The Dive Down

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Bonus 1: Milling About Sep 30, 2019

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The Dive Down: Reducing Libraries to Zero With UB Mill

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Timestamps:
4:47 - What is Mill?
8:50 - Cards That Mill
14:20 - The Creatures
23:20 - Non-Creature Permanents
31:59 - The Planeswalkers
34:52 - Cards That Keep You Alive
51:09 - How to Mill
53:50 - The Sideboard
56:56 - How to Beat Mill
1:03:45 - Would We Mill Again?

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Episode 41: Watch the Throne (of Eldraine) ft. Emma Partlow Sep 27, 2019

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The Dive Down: Our picks to click from Throne of Eldraine
The Wind Down: What we plan to do with some downtime
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Timestamps:
2:10 - Housekeeping
4:38 - The Dive Down begins - What makes a card appealing for Modern?
11:44 - The mechanics of Eldraine
24:43 - The Dive Down Nation's set review survey
25:48 - Once Upon a Time
33:36 - Emry, Lurker of the Loch
45:22 - Hushbringer
53:46 - Brazen Borrower
60:18 - Grumgully the Generous
66:00 - Charming Prince
71:45 - The Royal Scions
78:48 - Claim the Firstborn
82:19 - The Wind Down - Our plans for the break in Modern tournaments
89:18 - How to find Emma Partlow

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Episode 40: Modern Sideboarding: Going From Good to Great Sep 20, 2019

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The Break Down: GP Ghent discussion and analysis
The Dive Down: Talking sideboarding in modern
The Wind Down: Our favorite sideboard cards

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Timestamps:
1:25 - Housekeeping
3:29 - The Break Down begins - GP Ghent
8:40 - GP Ghent top 4 team decks
16:17 - Thoughts on the meta
19:25 - The Dive Down begins - talkin' sideboards
20:55 - Silver bullet cards
29:51 - Color hosers
35:55 - Building a sideboard
38:27 - Knowing your plan, pivoting your plan
42:59 - Why to not netdeck sideboards
46:48 - Should you plan for your perceived local meta?
50:40 - Preparing for an expected meta
53:53 - Preparing for an unknown meta
56:48 - Sideboarding - for your good or bad matchups?
70:25 - When to tweak your sideboard
74:53 - Common sideboarding habits of Modern decks
87:04 - The Wind Down begins - our favorite sideboard cards

Links from this week's episode:
CFB's MagicFest Ghent coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/32

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 39: Stoneforge Steve Austin: Live and Die by the Blade Sep 13, 2019

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The Break Down: GP Hoosier State
The Dive Down: Wielding Swords
The Wind Down: Heel Turn

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Timestamps:
2:36 – The Break Down begins: GP Indianapolis
9:49 – Our thoughts on the top 4 team decks
13:13 – The GP Indy metagame
22:28 – The Dive Down begins: The history of Stoneforge Mystic
28:44 – The Stoneforge unban in New Modern
32:59 – The Stoneforge Package
42:36 – New swords on the block
47:14 – Sword strats
50:55 – Sleeve/Believe/Heave – UW Control
1:02:26 – S/B/H – GW Eldrazi
1:10:55 – S/B/H – Jeskai Tempoforge
1:24:47 – S/B/H – Bant Snowflash
1:31:50 – The Wind Down begins – is modern better with a big baddie?
1:39:35 – What do you love playing against?

Links from this week’s episode:
Every deck from GP Indy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTCwN2g7cBwLzmED2vedpMsqsSObsvi3jHJCJSDm7YQ36gSHRUICWOi0fzbKCvGle5lIFekPt02wOIs/pubhtml
Day 1 and day 2 GP Indy data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSsh9wpyhBTSTOjTmUrsiOOrSCyO1K0zsPK0E2gh2I1m9bRFCZ2BoIyNeL2gR7AQuWxYD2LQM_mX30A/pubhtml
UW Control: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2232374#paper
GW Eldrazi: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2239583#online
Jeskai Tempoforge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2239424#paper
Bant Snowflash: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2239373#paper

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Episode 38: Settling the Wreckage: Stoneforge Ahoy! Sep 06, 2019

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The Break Down: 24 to 32 Modern Decks
The Dive Down: Reactions // Responses

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Timestamps:
2:35 - Housekeeping
4:17 - The Break Down begins - SCG Dallas Modern Open
23:35 - SCG Dallas Modern Classic
34:15 - MTGO Modern MCQ
46:09 - MTGO Modern Challenge
56:20 - The Dive Down begins - our initial thoughts
1:01:22 - Are you still playing graveyard hate?
1:04:03 - How does the speed of the format feel?
1:09:00 - Is this the new normal?
1:13:25 - The community reaction
1:19:49 - The first 5-0 deck dump
1:22:05 - What we've been playing and seeing
1:25:37 - Thoughts on "old" decks
1:31:44 - Where do we want to go from here?
1:35:10 - Where's the wind down?

