Modern Marvels Episode 10

Hey everybody,

Episode 10 should be shooting out here shortly, will edit with the link once it gets published.  Notes, as always, are below including our recommendations, tips, and list of standard staples that could hold value in the modern format.

As always, let us know what you think via email, or in the comments.

Best,

Marshall (aka Mastodon)

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In this episode of Modern Marvels, we focus on some tips for getting into modern from standard and make a few recommendations on decks to start out with.  Also in the show, a (almost) complete list of current standard staples that can be used in modern for those deciding on which cards to hold onto through rotation. 

This week's listener question: What deck(s) would you recommend to a player getting into modern and why?

Show notes: *see below*
Show email: modernmarvelspodcast@gmail.com
Show Website: modernmarvelspodcast.blogspot.com
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Modern Marvels Episode 10

Last Week's Listener Question: Do you think wizards of the coasts will ever reprint the fetch lands?  If so, when?  Will they include the allied color fetch lands?

New standard rotation, how will it affect modern?

General tips for Standard players getting into modern

-Marshall

1. Be careful before you lightning bolt a 2/3 tarmogoyf

2. Combo is a thing...deal with it.

3. 5 and 6 drops are rarely playable in modern

-Matt

1. Expect it to be expensive

2. Don't expect to use that many standard cards

3. Commit to the deck

-Josh

1. Don't be intimidated by mana bases

2. Expect some blow outs

3. If you like a card, build around it.

Choosing a deck for modern given what you may already have or enjoyed in standard

-Burn

-Merfolk

-U/W control

Useful links and resources
"What deck should I play" thread
Modern Format Primer (by Lantern)

-Standard legal cards that can be used in modern

-Pack rat

-thoughtseize

-shocklands

-Mutavault

-voice of resurgence

-Brimaz, King of Oreskos

-Keranos, god of storms

-Sphinx's Revelation

-Detention Sphere

-Abrupt Decay

-Supreme verdict

-Anger of the gods

-Scavenging Ooze

-Rest in Peace

-Ornithopter, springleaf drum, darksteel citadel

-Chord of Calling

-Skullcrack

-Eidolon of the Great Revel

-Nykthos

-Courser of Kruphix

-Chandra, Pyromaster

-Golgari Charm, Izzet Charm, Simic Charm, boros charm, rakdos charm

-Young Pyromancer

-Shrieking Afliction

-Waste Not

-Loxodon Smiter

-Boros Reckoner

-Ghor-clan rampager

-Experiment One

What deck would you recommend for a beginner getting into modern (besides one that we already mentioned)?

 

Next episode will be out late

Hey everyone,

In case you haven't already noticed, the next podcast will be out late.  We have yet to sit down and record it.  Expect it to be out by the end of this week.  Thanks for your patience, and hope you'll join us when it gets out. 

-Marshall (aka Mastodon)

Modern Marvels - Episode 9

Hey everyone,

Episode 9 is on its way out and will be up on MTGcast as soon as they get it uploaded.  Show information and show notes are below as usual.  Again, please leave a comment or message us with your answers to this week's listener question, or if you have any comments/criticisms.

Thanks for listening,

Marshall (aka Mastodon)
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In this week's episode of Modern Marvels Josh, Matt, and Marshall discuss tectonic edge and Keranos, God of Storms.  We also discuss one of the format's biggest decks: Scapeshift, a deck that if you're not playing, you need to be familiar with.  Coincidentally, it is also a great deck choice for those of you who are still looking for a deck to build and play. 


This Week's Listener Question: Do you think wizards will reprint fetch lands?  If so, when?  Will they include allied fetch?  Comment your response or send it to the show email below.

Show notes: *see below*
Show email: modernmarvelspodcast@gmail.com
Show Website: modernmarvelspodcast.blogspot.com

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Episode 9

Last Week's Listener Question

Is esper control potentially viable, or was its top 16 result due to its pilot: Wafo Tapa? 

News update: Modern is back on the pro tour

Single Card Discussion:

-What decks do you want this card in?

-What decks should avoid this card?

-What are this card's strengths?

-Weaknesses?  What are good cards against this card?

-What are important plays or interactions with this card?

-Budget, or budget options?

