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There was a big Banned and Restricted announcement this last monday....which didn't affect MTG Arena in the slightest. We unpack that and much more in this weeks episode. Free spells? Izzet Phoenix? Budget Decks? All these and more! Follow us on: Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/ArenaRegulars⁠ Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/arenaregulars⁠ Discord:⁠ https://discord.gg/hTbDVfJtFd⁠ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecowxVAsrSHCMLBUedouAw⁠ Zach's Stream: ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/regular_zach⁠ Wanna support the show even more? Patreon:⁠ https://www.patreon.com/arenaregulars⁠

The crew recaps the Pioneer Pro Tour, the fall of Rakdos Midrange in favor of a spookier version of Rakdos, the success of Izzet Phoenix and the underwhelming performance of UW Control.www.thegathering.gg

Izzet Phoenix is back on the menu so we're diving back in for the first time in 5 years! Stan is joined by CCR from MTG Grindcast, along with the Pioneer trophy leader & Izzet Phoenix aficionado OafMcNamara to break down the deck in all its controlling glory. We chat in great detail about how to evaluate the cantrips and removal spells in a turbo xerox deck, how it pairs up against other top decks in the metagame, how to maximize its various flex slots, the benefits of Izzet over Grixis, and so much more. We have a couple true Phoenix masters on this episode so the level ups are imminent. 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: 3:42 - Heavy Phoenix Play 5:15 - Housekeeping/This week's show 7:35 - This isn't your Modern's Phoenix 12:43 - Phoenix's gameplan and deck construction 37:49 - Cantrips. Just cantrips. 53:54 - The removal 1:00:52 - The flex cards 1:13:21 - Matchups 1:27:50 - Grixis Phoenix?? 1:34:10 - Fable and other considerations 1:41:18 - Wrapping up and where to find our guests 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, Cody recaps his RCQ win on Rakdos Scam. Then the guys take a look at what's been happening in the Pioneer metagame, including talk about the Boros Convoke deck and how Izzet Phoenix is shaping the format. Lastly, they break down some constructed spoilers from Lost Caverns of Ixalan.  To support the show, consider subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/boltthebird.  Check out our new line of merch at: https://www.boltthebirdmtg.com/shop!  We are proudly sponsored by Boogie Board, makers of The Ultimate LCD Life Pad. Say goodbye to crinkly notebooks. Learn more here: https://www.myboogieboard.com/games.    Interested in sponsoring the show? Want to be a guest? Please direct all inquiries to cody@boltthebirdmtg.com. Episode Links:  -Current Pioneer Metagame: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pioneer#paper  -Lost Caverns of Ixalan Spoilers: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/spoilers/Lost+Caverns+of+Ixalan

This week the boys grapple with the current direction of magic, talk about their awesome weekends at SCG Dallas, and then talk about some of the sweet new Ixalan cards.Extra Life 2023: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=510635Saturday Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-10-21#paperSunday Challenge: https://www.buzzsprout.com/720393/episodes/13812587-boosting-pioneer-play-with-a-diverse-meta/edit Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!   

Despite a truly abysmal B&R update......I mean product avertisement, none of that matters because Pioneer is in amazing shape and there's always something to talk about!Saturday Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-10-14#paperSunday Showcase: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-showcase-challenge-2023-10-15#paperNRG 10k: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/nrg-series-10-000-showdown-indianapolis-indiana-pioneer#paper Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!   

Following Phoenix's huge win in Calgary, Ricky is here to help you build out your own Phoneix collections and get ready for your next event!Lillie Classic: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/classic-qualifier-lille#paperEurope RC: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-european-championship-lille#paperCanada RC 1: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/f2f-tour-championship-calgary-round-4-regional-championship#paperGod of Pioneer: https://www.hareruyamtg.com/en/deck/result?dateFrom=2023/09/30&dateTo=2023/09/30&eventName=The+12th+God+of+Pioneer+-+Top8 Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!     

Wilds of Eldraine has been officially release upon the world, so it's time to look at all those sweet sweet deck updates!Saturday Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-09-09#paperSunday Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-2023-09-10#paperLeague #1: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-league-2023-09-07#paperLeague #2: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-league-2023-09-11#paperPrelim #1: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-preliminary-2023-09-06#paperPrelim #2: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-preliminary-2023-09-12-1#paperPrelim #3: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-preliminary-2023-09-12#paper Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtgBuy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzOWant to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or follow us on twitter @Crew3podcastWant more Crew3 content? Check out our YouTube channel or watch our weekly streams on Twitch.If you like the show, please share us with your friends and leave a review!  

Season 17, Episode 10: Weekly Roundup As Cavedan gears up for local RCQs in Modern & Pioneer, he faces challenges of deck selection, rust, and general tournament preparedness. Izzet Phoenix is his weapon of choice in Pioneer, but what about Modern? Luckily Morde is here to help. After that, the crew looks at the best of the March of the Machines previews from last week's Pro Tour stream. Yuta Takahashi's World Champion card has the right skills for eternal formats, but there are also some cheekier possibilities for silly legend team-ups like Yargle and Multani and Ghalta and Mavren. Pick up your Cragganwick Cremators and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlords just in case. We round things out with two spectacular brews that have found success in the highest levels of Modern competition. Graaz for Treasure inserts an unlikely payoff into the artifact reanimator shell, with Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut functioning as a Craterhoof Behemoth for your team. Shining Shoal Humans embraces the pitch spell mentality in a white weenie deck, perfectly tuned to flip a red-heavy Modern meta on its head. Both decks dominated in Modern Challenges over the weekend, showing once again that you don't have to choose between playing a brew and making day two! Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com   Timestamps [3:34] Housekeeping [5:51] A Pioneer RCQ Report: From the Ashes with Izzet Phoenix [13:15] Dan's Izzet Phoenix (PT + MTGO Hybrid) [18:29] How to prepare for a Modern RCQ [21:33] Dan's Colorless Eldrazi Stompy [25:47] March of the Machines First Look [26:53] Faerie Mastermind [31:57] Moment of Truth [34:53] Heliod, Radiant Dawn [37:52] Yargle and Multani [43:36] Ghalta and Mavren [45:58] Omnath, Locus of All [48:19] Jin-Gitaxias [49:38] Chandra, Hope's Beacon [51:44] Graaz for Treasure by kahluah777 [58:33] Shining Shoal Humans by HankTheObese  

Season 17, Episode 10: Weekly Roundup As Cavedan gears up for local RCQs in Modern & Pioneer, he faces challenges of deck selection, rust, and general tournament preparedness. Izzet Phoenix is his weapon of choice in Pioneer, but what about Modern? Luckily Morde is here to help. After that, the crew looks at the best of the March of the Machines previews from last week's Pro Tour stream. Yuta Takahashi's World Champion card has the right skills for eternal formats, but there are also some cheekier possibilities for silly legend team-ups like Yargle and Multani and Ghalta and Mavren. Pick up your Cragganwick Cremators and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlords just in case. We round things out with two spectacular brews that have found success in the highest levels of Modern competition. Graaz for Treasure inserts an unlikely payoff into the artifact reanimator shell, with Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut functioning as a Craterhoof Behemoth for your team. Shining Shoal Humans embraces the pitch spell mentality in a white weenie deck, perfectly tuned to flip a red-heavy Modern meta on its head. Both decks dominated in Modern Challenges over the weekend, showing once again that you don't have to choose between playing a brew and making day two! Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com   Timestamps [3:34] Housekeeping [5:51] A Pioneer RCQ Report: From the Ashes with Izzet Phoenix [13:15] Dan's Izzet Phoenix (PT + MTGO Hybrid) [18:29] How to prepare for a Modern RCQ [21:33] Dan's Colorless Eldrazi Stompy [25:47] March of the Machines First Look [26:53] Faerie Mastermind [31:57] Moment of Truth [34:53] Heliod, Radiant Dawn [37:52] Yargle and Multani [43:36] Ghalta and Mavren [45:58] Omnath, Locus of All [48:19] Jin-Gitaxias [49:38] Chandra, Hope's Beacon [51:44] Graaz for Treasure by kahluah777 [58:33] Shining Shoal Humans by HankTheObese  

