Winner’s car ft. Roland and SWB!
MJF, SWB, and Roland Chang drive home from a great showing at The Bearded Dragon win-a-mox
Jul 02, 2025•39 min
Spike Colony
Michael J Flores and Lanny Huang keep you up to date on the latest news, interviews, and theory around Premodern, Magic: The Gathering's most balanced and fun format, comprised of cards printed from '95 to '03. Join us every week anywhere where podcasts are found!
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WWSWBD?
SWB guest hosts in Lanny’s absence!
Jun 28, 2025•2 hr 25 min
One Hundred Matches vs. Jon Finkel
Mike rejoins Lanny to discuss the upcoming league top 8, the ongoing Pro Tour, some hypotheticals involving Hall of Famers playing Premodern, and untapper-less elves. Heads up, we may be down for the next 2 weeks while Lanny is out of town, we'll see! Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikeco...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Getting Good with Lan D Ho!
Lan's been on a tear recently with different decks at our weekly premodern league at Hex Union Square, so he's in to cover for Mike! You can see Lan's deck pics and more on https://www.instagram.com/fivewithflores Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Jun 14, 2025•3 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Discourse, Process, and Equity
Mike and Lanny discuss discussing! And how much equity do you actually have? God only knows! Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 3Ep. 6
The Stasis Episode with Substantially Less Yelling!
Mike and Lanny return with 4 more total reps of Stasis played and are now qualified experts of the archetype. Is Stasis the next scariest deck in Premodern??? Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
May 31, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 5
The Stasis Episode, I guess??? Also, Listener Hot Takes!!!
Mike and Lanny dive into a debate about the Stasis vs. Dreadnought matchup that lasts longer than the matchup would! Skip to 1:18:00 if you don't care! Then we open up the mailbag to see what hot takes the community has been cooking up during an eerily quiet period of post Lobstercon Premodern. LOVE, SPIKE COLONY Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check ...
May 24, 2025•2 hr 40 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Iron Man vs. The Hulk
Mike and Lanny return to your usual programming, discussing a little burn, a lot of replenish, and the dawn of battle-cruiser premodern. Iron man vs. the Hulk article: https://medium.com/@lannynyny/iron-man-vs-the-hulk-6f31362b412 Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
May 17, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Lobstercon Side Event Champion, James Smits!
The Goblin King, James Smits, joins Mike and Lanny to talk about his Lobstercon weekend, highlighted by a win in the Friday side event! Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 2
[Bonus!] Getting High w/ Eternal Durdles and LC day 1 match recaps!
The Eternal Durdles guys chat with Lanny during the Lobstercon pizza break to talk through the truly wild night before. After that, Lanny breaks down his first five matches with UW dreadnought at the day 1 event. You can find Eternal Durdles on Youtube and everwhere else! https://www.youtube.com/@EternalDurdles *Spoiler* Nick drops at 6-0-2 before top 8 to get dinner, what a legend. Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.c...
May 08, 2025•31 min
The Road *From* Lobstercon!
Lobstercon Precursor tournament champion Bill Ellis and scrubbed out to do commentary Andy and Lanny drive home from another joyous Lobstercon weekend! Thanks to everyone who made the weekend so special and shout out to all the listeners that said hello! SC fans stay winning, except when you play against me next year... Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower disc...
May 05, 2025•3 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 1
The (Literal) Road to Lobstercon!
SWB and Lanny have a long drive to Boston for Lobstercon. We cover everything cuz it's a long drive! Great convo about ranges, tournament prep, wanting to win, if playing is stressful or relaxing and more! Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
May 01, 2025•3 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Indecision time!
As Lobstercon looms, Mike and Lanny work through their complex feelings for some of the top decks in the format and Zooey Deschanel. Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Quantitative and Qualitative with Billy!
