Faithless Brewing MTG: Modern and Pioneer for the Spike Rogue
Faithless Brewing is a Magic: The Gathering podcast made for the rogue deckbuilder. Each week the hosts design brand-new decks for the Modern and Pioneer formats. They then put those creations to the test in real games and share what they learned on the air. The show is aimed at players who are tired of going 0-5 and want creative brews that can still win.
Episodes
Concerning Hobbits
Season 26, Episode 10: Brewer's Guide to The Hobbit (Modern, Pioneer, Standard)
Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn everything there is to know about them in a day, and after 50 years, they can still surprise you.
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Marvel Super Brews: Loki, The Vision, Slumbering Trudge & More
Season 26, Episode 09: Brew Session (Slumbering Trudge, Loki, God of Mischief, Moonshadow, The Vision)
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Marvel Top 20 + How I Lost the Pro Tour
Season 26, Episode 08: Brewer's Guide to Marvel Superheroes in Standard & Pioneer
Cavedan's Year of Icetill Explorer all came down to a pair of Standard RCs, where he experienced soaring heights, crushing lows, and qualified for the Pro Tour until he didn't. While sorting through the wreckage, Marvel Superheroes has released, which means a whole new sandbox of toys to play with. David has de
Modern State of the Format: Brewing after Phlage (ft. Manacymbal & Morde)
Season 26, Episode 07: Modern State of the Format
The CEO of Faithless Brewing Sur and prodigal co-host, Emi Sagasti, returns to break down the new-look Modern format after the surprise banning of Phlage and unban of Violent Outburst. Can any forces in the universe prevent the utter domination of Umezawa's Jitte? Zach and Morde break it all down, with a bonus look at David's latest Pioneer &
Brew This, Not That: Strixhaven Set Review, Part 2 (ft. Manacymbal)
Season 26, Episode 05: Brewer's Guide to Secrets of Strixhaven, Vol. 2
Zach Ryl returns to seek the heir to Velomachus Lorehold. Cavedan and Manacymbal sort the wheat from the chaff in the second half of our SOS set review.
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The Sleeper Hits of Strixhaven: Full Set Review, Part 1
Season 26, Episode 04: Brewer's Guide to Secrets of Strixhaven, Part 1
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Trophy Leader and It Feels So Good: Breaking Gran-Gran Drum, T32 at SCG Richmond + David's Pioneer Brews
Season 26, Episode 3: Brew Session (Gran-Gran + Springleaf Drum) + TMNT Set Review, Part 2
Cavedan brought a new twist on Season of Loss to Spotlight Richmond and walked out with a pair of Super Shredders and a pocketful of cash. He then immediately jumped back in the MTGO queues to keep cracking the standard format wide open ... by tapping Gran-Gran with Springleaf Drum. Five trophies later, th
SCG Milwaukee + Brewer's Guide to TMNT in Standard & Pioneer
Season 26, Episode 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Full Set Review
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Complete Brewer's Guide to Lorwyn Eclipsed in Standard & Pioneer (Full Set Review)
Season 26, Episode 01: Lorwyn Eclipsed Full Set Review (Standard & Pioneer)
Sorry for the scuffed audio this time around ... cavedan will be back from his travels and in the normal recording studio soon, provided America hasn't burned down by then. Dan and David will also be hitting up SCG Milwaukee for the Regional Championship in February. Come say hello!
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Sorry We Broke Standard. Here's Some Brews.
Season 26, Episode 08: The Complete Guide to Selensya Landfall & How to Beat It
It only took four months of proselytizing, but Icetill Explorer is finally the top deck in Standard. What happens when a Faithless Brew breaks containment and goes mainstream? It crushes Magic Online for two weeks straight until the meta warps around it.
Cavedan has been hard at work on Icetill explorer, documentin
Full Set Review: Avatar the Last Airbender, Part 2
Season 25, Episode 07: Brewer's Guide to Avatar in Modern, Pioneer, & Standard, Part 2
Cavedan closes out Vivi season with another RCQ win.