FNM RecapJames - Grixis Vamps (3-0)Rd 1 - Todd-Mono White (2-0)Rd 2 - Lutz-Dimir Control (2-1)Rd 3 - ByeJank / Spike GauntletJeremy - Jank Side - Cat Metal (1-2)James - Spike Side Deck 1 - Esper Greasefang (2-0)Deck 2 - Izzet Phoenix (0-2)Deck 3 - Sultai (2-0)Crack-a-PackI Really Hate That Card: 2022 edition.Tribes & Themes: What Is The Draw?Good Luck, I Hope You Lose!Goblintraders.net: DTP5TCGPlayer.com: https://bit.ly/2Ec0AVZInkedgaming.com: http://inkedgaming.com/dtpcast

This week's episode starts with Dave telling a shaggy dog story while fumbling through the Seinfeld theme on his bass — so you know it's going to be a loose one. Fortunately, Shane and Stan quickly bring the three friends back on track (within the first 4 minutes, we swear) and take us all through Winota's ban in Explorer, four different challenges across Modern and Pioneer, and finally some of their testing results with Winota and Izzet Phoenix in Pioneer. Stan rolls to a non-interactive 4-1. Shane can't stop shreddin. Dave can't stop slappin the bass. The Break Down, I: Winota's Gone in Explorer! The Break Down, II: Kicking Bass in a Bunch of Challenges The Dive Down: Winota's Here in Pioneer! So is Phoenix! Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use code THEDIVEDOWN2022 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 15% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "THEDIVEDOWN15" Timestamps: 5:40 - Housekeeping 8:46 - The Break Down begins - The first Explorer bans 17:11 - Saturday's Pioneer Challenge 28:49 - Sunday's Pioneer Challenge 35:30 - Cool Decks, Inc - Pioneer ed. 38:48 - Saturday's Modern Challenge 46:23 - Sunday's Modern Challenge 52:26 - Public Smelling Stories 55:58 - The Dive Down - Stan's hot takes on Winota 1:00:16 - Fable of the Mirror breaker is a protection spell 1:04:00 - Esika's Chariot = Splinter Twin 1:06:58 - Deck mull good 1:09:25 - Enablers are good 1:12:05 - Modern vs. Pioneer gameplay discussion 1:20:05 - Shane casts blue and red cards 1:34:00 - Shane's thoughts on Izzet Phoenix in Explorer 1:41:56 - Stan cracks a pack 1:44:35 - Closing out Links from this week's episode: May 11 B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/may-11-2022-banned-and-restricted-announcement Saturday's Pio Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-12418751#paper Sunday's Pio Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-12418755#paper Saturday's Modern Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12418748#paper Sunday's Modern Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12418754#paper Naya Winota in Pioneer: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4818484#paper Izzet Phoenix in Explorer: https://mtgazone.com/explorer-izzet-phoenix-deck-guide/ Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Season 13, Episode 21: Pioneer State of the Format (March-April 2022)   There is tremendous interest in Pioneer right now. The format was already picking up some buzz, but the return of the Pro Tour and the upcoming Regional Championships, both of which will feature Pioneer, have kicked things up to another level. If you've been on the fence, now is the perfect time to jump back in and (re-)learn the format.   This episode is intended to be a resource for newer players who are not caught up on Pioneer, or veterans who are returning to Pioneer after an absence. We are going to run through the most important decks in the meta and give you the info you need to get started in Pioneer.   For each deck, we're going to explain: 1. What the deck does at a high level; 2. Key cards and interactions to be aware of (including recent technology); and 3. Ways to fight against the strategy and key sideboard considerations.   Happy brewing and welcome back to Pioneer!    **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S13E21 Decklists and Timestamps [2:38] Housekeeping [5:51] UW Control [12:21] Izzet Phoenix [18:02] Naya Winota [25:28] Lotus Field Combo [32:30] Rakdos Sacrifice [39:10] 4c Jeskai Ascendancy [45:13] 5c Niv to Light [48:26] 5c Enigmatic Incarnation [52:57] 4c Transmogrify Fires [55:50] Mono Green Devotion [59:29] Bant Spirits [1:00:29] Mono Blue Spirits [1:05:21] Rakdos Midrange [1:07:10] Jund Sacrifice [1:08:51] Mono Red Aggro [1:12:32] Other decks [1:13:24] Closing thoughts: the state of Pioneer    

FNM RecapJames - Jeskai Hinata (3-0)Rd 1 - Tom-Mono B (2-0)Rd 2 - Lutz-Jeskai Combo (2-1)Rd 3 - Finn-Mono W (2-1)Jank / Spike GauntletJeremy - Jank Side - Gonti Tribal (0-3)James - Spike SideDeck 1 - Gruul Aggro (2-0)Deck 2 - Niv Reborn (2-0)Deck 3 - Izzet Phoenix (2-1)Draft: James - GW splash Turtle (6-3) Crack-a-PackLimited discussionNeon Dynasty.Thought process while drafting. Our rules? How have those rules changed?Good Luck, I Hope You Lose!Goblintraders.net: DTP5TCGPlayer.com: https://bit.ly/2Ec0AVZInkedgaming.com: http://inkedgaming.com/dtpcast

Hello everyone and welcome to episode one hundred and forty four of Destroy Target Permanent. We are your hosts: James, the Patron Saint of Instant Speed; and Professor Jeremy Pure Jank.Kamigawa Neon Dynasty PrereleaseJames - WR (1-4)Rd 1 - Logan-WG (2-0)Rd 2 - Jimmy-Temur (1-2)Rd 3 - Marcus-WR (1-2)Rd 4 - DropJeremy - Rd 1 - Rd 2 - Rd 3 - Jank / Spike GauntletJeremy - Jank Side - Dredge ReanimatorJames - Spike Side (3-0)Deck 1 - Golgari Food (2-0)Deck 2 - Izzet Phoenix (2-0)Deck 3 - Rakdos Arcanist (2-0)Crack-a-PackKamigawa Neon Dynasty first impressions Good Luck, I Hope You Lose!Goblintraders.net: DTP5TCGPlayer.com: https://bit.ly/2Ec0AVZInkedgaming.com: http://inkedgaming.com/dtpcast 

