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Bonus 13: Filing Taxes with SpiderSpace Jun 18, 2021

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In our latest bonus episode, we're joined by a genuine MTGO stalwart, Gabe Maxson aka SpiderSpace to chat about Modern, content creation, and white taxes decks.

Find SpiderSpace at:
https://www.twitch.tv/spiderspace
https://twitter.com/spiderspacemtg
Hear Mishra's Babble at https://anchor.fm/francisco-pawluszek/episodes/Ep-5-Modern-Continues-to-Evolve-e12qogj
SpiderSpace's Flickerwisp Lines for Aspiring Taxes Players: https://twitter.com/SpiderSpaceMTG/status/1313308453041922048

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Episode 129: The First Decks of Modern Horizons 2 Jun 16, 2021

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On this week's episode we attempt something ambitious - looking at every deck in the most recent Modern deck dump that features MH2 cards. And that's almost all of them! Join us as we talk about the latest decks, trends, and dare we say it, strategies in Modern.

Housekeeping: A Heartfelt Thanks
The Break Down: 99 Decks
The Break Down, pt2: The Bell Returns

Timestamps:
6:58 - Housekeeping
10:15 - Some high-level Deck Dump stats
11:52 - The most seen MH2 cards so far
20:08 - The most seen old cards
21:35 - Some more deck dump stats
23:42 - The deck dump begins: Mono-black Food, Living End, Lantern Control, Azorious Affinity, Obosh Red
32:17 - Orzhov Stoneblade Blink, Living End variants, Azorious Stoneblade, G Hardened Scales, Golgari Elves
42:51 - Boros Burn, Azorious Blink, Izzet Delver, Golgari Elves, Elementals, Azorious Control
51:33 - Urza Affinity Food, Azorius Affinity and Urza's Saga talk
1:02:04 - Grixis Delirium, Jund, Orzhov Stoneblade Blink
1:11:49 - Orzhov Reanimator, Domain Zoo, Boros Taxes
1:17:41 - The Bell Returns! Abzan Blink, Merfolk, Esper Stoneblade, W Taxes, Jeskai Delver, Azorius Urza Control, Selesnya Enchantress, G Tron, Glimpse of Tomorrow, Orzhov Stoneblade
1:27:08 - Temur Cascade, Gruul Scales, Boros Prowess, Orzhov Stoneblade Control, Yawgmoth, Golgari Food, the Rock, Arclight Phoenix, Orzhov Shadowblade, Gruul Ponza, Blue Moon
1:37:00 - Amulet Titan, Rakdos Shadow, Rakdos Skelemental, Mardu Reanimator Electrodominance stuff, Hammertime, Sultai Urza Artifact stuff, Grixis Shadow, Golgari Food, Humans
1:45:07 - Izzet Delver, Foodvine, Crabvine, Jund Shadow, 4C Cascade Nahiri Control, Red Prowess, Azorius Affinityblade, Orzhov Reanimator, Titania Titan
1:50:35 - Fast takeaways and closing out

Links from this week's episode:
June 11th Modern League Deck Dump: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-league-2021-06-11

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 128: The Modern Horizons 2 Full-ish Set Review, Part 2 Jun 09, 2021

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It's just Stan and Shane this week, and they tackle the second half of the Modern Horizons 2 full set review! Before that, there's a brief Cool Decks, Inc, where we cover 3 decks that made the top 8 of last weekend's Modern Challenge. We then plant some flags and light some takes on fire about the best and worst cards in MH2.

The Break Down: Cool Decks, Inc - MH2 begins!
The Dive Down: It's Just Cards
The Wind Down: Hot Takes on MH2

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Timestamps:
3:00 - Housekeeping
5:41 - Cool Decks, Inc.
6:18 - Hardened Scales
9:49 - Temur Cascade
12:16 - Foodgaak
17:19 - The MH2 set review continues!!
22:42 - The Blue Cards
33:31 - The Black Cards
42:58 - The Red Cards
48:19 - The Green Cards
50:07 - The Gold Cards
1:09:38 - The Artifacts
1:25:34 - The Lands
1:27:52 - The Reprints
1:35:03 - Hot Takes on MH2
1:35:50 - The Best New to Modern Reprint
1:36:39 - Our Favorite New Cards
1:37:21 - The Best Creatures
1:39:06 - What Cards Might Get Banned?
1:40:34 - Best Upgrade to an Existing Deck
1:41:28 - Most Improved and Hurt Modern Decks
1:43:47 - Best and Worst New Decks in Modern
1:44:50 - Most Underrated Cards
1:46:25 - Most Overrated Cards
1:48:13 - What Might Mess Up Modern?
1:49:13 - Our Final Takes on MH2
1:52:00 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
Hardened Scales: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053051#paper
Temur Cascade: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053052#paper
Foodgaak: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4053055#paper
Modern Horizons 2: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?order=set&as=grid

