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This weeks episode is a look at the evolution of creature based combo decks from Modern 2015-2023. We dive into the combo from Birthing Pod, Counter Company, Heliod Company, Golgari Yawgmoth. You can check out the video that goes along with this episode on our youtube, https://youtu.be/CEzkqKs6V8M As always the end of the episode we will talk about what we are playing/watching/reading for our listeners to maybe find some cool new nerdy things to enjoy. https://linktr.ee/TheRealNanMan https://twitter.com/TheRealNanMan https://Twitch.tv/RealNanMan https://www.youtube.com/NanMan https://www.youtube.com/NanMansNerdCorner
Season 15, Episode 18: Weekly Roundup Yorion, Sky Nomad is the latest addition to Modern's endless ranks of the banned. There are now 48 cards in Modern jail, some of which have been there since the beginning. Today on Faithless Brewing, the crew takes a hard look at the Modern ban list to see whether it stands up to scrutiny in the post-MH2 era. With so much power creep, many cards could likely be released back into the format safely, joining the ranks of successful unbans like Sword of the Meek, Valakut, Wild Nacatl, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Broadly speaking, the banned cards fall into six categories. Category 1: Gone forever. These are the best of the best, the most broken of the broko. They should be locked away until the end of time. (Example: Hogaak, Oko, Dark Depths). Category 2: Banished for reasons other than power level. These cards are problematic for reasons other than win rate, and are therefore also gone forever. (Ex: Sensei's Divining Top, Second Sunrise, KCI). Category 3: Safe, but no upside. Some cards only support a single deck or combo. Even if those combos are not overpowered (and in fact some are likely quite weak), their existence would be a net negative on the format. There is no upside to ever unbanning these cards. (Ex: Blazing Shoal, Hypergenesis, Splinter Twin) Category 4: Risky and probably not okay. These cards used to be too powerful. Today, they'd fall in the gray area. If you want to live dangerously, you could unban them, but they are likely still too strong. (Ex: Mystic Sanctuary, Eye of Ugin, Glimpse of Nature) Category 5: Risky but probably okay. These are powerful cards that would impact the meta. The resulting decks would likely be fine, but would need to be watched carefully. (Ex: Faithless Looting, Birthing Pod, Seething Song) Category 6: Should be unbanned today. These cards are completely safe to unban, and Wizards should do so as soon as possible. (Ex: Preordain, Bridge from Below, artifact lands). Cavedan and Morde don't see eye to eye on everything, but they broadly agree that the current ban list is outdated and too conservative. Which cards are the most controversial, and which ones did we get right and wrong? Listen to the full episode to find out! Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com Decklists and Timestamps [1:01] Eulogy for a Sky Noodle [4:42] Housekeeping [6:56] Dissecting the Yorion ban [13:18] Where does Modern go next? [20:44] Brewing after Yorion: Morde's journey begins [30:16] The state of the Modern ban list: Oct 2022 [36:35] Category 1: Gone forever [40:47] Category 2: Banished for reasons other than power level [42:29] Category 3: Safe, but no upside [46:24] Category 4: Risky and probably not okay [51:43] Category 5: Risky but probably okay [56:42] Category 6: Should be unbanned today [1:11:18] A modest proposal ----more----
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Kaldheim Season, Episode 20: This Week in Brewing (March 26, 2021) Two new Strixhaven planeswalkers dropped early this week, and boy are they weird. Kasmina asks us to solve interesting puzzles, while Liliana — excuse me, Professor Onyx — seems to want us to play multiplayer. Don't throw out your Chain of Smogs just yet! With MTGO decklists being published again, we also have some spicy Picks of the Week from the Modern leagues, and hard won lessons on the Flashback about how to Birthing Pod in 2021. Tune in on Sunday for our final Brew Session of Kaldheim Season! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Kaldheim Season, Episode 20: This Week in Brewing (March 26, 2021) Two new Strixhaven planeswalkers dropped early this week, and boy are they weird. Kasmina asks us to solve interesting puzzles, while Liliana — excuse me, Professor Onyx — seems to want us to play multiplayer. Don't throw out your Chain of Smogs just yet! With MTGO decklists being published again, we also have some spicy Picks of the Week from the Modern leagues, and hard won lessons on the Flashback about how to Birthing Pod in 2021. Tune in on Sunday for our final Brew Session of Kaldheim Season! