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Matt is back and Legacy got a ban announcement! It must be our birthday! WOTC came in and gave us similar to minimum bans we have been begging for to help steer legacy toward a healthy format. That being said the legacy challenge results are completely useless so Matt and Jake give their thoughts on the ban announcement. The guys wrap up with a quick modern super qualifier that was stuffed full of...

Matt is away and Jake can barely talk, but magic must be discussed. Legacy has some pretty cool decks in the top 8 but the meta breakdown isnt anything to write home about. Modern looked pretty standard. There are a few Phyrexia cards breaking into the meta but not much. The biggest deal is definitely the Atraxa, and she is making things happen. Legacy Showcase Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish....

Tired, so tired. Legacy looks laughable. Modern looks normal. So tired. Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2023-02-19#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-02-19#paper Timestamps Legacy - 13:07 Modern - 1:03:37 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Contact us or check out our social media! Website - Anchor.fm/Cantri...

Legacy takes a week off from being garbage and modern looks pretty good. Once again a quick episode turns into 2 hours but the boys had a great time talking about some of the new cards that broke into legacy this week. Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2023-02-12#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-02-12#pap...

Matt and Jake made it back to the same room to look at the legacy challenge. It looks ok but that's with the grain of salt that it is half combo. The overall meta is still pretty dominated by delver and initiative so we will see if anything changes in the coming weeks. Jake runs through a modern challenge and totally misses the super qualifier proving again that it's amateur hour. Legacy Challenge...

The boys are back after an unexpected hiatus. Adult life keeps throwing things our way but this week it didn't throw any huge curveballs in the legacy and modern metas. Legacy is a full 50% delver/initiative and the top 8 is like 5 combo decks. Modern had a pretty well spread meta for its challenge and it is quickly becoming some of the favorite Jake plays. Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfi...

We have arrived at episode 69! Perhaps the greatest milestone for any podcast! It seems fitting that legacy may be in its worst state ever with disgusting top 8s week to week. It seems we have found the 2 decks that are too good and we just rotate between them. Nothing in modern we haven't seen but we still have some good data from the challenge. Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tour...

So Initiative in legacy might really be a problem. Over the weekend it put some numbers that give delver a run for its money on its worst week and claimed 5 of the 8 spots. Will WOTC ban something? How many initiative cards need to be banned? Will they ban cards from delver too or literally just king make for delver? WHO KNOWS! Rakdos scam is still bringing down modern challenges even though murkt...

It’s a new year and at the time of recording there were no results posted for any noteworthy tournaments so we open the new year with some discussion on what we hope to see in legacy and modern. Matt and Jake get super waylaid talking about mind twist…again. They wrap up the episode by talking about the Elesh Norn spoiler that twitter went insane over. Timestamps This week is kind of a free for al...

Matt and Jake are here to wrap up 2022 with a doozy of an episode! Eternal weekend took quite a while to cover, but that's normal when there is a huge tournament like the once a year event of eternal weekend. The boys def don't skip over modern either, since it does look to be in a good place still… if you don't mind it being MH2 tribal. Lastly there is a final fun force the issue - what cards cou...

Crap we are late! Someone needs to tell life to chill out, but better late than never the episode is available for your earballs enjoyment. Legacy looks pretty freaking awesome and modern looks pretty good too. Competitive eternal magic is really starting to hit its stride Timestamps Legacy - 17:31 Modern - 57:27 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tourn...

Mono white initiative did well in a SHOWCASE CHALLENGE. It came in second for heaven's sake. Matt and Jake are ecstatic about some of the diversity in legacy. The guys get a little into both legacy and modern this week. We apologize for the longer episode but the words just kept coming. To wrap up Matt and Jake discuss Monowolf’s plan to break into modern and legacy with Mono white hammertime. Spo...

Is it the dawning of a new era! Jake won’t be driving 3 hours a day anymore for work! Legacy has a new white prison deck that shit on delver this weekend! Modern looks amazing! We wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and bring good tidings of magic! Timestamps Legacy - 20:08 Modern - 1:13:33 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-32...

