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MTG Grindcast

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Since 2017 the MTG Grindcast has broadcast weekly, talking everything competitive Magic, from up-to-the-minute metagame updates to Magic news to tournament coverage. Hosted by Chris Castro-Rappl and Lee McLeod and home to a rotating cast of guests including Dom Harvey, Jarvis Yu, and Jesse Robkin, we're bringing you your weekly dose of competitive MTG.
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Episodes

Grindcast 395: We're not even here, we're not even here

We had to come back for Lee's Edge of Eternities lore dump. And I guess there were some standard bans? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

Jul 03, 20251 hr 29 min

Grindcast 394: The Hiatus Episode

Still taking a break, don't be misled by us recording and editing and uploading a full episode! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

Jun 18, 20251 hr 7 min

Grindcast 393: The Ordeal of the Final Fantasy Episode

CCR has...thoughts about the Final Fantasy set. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

May 28, 20251 hr 19 min

Grindcast 392: Getting back to our Insidious Roots (with Jesse Piland!)

Our friend Jesse qualified for the PT and he did it in style, smashing through Hartford with his beloved Roots deck. We're talking Roots, his run two weeks before with Monument, and a sprinkling of Final Fantasy in the mix. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a communi...

May 21, 20251 hr 9 min

Grindcast 391: Proficient with Prowess (with Jarvis Yu!)

Get hype for the 20 minute cold open featuring us trying to remember which guy is from which final fantasy! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

May 14, 20251 hr 35 min

Grindcast 390: How do you pronounce Mako?

This week! We're breaking down standard LIVE as it develops at the height of RC season. Prowess put up a breach-like metagame share in Minneapolis but did not continue delivering breach-like numbers, so what should we play going forward? Find out on this episode! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our...

May 07, 20251 hr 8 min

Grindcast 389: Standard is Bologna

We've got our first RC results, so we're looking at how the stage is set for high level standard season! Newcomer Izzet Prowess is lighting the tables up, but does it have what it takes in the format for the long haul? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of...

May 01, 202559 min

Grindcast 388: Popes, Property, and Primeval Titan

We kind of go all over the place on this one, but land squarely on amulet talk for a healthy portion. Will CCR finally learn how to cast Primeval Titan? Find out this week! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the...

Apr 23, 20251 hr 10 min

Grindcast 387: Steel Cutter? I barely know her

It's postban modern RCQ season! We're playing all sorts of bad decks this time around, from Hardened Broodscale to Coretapper Control. Well, Lee is playing those decks while CCR goes long on Prowess. Come check out the format with us! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re buildin...

Apr 16, 20251 hr 15 min

Grindcast 386: Bangeons and Dragons

Ooooh they banned Underworld Breach and nothing else? Should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite Bella Hadid? And Dragonstorm spoilers! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love...

Apr 01, 20251 hr 24 min

Grindcast 385: DRAGONS. STORMS. KHANS.

We're here, hanging out on Tarkir, bringing you the hottest spoilers while dodging dragonstorms and trying to make sure Sarkhan doesn't notice us. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it ou...

Mar 26, 20251 hr 24 min

Grindcast 384: Sarkhan's Dumb Adventure

Lee held CCR at gunpoint so it's a lore episode with some modern thrown in for good measure! Why can't Jace tell anyone what he's up to until he throws the multiverse into chaos? Why does Tarkir get restored offscreen? Why does Sarkhan get beaten not by a character but a random series of events? We don't answer any of those questions! But we sure do ask them. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Su...

Mar 19, 20251 hr 25 min

Grindcast 283: You Mean to Tell Me a Tiddypills Won this Tournament? (With Jesse Robkin!)

There was only one type of episode that made sense the week after Jesse won the RC with Breach! We got her on the cast to talk about the tournament, her 5-year arc as a Breach main, and what the future holds. And there are a lot of bits. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re buil...

Mar 13, 20251 hr 20 min

Grindcast 382: Taking Stock of Modern

RC Charlotte is almost here! We're talking all the recent developments in the format, including a 2U counterspell that has captured our imaginations. A perfect listen on your drive to the tournament! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people al...

Mar 05, 20251 hr 15 min

Grindcast 381: The Perfectly Organized Pro Tour Aetherdrift Episode

It's the week after the Pro Tour! We break down the winning, losing, and confusing strategies from this past weekend's big standard tournament. Is this town big enough for them all? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to impro...