FNM RecapJames - Midnight Hunt Sealed RW (3-0)Rd 1 - Mitchell-Temur (2-0)Rd 2 - Lutz-RB (2-0)Rd 3 - Todd-ConcessionJank / Spike GauntletJeremy - Jank Side - Mono Black Sacrifice (1-2)James - Spike Side Deck 1 - Izzet Phoenix-(2-0)Deck 2 - Rakdos Arcanist-(1-2)Deck 3 - Golgari Food-(2-1)Commander Games: Rem Koralus - Comeuppance into Deflection PalmRuno Stromkirk - 6 mana on turn 2, Gyruda gets a Archfiend of Despair Crack-a-PackMark Rosewater's Kamigawa Neon Dynasty TeaserB&R Announcement and Alchemy RebalancingGood Luck, I Hope You Lose!Goblintraders.net: DTP5TCGPlayer.com: https://bit.ly/2Ec0AVZInkedgaming.com: http://inkedgaming.com/dtpcast 

The heat is on in Pioneer town. Is the format back from the dead? Seems like everyone is talking about it, and it's this month's format for the Manatraders monthly tournament series. So we've invited the incredibly wise and skilled Dom Harvey to share his insights and analysis of Pioneer's most popular decks, including Jeskai Ascendancy, Izzet Phoenix, Boros Heroic, Lotus Field, and more. The Dive Down, pt1: No Break Down This Week! The Dive Down, pt2: Because the Whole Ep is Just Decks! The Dive Down, pt3: Phoenix, Ascendancy, Heroic, Chonks, and More! Check out our NEW SPONSOR, Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use code THEDIVEDOWN2022 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "THEDIVEDOWN2022" Timestamps: 4:24 - Housekeeping 9:10 - The Dive Down begins - Pioneer Time! 11:30 - Izzet Phoenix 25:36 - Jeskai Ascendancy 36:13 - Boros Heroic 46:40 - Lotus Field 55:57 - Chonk-ish Red 1:06:07 - Jund Food 1:13:15 - Rakdos Midrange 1:19:25 - Azorius Control 1:25:41 - What is Pioneer about? 1:47:20 - Dom on Dom 1:53:29 - Closing out Links from this week's episode: Dom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominharvia?lang=en Dom's linktree: https://linktr.ee/domhrv The top decks of Pioneer: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pioneer#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Leave us an audio message: https://www.podinbox.com/thedivedown

Season 12, Episode 8: Weekly Roundup **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S12E08 Timestamps [4:08] Picking a Modern Deck for Your Store Championship [20:44] Innistrad Championships Preview: The 7 Best Decks in Historic [22:31] Selesnya Humans [23:59] Heliod Company [28:00] Golgari Food [30:22] Jeskai Control [32:18] Izzet Phoenix [34:49] Azorius Auras [35:38] Selensya Enchantress [41:05] Picking the Best Deck in Standard Picks of the Week [49:42] David's Pick: Esper Midrange by Ghost11157 [59:23] Cavedan's Pick: Golgari Deathless Regisaur by praisesiegrhino [1:03:26] Damon's Pick: Izzet Hullbreaker Turns by sneakymisato

Season 12, Episode 8: Weekly Roundup **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S12E08 Timestamps [4:08] Picking a Modern Deck for Your Store Championship [20:44] Innistrad Championships Preview: The 7 Best Decks in Historic [22:31] Selesnya Humans [23:59] Heliod Company [28:00] Golgari Food [30:22] Jeskai Control [32:18] Izzet Phoenix [34:49] Azorius Auras [35:38] Selensya Enchantress [41:05] Picking the Best Deck in Standard Picks of the Week [49:42] David's Pick: Esper Midrange by Ghost11157 [59:23] Cavedan's Pick: Golgari Deathless Regisaur by praisesiegrhino [1:03:26] Damon's Pick: Izzet Hullbreaker Turns by sneakymisato

Season 12, Episode 8: Weekly Roundup **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S12E08 Timestamps [4:08] Picking a Modern Deck for Your Store Championship [20:44] Innistrad Championships Preview: The 7 Best Decks in Historic [22:31] Selesnya Humans [23:59] Heliod Company [28:00] Golgari Food [30:22] Jeskai Control [32:18] Izzet Phoenix [34:49] Azorius Auras [35:38] Selensya Enchantress [41:05] Picking the Best Deck in Standard Picks of the Week [49:42] David's Pick: Esper Midrange by Ghost11157 [59:23] Cavedan's Pick: Golgari Deathless Regisaur by praisesiegrhino [1:03:26] Damon's Pick: Izzet Hullbreaker Turns by sneakymisato

Season 11, Episode 18: Weekly Roundup Faithless Brewing is going to the Innistrad Championships! Cavedan will be joining MordeToLight thanks to a win in Pioneer at SCGCon. Is Crackling Drake the solution to an Izzet Phoenix metagame? For this weekend it was. But now the real challenge begins: can we crack Standard and Historic in time for next month's PT? Meanwhile, in Toronto, Manacymbal notched a top 8 of his own with Indomitable Creativity at the Face 2 Face Open, while MordeToLight lit up the Modern queues with a spicy Song of Creation build. Plus testing with Carth the Lion, Esper Rite of Oblivion, and more. **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****

Season 11, Episode 18: Weekly Roundup Faithless Brewing is going to the Innistrad Championships! Cavedan will be joining MordeToLight thanks to a win in Pioneer at SCGCon. Is Crackling Drake the solution to an Izzet Phoenix metagame? For this weekend it was. But now the real challenge begins: can we crack Standard and Historic in time for next month's PT? Meanwhile, in Toronto, Manacymbal notched a top 8 of his own with Indomitable Creativity at the Face 2 Face Open, while MordeToLight lit up the Modern queues with a spicy Song of Creation build. Plus testing with Carth the Lion, Esper Rite of Oblivion, and more. **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****

Season 11, Episode 18: Weekly Roundup Faithless Brewing is going to the Innistrad Championships! Cavedan will be joining MordeToLight thanks to a win in Pioneer at SCGCon. Is Crackling Drake the solution to an Izzet Phoenix metagame? For this weekend it was. But now the real challenge begins: can we crack Standard and Historic in time for next month's PT? Meanwhile, in Toronto, Manacymbal notched a top 8 of his own with Indomitable Creativity at the Face 2 Face Open, while MordeToLight lit up the Modern queues with a spicy Song of Creation build. Plus testing with Carth the Lion, Esper Rite of Oblivion, and more. **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****

