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    The Dive Down

    The Dive Down is a weekly podcast for people who love Magic: The Gathering but like talking about other things too. From videogames, to parenting, to 3D printing, and beyond. Each week hosts Dave, Stan, and Shane discuss the latest Magic formats they’ve been playing, videogames they’ve been beating, movies they’ve been watching, music they’ve discovered, and the daily embarrassments they endure along the way. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Proudly sponsored by Heavy Play, a new card gaming accessories brand that’ll improve your gameplay and game day. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com/ We’re also sponsored by ManaTraders, the best Magic card rental service for both Magic Online and paper! Get 25% cashback after 3 months of using ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown or use Manatraders coupon code THEDIVEDOWN

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    Episode 243: Pioneer RCs, Coffers, Scales, & One Huge Dinosaur Oct 05, 2023
    Show notes

    This week what's on the tin is in the show! We begin to dip back into Pio and cover the recent RCs in the EU and Canada, talk Modern Coffers and Scales, and finally chat a little about new cards from our imminent return to Ixalan.

    • LEC Lille Pioneer
    • Devon talks RCQs, Dave gets mathy
    • Cavern of Souls is back... but why?

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    • And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/

    Timestamps:
    6:03 - Playing Heavy
    11:20 - Housekeeping
    15:36 - The Break Down begins: The Lille Pioneer RC
    25:56 - The Lille Top 8
    34:28 - The Face2Face Calgary Pioneer event
    36:39 - The flat Pioneer metagame
    42:15 - Getting Hollow
    45:33 - The Dive Down begins: Devon's Coffers RCQ
    1:05:42 - Dave played Hardened Scales
    1:27:51 - Talking some fresh spoilers
    1:38:15 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    LEC Lille Results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/16639
    F2F Tour Championship: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/17095
    Pioneer Winrates: https://mtgdecks.net/Pioneer/winrates/event_ids:141948,142011,142012
    Modern Hardened Scales: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5888059#paper

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

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    Episode 242: This Episode is Full of Beans Sep 28, 2023
    Show notes

    We finally cast the new card in town and played a couple Up the Beanstalk decks in Modern and... Standard?! Plus some new Modern Prowess builds, and a recap of Stan's latest RCQ.

    Stan reached another top 8 finish in a Modern RCQ, and we recap his latest Rhino learning from the tournament. Then he keeps on casting free spells with a crazy Invasion of Alara Standard Cascade deck featuring Up the Beanstalk. Meanwhile, Shane learns to love 5C Bring to Light Beans. While d00mwake admits how much he hates Omnath decks and just played Prowess instead.

    The Break Down: The joy and pain of another top 8
    The Dive Down: The musical fruit
    The Dive Down cont.: Playing Prowess without Dave

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    Timestamps:

    Links from this week's episode:
    Stan's Rhino Deck: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5841110#paper
    d00mwake's Rhino Deck: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/waHIPFpV1UyF6II44-YS7w
    Modern Bring to Light Beans: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5878236#paper
    Standard Cascade: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5870855#paper
    Gruul Prowess: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-Ii6mZEKQ0CnfLoATc4q1g
    Jeskai Prowess: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/nMdLGyE670G6s1BFzLLHfQ

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 241: Don't Play Control in Modern & RCQ Prep, ft. George Jabbour Sep 21, 2023
    Show notes

    President of the Narset fan club, George Jabbour, joins Stanislav to go over some tips to prep for the upcoming Modern RCQ season, a brand new sideboard guide tool, and why playing control is such a pain in the @$$.

    Stan and George are gearing up for some Modern RCQs this weekend, so they swap notes on how they prepare for competitive tournaments in any format. Plus, George talks about his brand new sideboard tool, flexslot.gg, which he developed himself and is free for anyone to use.

    Finally, we dive into control strategies, which are near and dear to George's heart, to go over why they're so tough to play, how they stack up against today's Modern metagame, and why some people should probably avoid them.

    The Break Down: How to prepare for a Modern tournament.
    The Dive Down: Never playing control again.

