this week's show, we review the results of the latest Modern Regional Championship, along with the Sunday 10K, and kneel at the altar of our new format overlords, Underworld Breach & Grinding Station. Then we chat about Stan's experiences playing both events, and Dave shares some horror stories from drafting Aetherdrift four times.
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Timestamps:
7:01 - This week's episode/housekeeping
11:18 - The Break Down begins: RC Portland
39:51 - The top 8
47:34 - What Stan learned
59:50 - Some Aetherdrift limited thoughts
1:03:13 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 6 min
February 06, 2025Episode 307: Energy Bars: Prepping for Portland
It's Portland time! Join us as we go deep on Stan's tournament prep for the Modern RC. We talk Stan's testing journey with Boros Energy, go deep on the mirror and the other top matchups, discuss the finer points of Stone Rains, card advantage options, and more.
• Energy at the RC
• Mirror Matches
• The Rest of the Field
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Timestamps:
6:02 - This week's show/housekeeping
11:18 - The Dive Down seems to begin: Talking about the upcoming SCG Portland RC
20:12 - Stan's testing process and planning for matchups
52:32 - Tournament predictions
1:01:52 - Find us in Portland!
1:05:47 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 8 min
January 30, 2025Episode 306: You Can't Play Splinter Twin in Prague
After a huge weekend of Modern Regional Championships, we're tripping over spreadsheets of matchup data. We discuss which decks impressed us, surprised us, and disappointed us from three huge tournaments in Prague, Canada, and Brazil. Then we wrap up with a chat about our experiences playing Splinter Twin.
The Break Down: 45 Minutes of Regional Championships
The Dive Down: 30 Minutes of Splinter Twin
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Timestamps:
9:05 - The Break Down begins: Some RCs!
43:40 - The Dive Down begins: Why are the Splinter Twin Stans quiet?
1:08:18 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode:
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/203977
https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/ultimate-guard-european-magic-series-regional-championship-prague-2025-tournament-182396/winrates
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6882292#paper
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1 hr 11 min
January 23, 2025Episode 305: Why Mox Opal Is or Isn't the Best Card in Modern
As we continue to play with Modern's latest round of unbans, something has become apparent. Mox Opal is a heck of a card. On this week's show, we play it in Temur Breach, Affinity, Hammer Time, and Broodscale to figure where Opal shines and where it feels dull. Turns out, the card is quite good even when its deck is bad.
The history of Opal.
Breaching is easy!
Other Opal decks are whatever.
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Timestamps:
5:41 - This week's show/housekeeping
12:20 - The Dive Down begins: What we talk about when we talk about Mox Opal
13:28 - A bit of history
24:35 - The unban of Mox Opal
30:06 - Underworld Breach - the best deck in Modern?
47:55 - The decks people WANT to be good
1:01:14 - So how good is Mox Opal?
1:05:48 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 9 min
January 16, 2025Episode 304: Why Isn’t Faithless Looting the Best Card in Modern?
In the first of our episodes diving into each card from the recent unbans, we take a deep look at Faithless Looting. First we take a look at the history of the card — all the way back to spoiler conversations — followed by a dive into many of the decks trying to play it in Modern today. Creativity? Check. Hollow One? Check. Phoenix? You know it. Dredge? Well, we almost forgot Dredge, but we at least mention it in passing. Why isn't it as powerful as it used to be? We have thoughts and those thoughts are what make us The Dive Down. And the recording of the thoughts, too.
• Devon Does it Again
• Draw Two, Discard Two, Do Nothing
• We All Just WANT to Play Phoenix, Ok?
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Timestamps:
2:58 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
5:59 - The Break Down begins: Devin, relax!
13:20 - The Dive Down begins: Why isn't Faithless Looting the best card in Modern?
16:20 - The History and Present of Faithless Looting
25:44 - Excitement Levels
29:45 - Anatomy of a Looting
32:45 - From Here it's Just Decks
33:15 - Jund Creativity
35:45 - Hollow One
40:47 - Grixis Reanimator/Froculus
43:14 - Izzet Phoenix
46:15 - Mono-Red Phoenix
49:15 - Other Decks
52:55 - The Faithless Looting grudge match
1:05:20 - Wrapping up
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1 hr 7 min
January 09, 2025Episode 303: The One Where Devon 9-0d a Spotlight
We're back — to podcasting. But also Devon's back — to large eventing. And, in a way, Magic is back — with a 1,400+ person open tournament. We spend this week talking about what happened, what's going on in Standard (Modern next week!), what the return of opens like the Spotlight Series means, and more. Devon cheats in overlords. Dave considers what to do with his wild cards. Stan starts working towards Portland.
• Hot in Hotlanta
• A Deck Full of Blade Splicers
• A Day Full of Ws
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Timestamps:
4:02 - Housekeeping
5:01 - Spotlight Series Atlanta Begins
5:42 - The Selesnya Cage Deck: How and Why
11:21 - What Happened Round-by-Round
27:54 - Day 1 Ends/Day 2 Begins
39:45 - The Health of Standard
46:02 - Upcoming Spotlight Series
51:09 - Starting to Think About RCs
53:00 - Stan Will Be in New York!
Links from this week's episode:
Devon's Decklist from Atlanta: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/464658
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57 min
January 02, 2025Bonus: Return of the Rhinos
Rhinos is making a comeback and so are we! As we wind down from vacation mode, Stan and D00mwake warm up their podcasting muscles with one of their favorite topics: Crashing Footfalls in Modern. Enjoy this bonus minisode before our official feature length return next week!
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December 19, 2024Episode 302: The Mad Lads Did It
A B&R so hot we had to pause our vacation. The One Ring, Amped Raptor, and Jegantha are banned. Mox Opal is unbanned. Mox Opal, Green Sun's Zenith, Faithless Looting and Splinter Twin are unbanned. Discuss.
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Timestamps:
4:17 - Housekeping
8:38 - The Dive Down begins: Bans, and Unbans
10:15 - Before the announcement
16:38 - Getting into the meat of the announcement
45:38 - The unbans
1:23:22 - Hot takes and cool vibes
1:37:58 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-december-16-2024
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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,…