Spike Colony

BK joins Spike Colony once again! This time to fill in for Lanny as scheduling the past few weeks has been very difficult. Mike and BK discuss all the excitement following a triple header weekend of live mid-sized swiss Premodern tournaments across the country. There's also some good old reminiscin' and plenty of other off-topic banter you've repeatedly shared with me doesn't bothe...

Mike and Lanny catch up on 3 weeks of missed action as they have spent more time in person than in podcast. More tier list debate as basic mountain strategies heat up after recent results from the Misty Mountain winter finals and another good showing for Mike with burn at locals. Mike attempts to prove overload is bad in the least effective way possible.

Mike and Lanny play decks they love this week as they bring Burn and GAT to the most recent meetup. They also cover MenguElves, Oathpauloosh and other deck ideas that have cropped up this week. LOVE, Spike Colony

This week, Mike and Lanny dive deep into play style and what Lanny believes to be the current top decks in the format (you can find the tier list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XYUnWiWgz4Sjyvi8qVU_ajBwBnvPuzVtedw3Jeh5-YU/edit?usp=sharing). LOVE, Spike Colony

Mike and Lanny turn their focus back fully on Premodern and discuss the exciting decks succeeding in both the Fall Brawl and Dutch Nationals.

Sorry for the inconsistent audio! in-person records are always a little finicky. Mike and Lanny scrub out an RCQ and reflect on when to be bloodthirsty, more heavy burn talk, oath of druids being bullshit, Lanny going 2-6 with oath of druids across two online events, a little enchantress, pro tour history, and your regularly programmed wildly off-topic nonsense. LOVE SPIKE COLONY Rough time codes:...

Mike and Lanny haven't talked in a very long time so chaos ensues. Topics include: Spanish nats, Mike playing Oathpauloosh, Modern Miracle Gro, Modern Burn, trying to understand one's true self, Oathpauloosh again for a little bit, and much much much, so much, more.

Aaron and Tom join the cast as Mike is away on business. We get the burn chat with the burn guy and cover our feelings towards midrange/control strategies. Be sure to check out the Super Gauntlet from Mike Arnold on twitch.tv/elendrile, the upcoming Spanish National Champs and the $1K at Bearded Dragon in New Jersey! LOVE SPIKE COLONY

After a week off, BK joins the pod in place of Mike who is visiting his ancestral home. We cover all the excitement of the European Premodern Championships with a focus on Burn vs. Elves. We also talk Savannah Lions, challengers to the tier 1, Fall Brawl, and whatever else! LOVE, SPIKE COLONY

Mike and Lanny desperately try to catch up with all that's happening this week with Premodern while still trying to reflect on last week in Premodern. We talk results, brewing, hot takes, we say a few mean things, we're very humble, we're 2 hours long... everything you've come to expect! Grats to good guy Ricky Thorson winning the Misty Fall Cup with Mono G Ponzoath, be sure to sig...

Cam Fulton and Lan D. Ho join the pod to talk over their decks and experience at the Sacred Torch Showdown $1.5k in New York. Congrats to champion Mike Harris who took down the event with Hermit FEB - Check out the Premodcast where he's sure to share his experience. Be sure to stay tuned for a forthcoming VOD stream with commentary of the event on twitch.tv/lannynyny!

Mike and Lanny meander through a recap of the taxing top 4 of the PSS, look forward to the upcoming NYC Sacred Torch Showdown. Lots of technology in this weeks cast, we touch on tons of decks including Natural Order Elves, Goblins, Dreadnought variants, Terravore Oath, and Beast tribal?

Mike and Lanny talk preparing various decks against the goblin menace for the PSS top 4 which will have concluded by the time this is published.

Lanny and Mike try and fail to stay on topic as they recap the chaotic final week of the PSS. Along the way, discussions of various lopsided conflicts in history due to technological advantages, Lanny wrestling with how to learn and grow from his mistakes, and figuring out what could be hot in this new premodern metagame. Don't message me saying this episode was too long, I already know that i...

Mike and Lanny recap their weeks in Premodern discussing new innovations at the NYC meetup and the PSS playoff picture. We follow with a little dive into different aggro-control archetypes and where a deck like Gro-a-Tog fits in Premodern. Tune into the PSS Thursdays pm on Twitch.tv/cloudgoatranger. The standings are in a dead-heat and everyone is still live for the top cut. Also by the time this...

Mike and Lanny run a quick recap of Lanny's epic match vs. Tom Metelsky in the PSS and then dive into some junk lists: Kyle Monson's monthly runner-up and Francisco's new brew.

Another episode of chaos as we hope you're used to now. We have some banter over the Pro Tour, recap of the last couple weeks of PSS, arguments over whether or not Flores is a strategist or tactician, and the shocking revelation that Lanny does not understand the concept of control.

Mike and Lanny finish their review of everyone's PSS lineups and predict the winners. Also lots of yelling about Sleight of Hand. Honestly, I can't believe we found a way to talk about this for another hour and a half, but I hope if you're here, you're into it. LOVE, SPIKE COLONY

Sam Black joins the Spike Colony to discuss his Midwest Champs win, deckbuilding, strategy vs. tactics, A LOT of All Will Be One Standard and what's next for him in the post-land tax Premodern era. It's an extremely engaging?, meandering!, somewhat on-topic? 2 hours. Enjoy!

Mike and Lanny discuss the three decks eight competitors selected for the premodern showdown series. Also land tax gets banned mid-record. Also Sam Black joins us to do an episode mid-record. It's gonna be a fun week - this will be part 1 covering the PSS, we'll air our interview with Sam, and follow up with part 2 covering the PSS! You can tune into the Premodern Showdown Series every Thu...

On this week's episode, David Tao joins us to discuss his side event win with Hermit Feb, but really we just ended up going deep on the NYC premodern community and how much love we have for one another. Hope you enjoy a little bit more of personal episode from Spike Colony. We'll be back next week with a look at the Midwestern Premodern Champs with an exciting special guest!

Mike and Lanny run down their thoughts on The Rock following its victory at the Finnish National Championships in addition to Mike's run with the deck at the Lobstercon side event. We also reflect on UR Dreadnought and our testing and observations in the weeks since Lobstercon. Tried to keep it under an hour, but once you get us going we just can't stop! LOVE, SPIKE COLONY.

Prince of Premodern, Flint Espil, joins the Spike Colony to talk about his laid back and beer lubricated run to the top 4 of Lobstercon. On the way, we discuss table game, Flint's favorite decks, and the road ahead.

Fran takes center stage in the second half our car ride home from Boston. We cover the story of Tom Metelsky vs. Five Guys, the hidden influence of David Tao, how we feel about opaque deck names, and I guess a little bit of a rundown of Fran's side event here and there. Thank you everyone for the feedback on our first episode, we hope to keep up the good vibes!

Introducing a new podcast from Michael J Flores and Lanny Huang! We'll be covering Premodern and broader magic topics. In this episode we're joined on the road home from NA Premodern Champs by runner up, Etai Kurtzman, as well as side event 5-8th place Fpawlusz. We talk prep for the event, UW dreadnought, and our Lobstercon experience in general. (apologies for the slightly robotic voices,...