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    Timestamps:
    1:12 - Stan gets Heavy
    3:33 - Housekeeping
    5:55 - George in the Grinder's Studio
    17:41 - Tournament prep practices
    48:19 - Sideboarding and flexslot.gg
    1:00:25 - Special Shane smell appearance
    1:04:40 - Talking about Control
    1:14:07 - How to think about playing Control
    1:21:48 - Evaluating Control finishers
    1:27:47 - Controls matchups
    1:36:38 - Promoting George
    1:38:33 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    https://linktr.ee/jabjabber
    https://shuddermtg.substack.com/p/how-bad-practice-can-make-you-worse-085

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 240: WOE Betides Modern & Pioneer Sep 14, 2023
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    Hello Magical Friends! This week it's all about WOE and the new cards that are making an impact in Modern and Pioneer. Turns out that this return to Eldraine might actually be hiding a little bit of power in it after all. First, we dive into Modern. Devon's been running hot with Mono-Black Coffers lately — thanks in no small part to a chase mythic that's a perfect fit for the deck. We also spend some time talking about two cards that look to be new format staples: Agatha's Soul Caludron and Up the Beanstalk. After that we hop over to Pioneer. At first glance, it looks like WOE has given aggro decks in Pioneer a bunch of new tools... but which ones are actually any good? We think you otter tune in to find out how just far this bunnicorn go. If you know what we mean. Actually, we don't know what we mean... just tune in anyway! It's another week on The Dive Down!

    • New Stuff!
    • Modern & Devon's Success
    • Pioneer & Aggro Decks

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    Timestamps:
    5:00 - Improve your gameplay and your gameday
    8:10 - Housekeeping
    10:43 - Modern Starts: Mono-Black Coffers
    22:05 - Talkin' 'bout Talisman and Beseech the Mirror
    36:45 - What makes Coffers good?
    44:33 - Agatha's Soul Cauldron & Up the Beanstalk
    1:02:04 - Smell Break
    1:05:19 - Pioneer Starts: Boros Convoke ft. Regal Bunnicorn
    1:22:19 - Elusive Otter in Izzet Prowess
    1:32:40 - Devon's other intriguing decks
    1:43:40 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    D00mwake's latest Mono-Black Coffers List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5855694#paper
    Claudioh's Soulful Yawg List: https://twitter.com/claudiohmtg/status/1700788139806081409?s=20
    Danzant's 75-Card Main 4c Bean List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5855695#paper
    D00mwake's Boros Convoke List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/5L65haImFUuje1toa8N15A
    WelcomeToTheInternet's Izzet Prowess List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5849646#paper
    D00mwake's Boggles List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/wHNBKOkiOUijxke5Q3KoKA
    D00mwake's Naya Pia List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/AmkMP2PT80SIk9_P1UxO-g

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

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    Episode 239: Modern History: Infamous Sets & Iconic Moments Sep 07, 2023
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    This week we talk about the history of Modern through the lens of the most important — and infamous — sets covering everything from Alara to Zendikar. Actually saying "from Alara to Zendikar" sounds less impressive than I hoped. Forget that. We start all the way back with 8th Edition and we at least mention nearly all the sets currently in Modern (well at least like... 60% of them).

    How did the sets designed before Modern was created impact the birth of this format? How did the format move from childhood into adolescence? What little detours ended up taking us into this Modern Horizons-driven reality? And most importantly... what were The Rhino Boys doing while all this was happening?

    Join us for this special episode brought to you by long time sponsor AND top tier Patron — Will from Barrister and Mann. He made the rules and we made the ep. Hope you enjoy it!

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    Timestamps:
    3:58 - Heavy Playtime
    10:00 - Housekeeping
    14:03 - The story of Modern begins
    19:22 - Eighth Edition
    25:40 - Mirrodin
    30:04 - Ravnica
    35:20 - Time Spiral
    43:45 - Alara
    47:19 - Magic 2010
    55:36 - Zendikar
    1:01:10 - Scars of Mirrodin
    1:04:45 - PT Philly
    1:08:06 - Innistrad
    1:11:58 - Return to Ravnica
    1:16:30 - Modern Masters
    1:24:45 - Khans of Tarkir
    1:34:03 - Some later sets, and some takes
    1:43:20 - What sets did the most good for Modern?
    1:46:51 - Thanks, Will!