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 127: The Modern Horizons 2 Full Set Review, Part 1 ft. Aspiringspike Jun 02, 2021

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It's finally here!! The first in our two part FULL SET REVIEW for Modern Horizons 2. This week Shane's travel schedule kept him off the episode, but he's been replaced with our unofficial 4th host, Evart Moughon, aka Aspiringspike, one of the most respected and creative deck builders and streamers in Modern.

The Dive Down: It's Just Cards This Time
The Dive Down, cont: And Not Even All Of Them
The Dive Down, cont: We Really Tried, Though

Timestamps:
2:48 - Housekeeping
4:54 - The White Cards
26:01 - The Blue Cards
44:27 - The Black Cards
1:03:43 - The Red Cards
1:24:40 - The Green Cards
1:39:17 - Some of the Gold Cards
1:45:43 - A Few More Cards With Evart
1:57:07 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
Modern Horizons 2: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?order=set&as=grid
Evart's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aspiringspike
Evart's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoughonEvart

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 126: Modern Horizons 2 Previews Begin & Thassa's Oracle Banning May 27, 2021

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This week we talk the banning of Thassa's Oracle in Historic and the first post-ban Historic tournament. Then we head into The Dive Down to discuss the early Modern Horizons 2 previews, and then tackle some listener questions in The Wind Down!

The Break Down: Oracle Nomoreacle
The Dive Down: Horizons for Yerizons and Ear...zons
The Wind Down: Your Questions, Answered

Timestamps:
3:40 - Housekeeping
4:51 - The Break Down begins - Thassa's Oracle is banned in Historic!
19:30 - The Insight eSports 5k Invitational metagame breakdown
24:15 - Deck winrates
33:05 - The Top 8 and what Historic decks are winning right now
36:30 - The Dive Down begins: Modern Horizons 2 Spoilers!
37:46 - Grief
49:39 - Cabal Coffers
53:38 - Yusri, Fortune's Flame
57:20 - Flametongue Yearling
1:00:07 - Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
1:06:29 - Unmarked Grave
1:10:07 - Rishadan Dockhand
1:11:57 - Profane Tutor
1:15:55 - Timeless Dragon
1:18:40 - Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
1:24:08 - MH1 Reprints
1:26:15 - The Wind Down: listener questions!
1:26:35 - Is MH2 a "cash grab?"
1:31:48 - What does Death's Shadow need to win in Historic?
1:34:42 - How to move to a new game store?
1:38:46 - How are we REALLY doing, personally?
1:43:13 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
5/19 B&R Annoucement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/may-19-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Insight ESports Tier 1 Invitational: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/5400
Modern Horizons 2 Spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/mh2?as=grid&order=spoiled

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 125: Hello Historic Anthology 5, Goodbye MPL May 21, 2021

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Jobs were lost (after next year) and new cards are announced (for next week). We go through all 25 additions from Historic Anthology 5, consider their potential and their competitive past. We also reflect on what the competitive future looks like for casual spikes.

The Break Down: Goodbye MPL
The Dive Down: Hello Historic Anthology 5

Timestamps:
1:48 - Housekeeping
4:46 - The Break Down begins: We are all Casual Spikes now
36:05 - The Dive Down begins: HA5
36:58 - The Praetors
48:02 - Silumgar's Command
49:49 - Ojutai's Command
51:38 - Dromoka's Command
56:31 - Atarka's Command
1:06:05 - Kolaghan's Command
1:13:45 - Ancient Grudge
1:14:44 - Ray of Revelation
1:15:51 - Grisly Salvage
1:18:14 - Dragonstorm
1:20:24 - Intangible Virtue
1:23:10 - Into the North
1:24:36 - Relic of Progenitus
1:26:56 - Trash for Treasure
1:27:49 - Ichor Wellspring
1:29:41 - Stifle
1:30:56 - Merfolk Looter
1:32:32 - Reverse Engineer
1:33:50 - Court Homunculus, Vault Skirge, and Whirler Rogue
1:37:15 - Final thoughts on Historic Anthology 5
1:39:15 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
https://scryfall.com/sets/ha5
https://magic.gg/news/esports-transitions-and-getting-back-to-gathering

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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Bonus12: Going Optimal with Ryan Spain May 14, 2021

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In our latest bonus episode, we're joined by a godfather of Magic podcast, limited extraordinaire, former member of WOTC's Arena team, Ryan Spain! We chat about how the platform works, whether or not it's out to get you, and how to use two Arena accounts to draft more.

