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This week Stan and Dave discuss their upcoming road trip comedy as they prepare for the Spotlight Series: Secret Lair this weekend in Indianapolis. Dave is in love with Andrea Mengucci's takes on Prowess — and even tries to learn a little from them. Stan has thoughts, questions, and feelings. A pact to split the tournament winning prize is made. Other hilarity ensues. If you're planning to be in Indianapolis this weekend — reach out! Say hi! Let us know what's going on! • Movies? I Guess? • Prowess in Indianapowess • Other Modern Ruminations Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 9:24 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:23 - The Dive Down begins: A Modern Prowess overview 41:12 - Jeskai Prowess 43:16 - Some Prowess tips 45:49 - Combo decks are evolving 1:01:00 - Some final thoughts for Indy (the Motor City) 1:03:57 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Andrea Mengucci's Prowess Deck Guide: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/article/Modern-Izzet-Prowess-MTG-Deck-Guide/a628edac-c81d-4d52-b890-f2b2e157d905/?srsltid=AfmBOoovrEMPsgLSQYAiTfOg5DJ3TQ5u-WXbcDJvqf5TH0QqVpAaeKnv Skura's Prowess Deck Guide (the author whose name Dave forgot while recording): https://mtgdecks.net/guides/modern-mastering-izzet-prowess-skura-mtg-353 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

With ‘The Nursery' destroyed and Oroshi MedTech licking its wounds, the cell is able to deal with dangers closer to home.The future is grim.The population of Neo Tokyo seeks to escape into Cyberzone as the megacorps plunder the world around their sleeping bodies.There are those, bold enough, perhaps mad enough, link their minds, and stand up.Join This American Dice for a Headspace actual play.A group of operators have bound their minds together to become the ultimate force to bring down the megacorps plundering Neo Tokyo.Neo Tokyo Dreams includes the voices of:David as Dr. BenniLeigh as Old ManAlex as ButtsAustin as Nikoand Carl is our Game MasterHeadspace is a game by Mark Richardson and is a Powered by the Apocalypse GameThe intro music is Law Abiding Citizen by Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioAdditional Music for this episode includes:Dive Down by VYENWeak Knight by Devon ChurchU Make Me Feel by MK2Firestarter by Jeremy BlackStrange Stuff by Matt HarrisAdditional Voices include:Blair

Gilmour Space has delayed the inaugural launch of its Eris spacecraft after the nose cone fell off the rocket ahead of liftoff.  NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch the agency's Aspera mission. Space solar company Solestial has raised $17 Million in a Series A funding round, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading Adam Gilmour LinkedIn Update NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera's Galaxy Mission Solestial Announces $17M Series A Funding Round to Scale Space Solar Manufacturing Reflect Orbital Secures $20 Million in Series A Funding Led by Lux Capital ICEYE strengthens presence in Greece with new office and satellite production line NASA Welcomes Norway as 55th Nation to Sign Artemis Accords Muon Space Awarded Additional NRO Contract for Next Phase of Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities Sidus Space Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update Sidus Space Announces Successful On-Orbit Operation of FeatherEdge™ Gen-2 Aboard LizzieSat®-3 Virgin Galactic - Investor Relations US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle- collectSPACE T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, D00mwake walks us through his prep with Standard Prowess ahead of the Minneapolis RC. Then Stan goes over his top 8 finish at a Modern RCQ with Boros Energy. And Dave teaches us about Dragonstorm draft picks with Stan's prize packs. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:00 - This week's episode/housekeeping 11:02 - The Dive Down begins: Devon's playing a Standard RC 26:47 - Stan played in an RCQ 48:58 - Dave's limited corner 52:27 - Crack-a-pack(s)! 1:06:53 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

On this week's show, we tried a handful of new cards from Dragonstorm: Tarkir, but Cori-Steel Cutter continues to cut through the competition. Stan plays Jeskai Affinity, Dave plays Tron, and D00mwake casually top 8s an RCQ with Prowess. Plus results from the Laughing Dragon Modern $20K! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 8:35 - This week's episode/housekeeping 12:04 - The Dive Down begins 13:41 - The Laughing Dragon Modern $20K RCQ 22:45 - Devon's takes on Izzet Prowess 37:08 - Stan's takes on Jeskai Affinity 50:47 - Dave's takes on Ugin, Eye of the Storms 1:06:53 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

Dragonstorm: Tarkir has some wild cards and on this week's show, we've played with a few of them! Stan and D00mwake have a blast posting their Ws with Voice of Victory. Dave cuts steel with Cori-Steel Cutter. We also mess with some Flamehold Grappler, Stormscale Scion, and Tersa Lightshatter. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:41 - This week's episode/housekeeping/a listener question 12:51 - The Dive Down begins: We played with new cards! 13:33 - Voice of Victory 27:25 - Flamehold Grappler 34:58 - Stormscale Scion 44:58 - Cori-Steel Cutter 54:05 - Mardu Pixie in Standard 59:20 - Tersa Lightshatter 1:03:23 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

We looked at nine Magic Online Modern Challenges that fired in the unique week between a Modern ban and Dragonstorm: Tarkir's online debut. On this week's show, we benchmark the current Modern format, and look ahead at some possible new tech from the upcoming set. Boros Energy is back on top but Eldrazi is not far behind. Can combo, midrange, or even control decks carve out a place for themselves in the format as Modern RCQ season goes into full swing? Will Ugin, Eye of the Storms put Tron back on the map? Is Stock Up poised to make a splash in Modern? What's the new Mox Opal deck? Tune in for another lively episode of ~~What's In Your Mouth?~~ The Dive Down! • The Shortest Meta • Rising Energy • A Dragon Denouement Timestamps: 5:18 - This week's episode/Dave's Tarkir Prelease/Housekeeping 15:24 - The Dive Down begins: The latest happenings in the Modern meta 34:21 - Cool Decks, Inc 45:40 - How will the meta change going forward? 1:02:43 - Wrapping up Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

