Episode 301: Standard Rules, Modern Drools, and Pokémon Fools
11/21/24 • 110 min
We kick off this week's show with an important announcement about the future of The Dive Down. Just listen since it's too long to explain in writing. Then we bemoan the B&R window before highlighting the fun times happening in Standard right now. And we wrap with a nice chat about our love-hate relationship with the new Pokémon TCG Pocket.
The Break Down: A really important announcement
The Dive Down: The new Foundations of Standard and Draft
The Wind Down: Pokémon Pocket is a bad game we are playing
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- And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/
Timestamps:
6:27 - Let loose with Heavy Play
9:15 - This week's episode
11:51 - IMPORTANT housekeeping!
25:00 - The Break Down begins: Does Modern suck right now?
32:37 - Foundations is here, and impacting Standard
47:25 - D00m's Decks: The best decks in Standard
1:15:48 - Dave's Limited corner
1:25:25 - Pokémon Pocket is certainly a game to play
1:46:54 - Wrapping up
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
We kick off this week's show with an important announcement about the future of The Dive Down. Just listen since it's too long to explain in writing. Then we bemoan the B&R window before highlighting the fun times happening in Standard right now. And we wrap with a nice chat about our love-hate relationship with the new Pokémon TCG Pocket.
The Break Down: A really important announcement
The Dive Down: The new Foundations of Standard and Draft
The Wind Down: Pokémon Pocket is a bad game we are playing
- Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
- Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store
- Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com
- Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN
- And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/
Timestamps:
6:27 - Let loose with Heavy Play
9:15 - This week's episode
11:51 - IMPORTANT housekeeping!
25:00 - The Break Down begins: Does Modern suck right now?
32:37 - Foundations is here, and impacting Standard
47:25 - D00m's Decks: The best decks in Standard
1:15:48 - Dave's Limited corner
1:25:25 - Pokémon Pocket is certainly a game to play
1:46:54 - Wrapping up
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
Previous Episode
Episode 300: Magic as Richard Garfield Intended, ft. Richard Garfield, Ph.D.
The doctor is in. For a very special episode 300, The Dive Down sits down with THE Richard Garfield, inventor of Magic: The Gathering and great-great-grandson of President James A. Garfield. What is Magic as Garfield intended? We finally have the answer.
- Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
- Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store
- Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com
- Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWNTEN
- And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/
Timestamps:
- 1:25 - Richard Garfield does not need to hear about Heavy Play
- 2:43 - This week's episode - somehow this is 300
- 5:56 - The Dive Down begins: Our interview with Richard Garfield
- 43:56 - What is Magic as Garfield intended?
- 46:10 - Richard on other games
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
Next Episode
Episode 302: The Mad Lads Did It
A B&R so hot we had to pause our vacation. The One Ring, Amped Raptor, and Jegantha are banned. Mox Opal is unbanned. Mox Opal, Green Sun's Zenith, Faithless Looting and Splinter Twin are unbanned. Discuss.
- Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
- Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store
- Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com
- Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_OBX
- And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/
Timestamps:
4:17 - Housekeping
8:38 - The Dive Down begins: Bans, and Unbans
10:15 - Before the announcement
16:38 - Getting into the meat of the announcement
45:38 - The unbans
1:23:22 - Hot takes and cool vibes
1:37:58 - Wrapping up
Links from this week's episode: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-december-16-2024
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
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