Find Ryan at:
https://twitter.com/ryanspain
https://www.twitch.tv/goingoptimal

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 124: The Summer of Legend Emergency React-i-sode May 10, 2021

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We couldn't wait until Friday to get this out to you, so here's an early EMERGENCY REACT-I-SODE to Wizard's "Summer of Legend" announcement this past week. We talk about Modern Horizons II, the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the return of sanctioned Magic, Historic Anthology 5, and more!

The Legendary Down: Emergency Reacts Only
The Wind Down: Over/Under-rated Modern Cards

Timestamps:
3:57 - The Legendary Down begins
6:29 - MH2
9:30 - Fetches
18:39 - MH2 Spoilers!
37:56 - Counterspell Time
53:29 - Our hopes for MH2
56:15 - Abundant Harvest side-chat
59:10 - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
1:00:32 - Forgotten Realms Spoiler chat
1:08:29 - Sanctioned Play is Back!
1:10:16 - Historic Anthology 5
1:17:30 - Annoucement Odds 'n Ends
1:24:48 - The Wind Down Begins - Over/Underrated Modern Cards
1:31:03 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
The Summer of Legend: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/welcome-summer-legend-2021-05-06

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 123: Sleeve/Believe/Heave: Strixhaven Modern Edition May 07, 2021

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This week we are testing 2 new, and 1 not-really-new, decks featuring the latest cards from Strixhaven, and running them through the Sleeve/Believe/Heave ringer. Just how much DOES Dave love Magma Opus? Is Dredge back? Is Witchermancer the new Skelementals? Listen, and find out! Before that, we take a deep dive into the big weekend of Historic and analyze the winners and losers across the SCG Historic Satellite events.

The Break Down: SCG Historic Satellites
The Dive Down: Thrilling Dredge, a Witch, and Mopus

Timestamps:
2:52 - Housekeeping
5:21 - The Break Down begins - One Thousand Sattelite Decks!
6:50 - Saturday's Meta
14:50 - Saturday's Winning Meta
21:18 - Sunday's Winning Meta
28:19 - Cool Decks, Inc.
28:46 - Selesnya Company
31:40 - Simic Stompy
36:22 - Tainted Pact Combo
41:38 - Jeskai Mutate Combo
43:33 - Temur Phoenix
48:05- Temur Superfriends
49:50 - Boros Midrange
53:01 - The Dive Down begins
55:53 - Dave w/ Jeskai Magma Opus
1:09:12 - Shane w/ Thrilling Dredge
1:28:04 - Stan w/ Rakdos Witchermancer
1:44:50 - Signing Off

Links from this week's episode:
GW Company: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133964
Simic Stompy: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133995
Tainted Pact: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133955
Jeskai Mutate: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133957
Temur Phoenix: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133825
Temur Superfriends: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/132373
Boros Midrange: https://mtgmelee.com/Decklist/View/133988
Jeskai Magma Opus: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3946673#paper
Thrilling Dredge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3944691#paper
Rakdos Witchermancer: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3955309#paper

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Episode 122: We're Going Rogue(s) Apr 30, 2021

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This week is an old fashioned deck dive on the latest Hotness in Historic - Dimir Rogues! We explore the cards, the strategies, and the fun of the deck, and spend a LOT of time talking about Brainstorm. Is Shane finally ready to cast blue spells? Before that, we go over a recent Modern Challenge and talk about the latest winnings decks.

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Timestamps:
1:58 - Housekeeping
4:24 - The Break Down Begins - Modern Challenge Time
7:13 - The Aggro Decks
11:50 - The Creature Combo Decks
15:00 - 5-Color Scapeshift Stuff
15:42 - Some Event Takes
19:48 - What We'd Play
22:16 - The Dive Down Begins - Historic Rogues
29:08 - What Rogues is Trying to Do
32:32 - The Creatures
40:27 - The Spells
58:18 - Our Experiences Playing the Deck
1:00:57 - Tips n Tricks
1:07:05 - To Brainstorm or Not To Brainstorm?
1:27:59 - The Sideboard
1:36:19 - Matchups
1:42:48 - Did We Like It?
1:46:46 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:
4/24 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2021-04-25?xd
Historic Rogues: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3937684#paper

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