Thirst For Knowledge

Thirst for Knowledge Episode 18

Eternal Weekend Europe

https://www.magicbazar.fr/article/220-eternal_weekend_2019_legacy_-_top_8_decklist?fbclid=IwAR0oUX4ZkPG2Da39cfVNgRKy3RhB_4RjqZXV0l0cz5IdYMvhOOLMqqtbkb0

Does Hans Jacob Goddik need banned for format health?

NRG Series Championship

Legacy Challenge

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-challenge-2019-12-23

Bedlam Reveler Grixis Delver thoughts

Reveler is the Ancestral Angler  that can be Elked?

All non rotating formats should have a force

Hans will be on Everyday Eternal

https://twitter.com/EternalMTG/status/1209061378566307840?s=20

Lawrence was on “Color of Magic”

https://twitter.com/ColorofMTG

Social Media

Steve https://twitter.com/raistlinim

Lawrence https://twitter.com/LawrenceHarmon

Liz  https://twitter.com/elioftheveil

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Thirst for Knowledge Podcast Episode 17: Hater’s gonna Hate

Lawrence may be right about AstroLame

Reid Duke playing this Legacy Killer on stream https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2578154#paper

Legacy Challenge :https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-challenge-2019-12-16

Belcher appreciation day

People hate 2019 cards in legacy because it’s forcing them to accept that their pet decks are unplayable

Elves is out here crushing while your pet deck is flopping

WoTC is tired from swinging the ban hammer so now we have to guess when the next one will happen https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement (Just kidding see below)

Is the real villain of 2019 the London Mulligan?https://armlx.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-issues-with-london-mulligan.html https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/ban-the-london-mulligan/

Pioneer

Oko and Nexus bannedhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement

Shoutouts:

Lawrence/Anuraag/Eric/John-  Brazilian Nationals Coverage

https://www.twitch.tv/anzi104/

New Patrons

Bryce

Jesse D

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It's hard out here in these streets 

Thirst episode 15: “Oko how could you?”

Intro

Legacy Challenge

Delver variants

BUG Delver

Ironically Lawrences frontrunner?

Hymn is not playable

RUG Delver

Not happy with threats

Peezy

Angler

Brazen Borrower

TNN?

Bant Midrange

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2526993#paper

Mana being better seems like a huge upside

Not losing much. Except for maybe the combo mu

Good or no?

Landon crushing with it

Maybe Veil is a bigger issue?

4 & 5 color piles

Just how good is wasteland

Field of the dead

HOGAAAAAAAAAAAK/BOOOOOOOOMMMMEEEEEERRRRRR

Congrats Brian Coval GP Columbus champ!

What to play In Bologna?

Questions:

Dominic Monfre-How do you think the various flavors of depths fare without RUG?

Eliyahu David-Is Bant Midrange(Thomas’s challenge t8  List) going to be a viable option? Thoughts on the list and strategy.

Tom Simons-How long before we see astrolabe banned in legacy? If not, are we just going to end up in a weird inbred meta where you’re supposed to force t1 astrolabe then surgical it in sb games?

Draw comparison to top

Will-Thoughts on the various flavors of Lands floating around? RG/RUG/BUG/Jund/4C?

JAck Kendall-How will you approach the new meta? Which interation of Delver is the best shell moving forward? Predictions for the GP?

Joe Dyer-Top 10 ways to drunkenly slog through thanksgiving?

Teddy-Appropriate thanksgiving meat?

Any Wilson-Thoughts on Wasteland?

Dan Neely-What should I play this weekend to give myself the best chance to qualify for the format championship

New Patrons

Sho

Eric L

Thomas H

Li X

Dennis A

Social Media

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Liz  https://twitter.com/elioftheveil

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Thirst for Knowledge Episode 14

Bans

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/november-18-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement

Legacy thoughts

Pioneer thoughts

Live on Arena already

Play Design Article https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/play-design-lessons-learned-2019-11-18

Matt Sperling Thoughts https://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/mondays-bans-are-the-latest-attempt-to-correct-a-year-of-overpowered-cards/

No Bans in Pioneer this week and next unless they decide tohttps://www.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/articles/mondays-bans-are-the-latest-attempt-to-correct-a-year-of-overpowered-cards/

Robert Wilson Grixis Delver Article https://www.minmaxblog.com/magic/2019/6/25/guest-article-grixis-delver-at-scg-con-by-robert-wilson

New Patrons

Jason M

John K

异 Yì

Shingo S

Burton L

Alexandros S

Marián K

Thomas B

Social Media

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Eternal Weekend

Delver Everywhere

Protection from 2019 Walkers and forest cmc cards

HJ_Kaiser 4c Delver deck

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-challenge-2019-11-11

Legacy thoughts

Check out Lawrence’s article on patreon

Ban w6

SCG reddit comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/dt9ny0/additional_transparency_regarding_the_2020_scg/

Pioneer

Veal  of summer banned

Dovins Veto?

