There's a new card in town, and we're here to chat about Battles (including the band) during our first look at spoilers from March of the Machine, a Magic set that comes out in April...

We kick with a chat about Battles in particular, and the type of questions we're asking before we trying playing these brand new cards in decks. Then we look at some new additions including Baral & Kari Zev, Halo Forager, The Sword of Once and Future, Elesh Norn, and more!


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Timestamps:


5:01 - Housekeeping
9:31 - March of the Machine - Another Event Set!
13:09 - Battles are here!
21:26 - The spoilers begin, sort of
24:22 - Ayara, Widow of the Realm
29:28 - Baral and Kari Zev
34:35 - Surge of Salvation
38:35 - Bloodfeather Phoenix
44:19 - Elesh Norn
50:16 - Halo Forager
55:26 - Faerie Mastermind
59:32 - Sword of Once and Future
1:03:39 - Wrenn and Realmbreaker
1:08:00 - Invasion of Tarkir
1:10:57 - Invasion of Karsus
1:12:30 - Change the Equation
1:18:45 - Wrapping up


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Episode 217: These Machines Are Making Me Marchy, pt. 1

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It took another couple hours but we finally made it through the complete MH3 spoiler (even after skipping a ton of limited fodder). We wrap up our set review with the gold cards along with the new to Modern reprints, and cap it off with some of our favorite cards in the set and a few called shots about cards to watch.


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Timestamps:

4:26 - Heavy Play: likely better than Dark Knight Rises

5:36 - This week's episode/housekeeping

9:29 - Multicolored

35:12 - Artifacts

46:50 - Lands

1:04:25 - Dual-Faced cards

1:28:26 - Reprints

1:57:18 - Our MH3 awards

2:10:12 - Our final takes on MH3

2:20:55 - Wrapping up

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Episode 278: MH3 Full Set Review, Part 2: The Rest of the Cards

It's finally here! The Modern Horizons 3 spoiler is complete — and wow do we have a lot to talk about. Join us this week as Dave, Devon, and Shane talk through every card * in the set from Colorless and WUBRG. We debate which new Eldrazi titan is best, how much energy you need to feel paid off, some pet cards that we wish we good, and more! Lots more because we're talking about every card *. 


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Timestamps:

3:17 - Heavy Play is nothing to be apprehensive about

5:01 - This week's show/housekeeping

9:08 - The Dive Down: It's Modern Horizons 3 set review time!

10:10 - Colorless

23:29 - White

45:30 - Blue

1:10:05 - Black

1:32:42 - Red

1:50:53 - Green

2:07:05 - Wrapping up

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Episode 277: MH3 Full Set Review, Part 1: Colorless & WUBRG

The time has finally come for the sea change that is Modern Horizons 3. We dissect the first batch of official spoilers from Tuesday, and revisit some of our most embarrassing evaluations from MH2 spoiler season all those moons ago. 

We chat about Phlage, the Eldrazi Titans, the Flares and Medallions, new toys for Storm, and lots more!

The Dive Down: The MH3 Spoiler Season We Always Wanted

The Wind Down: The MH2 Spoiler Season We Hoped to Forget


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Timestamps:

7:10 - Heavy Play can hold MH3 cards

9:08 - Housekeeping/this week's episode

12:37 - The Dive Down begins: MH3 spoilers begin!

15:26 - Stan's Polygon spoiler: Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury

24:17 - Amped Raptor

28:00 - Devourer of Destiny

30:51 - Ulamog the Defiler

35:49 - Breaker of Creation

36:39 - Ugin's Labyrinth

39:52 - Thief of Existence

41:51 - Basking Broodscale

44:36 - Kozilek, the Broken Reality

49:00 - Flare of Fortitude (and other Flares)

54:09 - Flare of Duplication

55:11 - The Medallions

59:16 - Ral, Monsoon Mage

1:03:07 - Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

1:05:06 - Harbinger of the Seas

1:09:58 - Orim's Chant

1:11:19 - Powerbalance

1:12:54 - Double-faced lands

1:14:54 - Eladamri, Korvecdal

1:19:01 - Our worst takes from the MH2 spoiler season

1:30:13 - Wrapping up

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Episode 276: These MH3 Spoilers Are Making Me Thirsty

On this week's show, the four amigos break down the results of the Modern Open at NRG Indianapolis, the last big paper Modern tournament before MH3 changes everything (presumably). Plus, D00mwake joins the dark side and started playing Phoenix. And Stan tries some new cards in Ensoul, plus a bunch of OJT drafts. 

The Break Down: The Motor City is a Real Zoo Meta

The Dive Down: Be the Bad Guy, Play Phoenix

The Dive Down cont.: Stan Likes OTJ


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Timestamps:

6:56 - Heavy Play is our favorite co-host

8:25 - Goodbye, Tanner!

12:23 - This week's show/housekeeping

17:15 - NRG Indy's Modern $10K

46:15 - Cool decks grab bag - d00m on Izzet Phoenix

56:36 - Stan played some new cards in Ensoul

1:08:20 - Talking about Freestrider Lookout

1:13:45 - Stan loves OTJ draft

1:25:40 - Wrapping up

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Episode 275: One Last Modern Tournament Before Everything Changes

After a brief intro, Stan is forced to drop out of the ep leaving Shane and Dave in the hot seat. First, they examine last weekend's 4 Modern Challenges in search of ideas, inspiration, and surprises. Do you know what the highest frequency deck was in all these Challenges? How about the one most likely to convert to an X-2 or better record? After all the event talk, the team goes deep into Andrea Mengucci's Gruul Prowess list from the weekend and welcome the return of the real king — Tarmogoyf. 

• Shane & Dave Take Over

• A Few Surprising Challenges

• More Talk About Tarmogoyf


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Timestamps:

1:55 - Stanley Cups x Heavy Play

5:33 - This week's show/housekeeping

9:49 - The current Modern Challenge metagame

34:48 - Gruul Prowess in Modern

51:25 - Is Abundant Harvest good?

54:22 - Is Questing Druid good?

58:26 - More on Gruul Prowess

1:11:52 - Briefly talking MH3 spoilers

1:18:37 - Turn it off if you want: some Survivor chat

1:24:50 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

Bamzing's Challenge Posts:

Saturday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1ckv7pz/saturday_modern_challenges_results_may_4_2024/

Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1cllxrd/sunday_modern_challenges_results_may_5_2024/

Mengu's Prowess List:  https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1786721343523704991 

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Episode 217: These Machines Are Making Me Marchy, pt. 1

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