Episode 144: The Road To Las Vegas: Murktide v. Burn

10/07/21 • 104 min

In the first episode of a new miniseries (???), Stan and Shane talk about their experiences testing two of the top decks in the format in their preparation for the CFB Vegas event in November. How do Izzet Murktide and Boros Burn perform right now? Why are they good, and what might be their fatal flaws? Only one way to find out!

The Break Down: Dave's Not Here, Man
The Break Down, cont: Some Good Good Challenges
The Dive Down: Matchups and Putdowns

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Timestamps:
3:07 - Housekeeping
6:16 - The Break Down begins
15:00 - Sunday's Challenge
21:30 - What these Challenges tell us
25:04 - Cool Deck(s), Inc.
27:35 - The Dive Down begins - The Road to Vegas
34:41 - Stan on Izzet Murktide
38:44 - Why has Murktide been successful, and how is it positioned right now?
42:32 - Murktide's matchups
1:01:13 - Some final thoughts on Murktide
1:06:40 - Shane on Boros Burn
1:07:31 - What's up with Burn?
1:10:32 - Burn's matchups
1:32:10 - Some thoughts on Burn
1:40:46 - What to try next?
1:43:00 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
Saturday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12344224#paper
Sunday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12344230#paper
Mardu Midrange: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4342367#paper

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The Break Down: Dave's Not Here, Man
The Break Down, cont: Some Good Good Challenges
The Dive Down: Matchups and Putdowns

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

Watch us stream our episodes every Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane

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Previous Episode

Episode 143: The People's Meta: A Deeper Modern

On this week's episode Shane and Dave explore the depths of Modern in what we are calling.... "The People's Meta." We look at every deck from a recent 5-0 League dump to discuss their place in the metagame, what makes them interesting, and how they are implementing new cards and strategies. Before that, we go through Saturday's Showcase Challenge to look at what people are bringing to the top tournaments.

The Break Down: Showcasing Modern
The Dive Down: Mainstreams and Roguestreams
The Dive Down, cont: More. Patron. Shoutouts.

Timestamps:
3:25 - Housekeeping
5:00 - The Break Down - Saturday's Modern Showcase Challenge
14:30 - The Showcase top 8
21:12 - The Dive Down beings - The People's Meta
30:19 - The Current Mainstream
55:37 - The Past Mainstream
1:26:05 - The Upcoming Rogues
1:48:03 - Thoughts on Modern
1:51:01 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:
Saturday's Showcase Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12342275#paper
The League Dump: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-league-2021-09-24#paper

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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Next Episode

Episode 145: The Nation Speaks — Your Questions Answered

This week's ep is a Patreon request by one of the first citizens of The Dive Down Nation - KilgoreTrout, aka Jason! He asked us to do a Q&A episode, and to make it even more fun we brought in some new technology to get audio submissions. We got questions from citizens around the world about Magic, collecting, and podcasting - so thanks to everyone who got involved! And special thanks to Jason for being a true citizen for so long!

The Break Down: Still Had to Get A Challenge In
The Dive Down: Hear Our Voices, Hear Your Voices
The Dive Down, pt2: Call Me Maybe

Timestamps:
4:06 - Housekeeping
6:49 - The Break Down - More Modern Meta
21:00 - Sunday's Top 8
25:55 - The Dive Down begins - Questions... AND ANSWERS!
27:18 - Inside the Grinder's Studio
38:53 - What are we most excited about for CFB Vegas?
41:53 - How to play 8+ rounds of Magic?
47:45 - What are our favorite foils?
50:25 - What is the best Limited set of all time?
55:34 - What Modern Horizons cards would be safe in Standard?
1:02:26 - What does "bolting the bird" really mean anymore?
1:06:40 - How do we value our collections?
1:15:20 - How do we see ourselves engaging with Magic over the rest of our lives?
1:18:07 - How do we get the most bang for our buck in Magic?
1:28:02 - What cards do we want unbanned in Modern?
1:33:54 - What are our favorite topdecks?
1:37:23 - What decks would we buy first?
1:39:50 - What decks would we not play in paper?
1:41:38 - What would we be podcasting about if it wasn't Magic?
1:47:35 - Closing out