The Masters of Modern

Scott MacCallum from the Eh Team Podcast joins Alex and Ben as they break down Pro Tour: Magic Origins and what new cards from Standard may see play in Modern. Followed up by an awesome Deck Tech on the deck #TeamGeist.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Woo, Magic brewmaster and Philosopher, is back to join Alex and Ben as they discuss why Magic is good for the world, what makes a good Magic card, and what is "interaction."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Rietzl, currently ranked as the 6th best player in the world, joins the cast to talk about his Magic career, professional Magic teams, and break down his Naya Collected Company list from GP Charlotte.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben's back in town to help Alex break down the best eating and exercise habits you can apply to take your tournament game to the next level. Then our first community submitted Deck Tech with Boris Fishman's "UWR Miracles".  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was just TOO MUCH STUFF from our episode with The Professor from Tolarian Community College earlier this week, so here's a Merfolk Deck tech as a bonus mini cast!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Professor from Tolarian Community College fills in for Ben this week as he and Kessler break down the top 10 new cards from Magic Origins and which of those will show up in your next Modern tournament.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined by Jason Alt of MTGPrice and Brainstorm Brewery Podcast fame and Jimmy Wong to talk about the recent Modern price spikes that has everyone running for the hills.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Lopez, co-host of the podcast MTG Focus: Spikes, joins Alex and Ben as they break down what Aggro means in the Modern format. Followed by a Deck Tech on the king daddy of all Aggro decks: Modern ZOO.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Alex discuss the playability of the new dual-faced Planeswalkers from Magic: Origins in Modern. Then Zac Elsik, the pilot who took Lantern Control to 15th place at GP Charlotte, joins to discuss the ins and outs of the deck.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the recent success of Kolaghan's Command, Alex and Ben discuss the different modal cards Wizards has created and the powered offered by versatility. Followed by a Deck Tech on Ben's new brew: Superior Burning CoCo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kessler and Ben recap their experience at the largest Magic: the Gathering tournament ever while driving back home through the desert between GP Las Vegas and Los Angeles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kessler and Ben discuss the different tiers of decks in Modern and how Modern Masters 2015 will effect the format.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reuben Bresler joins Kessler and Ben as they review the recently spoiled Modern Masters 2015.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Wong of VGHS and The Command Zone podcast joins Alex and Ben as they count down the top 10 White cards in Modern.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro Tour competitors Andrew Brown and Cliff Chen join the cast to talk about their experiences at Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir, followed by a look back at how the Khans of Tarkir block has effected Modern.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kessler and Ben go through each color, artifacts, gold cards, and lands to see what Legacy legal cards should be reprinted to be allowed into the Modern format.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kessler and Ben breakdown the early history of Planeswalkers and focus on one of the best Planeswalkers in Modern: Liliana of the Veil. Followed up with a deck tech on an allstar in Modern - Burn.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Famed Magic developer Tom LaPille joins Ben and Alex in discussing how having a Modern Pro tour has affected the format, why it could be a problem, and possible fixes so that both Pros and grassroots players can enjoy it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Lau, creator of the Pro Tour Grimoire from Wizardry Foundry, joins Alex and Ben as they discuss everything from Card Sleeves to Deck boxes and any other weird things they may bring with them from tournament to tournament. Then we deck tech Affinity again in a format where much has changed around it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Ben break down what has been spoiled so far with Modern Masters 2015 and with that information what they think will be in the soon to be released set.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Kessler and Ben Bateman count down their top 10 favorite cards from Dragons of Tarkir and explain why each card has the chance to break into the Modern format.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chas Andres, finance expert from StarCityGames.com, joins Alex and Ben as they the talk about some of the ins and outs of Modern finance as well as how upcoming sets like Modern Masters and and Dragons of Tarkir could affect the format.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Woo of ChannelFireball.com joins Alex and Ben as they talk about how he goes about building some of the coolest decks in modern. They then break down the deck that put Travis on the map: Modern Living End.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Sperling of ChannelFireball.com joins Alex and Ben as they ask the question "Is Modern Broken?" We discuss the issues pros think the format suffers from and then break down if those issues are a real problem to the health of the format.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro Tour Competitors Eugene Hwang and Austin Bach join Alex and Ben as they digest what happened during Pro Tour Fate Reforged and what it was like to compete at the event. Followed up by the only deck tech in Modern that can kill you before you take your first turn: the Amulet Bloom Combo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices