MTG Grindcast

Kaladesh Remastered is here! We've been jamming artifact decks and Bomat Couriers in historic and are reporting back with our findings. Spoiler: Bomat Courier is really, really good. Plus we add our voices to the teetering pile of MOCS discussion! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

We're checking on on Magic's Oko-est format in preparation for the Manatraders Legacy series this month! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music

Let's check in on everyone's favorite format that we barely get to play anymore! With various titans and four-armed elementals around it's become a format of heavy hitters, but there's still some play to it. We also take a look at Kaladesh remastered and speculate on how some old favorites will impact historic. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Unbelievable, we're like two weeks in and standard has more than one deck! In this celebratory episode we're going over the individual card choices you can make to customize the top decks in the meta depending on what you expect to play against. And we talk about video games! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Standard has become a race to be the biggest, grindiest deck possible--but watch out for rogues and those pesky aggro decks who like nothing better than punishing people for playing seven mana spells. The format's changing every half hour or so, but we go over strategic evaluations and matchup breakdowns to help give you the tools you need on any given day! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our...

We got the bans that we asked for! And an extra one, just in case! What a deal! We're breaking down our new, super fair standard this week, and answering all your questions. Is Kroxa good? Yes. Should you play rogues? See question one. And more! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Here's a preview of our latest patron-only bonus episode! If you'd like to hear the full 2 hour episode (and all our monthly bonus episodes) head over to patreon.com/mtggrindcast and pledge at any tier. Thanks so much for your support!

Well, no, probably not. But the results are in from the first weekend post-Uro ban and they are...inconclusive. It's possible that Omnath isn't the only deck you're allowed to play, and that's something, right? We're taking a look at standard and even a little historic in the leadup to this weekend's Grand Finals! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music. Timecodes 5:30 Grand Finals 8:00 Stan...

All right, we got our ban. And...it's just Uro. But don't let an abandoned standard keep you from getting excited for, uh, mechanically unique The Walking Dead Secret Lair cards? Am I reading this right? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Zendikar's not even out yet but new standard is in full swing, with one particular four color, four-armed elemental swinging harder than the rest. We also take a look at modern, the opposite format of current standard, where you can play damn near anything and have a shot. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

It's here! And you can't play it on arena yet for some reason so you might as well listen to the set review. We're going over our top 5 cards in each color, and trying to make not all of them MDFCs. And it's all complete with a surprise spooky ending! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Our first ever Patreon-exclusive episode is up, and we posted this teaser to let you know what you're missing out on. We go over sideboarding with linear decks, from combo decks to engine decks to aggro decks, with a healthy supply of examples from our own magic history. If you're not a patron yet, hopefully this is a good excuse to become one! Head over to patreon.com/mtggrindcast to listen to th...

With the first historic Mythic Invitational this weekend and some SCG historic lists to look at we break down Duel Decks: Goblins vs. Mayhem Devil. Er, the historic format. But mostly we talk about NEW CARDS! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

With approximately a dozen new sets on the horizon, we've got a ton to explore in this episode! From Jace shoes to Yargle secret lairs to, uh, actual spoilers for standard legal cards there's a little something for everyone here. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

This week! We're joined by legacy aficionado Anuraag Das, who's giving us the rundown on the format leading up to the Manatraders tournament this weekend. We're packing as many 2019-2020 cards as we can into this episode about Magic's (ostensibly) oldest format. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

This week! We're going a little off the beaten path and bringing you a Topic. Are you tired of your opponent countering all your spells, killing all your creatures, and reloading with some bonkers blue planeswalker? This week we're talking all about how to beat control. Sniffing out countermagic, taxing their mana, diversifying your threats, we've got a little of everything control mages hate. Tha...

A week after one of the biggest ban announcements in magic history, and we're examining the wreckage left behind. Is Sultai midrange really unbeatable? I mean, realllly? Plus how the clock has been turned back on Pioneer, and we finally define what it means to have fun. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

In one of the biggest (and most surprising) ban announcements since Mirrodin, Standard, Historic, and Pioneer have all been turned on their heads. Is Uro going to loom over each of those formats? Uh, yes. The answer is yes. But there's other stuff that we talk about too! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

This week we're breaking down where Modern has gone post-Astrolabe ban, including the 5(!!) different colors of prowess decks that showed up in the Manatraders tournament. Plus we complain about standard and give our takes on Historic! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Astrolabe took a ban, and now Modern is wide open. Well, wide open-er. We've got goblins and titans and sprite dragons all making a bid for the top of the heap, and Lee and CCR are looking at their favorites. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

It's a new era! Lee's first episode as a host of the podcast, and we're talking about bans, cards that weren't banned, formats that Wizards has abandoned, and the big Organized Play announcement. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music

It's kind of hard to believe, but this is Collins's last episode! We're talking about future plans, the work we've done and, because we don't want to get away from our roots, we're talking about Magic too. Collins, it's been awesome. You will be missed. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

For the first time ever, CCR and Collins are digging into the Historic format. With the Lotus Box Invitational coming up we've got to have at least some idea of what the format's about, so we dig into some lists and prepare to get some matches in. Is the format Nexus v Gruul, or can we pull out some nuance? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

M21 is here, and Chris and Collins are taking a look! How much will a set full of Baneslayers impact a meta full of Elspeth Conquers Death? Let's find out! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

We're in a gap week: two PTs last weekend, two PTs this weekend. What can we learn in the meantime? Well, Temur Rec is pretty good. Pretty really good. Is there any way to keep up? Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!