Black is on the menu - Discard got unbanned

Grixis Peezy?-Mention Ruggo

Lawrence Jumped in

UW Tempo

Esper Midrange?

Thoughts on the format

Decks I wanna try

Curves suck?

Mono colored decks

Splashes not being worth it?

Esper hero?

Hovey

New Patrons

Rich S

Allen Y

Alex B

Josiah V

Justin G

Brian G

Li  X

Brandon L

Joel G

Carl F

Burton L

Jack K

Jason M

Social Media

Steve https://twitter.com/raistlinim

Lawrence https://twitter.com/LawrenceHarmon

Liz  https://twitter.com/elioftheveil

ThirstforKnowledgeCast https://twitter.com/ThirstForCast

Blade 4

Legacy

Bant Oko nonsense https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2406336#paper

Stryfo Pile

Missed 1 Drop Removal

Ironically Surgical kinda sux

More Mazes?

Worm Harvest?

Once Upon A Time Delver?

Modern

Pioneeerrrrr???

Thoughts on the new format

1st challenge this weekend

6AM???????PST

Aggro/Combo

Saheeli Cat             RtR Control with Approach

Energy         Nahiri based control

Marvel         Emerge nonsense

Scarab Gawd         G/B value stuff

MonoRedBeats      Explore stuff

Atarka Red              Jeskai Ascendancy

Prowess                   Phoenix

Aristocrats              Oko still Broko

Dredge                     Jund Delirium w/Emrakul

CoCo Humans          LootScooter the star MVP

Hardened Scales/Counters         Mono Blue Tempo

Fires of Invention -approach ->second sun->dtt

PioneerDecklists-Arena Decklist peeps

@PioneerDLs

PioneerCast- TheTannon and RossHunneds

@CastPioneer

What this means for the future of Legacy

#RIPLegacy

Kill the reserve list

What this means for the future of Modern?

Ophidian- One topic that is important to me is building a local player base for legacy

lately all shops around have been struggling to fire

Dr.Rich Shay- Would RUG Delver be a good choice for Eternal Weekend?

Bhmtg1- Favorite meme deck in legacy

Harrison-Why are people still playing Jeskai Mentor?

New Patrons

Baiju B

Shoutouts-

If you’re a patron and not in our discord then

Social Media

Steve https://twitter.com/raistlinim

Lawrence https://twitter.com/LawrenceHarmon

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Long rant not Mtg related but solid conversations

The boys chat about the past week in Magic, the Legacy MOCS, Quarterly, and what's to come in the future

Legacy Mocs

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-mocs-2019-10-17

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/legacy-format-playoff-2019-10-14

More and more stifle rug

http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/Star_City_Games_Open/2019-10-12_modern_Indianapolis_IN_US/1/

Storm likely being the best deck is indicative of bigger issues within legacy

Stryfo pile primed to crush?

Surgical much less common

Sperlings resp to the ari lax tweet wrt taking the draw

Twitter questions

https://twitter.com/ThirstForCast/status/1184253979359887360

Steve S-Do you think Wizards is pushing the power level of cards not just because of Standard but because it encourages Modern and Legacy players to buy singles, driving sealed product sales?

Dylan H-When w6 was printed many people were thinking that it would best fit in a “lands” style deck weather it is aggro Loam, lands, or a KOTR deck. Like deathrite shaman it found its best home in blue decks. Do you think the ability to put cantrips around powerful cards is going to end up putting pressure on WOTC to ban a blue card like ponder, daze, or brainstorm? Especially if they keep their current design strategy up.

https://twitter.com/atoglord/status/1183774107994918914 This is great!!!!!Our discord is a great open environment

Shoutouts

Community Legacy League

https://twitter.com/MTGLegacyLeague

Community Legacy League Discord

https://t.co/vA0cIqWh8C?amp=1

New Patron Shoutout

Anders T

If you’re a patron and not in our discord then

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Lawrence https://twitter.com/LawrenceHarmon

Kwame https://twitter.com/TripodGunn

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This week the boys are joined by the one and only Tannon Grace

Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMi91405g5NQJsU-KeJyMytgP88pRG4JHz5voucOr8E/edit?usp=sharing

Intro

GP Atlanta Steve edition

Mystic Sanctuary is the hot fire

21 lands

12 cantrips?

Legacy 5-0 Deck dump

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-league-2019-09-28#paper

Legacy Challenge results

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-11982491#paper

Legacy MKM Barcelona

http://series.magiccardmarket.eu/coverage-cm-series-barcelona-2019-legacy/#top8decks

Is Grixis good now?

Thoughts on SCG team event

Legacy Premier league tomorrow! - twitch.tv/itsjulian

https://www.patreon.com/ThirstForCast

Social Media

Steve@raistlinim

Lawrence@lawrenceharmon

Kwame@tripodgunn