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Shaheen Soorani is a longtime Starcitygames writer famous for being a control master!
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (0:45) What Happened? - Andy's MC Richmond performance (6:00) Asking Shaheen about Eli's top 8 performance, lifetime split (12:00) Reactions to Pioneer ban (28:35) Shaheen's suggestion for Standard (29:55) finalnub's Pioneer deck seeing notable success (44:00) Top 16 MC competitor Andrew Huska joins the show! (57:00) Andrew had the best Constructed record at the MC (59:15) What Andrew thinks is the best deck from here on out Find 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 Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg 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
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike KYT chats with Shaheen Soorani about Standard, Pioneer and his top 5 chicken wing sauces. Find 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 Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg 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
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:00) Shaheen joins the show to talk Standard (18:50) Is Emry the new KCI? Shaheen thinks Oko green version is better than Ascendancy (25:00) How hard is Emry to play? finalnub felt overwhelmed at MagicFest Montreal (31:00) With a PTQ top 8, how does Andy now feel about Bring to Light Scapeshift? (39:50) Mystery Packs?! Find 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 Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg 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
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:15) Andy takes down the latest MTGO Standard MCQ with Bant Scapeshift. How broken is it? (14:05) Shaheen Soorani's team won SCG Philadelphia! He of course played UW Control. (19:55) If control is best in a predictable metagame, why is Shaheen playing UW Control? (22:05) What happened to misplacedginger? What's his take on Modern? (29:50) How did Elliot's SCG Philly go with Bring to Light Scapeshift? (32:50) Where is finalnub's head when it comes to Modern? Is Hogaak still good? (39:35) How has Shaheen's draft preparation been going? (41:45) Commentary on Hasbro revenue report (46:30) finanub responds to Ari Lax on Neoform Find 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 Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg 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
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:15) Shaheen Soorani's thoughts on the state of competitive MTG (3:55) Destruction of pro system will cause some types of players to no longer exist - Shaheen (15:45) What's the best case scenario from this point forward? (21:45) What is the MTG dream? (36:05) Modern time: is Snakeshift the new King of Modern? (48:15) Shaheen reveals what will most likely be his MC Barcelona deck Find 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 Guest: Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg 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
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This week, to celebrate BBD's Top 8 at Mythic Championship London and definitely not to cover for Brad while he's traveling cross-country, Corey has brought on a new co-host in Shaheen Soorani to talk all about the London trip! Decks, stories, and control deck jokes abound on this week's episode! Interested in supporting the show? Leave a review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and here on Podbean! Or visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bashbrospodcast Follow us at: https://twitter.com/bashbrospodcast Brian: https://twitter.com/BraunDuinIt Brad: https://twitter.com/fffreakmtg Corey: https://twitter.com/CoreyBaumeister
KYT, Derek, and Andy are joined by Shaheen Soorani, who first predicted on First Strike last year that KCI would be the piece to be banned from that deck. How will Modern look without KCI, how will Standard look after this weekend, and is playing on MtG Arena better than MTGO? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT, Andy, and Derek are joined by the official new Team Face to Face Games captain, Shaheen Soorani. Together they share their early impressions of Guilds of Ravnica Limited, which cards they are excitied to play in Standard, and look forward to Grand Prix Montreal this weekend. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT and Andy are joined by Shaheen Soorani who helps deconstruct his team's 22nd place finish and the team Pro Tour experience, while Travis "Semulin" Sowers comes on to debate Limited's place on the Pro Tour and how his experiences growing as a streamer and digital content creator. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT, Rob, Derek, and Andy chat with Shaheen Soorani on how broken the Krark-Clan Ironworks is in Modern. Or is it? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT and Rob Lombardi, are joined by Shaheen Soorani, Derek Pite, and Grand Prix Toronto virtual top 8 finisher Cody Gravelle to react to the news of the hot unbannings in Modern, tell stories from the Grand Prix, and look to the future of Modern. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT and Robert are joined by old friend of the show Shaheen Soorani, to talk Modern for the Pro Tour, Control decks, and Rivals of Ixalan Standard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
KYT and Rob Lombardi get all the details from Pro Tour Ixalan, as Team First Strike 9-7 member Doug Potter and ever-popular guest Shaheen Soorani, Pro Tour Control Club member, share their experiences. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
MTG: Off the Record Ep. 4 by Shaheen Soorani
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First Strike welcomes the Expensive Sorcery Master himself, none other than Shaheen Soorani, as he joins Robert Lombardi and Vince D'Agostino to debate all the Magic news from Team Unified Modern to new Amonkhet cards. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
In this episode, bigheadjoe and Stephen are joined by SCG writer, perennial SCG Invitational Top 8 competitor, and "persistent" control player Shaheen Soorani to discuss his invitational experience, the state of control in Standard, and Born of the Gods spoilers!