David gives Wizards a piece of his mind.
And then we all fork over our money to WotC for the newest stuff from Avatar, which looks like an absolute banger.
Shuffle, cut, repeat!
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Avatar Looks Great. Here's the Good Stuff (Pioneer & Standard Set Review, Part 1)
Season 25, Episode 06: Brewer's Guide to Avatar: The Last Airbender + Spotlight Baltimore Recap
Read more about Dan's Icetill escapades at SCG Baltimore here.
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18-0 with Icetill Explorer + Six Brews with Haliya, Guided by Light
Season 25, Episode 05: Brew Session (Haliya, Guided by Light) + Weekly Roundup (Icetill Trophy Race + Lorwyn First Look)
Decklists for this episode can be found here.
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Disney on Icetill: Cavedan Day 2s GP Orlando + Spider-Man Set Review (Standard, Pioneer, & Modern)
Season 25, Episode 4: Brewer's Guide to Spider-Man + Spotlight Series: Planetary Rotation Recap
It's Vivi's world, we just brew in it. As the podcast wakens from its summer slumber, Dan took the plunge into Standard and went hard on Icetill Explorer for Grand Prix Orlando, with the help of the Faithless Brewing Discord. What did their collective brains come up with? A sturdy BG Rock list, featur
The Edge of Glory: Your Complete Guide to Brewing in Space
Season 25, Episode 02: Brewer's Guide to Edge of Eternities, Part 2
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Top 5 Cards from Edge of Eternities + What We're Brewing in Modern & Pioneer
Season 25, Episode 01: Brewer's Guide to Edge of Eternities, Part 1
Dan's Faithless Crabvine (3x 5-0s, 2x RCQ Top 4s)
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7235227#paper
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Brewer's Guide to Final Fantasy in Pioneer & Modern (Part 2)
Season 24, Episode 10: Final Fantasy Set Review, Part 2
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FINAL FANTASY™: A Magic: the Gathering® Set Review by Faithless Brewing©
Season 24, Episode 09: Brewer's Guide to Final Fantasy in Modern & Pioneer
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The Sky Is Lava: Magmatic Hellkite + Tarkir Week 1 Brews
Season 24, Episode 06: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Magmatic Hellkite)
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The Ultimate Guide to Tarkir Dragonstorm, Part 2 (ft. Manacymbal)
Season 24, Episode 05: Brewer's Guide to Tarkir (Full Set Review, Part 2)
Zach "Manacymbal" Ryl returns for the second half of our brewer's guide to Tarkir Dragonstorm in Pioneer and Modern. Three hours of mayhem ensue. There's tons to explore in this gorgeous new set, but do any of these sweet widdle dragons have what it takes to overthrow the iron tyranny of the mice? Let's find out!
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Into the Dragonstorm: Tarkir Full Set Review
Season 24, Episode 04: Brewer's Guide to Tarkir Dragonstorm in Pioneer and Modern
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Monument to Endurance: Brewing in the Slow Lane
Season 24, Episode 03: Brew Session (Monument to Endurance) + Tarkir Dragonstorm and Final Fantasy Previews
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The Good, the Bad & the Weird: 9 Brews to Start Your Engines
Season 24, Episode 02: Brewer's Guide to Aetherdrift, Part 2 + David's Deck Dump
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Brew This, Not That: Aetherdrift Full Set Review (Pioneer & Modern)
Season 24, Episode 01: Brewer's Guide to Aetherdrift (Full Set Review, Part 1)
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New Year, New Brews: Six Pioneer Beauties for 2025
Season 23, Episode 13: Brew Session (Nurturing Pixie, Pioneer Potpourri)
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FAITHLESS LOOTING IS BACK. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. (ft. Morde)
Season 23, Episode 12: Weekly Roundup
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Sire of Seven Brews: David's Finest Pioneer Lists
Season 23, Episode 11: Brew Session (Duskmourn & Foundations Potpourri)
David weighs in on the controversy around the NV Invitational and the Feast of the $100,000 Alpha starter, and shares 7 fresh brews.