This week we react to one of the least surprising bans in recent Modern history and say goodbye to Underworld Breach. Dave, Devon, and Stan react, make predictions about what we think is next, and talk a little about unbans and why they might not have happened this time. Once we finish up with Modern, we take a quick peek at Pioneer/Explorer (what is even going on there?) and answer a listener question about RCQ prep. • A Modern Ban • A Pioneer Break • Some RCQ Prep Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:15 - This week's episode/housekeeping 11:16 - The Dive Down begins: Underworld Breach is banned in Modern 25:50 - The ban soapbox corner 29:57 - Other bans also happened 33:34 - What's happening in Explorer and Standard? 44:53 - Dave says goodbye to Aetherdrift limited 47:12 - The Wind Down begins: How do we prepare for RCQs? 1:02:14 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

On this week's show, we discuss how to approach deck practice in Modern and Standard even though both formats are about to see significant changes. Stan plays some Living End and Jeskai Energy, d00mwake plays Lumbering Worldwagon in as many decks as possible. Plus some Dragonstorm: Tarkir spoilers! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:56 - This week's show/housekeeping 9:23 - The Dive Down begins: Talking Modern bans/unbans 30:14 - Some Standard discussion 50:04 - More Tarkir: Dragonstorm spoilers 1:06:54 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Gruul Hawk: https://moxfield.com/decks/STjZ2b_B7UOIB518BQYpLg Selesnya Wagon: https://moxfield.com/decks/8XnQjL4pS0qgKD8eAYqUzw Boros Monument: https://moxfield.com/decks/ycv8IOlQ2UKDxOhuli2phQ Gruul midrange: https://moxfield.com/decks/o2UKm5ROIUGGXgDfAlQviA Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

On this week's show, we review the coolest decks from the Hunter Burton Memorial Open, the Spotlight Series in Utrecht, and the Southeast Asia RC in Bangkok. Then we wrap with a first look at Dragonstorm: Tarkir and admire yoked Ugin. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:18 - This week's episode/housekeeping 12:28 - The Dive Down begins: It's time to talk Modern (again) 14:56 - Modern observations following Modern events, and Cool Decks, Inc. 46:38 - Some Tarkir Dragonstorm spoilers 1:04:04 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

The final Modern RC of the season is now behind us, but the story of Temur Breach's dominance continues. We chat about the event metagame, the incredible amount of Grinding Station decks in the top 32, and D00mwake's experience playing Eldrazi. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:46 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 9:32 - The Dive Down begins: RC Charlotte 13:30 - The Day 1 metagame and Stan plays a game 24:08 - How the best decks in the format did 28:55 - The top 32 41:25 - Devon's Charlotte experience and our next Modern steps 1:04:42 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

With RC Charlotte on D00mwake's doorstep, Devon shares the results and findings of his practice for the one of the year's biggest Modern tournaments. Dave kicks off the show a look at the metagame data from last week's Modern RC in China, then Stan wraps up with his new found fondness and admiration for Ketramose in Orzhov Blink. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN Try out our new promo code for Magic Mind! Visit https://magicmind.com/divedownUse or use code DIVEDOWN at checkout to get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase of Stan's new favorite mental performance shot. And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 9:26 - This week's episode/housekeeping 14:03 - The Dive Down begins: RC China results! 29:09 - Devon's Eldrazi testing 46:02 - Stan played Ketramose 1:01:23 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

MagicCon: Chicago was the biggest MagicCon ever, in part because The Dive Down was there to experience it. This week's show features conversation we had at the Con with Mark Rosewater, Blake Rasmussen, and Athena Froehlich. We chat about a couple cards revealed from Tarkir: Dragonstorm and gather some WOTC insights following December's Modern unbans. A Preview Panel! A Chat with Blake! MaRo's 20 Cards of All Time! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN Try out our new promo code for Magic Mind! Visit https://magicmind.com/divedownUse or use code DIVEDOWN at checkout to get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase of Stan's new favorite mental performance shot. And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:26 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:05 - The Dive Down begins: MagicCon Chicago! 23:06 - The MagicCon Chicago Spoiler Panel 47:44 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen 1:16:03 - The MaRo Q&A 1:50:35 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

It's Portland time! Join us as we go deep on Stan's tournament prep for the Modern RC. We talk Stan's testing journey with Boros Energy, go deep on the mirror and the other top matchups, discuss the finer points of Stone Rains, card advantage options, and more. • Energy at the RC • Mirror Matches • The Rest of the Field Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:02 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:18 - The Dive Down seems to begin: Talking about the upcoming SCG Portland RC 20:12 - Stan's testing process and planning for matchups 52:32 - Tournament predictions 1:01:52 - Find us in Portland! 1:05:47 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - _Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

After a huge weekend of Modern Regional Championships, we're tripping over spreadsheets of matchup data. We discuss which decks impressed us, surprised us, and disappointed us from three huge tournaments in Prague, Canada, and Brazil. Then we wrap up with a chat about our experiences playing Splinter Twin. The Break Down: 45 Minutes of Regional Championships The Dive Down: 30 Minutes of Splinter Twin Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: * 9:05 - The Break Down begins: Some RCs! * 43:40 - The Dive Down begins: Why are the Splinter Twin Stans quiet? * 1:08:18 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: * https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/203977 * https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/ultimate-guard-european-magic-series-regional-championship-prague-2025-tournament-182396/winrates * https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6882292#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

As we continue to play with Modern's latest round of unbans, something has become apparent. Mox Opal is a heck of a card. On this week's show, we play it in Temur Breach, Affinity, Hammer Time, and Broodscale to figure where Opal shines and where it feels dull. Turns out, the card is quite good even when its deck is bad. The history of Opal. Breaching is easy! Other Opal decks are whatever. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% credit back after your first 3 months of renting ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: * 5:41 - This week's show/housekeeping * 12:20 - The Dive Down begins: What we talk about when we talk about Mox Opal * 13:28 - A bit of history * 24:35 - The unban of Mox Opal * 30:06 - Underworld Breach - the best deck in Modern? * 47:55 - The decks people WANT to be good * 1:01:14 - So how good is Mox Opal? * 1:05:48 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com)