Season 11, Episode 6: Otherworldly Gaze (Brew Session) + Faithful Mending (Flashback)   Otherworldly Gaze is the most polarizing card to come out of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. For some, the very idea of Gaze is anathema. “It doesn't draw a card,” the haters say. “It's Taigam's Scamming all over again,” they say. “This effect is never worth a card.”   Haters are going to hate, but that doesn't mean we have to listen to them. The truth is that any card with flashback does secretly say “draw a card” -- it's just that the card you draw is always another copy of the spell. Then factor in that the flashback is often free if you manage to mill or discard Otherworldly Gaze (say, for example, off your first casting of Otherworldly Gaze). Both halves of Gaze are priced to move, at instant speed no less, and we already know that “surveil 3” is very powerful. If we can't figure out how to make “surveil 3 twice” into a useful effect, that's a deckbuilding failure, not a problem with Gaze itself.   Our testing last week with Faithful Mending already showed us the awesome power of Gaze, as we notched two 5-0 trophies (17-3 overall) with Jeskai Phoenix. Our build relies on Murktide Regent rather than Demilich, and uses a full boat of Otherworldly Gaze to find Arclight Phoenix and Ox of Agonas. We also tested out variations on Esper Reanimator, and found that Otherworldly Gaze has a nice home in that deck as well.   Today, we are going even deeper. Emboldened by his early successes, cavedan is looking to harness the power of Gaze in a slew of different archetypes in both Modern and Pioneer. There are infinite ways to get value from self mill + card selection, from old favorites like Pyromancer Ascension, Miracles, and Crabvine, to new toys like Calibrated Blast and Slogurk, the Overslime. We even get a little wild with a brew using Otherworldly Gaze to fuel Titan's Nest and Willow Geist. And even this is just the tip of the iceberg. What other decks might be able to harness the power of the Gaze?   Happy brewing!   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   Timestamps [4:18] Flashback: Faithful Mending [6:08] Esper Reanimator by Spiderspace [15:18] Mulldrifter Reanimator by Watoo [18:32] Jeskai Demi Phoenix by aspiringspike [22:24] Jeskai Murktide Phoenix by cavedan [32:28] Deathless Peace of Mind by David [42:06] Brew Session: Otherworldly Gaze [45:46] Otherworldly Reanimator [49:53] Neoform + Gurmag Angler [52:11] Calibrated Blast [54:30] Echo of Eons [57:43] Crabvine [1:01:44] Sultai Titan's Nest [1:04:36] Jeskai Pyromancer Ascension [1:10:32] Izzet Phoenix [1:14:11] Closing Thoughts  

Season 11, Episode 6: Otherworldly Gaze (Brew Session) + Faithful Mending (Flashback)   Otherworldly Gaze is the most polarizing card to come out of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. For some, the very idea of Gaze is anathema. “It doesn't draw a card,” the haters say. “It's Taigam's Scamming all over again,” they say. “This effect is never worth a card.”   Haters are going to hate, but that doesn't mean we have to listen to them. The truth is that any card with flashback does secretly say “draw a card” -- it's just that the card you draw is always another copy of the spell. Then factor in that the flashback is often free if you manage to mill or discard Otherworldly Gaze (say, for example, off your first casting of Otherworldly Gaze). Both halves of Gaze are priced to move, at instant speed no less, and we already know that “surveil 3” is very powerful. If we can't figure out how to make “surveil 3 twice” into a useful effect, that's a deckbuilding failure, not a problem with Gaze itself.   Our testing last week with Faithful Mending already showed us the awesome power of Gaze, as we notched two 5-0 trophies (17-3 overall) with Jeskai Phoenix. Our build relies on Murktide Regent rather than Demilich, and uses a full boat of Otherworldly Gaze to find Arclight Phoenix and Ox of Agonas. We also tested out variations on Esper Reanimator, and found that Otherworldly Gaze has a nice home in that deck as well.   Today, we are going even deeper. Emboldened by his early successes, cavedan is looking to harness the power of Gaze in a slew of different archetypes in both Modern and Pioneer. There are infinite ways to get value from self mill + card selection, from old favorites like Pyromancer Ascension, Miracles, and Crabvine, to new toys like Calibrated Blast and Slogurk, the Overslime. We even get a little wild with a brew using Otherworldly Gaze to fuel Titan's Nest and Willow Geist. And even this is just the tip of the iceberg. What other decks might be able to harness the power of the Gaze?   Happy brewing!   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   Timestamps [4:18] Flashback: Faithful Mending [6:08] Esper Reanimator by Spiderspace [15:18] Mulldrifter Reanimator by Watoo [18:32] Jeskai Demi Phoenix by aspiringspike [22:24] Jeskai Murktide Phoenix by cavedan [32:28] Deathless Peace of Mind by David [42:06] Brew Session: Otherworldly Gaze [45:46] Otherworldly Reanimator [49:53] Neoform + Gurmag Angler [52:11] Calibrated Blast [54:30] Echo of Eons [57:43] Crabvine [1:01:44] Sultai Titan's Nest [1:04:36] Jeskai Pyromancer Ascension [1:10:32] Izzet Phoenix [1:14:11] Closing Thoughts  

Season 11, Episode 6: Otherworldly Gaze (Brew Session) + Faithful Mending (Flashback)   Otherworldly Gaze is the most polarizing card to come out of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. For some, the very idea of Gaze is anathema. “It doesn't draw a card,” the haters say. “It's Taigam's Scamming all over again,” they say. “This effect is never worth a card.”   Haters are going to hate, but that doesn't mean we have to listen to them. The truth is that any card with flashback does secretly say “draw a card” -- it's just that the card you draw is always another copy of the spell. Then factor in that the flashback is often free if you manage to mill or discard Otherworldly Gaze (say, for example, off your first casting of Otherworldly Gaze). Both halves of Gaze are priced to move, at instant speed no less, and we already know that “surveil 3” is very powerful. If we can't figure out how to make “surveil 3 twice” into a useful effect, that's a deckbuilding failure, not a problem with Gaze itself.   Our testing last week with Faithful Mending already showed us the awesome power of Gaze, as we notched two 5-0 trophies (17-3 overall) with Jeskai Phoenix. Our build relies on Murktide Regent rather than Demilich, and uses a full boat of Otherworldly Gaze to find Arclight Phoenix and Ox of Agonas. We also tested out variations on Esper Reanimator, and found that Otherworldly Gaze has a nice home in that deck as well.   Today, we are going even deeper. Emboldened by his early successes, cavedan is looking to harness the power of Gaze in a slew of different archetypes in both Modern and Pioneer. There are infinite ways to get value from self mill + card selection, from old favorites like Pyromancer Ascension, Miracles, and Crabvine, to new toys like Calibrated Blast and Slogurk, the Overslime. We even get a little wild with a brew using Otherworldly Gaze to fuel Titan's Nest and Willow Geist. And even this is just the tip of the iceberg. What other decks might be able to harness the power of the Gaze?   Happy brewing!   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   Timestamps [4:18] Flashback: Faithful Mending [6:08] Esper Reanimator by Spiderspace [15:18] Mulldrifter Reanimator by Watoo [18:32] Jeskai Demi Phoenix by aspiringspike [22:24] Jeskai Murktide Phoenix by cavedan [32:28] Deathless Peace of Mind by David [42:06] Brew Session: Otherworldly Gaze [45:46] Otherworldly Reanimator [49:53] Neoform + Gurmag Angler [52:11] Calibrated Blast [54:30] Echo of Eons [57:43] Crabvine [1:01:44] Sultai Titan's Nest [1:04:36] Jeskai Pyromancer Ascension [1:10:32] Izzet Phoenix [1:14:11] Closing Thoughts  