The boys are back in town and even though they are working remote they have some legacy, some modern, and some WOTC financials to discuss! Timestamps Legacy - 9:51 Modern - 51:39 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-2022-11-13#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2022-11-13#paper MTG...

Daybreak data disaster is definitely better and while they are not in order the top 8 is present with the rest of the top 32. It’s actually a pleasant surprise how good the results look. Legacy has an appropriate amount of delver (with a lot of combo) and modern has a mish-mash of some fun decks too. We will not be recording next week for mental rest. Timestamps Legacy - 23:17 Modern - 56:42 Suici...

Now that Daybreak games have taken over the servers we have lost the DATA! These growing pains are to be expected with a big transition like this but dang if it isn't annoying. Matt and Jake still run the top 8s of modern and legacy but without any real metadata all they can do is see what did well. Timestamps Legacy - 18:43 Modern - 50:44 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Legacy Challenge - https:...

The crew is back in its entirety! Legacy is great with either 9% or 29% delver. Actually the top 8 was a little more diverse then we have seen recently, though it was a little heavy on the combo decks. The Modern meta is in turmoil as we work on finding the new equilibrium. We did see Burn in the top 8 and some clever meta calls for beating burn above them. Lastly, some discussion on why Maro is m...

It’s all Jake all the time! Matt is out for the week but Jake just had to get his 2 cents in on this travesty of a B&R announcement. Other than that legacy is the same hot mess it usually is even though WOTC assures us that UR delver is only 9% of the meta. The 4 - color Minsc and Boo lists are firing off though. Modern actually saw a ban so there is very little discussion on the modern meta f...

This episode is dedicated to our favorite guest Derric from the Family Gathering Podcast who sadly lost his fight with depression. Timestamps Legacy - 9:52 Modern - 40:19 Suicide prevention Hotline - 988 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-12480078#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12480077#paper Contact us or ch...

Even though the legacy top 32 was pretty garbage the top 8 had some pretty fun decks in there with some fun stuff to talk about. Modern is still a lot of the same but not in a bad way and despite Matt and Jake’s best efforts an infinity spoiler makes it into the cast. Timestamps Legacy - 21:03 Modern - 57:22 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-12476791#paper...

Another late night recording till 9pm the night of release but we get it done! Just like Legacy got it done on Sunday with that beautiful top 8 and metagame breakdown. Modern looked pretty diverse as well, with some decent but normal churn going on. Today the guys wrap up by talking about techniques to help get someone started playing magic the gathering. Timestamps Legacy - 22:03 Modern - 48:32 H...

Another late night and a long one to boot, but the guys had a really fun time talking about the decks this week starting off strong with a sweet new take on 4c control from Anuraag and eventually getting to how good leyline bindine is in modern. To wrap up the episode Matt spills the beans on a brand new deck he snap bought for pioneer! Timestamps Legacy - 25:20 Modern - 58:22 Legacy Challenge - h...

The boys are pulling some late nights but the show must go on. Lets get some more challenges like this legacy super qualifier! I mean it did have a TON of lands based decks but hey, anything is better than delver at this point. Modern is looking ok, definitely different than the last few weeks but this Sunday was a very heavy combo challenge. Here’s hoping that it doesn't stick around too long. Ti...

The boys are back! And Legacy even looks good! Actually the legacy and modern challenges looked pretty good this week, sadly Matt and Jake spent a lot of time catching up after a few weeks of very busy work lives. Timestamps Legacy - 23:56 Modern - 56:48 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-12464068#paper Modern Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tourname...

Alright I get that Modern is kinda meh and the top tier meta has been for a little while but it honestly feels like Legacy trying to see how bad it can be. This week was shockingly bad on Sunday. Magic 30 tickets are on sale!... aaaaand they are gone. Timestamps Legacy - 30:08 Modern - 59:00 Legacy Challenge - https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/legacy-challenge-12456985#paper Modern Challenge...