In the first of our episodes diving into each card from the recent unbans, we take a deep look at Faithless Looting. First we take a look at the history of the card — all the way back to spoiler conversations — followed by a dive into many of the decks trying to play it in Modern today. Creativity? Check. Hollow One? Check. Phoenix? You know it. Dredge? Well, we almost forgot Dredge, but we at least mention it in passing. Why isn't it as powerful as it used to be? We have thoughts and those thoughts are what make us The Dive Down. And the recording of the thoughts, too. • Devon Does it Again • Draw Two, Discard Two, Do Nothing • We All Just WANT to Play Phoenix, Ok? Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:58 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 5:59 - The Break Down begins: Devin, relax! 13:20 - The Dive Down begins: Why isn't Faithless Looting the best card in Modern? 16:20 - The History and Present of Faithless Looting 25:44 - Excitement Levels 29:45 - Anatomy of a Looting 32:45 - From Here it's Just Decks 33:15 - Jund Creativity 35:45 - Hollow One 40:47 - Grixis Reanimator/Froculus 43:14 - Izzet Phoenix 46:15 - Mono-Red Phoenix 49:15 - Other Decks 52:55 - The Faithless Looting grudge match 1:05:20 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

A B&R so hot we had to pause our vacation. The One Ring, Amped Raptor, and Jegantha are banned. Mox Opal is unbanned. Mox Opal, Green Sun's Zenith, Faithless Looting and Splinter Twin are unbanned. Discuss. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:17 - Housekeping 8:38 - The Dive Down begins: Bans, and Unbans 10:15 - Before the announcement 16:38 - Getting into the meat of the announcement 45:38 - The unbans 1:23:22 - Hot takes and cool vibes 1:37:58 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-december-16-2024 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

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We kick off this week's show with an important announcement about the future of The Dive Down. Just listen since it's too long to explain in writing. Then we bemoan the B&R window before highlighting the fun times happening in Standard right now. And we wrap with a nice chat about our love-hate relationship with the new Pokémon TCG Pocket. The Break Down: A really important announcement The Dive Down: The new Foundations of Standard and Draft The Wind Down: Pokémon Pocket is a bad game we are playing Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:27 - Let loose with Heavy Play 9:15 - This week's episode 11:51 - IMPORTANT housekeeping! 25:00 - The Break Down begins: Does Modern suck right now? 32:37 - Foundations is here, and impacting Standard 47:25 - D00m's Decks: The best decks in Standard 1:15:48 - Dave's Limited corner 1:25:25 - Pokémon Pocket is certainly a game to play 1:46:54 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

The doctor is in. For a very special episode 300, The Dive Down sits down with THE Richard Garfield, inventor of Magic: The Gathering and great-great-grandson of President James A. Garfield. What is Magic as Garfield intended? We finally have the answer. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: * 1:25 - Richard Garfield does not need to hear about Heavy Play * 2:43 - This week's episode - somehow this is 300 * 5:56 - The Dive Down begins: Our interview with Richard Garfield * 43:56 - What is Magic as Garfield intended? * 46:10 - Richard on other games Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

They said it couldn't be done, but one of the Dive Down boys (other than D00mwake) finally won an RCQ. On this week's show, Stan talks about piloting Boros Energy to qualify for RC Portland, and we break down the Standard metagame and results from the Magic World Championship in Las Vegas. The Break Down: 6 Matches to Portland The Dive Down: Congratulations, Javier Dominguez Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:15 - Allow Heavy Play to penetrate your pocketbook 7:59 - This week's show/housekeeping 13:04 - The Break Down begins: Some hot news! 18:55 - More takes on the Universes Beyond announcement 27:45 - Stan won an RCQ! 40:52 - The tournament report 58:10 - The next steps 1:03:22 - The Dive Down begins: The World Championship breakdown 1:12:50 - WC Standard winrates 1:16:23 - The top 8 1:23:12 - The Wind Down: Shane's Gadget Corner 1:31:38 - Dave also went to the RCQ, by the way 1:34:50 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: World Championship 30: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/146430 Buy a Steam Deck or something: https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, Dave tries to determine what to play during the one RCQ he can attend this season. We do our best to help him out by reviewing the latest Metagame Mentor, taking a closer look at Dimir Oculus, following in the steps of some Jeskai Control masters, and trying something new with Fear of Missing Out in Rakdos and Jund Delirium. The Break Down: Frank Loves Stats The Dive Down: Dave Needs a Deck Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: * 7:25 - Heavy Play is our actual sponsor * 9:00 - This week's show/housekeeping * 14:36 - The Break Down begins: no Pioneer RCQs in 2025?? * 22:35 - Frank analysis on Modern's current meta * 34:22 - Current Modern winrates * 41:54 - The Dive Down begins: Shane played Dimir Frogtide * 1:04:32 - Dave and Devon played Delirium decks * 1:17:30 - Stan played actual Jeskai Control Links from this week's episode: * https://www.channelfireball.com/article/What-s-New-in-Modern-with-Duskmourn-House-of-Horror/80e67eba-474a-41bf-a704-15bc28755f02/ * Jeskai Control by YungDingo/George Jabbour: https://x.com/YungDingoMTG/status/1844245120658653515 * Dimir Oculus by Kane Daly: https://old.starcitygames.com/decks/159924 * Jund Delirium by Offl1ne: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6682017#paper * Jund Delirium by d00mwake: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OFxKWf-jx0WIiWlS_TWENg * Rakdos Shadow by J from TDD Nation: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6701125#paper * Rakdos FOMO by @jacesdaddy from Twitter: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6701123#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, Stan and Dave are joined by a new guest to The Dive Down. Taking a break from preparing for Regional Championship Washington DC and next month's World Championship in Las Vegas , Mark Stanton stops by to talk about the competitive mindset and how to practice Magic better. We chat about first impressions from Duskmourn, the current state of Pioneer leading up to the RC, and how to prepare for tournaments that matter. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:34 — Mark Stanton is Here to Teach Us How To Be Good at Magic 3:45 — Meet Team Rampant Growth, Sponsored by Heavy Play 6:57 — Mark Triples Down 9:35 — Housekeeping 10:44 — The Dive Down Begins: Inside the Grinder's Studio 18:38 — Testing with Duskmourn 28:15 — Duskmourn in Pioneer 31:05 — Phoenix at the RC? 33:28 — As the Dusk Settles 34:58 — On Developing Magic Practice 40:10 — A Different Kind of Fun 43:20 — Working Rather Than Playing 50:10 — Building Metagame Knowledge 57:35 — The Pro Tour: A Whole Other Game 1:01:38 — People Playing Better Decks 1:05:45 — Let's Talk Teams 1:12:00 — Closing Thoughts: What Do You Want from Magic? 1:20:52 — Signoff Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

