Episode 90: Zendikar Rising Rises: Spoilers, Vol. 1

09/10/20 • 111 min

We take a look at the first batch of spoilers from Zendikar Rising and identify some picks to click from the upcoming set. Before that, we have a conversation about the 2021 Magic roadmap in a non-meta Break Down!

The Break Down: DDN FNM MTGG
The Break Down, cont: Cool Set, Inc.
The Dive Down: Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers!

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Timestamps:
3:58 - Housekeeping
7:31 - The Break Down begins - the 2021 release schedule!
9:58 - Modern Horizons 2
16:54 - Kaldheim
19:34 - Time Spiral Remastered
24:27 - Strixhaven
27:23 - Forgotten Realms
31:30 - Innistrad V3
38:10 - The Dive Down begins - Zendikar Rising Spoilers, pt. 1
38:40 - How we evaluate spoilers
41:50 - The mechanics of Zendikar Rising
43:41 - The Pathway Lands
54:27 - The other modal lands
1:02:31 - The Planeswalkers
1:12:40 - Cool Landfall cards, and some thoughts on Landfall
1:17:33 - Sea Gate Stormcaller
1:23:05 - Scourge of the Skyclaves
1:27:51 - Skyclave Apparition
1:29:50 - Luminarch Aspirant
1:31:54 - Fissure Wizard
1:34:05 - Crawling Barrens
1:37:27 - Cleansing Wildfire
1:42:20 - Leyline Tyrant
1:46:20 - Magmatic Channeler

Links from this week's episode:
The Dive Down Nation FNM: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/the-dive-down-nation-modern-fnm-09-04-edition#paper
Zendikar Rising spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/znr?order=spoiled
The 2021 release schedule: https://articles.starcitygames.com/news/wotc-unveils-2021-mtg-release-schedule/

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The Break Down: DDN FNM MTGG
The Break Down, cont: Cool Set, Inc.
The Dive Down: Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers!

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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Previous Episode

Episode 89: Return of the Living Dredge

This week we revisit Dredge! In our first repeat deck dive, we talk about what's changed for the deck, how that makes it better.. or worse.. or just different? What did playing this deck feel like in the current meta? What's up with Silversmote Ghoul? Before that, we dive into 3 recent Modern tournaments to see what's up.

The Break Down: Modern MOCS & Challenges
The Break down, pt.2: More Cool Decks, Inc.
The Dive Down: Shane Beeps Returns to Play

Timestamps:
4:30 - Housekeeping
7:09 - The Break Down begins
9:11 - The Showcase Qualifier
17:20 - Saturday's Modern Challenge
25:09 - Sunday's Modern Challenge
31:08 - Metagame thoughts
35:02 - The Dive Down begins - Dredge 2: The Redredgining
38:35 - What's changed for Dredge pt.1
42:16 - A brief history of Dredge
46:52 - Why is Dredge powerful, and how is it winning?
51:30 - What's in the deck
57:10 - The impact of Silversmote Ghoul
1:07:20 - The mana and mana needs of the deck
1:11:12 - What's changed for Dredge pt.2
1:14:15 - A brief mulligan discussion
1:19:24 - A brief strategic aside about stops/timing
1:20:30 - Ten Things We Like About Oxen
1:30:10 - New hate cards
1:37:41 - What playing Dredge felt like

Links from this week's episode:
Saturday's challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12201349#paper
Sunday's challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12201355#paper

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Next Episode

Episode 91: Zendikar Rising Rises: Spoilers, Vol. 2 ft. Aspiring Spike

Stan's on vacation, which means we get to have Evart Moughon (aka AspiringSpike) on as a returning guest host to talk about the second week of Zendikar Rising spoilers. We revisit some cards from last week to get Evart's takes and give some more picks to click from the latest set. Before that, we look at some Modern and Pioneer Challenges to see what's happening in the meta.

The Break Down: Modern & Pioneer Challenges
The Dive Down: A Few Redos
The Dive Down, cont: The Last of the Spoilers

Timestamps:
2:47 - Housekeeping
5:07 - The Break Down begins - recent Modern events
25:25 - Evart's favorite decks in Modern right now
29:55 - 2 Pioneer challenges
39:27 - The Dive Down begins
39:51 - How Evart evaluates spoilers
41:54 - Pathway lands revisited
46:22 - Agadeem's Awakening
48:27 - The spell lands revisited
52:07 - Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients revisited
54:53 - Cleansing Wildfire revisited
57:22 - Roiling Vortex
1:00:49 - Thieving Skydiver
1:02:39 - Omnath, Locus of Creation
1:04:53 - Emeria's Call and Ondu Inversion
1:06:30 - Forsaken Monument
1:10:54 - Ruin Crab
1:13:16 - Wayward Guidebeast
1:16:31 - Inscription of Ruin
1:20:12 - Feed the Swarm
1:23:25 - Deliberate
1:25:15 - Archon of Emeria
1:27:47 - Grakmaw the Skyclave Ravager
1:30:29 - Lullmage's Domination
1:32:48 - Legion Angel
1:34:45 - Lithoform Blight
1:36:37 - Maul of the Skyclaves
1:38:26 - Felidar Retreat
1:40:28 - Sea-Gate Stormcaller revisited
1:43:26 - Evart's biggest picks to click
1:45:04 - Evart's early brews
1:46:07 - Fighting Uro in Modern
1:47:45 - Finding Evart