Links from this week's episode:
SCG Modern Open: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/Star_City_Games_Open/2019-08-31_modern_Dallas_TX_US/1/
SCG Modern Classic: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/Star_City_Games_Classic/2019-09-01_modern_Dallas_TX_US/1/
MTGO Modern MCQ: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-mcq-2019-09-02
MTGO Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2019-09-01
29 Stoneforge Deck 5-0 dump: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-league-2019-08-30

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Episode 37: Eldrazi Tron: Smash Back to Reality Aug 30, 2019

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The Break Down: B&R Bonanza
The Dive Down: All Hail Eldrazi Temple

Timestamps:
1:44 - Housekeeping
3:54 - The Break Down begins - the B&R announcement
24:01 - GP Las Vegas
27:30 - The Dive Down begins - Eldrazi Tron
28:45 - What E-Tron Isn't
38:48 - What E-Tron Is
43:30 - The History of E-Tron
46:56 - Diving into E-Tron - The Manabase
57:06 - The Planeswalkers
1:05:42 - The creatures
1:17:19 - The non-creature spells
1:24:33 - The sideboard
1:30:35 - Playing with E-Tron
1:39:06 - Playing against E-Tron
1:42:09 - Our thoughts on E-Tron

Links from this week's episode:
The 8/26/19 B&R Announcement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/august-26-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-08-26
GP Las Vegas top 8: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/grand-prix-las-vegas-2019#paper
The Modern Streamers League: https://www.modernstreamersleague.com
Eldrazi Tron decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2202225#paper

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Episode 36: Modern in Mathmagic Land Aug 23, 2019

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The Break Down: GP Birmingaak with a special focus on Mardu Death's Shadow
The Dive Down: Probably Correct Math
The Wind Down: Comboing Out

Timestamps:
2:15 - Housekeeping
3:58 - The Break Down Begins - GP Birmingaak
8:24 - Day 1 stand-outs
11:33 - Day 2 metagame breakdown and conversion rates
14:01 - Top 8 begins
14:57 - Discussing Mardu Death's Shadow
22:00 - 2nd place and beyond
24:14 - Post-GP discussion
26:11 - The Dive Down Begins - Probably correct math
31:52 - Why care about Magic Math?
39:28 - How to use a hypergeometric calculator
46:27 - Thanks to Frank Karsten
46:51 - 1) The Rule of 2 and 4
54:59 - 2) Your opening 7
57:26 - 3) 2-card combos
1:01:57 - 4) Mana screwing yourself
1:05:56 - 5) Cheating that Chalice
1:09:04 - 5a) The Deckulator
1:10:10 - 6) T1 Blood Moon
1:13:12 - 7) Natty Tron and other Tron math
1:16:42 - 8) Getting burned
1:20:21 - 9) Hollow numbers vs. Hogaak numbers
1:25:24 - 10) Jund'ing them out
1:26:28 - 11) Mono-red damage
1:30:30 - The Wind Down - Comboing out

Links from this week's episode:
See Zak commentate the MSL on 8/28: https://www.modernstreamersleague.com
Our custom token art: https://www.patreon.com/posts/our-awesome-are-29292615
More of Ben Dewey: https://benjamindewey.tumblr.com
GP Birmingham Top8:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/grand-prix-birmingham-2019#paper
Math References:
http://channelfireball.com/articles/how-many-copies-of-any-given-card-should-you-put-in-your-deck/
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/the-london-mulligan-rule-mathematically-benefits-strategies-that-rely-on-specific-cards/
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/how-reliable-is-hollow-one/
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/magic-math-hogaak-can-be-played-on-turn-2-in-60-of-its-games/
Calculators:
https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/hypergeometric.aspx
https://deckulator.appspot.com/

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Episode 35: Turn Zero Gaaktions: Leylines in Modern Aug 16, 2019

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The Break Down: GP Gaakiapolis
The Dive Down: Leying Lines
The Wind Down: What We Deck in the Shadows

Timestamps:
1:40 - Housekeeping
2:38 - The Break Down begins - GP Minneapolis
10:56 - Discussing the lack of GP coverage
19:20 - The Dive Down begins - Introduction to Leylines
24:33 - The Guildpact Leylines
26:39 - The M11 Leylines
30:24 - The design of Leylines
35:20 - Leyline math!
42:16 - The Modern playable Leylines - Leyline of the Void
56:36 - Leyline of Sanctity
1:05:13 - Leyline of Abundance
1:10:44 - Leyline of Combustion
1:22:43 - The Wind Down Begins - What Shane's playing
1:25:31 - What Stan's playing
1:28:14 - What Dave's playing
1:31:42 - What Zak's playing

Links from this week's episode:
https://www.channelfireball.com/home/grand-prix-minneapolis-top-16-decklists/

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Episode 34: All Decks Go To Heaven ft. Ross Merriam Aug 09, 2019

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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/38921_Its-Time-To-Put-Izzet-Phoenix-Down-In-Modern.html
Gerry's article: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38937_Dont-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

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Episode 33: Jund: The Matriarch of Midrange Aug 02, 2019

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The Break Down: MC IV: Karn's Comeback
The Dive Down: For Those About To Jund: We Can Help You
The Wind Down: Practice Makes Perfect

Timestamps:
1:51 - Housekeeping
5:10 - The Break Down begins - MC Barcelona
10:33 - MC Barcelona top 8
20:57 - SCG Columbus Open
23:44 - Discussing the weekend's results
28:40 - The Dive Down begins - Jund!
34:31 - Jund's Creatures
58:09 - Jund's Removal
1:06:56 - Jund's Planeswalkers
1:15:31 - Playing against Jund
1:23:03 - What Jund will do vs. you
1:27:03 - Our experiences playing Jund
1:33:13 - The Wind Down - Getting comfortable with a deck

Links from this week's episode:
Mythic Championship 4 Barcelona decklists: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/mythic-championship-iv-barcelona#paper
SCG Columbus Open decklists: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/scg-open-columbus#paper

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