A new Pioneer metagame is upon us, just in time for a slate of new cards from Duskmourn. On this week's show, we review Pioneer MTGO Challenge results following the Amalia and Sorin bans, take a closer look at the hot new Rakdos Aggro deck making waves in the format, and peer into the latest spoilers from Duskrmourn. The Break Down: Rakdos Aggro, So Hot Right Now The Dive Down: Duskmourn Spoilers, pt 1 Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:01 - Heavy Play is not a true crime 9:37 - This week's show/housekeeping 12:41 - The Break Down begins: Checking in on Pioneer 29:19 - Rakdos Prowess in Pioneer 37:12 - The Dive Down begins: Duskmourn previews! 42:19 - The mechanics of Duskmourn 56:22 - The Land cycles 1:03:22 - The Leyline cycle 1:10:35 - Pyroclasm 1:12:22 - Abhorrent Oculus 1:15:22 - Marvin, Murderous Mimic 1:17:16 - Split Up 1:19:25 - Kaito, Bane of Nightmares 1:22:10 - Chainsaw 1:25:37 - Silent Hallcreeper 1:27:33 - Nowhere to Run 1:29:09 - Unstoppable Slasher 1:32:01 - Razorkin Needlehead 1:35:44 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

What a long strange trip it's been... from Chicago to Seattle! On this week's show, Stan shares stories and highlights from his visit to Wizards of the Coast headquarters. Then we look at the first batch of Modern results since the Nadu ban, and breath a sigh of relief at a format finding its footing. The Break Down: The Sights and Sounds of Renton, WA The Dive Down: Energy Looks Good, Modern Looks Better Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:13 - Heavy Play is better than Mountain Dewmwake 7:13 - This week's show/housekeeping 12:25 - The Break Down begins: Stan went to WOTC! 41:40 - Stan interviews Blake Rasmussen 51:45 - Stan interviews Aaron Forsythe, Mike Turian, and Carmen Klomparens 1:04:14 - The Dive Down begins: Post-ban Modern 1:23:29 - Dave played Hollow One 1:34:47 - Devon played Naya Energy 1:48:34 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Samalia Combo: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6612111#paper Devon's Naya Energy: https://x.com/d00mwake/status/1830402879229755474 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Despite Stan getting Nadu's out of a Modern RCQ, he brushed off the dust and went back to MTGO for some Rakdos Lizards in Standard. Then Shane casts Through the Breach to cheat some Eldrazi into play, and Dave revisits a few Modern Wizards in an updated Izzet shell. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:24 - Heavy Play enhances your natural abilities 9:28 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:27 - The Break Down begins: Stan played an RCQ 21:04 - More data from Anaël Yahi 23:35 - The Dive Down begins: Stan played Rakdos Lizards in Standard 44:00 - Shane played Through the Breach in Modern 1:08:30 - Dave played Izzet... stuff in Modern 1:19:40 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, we marvel at the return of Through the Breach in MTGO Modern events, followed by a couple level up topics about scooping and mulligans. Then Lee McLeod drops buy to educate us about some Nadu Loops, and we wrap with a walk down memory lane via Dave's box of former playables. The Break Down: Return of Through the Breach? The Dive Down: Conceding? Mulliganning? The Dive Down cont.: Nadu Looping with Lee McLoud! The Wind Down: Dave's Box of Secrets Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:44 - Heavy Play is not sold at Mars Cheese Castle 7:55 - This week's show/housekeeping 12:55 - The Break Down begins: Some more weekend challenges 23:05 - The return of Through The Breach? 29:05 - Cool Decks, Inc 37:59 - The Dive Down begins: Should you concede more or less? 54:45 - Why concede less? 1:02:10 - Mulliganning, briefly 1:06:11 - Learning loops with Lee (McLeod) 1:34:00 - The Wind Down begins: Would you like to play a game? 1:46:49 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

