Everyday Eternal Podcast

Legacy ANT sensation Cyrus Corman-Gill joins us for today’s cast, following a lengthy discussion on Twitter and Blue Chat Julian’s Legacy Friends® chat about a recent phenomenon in the community: players seeking funds for flight tickets through Go Fund Mes campaigns. Bob, Cyrus and I have somewhat different opinions on the issue which leads to a satisfyingly productive discussion. In the second ha...

Matt has returned from his classified mission and finally joins the rest of the team again for today’s episode. After being the 37th podcast to briefly discuss the recent MPL changes, we explore somewhat of a bombshell that was dropped by Kotaku on Thursday. In a monster of an article that touches on tinkering with viewership numbers and the looming threat of esports being  a bubble ready to burst...

In today’s episode, Julian welcomes Legacy masterminds Minhajul Hoq & Max Gilmore onto the show to not only introduce minmaxblog.com, but also jump into one of the most analytical episodes we’ve ever produced. Championing their in-depth approach to deckbuilding and metagame analysis, we introduce what Max believes to be the most broken Legacy deck since Treasure Cruise Delver, White Bomberman. (Is...

In today’s episode, Bob and I invited our most recent Legacy GP winner, 18-year old Daniel Goetschel (Gul_Dukat) onto the podcast. We initially explore Daniel’s background as a competitive player struggling with card prices, who eventually just juggernauted his way into winning all the cards he needed. Afterwards we pick his brain about his thoughts on Legacy’s reborn phoenix UW Stoneblade, a deck...

This week Bob summarizes his most recent article, where he takes a deep dive on the current Legacy metagame by the numbers. Maintaining one of the largest private databases of Legacy results, Bob points out the 9 most played decks of the format, which you should definitely be ready to face in the upcoming Grand Prix — and which deck he himself will be playing! Tune in to also find out what big cha...

For today’s episode, we invited one of the biggest names in MTGO Legacy to the cast: Chase “Stryfo” Hansen, who recently took down the first of four “Legacy Playoffs” we are getting on Magic Online this year. For those who don’t know what this means, Chase emerged victorious in a tournament of only the most successful and dedicated online Legacy grinders last week. Join us as we explore Chase’s hi...

With SCG Syracuse and another Legacy Challenge in the books, our crew looks at the most recent results with special focus on the “Tundra renaissance” that is UW Delver and UW Stoneblade: one a freak accident between Delver and Miracles, the other an old faithful of Legacy that hasn’t really seen proper tournament play in almost a decade. Also, somehow Bob really likes Slivers in today’s metagame w...

For today’s episode, we’re blatantly “cashing in” on Bob’s most recent metagame overview article on Channel Fireball, that garnered a lot of attention. Following the ban of and , Bob outlines an allegedly balanced, diverse and potentially fun format with no deck reaching double-digit % respresentaiton. Enter Eric Landon, shatterer of dreams who disagrees with Bob’s point of view quite strongly. Li...

Happy New Year everyone…wait, it’s February already!? It’s been way too long since our last cast, so with Dr Matt Pavlic being fresh out of basic training, we decided to finally have the Canadian answer to Rambo back on the cast! Joining us tonight is the UK’s Callum Smith, who recently played a major role in the development Legacy’s hottest deck in town right now: Grixis Phoenix. Callum finished...

In today’s episode Bob and I invite Thraben University dean and Latin sensation Phil Gallagher onto the podcast to discuss Legacy’s premier creature deck™ and its alleged status as the "(maybe) best deck in Legacy" according to Bob Huang and Gerry Thompson. With the Legacy results of the most recent Pro Tour in the books, we explore both strengths and weaknesses of of the deck and its role against...

On Monday Wizards of the Coast dropped the biggest bomb on Legacy in quite a while: with and leaving the format for good, the format has become as wide open as it’s ever been since at least early 2012! Together with Legacy masters and Bob Huang and today’s guests Jarvis Yu, we explore what the future of Legacy could look like and which decks we would currently love to explore more of in the near f...

Today’s show covers a topic my guest James Hsu and I have been planning to cover for a very long time. Because of James’ upbringing in Vancouver, frequent travels to and interactions with Europe,  and newfound home in Beijing, he’s one of the few players out there with an expert knowledge of many different Magic scenes and cultures. In this episode of Everyday Eternal, he provides some fascinating...

On today’s episode, Matt and I welcome another guest host to the podcast: German Legacy phenomenon Marius Hausmann. Many of you might already know Marius following his recent success on the MKM Series, but this guy is a true oldschooler of Legacy. When I started playing competitive Legacy in Munich around 2005/06, he was already around as one (if not the) end boss of our local scene…and soon all o...