Season 11, Episode 5: Brew Session (Faithful Mending)   The great thing about Looting? You always get a second chance. Faithful Mending has all the rules text we love: draw 2, discard 2, flash it back for value. It is an instant, which opens up reactive play patterns that Faithless Looting could only dream of. You even pick up some life for your troubles. This is, beyond doubt, one of the most powerful cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt for the non-rotating formats.   Still, it is no easy thing to learn to fall in love again. Faithless Looting offered speed and efficiency that we will never see again. Mending's best draws will always be slower than Looting, and the mana of Mending decks is also likely to be much more complicated than Looting ever was. Can we simply slot Faithful Mending into all of our old Looting decks and call it a day? Clearly not, although people will certainly try.   Today's brew session marks the beginning of what is sure to be a long affair with Faithful Mending. We start with obvious homes like Izzet Phoenix and Esper Reanimator, both of which already notched Top 8 appearances in this weekend's Modern Challenge. We also consider Esper Urza's Kitchen, Dredge, and Blue-White Control. But the gloves really come off in Pioneer, where David has plans for Faithful Mending in God-Pharaoh's Gift and some truly wild decks with Peace of Mind and Paladin Class.    “What has been banned can be restored. Faithless Looting lives on within us.” If the card is good, we have to rename the podcast.   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S11E05 Timestamps [2:13] Brew Session: Faithful Mending [6:49] Dredge [9:22] Jeskai Phoenix [13:25] Esper Reanimator [19:49] Esper Urza's Kitchen [24:36] UW Chalice Control [28:55] UW God-Pharaoh's Gift [35:30] Deathless Peace of Mind [42:16] Cleric Class Lifegain  

Season 11, Episode 5: Brew Session (Faithful Mending)   The great thing about Looting? You always get a second chance. Faithful Mending has all the rules text we love: draw 2, discard 2, flash it back for value. It is an instant, which opens up reactive play patterns that Faithless Looting could only dream of. You even pick up some life for your troubles. This is, beyond doubt, one of the most powerful cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt for the non-rotating formats.   Still, it is no easy thing to learn to fall in love again. Faithless Looting offered speed and efficiency that we will never see again. Mending's best draws will always be slower than Looting, and the mana of Mending decks is also likely to be much more complicated than Looting ever was. Can we simply slot Faithful Mending into all of our old Looting decks and call it a day? Clearly not, although people will certainly try.   Today's brew session marks the beginning of what is sure to be a long affair with Faithful Mending. We start with obvious homes like Izzet Phoenix and Esper Reanimator, both of which already notched Top 8 appearances in this weekend's Modern Challenge. We also consider Esper Urza's Kitchen, Dredge, and Blue-White Control. But the gloves really come off in Pioneer, where David has plans for Faithful Mending in God-Pharaoh's Gift and some truly wild decks with Peace of Mind and Paladin Class.    “What has been banned can be restored. Faithless Looting lives on within us.” If the card is good, we have to rename the podcast.   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S11E05 Timestamps [2:13] Brew Session: Faithful Mending [6:49] Dredge [9:22] Jeskai Phoenix [13:25] Esper Reanimator [19:49] Esper Urza's Kitchen [24:36] UW Chalice Control [28:55] UW God-Pharaoh's Gift [35:30] Deathless Peace of Mind [42:16] Cleric Class Lifegain  

Season 11, Episode 5: Brew Session (Faithful Mending)   The great thing about Looting? You always get a second chance. Faithful Mending has all the rules text we love: draw 2, discard 2, flash it back for value. It is an instant, which opens up reactive play patterns that Faithless Looting could only dream of. You even pick up some life for your troubles. This is, beyond doubt, one of the most powerful cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt for the non-rotating formats.   Still, it is no easy thing to learn to fall in love again. Faithless Looting offered speed and efficiency that we will never see again. Mending's best draws will always be slower than Looting, and the mana of Mending decks is also likely to be much more complicated than Looting ever was. Can we simply slot Faithful Mending into all of our old Looting decks and call it a day? Clearly not, although people will certainly try.   Today's brew session marks the beginning of what is sure to be a long affair with Faithful Mending. We start with obvious homes like Izzet Phoenix and Esper Reanimator, both of which already notched Top 8 appearances in this weekend's Modern Challenge. We also consider Esper Urza's Kitchen, Dredge, and Blue-White Control. But the gloves really come off in Pioneer, where David has plans for Faithful Mending in God-Pharaoh's Gift and some truly wild decks with Peace of Mind and Paladin Class.    “What has been banned can be restored. Faithless Looting lives on within us.” If the card is good, we have to rename the podcast.   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com ****   S11E05 Timestamps [2:13] Brew Session: Faithful Mending [6:49] Dredge [9:22] Jeskai Phoenix [13:25] Esper Reanimator [19:49] Esper Urza's Kitchen [24:36] UW Chalice Control [28:55] UW God-Pharaoh's Gift [35:30] Deathless Peace of Mind [42:16] Cleric Class Lifegain  

Modern Horizons 2, Episode 8: This Week in Brewing   [3:52] Izzet Wizards by Odince [6:52] "The Mono Red Song" by Manacymbal [14:56] Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer [16:03] Jeskai Monkeyblade by Thunderstriker7 [16:30] Kaldra Compleat [19:35] Prismatic Ending [20:45] Omnath Monkeyblade by Jiggywiggy [23:18] Rakdos Grief by Asoen [25:29] Dauthi Voidwalker [28:00] Dragon's Rage Channeler [29:52] Izzet Lurrus by Lavaridge [32:05] Unholy Heat [33:30] Izzet Delver by Yhtarod [33:55] Murktide Regent [36:35] Subtlety [37:46] Izzet Phoenix by Chichichi [38:36] Faithless Salvaging [40:41] Mono Red Phoenix by aspiringspike [43:17] Abundant Harvest [45:12] Ignoble Hierarch [45:24] BG Yawgmoth by claudioh [47:48] Grist, the Hunger Tide [49:25] Solitude [50:17] Eladamri's Toolbox by cftsoc3 [53:33] Imperial Taxes by MiguelCaster [55:59] Brainstone [56:55] Four Color's Best Lurrus Saga Control by CharlieTheBananaKing [1:00:15] Closing Thoughts on the New Modern   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Modern Horizons 2, Episode 8: This Week in Brewing   [3:52] Izzet Wizards by Odince [6:52] "The Mono Red Song" by Manacymbal [14:56] Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer [16:03] Jeskai Monkeyblade by Thunderstriker7 [16:30] Kaldra Compleat [19:35] Prismatic Ending [20:45] Omnath Monkeyblade by Jiggywiggy [23:18] Rakdos Grief by Asoen [25:29] Dauthi Voidwalker [28:00] Dragon's Rage Channeler [29:52] Izzet Lurrus by Lavaridge [32:05] Unholy Heat [33:30] Izzet Delver by Yhtarod [33:55] Murktide Regent [36:35] Subtlety [37:46] Izzet Phoenix by Chichichi [38:36] Faithless Salvaging [40:41] Mono Red Phoenix by aspiringspike [43:17] Abundant Harvest [45:12] Ignoble Hierarch [45:24] BG Yawgmoth by claudioh [47:48] Grist, the Hunger Tide [49:25] Solitude [50:17] Eladamri's Toolbox by cftsoc3 [53:33] Imperial Taxes by MiguelCaster [55:59] Brainstone [56:55] Four Color's Best Lurrus Saga Control by CharlieTheBananaKing [1:00:15] Closing Thoughts on the New Modern   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Modern Horizons 2, Episode 8: This Week in Brewing   [3:52] Izzet Wizards by Odince [6:52] "The Mono Red Song" by Manacymbal [14:56] Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer [16:03] Jeskai Monkeyblade by Thunderstriker7 [16:30] Kaldra Compleat [19:35] Prismatic Ending [20:45] Omnath Monkeyblade by Jiggywiggy [23:18] Rakdos Grief by Asoen [25:29] Dauthi Voidwalker [28:00] Dragon's Rage Channeler [29:52] Izzet Lurrus by Lavaridge [32:05] Unholy Heat [33:30] Izzet Delver by Yhtarod [33:55] Murktide Regent [36:35] Subtlety [37:46] Izzet Phoenix by Chichichi [38:36] Faithless Salvaging [40:41] Mono Red Phoenix by aspiringspike [43:17] Abundant Harvest [45:12] Ignoble Hierarch [45:24] BG Yawgmoth by claudioh [47:48] Grist, the Hunger Tide [49:25] Solitude [50:17] Eladamri's Toolbox by cftsoc3 [53:33] Imperial Taxes by MiguelCaster [55:59] Brainstone [56:55] Four Color's Best Lurrus Saga Control by CharlieTheBananaKing [1:00:15] Closing Thoughts on the New Modern   **** Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! **** Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