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 238: Wild 'n Out in Eldraine, pt.2 Aug 31, 2023
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    The full set is finally spoiled and we're back with the definitive opinions on what's good, what's bad, and what's just neat. We spend a lot of time chatting about some adventuring otters, introduce a once Modern playable cantrip to Pioneer, and head up the beanstalk to draw some cards.

    • Adventure Awaits
    • Virtue is a Virtue

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    Timestamps:
    3:48 - Weighted Play
    7:07 - Housekeeping
    8:32 - Moonshaker Cavalry
    12:38 - Elusive Otter
    18:51 - Devouring Sugarmaw
    22:21 - Frolicking Familiar
    26:31 - Scalding Viper
    33:18 - Hearth Elemental
    37:12 - Questing Druid
    38:55 - Mosswood Dreadknight
    41:40 - Thunderous Debut
    44:54 - Regal Bunnicorn
    48:47 - Royal Treatment
    50:35 - Quick Study
    53:27 - Woodland Acolyte
    58:25 - Soap's on Sale
    1:01:40 - Sleight of Hand
    1:05:50 - Up The Beanstalk
    1:08:58 - Faerie stuff
    1:14:07 - Collector's Vault/Candy Trail
    1:16:08 - Virtue of Persistence/Virtue of Courage
    1:18:47 - Sentinel of Lost Lore
    1:21:56 - Takes on Wilds of Eldraine
    1:23:49 - The bests of the set
    1:33:06 - Wrapping up

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 237: Wild 'n Out in Eldraine, pt.1 Aug 24, 2023
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    It's that most magical time once again — it's spoiler season! Join Dave, Devon, and Shane as they begin surveying the Wilds of Eldraine. We're looking for new Adventures, causes for Celebration, and to take on new... Roles? Ok that didn't work for long. This week we talk about the cards and concepts from Eldraine that seem like they could make an impact in Modern and Pioneer.

    But before we get to that, we talk with Devon about his recent RCQ win, Rac Sac, and how it feels to claim lots of goblins in a single day. Join us!

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    Timestamps:
    3:36 - The Heaviest Play
    6:05 - Housekeeping
    7:59 - Random Europe stories
    10:36 - d00m finally won an RCQ!
    18:50 - Wilds of Eldraine is here
    21:55 - Adventures are back
    23:10 - Decadent Dragon
    29:44 - Callous Sellsword
    33:56 - Kellan, the Fae-Blooded
    37:36 - Knight of the Helix
    39:42 - Creature Lands
    50:18 - Choose your Role
    53:26 - Monstrous Rage
    56:01 - Not Dead After All
    1:00:47 - Bargain
    1:02:38 - Farsight Ritual
    1:04:40 - Brave The Wilds
    1:07:13 - Beseech The Mirror
    1:09:48 - Celebration (briefly)
    1:11:14 - Faerie Fencing and Ego Drain
    1:14:22 - Enchantments matter (maybe)
    1:15:21 - A Tale For The Ages and Yenna, Redtooth Regent
    1:18:49 - Tough Cookie
    1:21:38 - Agatha's Soul Cauldron
    1:25:07 - Beluna Grandsquall
    1:27:17 - Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
    1:31:02 - The Goose Mother
    1:32:57 - Ruby, Daring Tracker
    1:36:14 - Wrapping up

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 236: Pondering Preordain & NRG Detroit, ft. SpiderSpace Aug 17, 2023
    Show notes

    This week Shane and Stan are joined by returning guest Gabriel Maxson, aka SpiderSpace, to talk about the implications, impact, and potential uses of Preordain in Modern. Before that, we take a good look at the results from the NRD Detroit Modern $10k. How many copies of Preordain made the top 8? I guess we will never know....

