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    • Mar 27, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 22 EPISODES


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    Ancestral Recall #22 - The Top 8 Reasons to Play Bant in Standard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 49:32


    Mike discusses the top 8 reasons why you should be playing Bant in standard, and after Roman and Mike discuss Roman's 6-0 list from the first week of MagicFest Online qualifiers and what changes they would make for the Grand Prix this weekend. Mike's original article: The Top 8 Reasons to Play Bant in Standard Your hosts: Roman Fusco - @Roman_Fusco Mike Flores - @fivewithflores Subscribe to Ancestral Recall at iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1213552541#

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    #21 - Critical Mass

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 76:19


    Roman and Mike go back in time to 2005, after Mike wins a Kamigawa block constructed PTQ at Neutral Ground, to look at lessons learned while brewing a rogue deck for an established metagame.

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    Ancestral Recall #20 – The Ten Greatest Battles of All Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 75:28


    Roman and Mike go back in time to 2002, as Mike Flores of 2002 takes his own trip back in time to tell the stories of the ten most memorable matches of Magic that he had ever seen.

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    Ancestral Recall #19 – Realizing How Bad You Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 60:27


    Roman and Mike go back in time to 2004, to look at one of the most important lessons a Magic player can learn: to see ones own mistakes.

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    Ancestral Recall #18 – Magic: the Intangibles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 64:30


    Roman and Mike go back in time to 2005, to learn how intangible skill can add up over a game to make a player seem lucky.

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    Ancestral Recall #17 – How to Think About Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 81:40


    Roman and Mike get together to pore over a 2010 article by Mike Flores about lessons learned from Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz on how to think about the game of Magic.

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    Ancestral Recall #16 – In the Style of Top 8 Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 34:54


    Roman and michaelj are relegated to wandering the streets of Manhattan like a pair of recording vagabonds, so they talk about Roman's recent successes... All of which occurred as a result of the lessons taught by Ancestral Recall.

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    Ancestral Recall #15 – Bits and Pieces

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2017 57:05


    Roman and Mike learn ancient deck design wisdom from Mike Flores' 2007 article, "Bits and Pieces — The Traits of a Great Deck Designer".

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    Ancestral Recall #14 – Casting Blue Spells

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2017 40:09


    Roman and Mike take a look at Nick Spagnolo's treatise on how to win at Magic by playing the colour Blue.

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    Ancestral Recall #13 – The New Pool Halls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 47:15


    Roman and Mike take a look at Brian Hacker's hugely influential article on gambling and Magic, "The New Pool Halls"

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    Ancestral Recall #12 – One Man's Ballot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 56:45


    Mike and Roman take a look at one of Mike's favourite Pro Tour Hall of Fame ballot articles, from the second year of the Hall of Fame, 11 years ago.

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    Ancestral Recall #11 – The Old Switcheroo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2017 47:55


    Mike and Roman take a look at the classic strategy of siding in an unexpected permanent type for The Old Switcheroo.

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    Ancestral Recall #10 – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 58:25


    Mike and Roman discuss the dangers and advantages of switching to a new deck for a tournament at the last minute.

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    Ancestral Recall #9 – Virtual Card Advantage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2017 23:18


    Mike introduces Roman to the concept of virtual card advantage.

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    Ancestral Recall #8 – Tuning the Second Best Deck

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 64:48


    Mike and Roman talk about how preparing a deck to beat the best deck can be the right strategy to take down a tournament.

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    Ancestral Recall #7 – The Philosophy of Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 72:02


    Mike and Roman talk about the theory of how to trade cards for your opponent's Life, or as it is called: The Philosophy of Fire!

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    Ancestral Recall #6 – The Danger Of Cool Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2017 34:08


    Mike and Roman talk about Chad Ellis's article on the tendency Magic players have to lose games because they are too fixated on doing something cool.

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    Ancestral Recall #5 – Asking Better Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 60:32


    “Asking Better Questions” provides a model to improve your own quality of information in Magic by… Well… Asking better questions.

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    Ancestral Recall #4 – JUSTICE

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 47:31


    What does it mean to be "results focused" and why does Mike thing we all should be (in the face of common, poker-descended, gamer wisdom)?

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    Ancestral Recall #3 – The Rogue Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2017 68:45


    Is Rogue deck building still relevant? Or at least Mike's take from nearly two decades ago? As usual, the Regional Champ weighs in with a modern perspective.

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    Ancestral Recall #2 – Who's the Beatdown?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 40:50


    This time around Mike and Roman opt for a short article that you may have heard of - Who's the Beatdown?

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    Ancestral Recall #1 – How to Win a PTQ

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2017 92:46


    It's the dawning of a new (or new-old) day here at ManaDeprived. Mike Flores is joined by SCG Regionals Champion Roman Fusco as he learns "How to Win a PTQ".

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