This week Ryan takes a week off from the podcast not only because the topic has blue cards in it, but also because we wanted to jam pack this episode with guests. For the first time ever we have fellow MTGO grinders and Twitch streamers EkerossMTG and ClaudiohMTG on the same show!   Blue and Red decks have been around since the inception of the format (UR Prowess and UR Ensoul), but it took another big metashift from the Strixhaven Pioneer format and all the new Prismari cards to finally let it play with the big boys. However, just what IS the best UR deck to play now? Izzet Phoenix? Izzet Tempo? Izzet Arcanist?   Kevin, Amit, and Claudioh break down just what the deck is, what it wants to be, and what it could be in this week's show. If you've always been a fan of the archetypes or are interested in building in these colors be sure to listen to this week's episode! We talk about everything you need to know so you don't have to ask yourself, "What Izzet?"   Our Discord: https://discord.gg/SBRF8DH Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/MtgPioneer

Pioneer is a format that began life as a collection of decks from Standard past, with very few decks persisting past the first few months. Izzet Phoenix had fallen, but is once again rising to the top of the metagame, and The BM Cast Crew are here to break down the deck and how to pilot it effectively. All decklists & extra goodies are available on our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebmcast The BM Cast is a podcast that explores playing Magic the Gathering on a budget - everything from building affordable mana bases, to cheap alternatives for expensive staples. Patreon: Click Here (https://www.patreon.com/thebmcast) Twitter: Click Here (https://twitter.com/TheBMCast) YouTube: Click Here (https://youtube.com/channel/UCWETf5gX7-NCCWwumLQ7VvA)

With our time on Kaldheim coming to an end, the Three Friends take a look back and a look forward. Stan takes us through Modern right now via a couple of MTGO Challenges + we consider what might be coming next. Then we do a little self assessment and grade how we did on reviewing Kaldheim cards going into this format. Finally, we look ahead and talk about the decisions people are grappling with with... you guessed it... building Izzet Phoenix in Historic. The Break Down: Where's Modern At? The Dive Down: Learning from Kaldheim Spoilers The Dive Down, cont.: The First of Many Times We'll Talk About Phoenix Download the FREE Untapped Companion to track your stats, see your decklists, get details on your performance and more! Use our link to help us out without spending anything: https://mtga.untapped.gg/companion?utmmedium=affiliate&utmsource=youtube&utm_campaign=divedown Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown" 3:30 - Housekeeping 4:42 - The Break Down - Modern Showcase Challenge and Super Qualifier 6:33 - Modern Esper Control Chat 13:36 - Weekend Metagame 16:45 - Decks to beat vs. Decks that beat 21:55 - Can anything from Strixhaven beat tier 1? 27:45 - Dive Down pt. 1 - Sunsetting Kaldheim 28:20 - Tibalt’s Trickery 31:16 - Valki, God of Lies 33:16 - Vorinclex 36:17 - Doomskar 40:00 - In Search of Greatness 41:55 - Reidane, God of the Worthy 44:44 - Ascendant Spirit 46:55 - Birgi 49:17 - Jaspera Sentinal 51:45 - Elvish Warmaster & Realmwalker 53:53 - Behold the Multiverse 57:21 - Faceless Haven 1:02:43 - Dive Down pt. 2 - Historic Phoenix Brew Down 1:37:34 - Patreon Questions Wind Down! Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Goblintraders.net: DTP5TCGPlayer.com: https://bit.ly/2Ec0AVZInkedgaming.com: http://inkedgaming.com/dtpcast FNM RecapJames - Event 1 - Izzet Phoenix (2-2)Rd 1 - Kevin-Moth Gyruda (0-2) crashRd 2 - Alex-Izzet Control (2-1)Rd 3 - Cody-Moth Gyruda (0-2)Rd 4 - Lutz-80 Elementals (2-0)Jeremy, did not participate :(James - Ikoria sealed (7-2 Sultai/r)Jeremy- Ikoria draft (5-3) Mardu Humans/Cycling Crack-a-PackTheros: Beyond Death Top 10 - ReviewJamesUro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath *Ox of AgonasUnderworld Breach*Wow Strider*The Demigod CycleShatter the Sky*Klothys, God of Destiny*Polukranos, UnchainedOmen of the Sea*Thassa, Deep-Dwelling*JeremyPurphorosElspeth conquers deathNyleaTymaretAphemiaEat to extinction/treacherous blessingAstraDestiny spinner Nightmare shepherdShatter the skyLanethemainUroWoe striderTaranika,pumper of creaturesThe first iroan games Drag to the underworld Tymaret Klothys Renata (green demigod) Shatter the skyMantle of the wolIkoria Standard: first impressionsRielle, the Ever-WiseGyruda, Doom of DepthsYorion, Sky NomadLurrus of the Dream-DenWinota, Joiner of ForcesFancastEstrid - Tilda Swinton (jerm); Natalie Portman (James); Ashley Johnson (Alex); Planeswalker PlaylistEstrid - Sepultura-Mask (jerm); Cuban Pete-Jim Carey (James); Diamond Eyes-Deftones (Alex); Good Luck, I Hope You Lose!

Sorry for the delayed release, but episode 7 is finally here! We want to take a quick moment to thank all of our listeners new and old for joining us and we continue to evolve alongside the format. We're switching things up and starting to take more in depth looks at topics instead of spending most of our episodes going over decklists. We hope this will be a welcomed change, but feel free to let us know on twitter @crew3podcast.