Visit data.duresscrew.com to follow along with this episode! Billy from Duress Crew joins the cast to chat about breakfast, salty tide, filtered winrates, and later MJF drops in to review the three gears! Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Skill Diff
Lan D Ho joins your regular hosts to chat through the greatest players of all time, whether or not they played red decks, and more! Pod: Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Apr 08, 2025•2 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 21
SC on the road! ft. Andy Levine and Guest Appearances!
This week, Lanny hits the road to play a 42 person tournament in New Jersey. In the car joining him is Andy Levine. Plus bonus chats with Mike Harris, Rich Bucey, and of course, Michael J Flores. Lots of chat spanning deck selection for sweaty tournaments, comp REL for Premodern tournaments and more! Audio is gonna be a little shakey this episode due to technical constraints. Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spik...
Apr 04, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Mike Conquers Dreadnought
Mike and Lanny recap an action packed Manhattan meetup where Mike managed to beat Dreadnought 4 times in a row with Replenish (before losing to elves?) Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List and other articles: https://spikecolony.com/...
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Hi, is this Spike Colony? No, this is Patrick!
A potpourri of topics today as Mike and Lanny blast through talking about Mystic Enforcer, the everchanging meta, Terrageddon, Goblins, Attunement sucks btw, and new borders. Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony (donations grant access to the follower discord!) Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 18
NYC Meetup End Boss, SWB!
SWB joins the cast to talk about all things premodern and his hot streak winning 5 of 6 NYC meetups. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 1 min
The Doctor is in! with David Raczka!
David returns to the podcast to debate if the monster he created truly has any vulnerability. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Red's Dead, Black is Back!
*Tempting Wurm intensifies* Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 49 min
Dance Academy, Pitless Rack, RG Zoo!
With decklists released and intricate combo lines explained, Mike and Lanny dive deeper into the Italian Nationals top 8 lists as well as the Polish Nationals BG Pit-less Rack deck in an effort to find the perfect deck to play at the upcoming mega-meetup. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony...
Feb 15, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Following the Muse with Sam Black
Sam Black joins the cast to talk about the latest on his enchantress deck, the state of the format, and his process in brewing new decks! Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Feb 09, 2025•2 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Big Week in Premodern
Mike and Lanny talk about the flurry of tournaments this past week in Italy, Rochester, and Madison. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 45 min
You're telling me a shrimp fried this format?
Mike and Lanny are back and dive deep on their match and post match testing of burn vs. BG Survival. We also talk some elves and what to do in what's seems to be becoming the dreadnought format. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 48 min
Playtesting with Andy Levine!
Mike and Lanny work to steer the Spike Colony ship back to port with the help of Lobstercon quarterfinalist Andy Levine. Andy joins us to talk playtesting and discuss thoughts on the recently released matchup matrix from the Duress crew at data.duresscrew.com LOVE, SPIKE COLONY Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony...
Jan 19, 2025•2 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
3 Hours of Tempting Wurm
Maximum pain this episode as the Spikes can't come close to agreeing about anything about Tempting Wurm. Hopefully next episode is better! There's a fun bit towards the end though!
Jan 11, 2025•3 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Happy Brew Years!
Mike and Lanny clash on whose UGw intuition deck is superior and then talk about brewing and what defines tier 1. Mike's Deck: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMG_7osXwAAxBaN?format=jpg&name=large Lanny's Deck: https://youtu.be/Zz7Sw7BUEeU?si=Cicjisl4l-j8woys Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The Spike Colony Brewer's Bounty!
Mike and Lanny keep hashing some of the discussion from last episode surrounding the state of the format and announce a very special incentive for the next brew to break the format. Check out the Premodern Tier List: https://spikecolony.com/tierlist/ Check out the latest on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lannynyny Support Spike Colony on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/spikecolony
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Premodern Vibe Check with Aaron Dicks
Trying to get you that sweet sweet content but life is getting in the way! Lanny checks in really quick with Aaron Dicks and his vibes on the format as the usual community grumbling has seen a slight increase recently.
Dec 07, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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