Bob Huang, Matt Pavlic and Julian Knab sit down with newly crowned ETERNAL WEEKEND 2017 LEGACY CHAMPION, Denmark's Hans Jacob Goddik to discuss his and Bob's amazing runs through the tournament, their individual deck choices (BUG & Grixis Delver) as well as the current state of Legacy. Plus: 10 cool things you can do with Siege Rhinos you probably have at home. What is Everyday Eternal? For those...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] It’s a packed house in episode 44 as Bob, Julian, Matt, Sam, and Sean discuss the dominance of the Eldrazi deck at SCG Philly, Eternal Masters, what’s new in Vintage, and more! Time stamps: 3:14 – Recounting the hidden episode: Jund during Treasure Cruise 10:21 – Intro 10:55 – Bazaar of Moxen Madrid 14:09 – BoM Madrid Results 22:1...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] In Episode 43 of Everyday Eternal, Sean, Matt and Sam review the latest batch of cards from R&D, Oath of the Gatewatch. Timestamps: 4:56 Episode actually starts 14:03 Why no episode about Battle for Zendikar 15:56 Sean’s Painful Truths Jund 22:12 Wastes and colorless mana 28:44 Warping Wail 40:21 Matter Reshaper 43:18 Spatial Cont...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] Bob, Matt, and Jacob discuss their experiences at GP Seattle, including Bob and Jacob both making day 2! We also discuss the GP metagame and expectations for the metagame from here on out. We spend a few minutes discussing the recently announced changes to SCG’s Open Play. Time Stamps: 0:50 Bob’s experience at the GP 2:30 Jacob’s...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] Weekend before last, we had a smattering of large legacy tournaments. With GP Seattle coming up this weekend, Sam Craven, Bob Huang, and Matt Pavlic analyze these results and make some predictions about what players should expect to see at the Grand Prix. Time stamps: 0:34 The results! 3:12 Banning Dig Through Time seems to have r...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] With the release of Battle for Zendikar comes a new update to the banned and restricted lists for both of our favorite formats. Sean Obien, Sam Craven, Jacob Kory, and Bob Huang analyze the changes to the lists and discuss what impact these changes will have on their respective formats. Time stamps: 1:58 — Dig Through Time is bann...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] Everyone knows that you need to bring a full 75 cards to play competitively. But how do you choose those cards and which cards come out of the deck? The team discuss strategy for building and executing your sideboard plan along with a great many other things. Unfortunately, we got off topic a lot with discussion ranging from Matt’...

[The audio files of episodes 39-44 are unfortunately lost to time.] Time stamps: 1:00 — I wanna play BUG. Which BUG deck should I play? 2:57 — How many creatures? Which creatures? 4:48 — Spells 8:48 — How many lands? Which lands? 14:48 — Non-stack interaction 23:56 — Sideboard 31:38 — Matchup: Miracles 35:12 — Situation: Miracles 37:49 — Situation: Elves 42:20 — Struggling to come up with a situat...

Time stamps: 2:27 – History: CounterTop Thresh / CounterTop Goyf 4:39 – History: CounterTop Thopters 7:57 – History: May 2012: The Miracles are printed 18:20 – What colors to play: Is UW enough? 21:49 – Current builds: Stoneblade, Legends, Ponder 30:09 – Would you play Counterbalance with no Miracles? 32:34 – Would you play Miracles with no Counterbalance? 34:24 – Should Sensei’s Divining Top be b...

In Episode 36 of Everyday Eternal, Matt and Sam review the latest batch of cards from R&D, Dragons of Tarkir. Time stamps: 1:27 – Mechanics: Bolster, Rebound, Exploit, Dash, Formidable, and Megamorph 7:48 – Sarkhan Unbroken 12:38 – Narset Transcendent 23:30 – Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 28:09 – Assault Formation 32:49 – Display of Dominance 40:04 – Graceblade Artisan 41:23 – Hedonist’s Trove 53:25 –...

In episode 35 of #EverydayEternal Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt), Julian Knab (@itsJulian23), and special guest Felix Munch (@35lands) discuss the banning of Treasure Cruise, and its affect on the future of Legacy. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:52 Topics and Updates 0:03:43 Streaming and MTGO 0:09:18 Felix, on Lands technology 0:20:35 Team EuroSwag Weekend 2015 0:26:52 Julian’s tournament experience(s) in Nu...

In episode 34 of #EverydayEternal Sam Craven (@thecravenone) and Matt Pavlic (@SDE_Matt) take a look at Fate Reforged. With goodies for Vintage and Legacy players alike, the guys discuss what changes decks might make to bring in these new cards. 00:29 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 05:20 Return of Delve: Temporal Trespass 10:19 Gurmag Angler 13:26 Hybrid Mana abilities: Tasigur, the Golden Fang 15:51 Sou...