This week it's a bit of a grab bag — or bags? Or grabs bag? One is the state of Modern since MH3, the other is our first tests with Bloomburrow in Modern and Pioneer. We take a dive through several recent challenges and a whole mess of concerning stats from frequently cited Modern watcher, Anaël Yahi. After that, we take a look at a few Bloomburrow cards in Modern and Pioneer — does Thundertrap Trainer slap? Is Rottenmouth Viper the truth... in Pioneer? We talk about all this and more. • Anaël Drops Another Banger • Mocked by Bird • Only a Snake Can Kill Another Snake Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:51 - Heavy Play is as good as quick pickles 5:52 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:01 - The Break Down begins: The current state of Modern 18:29 - The Modern Super Qualifier 27:40 - MH3-era paper data breakdown 41:55 - The Dive Down begins: Bloomburrow in Modern 42:34 - Mockingbird 49:17 - Thundertrap Trainer 55:55 - Innkeeper's Talent 1:02:22 - Helga, Skittish Seer/Feed the Cycle 1:10:14 - d00m loves Rottenmouth Viper in Pioneer 1:26:29 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Anaël Yahi's Metrics Tweet: https://x.com/AnaelYahi/status/1820337686982369522 D00mwake's Boros Energy List (Modern): https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-08-0312666568?player=D00mwake#deck_D00mwake Izzet by SvenSveeterSven (Modern): https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6550302#paper Mono Green Scales (Modern): https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6553561#paper Omnath + Helga by DackFayden (Modern): https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6556724#paper D00m's Dimir Viper List (Pioneer): https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9nyVhbjTEUW28T2w-JHHEw D00m's Golgari Viper List (Pioneer): https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6M6aAGQTNEiUXsJWUaorOA D00m's Rakdos Viper List (Pioneer): https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Eki38qUUfkaIB9aqTYDwoQ Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Modern Boros Energy has quickly emerged as a Tier 1 Modern deck despite the ongoing menace of Nadu taking over tournaments left and right. On this week's show, The Dive Down is joined by YungDingo to break down how the deck functions, how to sequence its various 1-drops, and the benefits of splashing into black for Mardu Energy. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:56 - A Dingo ate my Heavy Play 4:40 - This week's episode/housekeeping 8:55 - The Dive Down begins: A wild Dingo appears! 17:28 - Inside the Grinder's Studio 21:52 - What is Boros Energy all about? 26:20 - The 1-drops 36:52 - The 2-drops 51:30 - The 3-drops 1:08:45 - Interaction 1:13:40 - The Energy economy 1:17:42 - The matchups 1:26:56 - The future of Boros Energy 1:31:01 - Bye, Dingo! Links from this week's episode: twitch.tv/yungdingo x.com/yungdingomtg https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6540163#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Someone finally did it... Crashing Footfalls has revealed its beautiful face again in a post-MH3 Modern tournament, so D00mwake and Stan had to try the deck out themselves. Then we share our favorite picks from Bloomburrow in the final week of spoilers for the upcoming set. The Break Down: Stan and Devon talk about the same deck again. The Dive Down: Dave talks about the same cards again. Shane has the same doubts again. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:00 - Heavy Play, not a camarone 7:10 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:01 - The Break Down begins: The rhinos are back in town 43:44 - The Dive Down begins: Bloomburrow spoilers, part 2 44:26 - The Infamous Cruelclaw (revisited)/Sunspine Lynx 49:53 - Osteomancer Adept 52:36 - Lumra, Bellow of the Woods 55:04 - Beza, the Bounding Spring (revisited)/Dourport Mage 1:00:37 - Huskburster Swarm 1:03:13 - Fountainport 1:05:21 - Jackdaw Savior 1:09:34 - Vinereap Mentor 1:11:10 - Ygra, Eater of All 1:15:25 - Darkstar Auger 1:17:54 - Stormsplitter 1:20:22 - Valley Mightcaller 1:21:14 - Keen-Eyed Curator 1:25:28 - Thundertrap Trainer 1:27:30 - Our picks to click 1:35:16 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Oh look, another Modern tournament dominated by Nadu decks! On this week's show, we break down the results from NRG Chicago, which included a Modern 10K and some cheeky side events featuring the rhino boys. Then we dive into our Bloomburrow spoilers. • No Surprises, All Alarms • Higher Highs for Nadu • The Cutest Little Cards Ever Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:08 - Heavy Play is anything but bland 5:13 - This week's show/housekeeping 9:51 - The Break Down begins: NRG Chicagoland 26:20 - The MTGO Modern Super Qualifier 35:21 - The Dive Down begins: Bloomburrow Spoilers begin! 41:42 - Hidden Grotto 42:51 - Three Tree City 46:28 - Heartfire Hero 49:10 - Into the Floodmaw 52:13 - Iridescent Vinelasher 53:46 - Might of the Meek 55:41 - Valley Mightcaller 56:51 - Mistbreath Elder 59:49 - Emberheart Challenger 1:02:20 - Kitsa, Otterball Elite 1:06:37 - Brazen Collector/Coruscation Mage 1:09:33 - Artist's Talent 1:11:32 - Dawn's Truth 1:13:13 - Dewdrop Cure 1:15:33 - Pearl of Wisdom 1:16:17 - Rottenmouth Viper 1:18:17 - Huskburster Swarm 1:20:54 - Ral, Crackling Wit 1:22:43 - Maha, Its Feathers Night 1:25:00 - The Season Cycle 1:27:38 - Mockingbird 1:29:40 - The Infamous Cruelclaw 1:31:56 - Beza, The Bounding Spring 1:35:16 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

We couldn't get through an episode without mentioning the lack of a Nadu ban, but quickly dive into the huge batch of MTGO data that was finally unlocked after several weeks of downtime. Then we recap some of our favorite sideboard cards in the current Modern Metagame, and announce latest love of Basim Ibn Ishaq and Ocelot Pride. We kick off the show by asking the difficult question, "What is WOTC waiting for?" Then we dive into a ton of MTGO data, which finally came back this week with decks from Leagues, Challenges, and Last Chance qualifiers. We review the most successul decks and admire some of the coolest outliers. Then we rundown some of the biggest sideboard cards to make a splash after MH3 and the decks they attack most. The Break Down: What are they waiting for? The Break Down, cont.: New Pivot Tables Unlocked The Dive Down: How to Sideboard for MH3 Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_8LU And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:00 - Heavy Play will not remove your fingers 9:24 - This week's episode/housekeeping 14:32 - The Break Down begins: Nadu's still here 22:10 - Decklists are back, and we broke them down 30:17 - MH3 has dramatically changed Modern - is this good? 47:55 - Some new decks on the Modern scene 1:11:28 - The Dive Down begins: New meta, new sideboards 1:31:39 - Winding down Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, we take a look at the results from Modern's first big paper tournaments since the release of MH3. We chat about NRG St. Louis, MXP Tacoma, our predictions for PT Amsterdam, Stan's experiences playing Bant Nadu, Devon's experiments with Kappa Cannoneer, and Dave (and Devon's) explorations of Energy Prowess. The Break Down: Paper Modern Shows its Colors The Dive Down: Nadu, Kappa, and Mutagenic Growth Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_43A And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:41 - Heavy Play time 7:00 - This week's show/housekeeping 10:22 - The Break Down begins: the NRG St. Louis Modern event 19:12 - The MXP Tacoma Modern event 24:55 - What does the PT metagame potentially look like? 48:31 - The Dive Down begins: What's the deal with these new cards? 49:57 - Stan Nadu'd so you Nadon't have to 1:03:30 - Devon loves Kappa Cannoneer 1:11:15 - Dave (and Devon) played Energy Prowess 1:23:20 - We mention a single Assassin's Creed card 1:26:00 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/52904 https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/79404 https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6464281#paper https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6oV78FnDbkCjyWt3OEVKRg https://www.moxfield.com/decks/mhmc1tqudk23WRA4yUUhew Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

