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Competitive Magic: The Gathering podcast by Pro Tour Hall of Famer and Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin + Michael J Flores. Focus of Top Level Podcast is on improving the tournament results of competitive Magic players.

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Portable Hole, Prosperous I...

05.10.2021

Just how great is Prosperous Innkeeper? This Halfling is a Wily Goblin with a Soul Warden tacked on! Lots of D&D.; All the Modern Horizons II!

Top Level Podcast episodes:

05.10.2021 Portable Hole, Prosperous Innkeeper & Modern Horizons II! Just how great is Prosperous Innkeeper? This Halfling is a Wily Goblin with a Soul Warden tacked on! Lots of D&D.; All the Modern Horizons II!
05.03.2021 Blade Historian is Just Incredible How can Blade Historian from Strixhaven glue together a number of existing red and white cards to produce an exciting new take on aggro?
04.26.2021 Lots of ways to be a Prismari Command guy... Prismari Command is one of the most flexible cards in Strixhaven. It's found many homes already, playing many roles.
04.19.2021 Gnarled Professor, learns, Lessons, and more Strixhaven Class is in session at Strixhaven! What are the best Lessons? How do you want to learn? Like, can I interest you in a Gnarled Professor?
04.12.2021 Expressive Iteration Will be Good in VINTAGE Expressive Iteration is going to be good in Vintage. It'll be absolutely fantastic in Standard for that matter! Plus, tons more Strixhaven
04.05.2021 Going Deep into the Strixhaven Previews Here come some of the most exciting cards from the Strixhaven Previews! A peek into the future of Boros - sorry Lorehold - and more
03.25.2021 Village Rites is Our Official Strixhaven Preview Village Rites is back in Strixhaven! And with sweet new art! Our heroes chat Strixhaven, including Professor Onyx and Kasmina, Enigma Sage
03.22.2021 Patrick's Sweet Mono-Blue Snow Deck! Mono-Blue Snow is one of the exciting new archetypes enabled by Kaldheim. Patrick's build starts off at one and tops up on... Twelve?
03.15.2021 Egon, God of Death in Historic Egon, God of Death is an exciting addition to Historic StOmPy. Learn how this Kaldheim god can make your Champions and Regisaurs even better!
03.08.2021 Pick a Side on Reidane, God of the Worthy What about Reidane, God of the Worthy makes it so powerful? Is it its opposite side? The slowdown of your fellow Snow Decks? Or ruining Ramp?
03.01.2021 Witherbloom Command is Overrated for Standard Don't blink! WotC is already showcasing Strixhaven previews! Witherbloom Command and four others give us a glimpse into the new set...
02.17.2021 Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter... We Hardly Knew Ya Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter was not banned... Technically. We talk about everyone else who WAS banned, and how you will see less Tibalt anyway.
02.15.2021 Uro is About to Be Banned (again) Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is about to be banned again. Definitely in Pioneer, Historic, and Modern. Ah.. What IS going on in Modern?
02.08.2021 Goldspan Dragon is Showing Up Everywhere Goldspan Dragon is performing in almost every Standard color combination! Plus more Valki, the emergence of Snow, and Showdown of the Skalds
02.01.2021 I've Become a Runeforge Champion Guy Featuring Runeforge Champion and Runes-driven applications from Kaldheim! Grind after sideboarding! Hand your pinger a silver bullet.
01.25.2021 Kaldheim Serra Angel Variants Kaldheim hasn't been shy about tugging our heartstrings: There are at least four different cards evoking the classic Serra Angel alone!
01.18.2021 Let's Take a Ride on The Omenkeel! Cosima, God of the Voyage is sometimes known as The Omenkeel! Learn about maybe Kaldheim's most exciting one-card duo right now!
01.11.2021 Valki, God of Lies (and tons more Kaldheim) Valki, God of Lies is a Modal Double-Faced Card from Kaldheim. Rock and Roll with Valki and tons of additional spoilers this week!
01.04.2021 It's Kaldheim Spoiler Season! We explore the coolest Kaldheim Spoiler Season interactions, from Angel synergies to Giant sized card draw to backwards compatible Demons!
12.28.2020 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kaldheim So what DOES Kaldheim look like? Snow? Check. Dwarves? Check. Cool artifact engines? Check and double check. Phyrexian Praetors though? ...
12.21.2020 The Rest of the Historic Decks Yasharn is great! Uro is even better. But there are all kinds of Historic decks that we didn't discuss LAST week. Discover some other options
12.14.2020 What's So Exciting About Yasharn, Implacable Earth? We're really impressed by Yasharn, Implacable Earth in Historic: This Elemental Boar bodies up, draws cards, and murders a whole strategy!
12.07.2020 More Innovations in Modern Decks What's up with the newest crop of Modern decks? New engines, new life given to old cards, and a healthy dose of... Disrespect?
11.30.2020 Feasting Troll King Snacks on Standard Americans are not the only ones feasting this week! Check out a new Mono-Green deck packing Feasting Troll King (devouring all of three eggs)
