Episode 235: Pro Tour Deck Tests, Modern Bans, and Future Product Plans

On this week's episode, we kick off with a round of B&R reactions, followed by a recap of the upcoming product roadmap including Modern Horizons 3. Then we take some Pro Tour decks for a spin to see what these so-called pros have been cooking up.

Devon tells us about his experiences playing with Merfolk, Reanimator, and Samwise, Shane tries out some of the latest Tron builds, and Stan rams some wizards into Rhinos.

The Break Down: Preordain Unbanned!
The Break Down (cont.): Modern Horizon 3 is coming!
The Dive Down: New Modern decks fresh from Spain!

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Timestamps:
2:59 - Some important Patreon stuff
3:58 - Very Heavy Play
5:48 - Housekeeping
7:06 - The Break Down: Tired: Bans; Wired: Unbans
19:02 - The unbanning of Preordain
26:17 - No changes in Pioneer
37:03 - WOTC's GenCon annoucements - MH3, Pioneer Masters, and more!
49:28 - Spooky smells
52:10 - The Dive Down: Testing Pro Tour lists
52:55 - Stan plays CFB's Temur Wizard Rhinos
1:07:07 - Devon plays 4C Reanimator, Merfolk, Samwise combo, and more
1:22:04 - Shane plays Handshake G Tron
1:38:27 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-7-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Rhino Wizards: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/Temur-Rhinos-Got-Some-Spicy-New-Tech-from-Lord-of-the-Rings/943a3c89-7c29-4747-a3dd-3c8d581386b6/
Handshake Tron: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/315233
Naya Scapeshift https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5771029#paper

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