MTG Grindcast

OP is dead. Long live OP. With the axing of the MPL system, the possibilities for competitive Magic's future have opened up. Are we optimistic? No! Are we going to fantasize about the system we'd like to see? Yes! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

We've got preview cards for three different releases (ok Historic Anthology 97 doesn't really count but bear with us). From straight up Counterspell to the newest in busted artifact enablers there's something nutty for everyone here. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Ok, maybe that's a little optimistic. But we're taking a look at Modern today! Is Heliod still the best deck? Almost certainly yes. Is prowess still around. Also yes! But there's some fun details to catch up on, and even--gasp--an Orzhov deck or two! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Ok, we don't spend all that much time talking about Rogues in this episode but there's a good couple seconds where we can't for the life of us remember the name of Soaring Thought-Thief, so that's pretty good. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

CCR has been playing a ton of historic and the format is great, so we spend the first half of the episode going on about torrential gearhulk and archon of emeria. But then our legacy correspondent Jarvis Yu stops by to give us the scoop on legacy before Manatraders this weekend! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

It's an even split this time: 50% grumping about Magic Organized Play and 50% getting WICKED PUMPED for new Historic. We go over the archetypes we're excited for and the card choices we think will make the difference (especially in Phoenix!) Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Oh, huh, there's an entire set of standard-legel cards connected to the Mystical Archive. I guess we should take a look at those!

Is...is historic about to be fun? Who knows! But we're excited to try it. Before that, Lee and CCR share the benefits of their years of playing with janky cards through every format. We talk about what it'll take to make each of these cards good and try to figure out what they mean for the historic format. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Nick Price was kind enough to sit down with us and talk about his prep for the PT this weekend. Please don't cancel him for his love of Uro. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

We're here and we're ready to yell about/thoughtfully analyze all of JMM's decisions that led him to a MOCS title this weekend. And then we dive into some pioneer lists and try to find out what's what in that format and, of course, go over the weirdest places we've ever played magic. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Dylan stopped by just before he plays for 20 grand this weekend. The formats? Modern and Vintage Cube! We talk with him about prepping for an 8-man invitational and what it's going to be like playing cube for the highest stakes. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Mike Braverman's here! We pick his brain about standard after his recent Bash Bros tournament win and the MIQ weekend, and we chat about what we saw in this weekend's Manatraders modern tournament. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

We've been playing some modern, and we're here to share what we've found before the Manatraders modern tournament this weekend. What's the best lava dart deck? What's the best Omnath deck? What's the best, uh, Auriok Champion deck? We don't know! But we'll make some wild guesses. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Well, it took a solid year, but magic's most hated titan has finally been unprinted everywhere (except legacy). He took a bunch of friends with him on his way out, so we're talking about the future of all these formats and what the bans unlock. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Are you sick of cascading into spells that cost less than your cascade card? What if I told you, with one simple trick, you could be cascading into a seven drop and winning games of modern on turn two? You'd say that sounds like it would ruin the modern format. Well. Hmm. Ok, I don't really have a good response to that. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Winter has come, it's been a couple of days, and we've wasted no time! We break down our early takes on what's working and what isn't in standard, and start going deep on five color snow in draft. Bring a jacket! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Look, we tried to have a serious talk about what's going on in vintage magic. It's not our fault that every card reminds us of a story, and that it's literally impossible not to tell a story when you think of it. This was unavoidable. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

New stuff! It feels like nothing's been going on in magic for months and months, but now we've got a whole set dumped on us, and you know what that means! We're counting down our top 5s in each color, getting some stuff right, getting a lot of stuff wrong. Exciting stuff! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

It's finally preview season! We've waded through the spoilers to bring you only the frostiest and most refreshing of the lot. Here are the old gods of legend, powerful weapons, grand tales, and one big green guy from another plane that makes them all look like little babies. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Holy crap, Manatraders is gonna be Vintage this month. We don't know anything about Vintage! But if you thought that was going to stop us from talking about it you obviously don't know us very well. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

There's not a ton of magic going on right now, and with preview season still on the horizon we figured we'd do an end-of-year wrap up! All our favorites and least favorites of the year, from MTG stuff (eh) to Hades (woo!) Come hang out and ring in the new year! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Zach stopped by this week to give us the skinny on modern, including but not limited to how good running 8 crabs in your deck is. Plus we talk about his upcoming draft challenge, where he'll be racing against hall of famers and other magic luminaries to collect the most vintage cube trophies. Don't miss this one! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.

Well folks, we're never beating this one. From the Zendikar Rising Championship to pooping softballs, this episode has a little bit for everyone. Or, you know, the two main categories of people: Magic players and weirdos. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

Is it a Pro Tour? Is it...something else? Who knows! But it's two formats and a bunch of good players, so we're taking a look at the standard and historic lists we've managed to pull off of twitter so far. Let's find out if Dimir Control is better than Rogues, if Gruul is truly dead, and whether the Troll King is going to rule standard this weekend! Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!

...ok so we don't actually have the answer to that question. But we are breaking down the format, the best decks, and our concerns with it now and going forward. Plus! A bit of legacy, the fairest format in the land, after this weekend's Manatraders tournament. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.