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Kaldheim Season, Episode 20: This Week in Brewing (March 26, 2021) Two new Strixhaven planeswalkers dropped early this week, and boy are they weird. Kasmina asks us to solve interesting puzzles, while Liliana — excuse me, Professor Onyx — seems to want us to play multiplayer. Don't throw out your Chain of Smogs just yet! With MTGO decklists being published again, we also have some spicy Picks of the Week from the Modern leagues, and hard won lessons on the Flashback about how to Birthing Pod in 2021. Tune in on Sunday for our final Brew Session of Kaldheim Season! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Kaldheim Season, Episode 19: Pyre of Heroes Long ago, Birthing Pod was the crown jewel of Modern. It was fast, resilient, and capable of playing fair or unfair as needed. The namesake artifact was ultimately banned outright; never shall we see its like again. Unless.... could Pyre of Heroes really be the second coming of Pod? Wizards certainly wants us to think so. The effect is so similar, and Pyre is even more generous in certain respects. The catch? That pesky clause that says you must find a creature of the same type. This card is one for the brewers, that's for sure, so let's get to work! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Kaldheim Season, Episode 19: Pyre of Heroes Long ago, Birthing Pod was the crown jewel of Modern. It was fast, resilient, and capable of playing fair or unfair as needed. The namesake artifact was ultimately banned outright; never shall we see its like again. Unless.... could Pyre of Heroes really be the second coming of Pod? Wizards certainly wants us to think so. The effect is so similar, and Pyre is even more generous in certain respects. The catch? That pesky clause that says you must find a creature of the same type. This card is one for the brewers, that's for sure, so let's get to work! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Kaldheim Season, Episode 19: Pyre of Heroes Long ago, Birthing Pod was the crown jewel of Modern. It was fast, resilient, and capable of playing fair or unfair as needed. The namesake artifact was ultimately banned outright; never shall we see its like again. Unless.... could Pyre of Heroes really be the second coming of Pod? Wizards certainly wants us to think so. The effect is so similar, and Pyre is even more generous in certain respects. The catch? That pesky clause that says you must find a creature of the same type. This card is one for the brewers, that's for sure, so let's get to work! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! ****
Welcome to 2021! This episode we're talking about some smaller topics - Pyre of Heroes as compared to Birthing Pod, when to play three copies of a card as opposed to four, and 2020 in a nutshell. In addition, we're answering questions about our Magic backgrounds, favorite cards, and proudest deck accomplishments!
Antes de la temporada oficial de previews, ya conocemos unas pocas de las nuevas cartas que saldrán en Kaldheim, así que aprovechamos la "generosidad" navideña de WOTC y las comentamos. Un Dios de doble cara, una enana legendaria, un lobo que puede tocar bastante las narices a los jugadores de death shadow y la nueva interpretación de Birthing Pod son algunas de ellas. Podcast en Youtube https://youtu.be/IUJktIa_5pg Twitter https://twitter.com/SpodCaster Patreon https://www.patreon.com/spodcastermtg Streams en Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/spodcastermtg Visita nuestro servidor de Discord https://discord.gg/YGQeM9U
Subscribe to Modern Meta-Call iTunes Feed This week, Corey and Darrel chat about the first wave of Kaldheim previews and this set's unique theme. We are PSYCHED for the new "Birthing Pod"! To keep up with Card Knock Life Content, follow us at Facebook.com/CardKnockLifePodcast Supported By: CardTrader.com (Promo code for 2% off your order: "CardKnockLife") ManaTraders.com (Promo code for 14% off the first 3 months: “CardKnockLifePodcast”) TheDiscard.com
Subscribe to Modern Meta-Call iTunes Feed This week, Corey and Darrel chat about the first wave of Kaldheim previews and this set's unique theme. We are PSYCHED for the new "Birthing Pod"! To keep up with Card Knock Life Content, follow us at Facebook.com/CardKnockLifePodcast Supported By: CardTrader.com (Promo code for 2% off your order: "CardKnockLife") ManaTraders.com (Promo code for 14% off the first 3 months: “CardKnockLifePodcast”) TheDiscard.com
The Dorks talk about Kaldheim spoilers and it's impact in future Historic. Hoshi hates on every single card that isn't an elf. Finally, Apollo has a mental breakdown. Be sure to check out our Youtube channel at the Mana Dorks and help support our channel! Much love and Happy Holidays everyone! We love you all!