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Would You Open an Alpha Starter Deck? Announcing the Feast of the Unicorn
Season 23, Episode 10: The NV Invitational
"Some delicacies are not to be savored, save by the callous" —Baron Sengir
Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, we invite you to a sumptuous feast of MTG nostalgia. If you possessed an Alpha starter deck, what would you do with it? Would you keep it locked safe in a vault, preserving its possibilities for future generations? Would you sell it t
Set Review: MTG Foundations in Pioneer & Modern
Season 23, Episode 09: Brewer's Guide to Magic Foundations
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Beyond Me: Shaking the Foundations of Magic
Season 23, Episode 08: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Eerie Enchantments) + Flashback (Abhorrent Oculus)
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Abhorrent Oculus: The Great Eye in Pioneer & Modern
Season 23, Episode 07: Brew Session (Abhorrent Oculus)
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Pioneer's New Overlords: Brewing Beyond the Hauntwoods
Season 23, Episode 06: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Overlord of the Hauntwoods, Overlord of the Balemurk, Overlord of the Floodpits, Overlord of the Mistmoors, Overlord of the Boilerbilges)
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Duskmourn II: Best of the House (Compleat Set Review)
Season 23, Episode 05: Brewer's Guide to Duskmourn in Pioneer and Modern, Part 2
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The Complete Guide to Duskmourn in Pioneer & Modern, Vol. 1
Season 23, Episode 04: Brewer's Guide to Duskmourn in Modern & Pioneer
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Is Caretaker's Talent the Future of Pioneer? Brewing Post-B&R
Season 23, Episode 03: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Caretaker's Talent)
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Set Review: The Best of Bloomburrow in Pioneer & Modern, Part 2
Season 23, Episode 02: Brewer's Guide to Bloomburrow, Part 2
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Complete Brewer's Guide to Bloomburrow in Pioneer & Modern (Set Review, Part 1)
Season 23, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Bloomburrow in Modern and Pioneer, Part 1
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Psychic Frog: The Future of Modern (ft. Morde)
Season 22, Episode 10: Brew Session (Psychic Frog) + Weekly Roundup
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This Is Disgusting: Pro Tour Shark-Nadu + Duskmourn Previews
Season 22, Episode 09: Weekly Roundup
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The Eldrazi Files: Uncanny Brews with Ugin's Labyrinth
Season 22, Episode 08: Brew Session (Ugin's Labyrinth, Sowing Mycospawn, Eldrazi Linebreaker, Nulldrifter, Wastescape Battlemage) + Brewer's Guide to Assassin's Creed
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Set Review: Sleepers, Hidden Gems, and Underrated Cards in Modern Horizons 3
Season 22, Episode 07: Brewer's Guide to Modern Horizons 3, Part 2
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Top 10 Most Impactful: The MH3 Cards That Will Change Modern Forever
Season 22, Episode 06: Brewer's Guide to Modern Horizons 3, Part 1
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MH3 Day 1, Ant-Man, and the Grizzled Genius of Doc Aurlock
Season 22, Episode 5: Brewer's Guide to MH3 + Brew Session (Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius)
Who wins? Twenty of the hottest new cards in Modern Horizons 3, or one Grizzly Boi? Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius heads up our Brew Session in Pioneer, but the real action is in day 1 of MH3 previews, where the new cards are sizzling with potenial
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Crime Pays: Freestrider Lookout Is Breaking Out in Every Format
Season 22, Episode 04: Brew Session (Freestrider Lookout, Duelist of the Mind, Gisa, the Hellraiser, Oko, the Ringleader) + Flashback (Satoru, the Infiltrator)
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Satoru, the Infiltrator: Sneaky Good 5-0s in Modern & Pioneer
Season 22, Episode 03: Brew Session (Satoru, the Infiltrator) + Modern Horizons 3 First Look
