Episode 60: More Meta, More Meta, More Meta
02/14/20 • 103 min
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?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
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
Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
Now get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"
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?
email us: [email protected]
twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
Previous Episode
Bonus 5: The Shadowy Science w/ Michael Rapp
In this bonus episode, Dave interviews certified Death's Shadow Scientist Michael Rapp about playing... well Death's Shadow. They actually do a bit of a deep dive on decks of all different shadow sizes including the most popular build of the moment — 4 Color Traverse.
Find Michael Rapp:
Twitter: @RappaciousOne
Articles: https://blog.cardkingdom.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/H8kRu4R
Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
Now get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"
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 61: Heliod Combo: Modern Spike Feeding
We take a dive into Heliod Company Combo in Modern. How it works, what we learned, and how annoying it is to play on Magic Online!
The Break Down: NRG Indianapolis
The Dive Down: Infinite Life and Infinite Misclicks
The Wind Down: Manners, Schmanners
Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
Now get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"
Timestamps:
2:40 - Housekeeping
5:54 - The Break Down begins - The NRG Pioneer Trial
26:12 - The NRG Modern Trial
36:40 - The Dive Down begins - Heliod Company Combo
38:40 - What the deck is trying to do
40:15 - Infinite life combos
48:08 - Infinite mana and damage
54:48 - The tutors
1:03:46 - The ramp
1:09:05 - Strategies playing the deck
1:23:08 - Using the sideboard
1:26:42 - Playing against Heliod Combo
1:30:30 - What we liked about the deck
1:33:34 - Troubles we had playing the deck
1:41:33 - The Wind Down - Magic Online Combo Etiquette
1:49:58 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
NRG Pioneer Trial: http://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/pioneer-nrg-series-trial-february-15-2020/
NRG Modern Trial: http://articles.nerdragegaming.com/decklists-archive/modern-nrg-series-trial-february-16-2020/
Heliod w/ Anafenza: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2784654#paper
Heliod w/ Infinite Mana: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2758766#paper
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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