    The Break Down: NRG Detroit Results
    The Dive Down: SpiderSpace on Preordain (aka Stan Loves Cantrips)

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    Timestamps:
    6:21 - Housekeeping
    9:40 - The NRG Detroit Modern $10k metagame
    34:45 - The NRG Top 8
    44:54 - The NRG leaderboard
    46:46 - An ocean of aroma
    48:26 - The Dive Down begins: What's the deal with Preordain?
    51:31 - Why Preordain was banned in the first place
    54:28 - How does Preordain compare to what we had before?
    1:02:54 - Are cantrips even good in Modern?
    1:07:50 - Preordain's role in particular decks
    1:32:04 - Did we decide anything here?
    1:41:10 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    NRG Detroit: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15650
    Find SpiderSpace on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiderspacemtg?lang=en
    Find SpiderSpace on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spiderspace

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 235: Pro Tour Deck Tests, Modern Bans, and Future Product Plans Aug 10, 2023
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    On this week's episode, we kick off with a round of B&R reactions, followed by a recap of the upcoming product roadmap including Modern Horizons 3. Then we take some Pro Tour decks for a spin to see what these so-called pros have been cooking up.

    Devon tells us about his experiences playing with Merfolk, Reanimator, and Samwise, Shane tries out some of the latest Tron builds, and Stan rams some wizards into Rhinos.

    The Break Down: Preordain Unbanned!
    The Break Down (cont.): Modern Horizon 3 is coming!
    The Dive Down: New Modern decks fresh from Spain!

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    Timestamps:
    2:59 - Some important Patreon stuff
    3:58 - Very Heavy Play
    5:48 - Housekeeping
    7:06 - The Break Down: Tired: Bans; Wired: Unbans
    19:02 - The unbanning of Preordain
    26:17 - No changes in Pioneer
    37:03 - WOTC's GenCon annoucements - MH3, Pioneer Masters, and more!
    49:28 - Spooky smells
    52:10 - The Dive Down: Testing Pro Tour lists
    52:55 - Stan plays CFB's Temur Wizard Rhinos
    1:07:07 - Devon plays 4C Reanimator, Merfolk, Samwise combo, and more
    1:22:04 - Shane plays Handshake G Tron
    1:38:27 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-7-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement
    Rhino Wizards: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/Temur-Rhinos-Got-Some-Spicy-New-Tech-from-Lord-of-the-Rings/943a3c89-7c29-4747-a3dd-3c8d581386b6/
    Handshake Tron: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/315233
    Naya Scapeshift https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5771029#paper

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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    Episode 234: PT Barcelona Takeaways: What Happened, What it Might Mean Aug 03, 2023
    Show notes

    This week Dave, Shane, and Stan go through the biggest things we learned from the Modern PT last week in Barcelona. It might feel like Rakdos and Tron led the story (and they did) but there's a lot of other things to be learned from what happened. What do we think about The One Ring's win rate? How many decks out of the top 80% of the meta had winning records? How much more can we talk about Rhinos? The answers and what we think they mean might surprise you.

    • Only 10 Decks Had 50%+ Win Rate
    • The One Ring Might Not Be Broken
    • But Grief Probably Is

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    Timestamps:
    3:52 - Stan reps Heavy Play
    5:28 - Housekeeping
    7:33 - Headlines from the Modern Pro Tour
    9:39 - 1: Rakdos was everywhere (and also won)
    22:21 - 2: Five decks made up the top 57% of the meta
    31:30 - 3: Tron is ... good. Right?
    43:15 - 4: The less-represented decks were Not Good
    50:02 - 5: Small Sample Size Theater
    54:34 - 6: Only 10 deck archetypes had a 50+% winrate
    56:15 - 7: The most popular cards might not have been the best
    1:04:35 - 8: The top 32 had 13 different decks
    1:09:12 - 9: The top 8 was stacked
    1:12:34 - 10: What's next for Modern
    1:20:48 - Does the PT impact Casual Spikes?
    1:24:13 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:
    The decks of the Pro Tour: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/16429

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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