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Brewer's Most Wanted: Thunder Junction Set Review, Part 2
Season 22, Episode 02: Brewer's Guide to Thunder Junction (Set Review, Part 2)
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Set Review: Outlaws of Thunder Junction in Modern and Pioneer
Season 22, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Thunder Junction, Part 1
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Proft for Profit: 5-0 Brews with Proft's Eidetic Memory & The Enigma Jewel
Season 21, Episode 06: Brew Session (Proft's Eidetic Memory) + Flashback (Deduce, The Enigma Jewel)
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Get a Clue: Investigating Deduce
Season 21, Episode 05: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Deduce) + Flashback (Archdruid's Charm)
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Archdruid's Charm: Fifth Mode Is the Charm
Season 21, Episode 4: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Archdruid's Charm)
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The Murder Files: These Unplayables Are Actually Sweet
Season 21, Episode 3: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 3
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Only Murders in the Manor: Set Review, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)
Season 21, Episode 2: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 2
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Full Set Review: The Best of Murders at Karlov Manor, Part 1
Season 21, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 1 (Pioneer & Modern)
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The Twelve Brews of Christmas | #CeasefireNow
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A Smuggler’s Best Friend: Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
Season 20, Episode 4: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Inti, Seneschal of the Sun + Smuggler's Copter)
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Gone Spelunkin’: Twenty Pioneer Brews for Lost Caverns of Ixalan || #CeasefireNow
Season 20, Episode 3: Brew Session
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The Best of Lost Caverns of Ixalan in Modern & Pioneer (Set Review, Part 2)
Season 20, Episode 2: Brewer's Guide to Ixalan, Part 2
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Lost Caverns of Ixalan Full Set Review | #CeasefireNow
Season 20, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Ixalan, Part 1
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Blossoming Tortoise || #CeasefireNOW
Season 19, Episode 6: Brew Session (Blossoming Tortoise) + Flashback (Spiteful Hexmage)
Yertle the Turtle was king of them all. Yertle the Turtle had a great fall. But while he was down there, he also milled a few helpful lands, and set up a game-winning infinite combo.
David’s favorite card from Wilds of Eldraine takes center stage in our final brew session of Season 19. Blossoming Tortoise boast
Spiteful Hexmage: Cursed Roles for Cursed Wars
Season 19, Episode 5: Brew Session (Spiteful Hexmage) + Flashback (Agatha’s Soul Cauldron)
Is there anything more beautiful than a game object? Rectangle theory is back in full force this week with our favorite 1 drop from Wilds of Eldraine. Spiteful Hexmage is a beautiful puzzle, offering two fresh permanents on an above-rate creature at the cheapest possible price. The only catch? One of them is
Beseech the Mirror: Cracked from Side to Side
Season 19, Episode 3: Weekly Roundup (Wilds of Eldraine Week 1) + Brew Session (Beseech the Mirror)
The first week of results with Wilds of Eldraine is in the books. In Modern, Hot Ring Summer is drawing to a close, and players now clambering Up the Beanstalk to unlock endless value. Meanwhile, strange things are brewing in Agatha’s Soul Cauldron, with multiple known archetypes already picking up
The Complete Brewer’s Guide to Wilds of Eldraine, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)
Season 19, Episode 2: Wilds of Eldraine Full Set Review, Part 2 of 2
Cavedan and David go hog wild in a 3-hour finale to our Full Set Review. Wilds of Eldraine is practically Pioneer Masters, but it has great new cards for Modern as well.
