The Spike Feed

We celebrate the Fourth of July by talking Magic the Gathering. Cameron tries to figure out where Omnath fits in explorer, while Curtis checks out a Lotus Field UW control deck. We get pretty hyped talking about the Pioneer Challenger decks. And we talk books and video games. Thank you for your honor.

Double masters is here. Despite our lack of enthusiasm we go over some of the cards. We also talk Legacy and Standard. And talk video games and TV. Thank you for your honor.

We go over some of the decks putting up results in Explorer. Take a look at the world of Modern. And check out some of the cards from Double Masters. And of course, we talk about Obi Wan. Thank you for your honor.

It’s another banned cast. Slightly unexpected, but we discuss the impact of Winota and Expressive Iteration getting the boot in Pioneer. We also talk about the various metagames of Standard and Explorer. Then we talk about all of the latest games and films: God of War and Mission Impossible. Thank you for your honor.

Summer is here and we’re in a bit of a dry spell when it comes to MTG news. So we go over the various decks we’ve been playing this week. We also talk Stranger Things and Dragon’s Dogma. Thank you for your honor.

A fairly quiet week. We go over Legacy, Standard, and Explorer. We also dive deep into Top Gun Maverick and the new Obi-Wan series. Thank you for your honor.

A relatively quiet week in terms of news. We continue down the path of checking out Explorer and Pioneer. We take a look at some of the best performing decks, and also some that need improvement (sorry UR Phoenix). We also talk Nintendo hardware and Hitman III. Thank you for your honor.

We go over our latest experiences with Explorer and Standard. And discuss the announcement of all of the highs and lows with products coming out. Thank you for your honor.

We’ve got new Standard, new Limited, new Explorer-ing, and we dive deep into it all. It’s also a ‘planned’ banned cast as we talk about the removal of Winota and Tibalt’s Trickery. We also talk Star Trek, Dr. Strange. and Justice of Kings (book). Thank you for your honor.

New Capena (we still don’t know how to pronounce it) is out. We go over the draft format a little bit before we dive deep into the new Explorer format. We also talk a little film and video game as is par for the course. Thank you for your honor.

Tons of magic news to go over this week. We take a look at Streets of Capena with regard to sealed. And we dive deep into the announcement of Explorer. What does this mean for Pioneer moving forward? How long can Alchemy and Historic last? And most importantly, what decks should you check out for Explorer. We also share our thoughts on the classic Marvel comic series The Ultimates. Thank you for y...

Streets of New Capenna is releasing soon so we take a look at a few of the cards that are most intriguing to us. We go over some of the new tech in the UW Control list in Legacy. And we talk about Moon Knight (night? spelling please) comics. Thank you for your honor.

Big announcement with regard to organized play. And our level of smug-ness is in the “I told you so” territory. We also talk more Elden Ring and some other stuff. Thank you for your honor.

This week we go over Bant Spirits in Pioneer, and look into what a UW control list should look like in Standard. Will GPs and PTQs come back? Rumors among vendors got us excited. And MTGO is making token where you can have access to all cards, and it makes us wonder what the digital strategy of WTOC really is. Thank you for your honor.

Lots of MtG news with regard to Arena’s economy, so we dive deep into the fray. We also take a hard look at UW control in Standard, and what cards might have a lasting impact for non-rotating formats. We also talk more Horizon: Forbidden West and the Mario Kart expansion. Thank you for your honor.

A kind of quasi banned cast with Lurrus getting the ax in Pioneer and Modern. But we start with talking about our weeks. Pioneer has a new UW control list thanks to March of Otherwordly Light, Wandering Emperor, and the new legendary lands. We also take a look at a Delver list in Standard. In the end segment, we talk about Batman and more Elden Ring. Thank you for your honor.

No news is good news? With hardly much to talk about in the way of competitive play, we take a look at these new MTG branded watches. Cameron dives into a UW standard control list , while Curtis keeps going with Jeskai. And we talk Batman. Thank you for your honor.

We spend the majority of the first segment going over our experiences with Standard, and we both continue to find the format to be in a really healthy place. Wizards is bumping up paper pre-release to an early window, and we celebrate this small victory for paper magic. We also talk about two of the biggest video games of the year. Thank you for your honor.

A relatively light news week other than the Alta Fox Capital situation. We talk a little about the Standard metagame, and attempt to remove the letters ‘NFT’ from our vocabulary. We also talk about two new games for 2022. Thank you for your honor.

Neon Dynasty has dropped, and we have an overwhelmingly amount of positive things to say about it. It’s shaking up Standard. The sealed product is super fun and interactive. And there’s this brief window where Alchemy won’t sully it. We also talk some TV and Lord of the Rings. Thank you for your honor.

Pioneer, Kamigawa, and low streaming numbers. We go over the highs and lows of the week. Review a few more spoiled cards look at picking up some of those oddly printed Black Lotuses. Thank you for your honor.

It’s the first week after the most recent Standard banned list, and we dive headfirst, looking at some new and old deck lists. We go over some really intriguing spoilers from Kamigawa, and we talk about MST3K and the Beatles documentary. Thank you for your honor.

It’s a banned cast. It’s hard time to be a spike. We go over the latest banned and restricted announcements. We also poor one out for what’s going with SCG, and we talk about other things as well.

We talk about Pioneer and Cube this week. Curtis re-enters the world of MTGO to report back on the state of Cube there. We take a look at a few Kamigawa cards, and pose an interesting thought experiment with Legacy. Thank you for your honor.

It’s a news filled week of melancholy and the infinite sadness. We discuss the departure of Cedric Philips and Pat Sullivan leaving SCG coverage. Wizards halts Alchemy updates until after a tournament. We ask if and when there is a good time with that format. And MTGO is sent off to that great server farm in the sky. Thank you for your honor.