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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 365: Spooky Standard Season

We're back, from the exotic lands of Iceland and Wisconsin, respectively, and we're here to talk standard and cube! Respectively. 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://d...

Oct 23, 20241 hr 14 min

Grindcast 364: Duskmourn Top 10s!

It's here! Simultaneously late (for a set review) and early (in the week!) we're going over all our spookiest favorite cards from the new set. Don't miss out! 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....

Oct 07, 20241 hr 24 min

Grindcast 363: The Enchanties Episode

The RC's coming, and CCR's playing Enchanties! Get the inside scoop on the deck and all the weird places Pioneer has gone over the past 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 game we love. Check it out her...

Oct 03, 20241 hr 12 min

Grindcast 362: Lol let's talk about commander I guess

It's...commander ban week? Ok, I guess that's what we're talking about because we must engage with the Discourse, it's in our contract. But we talk Duskmourn cards too, don't worry! 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...

Sep 26, 20241 hr 12 min

Episode 361: Pioneer RC Prep-isode (with Collins Mullen!)

Collins is here! And he's been pioneering up a storm to prep for this RC. He shares his thoughts on the format and we talk through which Duskmourn cards are looking to make a splash. 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 impr...

Sep 19, 20241 hr 17 min

Grindcast 360: Dusk More!

Spoiler season continues, even as the thought of how much Pioneer CCR has to play this month manifests dread within him. 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...

Sep 12, 20241 hr 15 min

Grindcast 359: Very Scary Things

Duskmourn is coming out soon! OOoooOOoo! Lee played lantern in a 7 round RCQ this weekend! Eeeeeek! CCR's focusing on Pioneer all month long AAAUUUGGgghhhhhhhhh! 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 lo...

Sep 04, 20241 hr 23 min

Grindcast 358: The Mob Won

It's ban discussion time! Thank goodness no one got a podcast episode out on this before we did! Get ready for some fresh, unsullied takes on legacy, modern, and pioneer! 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 g...

Aug 28, 20241 hr 22 min

Grindcast 357: Lee and CCR fixed Magic

We did it *sniff* 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

Aug 22, 20241 hr 31 min

Grindcast 356: Let's all shame Lee for liking Nadu

Lee won his RCQ with Nadu...and he ENJOYED IT. How dare he? Join me in angrily shaking our fists at him, and then talking about Duel Commander and Standard because optimizing Nadu builds sounds just awful to me. 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 friend...

Aug 14, 20241 hr 13 min

Grindcast 355: Lee and CCR Fix Magic

Definitely don't miss this one, because we're tackling all the problems one by one and fixing them up, all 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 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/Uq8x...

Aug 08, 20241 hr 12 min

Grindcast 354: Bloomburrow Set Review!

You otter listen to this 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 building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game we love. Check it out here: https://discord.gg/Uq8x2RHYRU

Jul 31, 20241 hr 33 min

Grindcast 353: Standard Rotation Spectacular!

Standard is rotating, everyone take cover! Will Domain survive the loss of triomes? Is there any way to make Aftermath Analyst work? Can you Relic without Gurk? All this and more! 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...

Jul 24, 20241 hr 14 min

Grindcast 352: Bats off to ya

More Bloomburrow cards! A lot of them are bats! Boy is it a shame the Orzhov creature land sucks so much! 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 18, 20241 hr 14 min

Grindcast 351: Burrowing In

It turns out Bloomburrow is the next set after all! This episode has it all: Mouse Knights, Frogs eloping, hot takes on decklists. Grab some dandelion cordial and come hang out! 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 a...

Jul 11, 20241 hr 19 min

Grindcast 350: Fraught Bird Summer

Pro Tour MH3: Complete. Nadu: unbeatable. Probably. We're talking about our expectations for modern over the next few weeks, along with plenty of discussion of the newly-announced MTG Foundations and what that means for standard. 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 c...

Jul 03, 20241 hr 21 min

Grindcast 349: No Bans! Only PT MH3! (with Mark Stanton!)

Mark is back! We're talking all things modern in the runup to Pro Tour MH3, but we've also got some time to talk about the recent ban announcements as a pressure release for Lee before he explodes. This is a fun 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 building a community of f...

Jun 27, 20241 hr 44 min

Grindcast 348: Modern Horizons 3 Set Review!

It's here! The set is out and it's getting played and we delayed this episode just enough that we could cheat a little before wildly guessing at which cards are good or not. Don't worry though, there's still a hot take or two to carry the 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 ...

Jun 19, 20241 hr 52 min

Grindcast 347: A Kiss on the Forehead

MH3 is here! But we haven't talked about all the interesting cards yet, so we're catching up today! One last overview of the set before our big honkin' set review next week. We've got Takes, Opinions, and What Have Yous. 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 ...

Jun 13, 20241 hr 33 min

Grindcast 346: RC Dallas with Yoman5!

Adam came to hang out! Fresh off of qualifying for the pro tour, we're talking Gurk, swapping stories, and then diving into the cards we're most excited for from MH3. Come hang out! 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...

Jun 07, 20241 hr 44 min

Grindcast 345: On the Horizon

We're breaking down CCR's standard prep, his deck choice for the RC, and then a bunch of MH3 cards! Don't miss out! Woo! Magic! 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://dis...

May 30, 20241 hr 27 min

Grindcast 344: Saying Howdy to MH3

Previews are finally here! So let's talk about some of the cards that we've known about for weeks from blurry daguerreotypes someone sent in to Internet headquarters by stagecoach. 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 improv...

May 23, 20241 hr 32 min

Grindcast 343: Ante, Dexterity, Stickers, Attractions

It's (technically) the largest ban announcement in magic history! We're talking the, frankly, confusing B&R announcement and then digging into some standard results! 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 ga...

May 15, 20241 hr 2 min

Episode 342: Bowdy 2: Electric Buckaroo

It's back to our roots for a classic Lee and CCR episode, where we're going over the last week of standard and some Modern Horizons 3 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. Check it out h...

May 08, 20241 hr 33 min

Grindcast 341: Jarvis Saddles Up Once More

With Pro Tour OTJ in the books we grabbed Jarvis to talk us through it! We're talking Esper, Domain, SLOGURK, and even a little Orzhov Bronco today. 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 ...

May 03, 20241 hr 45 min

Grindcast 340: Saddling up for PT Thunder Junction (with Jake Beardsley!)

Jake is here! And he's sharing his prep for Pro Tour: Outlaws of Thunder Junction. What new cards will come out to play this weekend? What draft strategies are we wielding? Come find out! 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...

Apr 24, 20241 hr 18 min

Grindcast 339: Lee and CCR Join Up

OTJ is out! And we're doing our best to keep up, with reports coming in of Slickshot Showoff and Satoru in older formats and a whole lot of brainstorming about Annie Joins Up in standard. Come hang out! 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...

Apr 19, 20241 hr 20 min

Grindcast 338: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Set Review!

Howdy! This week we're going through our top cards in OTJ and have come up with one absolute, uh, tumbleweed of an episode. From scorpion dragons to cactus people that aren't people, come check out all the hits! 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...

Apr 11, 20242 hr 35 min

Grindcast 337: Lee tries to sign off by saying "Bowdy"

More legends! More colors! More Thunder Junction previews! 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

Apr 04, 20241 hr 24 min

Grindcast 336: Once Upon a Time in Thunder Junction

It's preview season! We're looking at all the rootin'est, tootin'est cards from OTJ, preparing ourselves mentally for convoke with a playable manabase, and trying to figure out the easiest ways to commit crimes. 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 friend...

Mar 27, 20241 hr 20 min
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