It's time to rev up those rental accounts because new cards are on the horizon. On this week's show, Shane and Stan (aka The Cool S Bros) share their war stories of leaguing with Modern Horizon 3 decks. Stan fires up some Boros Energy and Ruby Storm, while Shane locks his opponents out with Eldrazi Prison. We kick off the show with a high level check-in on format diversity in the weeks following MH3's release. Then we chat about the one-two punch of Guide of Souls and Ajani, flexible applications for Kozilek's Command, and Storming off against The One Ring decks. The Break Down: MH3 Week 2 The Dive Down: Sleeve, Believe, Heaving new decks in Modern Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_43A And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:12 - Heavy Play is lovely 8:51 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:54 - The Break Down begins: The new top tier of Modern? 25:10 - The Dive Down begins: Stan played Boros Energy 50:52 - Shane played Eldrazi Prison Tron 1:19:18 - Stan played Ruby Storm 1:33:16 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Welcome to the new Horizon of Modern. That long awaited day is finally here — Horizons 3 has launched and is in the hands of anyone who wants to: 1) use a Bird Wizard to draw their whole deck, 2) Break a line with a bowl of spaghet monsters, 3) Pay life to draw cards, then DIE, and 4) explore an potentially incredible new format. This week Dave and Devon talk through early impressions of decks we're seeing, things we've tested, early results from an MH3-inclusive 5k in Las Vegas and more. Tune in for the Nadu, stay for the Unstable Amulet. It's another week on The Dive Down! • Nadu • Eldrazi • And All the Rest of the Cards Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_43A And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:20 — Heavy Play Means Business 7:40 — Housekeeping 9:30 — The only place we can start: Nadu 27:15 — Big Eldrazi (Tron) 33:40 — Lil 'Drazi (Aggro) 42:00 — Affinity 43:55 — Ruby Storm 52:05 — Energy Decks (Boros, R Prowess, 4c Control) 56:40 — Mono Black Griefs, Scam (Necrodominance and more) 1:07:02 — Buried Alive/Phoenix 1:09:38 — Stuff We Haven't Seen (Flare of Cultivation, Shifting Woodlands) 1:13:03 — What We've Excited for Next 1:16:01 — What About Old Modern? 1:17:19 — Outro Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

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 Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_43A And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ 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 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Shout out to Wizards of the Coast for seeing some poor quality card pictures in the wild and letting us see them in high definition instead. Official MH3 spoilers dropped this week, on the heels of the latest Pro Tour. Stan and D00mwake discuss! Do Pro Tours still mean anything? Perhaps when the format they feature is fresh and exciting! We don't talk about Standard often, but enough innovations emerged at PT Thunder Junction, we were pumped to chat about the latest cards and winning decks. Speaking of latest cards. MH3 spoilers came early, despite the somewhat awkward circumstances. The Dive Down doesn't discuss leaks, but official spoilers have started to roll out and we chat about some standouts, including Flare of Denial, Winter Moon, Kappa Cannoneer, and Wight of the Reliquery. The Break Down: A Pro Tour for the Cowboy In All Of Us The Dive Down: A Look, A New Free Counterspell Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_K4L And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 01:40 - Intro 02:00 - Holding a Heavy Play Heart 04:10 - A d00mwake-style Omelette 07:30 - This aggression will not stand 09:20 - This week's show/housekeeping 16:05 - PT Seattle: What does it mean now? 19:40 - Overall Metagame 27:10 - Winrates 35:25 - Top 8 43:10 - Final thoughts on Standard 48:20 - Modern Horizons 3 early spoilers 49:05 - Nethergoyf 53:50 - Chthonian Nightmare 59:15 - Ugin's Labyrinth 1:04:16 - Flare of Denial 1:09:22 - Kappa Cannoneer 1:12:45 - Winter Moon 1:16:25 - Wight of the Reliquary 1:21:21 - Wrapping Up Links from this week's episode: Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

A new spellslinger's in town — goes by the name Slickshot Show-Off. This week we focus on the most hyped card coming into OTJ season, where it's fitting across formats, and talk about a few tricks to making sure the show off goes off without a hitch... off. Is there anything we can do to keep Dave from falling into a deep Prowess hole again? Probably not, but we're going to try — and just in case you're trying to avoid catching Prowess, too, we also talk about a few other decks Devon is having success with in Pioneer. But first — before all that — we dive into the Modern main event at this weekend's NRG Minneapolis tournament. • NRG Minneapolis • The Show Off Rides Again • It's Basically Demonic Tutor Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_K4L And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:30 - Heavy Play has clout 6:42 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:32 - The Break Down begins: NRG Minneapolis 24:34 - The top 8 28:55 - Cool Decks, Inc 33:04 - The Dive Down begins: We played some cool decks! 34:10 - Slickshot Showoff - does it live up to the hype in Modern? 56:45 - Does it live up to the hype in Pioneer? 1:09:05 - Golgari Vampires in Pioneer 1:16:35 - Azorius Mentor Zombies in Pioneer 1:25:18 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: NRG Modern Open Decklists: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/51194 Alex Poulosky, Modern Temur Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/388962 Nathan VanDinter, Modern Temur Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/388996 Ryan Overturf, Modern Gruul Prowess: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/387842 Devon O'Donnell, Pioneer Gruul Prowess: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6332355#paper d00mwake, Pioneer Golgari Vampires: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6338707#paper Devon O'Donnell (aka d00mwake), Pioneer UW Zombie Mentor: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6339425#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, we manage to fill that awkward week between spoilers and set release by preparing for the upcoming RCQ season, which conveniently kicks off this weekend. We take a look at the Pioneer metagame going into the season, and some possible upgrades from Outlaws of Thunder Junction that could shake up the format too. Everything but the water and Clif Bars New season old decks D00m has prepared some new decks Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_K4L And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:42 - Barenaked Heavy Play 7:35 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:17 - The Dive Down begins: Prepping for Pioneer RCQ season 22:21 - The current Pioneer meta - Tier 1 42:07 - The Tier 2 decks 56:31 - Some Cool Decks 59:50 - d00m's hot new decks for Pioneer 1:22:01 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Anael Yahi's Data: https://twitter.com/anaelyahi/status/1779962905099665648 Metagame Mentor: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-pioneer-decks-to-defeat-at-april-2024-rcqs MTGDecks.net Pioneer Winrates: https://mtgdecks.net/Pioneer/winrates D00m's Dimir Proft: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322644#paper D00m's Slickshot Heroic: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322647#paper D00m's Azorius Geralf: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322650#paper D00m's MonoB Bronco: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322652#paper D00m's Bant Plot: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6322653#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

