Episode 60: More Meta, More Meta, More Meta
Episode description
We're headed back to where it all started - Modern! This week's episode is an exploration of the past month+ of Modern events on Magic Online. What's rising, what's fading, and what do we think about it?
The Break Down: RPT Phoenix and Shane's GP Phoenix experience
The Dive Down: More Meta, More Meta, More Meta
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Timestamps:
3:22 - Housekeeping
5:26 - The Break Down Begins - RPT Phoenix
19:30 - Pioneer RPT win percentages
26:00 - Adapting to the combo metagame
28:25 - Shane's GP Phoenix experience
40:34 - The Dive Down Begins - The new Modern Meta
44:05 - The Modern Challenge data
54:15 - The Modern Prelims data
1:03:04 - The current decks of Modern: Titan
1:07:13 - Mono-Red Prowess
1:11:44 - Urza
1:14:02 - Tron decks
1:18:19 - Jund and Death's Shadow
1:23:00 - Izzet Control
1:25:08 - Some quick hits
1:35:20 - Our takeaways
1:42:08 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode:
WOTC's RPT Phoenix coverage: https://magic.gg/events/players-tour-phoenix-2020
CFB's GP Phoenix coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/52
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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