Beseech the Mirror has players dreaming of combos as far back as Legacy, and Up the Beanstalk is a dark horse contender for a Modern format full of free Elementa
Full Set Review: Wilds of Eldraine in Modern & Pioneer, Part 1
Season 19, Episode 1: Brewer’s Guide to Wilds of Eldraine
Once upon a time, Eldraine ruled the multiverse. An innocuous plane of fairy tales and enchantment quickly broke every format in Magic, thanks to brutally efficient cost reduction spells, pushed standalone threats (hello, Oko), and Adventures that allowed us to squeeze more out of a single piece of cardboard than ever before.
Wilds of Eldra
Preordain: Scrying the Future of Modern and the Cutting Edge of Pioneer
Season 18, Episode 27: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session
Cavedan and David look three year’s into Magic future, and unpack the shocking return of Preordain in Modern. Did Wizards get it right in their “only-once -each-year-really-trust-us-we-promise” B&R update? What impact will blue’s newest toy have on the known and unknown decks of the meta?
They also discuss David’s latest experiments at the c
Modern State of the Format: The Dark Lord Sauron Assembles Tron
Season 18, Episode 26: Weekly Roundup
Lawson Zandi returns to break down the results from Pro Tour: Barcelona, where The One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters put on dominant displays. Big mana was the big winner, with Tron and Amulet Titan harnessing The One Ring to tremendous effect while going way over the top of midrange and control players who had planned to outduel Rakdos Scam. And as for Rakdos it
The Time of the Orc Has Come: Modern Before the Pro Tour & Kefnet in Pioneer
Season 18, Episode 25: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (God-Eternal Kefnet)
The age of man is over. You know what comes next.
David, Morde, and Manacymbal join forces this week for a Modern + Pioneer doubleheader. With Pro Tour weekend approaching, the M&M boys have their eyes on some spicy numbers in Modern, including a challenge-winning Game Objects deck with both Samwise Gamgee and Lonis, Cry
The Best Kept Secret in Modern: An Interview with DackFayden07, the Lord of the Brews
Season 18, Episode 24: Modern 5-0s with Dack_Fayden07
The Greatest Thief in the Multiverse has stolen The One Ring, and stolen our hearts! Josip Jukic, better known as DackFayden07, has been on a stunning streak of 5-0 results, racking up trophy after trophy with original Lord of the Rings brews. He is the best kept secret in Modern, a Croatian aspiringspike, an indomitable brewer and a talented B
Archfiend Like a BOSS: Brewing with the New Dimir Inverter
Season 18, Episode 23: Brew Session (Archfiend of the Dross) + Flashback (Invasion of Gobakhan)
Archfiend of the Dross burst onto the scene at DreamHack Dallas, where cftsoc unleashed a devastating combo with Metamorphic Alteration that took the tournament by storm. Turning an opponent’s creature into a copy of Archfiend, without access to Oil counters, means instant death on their upkeep. The one
The Brew Review: We Asked Listeners for Their Spiciest Decklists
Season 18, Episode 22: The Brew Review (July 2023)
David and Cavedan review 10 spicy decks submitted by our listeners. Is the next great Modern or Pioneer deck hiding among them?
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Decklists
Naya Exile by LurkingEvil
UB Rogues by Woosh
the Rock by Briger
Dred
Orcish Bowmasters: Looks Like Meat’s Back on the Menu, Boys!
Season 18, Episode 21: Brew Session (Orcish Bowmasters) + Flashback (Chrome Host Seedshark)
Orcish Bowmasters was flagged early on as one of the top Modern cards from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth — and, it turns out, one of the most powerful Commander cards to boot. Everyone loved the base stats (a guaranteed 1/1! a free ping! instant speed!) and the potential for so much more. The onl
One Ring to Rule Them All: Day 1 Modern Brews
Season 18, Episode 20: Brew Session (Lord of the Rings Day 1)
Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth hit the digital streets this week and already the Modern format is awash in brews. Morde and Manacymbal are on the case, sorting the wheat from the chaff and also firing off a half dozen decklists of their own.