Volviendo a lo Fundamental - Año 02 Episodio 05 Wizards cambia el sistema de mulligan. The London Mulligan a probarse en el Mythic Championship II (London). April 26–28. Cambio de la fecha del Mythic Championship II. Tradicionalmente se hacía posterior al release. Ahora se adelanto para la fecha del release. El impacto en las tiendas. Amazon como único distribuidor oficial de Wizards. Deja de existir el precio sugerido de los productos. Beneficios en el primer mundo. Perjuicios en las periferias. Se retira Brian David Marshall (BDM) como comentarista de Magic después de 19 años. Wizards despide a su fotógrafo se los últimos 25 años. Tercerizacion de cobertura a CFB. No mas cobertura de GPs en video. Escasa cobertura escrita. Ban al KCI en Modern Ban al Nexus of Fate en Arena Bo1 Organized play. 4 Mythic Championship en paper que reparten 500k cada uno. 3 Mythic Championship en Arena que reparten 750k cada uno. Invitational por 1M. Worlds por 1M. EL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DE MAGIC DE 2019 Y LOS PUNTOS MÍTICOS En diciembre de 2019, dieciséis jugadores culminarán un año innovador para los eSports y el juego competitivo de Magic disputándose un millón de dólares en premios. Solamente los mejores jugadores de la MPL y un grupo de aspirantes podrán participar en el evento. Los dieciséis puestos se repartirán entre los métodos clasificatorios del Magic de mesa y de MTG Arena, que incluyen a los siguientes jugadores: El campeón mundial de Magic de 2018 (Javier Domínguez) Los ganadores de los 7 Mythic Championships de 2019 (cuatro de mesa y tres de MTG Arena) Los 4 jugadores de la MPL con la mayor cantidad de Puntos Míticos* Los 4 aspirantes con la mayor cantidad de Puntos Míticos* *Si un jugador entre los cuatro mejores consigue una invitación por otro medio, ese puesto pasará al siguiente jugador con más Puntos Míticos. Lo que costaría programar modern en Magic Arena. MOL como formato para los restantes formatos no standard. Arena y el rumor del formato eternal propio.(segun tolarian academy) Debate por el sistema de clasificación al MC (pro tour). Pros y contras para los jugadores. Comodida vs conductas autodestructivas. Modern Horizon como nuevo producto para cambiar Modern, Legacy y Commander. Mono U tempo campeon del MC I (Cleveland). Autumn Burchet trans de UK campeona celebrada por un importante colectivo de mujeres y la comunidad lgtb de Magic. Magic Fest Los Angeles. Fer Gonzalez de Bazaar Top8 con Dredge. Hubo 2 Dredge, 2 Hardened Scales y 2 Izzet Phoenix, 1 Grixis Shadow y 1 Titanshift. https://www.channelfireball.com/grand... Transmision de Pauper top 8 por CFB https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournamen... Apertura de MtG Pirulo. Tienda con cerveceria y cafeteria.

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (2:25) Derek won a Modern 3K with Izzet Phoenix. How? (8:25) Elliot gets help from the First Strike fan base and will be playing Hogaak at MagicFest Vegas. (15:20) How long can Elliot ditch the Underground Cabal? Does finalnub feel confident heading to Vegas. (23:45) Vegas food recommendations (28:25) Discussion on Hall of Fame (36:25) What's next for everyone? A First Strike gathering at MagicFest Montreal? (42:20) How can we all make more compelling Magic content? What are the key ingredients of a good MTG vlog? Follow us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Derek Pite - https://twitter.com/misplacedginger First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

The Break Down: The 8/4/19 Modern Challenge - only 38% Hogaak The Dive Down: I've Abandoned My Bird The Wind Down: It's Not Easy Being Fair Timestamps: 03:15 - Housekeeping 03:39 - The Break Down begins - 8/4/19 Modern Challenge 24:13 - The Wind Down begins - Is it time to put Izzet Phoenix down in Modern? 37:47 - The current and past Modern metagame 43:55 - Has Modern "rotated"? 49:16 - The impact of Modern Horizons 56:19 - Is Hogaak bannable? 60:55 - Making the most of Modern now 74:37 - Modern after Hogaak 79:17 - Can Phoenix actually survive in a Hogaak world? 87:23 - The Wind Down Begins - Why play fair? 98:14 - The role of Magic in Ross's life Links from this week's episode: 8/4/19 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2019-08-04 The MTG ELO Project: http://www.mtgeloproject.net/50decks/modern.html Ross's article: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38921Its-Time-To-Put-Izzet-Phoenix-Down-In-Modern.html Gerry's article: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38937Dont-Give-Up-Yet-Ross-Izzet-Phoenix-Is-Actually-Great-Right-Now.html Find Ross on twitter: https://twitter.com/RossHunneds Watch Ross on Vs. Live! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5d1KNNFArSPiU3vDwsH3dNtMGVm7Ldmd 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

Faithless Brewing, Episode 10: Lotus Field What's better than a Black Lotus? How about a free Black Lotus every turn? Magic 2020's "fixed" version of Lotus Vale comes with a host of interesting clauses: hexproof, sacrifice two lands, enters the battlefield tapped. The crew sets out to use every part of the buffalo, either dodging the drawbacks or turning them into advantages. There might even be some 9/9 hexproof attackers in our future. But which builds are competitive, and which are just a field of memes? Roundup: The New Tier One The results from GP Dallas and SCG Pittsburgh are in. Hogaak established itself as tier zero, but it didn't sweep the events. Instead, a new tier one emerged, starring Izzet Phoenix and UW Control. But don't blink, because the London Mulligan is already here to shake up the format, and a B&R announcement is right around the corner. Plus: a tournament report with BG Rock. Good old rock, nothing beats rock. Grim Flayer Rock: 2-3 SCG IQ, some things do in fact beat Rock Flashback: Force of Virtue While Tom Ross was cruising to a top 8 finish with Hogaak Bridgevine, we were working hard trying to squeeze playable decks out of his pet design Force of Virtue. The card proved surprisingly good, and the combo with Squadron Hawk should not be underestimated. The most competitive shell also proved to be the most delightful: Goat Devotion, harnessing the power of Nykthos, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. Mardu PyroHawk : 4-6 leagues, felt much better than its record, Seasoned Pyromancer is the truth Goat Devotion: 8-7 leagues, surprisingly good, but weak to decks that don't care about combat Turbo Elesh Norn: 4-1 league, Elesh Norn is very well positioned Esper Skies: 3-2 league, needs more disruption, less Pride of the Clouds Brew Session: Lotus Field Naya Value Town (Sketch) Blood Sun Eldrazi (Sketch) One-Punch Land (Sketch) Twiddle Storm (Sketch) Contact Us Twitter: @FaithlessMTG Email: faithless.brewing@gmail.com Homepage: faithlessbrewing.podbean.com    

Episode 81: Special Guest Drake Sasser goes over Izzet Phoenix and more Modern Horizon Spoilers! Drake Sasser Izzet Phoenix: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/129674 Drake: twitter.com/Viral_Drake Be sure to check out our Discord at: discord.gg/qdMUpNM Social Patreon.com/GrindersCastMTG Twitter.com/grinderscastmtg Facebook.com/GrindersCastMTG Tweet at us! twitter.com/TheNotoriousBza twitter.com/TheTannonGrace twitter.com/Bradborygmos

Gerry and Bryan know exactly what they’d play this weekend and they’re more than happy to share that info. See what they think about Jeskai Superfriends, Izzet Phoenix, Simic Manipulation, and more!

