Christophe Vaugeois and Michael Van Vaals join the show after their top 8 performances at the Vancouver Regional Championship. We cover: Derek's 1st year as a full-time MTG content creator Christophe's run with his Grixis Midrange list Did the field feel stronger at the Pioneer RC in Toronto vs. the Standard RC in Vancouver What gave Michael in advantage playing 4C Legends Advice Michael would give to to up-and-coming players Many Derek rants about why players should just play Grixis...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 6
We got Keith Capstick to come on for his 4th appearance on the pod after winning a huge tournament in Toronto last weekend. We go over: - Hammer in Modern - State of competitive Magic - Two 4-slot RCs vs. one 8-slot RC - What to play in Standard - Self-help advice from Keith that will nurture your soul
Mar 04, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Ash Loraas (@DreamsOfAshiok) joins the show after top-8ing F2F Saskatoon with some new ONE cards. Topics discussed: - The misplacedginger scale - Ash Loraas's Tyvar Devoted Druid deck, what tier is it in? - Impact of ONE on Pioneer - Derek & Andy's prep and expectation for Pro Tour Philadelphia - Best player of all-time, who is the GOAT? - Controller vs. keyboard and mouse
Feb 14, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Pure Canadian Magic goodness in this one as this episode features 4 players going to the first Pro Tour of the new system! Topics include: Turn 1 Thoughtseize in Pioneer Dan Snider's 8-0 Day 1 run with Mono-Green Devotion Dan's prep for the Pro Tour Joseph Karani's win and the friends that helped him get there Who are some of the top players in Winnipeg? Why did Joseph end up playing Rakdos Midrange? How does Joseph plan to navigate the PT?...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Playing in the F2F Tour Championship this weekend? This one is going to be a banger for you! The guys got Dan Snider and GP Calgary Champion Attila Fur to join the show. Topics include: The expected meta in Calgary Best version of Mono-Green Devotion The Rakdos vs. Mono-Green matchup Best Rakdos mirror option? Hazoret? More Bankbusters? Gruul Vehicles & HappySandwich's innovation How many Albertans will be in top 8?...
Dec 08, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 2
KYT brings the band back together and what a comeback it is with both Derek Pite and Andrew Peters top 8-ing the F2F Tour Championship in Toronto this past week. Topics include: A quick summary of both top 8 runs How good is the Pioneer format? Is Mono-Green Devotion as overpowered as Trudel thinks it is? Is Rakdos Sacrifice an actual thing? What they expect at the Tour Championship in Calgary Comments on the event as a whole...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 1
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players and content creators. On this episode, Andy welcomes Felix Sloo (xfile on MODO/MTG Arena) to the cast! 🍎 iTunes: bit.ly/MTGFirstStrike 🎧 Anchor: anchor.fm/firststrike Andy Peters – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Guest: Felix Sloo - https://twitter.com/FelixSloo
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players and content creators. On this episode, Andy welcomes Spencer Mazur to the cast! He has the most Modern Challenge Top 8s this season and if you are playing Hammer Time, you don't want to miss this episode! 🍎 iTunes: bit.ly/MTGFirstStrike 🎧 Anchor: anchor.fm/firststrike Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Andy Peters – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWAR...
Aug 11, 2022•41 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players and content creators. On this episode, Andy invites Andrew Traynor who has made 3 F2F Modern Open top 8s in a row!
Jul 13, 2022•37 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players and content creators. On this episode, Andy invites Haiyue Yu and Carolyn Kavanagh to talk about the VML.
May 31, 2022•44 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players. Who is the next Alexander Hayne? On this episode, Andy invites Dalia Morin who has been putting up stellar performances on the Face to Face Games tournament circuit.
May 13, 2022•31 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players. Who is the next Alexander Hayne? On this episode, Andy invites Jonny Guttman @ginky_mtg who most recently finished 4th at the Neon Dynasty Championship.
Apr 29, 2022•25 min
In a new podcast series from the First Strike team, Andy Peters is searching for the next wave of great Canadian players. Who is the next Alexander Hayne? Andy starts his search with Ontario's Jack Potter who happened to finish 2nd in the F2F Toronto Open this past Saturday.
Apr 11, 2022•36 min
KYT brings Andy back for a quick reaction on Magic's big Organized Play announcement. They then discuss Modern with F2F Edmonton Open Champion Ash Loraas. Should players pilot 4C Elementals?
Apr 01, 2022•45 min
Mani Davoudi joins the show after winning 15K USD at DreamHack Anaheim (2nd place). The guys pick his brain on what's good in Standard moving forward. Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses th...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 160
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 159
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 159
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 157
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:00) David Rood & GP New Jersey Champion Isaak Krut join the show! (2:00) Why was MF New Jersey so popular and how was it? (15:10) DRood wanted to ditch thoughts on current competitive scene (18:10) What was Isaak's prep? Kyle Rose (@TheHamTV) the best resource for Limited? (24:15) How was Isaak's tournament? (34:35) How was finalnub's weekend in New Jersey? (37:00) F2F Vancouver Champion Roy Yang joins the show! He won with only 1 Niv-Mizze...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 158
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Jan 17, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 156
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 155
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 154
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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 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.
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 153
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:00) Tyler Nightingale joins the show fresh off his WPNQ Finals win with Jeskai Fires. (8:15) Our own Andy also won his WPNQ Finals with Jeskai Fires as well. The two break down the deck. (30:55) What's #mtgfitness? (44:10) Why does Tyler love wrestling? Is there something to be learned from how wrestling uses their branding? (53:10) Discretionary invites (1:03:00) Pioneer and Modern analysis with the God of the Graveyard Find us on Twitter: Kar...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 152
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (3:00) Elliot has been playing a busted Devoted Druid list in Modern (6:45) Reaction to the recent bans (20:20) Analyzing the Toronto Open+ results (25:00) Has the game passed Shaheen by? Edgar thnks so. (26:40) How was Edgar's mindset heading into the SCG Invitational this past weekend? (29:05) What was Edgar's prep / what decks did his team come up with and why? (30:20) Hardened Scales in Pioneer (41:00) What would Edgar recommend for Modern? Fi...
Nov 20, 2019•51 min•Ep. 151
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: Ka...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 150
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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....
Nov 06, 2019•58 min•Ep. 149
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 jo...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1148
Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike 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....
Oct 25, 2019•50 min•Ep. 147
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 hot...
Oct 24, 2019•21 min•Ep. 146