Episode 121: The Commander Smiths have an Ezuri Cards to Cut (C2C) segment from Justin Mier and we also discuss our 5 favorite spells to cast as asked by @keeweedoc on twitter. Enjoy! Support the show by donating to out Patreon Pagehttps://www.patreon.com/commandersmiths A FREE way to support the show is to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page and LIKE/SHARE our videos and podcasts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mttoLhPuTpOUMsqF1O-og?view_as=subscriber Follow us on twitter where you will see INSTA Specs, Proxy of the Week, Not Sharing with Adam Beer, MTG News and any Schedule changes. @CommanderSmiths Lastly, you can email us at CommanderSmiths@gmail.com with any song suggestions, specs, decks, Questions or just to chat. Recent Videos from the CommanderSmiths Proxy Time! Mutavault https://youtu.be/W6IHxIcWCrghttps://youtu.be/j54ULlUll_k Fork You! https://youtu.be/c5Svl9zy42Q Recent Battle Boxes: Theros Beyond Death https://youtu.be/c9uIKioQMTk How to Make Full Art Proxies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2NCnyjMdI&t= Ezuri cards to cut https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/15-05-20-Kqe-ezuri-claw-of-progress/ Adam’s Suggestions- Cut: Lys Alana Huntmaster, Crystalline Giant, Birthing Pod, Voidslime, Worldly Tutor Add: Oracle of Mul Daya https://scryfall.com/card/zen/172/oracle-of-mul-daya Rishkar, Peema Renegade https://scryfall.com/card/aer/122/rishkar-peema-renegade Prime Speaker Vannifar https://scryfall.com/card/rna/195/prime-speaker-vannifar Curse of the Swine https://scryfall.com/card/ths/46/curse-of-the-swine Elvish Harbinger https://scryfall.com/card/evg/4/elvish-harbinger Lowery’s Suggestions: Cut: Spinebiter, Labyrinth of skophos, Mystifying Maze, Birthing pod, Lifecrafter’s Bestiary, Crystalline Giant, Loyal Guardian, Helix pinnacle Add: Alchemist Refuge, Scavenger Groudns Inkmoth Nexus https://scryfall.com/card/mbs/145/inkmoth-nexus Finale of Devestation https://scryfall.com/card/war/160/finale-of-devastation Cold Eyed Selkie https://scryfall.com/card/c20/204/cold-eyed-selkie Cephalid Constable, Benthic Biomancer Fathom Mage Inspiring Call https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/139/inspiring-call Nissa, voice of Zendikar https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/1281/nissa-voice-of-zendikar Intruder Alarm, Avenger of Zendikar Pemmin’s Aura https://scryfall.com/card/scg/45/pemmins-aura Fav 5 Cards to Cast: Lowery: Painful Quandary https://scryfall.com/card/som/73/painful-quandary Reconnaissance https://scryfall.com/card/exo/17/reconnaissance Gisela, Blade of Goldnight https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/9/gisela-blade-of-goldnight Seedborn Muse https://scryfall.com/card/c19/179/seedborn-muse Spellskite https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/230/spellskite Adam: Torment of Hailfire https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/795/torment-of-hailfire Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger https://scryfall.com/card/ima/189/vorinclex-voice-of-hunger Blood Moon https://scryfall.com/card/a25/122/blood-moon Teferi’s Protection https://scryfall.com/card/mb1/256/teferis-protection Teferi’s Puzzlebox https://scryfall.com/card/9ed/312/teferis-puzzle-box Core Set 2021 spoilers https://www.mtggoldfish.com/spoilers/Core+Set+2021 Commander Rule Change https://mtgcommander.net/index.php/2020/06/07/june-7-announcement-on-dies-triggers/ Surly brewing: Stunner- https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13014/424289/
On this episode of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric are FINALLY back for the regular start of Season 9! To kick things off right, they have returned to have a hybrid single-card/archetype discussion on Birthing Pod and the various other Birthing pod-lites that have been printed. Note that season 9 will in fact be a shorter than normal season due to the pushed back season start. That said, make sure to check out the special bonus content that has been released in the past 5 weeks! 0:30 - Intro 2:45 - The Various Pods and Podlikes 18:30 - The podsitives and negatives of cubing with pod 32:15 - How to draft pod, build pod, and win with pod 45:30 - Outro Show Links: Season 9 Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uIm2wcr-uEHh8sQQW_k2QJOqhZ2_jgPEI3wzovd8byM/edit Solely Singleton Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Solely Singleton Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SolelySingleton The Starter Cube - https://www.cubecobra.com/cube/list/thestartercube The Misers Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/themiserscube Brad’s Main Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/drruler Eric’s Travel Cube: http://www.cubecobra.com/cube/overview/travelcube Draft the cubes of our Biggest Supporters: Riku - The Jund Cube Spootyone - The Spooty Peasant Cube DruMau5 - War on the Middle Class DraftTemptation - 9-5 cube Awkamess - Multicolor Custom Cube Karl - Karls Unpowered 360 Cube Heroscreed - Peasant Cube Angela - Angela’s Cube Rofeletan - Rof's Cube toddCubed - The 720º Cactar - Cactar’s Cube Dekkaru - Dekkaru Cube Contact Information: You can interact with Solely Singleton by joining the hosts on discord and twitter to give input to improve the show. Feel free to email more detailed