Feb 26, 20251 hr 12 min

Grindcast 380: Why do we have final fantasy previews already?

Join two final fantasy experts as we mostly avoid talking about chocobos and delve into standard (upcoming pro tour!) and modern (almost time for our RC!) and don't even complain about how good breach is! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly peop...

Feb 18, 20251 hr 23 min

Grindcast 379: Is Breach Hogaak? (with Abe Stein!)

This week! Abe Stein joins us off a top 64 finish in Portland with a deck that has risen to the top of the format, and we take his words and turn them into clickbait. Come for the hot takes on the modern format, stay for the thoughtful discussion of how to properly beat Breach. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invi...

Feb 13, 20251 hr 24 min

Grindcast 378: I'll race ya for it

We're zooming around from card to card, trying not to just talk about which ones are good to put under an Agatha's Soul Cauldron (we also talk about what cards are good with Ketramose!) Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to i...

Feb 04, 20251 hr 18 min

Grindcast 377: Start your Engines and Cycle your Motorcycles

We got modern results! And Lee played standard! And Aetherdrift spoilers! Kachow! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

Jan 29, 20251 hr 28 min

Boros Energy is Dead. Long live Boros Energy (with Bobinchese!)

Our friend Nick has won the inaugural Atomic Empire modern invitational, and he did with with Boros Energy which remains...really, really good. We talk about the tournament, the breach matchup, and how modern is looking going forward from here! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’...

Jan 22, 20251 hr 13 min

Grindcast 375: What to play in Modern and Standard

Lee's got a Modern invitational coming up! And he's...not playing breach! And we talk about standard! Let's gooooo Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2...

Jan 15, 20251 hr 20 min

Grindcast 374: Very Dimir, Very Mindful (With Oaf McNamara!)

Hot on the heels of his second place finish at Spotlight Foundations, our friend Scott is here to talk about his extremely sweet hybrid Dimir deck! We talk matchups, stories, and wax poetic about just how good Stormchaser's Talent is with This Town Ain't Big Enough. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join ...

Jan 09, 20251 hr 26 min

Grindcast 373: 2024, Truly One of the Years of All Time

It's New Year's Eve! (as of recording) So we're breaking down this past year of sets: the hits, the misses, the cowboy hats and detective's phoenixes of it all. Sit back and unwind as we bring in the new year by reveling in the last one. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re buil...

Jan 01, 20251 hr 49 min

Grindcast 372: They Unbanned Fun

Can you imagine? A world without The One Ring, and one in which your (yes your!) favorite card was never banned from Modern? Well, my friend, that world is THIS world, and we're gonna talk about it. Together. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly ...

Dec 18, 20241 hr 40 min

Grindcast 370: How to win an RCQ

Hey everyone! With RCQ season kicking into gear, we wanted to share our experiences and try to equip you with some tools that have helped us be successful in RCQ seasons past. If you're thinking of grinding for that qualification, whether you're a grizzled vet or have never made an RC before, I think there's something in here for you. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bo...

Dec 05, 20241 hr 30 min

Grindcast 369: 4 Bezas vs the World

It's still early in the standard format, and the red decks aren't letting us forget it. But players are fighting back with Preachers and Bezas and Sheoldreds and we break it all down for you. Plus! We review all the standard-relevant cards from Foundations that you can't open in Foundations packs. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe...

Nov 20, 20241 hr 18 min

Grindcast 368: A Stable Foundation

We all love standard! So let's chat about it at the onset of RCQ season, and not spend too much brainpower trying to figure out exactly which cards are in Foundations. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game...

Nov 14, 20241 hr 26 min

Grindcast 367: A Mark Episode!

Mark is here! And we're chatting about his first Worlds experience, this standard format, and why he actually kinda loves Arena. Distract yourself from reality with the soothing sounds of the MTG Grindcast. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly pe...

Nov 07, 20241 hr 17 min

Grindcast 366: Shaking Magic's Foundations

Wooooooof what a news week. Somehow next year's sets managed to overshadow a pretty sweet Worlds, with cataclysmic shifts to magic as a whole. We go over the latest ways Magic is DyingTM. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music! If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to...

Oct 31, 20241 hr 27 min
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