We said we'd never lie to you, but maybe... maybe we'd forget that there were another 30 mythics left to talk about in this set. So we did it for you — more cards! This week Dave, Devon, and Shane talk about what might happen with some of these weird, weird cards from The Big Score. Do we tell a certain Jitte to stay lost? What happens when we break out the Synthesizer? What card that Devon loves left Dave and Shane quaking in their boots? After we discuss The Big Score, we take a quick trip through Pure Modern 5 — the most recent installment of Devon's "What if there was a simpler Modern?" tournaments. • Congrats, Tanner • The Spoils of the Vault • Pure Modern: Stormwing is Back, Baby Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_K4L And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 1:40 - Heavy Play is not impacted by the eclipse 5:52 - This week's show/housekeeping 9:03 - The Dive Down begins: The Big Score 12:20 - Lost Jitte 19:08 - Worldwalker Helm 23:00 - Simulacrum Synthesizer 27:01 - Bristlebud Farmer 30:22 - Torpor Orb 32:26 - Pest Control 36:26 - Generous Plunderer 39:13 - Sandstorm Salvager 41:25 - Harvester of Misery 44:20 - Grand Abolisher 46:35 - Legion Extruder 48:42 - Memory Vessel 49:58 - Esoteric Duplicator 53:24 - Greed's Gambit 57:16 - Sword of Wealth and Power 59:55 - Loot, the Key to Everything 1:02:52 - d00mwake's 5th Pure Modern tournament 1:17:08 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: d00m's Pure Modern 5 Meta: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/70042 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Results are in from LMS Prague and we break down the top decks at the 265 player event. Then chat about our experiences playing a couple versions of Domain Zoo. And D00mwake shares the secret to winning an RCQ. The Break Down: Legacy European Tour Master Series Prague, Grand Open Qualifier (Modern) The Dive Down: Takeaways - A Domain Zoo Experience Discussion The Wind Down: D00mwake won an RCQ! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_K4L And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:35 - Heavy Plan is not from Khans era 7:33 - This week's episode/housekeeping 11:35 - The Break Down begins: The Legacy European Tour Prague Modern Open! 23:18 - The top 8 results 30:27 - Winrates and matchups 48:20 - How are we feeling about Modern? 53:04 - The Dive Down begins: It's all happening at the zoo 1:17:05 - Devon won another RCQ! 1:29:51 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/59235 https://twitter.com/MTGdecks/status/1772028283762192725 https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6272273#paper https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6273416#paper https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1771203670236909886 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

The mad lads did it, they banned our beloved Violent Outburst in Modern. We're not particularly happy about the outcome or its communication, but we discuss what it means for Cascade decks and the format moving forward. In today's episode, we delve into the somewhat surprising B&R announcement and discuss the survivability of Cascade strategies moving forward. We assess some potential winners and losers from the news, including some decks to watch out for in the coming weeks, including Yawgmoth, Titan, Reaninator, Creativity, and more. We also express our concerns about the ban announcement lacking detailed data, as we had hoped for more transparent communication from Wizards of the Coast. The absence of bans in Pioneer also caught our attention, and we critiqued the announcement for its perceived shortcomings, urging for greater detail and insight in future communications. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_P6W And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:15 - Heavy Play will not be banned 4:52 - This week's episode/housekeeping 7:32 - The Dive Down begins: Violent Outburst is banned! 32:33 - How we feel about the actual ban 45:00 - Where does Rhinos go? 50:50 - Where does Modern go? 1:02:25 - What about Pioneer? 1:13:45 - Yes, we talked about Balatro again 1:29:47 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: March 11 B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/march-11-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

A discourse is brewing on this week's Dive Down, as the rhino boyz reflect on some of the issues Modern players seem to have with the current format and metagame. Can we close Pandora's box of free spells and triomes? Will MH3 save us? Or could WOTC do something more... drastic..? The Break Down: Devon asked, you answered. The Dive Down: Eight Hateful Hypotheses The Wind Down: Love that joker... for about 20 minutes. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_P6W And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:30 - Heavy Play: easy to open 8:09 - This week's episode/housekeeping 11:50 - The Dive Down begins: Modern's Hate Hypotheses 21:25 - Grief. 27:55 - Cascade. 39:15 - Free spells. 49:35 - The mana. 58:37 - The One Ring/Bowmasters. 1:07:51 - Modern is stale. 1:12:16 - Did a perfect Modern ever exist? 1:19:50 - The Wind Down: It's Balatro time! 1:38:18 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Last weekend was MagicCon Chicago — and wow are we tired, friends. Join the Rhino Boyz as we recap the main event, side events, and small events that made up what was a great weekend in the Motor City! Shane give a metagame breakdown of the PT. Stan takes a shot at the cup. D00m plays the hero. Dave falls in love with a bunch of real Jokers. • They Broke It • Rats, Assassins, Villians, and Free Spells • We Tried It Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_3YO And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:38 - Heavy Play is not on a PIP 6:18 - This week's show/housekeeping 10:42 - The Break Down begins: MagicCon Chicago! 14:11 - A Pro Tour MKM breakdown 39:08 - The PT Top 8 41:46 - Final thoughts on the PT 45:04 - 4 new sets from the MC Preview Panel 1:10:53 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen and Roy Graham from WOTC 1:32:30 - The Dive Down begins: Rakdos Vampires takes a bite out of Pioneer 1:52:48 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: PT Meta on Melee: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/52679 Frank Karsten's WR%s: https://twitter.com/karsten_frank/status/1761570878737748061/photo/1 Preview card reference: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/future-sets-spoilers-february-23-modern-horizons-3-thunder-junction-bloomburrow-and-assassin-s-creed Seth Manfield's/CFB's RB Vampires Decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6211825#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