-Tectonic Edge

-Keranos, God of Storms

Deck tech: Scapeshift

-Deck list:

Lands (24) 3 Forest 3 Island 2 Mountain 1 Breeding Pool 1 Cascade Bluff 1 Flooded Grove 1 Halimar Depths 2 Misty Rainforest 4 Steam Vents 4 Stomping Ground 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Creatures (8) 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 2 Snapcaster Mage 2 Vendilion Clique Spells (28) 4 Cryptic Command 2 Electrolyze 1 Gigadrowse 1 Negate 4 Remand 2 Repeal 2 Telling Time 4 Scapeshift 4 Search for Tomorrow 4 Serum Visions

Sideboard (15) 2 Spellskite 1 Wurmcoil Engine 3 Obstinate Baloth 2 Ancient Grudge 2 Krosan Grip 2 Spell Snare 3 Anger of the Gods

-How to play

-Notable card choices and reasoning

-Strengths and Weaknesses

-Additional sideboard cards

-How to play against. 

-Sideboard cards against it, in each color. 

Listener Question: Do you think wizards will reprint fetch lands?  If so, when?  Will they include allied fetch?

Modern Marvels - Episode 8

Hey guys.  Episode 8 is on the way out.  Should be up shortly (will add it to this post once it gets up).  Notes and information are below.  Thanks for listening, and please let us know what you think.

Edit: it's here

Thanks,

Marshall (aka Mastodon)
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On this podcast of Modern Marvels Bryan and Marshall focus on some individual cards: Cryptic Command, Eternal Witness, and Path to Exile.  We also discuss Bryan's deck choice for the PTQ this upcoming weekend: Tarmo Twin.

This Week's listener question is the same as last week's (since last week's episode was a little late).  For details, see episode 7.

Show notes: *see below*
Show email: ModernMarvelsPodcast@gmail.com
Show website: modernmarvelspodcast.blogspot.com

Episode 8

Last week's listener question:

-No comments yet.  Going to give it another week since the podcast was late to getting out this past week.

Single Card Discussions:

-What decks do you want this card in?

-What decks should avoid this card?

-What are this card's strengths?

-Weaknesses?

-What are important plays or interactions with this card?

-Budget, or budget options?

-Cryptic Command

-Vendilion Clique

-Path to Exile

Deck Tech: Tarmo Twin

-Deck list:

Lands (22) 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 1 Mountain 1 Stomping Ground 2 Hinterland Harbor 2 Sulfur Falls 3 Island 3 Steam Vents 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Scalding Tarn

Creatures (16) 2 Huntmaster of the Fells 3 Deceiver Exarch 3 Pestermite 4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Tarmogoyf Spells (22) 4 Splinter Twin 1 Electrolyze 2 Cryptic Command 3 Remand 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Flame Slash 2 Gitaxian Probe 4 Serum Visions

Sideboard (15) 1 Vendilion Clique 1 Threads of Disloyalty 1 Spellskite 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Negate 1 Nature's Claim 1 Keranos, God of Storms 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Dispel 1 Counterflux 1 Batterskull 2 Anger of the Gods 2 Ancient Grudge

-Notable card choices

-Strengths and Weaknesses

-Sideboard cards

Episode 7, with notes

Episode 7 is here.  Sorry it took a while to come up.  Also, sorry about the deck lists below, I have yet to find a way to format them in a way that makes sense.  Wafo Tapa's list is at the bottom.

Josh's twitter handle: @PetersPonders

-Last week's listener question: burn vs. jund scenario. 

-GP boston results: top 8 discussion.

Overview:
8th: blue moon

7th: junk

6th: infect

5th: affinity

4th: affinity

3rd: infect

2nd: Jund

1st: Junk

Top 5 cards (according to WotC)

5 - birthing pod

4 - Blighted agent

3 - Cranial plating

2 - Thrun, the last troll

1 - Lingering Souls

Day 2 Meta game breakdown (in order from most represented to least)

Birthing Pod

Affinity

Splinter twin variants

BG/x or Rock decks

UWR

scapeshift

burn

tron

RUG

UR delver

Merfolk

Bogles

Living End

Infect

Decklist discussion:

Junk

Robin Dolar - 1st place

Planeswalker (5)

4 Liliana of the Veil

1 Garruk Wildspeaker

Creature (11)