11.23.2020 What You Need to Know About the 2019 MOCS Decks The 2019 MOCS featured amazing innovations in both Modern and Pioneer! And for once (?) the best decks paved the way for the Champion!
11.16.2020 Are Modern Decks Completely Busted? FOR SURE Modern decks have become a hotbed for well built designs and using new cards in innovative ways. But completely busted? Find out!
11.09.2020 Aetherworks Marvel is the Biggest Game in Kaladesh Remastered Aetherworks Marvel is about to hit the Historic format via Kaladesh Remastered! What are the most exciting ways to play this boom boom?
11.02.2020 We Have Reached the Main Deck Ox of Agonas Stage It might just say something about the metagame if Mono-Red Beatdown is playing main deck Ox of Agonas. We tell you what!
10.26.2020 The World According to Ruin Crab All about the newfound rise of Ruin Crab offense in Dimir Rogues and the competing Yorion strategies in post-bans Standard
10.19.2020 What Do We Do Now that Escape to the Wilds is Banned? Escape to the Wilds is banned in Standard alongside Omnath and Lucky Clover. Patrick and Michael speculate on the next big things
10.05.2020 What Does It Mean to be the Best in the Format? Patrick and Michael talk about the best in various formats. Standard Temur Adventures with Omnath [+ without Uro], the PT Mount Rushmore, and more!
09.28.2020 Is Omnath, Locus of Creation Next on the Chopping Block? Omnath, Locus of Creation from Zendikar Rising is ALREADY dominating Standard! Will it be banned almost before the card sees print in paper?
09.21.2020 The Modal Double-Faced Episode! In this "modal double-faced" ep, we check out the 2020 Mythic Invitational, then more Zendikar Risking cards, some or which are actually modal double-faced!
09.11.2020 Taking a Look at the Full Zendikar Rising Spoiler Patrick and MichaelJ take a deep look at upcoming formats, armed with the full Zendikar Rising Spoiler. What's good? What's completely unplayable?
09.04.2020 Zendikar Rising Exclusive Preview - Murasa Brute! The introduction of Murasa Brute from Zendikar Rising, plus discussion of many new cards and mechanics from the exciting upcoming set!
08.28.2020 Sneaking in Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Field of the Dead got banned... Again! This time in Historic. Meanwhile Yuriko the Tiger's Shadow leads an elite squad of undercosted Ninjas in Legacy!
08.24.2020 Shark Typhoon in StoneBlade (and much more Modern) It's a tour of the current Modern format! Shark Typhoon is cool in StoneBlade, Chandra's Incinerator in Burn, Lightning Skelemental in Elementals, & more
08.14.2020 Let’s Talk About Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath might be the best card left in Standard; check out its performance in a near-consensus best deck... AND a brand-new challenger!
08.07.2020 Teferi, Time Raveler BANNED Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation are [FINALLY] banned in Standard (and elsewhere). Why did so many cards get cut... And what's next?
07.31.2020 Let's Talk About the Players Tour Finals The Top 8 is set for the Players Tour Finals! The talk of the tournament was Growth Spiral, but enterprising rogues were also able to succeed. Learn how...
07.24.2020 A HISTORIC Episode of Top Level Podcast Historic is a brand new format featuring all the legal cards on Magic: The Gathering Arena. It's fresh, different, and super exciting to explore!
07.17.2020 Arcum's Astrolabe is Banned in Modern! Arcum's Astrolabe banned in Modern. Oath of Nissa un-banned in Pioneer! GOOD RIDDANCE to common troublemakers in Historic. Tons of formats; tons of changes.
07.12.2020 Everything Old is New Again in Standard! Rotting Regisaur is once again the biggest bad on the block, the meanest monster in the metagame! Old is new! But new is also new in Standard. Find out why:
07.05.2020 First Looks at Core Set 2021 Standard Michael Flores and Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin take their first look at the new Standard decks powered by Core Set 2021!
06.28.2020 Is Alpine Houndmaster the Best Card in M21? Is Alpine Houndmaster the Squadron Hawk of Core Set 2021? What's required to make this the set's best card and are we willing to pay the deck building cost?
06.19.2020 Terror of the Peaks - Fair... and Not! Terror of the Peaks is an awesome Dragon when you're playing fair... But did you know the M21 monster also enables an infinite combo?
06.12.2020 Llanowar Visionary is a Titan Llanowar Visionary is kinda sorta an upgraded Borderland Ranger. Except instead of no one wanting to trade with it, many a mage will! Find out why here.
06.02.2020 Agent of Treachery Banned! (and other stories) Today is a big day for announcements! The Companion rule was fundamentally changed; and two cards (including Agent of Treachery) were banned in Standard!
05.22.2020 Zirda, the Dawnwaker is Banned in Legacy! Zirda, the Dawnwaker and Lurrus of the Dream-Den are the first Companions to feel the ban hammer! Where do we go from here?
05.15.2020 We Adore This Colossus Hammer Deck Companions are rocking Modern and Pioneer! Our favorite this week uses Stoneforge Mystic to set up a fast Colossus Hammer and a stack of Kor for quick kills

