Dylan stopped by just before he plays for 20 grand this weekend. The formats? Modern and Vintage Cube! We talk with him about prepping for an 8-man invitational and what it's going to be like playing cube for the highest stakes. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Mike Braverman's here! We pick his brain about standard after his recent Bash Bros tournament win and the MIQ weekend, and we chat about what we saw in this weekend's Manatraders modern tournament. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
We've been playing some modern, and we're here to share what we've found before the Manatraders modern tournament this weekend. What's the best lava dart deck? What's the best Omnath deck? What's the best, uh, Auriok Champion deck? We don't know! But we'll make some wild guesses. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Well, it took a solid year, but magic's most hated titan has finally been unprinted everywhere (except legacy). He took a bunch of friends with him on his way out, so we're talking about the future of all these formats and what the bans unlock. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Are you sick of cascading into spells that cost less than your cascade card? What if I told you, with one simple trick, you could be cascading into a seven drop and winning games of modern on turn two? You'd say that sounds like it would ruin the modern format. Well. Hmm. Ok, I don't really have a good response to that. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
Winter has come, it's been a couple of days, and we've wasted no time! We break down our early takes on what's working and what isn't in standard, and start going deep on five color snow in draft. Bring a jacket! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Look, we tried to have a serious talk about what's going on in vintage magic. It's not our fault that every card reminds us of a story, and that it's literally impossible not to tell a story when you think of it. This was unavoidable. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
New stuff! It feels like nothing's been going on in magic for months and months, but now we've got a whole set dumped on us, and you know what that means! We're counting down our top 5s in each color, getting some stuff right, getting a lot of stuff wrong. Exciting stuff! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
It's finally preview season! We've waded through the spoilers to bring you only the frostiest and most refreshing of the lot. Here are the old gods of legend, powerful weapons, grand tales, and one big green guy from another plane that makes them all look like little babies. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
Holy crap, Manatraders is gonna be Vintage this month. We don't know anything about Vintage! But if you thought that was going to stop us from talking about it you obviously don't know us very well. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
There's not a ton of magic going on right now, and with preview season still on the horizon we figured we'd do an end-of-year wrap up! All our favorites and least favorites of the year, from MTG stuff (eh) to Hades (woo!) Come hang out and ring in the new year! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Zach stopped by this week to give us the skinny on modern, including but not limited to how good running 8 crabs in your deck is. Plus we talk about his upcoming draft challenge, where he'll be racing against hall of famers and other magic luminaries to collect the most vintage cube trophies. Don't miss this one! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Well folks, we're never beating this one. From the Zendikar Rising Championship to pooping softballs, this episode has a little bit for everyone. Or, you know, the two main categories of people: Magic players and weirdos. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
Is it a Pro Tour? Is it...something else? Who knows! But it's two formats and a bunch of good players, so we're taking a look at the standard and historic lists we've managed to pull off of twitter so far. Let's find out if Dimir Control is better than Rogues, if Gruul is truly dead, and whether the Troll King is going to rule standard this weekend! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
...ok so we don't actually have the answer to that question. But we are breaking down the format, the best decks, and our concerns with it now and going forward. Plus! A bit of legacy, the fairest format in the land, after this weekend's Manatraders tournament. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Kaladesh Remastered is here! We've been jamming artifact decks and Bomat Couriers in historic and are reporting back with our findings. Spoiler: Bomat Courier is really, really good. Plus we add our voices to the teetering pile of MOCS discussion! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
We're checking on on Magic's Oko-est format in preparation for the Manatraders Legacy series this month! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music
Let's check in on everyone's favorite format that we barely get to play anymore! With various titans and four-armed elementals around it's become a format of heavy hitters, but there's still some play to it. We also take a look at Kaladesh remastered and speculate on how some old favorites will impact historic. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Unbelievable, we're like two weeks in and standard has more than one deck! In this celebratory episode we're going over the individual card choices you can make to customize the top decks in the meta depending on what you expect to play against. And we talk about video games! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Standard has become a race to be the biggest, grindiest deck possible--but watch out for rogues and those pesky aggro decks who like nothing better than punishing people for playing seven mana spells. The format's changing every half hour or so, but we go over strategic evaluations and matchup breakdowns to help give you the tools you need on any given day! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
We got the bans that we asked for! And an extra one, just in case! What a deal! We're breaking down our new, super fair standard this week, and answering all your questions. Is Kroxa good? Yes. Should you play rogues? See question one. And more! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Here's a preview of our latest patron-only bonus episode! If you'd like to hear the full 2 hour episode (and all our monthly bonus episodes) head over to patreon.com/mtggrindcast and pledge at any tier. Thanks so much for your support!
Well, no, probably not. But the results are in from the first weekend post-Uro ban and they are...inconclusive. It's possible that Omnath isn't the only deck you're allowed to play, and that's something, right? We're taking a look at standard and even a little historic in the leadup to this weekend's Grand Finals! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music. Timecodes 5:30 Grand Finals 8:00 Standard/Uro Ban 11:00 Rakdos Midrange 19:35 Gruul 25:15 Scutate aside 26:45 Monowhite 32:30 Omnath deck...
All right, we got our ban. And...it's just Uro. But don't let an abandoned standard keep you from getting excited for, uh, mechanically unique The Walking Dead Secret Lair cards? Am I reading this right? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
Zendikar's not even out yet but new standard is in full swing, with one particular four color, four-armed elemental swinging harder than the rest. We also take a look at modern, the opposite format of current standard, where you can play damn near anything and have a shot. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
It's here! And you can't play it on arena yet for some reason so you might as well listen to the set review. We're going over our top 5 cards in each color, and trying to make not all of them MDFCs. And it's all complete with a surprise spooky ending! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
Our first ever Patreon-exclusive episode is up, and we posted this teaser to let you know what you're missing out on. We go over sideboarding with linear decks, from combo decks to engine decks to aggro decks, with a healthy supply of examples from our own magic history. If you're not a patron yet, hopefully this is a good excuse to become one! Head over to patreon.com/mtggrindcast to listen to this episode and get sent some stuff!
With the first historic Mythic Invitational this weekend and some SCG historic lists to look at we break down Duel Decks: Goblins vs. Mayhem Devil. Er, the historic format. But mostly we talk about NEW CARDS! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
With approximately a dozen new sets on the horizon, we've got a ton to explore in this episode! From Jace shoes to Yargle secret lairs to, uh, actual spoilers for standard legal cards there's a little something for everyone here. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!
This week! We're joined by legacy aficionado Anuraag Das, who's giving us the rundown on the format leading up to the Manatraders tournament this weekend. We're packing as many 2019-2020 cards as we can into this episode about Magic's (ostensibly) oldest format. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.
