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A relatively quiet week in terms of news. We continue down the path of checking out Explorer and Pioneer. We take a look at some of the best performing decks, and also some that need improvement (sorry UR Phoenix). We also talk Nintendo hardware and Hitman III. Thank you for your honor.
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:05) Isaak Krut joins the show after just Q'ing for the next Arena Mythic Championship (4:00) How'd Isaak become part of Team Hairy T? Did David Rood scout him? (9:00) Elliot qualified for F2F Montreal's WPNQ Finals with Sultai (15:00) Why Andy & Elliot think Sultai has the best sideboard in Standard (23:00) Keith Capstick joins the show to discuss state of Magic and recent OP news (36:50) Picking Keith's brain on Pioneer (49:30) Nam Dang joines the show after a 2nd place finish in the first Pioneer Challenge with UR Phoenix (57:45) Nam gets into his Standard prep, currently trying Simic Ramp with Mass Manipulation (1:03:00) Who are some of the top players in Nam's local area? (1:09:30) KYT thinks Keith sounds like Patrick Mahomes 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
Volviendo a lo Fundamental - Año 02 Episodio 06 Arrancamos con la Intro de Mega Monsalve capitán del Team Myr. Jugador. Creador de contenido. Organizador de torneos. Myr team Link https://www.facebook.com/Myr-Team-174223156455255/ Como ser creador de contenido MtG Consejos para nosotros y para los oyentes sobre iniciar y mantener un podcast ¿Qué hacer y qué no hacer ? ¿Cómo sostenerlo en el tiempo ? Los jugadores de Magic adolescentes crecen y se vuelven adultos con responsabilidades. Equilibrio entre la vida y el hobbie. ¿Cómo malabarear ser papa y jugar al Magic? ¿Cómo malabarean para ser marido/pareja y el Magic? “Dejan ir” a Richard Garfield de Artifact Fracaso del juego y distintos objetivos de la empresa y el Explicamos el New mulligan rule y cuando se aplica. London Mullingan. Prueba de Wizards en el MC II (Londres) Que pensamos del Best of One. Pros y contras. ¿Formato exclusivo para MtG Arena o tiene futuro en Paper? Nuevo Formato Doble standard. La competencia mirando siempre a Hearthstone. Nota de Luis Salvato Como le cambio la vida estar entre los 32 jugadores de la MPL y estar “cubierto” monetariamente por Wizards https://magic.wizards.com/…/how-winning-player-year-changed… ROMÃO PLAYING TO HIS OWN TUNE Nota https://magic.wizards.com/…/rom%C3%A3o-playing-his-own-tune… Pax east arrancan los spoiler y se lleva a cabo el Invitational por USD $ 1.000.000. PAX East March 28–31 https://magic.wizards.com/…/mythic-invitational-hype-train-… 12. Fin de semana de Modern. MC London con Modern en este momento, la prueba del nuevo mulligan y el release directo a competicion sin posibilidad de testeo para los competidores. GP Bilbao. GP Tampa. Scg Philly. Predominio de UR Phoenix y Dredge. Similitudes del mazo con el Twin. Es un mazo que parece ser solo un combo, pero puede jugar a ser un fair deck y ganar igualmente. Similitudes del Looting con el Pod. Es una carta que facilita la funcionalidad de los mazos combos y se vuelve mejor cuanto mas tiempo pasan y mas cartas pueden combinarse con el para sacar ventajas. Datos sobre el metagame breakdown de los 3 torneos. 14. Anuncian 4 precons que son la base de los arquetipos de standard. Wizards quiere facilitar la entrada a Standard competitivo. Burn. White Winnie. Izzet Drakes. Golgari Midrange. Costo de venta 30usd cuando las cartas valen entre 70 y 130 usd. Reventa en tiendas a mas valor. 15. T Os Ser un organizador de torneo. Que buscan los jugadores. Torneos en la Plata por Mega.
KYT, Andy, Elliot, and Jonathan chat recent MCQ winner Dan Fournier about playing UR Phoenix in Standard, crowdsourcing travel to Mythic Championships, and dethroning UW Control in Modern. Special apparance by Alex Hayne! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support
THIS IS PART 1 OF A CONVERSATION. (3:25) Tackling the GoFundMe topic (10:50) KYT thinking back to Jay Boosh getting funded to go to GP Toronto (15:15) Should people have more foresight before they play an MCQ? (26:05) KYT needs to figure out what Standard deck to play at the Arena Super Cup (30:20) KYT tried tangrams' Simic Ramp list. tangrams first to 2 trophies in the current MTGO League. (41:50) KYT loving River's Rebuke, but maybe Karn's Temporal Sundering is better. (43:20) HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGY: Identifying what matters (45:45) Thoughts on UR Phoenix, Alex doesn't understand how it wins (47:20) Which decks Alex is down on?
SCG Regionals was this past weekend, with UR Phoenix claiming a whopping EIGHTEEN top 8 slots in ten tournaments. Are we looking at another imminent ban? Is the modern format beyond saving? Is Ensnaring Bridge the new hero of the format? All this and more! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Pete Ingram and Dylan talk about UR Phoenix and how it is currently the best deck in Modern. A must listen if you're attending SCG Regionals this weekend.
This week on Constructed Criticism we go over Jon Stern’s 9th place UR Phoenix deck in Modern. Jon’s Decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1514728#paper