questions and comments to the show’s email address. Your Hosts: Brad (DrRuler) & Eric (OnekuoSora) Brad’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrRuler Eric’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnekuoSora Show Email: SolelySingleton@gmail.com Show Website: https://www.solelysingleton.com/ Show Mailing Address: PO Box 70893 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Licensed Music Used By This Program: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod From the Free Music Archive CC BY "Thursday & Snow (Reprise)" by Blank & Kytt From the Free Music Archive CC BY "Chiaroscuro" by Andrew Codeman From the Free Music Archive CC BY “Groovy Baby” by Jason Shaw From the Free Music Archive CC BY “Off to Osaka” by Kevin MacLeod From the Free Music Archive CC BY “Ugly” by Vienna Ditto From the Free Music Archive CC BY
Sam’s cooked up a spicy Modern Combo deck built around Zirda, with a Collected Company shell and some cards you may recognize from decks such as his beloved Birthing Pod. The inspiration for this deck comes partly from Friend of the Podcast Raymond, who submitted a Pioneer deck for discussion last week. Here’s the rough […]
Faithless Brewing, Episode 39: Enigmatic Incarnation When you give a card an outlandish name like "Enigmatic Incarnation," you'd better step up and deliver something deliciously and awesomely weird. Luckily, in this case, the R&D and Creative teams came through, offering a truly mysterious new tutoring engine. Superficially similar to Birthing Pod and Prime Speaker Vannifar, Enigmatic Incarnation throws those precedents out the window by triggering only once per turn (on end step) and feeding on one card type (enchantment) while tutoring for another (creature). It is truly a mystery wrapped in an enigma, drawing on an entirely different slice of the card pool and asking brewers to invent their own play pattern if they hope to unlock its power over multiple turns. The decision trees are complex and the rewards are potentially massive. Let's start brewing! Flashback: Heliod, Sun-Crowned Pioneer Mono-White Owl (Damon): 1-3 league UW Teferi Owl (Damon): 3-2 league Basic Heliod Aggro (Dan): 3-2 league Modern Turbo Elesh Norn 2.0 (Dan): 4-0* league. Played this league after we recorded this show, so stay tuned for next week's episode for more info on it. Brew Session: Enigmatic Incarnation Pioneer Sketch 1: 4c Rhino Incarnation Sketch 2: Sultai Enigmatic Inversion Modern Sketch 3: Mystery Ponza Sketch 4: Bant Hatching Plans Sketch 5: Enigmatic Conscription Contact Us If you like our show, be sure to join our Patreon and leave us an Apple Podcasts review. Thank you for your support! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithlessbrewing Twitter: @FaithlessMTGEmail: faithless.brewing@gmail.com Homepage: faithlessbrewing.podbean.com
The North 100 crew speaks on the flexibility of some of the scariest decks that have ever untapped a Birthing Pod. 4 Colour Kiki Pod https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-4c-kiki-pod/ Hoof https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-cradlehoof/ Sandra Bullock https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-pattern-rector/ UB Time Vault https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ub-time-vault-combo/ CanLander Scapeshift: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/canlander-scapeshift-2/ Alex Steacy — @alexsteacy Jeremy White — @jrhwhite Serge Yager — @sergeyager Benjamin Wheeler — @ bwheelermtg Canadian Highlander Points List: https://canadianhighlander.wordpress.com/rules-the-points-list-and-deck-construction/ Canadian Highlander Website: https://canadianhighlander.wordpress.com/ Canadian Highlander YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbdfxCOi0vvWXFqSHfrywvw Support LRR: http://patreon.com/loadingreadyrun LRR Youtube: http://youtube.com/loadingreadyrun LRR Magic Youtube: http://youtube.com/LRRMTG
The North 100 crew speaks on the flexibility of some of the scariest decks that have ever untapped a Birthing Pod. 4 Colour Kiki Pod https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-4c-kiki-pod/ Hoof https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-cradlehoof/ Sandra Bullock https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-10-19-pattern-rector/ UB Time Vault https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ub-time-vault-combo/ CanLander Scapeshift: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/canlander-scapeshift-2/ Alex Steacy — @alexsteacy Jeremy White — @jrhwhite Serge Yager — @sergeyager Benjamin Wheeler — @ bwheelermtg Canadian Highlander Points List: https://canadianhighlander.wordpress.com/rules-the-points-list-and-deck-construction/ Canadian Highlander Website: https://canadianhighlander.wordpress.com/ Canadian Highlander YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbdfxCOi0vvWXFqSHfrywvw Support LRR: http://patreon.com/loadingreadyrun LRR Youtube: http://youtube.com/loadingreadyrun LRR Magic Youtube: http://youtube.com/LRRMTG
Starting with this episode, every once in a while the subject matter will switch from an archetype to a single card. We'll follow the deck throughout it's run in Standard, and see how it affected the metagame. This time around, it's everyone's favorite card with Phyrexian Mana, Birthing Pod! Enjoy!