(2:30) Reminiscing about old style PTQs (3:25) Alex's first PTQ win (5:00) WAR Standard talk (7:50) Nexus (10:20) Izzet Phoenix (13:25) Mono Red winning the SCG (19:55) 17 lands in BO1 Mono Red (21:25) Mono Red choices, Frenzy vs. Chandra, Patrick Sullivan's thoughts (26:15) Alex hates Risk Factor (27:40) Lava Coil in the mirror (29:30) Putting pros on a pedestal (30:20) Alex getting on KYT for calling Edgar the hottest Canadian player (34:45) New Karn in Tron (37:05) MPL breakdown (38:50) Rating Emerald group (41:20) Rating Pearl group, Javier best active player? (45:50) Rating Ruby group, Huey nigh-unbeatable when he's on (49:05) Alex's top 5 all-time (52:45) Rating Sapphire group (01:01:10) Reacting to Yuuya being out of the Hall of Fame

Cedric Phillips is joined, once again, by Ryan Overturf to review their predictions for Mythic Championship London. What did they think about the performance of Izzet Phoenix? How about Thien Nguyen making the Top 8 with TitanShift? Does Humans take advantage of the London Mulligan and open decklists better than any other deck? And why was Mono-Green Tron, a very well known quantity coming into the weekend, the most played deck? All that and then the two SCG Tour commentators tackle the difficult conversation of Yuuya Watanabe's disqualification.

Modern results are in, and Esper Control is the hottest new deck that's sure to break modern in half. Or, maybe, put a dent in some of Izzet Phoenix's numbers. Who knows! Plus an army of new WAR spoilers, some of which are bound to spark your imagination. Come hang out! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

This week, we break down the modern metagame, discuss the London Mulligan, and introduce recurring segment 2 Brews and a Lie.

#Jointheclub this week as Alex & Cam discuss the dominance of Izzet Phoenix in Modern, how MTG Arena has changed how players prepare for tournaments, and the things you should be thinking of before attending your first competitive REL tournament. Be sure to tune in to the DWC's co-stream of the Mythic Invitational starting on March 28th at twitch.tv/disorganizedwizardsclub. If you want to support the DWC Podcast, check us out below at: https://www.patreon.com/dwcpodcast https://www.facebook.com/DWCPodcast/ https://twitter.com/DWCPodcast1

The Break Down: Analyzing the results from GPs Tampa and Bilbao, and SCG Philadelphia. The Dive Down: We interview Ross Merriam about Izzet Phoenix, tournament preparation, Modern Horizons reprints, and more. The Wind Down: The crew talks about new decks we're looking at. Links from this weeks episode: Subscribe to Ross on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosshunneds See past episodes of Versus Live at https://www.youtube.com/user/starcitygamesvideo/videos Watch Versus Live when it airs and more SCG events at https://www.twitch.tv/scgtour 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 saw several large events (mostly) be dominated by Izzet Phoenix. Surprisingly, there was a different dominant deck at the Hunter Burton Memorial Open and a different take on Arclight Phoenix. There's also the Mythic Invitational in a week, so Gerry and Bryan discuss Duo Standard, best-of-one as a whole, and what sort of innovation there's been since players have been trying to break the format of the million dollar tournament. Intro music Mario Kart 64 "Dreaming Racing" (OC Remix #396) • ReMixer: prozax | Composer: Kenta Nagata Outro music Chrono Cross "Victory theme" (OC Remix #3884) • ReMixer: Lemonectric | Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda Timestamps: Hunter Open Modern Metagame - 7:50 Mythic Invitational Testing - 16:27 Question of the Week - 1:11:21

So, you're playing against Phoenix. And you're losing, a lot. Even though you're bringing in all these hate cards! What gives! Well, Collins and CCR are here to talk about what works and what doesn't against Modern's hottest deck. Plus! A spicy standard list that CCR hopes to take to the top 8 of SCG Cincinnati.

Izzet Phoenix is Modern’s new bogeyman, but does action need to be taken by WOTC or by Modern tournamentgoers? We’re not 100% sure, but this episode is dedicated to figuring out exactly what the latter should look like! Download this episode here! (right click and “save as…”)

Episode 207 - A new product is on the Horizon and Alex & Ben have got some predictions for what's going to be in it. We also discuss the dominance of Izzet Phoenix in Bilbao, Tampa Bay, and Philly, and then get right into it. What counterspells will be in? Land cycles? Are their cards so valuable that they would break the set itself? Join The MMCast Patreon Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group Follow Our Instagram @themmcast Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused Produced by Time Traveler Media Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Izzet Phoenix may be the best deck in Modern. But why isn't Arclight Phoenix the force in Legacy that it is in the other formats? Learn how that is changing

Ben is joined by Michael Grothe to discuss making Day 2 of the Grand Prix LA with Izzet Phoenix, the very archetype that won the whole thing. Ben gos in deep about his match ups, his wins and losses, and provides a deep decktech on the hottest deck in modern.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KYT, Elliot, Derek, Andy, and Jonathan talk about their experiences at Magic Fest Toronto, the Modern metagame, and a Prerelease as a Grand Prix??? (00:01:20) Andy played Izzet Phoenix to great results on both Friday and Saturday of MF Toronto, and Elliot rode the Phoenix to top 8 of the Sunday MFQ. Is it the best deck in Modern? But can the Whir Prison deck lose to anything? What cards in Modern can beat it? (00:15:16) Why did Derek wear chainmail all weekend at MF Toronto? Is Burn well- or poorly-positioned in Modern right now? Why Burn will never be broken. (00:21:08) Are pros less likely to attend Magic Fests? Are the Pro Tour Qualifiers a better event to play? Are the events softer as a result? (00:25:48) How is the Standard Mythic grid going for Derek on MTGArena? Why is Sultai not good on MTGArena, even though it's great in paper? Why Jonathan thinks White-Blue Aggro is well-placed going into his RPTQ this weekend. What would Derek play in the RPTQ this weekend, if he weren't already qualified? How do you predict the metagame? (00:39:04) Prerelease Grand Prix at Magic Fest London! Reactions? Is this an amazing opportunity for the players or just a grab by CFB for money from local stores? (00:48:54) KYT was providing independent coverage of the Magic Fest for Face to Face Games this weekend. Is the trade off of less official coverage for more Magic Fest events worth it? Is third-party coverage the right move in an MTGArena future? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Justin is back from his brush with appendicitis, and the duo catch up on Standard Mono Blue Tempo, and our thoughts on how to change Phoenix for Magic Fest Los Angeles.

We discuss the results of SCG Worcester, analyze ways to beat Izzet Phoenix, and break down our picks for the top modern cards from Ravnica Allegiance. 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

Cedric Phillips sits down with SCG Worcester champion Dom Harvey and SCG Worcester runner-up Tariq Patel to talk about their early season success on the SCG Tour in 2019. Among the topics discussed, the two sometimes Canada residents talked about their runner up finish as a team at SCG Columbus the week prior to SCG Worcester, why they chose to play Amulet Titan and Izzet Phoenix at SCG Worcester, and what their plans are for the rest of Season One of the 2019 SCG Tour. As you'll quickly learn, the fact that Dom and Tariq are in 1st and 2nd on the SCG Tour leaderboard at the moment is no accident.

Chris is heading out to the GP at Magic Fest Oakland, and has some thoughts on side boarding Izzet Phoenix. The duo also nerd out about more Ravnica Allegiance spoilers, and can't wait to jump into sealed talk next week. If you're at the GP - come say hi! Hit us up @ForcingSpike on Instagram, and Chris will be very happy to come say hello. Quick note, we changed around some audio equipment, and there are some technical difficulties in this episode. Thanks for continued support, we hope to have everything back up and running correctly next week.

Welcome to the first episode of The Dive Down, a modern focused podcast for the casual spike! In this episode we talk about Izzet Phoenix, and the costs and benefits of milling yourself. email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown