Crew3: A Magic Podcast

Pioneer is quickly being encroached in on by Book of Exalted Deeds, but just what do the guys think of this interaction in terms of the health of Pioneer?  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC o...

AFR went live on MTGO and Arena last week, so the boys sit down to take a look at how the set is performing during it's first week of legality.   Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.gg/Wydsb6xcTC or fol...

In a rather upsetting announcement Wizards has decided to shelf Pioneer on Arena for at least the next year, what does that mean for our favorite format? In other news Pioneer's not dead and we had an awesome 180+ man Showcase Challenge, and there were of course more spoilers to talk about.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playma...

First dungeons now classes? How many new card types and mechanics are in this set? Regardless, it a whole lot of fun and there's still plenty of cards to cover!     Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want to keep up with the show? Join our Discord discord.g...

We rewind back in time to Monday for Ruckman and Ricky to go over the weekly meta update, talk about the Dungeon mechanic/card type, and determine the winner of this month's Does it Slap Challenge. Be sure to check out our bonus episode from Wednesday to hear our thoughts on the cards spoiled Tuesday and Wednesday.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon....

In an effort to make this 1 week spoiler season more digestible we're recording extra podcasts to cover spoilers a couple days at a time. Turns out that even by splitting them up it took almost an hour to talk about 2 days worth of spoilers!    Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here:...

Ricky is back this week so we're happy to have him jump in and look at these awesome challenge results with us again. We also take some time to look through the current Pioneer banlist and see if any cards could come off, but more importantly if anything should go on.   Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Ga...

Well, Wizards finally came to their senses and reduced the player requirement back to 32 which means we have challenge results again and a meta game to look at! And wow was a a diverse first week back. Also, the boys take a look at the newest teasers of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or us...

This week Ruckman is joined by current and multi time Crew3 Discord Champion ServoToken to discuss his love of "bad" cards in pioneer, his deck building process, and tips for tuning for your local meta.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want to keep...

Beating all the odds and obstacles, the pioneer community managed to fire a challenge this weekend. Only to have the servers shut down on them before the start of Sunday's challenge, but hey it's a new event to talk about! On top of that the boys discuss the implications of Modern Horizons 2 and what it means for Pioneer's Future, and it's the return of Does It Slap?! Want to s...

This week instead of presenting their own budget deck lists the guys decide to take a look at the massive list of deck lists to varying degrees of budget created by our awesome discord community! You can find the deck list document here! Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit....

Organized play is coming back, but the pro-scene is dead. What does this mean for the future of of Magic? Listen as the guys discuss what the future holds for magic, as well as weighing in on the current state of Pioneer.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want...

It's Crew2 this week as Ruckman and Chris vent about lack of news for the promised rollout of Pioneer on Arena. After that they turn their attention to the weekly meta game update before finishing off with a look at our first tease of the Forgotten Realms set, and discuss their plans for the return of sanctioned Magic in the U.S.   Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: http...

It was a jam packed weekend for premier pioneer play,  see who came out on top! After the meta update the boys discuss what archetypes they feel are missing from Pioneer, and what archetypes they'd like to see be represented.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX...

Niv to Light is back again this week with a vengeance, but are new cards from Strixhaven helping it and other decks perform better? We continue our deeper look into the early Strixhaven Meta to see how things are shaping up.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO W...

Strixhaven is here and it's really spicing things up! So take a listen as Ruckman and Ricky go all the decks from last weekend featuring new cards as well as decks fresh to the pioneer format, before going over their own new brews. But forget that, the Yub Nub song slaps, you should give it a listen. Yub Nub Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEi9WB18vwE Chris' Deck: https://www.mtggo...

It's Crew2 this week as Ruckman and Ricky take a look at the last week of a Pre-Strixhaven meta, before discussing some of the cards from spoiler season they really like but weren't quite good enough to make the cut for their personal top 10's.  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate...

With Strixhaven already fully spoiled the boys skip most of the meta and Does It Slap to work through the rest of Strixhaven. But don't worry, they'll be back next week for some final thoughts on the set so let us know if there's a card we missed that you want our opinions on!   Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat o...

Strixhaven spoilers are in full swing, so just what do the guys have to say about them? Plenty of fun stuff already being spoiler, and we can't wait to see what other cards get revealed next!  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or used our Inked Gaming affiliate link here: https://bit.ly/3aX4hzO Want to keep up with the show...

This week after some extensive research and twitter sleuthing Ruckman was able to figure out most of last weekends Challenge top 8's since deck lists were still unavailable. Looks like they're once again being posted so fingers crossed it stays that way. After that the boys take some time to look at the little teasers they have to hype up Strixhaven spoiler season! Want to support the sh...

Well, there's not much of a meta breakdown this week as deck lists haven't been posted for over a week. Instead this week the boys discuss what they would play in an event this weekend and why. Then for this week's bid discussion they discuss why control hasn't found much success in Pioneer and what it would take for the format to support it. Want to support the show? You can f...

Once again the boys are back taking a look at the current pioneer meta game and they've been noticing a somewhat worrying shift. So just how good is Bring to Light and is it something to start worrying about as we move further into a post Uro format. Time Codes: Intro 00:00:17 Meta Talk 00:05:13 Bring to Light Discussion 00:34:43 Does It Slap? 00:57:57 Want to support the show? You can find o...

This week is an old school Crew3 Deck Dump. After talking about some exciting announcements the boys turn their attention for a long discussion on where the meta stands 2 weeks post ban. Taking a look at what won the weekend's major events, check out some spicy 5-0 league deck lists, and point out up and coming decks you should keep an eye on. Time Codes: Intro 00:00:17 Time Spiral Remastered...

Texas is thawing out and all the boys have power, so let's get going! For our established players the boys break down our first week of post ban list Pioneer. And for new/returning players the boys offer some tips and deck choices to get you started in magic's most exciting format. Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/crew3mtg Buy a playmat or...

Ruckman and Ricky give their initial reactions and thoughts on Monday's big ban list shakeup. Please note this episode was quickly recorded and edited while while the boys still had power and internet so it might feel a little rushed and unpolished. Next week's episode will be a big celebration about the unlocking of pioneer!  Want to support the show? You can find our Patreon here: http...