In this between-series special, Tim and Harry reform their allegiance to talk about their favourite cards from the latest set! A huge thanks to our patrons for supporting us and making the podcast possible! Consider donating as little as $1 per episode to keep the good content coming at patreon.com/turnpapersideways Follow us on twitter and tell us what you're building with the cards from RNA: @TPSmtg Send us an email to say hello or complain about inconsistent Birthing Pod chains in RNA Sealed: turnpapersideways@gmail.com The show music is by Kevin Macleod at www.incompetech.com
What is it about Simic? It's just so easy for blue and green to combine forces and realize their plans. It's almost as if they're fueled by extra body parts, virile with the force of a Gentleman Bronco. Well, we're diving back into the guilds as Ravnica Allegiance rolls out. This week we're exploring the identity of Simic. And unlike the Simic with their extra appendages, Andy tries to build around Vanifar with one arm behind his back. Did he find a good 75% place to land with the so-called Birthing Pod-mander? Kyle then wraps up the episode by trying to wrest Arixmethes from watery slumber. Hope he chewed done on enough gillyweed. Be sure to watch our gameplay videos on YouTube, and feel free to join the conversation there. Find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you grab your RSS feeds. Also, ask your smart speakers to play the Legendary Creature Podcast. Twitter: @legend_creature The intro and outro beats this episode are by the artist Home. The album is Resting State and the track is #24. There a ton of great beats by Home. Check him out and support him: Big shout out to Mikey Patch for logo artwork! Check his stuff out:
Bryce takes you on another winding tour of Modern deck archetypes, featuring: Abzan Midrange, Titan Shift, Death's Shadow, Ad Nauseum, Elves, a look back at Birthing Pod, and Lantern Control.Enjoying Talking Atlas? Consider a small monthly donation to support our content on our Patreon. Listen here! RSS FeedApple PodcastsGoogle PlayEngage us here!Twitter: @Walking_Atlas and @PhrawgerTumblr: WalkingAtlas and PhrawgerEmail: the.atlas.walks@gmail.comMagic: The Gathering is the intellectual property of Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. Misty Rainforest Zendikar Expedition art by the fantastic Ryan Yee. Codex Shredder art by Jason Felix. Talking Atlas RSS
In this episode, Stephen and bigheadjoe talk about the bannings of Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, and Birthing Pod in Modern, as well as the unbanning of Golgari Grave-Troll. Then they discuss their Fate Reforged Prerelease experience & talk Standard!
In this week's episode, we sat down after a post-tournament pizza party and talked all sorts of Standard, Modern and milling. Matt's setting aside the 2/1's for 1 for some Esper control action. Dustin tries a wacky Chord of Calling deck trying to pay tribute to his beloved Birthing Pod. And James is playing Quickling again. Our meta-topic this week is a fun one as we talk about milling and its appeal. We also get on the topic of Treasure Cruise because of course we do. We wrap up with required consumption and all sorts of shameless promotion. We also have a bit of a video announcement to make. Required consumption links: Dustin: blog.magicworldmarket.com/blog Matt: http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Pro-Tour-Jamie-Wakefield-ebook/dp/B002B3XZ2O/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1416301506&sr=8-6&keywords=quest+for+the+pro+tour James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEV5sjLyrQ You can find Matt, James and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza, @mellishkimoMTG, and @dustinseth respectively. Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, all that @5colormedia. Send any long-form feedback to 5colormedia@gmail.com. Please leave us reviews on iTunes or comments on the episode cuz, you know, we like that sort of thing. Also, we’re now on MTGCast.com, Stitcher, and Podbay! Check us out there too! Thanks for listening!