The early winner is The One Ring, a card that looks so intensely powerful that the sky
Gobakhan Girls, Training Grounds, and the Sad Tale of Owen Hawker
Season 18, Episode 19: Brew Session (Invasion of Gobakhan) + Flashback (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds)
Where were you when they invaded Gobakhan? On that fateful morning, when the World Tree stopped turning?
We asked our researchers some important questions, like, Where is Gobakhan anyway? What is a Battle? Why did Invasion of Gobakhan spike to $20, and still hovers at $10 despite being a medium
Set Review: Brewer’s Guide to Middle-Earth, Part 2
Season 18, Episode 18: Set Review (Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth)
With the full set of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth revealed and ready for action, Cavedan and Manacymbal join forces to rank the best new cards for Modern.
The set continues to deliver small role players and long shot build arounds, but few blue chip staples.
Stern Lesson is the cheapest version of Remove Soul,
Pioneer State of the Format: June 2023 (ft. Lawson Zandi)
Season 18, Episode 17: Weekly Roundup
The US Regional Championships are in the books, where Pioneer took the spotlight once again. 1200 players descended upon Dreamhack Dallas to do battle with the strongest decks in the format, and put the newcomer Boros Convoke (”Boros Hogaak”) to the test. In the end, it was Engimatic Fires that ran the tables in the swiss, and Rakdos Sacrifice and Azorius Spir
Set Review: Brewer’s Guide to Middle Earth, Part 1
Season 18, Episode 16: Set Review (Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth)
Morde and Manacymbal join forces to analyze the best Modern cards from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth. Very few of these cards seem flashy enough for 2023 Modern, but heed Tolkien’s advice: all that is gold does not glitter. A brave little hobbit, such as Rosie Cotton of South Lane, might have the right stats to
The Training Grounds: Activate Your Game with Omen Hawker
Season 18, Episode 15: Brew Session (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds)
The dream of Sol Ring is alive and well thanks to March of the Machine’s astonishing blue mana dork, Omen Hawker. This little one drop taps for stunning amounts of mana — but only to pay for activated abilities. It’s the kind of unique effect that promises so much power, but at the expense of consistency. Outside of oddballs like
Hogaak Summer 2023? Top Picks for Modern & Pioneer (ft. Manacymbal)
Season 18, Episode 14: Weekly Roundup
Magic Twitter is a place prone to meltdowns, that’s no surprise. But a meltdown over a Boros Convoke deck using Venerated Loxodon? That’s a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, with the Regional Championships around the corner, a “Hogaak Summer” has been declared by many grinders trying to break through in Pioneer.
Prolific streamer and Faithless Brewer-at-large Za
Can Lava Spike Save Pioneer? Brewer’s Mailbag May 2023
Season 18, Episode 13: Mailbag
David and Cavedan open up the brewer’s mailbag to field listener questions about the state of brewing in Modern and Pioneer, the health of the metagame, the future of Magic crossovers, and more. They also look at an impressive new combo deck using the Pioneer Elementals package and the Vadrok + Double Major combo.
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Aftermath Six-Pack: Sarkhan Aflame, Ob Will Be One, Urborg Soulflayer and More
Season 18, Episode 12: Brew Session (Sarkhan, Soul Aflame, Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin, Narset, Enlightened Exile, Urborg Scavengers)
And just like that, March of the Machine: The Aftermath is here. Not sure where to get started? Never fear? David Robertson, our resident Pioneer brewmaster, has been cooking up a half dozen spicy decklists to get you ready for battle on Day 1. Here’s what’s on the
The Aftermath: 8 Cards That Matter for Modern & Pioneer
Season 18, Episode 11: Brewer’s Guide to March of the Machine: The Aftermath
Fifty more cards are being foisted onto all formats with March of the Machine: the Aftermath, a small supplemental set full of wordy text boxes and big dreams. Luckily, only a handful are poised to make an impact in non-rotating formats.
In today’s compressed Set Review, Cavedan and Morde sort the wheat from the chaff and