4 Dark Confidant

4 Tarmogoyf

3 Scavenging Ooze

Sorcery (11)

3 Lingering Souls

4 Thoughtseize

3 Inquisition of Kozilek

1 Maelstrom Pulse

Instant (8)

2 Dismember

1 Slaughter Pact

4 Abrupt Decay

1 Putrefy

Land (25)

4 Marsh Flats

4 Verdant Catacombs

2 Overgrown Tomb

1 Temple Garden

1 Godless Shrine

2 Swamp

1 Forest

3 Treetop Village

3 Tectonic Edge

2 Twilight Mire

1 Stirring Wildwood

1 Isolated Chapel

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

2 Grafdigger's Cage

2 Aven Mindcensor

1 Thrun, the Last Troll

1 Timely Reinforcements

1 Obstinate Baloth

2 Stony Silence

1 Creeping Corrosion

3 Fulminator Mage

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Golgari Charm

Planeswalker (5)

4 Liliana of the Veil

1 Garruk Wildspeaker

Creature (11)

4 Dark Confidant

4 Tarmogoyf

3 Scavenging Ooze

Sorcery (13)

4 Inquisition of Kozilek

4 Thoughtseize

3 Lingering Souls

2 Maelstrom Pulse

Instant (6)

1 Darkblast

1 Dismember

3 Abrupt Decay

1 Slaughter Pact

Land (25)

2 Swamp1 Forest4 Verdant Catacombs4 Marsh Flats2 Godless Shrine1 Overgrown Tomb1 Temple Garden1 Twilight Mire1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth4 Tectonic Edge3 Treetop Village1 Stirring Wildwood

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

1 Scavenging Ooze1 Lingering Souls1 Fulminator Mage3 Aven Mindcensor1 Hushwing Gryff1 Choke1 Creeping Corrosion2 Stony Silence1 Grafdigger's Cage2 Engineered Explosives1 Seal of Primordium

Infect, Philip Napoli, 3rd place

Creature (17)

3 Viridian Corrupter

4 Blighted Agent

4 Glistener Elf

1 Birds of Paradise

4 Noble Hierarch

1 Dryad Arbor

Sorcery (6)

3 Gitaxian Probe

3 Distortion Strike

Instant (16)

1 Apostle's Blessing

3 Might of Old Krosa

4 Groundswell

4 Mutagenic Growth

4 Vines of Vastwood

Enchantment (1)

1 Wild Defiance

Land (20)

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Misty Rainforest

2 Forest

4 Inkmoth Nexus

4 Breeding Pool

2 Pendelhaven

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

2 Wild Defiance

4 Nature's Claim

2 Spellskite

3 Dispel

2 Twisted Image

2 Hunt the Hunter

Wesley Havonec

Creature (16)

4 Noble Hierarch4 Glistener Elf4 Blighted Agent4 Plague Stinger

Sorcery (4)

4 Gitaxian Probe

Instant (16)

4 Apostle's Blessing4 Might of Old Krosa4 Groundswell4 Vines of Vastwood

Enchantment (4)

4 Rancor

Land (20)

4 Verdant Catacombs4 Misty Rainforest2 Pendelhaven4 Inkmoth Nexus2 Breeding Pool2 Overgrown Tomb2 Forest

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

3 Inquisition of Kozilek2 Dismember3 Abrupt Decay3 Spellskite4 Viridian Corrupter

Wafo-tapa's list.  Top 16 GP boston

MAIN DECK 4 Celestial Colonnade 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Marsh Flats 3 Hallowed Fountain 2 Watery Grave 3 Island 2 Plains 4 Drowned Catacomb 1 Tectonic Edge 4 Spell Snare 4 Path to Exile 2 Remand 2 Logic Knot 2 Shadow of Doubt 4 Think Twice 4 Esper Charm 4 Cryptic Command 2 Supreme Verdict 1 Wrath of God 2 Sphinx's Revelation 1 White Sun's Zenith 2 Snapcaster Mage

2 Oust 1 Celestial purge 1 Disenchant 1 Detention Sphere 1 Wrath of God 2 Stony Silence 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion 3 Thoughtseize 2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Listener question:

Do you think Wafo-tapa's list is actually a viable deck, or was its results due to the pilot?