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Top Level Podcast episodes:

Portable Hole, Prosperous Innkeeper & Modern Horizons II!

Blade Historian is Just Incredible

Lots of ways to be a Prismari Command guy...

Gnarled Professor, learns, Lessons, and more Strixhaven

Expressive Iteration Will be Good in VINTAGE

Going Deep into the Strixhaven Previews

Village Rites is Our Official Strixhaven Preview

Patrick's Sweet Mono-Blue Snow Deck!

Egon, God of Death in Historic

Pick a Side on Reidane, God of the Worthy

Witherbloom Command is Overrated for Standard

Tibalt, Cosmic Imposter... We Hardly Knew Ya

Uro is About to Be Banned (again)

Goldspan Dragon is Showing Up Everywhere

I've Become a Runeforge Champion Guy

Kaldheim Serra Angel Variants

Let's Take a Ride on The Omenkeel!

Valki, God of Lies (and tons more Kaldheim)

It's Kaldheim Spoiler Season!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Kaldheim

The Rest of the Historic Decks

What's So Exciting About Yasharn, Implacable Earth?

More Innovations in Modern Decks

Feasting Troll King Snacks on Standard

What You Need to Know About the 2019 MOCS Decks

Are Modern Decks Completely Busted?

Aetherworks Marvel is the Biggest Game in Kaladesh Remastered

We Have Reached the Main Deck Ox of Agonas Stage

The World According to Ruin Crab

What Do We Do Now that Escape to the Wilds is Banned?

What Does It Mean to be the Best in the Format?

Is Omnath, Locus of Creation Next on the Chopping Block?

The Modal Double-Faced Episode!

Taking a Look at the Full Zendikar Rising Spoiler

Zendikar Rising Exclusive Preview - Murasa Brute!

Sneaking in Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Shark Typhoon in StoneBlade (and much more Modern)

Let’s Talk About Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath

Teferi, Time Raveler BANNED

Let's Talk About the Players Tour Finals

A HISTORIC Episode of Top Level Podcast

Arcum's Astrolabe is Banned in Modern!

Everything Old is New Again in Standard!

First Looks at Core Set 2021 Standard

Is Alpine Houndmaster the Best Card in M21?

Terror of the Peaks - Fair... and Not!

Llanowar Visionary is a Titan

Agent of Treachery Banned! (and other stories)

Zirda, the Dawnwaker is Banned in Legacy!

We Adore This Colossus Hammer Deck

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