The MagicCon is finally upon us. We prepare for a weekend full of side events by looking at the most exciting innovations for our favorite formats, and figure out how to win the most tickets for the coveted prize wall. We take a look at Modern and Standard results since the release of Murders, plus whatever Pioneer results we can get our hands on, to share our favorite decks in each format and what strategies appear to be performing best too. We also stop by the first NRG Series Open of the year in beauitiful Elmhurst, Illinois to chat with Dom Harvey, Misplaced Ginger, and Christian Calcano! Don't forget, sign up for the officicial Dive Down afterparty at thedivedown.com/chicago! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_3YO And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:56 - Heavy Play: not complicated 6:04 - This week's show/housekeeping 12:37 - The Break Down begins: The NRG Chicago Pioneer $10k 19:05 - An interview with Derek Pite (aka Misplaced Ginger) 27:27 - Back to NRG Chicago 39:38 - The NRG Chicago Standard $5k 42:50 - The Dive Down begins: Planning for Magiccon Chicago! 48:58 - What we're playing in Modern 1:07:55 - What we're playing in Pioneer 1:18:58 - An interview with Dom Harvey 1:29:21 - Some Standard thoughts 1:42:04 - An interview with Christian Calcano 1:48:10 - Some final stuff about Magiccon Chicago 1:50:11 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

It's time for The Dive Down to get back to work! We're fully into 2024 and this week Shane and Dave are diving deep into what Modern is right now. Tune in as we discuss SCG Cincinnati's 20K and 10K along with the most recent MTGO Showcase Challenge and try to answer some of the formats biggest questions. How dare Scam still exist? How did Rhinos get to be 14% of the meta at the 20K? Is Yawgmoth the new top moth? All this and more on this week's Dive Down. • Queen City Callbacks • Not Dead After All After All • Sometimes UW Control Can Be Good Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2023 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTWENTYTHREE for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:57 - A Heavy Play surprise 8:27 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 12:51 - The Dive Down begins: What is Modern in 2024? 15:59 - The SCG Cincinnati $20K meta and performance 42:34 - The MTGO Showcase Challenge meta and performance 56:35 - So what's going on in Modern right now? 1:11:55 - The NRG Championship results 1:16:43 - A tiny Wind Down 1:20:27 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

With all the discourse swirling around Dreamhack Atlanta, the Dive Down boys decide to avoid it at all costs and just look at the cold hard facts - which decks did well, which decks did poorly, what did the matchup spreads look like, and where does Pioneer go from here. We also wrap up the show with an extended wind down recapping some of our favorite moments from Magic, podcasting, and pop culture. Finally, at long last, UW control is good (in Pioneer). Thanks to Temporary Lockdown lining up just right against the latest builds of Rakdos Midrange and the up and coming Amalia combo, along with a ton of other counterspells and removal cards, control finally found a weekend to dominate the metagame. And in case you were wondering what kind of movies, music, TV, podcasts, and video games we've been consuming all year, we take a chance to finally recap our favorites from the year as well. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2023 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTWENTYTHREE for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:55 - The Heavy Play fence 4:34 - This week's episode/housekeeping 9:59 - The Break Down: The Atlanta Pioneer RC 37:21 - Takeaways from the weekend 52:14 - What's up with this meta? 1:00:20 - Stan Smells Better 1:02:13 - The Wind Down: Your hosts are talking 1:03:08 - Our favorite Magic things this year 1:07:30 - Best new host of the year 1:09:16 - Our favorite episodes of the year 1:13:59 - Stan's favorite thing 1:14:35 - The card(s) of the year 1:16:51 - The card(s) we would revoke from existence 1:19:30 - Magic is good 1:21:25 - Music we liked this year 1:25:32 - Movies we liked this year 1:28:38 - TV we liked this year 1:33:30 - Podcasts we liked this year 1:40:41 - Video games we liked this year 1:46:42 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/28009 https://twitter.com/karsten_frank/status/1736897130722140214/photo/2 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

RC Atlanta is looming, so this week the team is diving into Pioneer. Dave, Devon, and Shane take a spin through what's happened to the format since the bans early last week. Is Copter rising? Is Mono Green Devotion dead? Where's Phoenix right now? How did Shane like the new hotness Amalia Combo — a deck that Dave hated a couple of weeks ago? Turn in to find out. Don't worry if Pioneer isn't your thing, we still spend some time on Modern going through the results of the Legacy European Tour: Barcelona Modern main event. Lots of interesting results to consider after this 700+ person tournament. Scam Still Won... Big? Infinite Loops No One Understands The Most Popular Deck Doesn't Have Copter Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2023 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTWENTYTHREE for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:01 - Have you heard the Heavy word? 4:19 - This week's show/housekeeping/patreon highlight 10:04 - The Break Down begins: The Legacy European Tour Barcelona overall meta 23:37 - The Top 64 meta and conversion rates 27:24 - The Top 8 35:10 - We travel to Arrakis 38:04 - The Dive Down begins: prepping for RC Atlanta 39:24 - The effects of Pioneer's recent bans 57:20 - Lost Caverns of Ixalan's additions (including Amalia combo) 1:13:57 - What will happen at the RC, and what d00m is (probably) playing 1:24:15 - Predicting the RC meta 1:30:02 - Wrapping up Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

On this week's show, The Dive Down breaks down results from a variety of Pioneer RCs that took place in Asia, Latin America, and Canada. Our eyes pop out at some numbers from the new Discover decks, and we check-in on the final NRG Series open of the year. Three regional championships in one weekend, AND an NRG Series open? Yes please! Shane, Devon, and Stan chat about results from the latest batch of high level Pioneer play, and focus on the best and worst performing decks internationally. Discover had some... frightning results. But Phoenix has once again rose from the ashes. Who knew instant speed removal can be good? Then we wrap up with a check-in on the Modern Open results from NRG Madison. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2023 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:02 - Devon talks Heavy Play 8:12 - This week's show 10:56 - The Break Down begins - Pioneer Regional Championships! 13:56 - The Japan/Korea RC 34:03 - The South America RC 41:16 - Some combined data 44:05 - The Canada RC 51:12 - What do we know about Pioneer now? 1:03:04 - Stan speaks 1:05:00 - The NRG Madison Modern 10k 1:24:33 - The NRG leaderboard update 1:28:00 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Japan & Korea Regional Championship https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/17934 https://melee.gg/tournament/view/15433 South America RC https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/17939 https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/39553 Canada RC https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/17096 NRG Madison Modern Open: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15654 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown